Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup

Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup
Country Malaysia Malaysia
Confederation AFC
Founded 1976 (1976)
Number of teams 12 (From 2016)
Current champions MISC-MIFA
(2016)

Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup (Malay: Piala Tun Sharifah Rodziah) is a women football tournament in Malaysia. It was established in 1976 as a women football competition competed by the teams around Malaysia.[1] The competition is managed by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

12 teams participated in the latest edition of the tournament where the teams were divided into two groups. The winner for the 2016 season is MISC-MIFA.

History

In local football scene, a woman football competition has been held in Malaysia since 1960.[2] The inaugural season was competed by four teams from Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan and Malacca. A competition trophy has only been introduced in 1961 which has been contributed by Straits Times.

Women Football Association of Malaysia (PBWM) was officially registered in December 1974 where the first president was the Tun Sharifah Rodziah. A proper tournament was officially held in 1976 when PBWM introduced the woman football tournament called the Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup. A new trophy was contributed by the Tunku Abdul Rahman for the inaugural tournament season. The cup format was following the Malaysia Cup format at that year where a home and away match was introduced for the tournament. A total eight teams compete including Johor, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Selangor, Pahang, Perak, Penang and Singapore.

The cup was held for consistent basis until 2004 when it was not been held for 11 years and making a comeback in 2015 for the 28 edition.[3] A total of ten teams participated in the revival season of the tournament.[4] The 2015 season was won by MISC-MIFA.[5][6][7] In 2016, MISC-MIFA defended their championship by winning the cup again for the second times.[8][9][10]

Teams

Below is the list of teams competing in the latest season of the cup.[8]

Champions

Below is the list of champions since the cup was first held in 1976.[2]

Year Champions Runners–up Scores
1976 Singapore Singapore Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
2004 Sabah Sabah Malaysia PDRM
2015 Malaysia MISC-MIFA Sabah Sabah 1–1 (3–2 penalties)
2016 Malaysia MISC-MIFA Sabah Sabah 3-2

References

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