Piala Emas Raja-Raja

Piala Emas Raja–Raja
Founded1922; 104 years ago (1922)
CountryMalaysia
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs18
Current championsKuala Lumpur
(2025)
Most championshipsSelangor (14th title)
Broadcaster(s)MYTV
Current: 2025 Piala Emas Raja–Raja

Piala Emas Raja–Raja (English: Kings Gold Cup or Sultans Gold Cup) is a regional annual football competition held between the states in Malaysia. The competition is managed by the Malaysian Football League. The competition has been held for a long time, and the first known recorded champion was Perak in 1927.[1][2][3]

History

The competition was first held in 1922 during the visit of His Royal Highness the Regent of England (Prince of Wales) to the east including Malaya and Singapore. Various celebrations, including the Malay Football Tournament sponsored by the 'Malaya/Borneo Exhibition' held for two weeks in Singapore. 10 state teams that participated were from Singapore, Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Perak, Kedah, Penang, Terengganu and Kelantan. Meanwhile, Pahang and Perlis did not participate. During the final, Kedah defeated Johor and emerged as the first champion of the Kings Gold Cup.[4]

The winner for the 73rd edition of the 2013 Piala Emas Raja–Raja is Perlis.[5] For the 100th year celebration (2022 Piala Emas Raja-Raja), Selangor won the competition for the 14th time after defeating PDRM by four goals to one. In 2023, Pahang became the champion of the cup after thrashing Terengganu by three goals to one in Darul Makmur Stadium, Pahang.

Champions and finalists

YearChampionsScoreRunners-up
1922Kedah KedahJohorJohor
1923SelangorSelangor
1924SelangorSelangor
1925SelangorSelangor
1926SelangorSelangor
1927PerakPerak
1928SelangorSelangor
1929KedahKedah
1930SelangorSelangor
1931-34no competition
1935SelangorSelangor
1936-37no competition
1938SelangorSelangor
1939-46Suspended due to the World War II – Japanese occupation of Malaya, Singapore and British Borneo
1947SingaporeSingapore1−0PenangPenang
1948KedahKedah2−0SingaporeSingapore
1949KedahKedah1−0PerakPerak
1950SingaporeSingapore (Win No Match)
1951PenangPenang2−1SelangorSelangor
1952KedahKedah4−1PerakPerak
1953KedahKedah4−1Negeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan
1954SelangorSelangor6−1KedahKedah
1955SingaporeSingapore3−1PenangPenang
1956PenangPenang3−2SingaporeSingapore
1957SelangorSelangor5−4KelantanKelantan
1958SingaporeSingapore3−0PenangPenang
1959SingaporeSingapore6−1KelantanKelantan
1960SingaporeSingapore4−1PenangPenang
1961SelangorSelangor4−0KelantanKelantan
1962PerakPerak5−4PenangPenang
1963SingaporeSingapore6−3KelantanKelantan
1964SingaporeSingapore2−0PenangPenang
1965JohorJohor2−1PenangPenang
1966PenangPenang2−1SingaporeSingapore
1967PerlisPerlis3−0SingaporeSingapore
1968PenangPenang4−2SelangorSelangor
1969PenangPenang2−1JohorJohor
1970TerengganuTerengganu3−2SelangorSelangor
1971Malaysian Armed ForcesATM3−1PenangPenang
1972KelantanKelantan3−1Malaysian Armed ForcesATM
1973SingaporeSingapore4−1KelantanKelantan
1974PerakPerak3−2PerlisPerlis
1975SingaporeSingapore3−2PenangPenang
1976JohorJohor2−1SelangorSelangor
1977TerengganuTerengganu2−1PerlisPerlis
1978KelantanKelantan2−1JohorJohor
1979JohorJohor2−1KelantanKelantan
1980PahangPahang4−2PerakPerak
1981SingaporeSingapore2−1JohorJohor
1982KelantanKelantan1−0SelangorSelangor
1983SingaporeSingapore4−2PenangPenang
1984Malaysian Armed ForcesATM5−4KelantanKelantan
1985KelantanKelantan2−1JohorJohor
1986PenangPenang5−0Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
1987TerengganuTerengganu2−0PerlisPerlis
1988JohorJohor3−0SelangorSelangor
1989KelantanKelantan4−0SelangorSelangor
1990PerakPerak3−0KelantanKelantan
1991KelantanKelantan1−0TerengganuTerengganu
1992Negeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan2−1TerengganuTerengganu
1993PerlisPerlis1−0PenangPenang
1994Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur2−1PerlisPerlis
1995KelantanKelantan4−0MalaccaMelaka
1996KedahKedah1−0PerlisPerlis
1997SelangorSelangor3−1KelantanKelantan
1998PenangPenang2–2 (5–4 pen.)Malaysian Armed ForcesATM
1999Malaysian Armed ForcesATM3−2MalaccaMelaka
2000TerengganuTerengganu3−0SelangorSelangor
2001KelantanKelantan3−0PenangPenang
2002PenangPenang1−0KedahKedah
2003KelantanKelantan2−1SelangorSelangor
2004KelantanKelantan2−0PahangPahang
2005KedahKedah1−0KelantanKelantan
2006SelangorSelangor5−1Malaysian Armed ForcesATM
2007JohorJohor2−1KelantanKelantan
2008KelantanKelantan4−0PenangPenang
2009PerlisPerlis2−0KedahKedah
2010KelantanKelantan0–0 (4–3 pen.)KedahKedah
2011PahangPahang3−1Malacca Melaka
2012PerakPerak0−0 (2−0) (a.e.t.)KedahKedah
2013PerlisPerlis0−0 (a.e.t.)(7–6 pen.)KedahKedah
2014PerlisPerlis2−1PahangPahang
2015Negeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan1−1 (2−1)(a.e.t.)PerlisPerlis
2016PahangPahang6−2Malaysia PDRM
2017PenangPenang2−1KelantanKelantan
2018PahangPahang1−0TerengganuTerengganu
2019MalaysiaMISC2−1 [6]Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
2020-21cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022Selangor Selangor3−2Malaysia PDRM
2023PahangPahang4−1TerengganuTerengganu
2024Malaysia MySPRM-ACeIO2−1 [7]Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department Bomba Malaysia
2025Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur1−0Malaysian Armed Forces ATM

Performance by teams

RankTeamWinnersRunners-up
1Selangor Selangor149
2Kelantan Kelantan1212
3Singapore Singapore124
4Penang Penang912
5Kedah Kedah86
6Perlis Perlis56
7Johor Johor55
8Perak Perak53
9Pahang Pahang52
10Terengganu Terengganu44
11Malaysian Armed Forces ATM34
12Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur22
13Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan21
14Malaysia MISC1-
15Putrajaya MySPRM-ACeIO1-
16Malacca Melaka-3
17Malaysia PDRM-2
18Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department Bomba Malaysia-1

Corporate sponsor

  • Malayan Agri-Horticultural Association (1926–1946)
  • Puncak Niaga (2009–2010)
  • Bank Mandiri (2011–2012)
  • Proton (2013)
  • GT Radial (2014)
  • Dunia Sukan (2015)
  • Petrolife Aero LNG (2022–2024)

See also

References

  1. ^ Atsushi Fujioka; Erik Garin; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (11 January 2018). "Sultan's Gold Cup". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Piala Emas Raja-Raja beri peluang bekas pemain" (in Malay). Stadium Astro. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  3. ^ "NS tekad rampas Piala Agong dari Perak". Bernama (in Malay). Berita Harian. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Tak lapuk dek zaman". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 25 October 2008. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Perlis juara Piala Emas Raja-Raja ke-73". Bernama (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
  6. ^ "MISC pecah tradisi 36 tahun Piala Emas Raja-Raja" (in Malay). Sinar Harian.
  7. ^ "SPRM lakar sejarah juarai Piala Emas Raja-Raja" (in Malay). BH Online.
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