The 2025 Maybank Challenge Cup () was the charity hybrid friendly match played by the

ASEAN All-Stars The ASEAN All-Stars is a football team founded by the ASEAN Football Federation in 2014. The team is made up of Southeast Asia internationals and selected players from the regional leagues. History 2014 team The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) ...

, a selection team by the

ASEAN Football Federation The ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) is an organisation within the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and is an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer in Southeast Asia. It consists of the federations of Fo ...

and English

Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea ...

club

Manchester United Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United (often stylised as Man Utd) or simply United, is a professional association football, football club based in Old Trafford (area), Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, Engl ...

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. The ASEAN All-Stars won the match 1–0, with Maung Maung Lwin scoring the solitary goal.

Background

Organisation

on 8 April 2025 announced that the club would be having an Asian tour following the conclusion of the

2024–25 Premier League The 2024–25 Premier League was the 33rd season of the Premier League and the 126th season of English football overall. Manchester City entered the season as four-time defending champions, but were dethroned by Liverpool, who emerged as P ...

season. The

was announced as their opposition for a friendly match on 28 May, 2025 in

. The scheduled friendly was billed as the Maybank Challenge Cup and was organised by a collaboration by ProEvents, the

Football Association of Malaysia The Football Association of Malaysia (commonly abbreviated as FAM; ) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia, headquartered at Wisma FAM. The FAM is also one of the founding members of both the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) a ...

, and the title sponsor

Maybank Malayan Banking Berhad (doing business as Maybank) is a Malaysian universal bank, with key operating "home markets" of Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia. According to the 2020 Brand Finance report, Maybank is Malaysia's most valuable bank b ...

. The proceeds of the event will reportedly go to the charity organisation Al-Sultan Abdullah Foundation (YASA).

Participating teams

ASEAN All-Stars

The ASEAN All-Stars is a selection team of players coming from member associations of the

. South Korean Kim Sang-sik, who is also the concurrent head coach of the

Vietnam national football team The Vietnam national football team () represents Vietnam in men's senior international association football and is controlled by the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), the governing body of football in Vietnam. The team's nickname is the Golde ...

, was tasked to be the ASEAN All-Stars coach. The team only trained together for two days prior to the Maybank Challenge Cup.

Manchester United

is a 13-time

champion. However the English club is coming off from a poor finish in the 2024–25 season — they placed 15th in the table with 42 points. They also lost the

2025 UEFA Europa League final The 2025 UEFA Europa League final was the final match of the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, the 54th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 16th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Eu ...

a week before the friendly, missing a berth in the

2025–26 UEFA Champions League The 2025–26 UEFA Champions League will be the 71st season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 34th season since it was rebranded from the European Cup to the UEFA Champions League. The final will be playe ...

. United last played in Malaysia in 2009 when it played the Malaysia XI selection twice.

Squads

ASEAN All-Stars

''Players called up for the match against

Manchester United

Match

72,550 people attended the match. The temperature at Bukit Jalil was 30°C with high humidity. Vietnam's Nguyễn Hai Long and the Philippines' Sandro Reyes forced André Onana into two separate saves, while on the other side, Patiwat Khammai held his grip against

Kobbie Mainoo Kobbie Boateng Mainoo (; born 19 April 2005) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Manchester United F.C., Manchester United and the England national football team, England national team. ...

in the 33rd minute. Another of Mainoo's attempts in the 37th minute was cleared off the line by Harrison Delbridge. Patiwat also denied Bruno Fernandes' volley in the 58th minute. On 71 minutes, Burmese winger Maung Maung Lwin latched onto a through ball from Adrian Segecic, broke Manchester United's

offside trap Offside is one of the laws in association football, codified in Law 11 of the Laws of the Game. The law states that a player is in an offside position if any of their body parts, except the hands and arms, are in the opponents' half of the ...

and beat

Tom Heaton Thomas David Heaton (born 15 April 1986) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. He is currently a free agent. Heaton began his career in the Manchester United F ...

to score the solitary goal. The crowd reportedly directed boos at United's players when the final whistle sounded.

References

{{Friendly tournaments 2025 International sports competitions hosted by Malaysia 2025 in AFF football Manchester United F.C.