# 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup

The 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup is the fourth edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 10 December 2024 and ended on 22 February 2025. This is the first season of the tournament to have a two-year schedule.
PDRM were defending champions, defeated Kuching City in the final with 4–1 on aggregate, but were eliminated by the eventual winners Selangor in the final.
Selangor clinch their first Challenge Cup title after beating defending champions PDRM 7–0 on aggregate in the final.

## Qualifying rounds

A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase, which the eight losers of the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will participate into the tournament.
The qualified teams will compete on the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the quarter-finals followed by semi-finals and the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

## Teams

All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament. List of the teams are shown below:
* Key to colours
* Losers of round of 16 enter 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
Malaysia Cup Round of 16 :
* Team
* Kedah Darul Aman
* Kelantan Darul Naim
* Kuala Lumpur Rovers
* Melaka
* PDRM
* Penang
* PT Athletic
* Selangor

## Format

Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.
The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:
* In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Malaysian Football League headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor).
| Round | First leg | Second leg |
| Quarter-finals | 10 & 12–13 December 2024 | 21–23 December 2024 |
| Semi-finals | 18–19 January 2025 | 1–2 February 2025 |
| Final | 15 February 2025 | 22 February 2025 |

## Knockout-stage
### Bracket

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Penang | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | | | | | |
| PT Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| PT Athletic | 0 | 0 | 0 | Penang | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | |
| | | | | Selangor | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Kelantan Darul Naim | 1 | 0 | 1 | Selangor | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Selangor | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | | | | |
| Selangor | 5 | 3 | 8 | | | | | Selangor | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| | | | | | | | | PDRM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PDRM | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | PDRM | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Melaka | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Melaka | 2 | 1 | 3 | PDRM (p) | 3 | 1 | 4 (5) | | | | |
| | | | | Kedah Darul Aman | 3 | 1 | 4 (4) | | | | |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 3 | 3 | 6 | Kedah Darul Aman | 3 | 1 | 4 (4) | | | | |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 10, 12 and 13 December, and the second legs were played on 21, 22 and 23 December 2024.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Penang | 6–0 | PT Athletic | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| PDRM | 4–3 | Melaka | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Kelantan Darul Naim | 1–8 | Selangor | 1–5 | 0–3 |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 6–0 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 3–0 | 3–0 |

### Matches
#### Second leg

Penang won 6–0 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

PDRM won 4–3 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

Selangor won 8–1 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

Kedah Darul Aman won 6–0 on aggregate.

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 18 and 19 January, and the second legs were played on 1 and 2 February 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| PDRM | 4–4 (5–4 p) | Kedah Darul Aman | 3–3 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) |
| Penang | 0–2 | Selangor | 0–1 | 0–1 |

### Matches
#### Second leg

4–4 on aggregate; PDRM won 5–4 on penalties.

#### Second leg

Selangor won 2–0 on aggregate.

### Final

The first leg was played on 15 February, and the second leg was played on 22 February 2025.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Selangor | 7–0 | PDRM | 3–0 | 4–0 |
* ↑ Selangor defeated PDRM by a score 3–2, but after the decision of the FAM Disciplinary Committee, Selangor was given a 3–0 victory over PDRM for the match.

### Matches
#### Second leg

Selangor won 7–0 on aggregate.

### Winner

* 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
* Selangor 1st title

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ronnie Fernández | Selangor | 4 |
| 2 | Aiman Afif | Kedah Darul Aman | 3 |
| 2 | Ifedayo Olusegun | PDRM | 3 |
| 2 | Rafael Vitor | Penang | 3 |
| 2 | Alvin Fortes | Selangor | 3 |
| 6 | Amirul Hisyam | Kedah Darul Aman | 2 |
| 6 | Ali Olwan | Selangor | 2 |
| 6 | Mukhairi Ajmal | Selangor | 2 |
| 6 | Yohandry Orozco | Selangor | 2 |
| 10 | 22 players | 6 clubs | 1 |

### Own goals

| Player | Team | Against | Date | Goal |
| Rafael Vitor | Penang | Selangor | 19 January 2025 | 1 |