Piala Emas Raja-Raja

Piala Emas Raja–Raja
Founded1922; 103 years ago (1922)
CountryMalaysia
ConfederationAFC
Number of clubs18
Current championsMySPRM-ACeIO
(2024)
Most championshipsSelangor (14th title)
TV partnersMYTV
Current: 2024 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.

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.

The winner for the 73rd edition of the 2013 Piala Emas Raja–Raja is Perlis. 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

Year Champions Runners-up Score
1922 Kedah Johor
1923 Selangor
1924 Selangor
1925 Selangor
1926 Selangor
1927 Perak
1928 Selangor
1929 Kedah
1930 Selangor
1931-34 no competition
1935 Selangor
1936-37 no competition
1938 Selangor
1939-46 Suspended due to the World War II – Japanese occupation of Malaya, Singapore and British Borneo
1947 Singapore Penang 1−0
1948 Kedah Singapore 2−0
1949 Kedah Perak 1−0
1950 Singapore (Win No Match)
1951 Penang Selangor 2−1
1952 Kedah Perak 4−1
1953 Kedah Negeri Sembilan 4−1
1954 Selangor Kedah 6−1
1955 Singapore Penang 3−1
1956 Penang Singapore 3−2
1957 Selangor Kelantan 5−4
1958 Singapore Penang 3−0
1959 Singapore Kelantan 6−1
1960 Singapore Penang 4−1
1961 Selangor Kelantan 4−0
1962 Perak Penang 5−4
1963 Singapore Kelantan 6−3
1964 Singapore Penang 2−0
1965 Johor Penang 2−1
1966 Penang Singapore 2−1
1967 Perlis Singapore 3−0
1968 Penang Selangor 4−2
1969 Penang Johor 2−1
1970 Terengganu Selangor 3−2
1971 ATM Penang 3−1
1972 Kelantan ATM 3−1
1973 Singapore Kelantan 4−1
1974 Perak Perlis 3−2
1975 Singapore Penang 3−2
1976 Johor Selangor 2−1
1977 Terengganu Perlis 2−1
1978 Kelantan Johor 2−1
1979 Johor Kelantan 2−1
1980 Pahang Perak 4−2
1981 Singapore Johor 2−1
1982 Kelantan Selangor 1−0
1983 Singapore Penang 4−2
1984 ATM Kelantan 5−4
1985 Kelantan Johor 2−1
1986 Penang Kuala Lumpur 5−0
1987 Terengganu Perlis 2−0
1988 Johor Selangor 3−0
1989 Kelantan Selangor 4−0
1990 Perak Kelantan 3−0
1991 Kelantan Terengganu 1−0
1992 Negeri Sembilan Terengganu 2−1
1993 Perlis Penang 1−0
1994 Kuala Lumpur Perlis 2−1
1995 Kelantan Melaka 4−0
1996 Kedah Perlis 1−0
1997 Selangor Kelantan 3−1
1998 Penang ATM 2–2 (5–4 pen.)
1999 ATM Melaka 3−2
2000 Terengganu Selangor 3−0
2001 Kelantan Penang 3−0
2002 Penang Kedah 1−0
2003 Kelantan Selangor 2−1
2004 Kelantan Pahang 2−0
2005 Kedah Kelantan 1−0
2006 Selangor ATM 5−1
2007 Johor Kelantan 2−1
2008 Kelantan Penang 4−0
2009 Perlis Kedah 2−0
2010 Kelantan Kedah 0–0 (4–3 pen.)
2011 Pahang Melaka 3−1
2012 Perak Kedah 0−0 (2−0) (a.e.t.)
2013 Perlis Kedah 0−0 (a.e.t.)(7–6 pen.)
2014 Perlis Pahang 2−1
2015 Negeri Sembilan Perlis 1−1 (2−1)(a.e.t.)
2016 Pahang PDRM 6−2
2017 Penang Kelantan 2−1
2018 Pahang Terengganu 1−0
2019 MISC Kuala Lumpur 2−1
2020-21 cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Selangor PDRM 3−2
2023 Pahang Terengganu 4−1
2024 MySPRM-ACeIO Bomba Malaysia 2−1

Performance by teams

Rank Team Winners Runners-up
1 Selangor 14 9
2 Kelantan 12 12
3 Singapore 12 4
4 Penang 9 12
5 Kedah 8 6
6 Perlis 5 6
7 Johor 5 5
8 Perak 5 3
9 Pahang 5 2
10 Terengganu 4 4
11 ATM 3 3
12 Negeri Sembilan 2 1
13 Kuala Lumpur 1 2
14 MISC 1 -
15 MySPRM-ACeIO 1 -
16 Melaka - 3
17 PDRM - 2
18 Bomba Malaysia - 1

Corporate sponsor

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.