2016 Malaysia Premier League
Season | 2016 |
---|---|
Champions | Melaka United |
Promoted |
Melaka United PKNS |
Relegated | Sime Darby |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 422 (3.2 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ilija Spasojević (24 goals) |
Biggest home win |
Perlis 6–1 ATM (12 February 2016) N. Sembilan 5–0 ATM (11 March 2016) PKNS 5–0 DRB-HICOM (20 May 2016) |
Biggest away win |
ATM 0–6 Melaka United (17 May 2016) |
Highest scoring |
PKNS 4–4 Kuantan (3 May 2016) |
Longest winning run |
10 matches Melaka United |
Longest unbeaten run |
11 matches Johor DT II |
Longest winless run |
11 matches ATM |
Longest losing run |
6 matches ATM |
Highest attendance |
35,000 Melaka United 1–1 Sime Darby (22 October 2016) |
Lowest attendance |
24 PKNS 4–4 Kuantan (3 May 2016) |
Total attendance | 268,945 |
Average attendance | 2,037 |
← 2015 2017 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2016. |
The 2016 Liga Premier (English: 2016 Premier League) also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]
The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.[1][2]
The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.
Teams
Team changes
The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.
To Liga Premier
Promoted from Liga FAM
- Melaka United (champion)
- Perlis (runner-up)
Relegated from Liga Super
- ATM (11th place)
- Sime Darby (12th place)
From Liga Premier
Promoted to Liga Super
Relegated to Liga FAM
- SPA (withdraw league)
Name changes
- NS Matrix were renamed to Negeri Sembilan
Teams, locations and stadia
ATM | DRB-HICOM | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Kuala Lumpur |
---|---|---|---|
Temerloh Mini Stadium, Temerloh, Pahang | Proton City Stadium, Tanjung Malim, Perak | Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor | Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
Kuantan | Melaka United | ||
Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang | Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, Malacca | ||
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
Negeri Sembilan | Perlis | ||
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan | Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis | ||
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | ||
PKNS | Sabah | Sime Darby | UiTM |
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor | Likas Stadium, Likas, Sabah | Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor | UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor |
Capacity: 80,372 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 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 | Kits | Sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
ATM | SkyHawk | |||
DRB-HICOM | Mizuno | DRB-HICOM | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Adidas | Forest City | ||
Kuala Lumpur | SkyHawk | JL99 Group & Al-Bukhary Foundation | ||
Kuantan | Kappa | Wangsamakmur Capital | ||
Melaka United | Kronos | Edra & Mamee | ||
Negeri Sembilan | Mizuno | Matrix Concepts | ||
Perlis | Carino | |||
PKNS | Kappa | PKNS | ||
Sabah | Adidas | Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base | ||
Sime Darby | Kappa | Sime Darby | ||
UiTM | Umbro | Soaring Upwards |
Managerial 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Negeri Sembilan | Sacked | 26 August 2015[4] | Pre-season | 24 November 2015[5] | ||
Perlis | Resigned | 15 October 2015[6] | 21 November 2015[7] | |||
UiTM | End of contract | 25 October 2015 | 28 October 2015[8] | |||
Sime Darby | End of contract | 31 October 2015 | 1 November 2015 | |||
Kuala Lumpur | End of contract | 31 October 2015 | 25 December 2015 | |||
Sabah | Sacked | 6 November 2015[9] | 7 December 2015[10] | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Resigned | 14 December 2015 | 14 December 2015 [11] | |||
Sime Darby | Resigned | 10 May 2016 | 11th | 10 May 2016 | ||
Kuantan | Banned (7 Month) | 1 April 2016 | 11th | 1 April 2016 | ||
Foreign players
Note: Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Results
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Melaka United (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 50 | Promotion to Super League |
2 | PKNS (P) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 48 | |
3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 43 | |
4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 35 | |
5 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 | |
6 | Perlis | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 34 | |
7 | DRB-HICOM | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 29 | |
8 | Kuantan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 28 | |
9 | Sabah | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 20 | |
10 | UiTM | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 16 | |
11 | ATM | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 15 | |
12 | Sime Darby (R) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 12 | Relegation to FAM League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals against
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Result table
Home \ Away[1] | ATM | DRB | JDT II | KLU | KUA | MEL | NSE | PER | PKN | SAB | SDA | UIT |
ATM | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | |
DRB-Hicom | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | |
Johor DT II | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Kuala Lumpur | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
Kuantan | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | |
Melaka United | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | |
Negeri Sembilan | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 | |
Perlis | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
PKNS | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | |
Sabah | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | |
Sime Darby | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
UiTM | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
Updated to games played on 21 October 2016.
Source: Malaysia FAM website
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
Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Melaka United | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
PKNS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Johor DT II | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Negeri Sembilan | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Kuala Lumpur | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
Perlis | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
DRB-Hicom | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Kuantan | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Sabah | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
UiTM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
ATM | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Sime Darby | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Crowd Attendance
For All Venues
HOME | AWAY | ATTENDANCE | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATM | DRB | JDTII | KUL | KUA | MUFC | NIS | PER | PKNS | SAB | SIM | UiTM | TOTAL | AVE | |
ATM | ----- | 210 | 293 | 232 | 300 | 505 | 319 | 150 | 186 | 38 | 107 | 275 | 2,615 | 238 |
DRB-HICOM | 350 | ----- | 1,175 | 200 | 250 | 900 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 200 | 200 | 220 | 4,545 | 413 |
JDT II | 2,220 | 5,500 | ----- | 1,175 | 2,235 | 3,600 | 2,500 | 520 | 3,252 | 1,630 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 27,012 | 2,456 |
Kuala Lumpur | 200 | 278 | 1,200 | ----- | 110 | 2,000 | 325 | 333 | 357 | 1,000 | 300 | 225 | 6,328 | 575 |
Kuantan | 250 | 561 | 65 | 548 | ----- | 500 | 327 | 178 | 251 | 685 | 412 | 115 | 3,892 | 354 |
Melaka United | 8,960 | 4,000 | 20,000 | 11,000 | 6,000 | ----- | 13,000 | 6,000 | 13,000 | 5,227 | 35,000 | 4,600 | 126,787 | 11,526 |
Negeri Sembilan | 3,185 | 275 | 3,606 | 4,534 | 4,116 | 3,693 | ----- | 3,765 | 4,324 | 3,329 | 1,898 | 2,560 | 35,285 | 3,208 |
Perlis | 6,500 | 896 | 1,356 | 757 | 4,200 | 932 | 820 | ----- | 915 | 420 | 638 | 6,390 | 23,824 | 2,166 |
PKNS | 157 | 33 | 309 | 327 | 24 | 1,027 | 250 | 95 | ----- | 65 | 34 | 13 | 2,334 | 212 |
Sabah | 1,300 | 3,778 | 14,500 | 700 | 500 | 2,700 | 1,200 | 900 | 1,650 | ----- | 2,220 | 600 | 30,028 | 2,730 |
Sime Darby | 100 | 120 | 130 | 180 | 50 | 1,555 | 519 | 497 | 110 | 110 | ----- | 120 | 3,491 | 317 |
UiTM | 128 | 101 | 223 | 400 | 350 | 290 | 395 | 289 | 50 | 450 | 128 | ----- | 2,804 | 255 |
TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | 268,945 | 2,037 |
By Week
Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
---|---|---|---|
Matchday 1 | 18,448 | 6 | 3,075 |
Matchday 2 | 21,675 | 6 | 3,613 |
Matchday 3 | 12,916 | 6 | 2,152 |
Matchday 4 | 20,967 | 6 | 3,494 |
Matchday 5 | 9,141 | 6 | 1,523 |
Matchday 6 | 6,364 | 6 | 1,061 |
Matchday 7 | 13,950 | 6 | 2,325 |
Matchday 8 | 4,642 | 6 | 774 |
Matchday 9 | 18,577 | 6 | 3,096 |
Matchday 10 | 6,805 | 6 | 1,134 |
Matchday 11 | 2,565 | 6 | 428 |
Matchday 12 | 14,388 | 6 | 2,398 |
Matchday 13 | 4,723 | 6 | 787 |
Matchday 14 | 9,967 | 6 | 1,661 |
Matchday 15 | 2,691 | 6 | 449 |
Matchday 16 | 8,106 | 6 | 1,351 |
Matchday 17 | 7,746 | 6 | 1,291 |
Matchday 18 | 7,066 | 6 | 1,177 |
Matchday 19 | 6,982 | 6 | 1,163 |
Matchday 20 | 21,464 | 6 | 3,577 |
Matchday 21 | 3,373 | 6 | 562 |
Matchday 22 | 36,834 | 6 | 6,139 |
Total | 259,390 | 132 | 1,965 |
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of 22 December 2016[12]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Melaka United | 24 | |
2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 21 | |
3 | DRB-HICOM | 16 | |
4 | PKNS | 15 | |
PKNS | |||
6 | Kuantan | 13 | |
7 | PKNS | 12 | |
8 | Kuantan | 10 | |
9 | Sime Darby | 9 | |
10 | Negeri Sembilan | 8 | |
Kuala Lumpur | |||
UiTM | |||
13 | Perlis | 7 | |
Negeri Sembilan | |||
Perlis | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |||
17 | Negeri Sembilan | 6 | |
Sabah | |||
Kuala Lumpur | |||
Sabah | |||
21 | Perlis | 5 | |
Perlis | |||
Kuala Lumpur | |||
Kuala Lumpur | |||
Perlis | |||
Melaka United | |||
Kuantan | |||
ATM | |||
Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
UiTM | Sabah | 4–1 | 12 February 2016 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ATM | 5–1 | 29 February 2016 | |
DRB-HICOM | UiTM | 4–1 | 29 February 2016 | |
PKNS | Kuantan | 4–4 | 3 May 2016 | |
Melaka United | ATM | 0–6 | 17 May 2016 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Kuantan | 4–1 | 20 May 2016 | |
Melaka United | ATM | 3–1 | 21 May 2016 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | UiTM | 1–4 | 2 August 2016 | |
PKNS | Kuantan | 2–3 | 2 August 2016 | |
Melaka United | UiTM | 2–3 | 5 August 2016 | |
- Note
4 Player scored 4 goals
Own goals
Rank | Player | Club | Total |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ATM | 1 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |||
PKNS | |||
Sime Darby | |||
Kuala Lumpur | |||
Melaka United |
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coach | Club | Coach | Club | ||
February | Melaka United | None | [13] | ||
March - June | None | ||||
July | None | Melaka United | [14] | ||
August | None | Melaka United | |||
September | None | DRB-Hicom | |||
October | None |
See also
References
- 1 2 3 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2016.html 2016 Liga Premier
- ↑ "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015.
- ↑ "Kontrak Mat Zan disambung" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 1 September 2015.
- ↑ "PBNS gugur pemain, K Devan". Berita Harian (in Malay). 26 August 2015.
- ↑ "Gary Phillips' Australian quartet ready to bring glory back to Negeri Sembilan". ESPN. 1 December 2015.
- ↑ "Yusri Che Lah letak jawatan". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 15 October 2015.
- ↑ "Dollah Salleh kini ketua jurulatih skuad Perlis". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 21 November 2015.
- ↑ "Raja Isa kemudi Uitm FC musim depan". stadiumastro.com (in Malay). 28 October 2015.
- ↑ "Sabah, Azraai Khor 'bercerai'". Berita Harian (in Malay). 6 November 2015.
- ↑ "Vjeran Simunic ketua jurulatih baharu Sabah". Berita Harian (in Malay). 4 December 2015.
- ↑ "BENJAMIN MORA APPOINTED NEW JOHOR DARUL TA'ZIM II HEAD COACH". Johor Southern Tigers. 14 December 2015.
- ↑ "Liga Premier Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
- ↑ http://www.bharian.com.my/node/137301
- ↑ http://www.bharian.com.my/node/183825