Piala Emas Raja–Raja (English: Kings Gold Cup or Sultans Gold Cup) is a regional annual football competition held between the states in Malaysia. Before it was known as the Piala Emas Raja-Raja (the King's Gold Cup or Sultan's Gold Cup), the tournament was known as the Malay International Football League during its inaugural year in 1922. The competition is managed by the Malaysian Malay's Football Association.

History

The competition was first held in 1922 during the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Prince Edward (later known as King Edward VIII), to the East, including Malaya and Singapore. Various celebrations, including the Malay International Football League sponsored by the committee of 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. In the final, Kedah defeated Johor 2–0 to emerge as the inaugural champions of the tournament.

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 Kedah2-0JohorJohor
1923SelangorSelangor2-0PerakPerak
1924SelangorSelangor
1925SelangorSelangorPerakPerak
1926SelangorSelangor3-0Negeri SembilanNegeri Sembilan
1927PerakPerak
1928SelangorSelangor
1929KedahKedah
1930SelangorSelangor4-3PerakPerak
1931-34no competition
1935SelangorSelangor6-2PerakPerak
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
1950SingaporeSingaporewalkoverPenangPenang
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
1971ATM3−1PenangPenang
1972KelantanKelantan3−1ATM
1973SingaporeSingapore4−1KelantanKelantan
1974PerakPerak3−2PerlisPerlis
1975SingaporeSingapore3−2PenangPenang
1976JohorJohor2−1SelangorSelangor
1977TerengganuTerengganu2−1PerlisPerlis
1978KelantanKelantan2−1JohorJohor
1979JohorJohor2−1KelantanKelantan
1980PahangPahang4−2PerakPerak
1981SingaporeSingapore2−1JohorJohor
1982KelantanKelantan1−0SelangorSelangor
1983SingaporeSingapore4−2PenangPenang
1984ATM5−4KelantanKelantan
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.)ATM
1999ATM3−2MalaccaMelaka
2000TerengganuTerengganu3−0SelangorSelangor
2001KelantanKelantan3−0PenangPenang
2002PenangPenang1−0KedahKedah
2003KelantanKelantan2−1SelangorSelangor
2004KelantanKelantan2−0PahangPahang
2005KedahKedah1−0KelantanKelantan
2006SelangorSelangor5−1ATM
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
2019MalaysiaMISC2−1Kuala LumpurKuala Lumpur
2020-21cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022Selangor Selangor3−2Malaysia PDRM
2023PahangPahang4−1TerengganuTerengganu
2024Malaysia MySPRM-ACeIO2−1Bomba Malaysia
2025Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur1−0ATM

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
11ATM34
12Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur22
13Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan21
14Malaysia MISC1-
15Putrajaya MySPRM-ACeIO1-
16Malacca Melaka-3
17Malaysia PDRM-2
18Bomba 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)
  • (2022–2024)

See also