2022 Malaysia Super League

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Liga Super Malaysia
Season
Dates4 March 2022-17 September 2022
Matches played8
Goals scored22 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorerBergson
(3 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
Highest scoring6 goals
Kuala Lumpur City 3–3 Selangor
(4 March 2022)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
← 2021
→

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2022), will be the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

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

Teams[]

Changes from last season[]

Team changes[]

Promoted from the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2022 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations[]

2022 Malaysia Super League is located in Malaysia
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah Darul Aman
Kedah Darul Aman
Melaka United
Melaka United
Terengganu
Terengganu
Penang
Klang Valley
Klang Valley
Sri Pahang
Sri Pahang
Sabah
Sarawak United
Negeri Sembilan
Negeri Sembilan
Klang Valley teams Kuala Lumpur City Petaling Jaya City Selangor
Klang Valley teams
Kuala Lumpur City
Petaling Jaya City
Selangor
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Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[1]
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387[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 Petaling Jaya 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:[1]

Personnel, kit and sponsoring[]

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mexico Benjamin Mora Malaysia Aidil Zafuan Nike[7] UNICEF
Kedah Darul Aman Singapore Aidil Sharin Andorra Marc Vales Lotto DXN
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Bojan Hodak Brazil Paulo Josué HNDRD Kuala Lumpur City, UBB
Melaka United Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković HaitiSony Norde AL Sports KENteam
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
Penang Czech Republic Tomáš Trucha Brazil Endrick Puma Penang2030
Petaling Jaya City Malaysia Maniam Pachaiappan Malaysia Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet
Sabah Malaysia Ong Kim Swee Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto redONE
Sarawak United Malaysia B. Sathianathan Nigeria Uche Agba Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner Malaysia Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away)
Sri Pahang France Christophe Gamel Malaysia Lee Tuck HakkaClo Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away)
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Bahrain Habib Haroon Umbro Colever

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 coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Selangor Germany Karsten Neitzel Redesignated as Assistant Coach 21 November 2021 [8] Pre-season Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner 21 November 2021 [9]
Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Contract ended 30 November 2021 France Christophe Gamel 3 January 2022 [10]
Melaka United Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 30 November 2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković 22 January 2022
Sarawak United Malaysia E. Elavarasan Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach 23 February 2022 Malaysia B. Sathianathan 24 February 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.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player ASEAN Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Leandro Velázquez Brazil Bergson Italy Fernando Forestieri Australia Shane Lowry Philippines Carli De Murga
Kedah Darul Aman Andorra Marc Vales Ivory Coast Dechi Marcel Cameroon Ronald Ngah South Korea Jang Suk-won Thailand Dennis Buschening
Kuala Lumpur City Brazil Paulo Josué Colombia Romel Morales Republic of the Congo Kévin Koubemba Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco Philippines Kevin Mendoza
Melaka United Ghana Emmanuel Oti Essigba Haiti Sony Norde Brazil Adriano Bahrain Ifedayo Olusegun Philippines Justin Baas
Negeri Sembilan France Herold Goulon Togo Brazil Matheus Alves Tajikistan David Mawutor Philippines Omid Nazari
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Endrick Brazil Casagrande Lebanon Hilal El-Helwe Philippines Christian Rontini
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah BrazilJackson de Souza Brazil Neto Pessoa Japan Taiki Kagayama South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani
Sarawak United Argentina Gonzalo Soto Nigeria Uche Agba Togo Francis Koné South Korea Lee Chang-hoon Cambodia Boris Kok
Selangor Jordan Yazan Al-Arab Brazil Caion Brazil Hyuri Henrique Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang Mali Mamadou Samassa France Johan Martial Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Jordan Mahmoud Za'tara Laos Billy Ketkeo
Terengganu Senegal Papé Diakité Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Liberia Kpah Sherman Bahrain Habib Haroon Philippines Luke Woodland
  • Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

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

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mali Moussa Sidibé Brazil Maurício Spain Fernando Rodríguez Philippines Bienvenido Maranon
Selangor II Ghana Ghana Myanmar Hein Htet Aung Ghana Jordan Ayimbila
Terengganu II Montenegro Argzim Redžović Ghana Jordan Mintah Namibia Petrus Shitembi Philippines Manny Ott



Naturalisation/Heritage players[]

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies2 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa2 The GambiaMalaysia Mohamadou Sumareh3 BrazilMalaysia Guilherme De Paula3
Kuala Lumpur City AustraliaMalaysia Ryan Lambert2 AustraliaMalaysia Declan Lambert2
Pahang ArgentinaMalaysia Sergio Agüero3 EnglandMalaysia Lee Tuck3 AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley2 ItalyMalaysia Sean Gan Giannelli2 EnglandMalaysia Nick Swirad2
PJ City EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok2
Selangor AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan2 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng2
Negeri Sembilan New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones2
Sabah EnglandMalaysia Stuart Wilkin2 SingaporeMalaysia Dominic Tan2
Sarawak United ScotlandMalaysia Stuart Wark2 GermanyMalaysia 2
Penang JapanMalaysia Tam Sheang Tsung2
Kedah Darul Aman GhanaMalaysia Rodney Celvin Akwensivie2

League table[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Kedah Darul Aman 2 2 0 0 4 2 +2 6 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Sabah 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 3 Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
4 Negeri Sembilan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 3
5 Kuala Lumpur City 2 0 1 1 5 6 −1 1
6 Petaling Jaya City 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
7 Selangor 1 0 1 0 3 3 0 1
8 Melaka United 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
9 Penang 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
10 Sri Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12 Sarawak United 2 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 6 March 2022. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.


Result table[]

Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL NSL PEN PJC SBH SWK SEL PAH TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 6–0
Kedah Darul Aman 3–2
Kuala Lumpur City 3–3
Melaka United
Negeri Sembilan
Penang 1–1
Petaling Jaya City 1–0
Sabah 0–1 3–1
Sarawak United 0–1
Selangor
Sri Pahang
Terengganu
Updated to match(es) played on 4 March 2022. 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
Kedah Darul Aman
Kuala Lumpur City
Melaka United
Negeri Sembilan
Penang
Petaling Jaya
Sabah
Sarawak United
Selangor
Sri Pahang
Terengganu
Leader
Relegation to 2022 Premier League
Source: MFL

Season statistics[]

  • First goal of the season: 50 minutes and 58 seconds
  • Fastest goal in a match: 14 minutes 31 seconds

Top goalscorers[]

As of matches played 9 March 2022[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim 3
2 Italy Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim 2
Malaysia Zhafri Yahya Kuala Lumpur City
Malaysia Kumaahran Sathasivam Petaling Jaya
Brazil Caion Selangor

Hat-trick[]

As of matches played TBD March 2022
Player For Against Result Date
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Top assists[]

As of matches played TBD March 2022
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Malaysia Arif Aiman Johor Darul Ta'zim 3

Clean Sheets[]

As of matches played 9 March 2022[12]
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 2
2 Malaysia Shahril Saa'ri Kedah Darul Aman 1
Malaysia Syihan Hazmi Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Petaling Jaya City

Discipline[]

As of matches played 9 March 2022

Overall[]

Players[]

  • Most yellow cards: 2
    • Malaysia Rafiuddin Roddin (Penang)


  • Most red cards: 1
    • Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)

Club[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Stadium Sultan Ibrahim". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Stadium Darul Aman". Perbadanan Stadium-Stadium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Stadium Hang Jebat". Perbadanan Stadium Melaka. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Red Giants have replaced German-born coach Karsten Neitzel with his countryman Michael Feichtenbeiner".
  9. ^ "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  10. ^ "Christophe Gamel Sah Ketua Jurulatih Baharu Sri Pahang".
  11. ^ "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  12. ^ "2022 Malaysia Super League Stats". FootyStats. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

See also[]

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