Sultan of Selangor's Cup

The Sultan of Selangor's Cup is an annual friendly football competition contested between two rival football clubs, Selangor and Singapore.

Sultan of Selangor's Cup
Founded2001 (2001)
Number of teams2
Current championsSelangor selection (10th title)
Most successful club(s)Selangor selection (10 titles)
Television broadcastersMedia Prima
RTM
2019 Sultan of Selangor Cup

History

The Sultan of Selangor Cup is founded by the current Sultan of Selangor, His Royal Highness Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah in 2001 to strengthen the ties between two rival teams, Selangor FA and Singapore and to rekindle their rivalry after Singapore pulled out of the Malaysian League in 1994.[1] The rivalry between two teams are very intense because of their status as the two most successful clubs in Malaysian football history and matches between the two sides has even been dubbed as the Malayan El'Clasico.[2]

Past tournaments/winners
Sultan of Selangor Cup finals
Year Date Winner Score Runner-up Venue Attendance
2001 4 August Selangor 0-0
penalty 4-2		 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2003 29 March Selangor 4-1 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2004a 16 May Selangor 2-2† Singapore Singapore National Stadium 40,000[3]
2005 24 May Selangor 3-1 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2006a 10 May Singapore 3-0[4] Selangor Singapore National Stadium 22,560[5]
2007 11 August Singapore 3-1 Selangor Shah Alam Stadium
2008 6 July Selangor 2-2
penalty 4-3		 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2009 4 October Singapore 3-0 Selangor Jalan Besar Stadium
2010 16 October Singapore 6-0 Selangor Shah Alam Stadium
2011 1 October Singapore 1-0 Selangor Shah Alam Stadium
2012 29 September Selangor 3-1[6] Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2013 28 September Selangor 3-2 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2014 27 September Selangor 2-1 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2015 Cancelled due to haze[7]
2016 8 May Singapore 1-1
penalty 4-3[8]		 Selangor Shah Alam Stadium
2017b 6 May Singapore 3-2[9] Selangor Singapore National Stadium
2018 25 August Selangor 1-1
penalty 5-3[10]		 Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2019 24 August Selangor 1-0[11] Singapore Shah Alam Stadium
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[12]

Note:

^† Both teams are announced as joint winners in 2004
^a On 2004 and 2006, Selangor was represented by MPPJ FC.
^b On 2017, Selangor was represented by PKNS FC

Source:[13][14]

Performances

By team
Team Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Selangor 10 7 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017
Singapore 8 9 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017 2001, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019

See also

References
  1. BERNAMA. "Piala Sultan Selangor Ke-6 Sempena Sambutan Merdeka" (in Malay). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. Syafiq Aznan (1 May 2016). "Aksi 'El Classico Malaya' di Shah Alam 7 Mei". bharian.com.my. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. S. Sivabalan (18 May 2004). "MPPJ give a good account of themselves against singapore". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
  4. "Singapore wins Sultan of Selangor Cup". thestar.com.my. 11 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  5. "Sultan of Selangor Cup 2006". sleague.com. 12 May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  6. "Piala Sultan Selangor: Selangor 3 Singapura 1". faselangor.my. 30 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  7. N Faizal Ghazali (24 October 2015). "Piala Sultan Selangor edisi 2015 batal". malaysiakini.com (in Malay). Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  8. BERNAMA (8 May 2016). "Pilihan Singapura juara menerusi sepakan penalti". utusan.com.my. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  9. Kenneth Ho (6 May 2017). "Too little, too late for Selangor in SOS Cup". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  10. "Selangor rampas Piala Sultan Selangor". Berita Harian. 26 August 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  11. Zulfaizan Mansor (24 August 2019). "Selangor pertahan kejuaraan Piala Sultan Selangor". Berita Harian. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  12. "Sultan of Selangor's Cup on Aug 15 called off, says Selangor palace". Malay Mail. 13 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  13. "Piala Sultan Selangor". Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  14. "2001-2014 Piala Sultan Selangor". Retrieved 3 February 2018.
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