2017 Malaysia Super League

Malaysia Super League
Season 2017
Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim
(4th title)
AFC Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Matches played 114
Goals scored 347 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer (23 goal)
Mohammed Ghaddar
Biggest home win (9 April 2017)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Melaka United
Biggest away win (22 July 2017)
T-Team 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest scoring (4 February 2017)
PKNS 5–3 Selangor
(9 May 2017)
PKNS 4–4 Kedah
Highest attendance 25,000
Kedah 3–2 Sarawak
(27 January 2017)
Kedah 3–1 Penang
(25 February 2017)
Kedah 4–0 Melaka United
(4 March 2017)
Lowest attendance 0
Perak 3–2 Melaka
(4 February 2017)
Total attendance 588,087
Average attendance 7,540
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The 2017 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2017) is the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season began on 20 January and will conclude on 21 October 2017.[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim is the current defending champions and retained the title from the previous season.

Teams

PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Felda United Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru, Johor Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000
Kedah Alor Setar, Kedah Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan Kota Bharu, Kelantan Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 25,000
Melaka United Krubong, Melaka Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Pahang Kuantan, Pahang Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang Batu Kawan, Penang State of Penang Stadium 40,000
Perak Ipoh, Perak Perak Stadium 42,500
PKNS Shah Alam, Selangor Shah Alam Stadium 80,372
Sarawak Kuching, Sarawak Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Selangor Selayang, Selangor Selayang Stadium 11,098
T–Team Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Locations and stadium

Felda United Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 32,387
Kelantan Melaka United Pahang
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Penang Perak Sarawak
Penang State Stadium Perak Stadium Sarawak State Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 26,000
PKNS T–Team Selangor
Shah Alam Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Selayang Stadium
Capacity: 80,372 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 11,098

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 B. Sathianathan Malaysia Shukor Adan FBT FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim Portugal Ulisses Morais Malaysia Safiq Rahim Nike Forest City
Kedah Malaysia Nidzam Adzha Malaysia Khairul Helmi Johari Al-Ikhsan Bina Darulaman Berhad
Kelantan Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail Malaysia Badhri Radzi HORC redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati
Melaka United Portugal Eduardo Almeida Malaysia Surendran Ravindran Kronos Edra, CGN, Tag Marine
Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Malaysia Matthew Davies Fila Aras Kuasa
Penang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Malaysia Rafiuddin Rodin Legea myPenang
Perak TBG Australia Mehmet Durakovic Malaysia Shahrom Kalam Al-Ikhsan Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
PKNS Germany Sven Gartung Malaysia Safee Sali Kappa PKNS
Sarawak Malaysia David Usop Malaysia Ronny Harun Starsport Sarawak Energy
Selangor Malaysia P. Maniam Malaysia Razman Roslan Lotto Selangor
T-Team Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan Malaysia Hasbullah Awang Kobert Chicken Cottage

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
Felda United Malaysia Mohd Bin Nik End of caretaker spell 22 October 2016 Pre-season Malaysia Azmi Mohamed 1 November 2016
Melaka United Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris End of contract 22 October 2016 Australia Eric Williams 17 November 2016[2]
Pahang Malaysia Razip Ismail 22 October 2016 Malaysia Dollah Salleh 1 December 2016
Kelantan Bulgaria Velizar Popov Resigned 22 October 2016[3] Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail 30 November 2016
Penang Croatia Nenad Baćina End of contract 24 November 2016 England Ashley Westwood 28 November 2016[4]
Selangor Malaysia K. Gunalan End of caretaker spell 26 December 2016[5] Malaysia P. Maniam 26 December 2016
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez Mutual consent 18 January 2017[6] Mexico Benjamin Mora 18 January 2017
Felda United Malaysia Azmi Mohamed Resigned 7 February 2017 11th Malaysia B. Sathianathan 21 February 2017[7]
Perak TBG Germany Karl Heinz Weigang Sacked 22 February 2017 3rd Australia Mehmet Durakovic 22 February 2017[8]
Penang England Ashley Westwood Mutual Agreement 19 March 2017[9] 12th Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 23 March 2017
Kedah Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach 29 April 2017 [10] 3rd Malaysia Nidzam Adzha [11] 23 May 2017
Melaka United Australia Eric Williams Rested 23 May 2017 [12] 10th Portugal Eduardo Almeida 17 June 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mexico Benjamin Mora Demoted to JDT II 19 June 2017 [13] 1st Portugal Ulisses Morais 19 June 2017
PKNS FC Malaysia E. Elavarasan Rested 7 July 2017 10th Germany Sven Gartung 17 July 2017
Sarawak FA Malaysia David Usop Rested 13 July 2017 10th Malaysia Pengiran Bala (interim) 13 July 2017

Foreign players

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

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former Players 1
FELDA United Liberia Zah Rahan Krangar Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Brazil Thiago Augusto Australia Dino Djulbic Argentina Gastón Cellerino
Lebanon Mootaz Jounaidi
Argentina Lucas Cano
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Marcos António Argentina Gonzalo Cabrera Argentina Gabriel Guerra Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Argentina Jerónimo Barrales 2
Iraq Brian Ferreira
Kedah Kosovo Liridon Krasniqi Brazil Sandro Denmark Ken Ilsø Australia Zac Anderson
Kelantan The Gambia Mamadou Danso Senegal Morgaro Gomis Brazil Alessandro Celin Lebanon Abou Bakr Al-Mel[14] Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar[15]
Melaka United Republic of Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović Brazil Felipe Croatia Marko Šimić South Korea Jeon Woo-young Ghana Godwin Antwi[16]
Argentina Ezequiel Agüero
Montenegro Ilija Spasojević
Pahang Argentina Yamil Romero The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Brazil Matheus Alves South Korea Heo Jae-won Nigeria Bright Dike[17]
Penang Guam Brandon McDonald The Gambia Sanna Nyassi Papua New Guinea Nigel Dabinyaba Philippines Mark Hartmann Australia Diogo Ferreira
Hong Kong Andy Russell[18]
Brazil Reinaldo Lobo
Perak TBG Brazil Thiago Junio Brazil Leandro Brazil Gilmar State of Palestine Yashir Pinto Kosovo Faton Toski
Bulgaria Vladislav Mirchev
PKNS The Gambia Abdou Jammeh Portugal Fabio Ferreira Liberia Patrick Wleh South Korea Park Kwang-il Argentina Lucas Espindola
State of Palestine Matias Jadue
Argentina Gonzalo Soto
Sarawak Brazil Demerson Montenegro Miloš Raičković Croatia Mateo Roskam Singapore Sahil Suhaimi[19] Philippines Mark Hartmann
South Korea Lee Jong-ho[20]
Selangor Nigeria Ugo Ukah Spain Rufino Segovia Liberia Francis Doe Indonesia Andik Vermansyah Romania Victoraș Astafei
East Timor Juliano Mineiro
T–Team Mali Abdoulaye Maïga Mali Mamadou Samassa Cameroon Yannick N'Djeng Uzbekistan Dilshod Sharofetdinov Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev

Naturalised players

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Felda United AustraliaMalaysia Curran Singh Ferns3 ScotlandMalaysia Stuart Wark3
Johor Darul Ta'zim SwedenMalaysia Junior Eldstål3 4 EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok3 4 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa3
Melaka United New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones3 4 EnglandMalaysia Nicholas Swirad3
Pahang FA SpainMalaysia Kiko Insa3 AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies3 4
Penang FA AustraliaMalaysia Shazalee Ramlee3

Note :

^3 Mixed-blood.
^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) 19 14 3 2 45 16 +29 45 Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup group stage
2 Kedah 19 9 7 3 42 26 +16 34 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Pahang 19 10 3 6 39 25 +14 33
4 Felda United 19 8 6 5 30 21 +9 30
5 Selangor 19 8 6 5 27 23 +4 30
6 Perak 19 8 6 5 27 27 0 30
7 PKNS 19 5 6 8 29 33 −4 21
8 T–Team 19 6 4 9 28 44 −16 19[lower-alpha 2]
9 Kelantan 19 6 3 10 28 35 −7 18[lower-alpha 3]
10 Melaka United 19 4 6 9 27 41 −14 18
11 Sarawak 19 4 5 10 20 29 −9 17 Relegation to Premier League
12 Penang 19 3 3 13 15 37 −22 12
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2017 (2017-08-05). Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Qualified as 2017 Malaysia FA Cup winners
  2. ↑ Kelantan and T–Team 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 T-Team.
  3. ↑ Kelantan and T–Team 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 Kelantan.

Result table

Home ╲ Away FEL JDT KEDKELMELPAHPENPRKPKNSWKSELTTE
Felda United 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 5–1
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–1 1–1 7–0 3–2 2–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 0–0 3–0
Kedah 5–0 4–0 4–1 3–1 2–3 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–0
Kelantan 1–1 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 4–2
Melaka United 1–1 1–1 2–4 1–3 2–3 2–2 4–2 1–2
Pahang 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–3 2–0 6–1 3–0 2–2 5–0
Penang 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–5 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–1
Perak 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–4 3–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–2
PKNS 0–1 4–4 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 3–0 2–3 5–3 2–1
Sarawak 1–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 1–1
Selangor 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 4–2
T–Team 0–0 1–6 5–0 1–3 1–5 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 1–0

Updated to games played on 5 August 2017 (2017-08-05).
Source: FAM, FMLLP
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 Premier
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3 2 4 7 8 5 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Kedah 4 4 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Pahang 5 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Felda United 2 7 7 10 11 11 11 7 9 8 8 6 6 6 5 4 6 4 4
Selangor 1 3 6 8 4 3 3 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5
Perak TBG 6 5 2 3 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 6 6 5 6 6
PKNS 11 11 8 6 6 7 9 9 8 9 9 9 9 10 9 9 8 7 7
T–Team 8 10 9 4 5 6 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8
Kelantan 9 6 5 5 7 10 6 6 6 6 5 7 8 7 8 8 9 9 9
Melaka United 10 8 10 11 9 8 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 10
Sarawak 7 9 11 9 10 9 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 10 10 10 11 11
Penang 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 26 July 2017.[21]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Johor Darul Ta'zim 23
2 Brazil Matheus Alves Pahang 16
3 Denmark Ken Ilsø Kedah 13
4 Argentina Gonzalo Cabrera Johor Darul Ta'zim 9
5 Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim Johor Darul Ta'zim 8
Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Kedah

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Liberia Patrick Wleh PKNS Selangor 5 – 3 4 February 2017
Argentina Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim T-Team 3 – 0 25 February 2017
Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Kelantan Perak 2 – 4 1 March 2017
T-Team 4 – 2 4 March 2017
Penang 1 – 5 4 15 April 2017
Malaysia Mohd Safiq Rahim Johor Darul Ta'zim Melaka United 7 – 0 9 April 2017
Malaysia Nor Hakim Hassan T-Team Kedah FA 5 – 0 15 April 2017
Denmark Ken Ilso Kedah FA T-Team 3 – 0 24 May 2017
Brazil Thiago Augusto Fernandes Felda United F.C. Sarawak 1 – 3 11 July 2017
T-Team 5–1 15 July 2017
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 24 May 2017
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Wan Azraie Pahang 5
2 Malaysia Farizal Harun Felda Utd 4
Malaysia Muhd Hafizul Hakim Perak
Malaysia Ifwat Akmal Kedah
5 Malaysia Mohd Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 3
Malaysia Mohd Shahril Saa'ri Sarawak
7 Malaysia Khairul Azhan Selangor 2
Malaysia Fazli Paat Melaka Utd
Malaysia Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim
10 Malaysia Zarif Irfan Selangor 1
Malaysia Izzuddin Hussin T-Team
Malaysia Hafidz Romly T-Team
Malaysia Mohd Zamir Selamat PKNS
Malaysia Mohd Suhaimi Husin T-Team
Malaysia Sani Anuar Kamsani Penang
Malaysia Ramadhan Hamid Kelantan

Discipline

As of matches played on 9 May 2017.

Player

    		 Player Club Total
    YC Yellow cardRed card Red card
    1 Nigeria Ugo Ukah Selangor 4 1 0
    2 Malaysia Mohd Raimi Selangor 3 0 1
    Malaysia Rizal Ghazali Kedah 3 0 1
    4 Denmark Ken Ilsø Kedah 2 0 1
    5 Malaysia Mohd Qayyum Kelantan 0 0 1
    Malaysia Mafry Balang Penang 0 0 1
    7 Malaysia S. Kunanlan Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 1 0
    8 Lebanon Mootaz Jounaidi Felda UTD 0 1 0
    Malaysia Hasni Zaidi Felda UTD 0 1 0
    10 Senegal Morgaro Gomis Kelantan 5 0 0

    Club

      		 Club Total
      YC Yellow cardRed card Red card
      1 Kedah 24 0 2
      2 Selangor 24 1 1
      3 Penang 17 0 1
      4 Kelantan 14 0 1
      5 Felda United 19 2 0
      6 Johor Darul Ta'zim 19 1 0
      7 PKNS 28 0 0
      8 Perak 21 0 0
      9 Pahang 17 0 0
      10 Melaka United 16 0 0
      11 Sarawak 13 0 0
      12 T-Team 12 0 0
      Total 224 5 5

      Attendances

      Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
      1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 125,293 24,157 13,325 17,899 0.02520190159803+2.5%†
      2 Kedah 99,000 25,000 2,000 16,500 0.75494575622208+75.4%†
      3 Kelantan 69,160 20,853 2,503 9,880 0.2146545365134+21.4%†
      4 Perak 54,738 22,382 0 7,820 -0.70692460676189−29.3%†
      5 Pahang 63,642 13,402 9,654 10,607 1.2640341515475+126.4%†
      6 Selangor 27,987 9,756 1,819 5,392 0.07947947947948+7.9%†
      7 Felda United 25,922 10,393 1,130 3,703 -0.4930758988016−50.6%†
      8 Sarawak 28,113 8,011 2,465 4,686 1.2981853849926+129.8%†
      9 Melaka United 35,620 12,151 2,399 7,124 -0.59689987431923−40.3%1
      10 PKNS 22,117 6,113 281 3,160 13.905660377358+1390.5%1
      11 Penang 27,846 9,000 1,288 4,641 -0.63566634707574−36.4%†
      12 T–Team 8,649 1,763 821 1,236 -0.95665634674923−4.3%†
      League total 588,087 25,000 0 7,540 0.11571470849364+11.5%†

      Updated to games played on 24 May 2017
      Source: SPMB
      Notes:
      1: Team played last season in Liga Premier.

      See also

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