2022 Malaysia Super League

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Liga Super Malaysia
Season2022
Dates4 March – 15 October 2022
Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim
9th Super League title
9th Liga M title
Relegated Melaka United
Sarawak United
AFC Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup Terengganu
Sabah
Matches played132
Goals scored388 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorer Bergson
(29 goals)
Biggest home win7 goals
Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United
(19 June 2022)
Biggest away win4 goals
Sarawak United 0–4 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(27 July 2022)
Highest scoring7 goals
Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United
(19 June 2022)
Negeri Sembilan 4–3 Kedah Darul Aman
(8 October 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Terengganu
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run13 matches
Petaling Jaya City
Longest losing run8 matches
Penang
Highest attendance34,038
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Sabah
(15 October 2022)
Total attendance623,384
Average attendance4,723
2021
2023

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Malay : Liga Super Malaysia 2022), is the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia for association football clubs since its establishment in 2004, and the 41st season of top-flight Malaysia football overall.

Contents

The defending champions from the 2021 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams

Team changes

Increase2.svg Promoted from Premier League Decrease2.svg Relegated to Premier League

Locations

The following twelve clubs competed in the Super League during the 2022 season

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000 [1]
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,000 [2]
Kuala Lumpur City Cheras Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 [3]
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000
Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000 [4]
Sarawak United Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 20,000
Selangor Shah Alam Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000 [5]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000 [6]
Source:

Clubs locations

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerMain sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Venezuela.svg Héctor Bidoglio Flag of Malaysia.svg Aidil Zafuan Nike, Inc. [7] UNICEF
Kedah Darul Aman Flag of Singapore.svg Aidil Sharin Sahak Flag of Malaysia.svg Syazwan Zainon Lotto Sport Italia DXN
Kuala Lumpur City Flag of Croatia.svg Bojan Hodak Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Josué HNDRD Kuala Lumpur City, UBB,DBKL
Melaka United Flag of Malaysia.svg Asri Ninggal (interim) Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Norde AL Sports KENteam Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
Negeri Sembilan Flag of Malaysia.svg K. Devan Flag of Malaysia.svg Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan,Matrix
Penang Flag of Malaysia.svg Manzoor Azwira (interim) Flag of Brazil.svg Endrick Puma Penang2030
Petaling Jaya City Flag of Malaysia.svg Maniam Pachaiappan Flag of Malaysia.svg Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet
Sabah Flag of Malaysia.svg Ong Kim Swee Flag of Malaysia.svg Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto redONE
Sarawak United Flag of Malaysia.svg S.Balachandran Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Cheng Hoe Flag of Malaysia.svg Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI| | (home), Lithera (away)
Sri Pahang Flag of Malaysia.svg Dollah Salleh (interim) Flag of England.svg Lee Tuck HakkaClo Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away)
Terengganu Flag of Malaysia.svg Nafuzi Zain Flag of Bahrain.svg Habib Haroon Umbro Colever, SATU, EPIC

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
Selangor Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Neitzel Redesignated as Assistant Coach21 November 2021 [8] Pre-season Flag of Germany.svg Michael Feichtenbeiner 21 November 2021 [9]
Sri Pahang Flag of Malaysia.svg Dollah Salleh Contract ended30 November 2021 Flag of France.svg Christophe Gamel 3 January 2022 [10]
Melaka United Flag of Malaysia.svg Zainal Abidin Hassan 30 November 2021 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Risto Vidaković 22 January 2022
Sarawak United Flag of Malaysia.svg E. Elavarasan Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach23 February 2022 Flag of Malaysia.svg B. Sathianathan 24 February 2022
Melaka United Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Risto Vidaković Contract terminated13 April 20228th Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Asri Ninggal (interim)15 April 2022 [11]
Sarawak United Flag of Malaysia.svg B. Sathianathan Health reasonsJune 20227th Flag of Malaysia.svg S.Balachandran June 2022
Penang Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Trucha Mutual ConsentJune 20227th Flag of Malaysia.svg Zainal Abidin Hassan June 2022
Sri Pahang Flag of France.svg Christophe Gamel Sacked21 July 202210th Flag of Malaysia.svg Dollah Salleh (interim)21 July 2022
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Mexico.svg Benjamin Mora Mutual Consent27 July 20221st Flag of Venezuela.svg Héctor Bidoglio 28 July 2022
Selangor Flag of Germany.svg Michael Feichtenbeiner Redesignated as Technical Director10 August 2022 [12] 8th Flag of Malaysia.svg Nidzam Jamil (interim)10 August 2022 [13]
Selangor Flag of Malaysia.svg Nidzam Jamil (interim)End of interim role25 September 2022 [14] 8th Flag of Malaysia.svg Tan Cheng Hoe 25 September 2022 [15]
Penang Flag of Malaysia.svg Zainal Abidin Hassan Mutual Consent13 Oct 202212th Flag of Malaysia.svg Manzoor Azwira (interim)12 October 2022
Kedah Flag of Singapore.svg Aidil Sharin Sahak Terminated17 Oct 20228th Flag of Malaysia.svg Victor Andrag (interim)17 October 2022

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor and Terengganu who have their "B" team playing in the Premier League can register another 4 players (3 + 1 AFC). These players can play for the "A" team as long as they fulfilled the relevant regulations under the handbook.

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

TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerASEAN PlayerFormer Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Argentina.svg Leandro Velázquez Flag of Italy.svg Fernando Forestieri Flag of Brazil.svg Bergson Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Lowry Flag of Indonesia.svg Jordi Amat
Kedah Darul Aman Flag of Andorra.svg Marc Vales Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Dechi Marcel Flag of Cameroon.svg Ronald Ngah Flag of Jordan.svg Mahmoud Al-Mardi Flag of Thailand.svg Sanrawat Dechmitr Flag of South Korea.svg Jang Suk-won
Flag of Germany.svg Dennis Buschening
Kuala Lumpur City Flag of Brazil.svg Paulo Josué Flag of Colombia.svg Romel Morales Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Mintah Flag of Australia (converted).svg Giancarlo Gallifuoco Flag of the Philippines.svg Kevin Ray Mendoza Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Kévin Koubemba
Melaka United Flag of Ghana.svg Emmanuel Oti Essigba Flag of Haiti.svg Sony Norde Flag of Brazil.svg Adriano Flag of Bahrain.svg Ifedayo Olusegun Flag of the Philippines.svg Justin Baas
Negeri Sembilan Flag of France.svg Hérold Goulon Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Alves Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Flag of Palestine.svg Yashir Islame Flag of the Philippines.svg Omid Nazari Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Adetu Kossi
Flag of Tajikistan.svg David Mawutor
Penang Flag of Brazil.svg Rafael Vitor Flag of Brazil.svg Endrick Flag of Brazil.svg Lucas Silva Flag of Lebanon.svg Hilal El-Helwe Flag of the Philippines.svg Christian Rontini Flag of Brazil.svg Casagrande
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Flag of Brazil.svg Jackson Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg José Embaló Flag of Japan.svg Taiki Kagayama Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae-soo Flag of Indonesia.svg Saddil Ramdani Flag of Brazil.svg Neto Pessoa
Sarawak United Flag of Argentina.svg Gonzalo Soto Flag of Nigeria.svg Uche Agba Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Francis Koné Flag of South Korea.svg Lee Chang-hoon Flag of Cambodia.svg Boris Kok
Selangor Flag of Jordan.svg Yazan Al-Arab Flag of Brazil.svg Hyuri Flag of Brazil.svg Caion Flag of Jordan.svg Baha' Abdel-Rahman Flag of Myanmar.svg Hein Htet Aung
Sri Pahang Flag of Mali.svg Mamadou Samassa Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Hidalgo Flag of Colombia.svg Stiven Rodríguez Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Sherzod Fayziev Flag of the Philippines.svg Kevin Ingreso Flag of Laos.svg Billy Ketkeophomphone
Flag of France.svg Johan Martial
Flag of Jordan.svg Mahmoud Za'tara
Terengganu Flag of Senegal.svg Papé Diakité Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché Flag of Liberia.svg Kpah Sherman Flag of Bahrain.svg Habib Haroon Flag of the Philippines.svg Manny Ott

The following foreigners are registered by JDT II, Selangor II and Terengganu FC II for the Malaysia Premier League.

TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC PlayerFormer Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Flag of Mali.svg Moussa Sidibé Flag of Gabon.svg Lévy Madinda Flag of the Philippines.svg Carli de Murga Flag of Brazil.svg Maurício
Flag of the Philippines.svg Bienvenido Marañón
Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Rodríguez
Selangor II Flag of Ghana.svg Alex Agyarkwa Flag of Ghana.svg Richmond Tetteh Ankrah Flag of Ghana.svg Kelvin Kyei Flag of Myanmar.svg Hein Htet Aung Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Ayimbila
Flag of Ghana.svg George Attram
Terengganu II Flag of Montenegro.svg Argzim Redžović Flag of Namibia.svg Petrus Shitembi Flag of the Philippines.svg Luke Woodland Flag of Ghana.svg Jordan Mintah

Naturalisation/Heritage players

ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Matthew Davies 2 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg La'Vere Corbin-Ong 2 3 Flag of Spain.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Natxo Insa 2 3 Flag of The Gambia.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamadou Sumareh 3 Flag of Brazil.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Guilherme de Paula 3
Kuala Lumpur City Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Ryan Lambert 2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Declan Lambert 2 3
Sri Pahang Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg David Rowley 2 Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Nicholas Swirad 2 Flag of Argentina.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Ezequiel Agüero 3 Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Lee Tuck 2 Flag of Italy.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Sean Giannelli 2
PJ City Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Darren Lok 2 3
Selangor Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Brendan Gan 2 3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Quentin Cheng 2 3 Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Samuel Somerville 2
Negeri Sembilan Flag of New Zealand.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Khair Jones 2 3
Sabah Flag of England.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Stuart Wilkin 2 Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Dominic Tan 2 3
Sarawak United Flag of Scotland.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Stuart Wark 2
Penang Flag of Japan.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Tam Sheang Tsung 2
Kedah Darul Aman Flag of Ghana.svg Flag of Malaysia.svg Rodney Celvin Akwensivie 2

Notes:

^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 2217506112+4956Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Terengganu 2214263920+1944Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Sabah 2213363626+1042
4 Negeri Sembilan 2212553326+741
5 Selangor 228683933+630
6 Kuala Lumpur City 228593031129
7 Sri Pahang 2284103331+228
8 Kedah Darul Aman 2283113241927
9 Petaling Jaya City (D, R)226882230826Withdrawn from Liga Super and dissolved. [a]
10 Melaka United (D, R)22461222432118 [b] Ejected from Malaysian Super League and dissolved.
11 Sarawak United (D, R)22521519503117 [b] Ejected from Malaysian Super League and relegated to 2023 Malaysia M3 League
12 Penang 22251522452311
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Petaling Jaya City withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2023 season.
  2. 1 2 MFL officially snubs Melaka United and Sarawak United club licensing approval, as both clubs have problem with overdue payments of staffs or players. This decision prevented both from playing in 2023 Malaysian Super League. [16] [17] As of November 2nd, there are still no appeal from both clubs to continue the league structure by playing in M5 League. [18]

Result table

Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL NSL PEN PJC SBH SWK SEL PAH TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–15–04–05–01–04–03–06–05–12–22–1
Kedah Darul Aman 1–33–22–30–01–00–11–13–13–11–01–3
Kuala Lumpur City 0–32–12–01–03–20–02–05–03–31–21–2
Melaka United 1–10–30–00–04–12–20–12–32–02–22–4
Negeri Sembilan 0–14–32–12–03–23–10–13–22–23–02–1
Penang 0–11–21–01–11–11–12–42–31–12–32–1
Petaling Jaya City 2–23–31–01–00–22–01–21–30–10–33–0
Sabah 1–24–02–22–10–14–13–11–02–32–12–1
Sarawak United 0–40–11–21–01–21–10–00–10–11–40–2
Selangor 1–14–11–15–02–32–00–11–17–03–10–2
Sri Pahang 0–02–00–21–22–03–11–11–21–22–01–2
Terengganu 1–22–12–05–00–03–00–02–01–02–02–1
Source: MFL
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.

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 afterward.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1111112111111111111111
Terengganu 81112121081011117768564443332
Sabah 11342323422322222222223
Negeri Sembilan 3456441233233333334444
Selangor 6665755666656789888755
Kuala Lumpur City 5797567555574446566566
Sri Pahang 7101191196881011119955677887
Kedah Darul Aman 2223234344445678755678
Petaling Jaya City 45346787781091011111110109999
Melaka United 9881081099999878979910101010
Sarawak United 1212101112111110101281011101010111111111111
Penang 1097891212121211121212121212121212121212
Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
Possible qualification for AFC Cup group stage
Source: MFL

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals [19]
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim29
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Caion Selangor14
3 Flag of Italy.svg Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim13
Flag of Cameroon.svg Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché Terengganu
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Gustavo Negeri Sembilan11
7 Flag of Malaysia.svg Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City10
8 Flag of Colombia.svg Steven Rodriguez Sri Pahang9
9 Flag of South Korea.svg Park Tae-Soo Sabah8
10 Flag of Nigeria.svg Ifedayo Olusegun Melaka7
Flag of Argentina.svg Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang
128 players6 Clubs6
207 players7 Clubs5
278 players7 Clubs4
3513 players9 Clubs3
4820 players11 Clubs2
6856 players12 Clubs1

Hat-trick

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Flag of Malaysia.svg Darren Lok Petaling Jaya CityTerengganu3–0 (H) [20] 6 April 2022
Flag of Malaysia.svg Amri Yahyah SabahKedah Darul Aman4–0 (H) [21] 24 April 2022
Flag of Cameroon.svg Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul AmanPetaling Jaya City3–3 (A) [22] 10 May 2022
Flag of Brazil.svg Caion SelangorSarawak United7–0 (H) [23] 19 June 2022
Flag of Brazil.svg Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zimMelaka United4–0 (H) [24] 29 August 2022
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché Terengganu5–0 (H) [25] 3 September 2022
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ryan Lambert Kuala Lumpur CitySarawak United5–0 (H) [26] 28 September 2022
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Kipré Tchétché TerengganuMelaka United2–4 (A) [27] 7 October 2022

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean Sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim11
2 Flag of Malaysia.svg Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Petaling Jaya City9
3 Flag of the Philippines.svg Kevin Ray Mendoza Kuala Lumpur City7
Flag of Malaysia.svg Syihan Hazmi Negeri Sembilan
5 Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Sabah5
Flag of Mali.svg Mamadou Samassa Sri Pahang
Flag of Malaysia.svg Suhaimi Husin Terengganu
Flag of Malaysia.svg Rahadiazli Rahalim Terengganu
9 Flag of Malaysia.svg Sam Somerville Selangor4
10 Flag of Malaysia.svg Shahril Saa'ri Kedah Darul Aman2
Flag of Malaysia.svg Bryan See Tian Keat Melaka United
12 Flag of Malaysia.svg Haziq Nadzli Johor Darul Ta'zim1
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ifwat Akmal Kedah Darul Aman
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ilham Amirullah Kedah Darul Aman
Flag of Malaysia.svg Norazlan Razali Melaka United
Flag of Malaysia.svg Khatul Anuar Penang
Flag of Malaysia.svg Khairul Azhan Selangor
Flag of Malaysia.svg Aquila Abdul Rahman Sarawak United
Flag of Malaysia.svg Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Sarawak United

Discipline

Players

Club

Attendances to Stadiums

PosTeamTotalHighLowAverageChange
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 181,31634,0388,37116,484n/a
2 Sabah 98,95423,5232,3438,996n/a
3 Terengganu 72,79013,6892,3606,618n/a
4 Negeri Sembilan 69,37422,2241,8986,307n/a
5 Kedah Darul Aman 53,65714,9541,3724,878n/a
6 Melaka United 33,73714,5629873,067n/a
7 Sri Pahang 30,51010,1561,0132,774n/a
8 Selangor 24,6224,1046802,239n/a
9 Penang 23,2716,2525412,116n/a
10 Kuala Lumpur City 15,1052,6933651,374n/a
11 Sarawak United 12,1815,5123221,108n/a
12 Petaling Jaya City 7,8671,714110716n/a
League total623,38434,0381104,723n/a

Source: FAM-CMS

See also

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