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Liga Super Malaysia
Season2022
Dates4 March – 17 September 2022
Matches played43
Goals scored130 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerBergson
(9 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
Biggest away win3 goals
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest scoring6 goals
Kuala Lumpur City 3–3 Selangor
(4 March 2022)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
Petaling Jaya City 3–3 Kedah Darul Aman
(10 May 2022)
Penang 2–4 Sabah
(17 May 2022)
Longest winning run5 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run6 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Negeri Sembilan
Longest winless run8 matches
Penang
Longest losing run4 matches
Penang
Total attendance130,889
Average attendance3,044
2021
2023

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Template:Lang-ms), will be the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

The defending champions from the 2021 Malaysia Super League season, is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted from the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2022 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[1]
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,000[2]
Kuala Lumpur City Cheras Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000[3]
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000
Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000[4]
Sarawak United Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 20,000
Selangor Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[5]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[6]
Source:[1]

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mexico Benjamin Mora Malaysia Farizal Marlias Nike[7] UNICEF
Kedah Darul Aman Singapore Aidil Sharin Andorra Marc Vales Lotto DXN
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Bojan Hodak Brazil Paulo Josué HNDRD Kuala Lumpur City, UBB
Melaka United Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković HaitiSony Norde AL Sports KENteam
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
Penang Czech Republic Tomáš Trucha Brazil Endrick Puma Penang2030
Petaling Jaya City Malaysia Maniam Pachaiappan Malaysia Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet
Sabah Malaysia Ong Kim Swee Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto redONE
Sarawak United Malaysia B. Sathianathan Nigeria Uche Agba Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner Malaysia Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away)
Sri Pahang France Christophe Gamel Malaysia Lee Tuck HakkaClo Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away)
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Bahrain Habib Haroon Umbro Colever

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
Selangor Germany Karsten Neitzel Redesignated as Assistant Coach 21 November 2021 [8] Pre-season Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner 21 November 2021 [9]
Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Contract ended 30 November 2021 France Christophe Gamel 3 January 2022 [10]
Melaka United Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 30 November 2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković 22 January 2022
Sarawak United Malaysia E. Elavarasan Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach 23 February 2022 Malaysia B. Sathianathan 24 February 2022
Melaka United Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković Contract terminated 13 April 2022 8th Malaysia Mohd Asri Ninggal 15 April 2022 [11]

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor and Terengganu who have their "B" team playing in the Premier League can register another 4 players (3 + 1 AFC). These players can play for the "A" team as long as they fulfilled the relevant regulations under the handbook.

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 AFC Player ASEAN Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Leandro Velázquez Brazil Bergson Italy Fernando Forestieri Australia Shane Lowry Philippines Carli De Murga
Kedah Darul Aman Andorra Marc Vales Cameroon Ronald Ngah Thailand Dennis Buschening South Korea Jang Suk-won
Kuala Lumpur City Colombia Romel Morales Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco Philippines Kevin Mendoza Republic of the Congo Kévin Koubemba
Melaka United Ghana Emmanuel Oti Essigba Haiti Sony Norde Brazil Adriano Bahrain Ifedayo Olusegun Philippines Justin Baas
Negeri Sembilan France Herold Goulon Togo Adetu Kossi Brazil Matheus Alves Tajikistan David Mawutor Philippines Omid Nazari
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Endrick Brazil Casagrande Lebanon Hilal El-Helwe Philippines Christian Rontini
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Brazil Jackson de Souza Brazil Neto Pessoa Japan Taiki Kagayama South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani
Sarawak United Argentina Gonzalo Soto Nigeria Uche Agba Togo Francis Koné South Korea Lee Chang-hoon Cambodia Boris Kok
Selangor Jordan Yazan Al-Arab Brazil Caion Brazil Hyuri Henrique Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang Mali Mamadou Samassa France Johan Martial Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Jordan Mahmoud Za'tara Philippines Kevin Ingreso Laos Billy Ketkeo
Terengganu Senegal Papé Diakité Liberia Kpah Sherman Bahrain Habib Haroon Philippines Manny Ott
  • 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.

The following foreigners are registered by JDT II, Selangor II and Terengganu FC II for the Malaysia Premier League.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mali Moussa Sidibé Brazil Maurício Spain Fernando Rodríguez Philippines Bienvenido Maranon
Selangor II Ghana George Attram Ghana Alex Agyarkwa Ghana Richmond Tetteh Ankrah Myanmar Hein Htet Aung Ghana Jordan Ayimbila
Terengganu II Montenegro Argzim Redžović Ghana Jordan Mintah Namibia Petrus Shitembi Philippines Luke Woodland



Naturalisation/Heritage players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies2 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa2 The GambiaMalaysia Mohamadou Sumareh3 BrazilMalaysia Guilherme De Paula3
Kuala Lumpur City AustraliaMalaysia Ryan Lambert2 AustraliaMalaysia Declan Lambert2 BrazilMalaysia Paulo Josué 3 ItalyMalaysia Sean Gan Giannelli 2
Pahang AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley2 EnglandMalaysia Nick Swirad2 ArgentinaMalaysia Ezequiel Agüero 3 EnglandMalaysia Lee Tuck 2
PJ City EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok2
Selangor AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan2 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng2 EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville2 3
Negeri Sembilan New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones2
Sabah EnglandMalaysia Stuart Wilkin2 SingaporeMalaysia Dominic Tan2
Sarawak United ScotlandMalaysia Stuart Wark2
Penang JapanMalaysia Tam Sheang Tsung2
Kedah Darul Aman GhanaMalaysia Rodney Celvin Akwensivie2
Terengganu Ivory CoastMalaysia Dechi Marcel3 Ivory CoastMalaysia Kipré Tchétché3

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 5 1 0 15 3 +12 16 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sabah 7 5 0 2 13 6 +7 15 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Negeri Sembilan 8 4 3 1 11 7 +4 15 Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
4 Kedah Darul Aman 9 4 2 3 13 17 −4 14
5 Kuala Lumpur City 9 4 1 4 16 16 0 13
6 Selangor 5 2 2 1 12 9 +3 8
7 Petaling Jaya City 7 2 2 3 11 13 −2 8
8 Sri Pahang 8 2 2 4 11 13 −2 8
9 Melaka United 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
10 Sarawak United 9 2 1 6 8 17 −9 7
11 Terengganu 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12 Penang 7 0 3 4 9 16 −7 3
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2022. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.


Result table

Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL NSL PEN PJC SBH SWK SEL PAH TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 6–0 2–2 2–1
Kedah Darul Aman 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 2–0 3–2 2–0 3–3 1–2
Melaka United 0–1
Negeri Sembilan 0–1 2–1 3–1 2–2
Penang 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–4
Petaling Jaya City 3–3 1–0 1–3 3–0
Sabah 4–0 0–1 3–1
Sarawak United 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2
Selangor 4–1 3–1
Sri Pahang 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–2
Terengganu 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2022. 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.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Johor Darul Ta'zim11111121
Negeri Sembilan34564412
Kedah Darul Aman22232343
Sabah113423234
Kuala Lumpur City57975675
Selangor66657556
Petaling Jaya City45346787
Sri Pahang71011911968
Melaka United9881081099
Sarawak United1212101112111110
Terengganu81112121081011
Penang109789121212
Leader
Relegation to 2023 Premier League
Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2022. Source: MFL

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 17 May 2022[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim 9
2 Cameroon Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman 7
3 Brazil Caion Selangor 6
4 France Herold Goulon Negeri Sembilan 5
Malaysia Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City
6 Italy Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim 4
Lebanon Hilal El-Helwe Penang
Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang
Brazil Paulo Josué Kuala Lumpur City
10 Colombia Romel Morales Kuala Lumpur City 3
Malaysia Zhafri Yahya Kuala Lumpur City
Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Sabah
Malaysia Amri Yahyah Sabah
Cambodia Boris Kok Sarawak United
Malaysia Azam Azih Sri Pahang

Top assists

As of matches played 17 May 2022
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Malaysia Arif Aiman Johor Darul Ta'zim 4
2 Malaysia Al-Hafiz Harun Kedah Darul Aman 3
Malaysia Syafiq Ahmad Kedah Darul Aman/Johor Darul Ta'zim
Brazil Paulo Josué Kuala Lumpur City
Indonesia Saddil Ramdani Sabah

Hat-trick

As of matches played 17 May 2022
Player For Against Result Date
Malaysia Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City Terengganu 3 - 0 (H)[13] 6 April 2022
Malaysia Amri Yahyah Sabah Kedah Darul Aman 4 - 0 (H)[14] 24 April 2022
Cameroon Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman Petaling Jaya City 3 - 3 (A)[15] 10 May 2022

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean Sheets

As of matches played 17 May 2022[16]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 4
2 Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Sabah 3
3 Philippines Kevin Ray Mendoza Kuala Lumpur City 2
Malaysia Syihan Hazmi Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Petaling Jaya City
Malaysia Rahadiazli Rahalim Terengganu
6 Malaysia Ifwat Akmal Kedah Darul Aman 1
Malaysia Ilham Amirullah Kedah Darul Aman
Malaysia Shahril Saa'ri Kedah Darul Aman

Discipline

As of matches played 17 May 2022

Overall

Players

Club

References

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  5. ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
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  7. ^ "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Red Giants have replaced German-born coach Karsten Neitzel with his countryman Michael Feichtenbeiner".
  9. ^ "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  10. ^ "Christophe Gamel Sah Ketua Jurulatih Baharu Sri Pahang".
  11. ^ "Asri Ninggal Ganti Tempat Risto Vidakovic Sebagai Jurulatih Sementara Melaka United".
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  16. ^ "2022 Malaysia Super League Stats". FootyStats. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

See also