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.
Season | 2022 |
---|---|
Dates | 4 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 played | 132 |
Goals scored | 388 (2.94 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bergson (29 goals) |
Biggest home win | 7 goals Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022) |
Biggest away win | 4 goals Sarawak United 0–4 Johor Darul Ta'zim (27 July 2022) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022) Negeri Sembilan 4–3 Kedah Darul Aman (8 October 2022) |
Longest winning run | 9 matches Terengganu |
Longest unbeaten run | 22 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Longest winless run | 13 matches Petaling Jaya City |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Penang |
Highest attendance | 34,038 Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Sabah (15 October 2022) |
Total attendance | 623,384 |
Average attendance | 4,723 |
← 2021 2023 → |
The defending champions from the 2021 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Teams
editChanges from last season
editTeam changes
editPromoted from the 2021 Malaysia Premier League
Relegated to the 2022 Malaysia Premier League
Clubs locations
editTeam | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
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:[1] |
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
editTeam | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Héctor Bidoglio | Aidil Zafuan | Nike, Inc.[7] | UNICEF |
Kedah Darul Aman | Aidil Sharin Sahak | Syazwan Zainon | Lotto Sport Italia | DXN |
Kuala Lumpur City | Bojan Hodak | Paulo Josué | HNDRD | Kuala Lumpur City, UBB,DBKL |
Melaka United | Asri Ninggal (interim) | Sony Norde | AL Sports | KENteam Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine |
Negeri Sembilan | K. Devan | Zaquan Adha | Kaki Jersi | Visit Negeri Sembilan,Matrix |
Penang | Manzoor Azwira (interim) | Endrick | Puma | Penang2030 |
Petaling Jaya City | Maniam Pachaiappan | Gurusamy Kandasamy | Puma | Qnet |
Sabah | Ong Kim Swee | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Lotto | redONE |
Sarawak United | S.Balachandran | Uche Agba | Joma | Punggor Wibawa |
Selangor | Tan Cheng Hoe | Brendan Gan | Joma | PKNS, MBI| | (home), Lithera (away) |
Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh (interim) | Lee Tuck | HakkaClo | Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away) |
Terengganu | Nafuzi Zain | Habib Haroon | Umbro | Colever, SATU, EPIC |
Coaching changes
editNote: 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 | Karsten Neitzel | Redesignated as Assistant Coach | 21 November 2021 [8] | Pre-season | Michael Feichtenbeiner | 21 November 2021 [9] |
Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Contract ended | 30 November 2021 | Christophe Gamel | 3 January 2022 [10] | |
Melaka United | Zainal Abidin Hassan | 30 November 2021 | Risto Vidaković | 22 January 2022 | ||
Sarawak United | E. Elavarasan | Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach | 23 February 2022 | B. Sathianathan | 24 February 2022 | |
Melaka United | Risto Vidaković | Contract terminated | 13 April 2022 | 8th | Mohd Asri Ninggal (interim) | 15 April 2022 [11] |
Sarawak United | B. Sathianathan | Health reasons | June 2022 | 7th | S.Balachandran | June 2022 |
Penang | Tomáš Trucha | Mutual Consent | June 2022 | 7th | Zainal Abidin Hassan | June 2022 |
Sri Pahang | Christophe Gamel | Sacked | 21 July 2022 | 10th | Dollah Salleh (interim) | 21 July 2022 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Benjamin Mora | Mutual Consent | 27 July 2022 | 1st | Héctor Bidoglio | 28 July 2022 |
Selangor | Michael Feichtenbeiner | Redesignated as Technical Director | 10 August 2022 [12] | 8th | Nidzam Jamil (interim) | 10 August 2022 [13] |
Selangor | Nidzam Jamil (interim) | End of interim role | 25 September 2022 [14] | 8th | Tan Cheng Hoe | 25 September 2022 [15] |
Penang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Mutual Consent | 13 Oct 2022 | 12th | Manzoor Azwira (interim) | 12 October 2022 |
Kedah | Aidil Sharin Sahak | Terminated | 17 Oct 2022 | 8th | Victor Andrag (interim) | 17 October 2022 |
Foreign players
editSoutheast 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.
- 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 | Moussa Sidibé | Lévy Madinda | Carli de Murga | Maurício Bienvenido Marañón Fernando Rodríguez | |
Selangor II | Alex Agyarkwa | Richmond Tetteh Ankrah | Kelvin Kyei | Hein Htet Aung | Jordan Ayimbila George Attram |
Terengganu II | Argzim Redžović | Petrus Shitembi | Luke Woodland | Jordan Mintah |
Naturalisation/Heritage players
editNotes:
- ^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.
League table
edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 12 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 42 | |
4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 41 | |
5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 30 | |
6 | Kuala Lumpur City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 29 | |
7 | Sri Pahang | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | |
8 | Kedah Darul Aman | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 27 | |
9 | Petaling Jaya City (D, R) | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 26 | Withdrawn from Liga Super and dissolved.[a] |
10 | Melaka United (D, R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 18[b] | Ejected from Malaysian Super League and dissolved. |
11 | Sarawak United (D, R) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 17[b] | Ejected from Malaysian Super League and relegated to 2023 Malaysia M3 League |
12 | Penang | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 11 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Petaling Jaya City withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2023 season.
- ^ a b 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
editPositions by round
editThe 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.
Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage | |
Qualification for AFC Cup group stage | |
Possible qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
Season statistics
edit- First goal of the season: 50 minutes and 58 seconds
- Khair Jones for Negeri Sembilan (A) against Sabah (4 March 2022)
- Fastest goal in a match: 51 seconds
- Kpah Sherman for Terengganu (H) against Sri Pahang (3 July 2022)
- Latest goal in a match: 90 + 10 minutes and 16 seconds
- Fernando Forestieri for Johor Darul Ta'zim (A) against Negeri Sembilan (11 May 2022)
- Oldest Goalscorer in a match: 41 Years 6 Months 10 Days
- Amri Yahyah for Sabah against Melaka United (31 July 2022)
- Widest winning margin: 7 goals
- Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022)
- Most goals in a match: 7 goals
- Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022)
- Negeri Sembilan 4–3 Kedah Darul Aman (8 October 2022)
Top goalscorers
editRank | Player | Club | Goals[19] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 29 |
2 | Caion | Selangor | 14 |
3 | Fernando Forestieri | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 13 |
Ronald Ngah | Kedah Darul Aman | ||
Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | ||
6 | Gustavo | Negeri Sembilan | 11 |
7 | Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | 10 |
8 | Steven Rodriguez | Sri Pahang | 9 |
9 | Park Tae-Soo | Sabah | 8 |
10 | Ifedayo Olusegun | Melaka | 7 |
Manuel Hidalgo | Sri Pahang | ||
12 | 8 players | 6 Clubs | 6 |
20 | 7 players | 7 Clubs | 5 |
27 | 8 players | 7 Clubs | 4 |
35 | 13 players | 9 Clubs | 3 |
48 | 20 players | 11 Clubs | 2 |
68 | 56 players | 12 Clubs | 1 |
Hat-trick
editPlayer | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | Terengganu | 3–0 (H)[20] | 6 April 2022 |
Amri Yahyah | Sabah | Kedah Darul Aman | 4–0 (H)[21] | 24 April 2022 |
Ronald Ngah | Kedah Darul Aman | Petaling Jaya City | 3–3 (A)[22] | 10 May 2022 |
Caion | Selangor | Sarawak United | 7–0 (H) [23] | 19 June 2022 |
Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Melaka United | 4–0 (H) [24] | 29 August 2022 |
Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | 5–0 (H) [25] | 3 September 2022 | |
Ryan Lambert | Kuala Lumpur City | Sarawak United | 5–0 (H) [26] | 28 September 2022 |
Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | Melaka United | 2–4 (A) [27] | 7 October 2022 |
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
Clean Sheets
editRank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 |
2 | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Petaling Jaya City | 9 |
3 | Kevin Ray Mendoza | Kuala Lumpur City | 7 |
Syihan Hazmi | Negeri Sembilan | ||
5 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Sabah | 5 |
Mamadou Samassa | Sri Pahang | ||
Suhaimi Husin | Terengganu | ||
Rahadiazli Rahalim | Terengganu | ||
9 | Sam Somerville | Selangor | 4 |
10 | Shahril Saa'ri | Kedah Darul Aman | 2 |
Bryan See Tian Keat | Melaka United | ||
12 | Haziq Nadzli | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 |
Ifwat Akmal | Kedah Darul Aman | ||
Ilham Amirullah | Kedah Darul Aman | ||
Norazlan Razali | Melaka United | ||
Khatul Anuar | Penang | ||
Khairul Azhan | Selangor | ||
Aquila Abdul Rahman | Sarawak United | ||
Tauffiq Ar Rasyid | Sarawak United |
Discipline
editPlayers
edit- Most yellow cards: 7
- Saiful Ridzuwan (Negeri Sembilan)
- Most red cards: 1
- Bergson (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
- Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Kenny Pallraj (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Haziq Puad (Melaka)
- Wan Zaharulnizam (Melaka)
- Matheus Alves (Negeri Sembilan)
- Nasrullah Haniff (Negeri Sembilan)
- Sukri Hamid (Penang)
- Rafael Vitor (Penang)
- Rizal Ghazali (Sabah)
- Rawilson Batuil (Sabah)
- Sharul Nazeem (Selangor)
- Yazan Al-Arab (Selangor)
- Zikri Khalili (Selangor)
- Raja Imran Shah (Sarawak United)
- Sharbinee Allawee (Sarawak United)
- Azwan Aripin (Sri Pahang)
- Muslim Ahmad (Sri Pahang)
- Kpah Sherman (Terengganu)
Club
edit- Most red cards: 3
- Most yellow cards: 51
- Fewest yellow cards: 22
- Fewest red cards: 0
Attendances to Stadiums
editPos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 181,316 | 34,038 | 8,371 | 16,484 | n/a |
2 | Sabah | 98,954 | 23,523 | 2,343 | 8,996 | n/a |
3 | Terengganu | 72,790 | 13,689 | 2,360 | 6,618 | n/a |
4 | Negeri Sembilan | 69,374 | 22,224 | 1,898 | 6,307 | n/a |
5 | Kedah Darul Aman | 53,657 | 14,954 | 1,372 | 4,878 | n/a |
6 | Melaka United | 33,737 | 14,562 | 987 | 3,067 | n/a |
7 | Sri Pahang | 30,510 | 10,156 | 1,013 | 2,774 | n/a |
8 | Selangor | 24,622 | 4,104 | 680 | 2,239 | n/a |
9 | Penang | 23,271 | 6,252 | 541 | 2,116 | n/a |
10 | Kuala Lumpur City | 15,105 | 2,693 | 365 | 1,374 | n/a |
11 | Sarawak United | 12,181 | 5,512 | 322 | 1,108 | n/a |
12 | Petaling Jaya City | 7,867 | 1,714 | 110 | 716 | n/a |
League total | 623,384 | 34,038 | 110 | 4,723 | n/a |
Source: FAM-CMS
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Stadium Sultan Ibrahim". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
- ^ "Stadium Darul Aman". Perbadanan Stadium-Stadium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Stadium Hang Jebat". Perbadanan Stadium Melaka. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Red Giants have replaced German-born coach Karsten Neitzel with his countryman Michael Feichtenbeiner".
- ^ "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
- ^ "Christophe Gamel Sah Ketua Jurulatih Baharu Sri Pahang".
- ^ "Asri Ninggal Ganti Tempat Risto Vidakovic Sebagai Jurulatih Sementara Melaka United".
- ^ "Selangor remove their German coach".
- ^ "Nidzam Jamil to act as Interim Coach till new head coach found".
- ^ "Nidzam Jamil to act as Interim Coach till new head coach found".
- ^ "Selangor FC today announced Tan Cheng Hoe as their new head coach".
- ^ "Sarawak United, Melaka United confirmed out of 2023 Super League". Bernama. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ AVINESHWARAN, T. "Melaka and Sarawak officially dropped from Super League". The Star Malaysia. The Star. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ Rajan, K. "AFL offer 'booted' Melaka and Sarawak a lifeline". NewStraitsTimes. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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