2019 Malaysia M3 League

The 2019 Malaysia M3 League is the 1st season of Malaysia M3 League replaced the former FAM League.

Malaysia M3 League
Season2019
PromotedKelantan United
Kuching FA
RelegatedPenjara
Tun Razak
Matches played182
Goals scored746 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFakhrul Zaman
(28 goals)
Biggest home winBanggol Tokku 10–0 Tun Razak
(15 June 2019)
Armed Forces 10–0 Tun Razak
(6 October 2019)
Biggest away winTun Razak 0–14 Ultimate
(20 October 2019)
Highest scoring14 goals
Tun Razak 0–14 Ultimate
(20 October 2019)
Longest winning run11 matches
Kelantan United
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Kelantan United
Longest winless run17 matches
Tun Razak
Longest losing run17 matches
Tun Razak
← 2018 (FAM League)
2020 →
All statistics correct as of 17 November 2019.

Establishment and format

This season saw a revamp of the competition's format by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Announced earlier on 24 November 2018 by FAM deputy president,[1] the format of the new season was outlined in a meeting by FAM's Local Competition Committee and were announced in a media statement on 19 December 2018.[2]

The format will be reverted to the straight knock-out tournament (a format used before 2008), as opposed to the league format used since 2008. 64 teams will be competing for the FAM Cup, including 6 teams confirmed earlier to participate in the FAM Cup, and teams promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The rest of the teams will include 19 teams nominated by FAM's associate members, and teams from newly created Malaysia M4 League, which selection is subject to methods decided by Malaysia Football League. The champions of 2019 FAM Cup will then compete with the 2019 Premier League last-placed team in a play-off match for a slot to participate in the 2020 Premier League.[2]

Earlier, there is speculation that the league organization might be taken over by Malaysia Football League, organisers for Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League, having been held by FAM since 1951,[3] but this was clarified in the FAM media statement that FAM will cooperate with MFL for the organization of the tournament, with FAM still held major responsibilities and ownership of the tournament and rights of it. MFL will cover the cost of teams participating from the first round up until the quarter-finals, with FAM covering the cost of the teams participating from that point onwards. [2] [4]

Teams

As of 11 February 2019, 14 teams have confirmed their participation in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.[1]

Season Changes

Renamed clubs
  • ATM FA. was renamed to Armed Forces FC, and relocated to Kuala Lumpur.
  • Glory United FC was renamed to Langkawi Glory United, and relocated to Langkawi.
  • MPKB-BRI U-BeS was renamed to Kelantan United.

To Malaysia M3 League

Promoted from Malaysia M4 League

  • Banggol Tok Ku - Promoted by winning the 2018 Terengganu Amateur M5 League
  • Batu Dua - Promoted by winning the 2018 South Selangor M5 League
  • Dak-dak Melawati - Promoted by winning the 2018 Selangor Social Premier M5 League
  • Langkawi Glory United - Promoted by winning the 2018 Subang Football M5 League
  • Johor Bahru - Promoted by winning the 2018 Johor Darul Ta’zim M5 League (HM Sultan of Johor Cup)
  • Penjara - Promoted by winning the 2018 PBNS President Cup M5 League
  • Protap - Promoted by winning the 2018 Shah Alam M5 League
  • Puchong Fuerza - Promoted by winning the 2018 Puchong Community M5 League
  • SAMB - Promoted by winning the 2018 Melaka Division 1 M5 League
  • Ultimate - Promoted by winning the 2018 AXA Klang Valley M5 League

Relegated from 2018 Malaysia Premier League

  • None 2

New Team

  • Tun Razak FC

From Malaysia FAM League

Promoted to 2019 Malaysia Premier League

  • Selangor United 1
  • Perlis 2

Existing team

Teams withdrawn

Notes:

^1 Promoted by finalist the 2018 FAM Cup.[5]
^2 Originally Terengganu II were relegated from 2018 Malaysia Premier League and Terengganu City F.C. promoted by winning the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup; however Malaysia Football League blocked Terengganu City promotion due to financial issues, granted Terengganu II to stay in the Premier League, and accepted Perlis FA application to be promoted to the Premier League, replacing expelled Kuantan FA[6]
^3 Originally KL Cops 2018 DD Social M5 League, and Uptown F.C. 2018 Sunarize Soccer M5 League were promoted to season 2019 Malaysia M3 League by winning their respective league; however the team not registered to 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to unknown reason.
^4 Tentera Darat FA 2018 Kuala Lumpur M5 Super League not registered to 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to same division with their parent club, Armed Forces.

Clubs locations

Batu Dua
Banggol Tok Ku
Langkawi Glory United
Kuala Lumpur
Puchong Fuerza
Penjara
Locations of teams in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League
Armed Forces
DDM
Protap
Puchong Fuerza
Tun Razak
Kuala Lumpur

Venues
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Armed Forces Kuala Lumpur Mindef Stadium 5,000
Batu Dua Kemaman Mak Chili Mini Stadium TBA
Banggol Tok Ku Kuala Berang Kuala Berang Mini Stadium 1,000
Dak-dak Melawati Kuala Lumpur KLFA Academy Football Field TBA
Langkawi Glory United Langkawi Langkawi Stadium 10,000
Johor Bahru Iskandar Puteri Educity Stadium 6,000
Kulai Kulai Mini Stadium 1,000
Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 30,000
Kuching Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Penjara Kajang Kajang Prison Complex Mini Stadium 1,000
Protap Kuala Lumpur UM Arena 1,000
Puchong Fuerza Puchong MMU Mini Stadium 2,500
SAMB Malacca City Hang Tuah Stadium 1,000
Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz Mini Stadium 3,000
Ultimate Kuala Lumpur Pulapol Football Field TBA

Personnel and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Armed Forces Kevin Lee Cooper Venice Elphi Ego Sports My Soccer Store
Batu Dua Che Ku Marzuki Saifulnizam Miswan Kaki Jersi Yakult, HDR Project, MZ cafe03, Habiel Project, Mytrdes
Banggol Tok Ku Haris Safwan Kamal Nor Fazly Alias NT Mada Construction
Dak-dak Melawati Mohammad Aidil Ramly Fahrul Razi Kazza Networks Terang Bulan Sdn.Bhd, MKA Concept Ent.
Langkawi Glory United Manja Man Muhammad Al-Hafiz Lotto Mai Langkawi
Johor Bahru Zainor Kasmani Kamarul Afiq Kamaruddin Nike Green Valley Eco Resort
Kuching Ideris Utong Rafiezan Razali Starsport Kuching, Yakult
Kelantan United Zahasmi Ismail [7] Shahrizan Ismail SkyHawk Mysports Station, U-Shop
Penjara Roslan Othman Akmal Chin SkyHawk Prestige Geomatic
Protap Dusan Momcilovic Anwar Luqman Kaki Jersi Carving Crew Design, HARINI SDN. BHD.
Puchong Fuerza Nazrulerwan Makmor Arman Fareez Kaki Jersi
Tun Razak Azman Adnan[8] Syazwan Rani SkyHawk & Panzer Rimbun Teguh Trading
SAMB Hamdan Mohamad Nazmee Ari Heat Syarikat Air Melaka
Ultimate Zulkhairi Mohd Zabidi Firhan Sports Fitz Ultimate Garage

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
Batu Dua Zulhamizan Zakaria Sacked[9] 1 April 2019 6th Che Ku Marzuki 1 April 2019
Protap Shahidan Rusly Sacked June 2019 14th Dusan Momcilovic June 2019

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to two each team.

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Former player 1
Armed Forces
Banggol Tok Ku
Batu Dua Mamadou Berete Carlos Zozimar L'Imam Seydi
Ljubo Baranin
Ovie Precious
Dak-dak Melawati Lee Kyeong-su Nicholas Dul
Langkawi Glory United Everton Souza Santos Georgian Mugurel Stamate
Johor Bahru Patrick Asare Jose Alex
Kelantan United Alfusainey Gassama Seydou Sako Carlos Zozimar
Kuching Yuta Suzuki [10]
Penjara Kim Sung-ho
Protap Metha Viblo Apingi Vino Ramazani
Puchong Fuerza Hans Kwofie Sunday Matthew Idoko Andre Luis
Diogo Olievera
SAMB
Tun Razak Rafael Marti
Ultimate Faye Jacque Chukwu Nnabuike
  • 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.

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kelantan United (C, P) 26 21 3 2 93 20 +73 66 Promotion to 2020 Malaysia Premier League
2 Kuching (O, P) 26 18 5 3 58 21 +37 59 Qualification to Play-offs round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Armed Forces 26 13 10 3 62 22 +40 49
4 Puchong Fuerza 26 13 6 7 71 40 +31 45
5 Ultimate 26 13 6 7 76 48 +28 45
6 Protap 26 11 4 11 47 58 −11 37
7 BTK 26 10 5 11 52 49 +3 35
8 DDM 26 10 4 12 60 54 +6 34
9 SAMB 26 9 6 11 38 38 0 33
10 Batu Dua 26 8 3 15 46 72 −26 27
11 Johor Bahru 26 6 7 13 40 53 −13 25
12 Langkawi Glory United 26 7 4 15 47 63 −16 25
13 Penjara (R) 26 6 6 14 36 61 −25 24 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
14 Tun Razak (R) 26 2 1 23 17 140 −123 7
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Two teams from runners-up of M3 and last placed team from Premier League play-offs for promotion to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

Result table
Home \ Away ARM BD BTK DDM LGU JB KLU KCH PNJ PRO PFZ SAM TRZ ULT
Armed Forces — 8–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 10–0 4–0
Batu Dua 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–9 3–0 0–10 3–5 3–2 4–0 0–6 1–1 5–0 1–1
Banggol Tok Ku 0–5 2–0 — 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 0–4 3–1 10–0 4–7
Dak-dak Melawati 1–3 4–4 1–1 — 0–1 4–2 0–5 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 9–0 4–3
Langkawi Glory United 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–8 — 6–3 0–5 0–4 3–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3
Johor Bahru 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–3 — 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–4
Kelantan United 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 7–0 3–0 — 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–1
Kuching 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 0–1
Penjara 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 — 2–5 1–1 0–3 6–1 2–5
Protap 3–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 1–4 2–2 0–2 — 1–6 2–1 8–0 1–4
Puchong Fuerza 2–2 0–2 3–4 2–4 4–1 2–2 2–3 3–4 4–1 3–1 — 4–0 2–0 4–1
SAMB 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 — 7–0 2–2
Tun Razak 0–5 0–7 1–7 2–4 1–10 2–0 0–10 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 — 0–14
Ultimate 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 3–4 0–2 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
Colours: 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
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Kelantan United14343332222222211111111111
Kuching45564411111111122222222222
Armed Forces63655554334333344333333333
Puchong Fuerza31236666545556776665444444
Ultimate111181111788886789989887555555
Protap81313141414141414141414131212111110109997766
Banggol Tok Ku121279101197777668655544666687
Dak-dak Melawati22111123453444433466778898
SAMB99111078101010910997897778889979
Batu Dua764222456688755689911111112111010
Johor Bahru1010121212121212121111111111111212121212131313131311
Langkawi Glory United1414141313131313131313131213131313131313121211101112
Penjara13810889799109101010101010111110101010121213
Tun Razak57979101111111212121414141414141414141414141414
Leader
Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
Source:

Play-offs

The runner-up of M3 League will play one-legged play-off team from the last placed Premier League team for deciding the second team to promote to 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

Kuching FA3-1Sarawak

Season statistics

Top scorers


As of matches played on 17 November 2019.

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Fakhrul Zaman Kelantan United 28
2 Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United 27
3 Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate 22
Rafizol Roslan Armed Forces
5 Joseph Kalang Tie Kuching 17
6 Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United 15
7 Faye Jacque Ultimate 13

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Fakhrul Zaman Kelantan United Langkawi Glory United 7 – 0 (H) 16 March 2019
Nabil Ahmad Lapti Ultimate Tun Razak 4 – 2 (H) 30 March 2019
Nabil Ahmad Lapti Ultimate Penjara 3 – 0 (H) 21 April 2019
Akmal Aizat Penjara Langkawi Glory United 3 – 5 (A) 27 April 2019
Ros Mohd Muharam Banggol Tok Ku Tun Razak 10 – 0 (H) 15 June 2019
Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United Penjara 1 – 4 (A) 23 June 2019
Joseph Kalang Tie Kuching Batu Dua 3 – 5 (A) 7 July 2019
Mamadou Berete Batu Dua Kuching 3 – 5 (H) 7 July 2019
Lee Kyeong Su Dak-dak Melawati Tun Razak 9 – 0 (H) 7 July 2019
Mamadou Berete Batu Dua Tun Razak 0 – 7 (A) 28 July 2019
Alfusainey Gassama4 Kelantan United Batu Dua 0 – 10 (A) 24 August 2019
Shamerul Aziz SAMB Tun Razak 7 – 0 (H) 25 August 2019
Hattaphon Bun An Langkawi Glory United Johor Bahru 6 – 3 (H) 7 September 2019
Rafizol Roslan5 Armed Forces Batu Dua 8 – 2 (H) 8 September 2019
Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United Dak-dak Melawati 0 – 5 (A) 15 September 2019
Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate Penjara 2 – 5 (A) 28 September 2019
Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
Nizad Ayub Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
Hans Kwofie Puchong Fuerza Penjara 4 – 1 (H) 4 October 2019
Rafizol Roslan4 Armed Forces Tun Razak 10 – 0 (H) 6 October 2019
Haikal Nazri5 Langkawi Glory United Tun Razak 1 – 10 (A) 13 October 2019
Zulfahamzie Tarmizi Langkawi Glory United Tun Razak 1 – 10 (A) 13 October 2019
Shafizan Ramli4 Ultimate Tun Razak 0 – 14 (A) 20 October 2019
Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate Tun Razak 0– 14 (A) 20 October 2019
Faye Jaque Ultimate Tun Razak 0– 14 (A) 20 October 2019
Alfusainey Gassama4 Kelantan United Langkawi Glory United 0 – 5 (A) 27 October 2019
Shafizan Ramli Ultimate Banggol Tok Ku 4 – 7 (A) 2 November 2019
Hakimi Mazlan Banggol Tok Ku Ultimate 4 – 7 (H) 2 November 2019
Afif Najmi Dak-dak Melawati Batu Dua 4 – 4 (H) 3 November 2019
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

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See also
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