2022 Malaysia Super League
Season | 2022 |
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Dates | 4 March – 17 September 2022 |
Matches played | 43 |
Goals scored | 130 (3.02 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Bergson (9 goals) |
Biggest home win | 6 goals Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United (9 March 2022) |
Biggest away win | 3 goals Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Highest scoring | 6 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 run | 5 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Longest unbeaten run | 6 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim Negeri Sembilan |
Longest winless run | 8 matches Penang |
Longest losing run | 4 matches Penang |
Total attendance | 130,889 |
Average attendance | 3,044 |
← 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 | Benjamin Mora | Farizal Marlias | Nike[7] | UNICEF |
Kedah Darul Aman | Aidil Sharin | Marc Vales | Lotto | DXN |
Kuala Lumpur City | Bojan Hodak | Paulo Josué | HNDRD | Kuala Lumpur City, UBB |
Melaka United | Risto Vidaković | Sony Norde | AL Sports | KENteam |
Negeri Sembilan | K. Devan | Zaquan Adha | Kaki Jersi | Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix |
Penang | Tomáš Trucha | Endrick | Puma | Penang2030 |
Petaling Jaya City | Maniam Pachaiappan | Gurusamy Kandasamy | Puma | Qnet |
Sabah | Ong Kim Swee | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Lotto | redONE |
Sarawak United | B. Sathianathan | Uche Agba | Joma | Punggor Wibawa |
Selangor | Michael Feichtenbeiner | Brendan Gan | Joma | PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away) |
Sri Pahang | Christophe Gamel | Lee Tuck | HakkaClo | Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away) |
Terengganu | Nafuzi Zain | 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 | Karsten Neitzel | Redesignated as Assistant Coach | 21 November 2021 [8] | Pre-season | Michael Feichtenbeiner | 21 November 2021 [9] |
Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Contract ended | 30 November 2021 | Christophe Gamel | 3 January 2022 [10] | |
Melaka United | Zainal Abidin Hassan | 30 November 2021 | Risto Vidaković | 22 January 2022 | ||
Sarawak United | E. Elavarasan | Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach | 23 February 2022 | B. Sathianathan | 24 February 2022 | |
Melaka United | Risto Vidaković | Contract terminated | 13 April 2022 | 8th | 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.
- 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 | Moussa Sidibé | Maurício | Fernando Rodríguez | Bienvenido Maranon | – |
Selangor II | George Attram | Alex Agyarkwa | Richmond Tetteh Ankrah | Hein Htet Aung | Jordan Ayimbila |
Terengganu II | Argzim Redžović | Jordan Mintah | Petrus Shitembi | Luke Woodland | – |
Naturalisation/Heritage players
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Matthew Davies2 | La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 | Natxo Insa2 | Mohamadou Sumareh3 | Guilherme De Paula3 |
Kuala Lumpur City | Ryan Lambert2 | Declan Lambert2 | Paulo Josué 3 | Sean Gan Giannelli 2 | – |
Pahang | David Rowley2 | Nick Swirad2 | Ezequiel Agüero 3 | Lee Tuck 2 | – |
PJ City | Darren Lok2 | – | – | – | – |
Selangor | Brendan Gan2 | Quentin Cheng2 | Samuel Somerville2 3 | – | – |
Negeri Sembilan | Khair Jones2 | – | – | – | – |
Sabah | Stuart Wilkin2 | Dominic Tan2 | – | – | – |
Sarawak United | Stuart Wark2 | – | – | – | – |
Penang | Tam Sheang Tsung2 | – | – | – | – |
Kedah Darul Aman | Rodney Celvin Akwensivie2 | – | – | – | – |
Terengganu | Dechi Marcel3 | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Result table
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.
Leader | |
Relegation to 2023 Premier League |
Season statistics
- First goal of the season: 50 minutes and 58 seconds
- Khair Jones for Negeri Sembilan against Sabah (4 March 2021)
- Fastest goal in a match: 14 minutes and 31 seconds
- Fernando Forestieri for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Sarawak United (9 March 2021)
- Widest winning margin: 6 goals
- Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United (9 March 2021)
- Most goals in a match: 6 goals
- Kuala Lumpur City 3–3 Selangor (4 March 2021)
- Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United (9 March 2021)
- Petaling Jaya City 3–3 Kedah Darul Aman (10 May 2021)
Top goalscorers
- As of matches played 17 May 2022[12]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 9 |
2 | Ronald Ngah | Kedah Darul Aman | 7 |
3 | Caion | Selangor | 6 |
4 | Herold Goulon | Negeri Sembilan | 5 |
Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | ||
6 | Fernando Forestieri | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 4 |
Hilal El-Helwe | Penang | ||
Manuel Hidalgo | Sri Pahang | ||
Paulo Josué | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
10 | Romel Morales | Kuala Lumpur City | 3 |
Zhafri Yahya | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
Baddrol Bakhtiar | Sabah | ||
Amri Yahyah | Sabah | ||
Boris Kok | Sarawak United | ||
Azam Azih | Sri Pahang |
Top assists
- As of matches played 17 May 2022
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arif Aiman | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 4 |
2 | Al-Hafiz Harun | Kedah Darul Aman | 3 |
Syafiq Ahmad | Kedah Darul Aman/Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||
Paulo Josué | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
Saddil Ramdani | Sabah |
Hat-trick
- As of matches played 17 May 2022
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | Terengganu | 3 - 0 (H)[13] | 6 April 2022 |
Amri Yahyah | Sabah | Kedah Darul Aman | 4 - 0 (H)[14] | 24 April 2022 |
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 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 4 |
2 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Sabah | 3 |
3 | Kevin Ray Mendoza | Kuala Lumpur City | 2 |
Syihan Hazmi | Negeri Sembilan | ||
Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Petaling Jaya City | ||
Rahadiazli Rahalim | Terengganu | ||
6 | Ifwat Akmal | Kedah Darul Aman | 1 |
Ilham Amirullah | Kedah Darul Aman | ||
Shahril Saa'ri | Kedah Darul Aman |
Discipline
- As of matches played 17 May 2022
Overall
Players
- Most yellow cards: 4
- Ahmad Khuzaimi (Negeri Sembilan)
- Rafiuddin Roddin (Penang)
- Most red cards: 1
- Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Kenny Pallraj (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Matheus Alves (Negeri Sembilan)
- Yazan Al-Arab (Selangor)
- Raja Imran Shah (Sarawak United)
- Sharbinee Allawee (Sarawak United)
- Kpah Sherman (Terengganu)
- Azwan Aripin (Sri Pahang)
- Muslim Ahmad (Sri Pahang)
Club
- Most red cards: 2
- Most yellow cards: 23
- Fewest yellow cards: 4
- Fewest red cards: 0
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