2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League Explained

The 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League (ms|[[:ms:Liga Amatur A2 Malaysia 2024-25]]), formerly known as Malaysia M4 League, also known as the Al-Ikhsan Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the third season of the Malaysia A2 Amateur League, the third tier football league in the Malaysian football league system.^{[1] [2]}

Format

The tournament is played as follows:

• League level: 16 teams are divided into three zones, namely Zone 1 (4 teams), Zone 2 (6 teams) and Zone 3 (6 teams), each drawn from the North/East Coast, Central and South/Putrajaya regions.
  • Round 1 Divided into three zones, each team will play at home and away to determine the position in the group. The top two teams in each zone, including third team in Zones 2 & 3, will advance to the knockout stage.
• Knockout stage: The knockout stage is the match to determine the winner. Finalists will be promoted to the 2025–26 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2023 season.^{[3] [4]}

To Al-Ikhsan Cup

Relegated from the MBSB Bank Championship

• Naga UKS

Promoted from the M5 League

• Guar Syed Alwi Promoted by winning the 2023 Perlis Super League.^[5]
• Pencinta Setia Promoted from the 2023–24 PBDLMS M5 League.
• Kampong Ku Promoted by winning the 2023 KLFA M5 League.
• NBK Empire Promoted by 2023 A-Ligue Champions League M5 runner-up.
  • • Gombak City Promoted by winning the 2023 MAHSA-KRONOS M5 League SJ Virtuosos Promoted by winning the 2023 Putrajaya League M5 Real Mambau Promoted by 2023 A-Ligue Nismilan third place.
• BR United Promoted by 2023 RAFA Southern Selangor League runner-up.
• Semantan Troopers Promoted by 2023 Pahang Amateur League runner-up.

Invited team

• Kuala Muda From Kedah FA
• SAMB

From Al-Ikhsan Cup

Promoted to the A1 Semi-Pro League

• Bunga Raya
• Machan
• UiTM United
• YP Maintenance

Relegated to the A3 Community League

• Kuantan City
• NS Cyberfox
• Real Chukai
• Republic of Borneo

Dissolved (Borneo Zone)

• STR
• Mukah Youth Team
• Maqarize

Name changes

• Naga UKS decided to merge with AAK F.C. and changed its name to AAK Ultimate FC and relocated to Puncak Alam, Selangor.
• MAHSA City were renamed to MAHSA United
• Gombak City were renamed to Selayang City
• Bunga Raya FC II were renamed to BR United

Notes:

The participation of teams from the Borneo Zone was temporarily suspended due to the insufficient number of teams for the competition to be played.

Team summaries

Venues and locations

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
AAK Ultimate	Puncak Alam	Seksyen 4 Shah Alam Football Field, Shah Alam	800
BR United	Seremban	Arena IRC Sendayan, Bandar Sri Sendayan	700
Guar Syed Alwi	Kangar	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium	20,000
JAKIM	Putrajaya	Azman Hashim Sports Arena UKM, Kajang	1,000
Kampong Ku	Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur	Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz Mini Stadium	3,500
Kuala Muda	Kuala Muda	Sungai Petani Municipal Council Sports Complex	2,500
MAHSA United	Jenjarom	MAHSA University Mini Stadium	1,000
MP Port Dickson	Port Dickson	Padang Merdeka Port Dickson	1,500
NBK Empire	Gombak	MAHSA University Mini Stadium	1,000
Pencinta Setia	Taiping, Perak	Matang Football Field, Matang, Perak	900
Real Mambau	Mambau	UiTM Seremban 3 Football Field, Seremban	600
	Melaka City	Hang Tuah Stadium	3,000
Selayang City	Gombak	Taman Kanching Mini Stadium, Rawang	700
Semantan Troopers	Temerloh	Temerloh Mini Stadium	10,000
SJ Virtuosos	Putrajaya	Sime Darby Training Ground, Bukit Jelutong	1,000
WTS	Pasir Mas	Pasir Mas Mini Stadium	7,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
AAK Ultimate	Mohd Hasmawi Hassan	Azmi Muslim	AAK Sportswear
BR United	Syah Juan Mohd Nor	S.Gawsigan	Kimicom
	Firdaus Abdul Rahman	Hafiz Abdul Karim	Idan's Design
JAKIM	Mohd Nazim Bin Din	Nor Saiful Abd Rahman	Alpha Sport
Kampong Ku	Rajasparan a/l V. Naidu	Azrul Razman	UMU Apparel
Kuala Muda	Koet King Heyong	Firdaus Abdul Rahman	Lakoh Sport
MAHSA United	Yogeswaran a/l Veeramalai	Izham Nor Alizan	Kronos
MP Port Dickson	Adnan Md Din	Zaidi Othman	Alpha Sport
NBK Empire	Noor Ismadi Ismail	Hazromie Zullkifli	PUC Sport
Pencinta Setia	Muhammad Suhaimi Bin Idris	Rahmat Rahim	TSR apparel
Real Mambau	Al-Hasrizal Al-Mustafi	Alif Yusof	Forfit
SAMB	Rahim Abu Bakar	Syafiq Samad	ZeroFour
Selayang City	Reman Ragunathan	Muhammad Imran Syahmi	Let's Play Performance
Semantan Troopers	Ehsam bin Long	C.Kumaresan	Alpha Sport
SJ Virtuosos	Khairulbahar Taib	Haziq Mohd Noh	M1 Sports
WTS	Che Saupi Ibrahim	Khairul Rizam Che Soh	Ace Store Printing

Standings

Zone 1 (North/East Coast)

Fixtures and results

Matchweek 6

Zone 2 (Central)

Fixtures and results

Matchweek 10

Zone 3 (South/Putrajaya)

Fixtures and results

Matchweek 10

Knockout round

Quarter-finals

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"Kelantan WTS won 7–1 on aggregate."

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"MP Port Dickson won 3–1 on aggregate."

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"Semantan Troopers won 2–0 on aggregate."

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"2–2 on aggregate. Guar Syed Alwi won on penalty shoot-out 5–3."

Semi-finals

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"Kelantan WTS won 10–0 on aggregate ."

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"Guar Syed Alwi won 3–0 on aggregate ."

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Final

Champions

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Club
Titles

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fa’es Hafize	AAK Ultimate	13
2	Faris Hafiz Azhar	SJ Virtuosos	11
3	Shamerul Abd Aziz	SAMB	8
4	Fakru Faiz	JAKIM	6
	Muhammad Farhan Abdul Hamid	Kampong Ku
	Muhammad Ridhwan	Kampong Ku
7	Mohd Ikmal Faiz Azmi	Guar Syed Alwi	5
	Faizwan Abdullah	WTS
	Aqil Hazwan	SAMB
	Zamree Jani	SAMB
	Mohammad Helmi Ikhmal Zamri	Semantan Troopers
7	Shukor Azmi	AAK Ultimate	4
	Mohd Shahrul Azman	MPPD
	Aqil Hazwan	SAMB
	Hadzirun Che Hamid	Selayang City
	Zakwan Zamri	SJ Virtuosos
12	Faris Abdul Razak	AAK Ultimate	3
	Hafizie Erwinshah	AAK Ultimate
	Naufal Akif Aswat	AAK Ultimate
	Kalaiarasan A/L Murugan	BR United
	Nesamani Chettiar A/L Manimaran	BR United
	M. Terrence	BR United
	DarwinRajoo Krishnamoorthy	Kampong Ku
	Farhan Abd Hamid	Kampong Ku
	Sufi Amar	Kampong Ku
	Firdaus Rahman	Kuala Muda
	Naufal Al-Hakim Abdul Rahim	MAHSA United
	Amirul Aiman Ismail	NBK Empire
	Fariq Mohd Sahan	Semantan Troopers
	Eskandar Ismail	SJ Virtuosos
7	Azmi Muslim	AAK Ultimate	2
	Muhammad Hidayat Basir	Selayang City
	Haziq Mu'iz Abdul	Guar Syed Alwi
	Mohd Ikmal Faiz Azmi	Guar Syed Alwi
	Hazwan Hassan	Guar Syed Alwi
	Nashrul Shazrin Roslan	Guar Syed Alwi
	Nazri Ahmad	WTS
	Fakhrul Zaman	WTS
	Khairul Rizam	WTS
Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	WTS
Azizie Hamid	Kampong Ku
Muhammad Faes Hakimi	NBK Empire
Nazirul Nazarudin	SAMB
Fariq Sahan	Semantan Troopers
Nazarul Amir Idham	Semantan Troopers

Own goals

Rank	Player	Team	Against	Date	Goal
1	Shahir Adzha	Selayang City	Kampong Ku		1
	Haziq Mohd Noh	SJ Virtuosos	MP Port Dickson
	Sufyan Suhaimi	Pencinta Setia	WTS
	Naufal Al-Hakim		Semantan Troopers

Hat-trick

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mohd Fakru Faiz4		MP Port Dickson	5–4 (H)[7]	17 August 2024
Nesamani Chettiar	BR United	Real Mambau	0–10 (A)[8]	17 August 2024
Ikhmal Zamri	Semantan Troopers	Selayang City	7–2 (H)[9]	24 August 2024
Fa'es Hafize4		Selayang City	11–0 (H)[10]	7 September 2024
Hafizie Erwinshah		Selayang City	11–0 (H)	7 September 2024
Eskandar Ismail	SJ Virtuosos	Real Mambau	16–0 (H)[11]	21 September 2024
Faris Hafiz Azhar9	SJ Virtuosos	Real Mambau	16–0 (H)	21 September 2024
Zamree Jani		Real Mambau	0–6 (H)[12]	12 October 2024

Notes⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals
⁹ Player scored 9 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

See also

• 2024 Piala Sumbangsih
• 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
• 2024–25 Malaysia A3 Community League
• 2024 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2024–25 Malaysia Cup

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-07-01 . 16 pasukan meriahkan al-ikhsan Cup 2024/25. 2024-07-01 . Makan Bola.
2. Web site: 2024-07-01 . Liga A2 Amateur Al-Ikhsan Cup 2024: 16 pasukan sahkan penyertaan. 2024-07-01 . Stadium Astro.
3. Web site: Tirai Saingan Liga A2 Amateur Al-Ikhsan Cup 2024 Bermula 19 Julai 2024. 1 July 2024.
4. Web site: 2024-07-01 . 16 pasukan hangatkan kancah Liga A2 Amateur Al-Ikhsan Cup 2024. 2024-07-01 . Flash Sukan.
5. Web site: Guar Syed Alwi muncul juara Liga Super Perlis. Utusan Malaysia.
6. Web site: Top Goalscorers.
7. Web site: FAM - CMS . 17 August 2024. FAM - CMS.
8. Web site: FAM - CMS . 17 August 2024. FAM - CMS.
9. Web site: FAM - CMS . 24 August 2024. FAM - CMS.
10. Web site: FAM - CMS . 7 September 2024. FAM - CMS.
11. Web site: FAM - CMS . 21 September 2024. FAM - CMS.
12. Web site: FAM - CMS . 12 October 2024. FAM - CMS.