# 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League

The 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League (Malay: Liga Amatur A2 Malaysia), formerly the Malaysia M4 League, also known as the Al-Ikhsan Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Malaysia A2 Amateur League, the third tier football league of the Malaysian football league system.

## Format

The tournament is played as follows:
* League level: 16 teams are divided into three zones, namely Zone 1 (4 teams), Zone 2 (6 teams) and Zone 3 (6 teams), each drawn from the North/East Coast, Central and South/Putrajaya regions.
** Round 1: Divided into three zones, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top two teams in each zone, including third team in Zones 2 & 3, will advance to the knockout stage.
* Knockout stage: The knockout stage is the match to determine the winner. Finalists will be promoted to the 2025–26 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season.

### Name changes

* Naga UKS decided to merge with AAK F.C. and changed its name to AAK Ultimate and relocated to Puncak Alam, Selangor.
* MAHSA City were renamed to MAHSA United
* Gombak City were renamed to Selayang City
* Bunga Raya FC II were renamed to Bunga Raya United
Notes:
    ^1 The participation of teams from the Borneo Zone was temporarily suspended due to the insufficient number of teams for the competition to be played.

## Venues and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| AAK Ultimate | Puncak Alam | Seksyen 4 Shah Alam Football Field, Shah Alam | 800 |
| BR United | Seremban | Arena IRC Sendayan, Bandar Sri Sendayan | 700 |
| Guar Syed Alwi | Kangar | Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium | 20,000 |
| JAKIM | Putrajaya | Azman Hashim Sports Arena UKM, Kajang | 1,000 |
| Kampong Ku | Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur | Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz Mini Stadium | 3,500 |
| Kuala Muda | Kuala Muda | Sungai Petani Municipal Council Sports Complex | 2,500 |
| MAHSA United | Jenjarom | MAHSA University Mini Stadium | 1,000 |
| MP Port Dickson | Port Dickson | Padang Merdeka Port Dickson | 1,500 |
| NBK Empire | Gombak | MAHSA University Mini Stadium | 1,000 |
| Pencinta Setia | Taiping, Perak | Matang Football Field, Matang, Perak | 900 |
| Real Mambau | Mambau | UiTM Seremban 3 Football Field, Seremban | 600 |
| SAMB | Melaka City | Hang Tuah Stadium | 3,000 |
| Selayang City | Gombak | Taman Kanching Mini Stadium, Rawang | 700 |
| Semantan Troopers | Temerloh | Temerloh Mini Stadium | 10,000 |
| SJ Virtuosos | Putrajaya | Sime Darby Training Ground, Bukit Jelutong | 1,000 |
| WTS | Pasir Mas | Pasir Mas Mini Stadium | 7,000 |

## Team summary

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer |
| AAK Ultimate | Mohd Hasmawi Hassan | Azmi Muslim | AAK Sportswear |
| BR United | Syah Juan Mohd Nor | S. Gawsigan | Kimicom |
| Guar Syed Alwi | Firdaus Abdul Rahman | Hafiz Abdul Karim | Idan's Design |
| JAKIM | Mohd Nazim Bin Din | Nor Saiful Abd Rahman | Alpha Sport |
| Kampong Ku | Rajasparan a/l V. Naidu | Azrul Razman | UMU Apparel |
| Kuala Muda | Koet King Heyong | Firdaus Abdul Rahman | Lakoh Sport |
| MAHSA United | Yogeswaran a/l Veeramalai | Izham Nor Alizan | Kronos |
| MP Port Dickson | Adnan Md Din | Zaidi Othman | Alpha Sport |
| NBK Empire | Noor Ismadi Ismail | Hazromie Zullkifli | PUC Sport |
| Pencinta Setia | Muhammad Suhaimi Bin Idris | Rahmat Rahim | TSR apparel |
| Real Mambau | Al-Hasrizal Al-Mustafi | Alif Yusof | Forfit |
| SAMB | Rahim Abu Bakar | Syafiq Samad | ZeroFour |
| Selayang City | Reman Ragunathan | Muhammad Imran Syahmi | Let's Play Performance |
| Semantan Troopers | Ehsam bin Long | C. Kumaresan | Alpha Sport |
| SJ Virtuosos | Khairulbahar Taib | Haziq Mohd Noh | M1 Sports |
| WTS | Che Saupi Ibrahim | Khairul Rizam Che Soh | Ace Store Printing |

## Standings
### Zone 1 (North/East Coast)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | WTS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 5 | +13 | 18 | Advance to Knockout round & MBSB Bank Championship |
| 2 | Guar Syed Alwi (C) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 12 | Advance to Knockout round & MBSB Bank Championship |
| 3 | Kuala Muda | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 6 | |
| 4 | Pencinta Setia (R) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Relegation to A3 Community League |

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | WTS | GUA | KUM | PEN |
| WTS | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 |
| Guar Syed Alwi | 3–4 | | 4–2 | 7–0 |
| Kuala Muda | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 3–0 |
| Pencinta Setia | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–4 | |

#### Matchweek 2
### Matchweek 3
### Zone 2 (Central)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | AAK Ultimate | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 3 | +33 | 27 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 2 | Kampong Ku | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 23 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 3 | Semantan Troopers | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 19 | +5 | 19 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 4 | NBK Empire | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 8 | |
| 5 | MAHSA United (R) | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 24 | −10 | 8 | Relegation to A3 Community League |
| 6 | Selayang City (R) | 10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 45 | −38 | 1 | Relegation to A3 Community League |

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | AAK | SEM | SEL | KGK | MAH | NBK |
| AAK Ultimate | | 2–0 | 11–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Semantan Troopers | 0–4 | | 7–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Selayang City | 0–5 | 0–3 | | 2–6 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| Kampong Ku | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–3 | 5–2 |
| MAHSA United | 1–5 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 1–4 | | 1–3 |
| NBK Empire | 0–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–0 | |

### Zone 3 (South/Putrajaya)

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | SAMB | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 8 | +21 | 25 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 2 | MP Port Dickson | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 17 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 3 | SJ Virtuosos | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 16 | Advance to Knockout Round |
| 4 | BR United | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 13 | |
| 5 | JAKIM (R) | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 20 | −4 | 13 | Relegation to A3 Community League |
| 6 | Real Mambau (R) | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 56 | −50 | 0 | Relegation to A3 Community League |

### Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | JAK | SJV | MPD | REA | SAM | BRU |
| JAKIM | | 1–3 | 5–4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| SJ Virtuosos | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 16–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| MP Port Dickson | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Real Mambau | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | | 0–6 | 0–10 |
| SAMB | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 7–1 | | 2–1 |
| BR United | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 7–2 | 1–3 | |

### Matchweek 10
## Knockout round
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 3C | SJ Virtuosos | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 1A | Kelantan WTS | 6 | 1 | 7 | | | | | | | | |
| 1A | Kelantan WTS | 6 | 1 | 7 | Kelantan WTS | Kelantan WTS | 6 | 4 | 10 | | | |
| | | | | | Semantan Troopers | Semantan Troopers | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 3B | Semantan Troopers | 1 | 1 | 2 | Semantan Troopers | Semantan Troopers | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| 1C | SAMB | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | |
| 1C | SAMB | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | Kelantan WTS | Kelantan WTS | 2 (2) |
| | | | | | | | | | | Guar Syed Alwi | Guar Syed Alwi | 2 (4) |
| 2C | MP Port Dickson | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | Guar Syed Alwi | Guar Syed Alwi | 2 (4) |
| 1B | AAK Ultimate | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| 1B | AAK Ultimate | 1 | 0 | 1 | MP Port Dickson | MP Port Dickson | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | Guar Syed Alwi | Guar Syed Alwi | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 2A | Guar Syed Alwi | 2 | 0 | 2 (5) | Guar Syed Alwi | Guar Syed Alwi | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| 2B | Kampong Ku | 1 | 1 | 2 (3) | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| SJ Virtuosos | 1–7 | Kelantan WTS | 0–6 | 1–1 |
| MP Port Dickson | 3–1 | AAK Ultimate | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Semantan Troopers | 2–0 | SAMB | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Guar Syed Alwi | 2–2 | Kampong Ku | 2–1 | 0–1 |
"Kelantan WTS won 7–1 on aggregate."
"MP Port Dickson won 3–1 on aggregate."
"Semantan Troopers won 2–0 on aggregate."
"Guar Syed Alwi won on penalty shoot-out 5–3."

### Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kelantan WTS | 10–0 | Semantan Troopers | 6–0 | 4–0 |
| MP Port Dickson | 0–3 | Guar Syed Alwi | 0–1 | 0–2 |
"Kelantan WTS won 10–0 on aggregate."
"Guar Syed Alwi won 3–0 on aggregate."

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of 6 December 2024
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Fa’es Hafize | AAK Ultimate | 14 |
| 2 | Faizwan Abdullah | WTS | 12 |
| 3 | Faris Hafiz Azhar | SJ Virtuosos | 11 |
| 4 | Muhammad Ridhwan | Kampong Ku | 8 |
| 4 | Shamerul Abd Aziz | SAMB | 8 |
| 6 | Khairul Rizam | WTS | 7 |
| 7 | Fakru Faiz | JAKIM | 6 |
| 7 | Muhammad Farhan Abdul Hamid | Kampong Ku | 6 |
| 9 | Mohd Ikmal Faiz Azmi | Guar Syed Alwi | 5 |
| 9 | Fakhrul Zaman | WTS | 5 |
| 9 | Aqil Hazwan | SAMB | 5 |
| 9 | Zamree Jani | SAMB | 5 |
| 9 | Mohammad Helmi Ikhmal Zamri | Semantan Troopers | 5 |

### Own goals

    As of 14 September 2024
| Rank | Player | Team | Against | Date | Goal |
| 1 | Shahir Adzha | Selayang City | Kampong Ku | 10 August 2024 (2024-08-10) | 1 |
| 1 | Haziq Mohd Noh | SJ Virtuosos | MP Port Dickson | 7 September 2024 (2024-09-07) | 1 |
| 1 | Sufyan Suhaimi | Pencinta Setia | WTS | 14 September 2024 (2024-09-14) | 1 |
| 1 | Naufal Al-Hakim | MAHSA United | Semantan Troopers | 14 September 2024 (2024-09-14) | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

    As of 12 October 2024
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Mohd Fakru Faiz$^4$ | JAKIM | MP Port Dickson | 5–4 (H) | 17 August 2024 |
| Nesamani Chettiar | BR United | Real Mambau | 0–10 (A) | 17 August 2024 |
| Ikhmal Zamri | Semantan Troopers | Selayang City | 7–2 (H) | 24 August 2024 |
| Fa'es Hafize$^4$ | AAK Ultimate | Selayang City | 11–0 (H) | 7 September 2024 |
| Hafizie Erwinshah | AAK Ultimate | Selayang City | 11–0 (H) | 7 September 2024 |
| Eskandar Ismail | SJ Virtuosos | Real Mambau | 16–0 (H) | 21 September 2024 |
| Faris Hafiz Azhar$^9$ | SJ Virtuosos | Real Mambau | 16–0 (H) | 21 September 2024 |
| Zamree Jani | SAMB | Real Mambau | 0–6 (H) | 12 October 2024 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals $^9$ Player scored 9 goals (H) – Home team (A) – Away team