2017 Malaysia Premier League

Liga Premier
Season 2017
Matches played 108
Goals scored 370 (3.43 per match)
Top goalscorer (21 goals)
Guilherme de Paula Lucrecio
Biggest home win Kuala Lumpur 6–0 ATM
(23 May 2017)
Biggest away win MISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM
(3 March 2017)
Highest scoring ATM 4–5 PDRM
(28 February 2017)
MISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM
(3 March 2017)
Kuantan 3–6 Kuala Lumpur
(14 July 2017)
MISC-MIFA 6–3 Kuantan
(25 July 2017)
Longest winning run 7 matches
Negeri Sembilan
Longest unbeaten run 14 matches
Negeri Sembilan
Longest winless run 9 matches
Perlis
Longest losing run 6 matches
MISC-MIFA
ATM
Highest attendance 9,401
Negeri Sembilan 3–4 Terengganu
(17 February 2017)
Lowest attendance 101
ATM 4–3 Kuantan
(25 April 2017)
Total attendance 128,329
Average attendance 1,645
2016
2018 →

The 2017 Liga Premier (English: 2017 Premier League) also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons is the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season started on 20 January and will conclude on 20 October 2017.[1]

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To Liga Premier

Promoted from Liga FAM

Relegated from Liga Super

From Liga Premier

Promoted to Liga Super

Relegated to Liga FAM

Team withdraw

Teams, locations and stadiums

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
ATM Tanjung Malim Proton City Stadium 5,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kuantan Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Kuala Lumpur Selayang Selayang Stadium 11,098
MIFA Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Negeri Sembilan Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000
PDRM Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Perlis Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium 20,000
PKNP Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 6,000

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
ATM Malaysia Azhar Abdullah Malaysia Venice Elphi Admiral Malaysian Armed Forces
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mexico Benjamin Mora Nike Forest City
Kuantan Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria Malaysia Abdul Wafiy Abdul Ghafar SkyHawk Kuantan FC Holding
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Fábio Joaquim Maciel da Silva Malaysia Helmi Remeli Fawz JL99 Group & EKOVEST
MIFA Malaysia Jacob Joseph Malaysia K. Nanthakumar Umbro MIFA
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Mohd Asri Ninggal Malaysia Mohd Nasriq Baharom Mizuno Matrix Concepts
PDRM Malaysia Fauzi Pilus Malaysia Kamal Rodiarjat Line 7 Forca
Perlis Malaysia Syamsul Saad Carino Daily Fresco
PKNP Malaysia Abu Bakar Fadzim Malaysia Shahrel Fikri Puma SE Perak Corp.
Sabah Malaysia Jelius Ating Malaysia Azizan Nordin Carino Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Terengganu Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Malaysia Abdul Latiff Suhaimi Kobert Chicken Cottage
UiTM Malaysia Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail Malaysia Muhd Hanif Saied Umbro Soaring Upwards

Coaching changes

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

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of
appointment
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Resigned 23 November 2016 [2] Pre-season Brazil Wanderley Junior 1 December 2016 [3]
Sabah Malaysia Johnny Dominicus Demote to assistant head coach 25 November 2016 France Steve Vilmiaire 25 November 2016 [4]
Perlis Malaysia Dollah Salleh End of contract 30 November 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail
Johor DT II Mexico Benjamin Mora Promoted to JDT I 18 January 2017 [5] Malaysia Mohd Hamzani Omar 18 January 2017
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Wanderley Junior 6th Brazil Fábio Joaquim Maciel da Silva[6]
Perlis Malaysia Razip Ismail Resigned 4 March 2017 12th Malaysia Syamsul Saad[7] 7 March 2017
Sabah France Steve Vilmiaire Sacked 19 March 2017 11th Malaysia Jelius Ating[8] 19 March 2017
Johor DT II Malaysia Mohd Hamzani Omar Rested 19 June 2017 6th Mexico Benjamin Mora 19 June 2017

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 Players 1
ATM Uzbekistan Ikbol Babakhanov Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev Uzbekistan Pavel Smolyachenko South Korea Bae Beom-geun
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Paraguay Samuel Cáceres Argentina Nicolás Fernández Argentina Jerónimo Barrales Australia Alex Smith Argentina Gabriel Guerra*^2
Kuantan Serbia Ljubo Baranin Serbia Stefan Vukmirović Japan Shunsuke Nakatake South Korea Shim Un-seob
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Paulo Josue Argentina Nicolás Dul Brazil Guilherme Uzbekistan Bobur Akbarov Mali Modibo Konté
MIFA Cameroon Dimitri Bodric Brazil Dudu Liberia Kpah Sherman South Korea Shin Jae-pil Argentina Alan Aciar
Indonesia Steven Imbiri
Nigeria Michael Ijezie
PDRM Mali Souleymane Konaté Singapore Yasir Hanapi Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Ivory Coast Frederic Pooda
Negeri Sembilan Serbia Nemanja Vidić England Lee Tuck France Jonathan Béhé Japan Bruno Castanheira Croatia Marko Šimić
Perlis Uzbekistan Maksimilian Fomin Mali Modibo Konté England Brandon Adams Australia Ndumba Makeche South Korea Oh Kyu-bin
South Korea Park Yong-joon
Jamaica Damion Stewart
PKNP Latvia Ritus Krjauklis Netherlands Vincent Weijl Brazil Gilberto Fortunato South Korea Kim Hyun-woo
Sabah Zambia Francis Kasonde South Korea Lee Kil-hoon Serbia Rodoljub Paunović South Korea Heo Jae-nyeong France Sofiane Choubani
France Jonathan Béhé
Japan Masaya Jitozono
Croatia Igor Cerina
Terengganu Brazil Lázaro Brazil Gabriel Davis Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Canada Japan Issey Nakajima-Farran Argentina Federico Falcone
Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev
UiTM Nigeria Onorionde Kughegbe Ivory Coast Marcel N'Guessan Nigeria Akanni-Sunday Wasiu South Korea Do Dong-hyun

Half-Malaysian players

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville EnglandMalaysia Daniel Ting New ZealandMalaysia Ernest Wong Wen Hao

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kuala Lumpur 19 13 2 4 42 20 +22 41 Promotion to Super League
2 Terengganu 19 13 2 4 36 23 +13 41
3 Negeri Sembilan 19 10 8 1 34 19 +15 38
4 PKNP 19 11 4 4 32 20 +12 37
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 19 9 7 3 38 24 +14 34
6 UiTM 19 8 6 5 39 26 +13 30
7 Sabah 19 7 3 9 26 34 8 24
8 PDRM 19 6 4 9 31 32 1 22
9 Kuantan 19 5 1 13 36 52 16 16
10 Perlis 19 4 3 12 19 43 24 12[lower-alpha 1]
11 MISC-MIFA 19 3 2 14 34 48 14 11 Relegation to FAM League
12 ATM 19 3 3 13 24 47 23 9[lower-alpha 2]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2017. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Perlis.
  2. ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for ATM.

Result table

Home ╲ Away ATM JDT II KLUKUAMIFNSEPDRMPERPKPSABTRGUIT
ATM 15 12 43 11 45 04 02 02 13
Johor DT II 31 11 10 40 11 10 12 10
Kuala Lumpur 60 21 21 21 32 02 20 10 12 11
Kuantan 31 25 36 32 13 31 50 33 03 31
MISC-MIFA 23 53 12 63 00 23 12 31 27
Negeri Sembilan 10 11 21 30 21 22 10 31 30 32
PDRM 11 11 03 31 12 20 41 01 11
Perlis 11 05 31 20 11 31 12 13 12 13
PKNP 10 12 00 20 31 21 20 11 10
Sabah 25 11 12 21 21 13 13 21 23
Terengganu 10 22 21 20 21 22 10 40 24 20 21
UiTM 21 22 30 11 43 22 11 01 40

Updated to games played on 4 August 2017.
Source: Result
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

  Leader
  Relegation to 2018 Liga FAM
  Qualified to 2017 Malaysia Cup
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Kuala Lumpur 3 1 1 3 4 7 6 8 7 5 4 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 1
Terengganu 6 7 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 2 4 4 2 1 2 2
Negeri Sembilan 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 3
PKNP 9 5 6 6 5 2 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 10 3 2 5 2 4 5 6 4 6 7 6 6 5 6 5 5 5 5
UiTM 7 9 10 11 9 9 7 5 5 4 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6 6
Sabah 12 12 9 10 11 11 11 10 11 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 7
PDRM 2 6 8 8 7 5 4 4 6 7 6 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 8
Kuantan 8 10 7 9 8 6 8 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9
Perlis 4 8 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 10 11 10 10 10
MIFA 11 11 12 7 10 10 10 11 10 11 11 10 10 10 11 12 12 11 11
ATM 5 2 5 4 6 8 9 9 9 9 9 11 12 12 12 10 11 12 12

Fixtures and results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 2017 season.

Matchday 1

Postponed match

Matchday 2

Postponed match

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Postponed match

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

Matchday 9

Matchday 11


Matchday 10

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 25 July 2017.[9]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur 21
2 Nigeria Akanni-Sunday UiTM 15
3 Malaysia Abdul Malik ATM 12
Cameroon Bodric Dimitri MISC-MIFA
5 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary PDRM 11

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Reference
Japan Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan Sabah 3–0 20 January 2017
Argentina Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II Perlis 4–0 26 January 2017
Cameroon Bodric Dimitri MISC-MIFA Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5–3 10 February 2017
Uzbekistan Pavel Smolyachenko ATM Sabah 2–5 10 February 2017
South Korea Do Dong-hyun UiTM MISC-MIFA 2–73 March 2017
Malaysia Venice Elphi ATM Kuantan 4–325 April 2017
Brazil Guilherme de Paula Lucrecio Kuala Lumpur Perlis 0–5 5 May 2017
ATM 0–6 6 23 May 2017
Kuantan 3–6 14 July 2017
Malaysia Abdul Malik Kuantan Sabah 3–324 May 2017
Note

6 Player scored 6 goals

Own goals

Player For Against Date Goals
Malaysia Nasrullah Haniff Johan Terengganu PKNP 21/02/17 1
Malaysia Faqih Ikhwan Mohd Fauzi ATM PDRM 28/02/17
Croatia Igor Čerina Sabah UiTM 28/02/17
Malaysia Randy Baruh PKNP 3/03/17
Uzbekistan Ikbol Babakhanov ATM Kuala Lumpur 14/04/17
Malaysia Eskandar Ismail PDRM PKNP 14/04/17
Malaysia Mohd Syafiq Azri Perlis Negeri Sembilan 25/04/17

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 5 May 2017
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Ahmad Asyraaf Omar PKNP 3
2 Malaysia Hamdan Sairi PDRM 2
Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Terengganu
Malaysia Ahmad Solehin Mamat Kuala Lumpur
4 Malaysia Amierul Hakimi Terengganu 1
Malaysia Sharbinee Allawee
Malaysia Samuel Sommerville Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Malaysia K. Sasi Kumar
Malaysia Mohd Remezey Che Ros Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Saiful Amar Sudar Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Kaharuddin Rahman
Malaysia Mohd Sheril Anuar Saini Kuantan
Malaysia Mohd Jibrail Kamaron Bahrin Perlis
Malaysia Mohd Soffuan Tawil UiTM

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Reference
Player Club
February Japan Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA [10]
March - - -
April Malaysia Mohd Nasriq Baharom Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
May
June
July
August
September

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Negeri Sembilan 43,716 9,401 2,606 6,245 n/a
2 Terengganu 31,920 7,000 760 3,990 n/a
3 Johor DT II 11,190 2,679 670 1,865 n/a
4 Sabah 10,700 3,200 800 1,783 n/a
5 PKNP 10,335 2,237 1,300 1,723 n/a
6 Perlis 5,677 1,400 454 811 n/a
7 PDRM 5,207 4,700 107 868 n/a
8 Kuantan 2,216 607 103 317 n/a
9 UiTM 2,632 695 150 439 n/a
10 Kuala Lumpur 2,124 691 217 354 n/a
11 MISC-MIFA 1,900 550 150 317 n/a
12 ATM 712 232 101 142 n/a
League total 128,329 9,401 101 1,645 -0.8371501272264616.2%

Updated to games played on 24 May 2017
Source: SPMB

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Liga FAM.

See also

References

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