2020 Malaysia Premier League

The 2020 Malaysia Premier League is the 17th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.

Malaysia Premier League
Season2020
Dates29 February – TBA 2020
Matches played23
Goals scored58 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorerCasagrande
(6 goals)
Biggest home winPenang 4–1 Selangor II
(7 March 2020)
Sarawak United 4–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
(7 March 2020)
Highest scoring6 goals
Penang 4-2 Sarawak United
(1 March 2020)
Longest winning run4 matches
Terengganu II
Longest unbeaten run4 matches
Penang
Terengganu II
Kuala Lumpur
Longest winless run4 matches
Kuching
Perak II
Longest losing run3 matches
Kuching
Total attendance47,974 (Match No. 7 and matches played behind closed door were not included)
Average attendance2,821 (Match No. 7 and matches played behind closed door were not counted)
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 14 March 2020.

The season started on 29 February and concluded on 20 July 2020.

On 13 March, it was announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 May, it was announced that the league would resume in September dependent on the situation at the time. If the M-League is not allowed to resume in September, the season will be called off. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Super League and the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams will now play each other only once, meaning the champions of the Super League and Premier League will be decided after 11 rounds of matches.[1]

Team changes

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 7 sides from the 2019 season, 3 relegated from the 2019 Malaysia Super League and 2 promoted from the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.

To Premier League

Promoted from Liga M3

Relegated from Super League

Renamed/Rebranded Clubs

  • PKNP FC was renamed as Perak FA II and designated as the reserve team of Perak FA.
  • In a desperate move by Football Association of Sarawak (FAS), FAS bought Selangor United and rebranded it as Sarawak United and located to Kuching, Sarawak in an attempt to return to Malaysian Premier League and regain their "honour".[2][3]

Notes:

^1 PKNS was demoted to Premier League after their absorption to Selangor, change their status as reserve team, and renamed as Selangor II.[4] UiTM FC was promoted to Super League as replacement.

From Premier League

Promoted to Super League

Relegated to Liga M3

Stadium and locations

Locations of teams in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Larkin Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000[6]
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000[7]
Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000[8]
Kuching Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000[9]
Perak II Manjung Manjung Stadium 15,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 25,000
Sarawak United Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Selangor II Selayang Selayang Stadium 16,000
Terengganu II Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
UKM Selayang Selayang Stadium 16,000

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 Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Rafa Gil Nico Fernandez Nike -
Kelantan Yusri Che Lah Nazrin Nawi PUC Sport After Image
Kelantan United Zahasmi Ismail [10] Shahrizan Ismail SkyHawk Visit Kelantan 2020
Kuala Lumpur Nidzam Adzha Paulo Josué Puma KL BACA 2020
Kuching Ideris Untong Rafiezan Razali StarSport Kuching
Negeri Sembilan Sazali Saidon Kaharuddin Rahman Admiral Visit Negeri Sembilan
Perak II Abu Bakar Fadzim Sukri Hamid Kelme Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Penang Manzoor Azwira Azmi Muslim Stallion Apparel Pulau Pinang
Sarawak United E. Elavarasan Amri Yahyah Joma Press Metal
Selangor II Michael Feichtenbeiner Sharul Nazeem Joma PKNS
Terengganu II Roshadi Wahab Bruno Suzuki Al-Ikhsan redONE
UKM Sulaiman Hussin Asnan Ahmad Line 7 SUKIPT

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
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Ervin Boban End of contract n/a Pre-season Rafa Gil[11] 9 November 2019
Selangor II K. Rajagopal End of contract 22 November 2019 Michael Feichtenbeiner 17 December 2019
Negeri Sembilan Zaki Sheikh Ahmad End of caretaker spell April 2019 Sazali Saidon[12] 19 December 2019
Terengganu II Tengku Hazman End of contract n/a Roshadi Wahab December 2019
Sarawak United Abdul Talib Sulaiman End of contract n/a E. Elavarasan 4 February 2020


Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.

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 Player 3 AFC player Former player 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Nicolas Fernandez Luis Cabrera Fernando Rodriguez Kei Hirose
Kelantan Masaki Watanabe Felix Odili Lazarus Kaimbi Kang Seung-jo
Kelantan United Aylton Alemão Adil Kouskous Alfusainney Gassama [13] Selwan Al Jaberi
Kuala Lumpur Nicolás Dul[14] Paulo Josué[15] Francis Koné Azamat Baimatov[16]
Kuching Bryan Jones Anicézio Yuta Suzuki Hudson Jesus Yuki Tanigawa
Negeri Sembilan Matheus Vila Igor Carioca Almir Shunsuke Nakatake[17]
Perak II Sacha Petshi Tarik Isic Bruno Bezerra Yaren Sözer
Penang Rafael Vitor Endrick Casagrande[18] Lee Chang-hoon
Sarawak United Demerson Gabriel Guerra Patrick Wleh Milad Zanidpour Nicolás Marotta
Selangor II Bajram Nebihi
Terengganu II Argzim Redžović[19] Dechi Marcel Jordan Mintah[20] Bruno Suzuki
UKM Ignatius Adukor Julián Bottaro Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Lee Seong-woo Amadaiya Rennie Kevin Osei
  • ^4 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 Terengganu II[lower-alpha 1] 4 4 0 0 7 2 +5 12
2 Kelantan United 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9 Promotion to Super League
3 Penang 4 2 2 0 9 4 +5 8
4 Kuala Lumpur 4 2 2 0 7 4 +3 8
5 Selangor II[lower-alpha 1] 4 2 0 2 4 6 −2 6
6 Johor Darul Ta'zim II[lower-alpha 1] 4 1 2 1 5 6 −1 5
7 Kelantan 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 4
8 UKM 3 1 1 1 2 3 −1 4
9 Sarawak United 4 1 0 3 7 8 −1 3
10 Negeri Sembilan 4 1 0 3 4 9 −5 3
11 Kuching 4 0 1 3 3 6 −3 1 Qualification to relegation play-off
12 Perak II[lower-alpha 1] 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 Relegation to Malaysia M3 League
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. , Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KEL KLU KUL KUC NSE PRK PEN SUD SEL TFCII UKM
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 1–1
Kelantan 1–1 2–0
Kelantan United 2–1 3–0
Kuala Lumpur 3–1
Kuching 1–2 1–2
Negeri Sembilan 1–3 2–0
Perak II 0–1 1–1
Penang 0–0 4–2 4–1
Sarawak United 4–1 1–2
Selangor II 2–1 1–0 0–1
Terengganu II 2–1 2–0
UKM 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 14 March 2020. Source: MFL
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.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played on 14 March 2020.[21]

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Casagrande Penang 6
2 Francis Koné Kuala Lumpur 3
Igor Luiz Negeri Sembilan
Patrick Wleh Sarawak United
5 Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United 2
Azim Rahim Kuala Lumpur
Bajram Nebihi

Selangor II

Danial Asri

Selangor II

Endrick Santos Penang
Fakhrul Zaman Kelantan United
Felix Odili Kelantan
Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Jordan Mintah Terengganu II
Lazarus Kaimbi Kelantan
Rafiezan Razali Kuching
Zuasyraf Zulkiefle Terengganu II

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Casagrande Penang Selangor II 4 – 1 (H) 7 March 2020

Clean sheets
As of matches played on 14 March 2020.

Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Suhaimi Hussin Terengganu II 2
2 Faridzuean Kamaruddin Kelantan 1
Haziq Nadzli Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Kaharuddin Rahman Negeri Sembilan
Samuel Somerville Penang
Remezey Che Ros UKM
Shahrizan Ismail Kelantan United
Sikh Izhan Selangor II
Syazwan Yusoff Kelantan United

See also

References
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