2021 Malaysia Premier League

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Malaysia Premier League
Season 2021
Dates6 March – 24 September 2021
Champions Negeri Sembilan
2nd Second Division title
Promoted Negeri Sembilan
Sarawak United
Relegated Perak II
Matches played109
Goals scored288 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer Jordan Mintah
Fernando Rodríguez (16 goals)
Biggest home win7 goals
Sarawak United 7–1 FAM-MSN Project
(10 April 2021)
Biggest away win6 goals
FAM-MSN Project 1–6 Terengganu II
(7 May 2021)
Highest scoring8 goals
Sarawak United 7–1 FAM-MSN Project
(10 April 2021)
Longest winning run5 matches
Terengganu II
Longest unbeaten run14 matches
Terengganu II
Longest winless run17 matches
FAM-MSN Project
Longest losing run6 matches
FAM-MSN Project
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The 2021 Malaysia Premier League is the 18th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.

Contents

First and second place non-feeder team will be promoted to the 2022 Malaysia Super League. The top 5 non-feeder teams will qualify for the 2021 Malaysia Cup.

Team changes

A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 9 sides from the 2020 season, 1 relegated from the 2020 Malaysia Super League, and 1 team formed by FAM and National Sports Council Malaysia (NSC).

To Premier League

Promoted from Liga M3

Relegated from Super League

New Team

From Premier League

Promoted to Super League

Relegated to Liga M3

Expulsion

Notes:

^1 No teams from M3 League were promoted due to the 2020 M3 League season cancellation.
^2 Felda United's application for privatization was not approved by Football Association of Malaysia and therefore the team not qualified to participating in the league. [1]
^3 FAM-MSN Project were a development team form by FAM and National Sports Council Malaysia (NSC) as alternative career pathway for the NFDP graduates. They took the spot left by Felda United.
^4 No teams from Premier League were relegated due to the FAM decision to keep the league teams at 10 following Felda and UKM expulsion.
^5 UKM FC registration was not approved by FAM as they failed to provide concrete proof of financial backing for the new season. [1]

Stadium and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2021 Malaysia Premier League teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
FAM-MSN Project Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Larkin Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
Kelantan United Kota BharuSultan Muhammad IV Stadium22,000
Kuching City Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000
PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Perak II Ipoh Perak Stadium 27,036
Sarawak United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Selangor II Selayang Selayang Stadium 16,000
Terengganu II Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)
FAM-MSN Project Flag of Malaysia.svg Yusri Che Lah Flag of Malaysia.svg Amirul Akmal Safarinizam Kelme
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Flag of Spain.svg Rafa Gil Flag of Malaysia.svg Fadhli Shas Nike UNICEF
Kelantan Flag of Italy.svg Marco Ragini Flag of Malaysia.svg Che Safwan Hazman93 Sports Zamburger
Kelantan United Flag of Japan.svg Akira Higashiyama Flag of Malaysia.svg Badhri Radzi Umbro Yakult
Kuching City Flag of Malaysia.svg Irfan Bakti Flag of Malaysia.svg Joseph Kalang Tie StarSport Serba Dinamik
Negeri Sembilan Flag of Malaysia.svg K. Devan Flag of Malaysia.svg Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
PDRM Flag of Malaysia.svg Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail Flag of Malaysia.svg Safiee Ahmad Oren Sport Top Glove
Perak II Flag of Malaysia.svg Syamsul Saad Flag of Malaysia.svg Izaaq Izhan Yuswardi Kaki Jersi Lenggong Valley (home) & Royal Belum (away)
Sarawak United Flag of Malaysia.svg E. Elavarasan Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taylor Regan Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor II Flag of Germany.svg Michael Feichtenbeiner Flag of Malaysia.svg Shivan Pillay Joma PKNS
Terengganu II Flag of Malaysia.svg Badrul Afzan Flag of Montenegro.svg Argzim Redžović Al-Ikhsan redONE

Coaching changes

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of
appointment
Kuching City Flag of Japan.svg Akira Higashiyama End of Contract30 November 2020Pre-season Flag of Malaysia.svg Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 1 December 2020
Negeri Sembilan Flag of Malaysia.svg Sazali Saidon Flag of Malaysia.svg K. Devan
Selangor II Flag of Malaysia.svg Rusdi Suparman End of Caretaker Spell Flag of Germany.svg Michael Feichtenbeiner
Kelantan United Flag of Malaysia.svg Nazrulerwan Makmor Redesignated to Technical Director Flag of Japan.svg Akira Higashiyama 5 December 2020
FAM-MSN Project Inaugural head coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Yusri Che Lah 10 December 2020
PDRM Flag of Malaysia.svg Ishak Kunju End of Contract30 November 2020 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mat Zan Mat Aris 24 December 2020
Terengganu II Flag of Malaysia.svg Roshadi Wahab Flag of Malaysia.svg Badrul Afzan Razali
Perak II Flag of Malaysia.svg Abu Bakar Fadzim Flag of Malaysia.svg Syamsul Saad 2 January 2021
Kelantan Flag of Malaysia.svg Yusri Che Lah Flag of Italy.svg Marco Ragini 15 January 2021
PDRM Flag of Malaysia.svg Mat Zan Mat Aris Sacked31 March 2021Mid Season Flag of Malaysia.svg Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail 31 March 2021

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerFormer Player
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Flag of Argentina.svg Luis Cabrerra Flag of Japan.svg Kei Hirose Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Rodríguez Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Lowry Flag of Argentina.svg Nicolás Fernández
Kelantan Flag of Greece.svg Christos Intzidis Flag of Spain.svg Mario Arqués Flag of England.svg Jack Hindle Flag of Indonesia.svg Natanael Siringo Ringo
Kelantan United Flag of Japan.svg Shuhei Fukai Flag of Japan.svg Masashi Motoyama Flag of The Gambia.svg Gassama Alfusainey Flag of Japan.svg Yuki Tanigawa
Kuching City Flag of Brazil.svg Aylton Alemão Flag of Brazil.svg Hudson Dias Flag of Nigeria.svg Ijezie Michael Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Suzuki Flag of Brazil.svg Bryan Jones
Negeri Sembilan Flag of Brazil.svg Arthur Cunha Flag of Togo.svg Francis Koné Flag of Cameroon.svg Alain Akono Flag of South Korea.svg Bae Beom-geun Flag of Brazil.svg Diogo Campos
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Barbosa
Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Gomes de Oliveira
PDRM Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Victor Kamhuka Flag of Ghana.svg Alexander Amponsah Flag of Namibia.svg Lazarus Kaimbi Flag of Japan.svg Bruno Suzuki
Perak II Flag of France.svg Ghislain Guessan Flag of England.svg Charlie Machell Flag of Lebanon.svg Flag of Bulgaria.svg Samir Ayass
Sarawak United Flag of Brazil.svg Sandro Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Flag of Australia (converted).svg Taylor Regan Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-hoon
Selangor II Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Ayimbila Flag of Ghana.svg George Attram Flag of Ghana.svg Alex Agyarkwa Flag of Myanmar.svg Hein Htet Aung
Terengganu II Flag of Montenegro.svg Argzim Redžović Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Dechi Marcel N'Guessan Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Mintah Flag of Japan.svg Masaki Watanabe

Naturalisation players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Stuart Wilkin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan
Sarawak United Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Stuart Wark Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Khair Jones

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Negeri Sembilan (C, P)2012533316+1741Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
2 Sarawak United (P)2011543714+2338
3 Terengganu II [lower-alpha 1] 209833718+1935
4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II [lower-alpha 1] 209743820+1834
5 Kuching City 207672222027Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
6 Kelantan 208392328−527
7 Kelantan United 2082102528−326
8 PDRM 207582225−326
9 Selangor II [lower-alpha 1] 205962726+124
10 Perak II [lower-alpha 1] (R)2045111437−2317
11 FAM-MSN Project [lower-alpha 2] 2013161256−446
Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. , Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.
  2. ↑ FAM-MSN Project is only as a back-up squad and will not promote to Super League.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920
Negeri Sembilan 42111113111211122211
Sarawak United 31222231222133311122
Selangor II 24353455775554566669
Terengganu II 13664567663322233433
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 79775322346665444344
Kelantan 85436644556457876786
Kelantan United 96547776434776798997
Kuching City 689108999101089991089875
PDRM 101110891010108910888555558
Perak II 57891088898910101091010101010
FAM-MSN Project 1110111111111111111111111111111111111111
Leader
Source: MFL

Results

Home \ Away FMP JDT KEL KLU KUC NSE PDRM PRK SUD SEL TFCII
FAM-MSN Project 0–51–20–32–21–31–30–20–40–11–6
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5–11–13–03–10–01–03–21–10–03–2
Kelantan 2–10–33–11–02–11–20–10–12–10–2
Kelantan United 0–10–00–21–00–22–02–12–32–21–0
Kuching City 2–02–13–11–31–20–02–01–01–10–2
Negeri Sembilan 2–02–12–12–30–04–25–01–10–02–2
PDRM 0–02–21–21–01–20–11–10–30–32–1
Perak II 0–00–21–10–40–20–20–30–34–30–0
Sarawak United 7–11–03–12–02–00–10–24–11–10–0
Selangor II 4–21–13–11–01–11–20–10–11–11–4
Terengganu II 4–04–30–04–11–11–01–10–01–02–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 24 September 2021 [2]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Mintah Terengganu II16
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Ta'zim II
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Sarawak United14
4 Flag of The Gambia.svg Gassama AlfusaineyKelantan United11
6 Flag of Cameroon.svg Alain AkonoNegeri Sembilan9
Flag of Ghana.svg George AttramSelangor II
Flag of Malaysia.svg Nurshamil Abd Ghani Kelantan
8 Flag of Malaysia.svg Azhad Harraz FAM-MSN Project8
9 Flag of Japan.svg Bruno Suzuki PDRM7
Flag of Malaysia.svg Zaquan Adha Negeri Sembilan
11 Flag of Malaysia.svg Alif Hassan Kuching City5
Flag of Togo.svg Francis Koné Negeri Sembilan

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Ghana.svg George AttramSelangor IIFAM-MSN Project4–2 (H)12 March 2021
Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Sarawak UnitedFAM-MSN Project7–1 (H)10 April 2021
Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Mintah Terengganu IIKelantan United4–1 (H)2 May 2021
FAM-MSN Project6–1 (A)7 May 2021

Clean sheets

As of matches played 12 September 2021
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1

Flag of Malaysia.svg Sharbinee Allawee

Sarawak United8

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 https://www.goal.com/en-my/news/fam-throws-felda-and-ukm-out-of-the-2021-premier-league/q284cvk13b6v1g8ceqtwxlctv [ bare URL ]
  2. ↑ "Penjaring gol Liga Premier 2021". Liga Malaysia. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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