2020 Malaysia Premier League

The 2020 Malaysia Premier League was 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 – 31 October 2020
ChampionsPenang
1st Second Division title
PromotedPenang
Kuala Lumpur
Matches played66
Goals scored191 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorerCasagrande (9 goals)
Biggest home winPerak II 5–1 Kuching
(5 September 2020)
Biggest away win7 goals
Selangor II 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
(20 September 2020)
Highest scoring9 goals
Kuala Lumpur 5–4 Selangor II
(25 September 2020)
Longest winning run6 matches
Penang
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Penang
Longest winless run6 matches
Kuching
Kelantan United
Longest losing run6 matches
Kelantan United
Total attendance47,974[lower-alpha 1]
Average attendance2,821[lower-alpha 1]
← 2019
2021 →

The season started on 29 February and should end on 20 July 2020. However, 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. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Super League and the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams played each other only once, meaning the champions of the Super League and Premier League were decided after eleven 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

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 FA 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 Spain Rafa Gil Argentina Nico Fernandez Nike -
Kelantan Malaysia Yusri Che Lah Malaysia Nazrin Nawi PUC Sport Archived 2021-10-26 at the Wayback Machine After Image
Kelantan United Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail[10] Malaysia Shahrizan Ismail SkyHawk Visit Kelantan 2020
Kuala Lumpur FA Malaysia Nidzam Adzha Brazil Paulo Josué Puma KL BACA 2020
Kuching Malaysia Ideris Untong Malaysia Rafiezan Razali StarSport Kuching
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Sazali Saidon Malaysia Kaharuddin Rahman Admiral Visit Negeri Sembilan
Perak II Malaysia Abu Bakar Fadzim Malaysia Sukri Hamid Kelme Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira Malaysia Azmi Muslim Stallion Apparel Pulau Pinang
Sarawak United Malaysia E. Elavarasan Malaysia Amri Yahyah Joma Press Metal
Selangor II Malaysia Rusdi Suparman Malaysia Sharul Nazeem Joma PKNS
Terengganu II Malaysia Roshadi Wahab Japan Bruno Suzuki Al-Ikhsan redONE
UKM Malaysia Sulaiman Hussin Malaysia 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 Croatia Ervin Boban End of contract n/a Pre-season Spain Rafa Gil[11] 9 November 2019
Selangor II Malaysia K. Rajagopal End of contract 22 November 2019 Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner 17 December 2019
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Zaki Sheikh Ahmad End of caretaker spell April 2019 Malaysia Sazali Saidon[12] 19 December 2019
Terengganu II Malaysia Tengku Hazman End of contract n/a Malaysia Roshadi Wahab December 2019
Sarawak United Malaysia Abdul Talib Sulaiman End of contract n/a Malaysia 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 Argentina Nicolas Fernandez Argentina Luis Cabrera Spain Fernando Rodriguez Japan Kei Hirose
Kelantan Japan Masaki Watanabe Nigeria Felix Odili Namibia Lazarus Kaimbi South Korea Kang Seung-jo
Kelantan United Brazil Aylton Alemão Morocco Adil Kouskous The Gambia Alfusainney Gassama[13] IraqSweden Selwan Al Jaberi
Kuala Lumpur FA Brazil Paulo Josué[14] Argentina Nicolás Dul[15] Togo Francis Koné Kyrgyzstan Azamat Baimatov[16]
Kuching Brazil Bryan Jones Anicézio Brazil Hudson Jesus Japan Yuta Suzuki Japan Yuki Tanigawa
Negeri Sembilan Brazil Matheus Vila Brazil Igor Carioca Brazil Almir Japan Shunsuke Nakatake[17]
Perak II Brazil Bruno Bezerra France Sacha Petshi Bosnia and Herzegovina Tarik Isic AustraliaTurkey Yaren Sözer
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Endrick Brazil Casagrande[18] South Korea Lee Chang-hoon
Sarawak United Brazil Demerson Argentina Gabriel Guerra Liberia Patrick Wleh Iran Milad Zanidpour Argentina Nicolás Marotta
Selangor II Kosovo Bajram Nebihi SingaporeGermany Armin Maier[19]
Terengganu II Montenegro Argzim Redžović[20] Ivory Coast Dechi Marcel Ghana Jordan Mintah[21] Japan Brazil Bruno Suzuki
UKM Ghana Ignatius Adukor Argentina Julián Bottaro Nigeria Akanni-Sunday Wasiu South Korea Lee Seong-woo Liberia Amadaiya Rennie
France 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 Penang (P) 11 8 2 1 24 8 +16 26 Promotion to Super League
2 Terengganu II[lower-alpha 2] 11 7 1 3 17 14 +3 22
3 Kuala Lumpur (P) 11 6 3 2 21 14 +7 21 Promotion to Super League
4 Kuching 11 5 1 5 17 19 −2 16
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II[lower-alpha 2] 11 4 3 4 20 17 +3 15
6 Kelantan 11 5 3 3 14 11 +3 15[lower-alpha 3]
7 Selangor II[lower-alpha 2] 11 4 1 6 17 23 −6 13
8 Kelantan United 11 4 0 7 13 19 −6 12
9 UKM 11 3 3 5 11 17 −6 12 Withrew Next Season
10 Sarawak United 11 3 2 6 14 16 −2 11
11 Negeri Sembilan 11 3 2 6 12 20 −8 11
12 Perak II[lower-alpha 2] 11 1 5 5 11 13 −2 8
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Excluding matches played behind closed doors.
  2. 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.
  3. Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision.

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KEL KLU KUL KUC NSE PRK PEN SUD SEL TFCII UKM
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3–2 1–1 - - 1–1 1–2 - - - -
Kelantan - 1–1 2–0 - 1–0 0–3 1–0 - - -
Kelantan United - - 0–2 2–1 3–0 - - - 2–3 -
Kuala Lumpur - - 3–1 - - - 5–4 4–1 2–1
Kuching 2–0 - - - - - 2–1 1–4 1–2 1–2
Negeri Sembilan 1–3 - - - 2–4 - - 2–1 1–0 2–0
Perak II - - 0–1 5–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 - - -
Penang - - - 2–1 0–0 2–0 4–2 4–1 -
Sarawak United 4–1 - 2–1 1–2 - - - - -
Selangor II 1–6 0–0 - - - - 2–1 - 1–0 0–1
Terengganu II 2–3 2–1 - - - - 2–0 - - 2–2
UKM 0–0 1–5 - - - - 1–2 - - -
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played on 31 October 2020.[22]

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Casagrande Penang 9
2 Brazil Endrick Santos Penang 8
3 Togo Francis Koné Kuala Lumpur 7
Malaysia Danial Asri Selangor II
Spain Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Ghana Jordan Mintah Terengganu F.C. II

Hat-tricks
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Brazil Casagrande Penang Selangor II 4 – 1 (H) 7 March 2020
Malaysia Hakimi Abdullah Kelantan UKM 1 – 5 (A) 22 August 2020
Brazil Endrick Santos Penang Kelantan 0 – 3 (A) 29 August 2020

Clean sheets
As of matches played on 25 September 2020.

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

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malaysia England Samuel Somerville Penang 3
Malaysia Remezey Che Ros UKM
Malaysia Kaharuddin Rahman Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Fikri Che Soh Kelantan
4 Malaysia Suhaimi Hussin Terengganu II 2
6 Malaysia Faridzuean Kamaruddin Kelantan 1
Malaysia Farhan Majid Perak II
Malaysia Firdaus Irman Selangor II
Malaysia Haziq Nadzli Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Malaysia Iqbal Suhaimi Kuching
Malaysia Shahrizan Ismail Kelantan United
Malaysia Sikh Izhan Selangor II
Malaysia Syazwan Yusoff Kelantan United
Malaysia Zamir Selamat Kuala Lumpur

See also

References
  1. "September restart for M-League". nst.com.my. 1 May 2020.
  2. "Selangor United sah jadi Sarawak United". Semuanya Bola. 13 December 2019.
  3. "Penjenamaan Selangor United ke Sarawak United menyelamatkan maruah?". Sarawak Crocs. 7 December 2019.
  4. "Selangor II bakal beraksi di Stadium Selayang". Football Tribe. 3 December 2019.
  5. "UiTM FC naik ke Liga Super dan PKNS, PKNP turun ke Liga Perdana". Sarawak Crocs. 13 November 2019.
  6. "FAM League Recap: Sime Darby, UKM secure promotion". Sports247.my. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  7. "Sultan Muhammad IV". Sejarah Kelantan. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  8. "City Boys banking on stadium renovation completion to draw KL-ites back in 2018 MSL". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  9. "Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium". Seremban Municipan Council. Archived from the original on March 14, 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. "Kelantan United mahu lakukan kejutan". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-12-15.
  11. "Rafael Gil diumumkan sebagai jurulatih baharu JDT II". Vocket FC. 9 November 2019.
  12. "Negeri Sembilan appoint Sazali Saidon as new head coach". 19 December 2019.
  13. "Kelantan United kekalkan Gassama Alfusainey". Semuanya Bola. 13 December 2019.
  14. "Paulo Josue tandatangani kontrak lanjutan bersama The City Boys". 19 December 2019.
  15. "Dul, Raimi lengkapkan skuad KL".
  16. "Baimatov menara pertahanan baru KL". Sportimes Malaysia. January 2020.
  17. "Shunsuke Nakatake kekal bersama Skuad Rusa". Bernama. 12 June 2019.
  18. "Casagrande kekal Haria bersama Harimau Kumbang buru promosi ke Liga Super". Semuanya Bola. 16 December 2019.
  19. ""At the moment, I am playing for Selangor II as a foreigner".
  20. "Terengganu II sambar khidmat Argzim Redzovic". Vocket FC. 3 December 2019.
  21. "Jordan Mintah bakal warnai Liga Premier". Terengganu FC Official. 8 December 2019.
  22. "Penjaring gol Liga Premier 2019". Liga Malaysia. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.