2017 Malaysia Super League
The 2017 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2017) was the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]
Season | 2017 |
---|---|
Dates | 20 January 2017 – 28 October 2017 |
Champions | Johor Darul Ta'zim (4th title) |
Relegated | Sarawak Penang Felda United T-Team |
AFC Champions League | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
AFC Cup | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Matches played | 132 |
Goals scored | 408 (3.09 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Mohammed Ghaddar (23 goals) |
Biggest home win | Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Melaka United (9 April 2017) |
Biggest away win | T-Team 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim (22 July 2017) |
Highest scoring | PKNS 5–3 Selangor (4 February 2017) PKNS 4–4 Kedah (9 May 2017) |
Longest winning run | (7 games) Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Longest unbeaten run | (14 games) Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Highest attendance | 25,000 Kedah 3–2 Sarawak (27 January 2017) Kedah 3–1 Penang (25 February 2017) Kedah 4–0 Melaka United (4 March 2017) |
Lowest attendance | 0 Perak 3–2 Melaka (4 February 2017) |
Total attendance | 881,178 |
Average attendance | 6,676 |
← 2016 2018 →
All statistics correct as of 31 October 2017Source: SPMB, Liga Malaysia, FMLPP. |
The season began on 20 January and concluded on 28 October 2017.[1]
The defending champions were Johor Darul Ta'zim and retained the title from the previous season.
Teams
PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Felda United | Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang | Tun Abdul Razak Stadium | 25,000 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Bahru, Johor | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | 30,000 |
Kedah | Alor Setar, Kedah | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387 |
Kelantan | Kota Bharu, Kelantan | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 25,000 |
Melaka United | Krubong, Melaka | Hang Jebat Stadium | 40,000 |
Pahang | Kuantan, Pahang | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
Penang | Batu Kawan, Penang | State of Penang Stadium | 40,000 |
Perak | Ipoh, Perak | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
PKNS | Shah Alam, Selangor | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
Sarawak | Kuching, Sarawak | Sarawak State Stadium | 26,000 |
Selangor | Selayang, Selangor | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
T–Team | Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Locations and stadium
- Primary venues used in the Liga Super:
Felda United | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kedah |
---|---|---|
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | Darul Aman Stadium |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 32,387 |
Kelantan | Melaka United | Pahang |
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | Hang Jebat Stadium | Darul Makmur Stadium |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 40,000 |
Penang | Perak | Sarawak |
Penang State Stadium | Perak Stadium | Sarawak State Stadium |
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 42,500 | Capacity: 26,000 |
PKNS | T–Team | Selangor |
Shah Alam Stadium | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | Selayang Stadium |
Capacity: 80,372 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 11,098 |
- 1 Correct as of end of 2016 Liga Super season
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 | Main sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
Felda United | FBT | FELDA | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Nike | Forest City | ||
Kedah | Al-Ikhsan | Bina Darulaman Berhad | ||
Kelantan | HORC | redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati | ||
Melaka United | Kronos | Edra, CGN, Tag Marine | ||
Pahang | FILA | Aras Kuasa | ||
Penang | Legea | myPenang | ||
Perak | Al-Ikhsan | Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp. | ||
PKNS | Kappa | PKNS | ||
Sarawak | Starsport | Sarawak Energy | ||
Selangor | Lotto | Selangor | ||
T–Team | Kobert | Chicken Cottage | ||
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Felda United | End of caretaker spell | 22 October 2016 | Pre-season | 1 November 2016 | ||
Melaka United | End of contract | 22 October 2016 | 17 November 2016[2] | |||
Pahang | 22 October 2016 | 1 December 2016 | ||||
Kelantan | Resigned | 22 October 2016[3] | 30 November 2016 | |||
Penang | End of contract | 24 November 2016 | 28 November 2016[4] | |||
Selangor | End of caretaker spell | 26 December 2016[5] | 26 December 2016 | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Mutual consent | 18 January 2017[6] | 18 January 2017 | |||
Felda United | Resigned | 7 February 2017 | 11th | 21 February 2017[7] | ||
Perak | Sacked | 22 February 2017 | 3rd | 22 February 2017[8] | ||
Penang | Mutual Agreement | 19 March 2017[9] | 12th | 23 March 2017 | ||
Kedah | Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach | 29 April 2017 [10] | 3rd | 23 May 2017 | ||
Melaka United | Rested | 23 May 2017[12] | 10th | 17 June 2017 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Demoted to JDT II | 19 June 2017[13] | 1st | 19 June 2017 | ||
PKNS | Rested | 7 July 2017 | 10th | 17 July 2017 | ||
Sarawak | Rested | 13 July 2017 | 10th | 13 July 2017 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
Naturalised players
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
---|---|---|---|
Felda United | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | |||
Melaka United | |||
Pahang | |||
Penang | |||
Notes:
- ^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.
Results
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 19 | +31 | 49 | Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup group stage |
2 | Pahang[lower-alpha 1] | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 40 | |
3 | Felda United[lower-alpha 2] (R) | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 39 | Relegation to Premier League |
4 | Kedah[lower-alpha 3] | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 35 | |
5 | Perak | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 34 | |
6 | Selangor | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 33 | |
7 | PKNS | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 25 | |
8 | Melaka United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 24 | |
9 | T–Team (R) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 23[lower-alpha 4] | Relegation to Premier League |
10 | Kelantan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 22[lower-alpha 5] | |
11 | Sarawak (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 21 | Relegation to Premier League |
12 | Penang (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- Pahang withdraw from AFC competition.
- Felda United were relegated because they failed to renew their licence[21]
- Kedah as 2017 Malaysia FA Cup winners not eligible for AFC competition spots as they failed granted AFC club license.
- Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for T-Team.
- Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Kelantan.
Result table
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Pahang | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Felda United | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Kedah | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Perak | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
Selangor | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
PKNS | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
Melaka United | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
T–Team | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
Kelantan | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
Sarawak | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
Penang | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Statistics
Top scorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (5), Kelantan (18) | 23 | |
2 | Pahang | 18 | |
3 | Kedah | 15 | |
4 | Felda United | 14 | |
5 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 | |
6 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 9 | |
Kedah | |||
Melaka United | |||
Sarawak | |||
10 | Kedah | 8 | |
PKNS | |||
Selangor | |||
13 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 | |
14 | Pahang | 6 | |
Felda United | |||
16 | Felda United | 5 | |
Melaka United | |||
Perak | |||
PKNS | |||
Penang (2), Sarawak (3) | |||
Selangor | |||
Selangor | |||
T–Team | |||
T–Team | |||
Hat-tricks
- As of 28 October 2017.
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
PKNS | Selangor | 5–3 (H) | 4 February 2017 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | T–Team | 3–0 (H) | 25 February 2017 | |
Kelantan | Perak | 2–4 (A) | 1 March 2017 | |
T–Team | 4–2 (H) | 4 March 2017 | ||
Penang | 1–54 (A) | 15 April 2017 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Melaka United | 7–0 (H) | 9 April 2017 | |
T–Team | Kedah | 5–0 (H) | 15 April 2017 | |
Kedah | T–Team | 3–0 (H) | 24 May 2017 | |
Felda United | Sarawak | 1–3 (A) | 11 July 2017 | |
T–Team | 5–1 (H) | 15 July 2017 |
Notes:
4 Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Own goals
- As of 28 October 2017.[23]
Rank | Player | For | Against | Date | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kedah | Perak | 1 July 2017 | 1 | |
PKNS | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 15 April 2017 |
Clean sheets
- As of 28 October 2017.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
Avg. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Perak | 7 | 1.410 | |
2 | Sarawak | 6 | 1.370 | |
3 | Pahang | 5 | 1.290 | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0.690 | |||
5 | Kedah | 4 | 1.270 | |
Felda United | 1.180 | |||
7 | T–Team | 3 | 2.30 | |
T–Team | 1.750 | |||
Selangor | 1.210 | |||
PKNS | 1.0 | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0.880 | |||
12 | Pahang | 2 | 0.830 | |
Melaka United | 2.270 | |||
Kedah | 1.710 | |||
Kedah | 0.750 | |||
16 | T–Team | 1 | 1.80 | |
Selangor | 1.570 | |||
Selangor | ||||
PKNS | 2.090 | |||
Penang | 2.220 | |||
Penang | 1.630 | |||
Kelantan | 1.60 | |||
Kelantan | 1.640 | |||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1.50 | |||
Discipline
- As of 27 September 2017.
Player
|
Player | Club | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selangor | 6 | 1 | 0 | |
2 | Selangor | 4 | 1 | 0 | |
3 | Kedah | 3 | 0 | 1 | |
Kedah | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
5 | Kedah | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Kedah | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
Kedah | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Kelantan | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Melaka United | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Melaka United | 2 | 0 | 1 | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
12 | Kelantan | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
PKNS | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Perak | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kedah | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Perak | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Perak | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Pahang | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Kedah | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Club
|
Club | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Selangor | 41 | 2 | 2 |
2 | Kedah | 41 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Perak | 41 | 0 | 0 |
4 | PKNS | 34 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Felda United | 32 | 1 | 0 |
6 | Sarawak | 29 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 28 | 2 | 0 |
8 | Pahang | 27 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kelantan | 26 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Penang | 24 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Melaka United | 17 | 0 | 1 |
12 | T–Team | 16 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 356 | 5 | 10 |
Attendances
Overall attendance
Home | Away | Attendance | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FEL | JDT | KED | KEL | MEL | PAH | PEN | PRK | PKN | SWK | SEL | TTE | TOTAL | AVE | |
Felda United | ----- | 1,724 | 6,211 | 10,393 | 1,367 | 18,500 | 1,300 | 2,992 | 2,277 | 1,552 | 2,469 | 1,288 | 50,073 | 4,552 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 18,320 | ----- | 24,157 | 18,210 | 14,475 | 20,480 | 16,850 | 16,985 | 13,325 | 10,126 | 19,822 | 14,807 | 187,557 | 17,051 |
Kedah | 4,000 | 3,000 | ----- | 11,970 | 25,000 | 12,000 | 25,000 | 7,656 | 20,000 | 25,000 | 18,000 | 10,000 | 161,626 | 14,693 |
Kelantan | 1,061 | 13,891 | 20,853 | ----- | 8,963 | 3,373 | 8,924 | 1,523 | 5,076 | 1,251 | 2,503 | 10,653 | 78,071 | 7,097 |
Melaka United | 2,711 | 11,037 | 7,048 | 4,723 | ----- | 12,151 | 4,004 | 1,683 | 2,399 | 2,237 | 2,059 | 7,322 | 57,374 | 5,216 |
Pahang | 5,646 | 8,053 | 6,111 | 11,267 | 2,455 | ----- | 9,654 | 1,759 | 10,826 | 944 | 12,847 | 13,402 | 82,964 | 7,542 |
Penang | 1,393 | 3,091 | 18,545 | 8,130 | 1,288 | 2,158 | ----- | 9,000 | 2,173 | 4,946 | 728 | 603 | 52,055 | 4,732 |
Perak | 2,678 | 22,382 | 3,753 | 5,570 | 0 | 19,720 | 1,412 | ----- | 5,310 | 1,350 | 7,090 | 1,961 | 71,226 | 6,475 |
PKNS | 75 | 3,754 | 4,290 | 6,080 | 2,616 | 1,092 | 281 | 4,882 | ----- | 1,007 | 6,113 | 44 | 30,234 | 2,748 |
Sarawak | 1,497 | 6,153 | 1,162 | 1,596 | 7,703 | 8,011 | 1,214 | 2,465 | 1,211 | ----- | 2,185 | 2,185 | 35,106 | 3,201 |
Selangor | 1,819 | 11,257 | 8,315 | 7,837 | 5,777 | 9,756 | 3,076 | 9,000 | 847 | 2,928 | ----- | 2,285 | 62,897 | 5,718 |
T–Team | 1,079 | 1,084 | 1,144 | 1,262 | 700 | 300 | 821 | 888 | 1,231 | 1,763 | 1,723 | ----- | 11,995 | 1,090 |
Total League Attendance | 881,178 | 6,676 |
Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: SPMB
Highest and lowest
Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 187,557 | 24,157 | 10,126 | 17,051 | −2.3% |
2 | Kedah | 161,626 | 25,000 | 3,000 | 14,693 | +56.3% |
3 | Pahang | 82,964 | 13,402 | 944 | 7,542 | +91.9% |
4 | Kelantan | 78,071 | 20,853 | 1,061 | 7,097 | −12.7% |
5 | Perak | 71,226 | 19,720 | 0 | 6,475 | −41.5% |
6 | Selangor | 62,897 | 11,257 | 847 | 5,718 | +14.5% |
7 | Melaka United | 57,374 | 12,151 | 1,683 | 5,216 | −54.7%1 |
8 | Penang | 52,055 | 18,545 | 603 | 4,732 | −35.2% |
9 | Felda United | 50,073 | 18,500 | 1,288 | 4,552 | −39.4% |
10 | Sarawak | 35,106 | 8,011 | 1,162 | 3,201 | +53.8% |
11 | PKNS | 30,234 | 6,113 | 44 | 2,748 | +49.6%1 |
12 | T–Team | 11,995 | 1,763 | 300 | 1,090 | −15.6% |
League total | 881,178 | 25,000 | 0 | 6,676 | −7.4% |
Updated to games played on 28 October 2017
Source: SPMB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Liga Premier.
See also
- 2017 Malaysia Premier League
- 2017 Malaysia FAM League
- 2017 Malaysia FA Cup
- 2017 Malaysia Cup
- 2017 Piala Presiden
- 2017 Piala Belia
- List of Malaysian football transfers 2017
- List of Malaysian football transfers May–June 2017
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