2026 MFL Challenge Cup

The 2026 MFL Challenge Cup is the fifth edition of Malaysia Challenge Cup tournament organised by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Malaysian Football League (MFL). The tournament began on 6 February 2026 and ended on 18 April 2026.

Selangor were defending champions, defeated PDRM in the final with 7–0 on aggregate.^[1][2] They were unable to defend their title after advancing to the quarter-finals of Malaysia Cup knockout stage.

A total of 8 teams competed in the knockout phase, which the eight losers of the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will participate into the tournament.^[3]

The qualified teams will compete on the knockout stage to compete in a two-legged single-elimination tournament beginning with the quarter-finals followed by semi-finals and the final. Each tie is played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.

All 8 teams eliminated from the Malaysia Cup round of 16 will enter the tournament.^[3] List of the teams are shown below:

Each tie in the knockout phase was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home. The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, then 30 minutes of extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score was still level at the end of extra time, the winners were decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, which was played as a single match, if the score was level at the end of normal time, extra time was played, followed by a penalty shoot-out if the score was still level.

The mechanism of the draws for each round was as follows:

• In the draws for the quarter-finals onwards, there were no seedings, and teams from the same association could be drawn against each other. As the draws for the quarter-finals and semi-finals were held together before the quarter-finals were played, the identity of the quarter-final winners was not known at the time of the semi-final draw. A draw was also held to determine which semi-final winner would be designated as the "home" team for the final (for administrative purposes as it was played at a neutral venue).

The schedule was as follows (all draws were held at the Malaysian Football League headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor).^[4]

In the knockout phase, teams played against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.

The first legs were played on 6, 7 and 8 February, and the second legs were played on 13, 14, 15 and 16 February 2026.^[5]

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Perak won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Kelantan The Real Warriors won 4–2 on aggregate.

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Penang won 1–0 on aggregate.

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Sabah won 3–1 on aggregate.

The first legs were played on 4 March, and the second legs were played on 11 March 2026.

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The first leg was played on 4 April, and the second leg was played on 18 April 2026.

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals[6]
1	Enzo Célestine	Kelantan The Real Warriors	2
	Fadhil Idris	Perak
	Fergus Tierney	Sabah
4	Eduardo Sosa	Immigration	1
	Babacar Guèye	Immigration
	Asraff Aliffuddin	Kelantan The Real Warriors
	Danial Haqim	Kelantan The Real Warriors
	Fakhrul Azim	PDRM
	Douglas Coutinho	Penang
	Amirul Aiman	Perak
	Hafizy Daniel	Perak
	Dane Ingham	Sabah
	Shafizi Iqmal	UM-Damansara United
	Wan Kuzri	UM-Damansara United

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