2015 Malaysia Cup

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Country Malaysia Singapore Defending champions Pahang Runners-up Kedah		Teams 16 Champions Selangor (33 titles) Matches played 31

The 2015 Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia 2015) is the 89th edition of Malaysia Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia.

The 2015 Malaysia Cup began on August with a preliminary round. A total of 16 teams took part in this prestigious competition. The teams are divided into 4 groups of 4. The group leaders and runners-up teams in the groups after 6 matches qualify to the quarterfinals. Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Malaysia Cup.

Pahang are the defending champions, having beaten Johor Darul Takzim on a penalty shootout 5–3 in last season's final, but they were eliminated by the eventual winner; Selangor in the semi-finals. Selangor won the trophy after beating 2008 champions; Kedah 2–0.

This edition also marked the last appearance of LionsXII in this competition.

Format

In this competition, the top 10 teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League is joined by the top 4 teams from 2015 Malaysia Premier League. The remaining 2 teams from 2015 Malaysia Super League and the team who finished 5th and 6th place in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League will battle it out in the playoffs for the remaining 2 spots. The teams will be drawn into four groups of four teams.

Round and draw dates

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on 27 August 2015 at the Hilton Petaling Jaya with the participating team coaches and captains in attendance.

Knockout stage

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis, except for the one-match final. The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

In the draw for the quarter final, the fourth group winners were seeded, and the fourth group runners-up were unseeded. The seeded teams were drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group or the same association could not be drawn against each other.

In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same group or the same association could be drawn against each other.