# 2018 Piala Presiden (Malaysia)

The 2018 Piala Presiden (transl. President Cup) is the 34th season of the Piala Presiden, the youth level (Under-21) football league of Malaysia. The competition organized by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

## Rule changes

The Piala Presiden is the amateur football competition in Malaysia for under-21 players. Since its inception in 1985, Piala Presiden has been the major tournament for under-21 and under-23 players. In 2009, the format of the competition was changed with only under-20 players eligible to be fielded for the tournament. In 2015 the format of the competition reverted to the original format with under-21 players.

## Teams

The following teams will be participate in the 2018 Piala Presiden.
| Team | Based |
| Kuala Lumpur | Bangi |
| Penang | Batu Kawan |
| Perlis | Kangar |
| Melaka | Paya Rumput |
| Pahang | Kuantan |
| Kedah | Alor Setar |
| PKNS | Kelana Jaya |
| Felda United | Nilai |
| Terengganu FC III | Kuala Terengganu |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim III | Pasir Gudang |
| Negeri Sembilan | Paroi |
| Selangor | Salak Tinggi |
| Sarawak | Kuching |
| Kelantan | Kota Bharu |
| Perak | Ipoh |
| Sabah | Penampang |
| UiTM | Shah Alam |
| PKNP | Chemor |
| Selangor United | Shah Alam |
| PDRM | Kuala Lumpur |
| MISC-MIFA | Kuala Lumpur |
| ATM | Kuala Lumpur |

## League table
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kedah U21 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 45 | Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 41 | Knockout Stage |
| 3 | Sabah U21 | 20 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 41 | Knockout Stage |
| 4 | Kelantan U21 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 38 | Knockout Stage |
| 5 | Selangor U21 | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 25 | 17 | +8 | 31 | |
| 6 | Pahang U21 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 31 | +3 | 30 | |
| 7 | Melaka U21 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 29 | |
| 8 | Perlis U21 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 22 | |
| 9 | Selangor United U21 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 31 | −15 | 13 | |
| 10 | MISC-MIFA U21 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 11 | |
| 11 | ATM U21 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 52 | −47 | 7 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Terengganu III | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 26 | 11 | +15 | 40 | Knockout Stage |
| 2 | Felda United U21 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 39 | Knockout Stage |
| 3 | UiTM U21 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 37 | Knockout Stage |
| 4 | PKNP U21 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 35 | Knockout Stage |
| 5 | Pulau Pinang U21 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 33 | |
| 6 | Perak U21 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 17 | +1 | 24 | |
| 7 | Negeri Sembilan U21 | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 23 | |
| 8 | PKNS U21 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 25 | −4 | 20 | |
| 9 | Sarawak U21 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 21 | −8 | 20 | |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur U21 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 17 | |
| 11 | PDRM U21 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 32 | −23 | 7 | |

## Result table
### Group A

| Home \ Away | ATM | JDT | KED | KEL | MEL | MIF | PAH | PER | SAB | SEL | SUTD |
| ATM U21 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–0 |
| Johor DT III | 7–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Kedah U21 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| Kelantan U21 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Melaka U21 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 |
| MISC-MIFA U21 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | — | 1–3 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| Pahang U21 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Perlis U21 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Sabah U21 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 |
| Selangor U21 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Selangor United U21 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

### Group B

| Home \ Away | FEL | KLU | NSE | PDRM | PRK | PKNP | PKNS | PEN | SAR | TER | UiTM |
| Felda United U21 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Kuala Lumpur U21 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Negeri Sembilan U21 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| PDRM U21 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Perak U21 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| PKNP U21 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| PKNS U21 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Pulau Pinang U21 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Sarawak U21 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Terengganu III | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 |
| UiTM U21 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Knock-out stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sabah U21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Felda United U21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Felda United U21 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Felda United U21 | Felda United U21 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | Kedah U21 | Kedah U21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 4 | PKNP U21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Kedah U21 | Kedah U21 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| 5 | Kedah U21 (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Kedah U21 (a) | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | Kedah U21 | Kedah U21 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | Terengganu III | Terengganu III | 2 |
| 2 | UiTM U21 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Terengganu III | Terengganu III | 2 |
| 7 | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 1 | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 1 | 3 | 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| | | | | | Terengganu III | Terengganu III | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 3 | Kelantan U21 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Terengganu III | Terengganu III | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | |
| 6 | Terengganu III (a) | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarterfinals

The first legs were played on 6 August, and the second legs were played on 10 August 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sabah U21 | 2–3 | Felda United U21 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| PKNP U21 | 2–2 (a) | Kedah U21 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| UiTM U21 | 1–4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Kelantan U21 | 3–3 (a) | Terengganu III | 3–3 | 0–0 |
Felda United U21 won 3–2 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate. Kedah U21 won on away goals.
Johor Darul Ta'zim III won 4–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Terengganu III won on away goals.

### Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 16 August, and the second legs will be played on 20 August 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Felda United U21 | 2–4 | Kedah U21 | 0–3 | 2–1 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim III | 0–1 | Terengganu III | 0–0 | 0–1 |
Kedah U19 won 4–2 on aggregate.
Terengganu III won 1–0 on aggregate.

### Final
## Champions

* Champions
* Terengganu FC III