2016 Liga Super

Liga Super
Season 2016
Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim
(3rd title)
Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim
Felda United
Matches played 132
Goals scored 385 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer (18 goals)
Jorge Pereyra Díaz
Biggest home win (16 July 2016)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Kedah
Biggest away win (21 May 2016)
Pahang 0–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest scoring (20 April 2016)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–2 Sarawak
(20 April 2016)
Pahang 4–3 Kelantan
(09 April 2016)
Perak 3–4 Pahang
(21 May 2016)
Kelantan 2–5 Selangor
(21 May 2016)
Terengganu 1–6 Kelantan
(15 July 2016)
T-Team 3–4 Penang
(16 July 2016)
Longest winning run (6 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run (21 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run (5 games)
Pahang, Perak
Longest losing run (5 games)
Pahang
Highest attendance 26,800
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Selangor
(16 February 2016)
Lowest attendance 0
Sarawak 0–2 T-Team
(9 April 2016)
Sarawak 1–1 Pahang
(23 April 2016)
Total attendance 892,062
Average attendance 6,758
2015
2017

All statistics correct as of 22 October 2016.

The 2016 Liga Super (English: 2016 Super League) was the 13th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.[1][2]

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions and retained the title from the previous season. They became the first club in the Malaysian football history to win the Liga Super title for three consecutive years.[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim also set a new record after went through the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 22-fixtures league season. Johor Darul Ta'zim finished its "Invincibles" season with 18 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats and 58 points in total.[1]

Teams

Sime Darby were relegated to 2016 Liga Premier after finished bottom of in 2015 Liga Super. Meanwhile, ATM (11th places) also relegated after losing the play-off to T-Team who will replaced LionsXII in the league. Kedah and Penang promoted to Liga Super after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2015 Liga Premier.

Team Team Based Stadium Capacity
Felda United Bandar Pusat Jengka Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru Larkin Stadium 30,000
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
PDRM Kuala Lumpur Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang George Town Bandaraya Stadium 25,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 31,000
Sarawak Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372
T-Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

Stadiums and locations

Felda United Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Larkin Stadium Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 32,387
Kelantan PDRM Pahang
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Penang Perak Sarawak
Bandaraya Stadium Perak Stadium Sarawak Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 40,000
Selangor T-Team Terengganu
Shah Alam Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
Capacity: 80,372 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 50,000

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.

Team Coach Captain Kit Sponsor
Felda United Malaysia Mohd Bin Nik (caretaker) Malaysia Shukor Adan FBT FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez Malaysia Safiq Rahim Adidas Forest City
Kedah Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Khairul Helmi Warrix Discover Kedah 2016
Pahang Malaysia Razip Ismail Malaysia Matthew Davies Puma Aras Kuasa & Genting Resorts World (On the back of shirt)
Kelantan Bulgaria Velizar Popov Malaysia Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi De'eza DSV Pamoga Qu Puteh & Chengal Jati
PDRM Malaysia Fauzi Pilus Malaysia Faizal Muhammad Line 7 Puncak Niaga
Penang Croatia Nenad Baćina Argentina Matías Córdoba Umbro Penang Water Supply Corporation & Aspen Group
Perak Germany Karl-Heinz Weigang Malaysia Nasir Basharuddin Al-Ikhsan Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
Sarawak Malaysia David Usop Malaysia Ronny Harun Starsport Marina Parkcity
Selangor Malaysia K. Gunalan (caretaker) Malaysia Shahrom Kalam Lotto Selangor
T-Team Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan Malaysia Hasbullah Awang Kobert Terengganu Incorporated
Terengganu Malaysia Mustaffa Kamal (caretaker) Malaysia Ahmad Nordin Alias Kobert Terengganu Incorporated

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancyni Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail End of contract 29 November 2015 Malaysia K. Devan 5 December 2015
Selangor Australia Mehmet Durakovic 12 December 2015 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 31 December 2015[3]
Pahang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 15 December 2015 Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi 15 December 2015
T-Team Croatia Tomislav Steinbruckner 30 November 2015 Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan 8 December 2015
Terengganu Malaysia Ahmad Yusoff Sacked 23 February 2016 England Mike Mulvey 27 February 2016
Pahang Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi Resign 12 March 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail 17 March 2016
Penang Brazil Jacksen F. Tiago Rested 6 April 2016 Malaysia Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid 7 April 2016
Kelantan Malaysia K. Devan Resign 12 May 2016 Bulgaria Velizar Popov 13 May 2016
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid End of caretaker spell 25 May 2016 Croatia Nenad Baćina 25 May 2016
Perak Malaysia Syamsul Saad Demoted to assistant coach 30 May 2016 Germany Karl-Heinz Weigang 30 May 2016
Selangor Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Sacked 7 August 2016 Malaysia K. Gunalan (caretaker) 8 August 2016
Felda United Malaysia Irfan Bakti Resign 24 September 2016 Malaysia Mohamad Nik (caretaker) 17 October 2016

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former
Felda United Brazil Gilberto Alemão Liberia Zah Rahan Krangar Liberia Francis Doe Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Marcos Antônio Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Singapore Hariss Harun
Kedah Kosovo Liridon Krasniqi New Zealand Shane Smeltz Brazil Thiago Augusto South Korea Bang Seung-Hwan Brazil Sandro
Brazil Kahê
Kelantan Senegal Morgaro Gomis Brazil Wander Luiz Republic of Macedonia Baže Ilijoski Australia Jonathan McKain Brazil Jonatan Lucca
Mali Dramane Traoré
Pahang Brazil Jailton Chile Claudio Meneses Argentina Pablo Vranjicán Afghanistan Faysal Shayesteh Slovenia Nejc Potokar
Argentina Germán Pacheco
Slovenia Dalibor Volaš
Pakistan Zesh Rahman
PDRM Mali Souleymane Konaté Brazil Andrezinho Brazil Guilherme de Paula Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Maldives Ali Ashfaq
Penang Brazil Reinaldo Lobo Argentina Matias Cordoba Nigeria Ranti Martins South Korea Jeong Seok-min Nigeria Osas Saha
Australia Brent Griffiths
Perak Brazil Thiago Junior Brazil Elias Albania Xhevahir Sukaj Uzbekistan Oybek Kilichev Liberia Erick Weeks Lewis
Uzbekistan Vokhid Shodiev
Sarawak Liberia Teah Dennis Jr. East Timor Juninho Brazil Gilmar Australia Ndumba Makeche Italy Davide Grassi
Selangor Nigeria Ugo Ukah Argentina Mauro Olivi Liberia Patrick Wleh Indonesia Andik Vermansyah Australia Robert Cornthwaite
Terengganu Cameroon Vincent Bikana Armenia Karen Harutyunyan Montenegro Bogdan Milić CanadaJapan Issey Nakajima-Farran Argentina Gustavo López
Argentina Juan José Morales
T–Team Mali Abdoulaye Maïga Mali Makan Konaté Brazil Patrick Cruz Uzbekistan Dilshod Sharofetdinov Croatia Tomislav Bušić
Nepal Rohit Chand

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) 22 18 4 0 56 14 +42 58 Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[lower-alpha 1]
2 Felda United 22 13 4 5 47 27 +20 43 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Kedah 22 11 7 4 30 26 +4 37[lower-alpha 3]
4 Kelantan 22 7 8 7 37 33 +4 29
5 Selangor 22 7 7 8 28 27 +1 28
6 Perak 22 7 7 8 29 30 1 28
7 T–Team 22 7 6 9 30 34 4 27
8 Sarawak 22 6 6 10 32 40 8 24
9 Pahang 22 5 6 11 22 41 19 24[lower-alpha 4]
10 Penang 22 5 7 10 32 37 5 22
11 PDRM (R) 22 5 6 11 21 32 11 21 Relegation to Liga Premier
12 Terengganu (R) 22 5 4 13 21 44 23 19
Source: SPMB Football Association of Malaysia, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 3) Number of goals against.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Also qualification to AFC Cup group stage if failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage.
  2. Since the winners of 2016 Piala FA, Johor Darul Ta'zim, currently qualify for AFC Champions League based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Piala FA winner (AFC Cup group stage) would be passed to the next best team in the table (in this case, the second-placed team).
  3. Kedah Football Association (Kedah FA) has been found guilty of putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016. Therefore, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been awarded 3 points for Pahang and Kedah sentenced deducted 3 points for the incident.
  4. Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.

Result table

Home ╲ Away FEL JDT KEDKELPHGPENPRKPDRMSWKSELTTETRG
Felda United 23 20 20 20 22 21 40 33 31 20 22
Johor Darul Ta'zim 21 50 10 30 10 21 40 52 11 51 30
Kedah 10 11 21 03 22 31 20 21 10 10 10
Kelantan 11 22 12 00 31 22 10 22 25 20 30
Pahang 03 06 11 43 10 12 02 20 13 22 12
Penang 12 11 32 23 41 11 11 12 11 23 10
Perak 32 01 00 00 34 41 10 03 01 00 20
PDRM 12 02 11 12 10 22 22 10 00 12 31
Sarawak 12 12 11 11 11 02 32 21 11 02 21
Selangor 12 12 22 00 01 10 01 21 42 21 11
T–Team 32 02 41 42 11 34 00 11 12 10 00
Terengganu 14 02 03 16 11 10 23 02 32 31 21

Updated to games played on 22 October 2016.
Source: Liga Super 1, Liga Super 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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 in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Felda United 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Kedah 12 8 7 4 6 4 5 6 7 7 5 5 6 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Kelantan 8 4 4 7 5 6 6 7 5 6 6 8 4 5 5 7 5 5 5 6 4 4
Selangor 7 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5
Perak 9 9 9 9 9 11 11 9 8 9 9 10 11 8 6 5 6 6 6 7 6 6
T–Team 5 7 11 10 10 8 7 4 3 4 4 4 5 6 8 6 8 7 7 5 7 7
Sarawak 11 12 10 11 11 10 10 12 12 12 10 9 9 11 10 8 10 10 9 9 9 8
Pahang 4 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10 11 11 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 8 9
Penang 10 5 5 6 7 9 9 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 11 11 9 9 11 10 11 10
PDRM 2 7 6 8 8 7 3 5 6 5 7 7 8 9 7 9 7 8 8 8 10 11
Terengganu 3 6 8 5 4 5 8 8 9 8 8 6 7 7 9 10 11 11 10 11 12 12
Leader
Relegation to 2017 Liga Premier

Relegation play-off

30 January 2016
21:00 UTC+8
ATM 1–2 Terengganu T-Team
Shukri  50' Takhiyuddin  26'
Bušić  44'
Perak Stadium, Perak
Attendance: 500

T-Team won to qualified 2016 Liga Super season.

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 October 2016.[4]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim 18
2 Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Johor Darul Ta'zim 16
3 Liberia Francis Forkey Doe Felda United 15
4 Republic of Macedonia Baže Ilijoski Kelantan 14
5 Brazil Patrick Cruz T–Team 10
6 Brazil Elias Fernandes Perak 9
Australia Ndumba Makeche Sarawak
Liberia Patrick Wleh Selangor
7 Liberia Zah Rahan Krangar Felda United 8
Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev Felda United
Brazil Gilmar Sarawak

Own goals

Rank Player For Club Date Goals
1 Slovenia Nejc Potokar Felda United Pahang 12/03/16 1
Malaysia Yong Kuong Yong Felda United Terengganu 04/04/16
Malaysia Mohd Kamal Azizi Kelantan T–Team 05/04/16
Malaysia Mohd Shahrol Saperi Johor Darul Ta'zim Sarawak 20/04/16
Malaysia Fadhli Shas Sarawak Johor Darul Ta'zim 20/04/16
Brazil Thiago Junior Aquino Sarawak Perak 19/05/16
Malaysia Tommy Mawat Kedah Sarawak 16/08/16
Mali Abdoulaye Maïga Johor Darul Ta'zim T–Team 24/09/16
Nigeria Ugo Ukah Perak Selangor 24/09/16

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Slovenia Dalibor Volaš Pahang Perak 3 4 9 April 2016
Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim Pahang 0 6 21 May 2016
Republic of Macedonia Baže Ilijoski Kelantan Terengganu 1 6 4 15 July 2016
Brazil Patrick Cruz T-Team Penang 3 – 4 16 July 2016
Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Johor Darul Ta'zim T-Team 5 – 1 24 September 2016
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 22 October 2016
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Harun Felda United 6
Malaysia Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim
Malaysia Muhd Hafizul Hakim Perak
Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Kelantan
2 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 5
3 Malaysia Muhd Ifwat Akmal Kedah 4
Malaysia Haziq Nadzli PDRM
4 Malaysia Farhan Abu Bakar Kedah 3
Malaysia Wan Azraie Wan Teh T–Team

Discipline

Players

As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
    Player Club Total
    YC Red card
    1 Malaysia Salamon Raj Pahang 3 1
    Malaysia Adib Aizuddin Felda United 3 1
    Malaysia Joseph Kalang Tie Terengganu 3 1
    4 Malaysia Nazmi Faiz Selangor 2 1
    5 Cameroon Vincent Bikana Terengganu 1 1
    Malaysia Saiful Nizam Miswan Pahang 1 1
    Mali Souleymane Konaté PDRM 1 1
    Malaysia Wan Zaharulnizam Kelantan 1 1
    Malaysia Lot Abu Hassan PDRM 1 1
    10 Malaysia Wan Zack Haikal Kelantan 0 1

    Club

    As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
    Rank Club Total
    YC Red card
    1 Kelantan 25 2
    PDRM 25 2
    3 Terengganu 20 2
    4 Pahang 15 2
    5 Felda United 22 1
    6 Selangor 17 1
    7 Penang 28 0
    8 Johor Darul Ta'zim 18 0
    9 Perak 17 0
    10 Kedah 15 0
    11 Perak 14 0
    12 Sarawak 13 0

    Awards

    Monthly awards

    Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Reference
    Player Club Manager Club
    February Malaysia Mohd Faiz Subri Penang Penang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Selangor Selangor [5][6]
    March Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim [7][8]
    April Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim [9]
    May Malaysia Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim [10]
    June
    July Malaysia Fazrul Hazli Kadri Perak Perak
    August Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Kedah Kedah
    September Brazil Thiago Augusto Kedah Kedah

    Attendance

    By Week

    2016 Liga Super Attendance
    Round Total Games Avg. Per Game Match With Most Attendance
    Week 1 63,772 6 10,629 26,800
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Selangor
    Week 2 60,506 6 10,084 17,300
    Perak 0–1 Selangor
    Week 3 53,251 6 8,875 20,600
    Perak 0–0 Kedah
    Week 4 55,305 6 9,218 16,528
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–1 Felda United
    Week 5 61,869 6 10,312 23,000
    PDRM 1–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 6 43,310 6 7,218 20,357
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–1 Perak
    Week 7 41,298 6 6,883 13,543
    Kelantan 2–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 8 34,715 6 5,786 13,860
    Kedah 5–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 9 24,385 6 4,064 8,763
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Penang
    Week 10 36,183 6 6,031 15,513
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Penang
    Week 11 42,305 6 7,051 15,514
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Pahang
    Week 12 33,288 6 5,548 17,653
    Kelantan 2–5 Selangor
    Week 13 30,344 6 5,057 10,580
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Kedah
    Week 14 36,426 6 6,070 15,562
    Kelantan 0–0 Pahang
    Week 15 36,514 6 6,086 16,550
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Kelantan
    Week 16 33,915 6 5,653 13,727
    Penang 1–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 17 48,816 6 8,136 26,000
    Perak 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 18 27,353 6 4,559 9,019
    Penang 2–3 Kelantan
    Week 19 23,487 6 3,915 16,640
    Felda United 2–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Week 20 47,842 6 7,973 24,220
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Terengganu
    Week 21 32,440 6 5,407 24,280
    Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–1 T–Team
    Week 22 24,738 6 4,123 8,929
    Selangor 1–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
    Total 892,062 132 6,758 -

    source:Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak

    Number of teams by states and federal territories

    States and federal territories Total Teams
     Johor1Johor Darul Ta'zim
     Kedah1Kedah
     Kelantan1Kelantan
    Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 2Felda United
    PDRM
     Pahang1Pahang
     Penang1Penang
     Perak1Perak TBG
     Sarawak1Sarawak
     Selangor1Selangor
     Terengganu2

    T-Team
    Terengganu

    See also

    References

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