2023 Malaysia Super League
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Season | 2023 |
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Dates | 24 February – 17 December |
Champions | Johor Darul Ta'zim 10th Super League title 10th Liga M title |
Relegated | Kelantan |
AFC Champions League Elite | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
AFC Champions League Two | Selangor |
Matches played | 182 |
Goals scored | 625 (3.43 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ayron del Valle (23 goals) |
Best goalkeeper | Syihan Hazmi (Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
Biggest home win | 8 goals (Perak 8–0 Kelantan) (28 October) Johor Darul Ta'zim 8–0 Penang (16 December) |
Biggest away win | 9 goals (Kelantan 2–11 Selangor) (25 August) |
Highest scoring | 13 goals (Kelantan 2–11 Selangor) (25 August) |
Longest winning run | 20 matches (Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
Longest unbeaten run | 26 matches (Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
Longest winless run | 18 matches (Kuching City) |
Longest losing run | 11 matches Kelantan |
Highest attendance | 33,169 (Johor Darul Ta'zim 8–0 Penang) (16 December) |
Lowest attendance | 73 (Kelantan United 0–4 Negeri Sembilan) (1 December) |
Total attendance | 970,383 |
Average attendance | 5,331 |
← 2022 2024–25 → |
The 2023 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2023) was the 20th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004, and the 42nd season of top-flight Malaysian football overall.
It is the first season after restructuring, with 18 teams (instead of 12). However, MFL announced there will be only 16 teams as they rejected both Sarawak United and Melaka United due to failed licensing appeal. The league shrunk to 15 teams after Petaling Jaya City officially withdrawn due to the expansion and increased foreign player quota, which are diverted from the club's main vision. On 5 January 2023, UiTM officially withdrawn due to the financial problems. The new season therefore has 14 teams, kicking-off on 24 February.
The defending champion from the previous season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Teams
[edit]Changes from last season
[edit]Team changes
[edit]Promoted from the 2022 Malaysia Premier League
Expelled or Withdrawn from the 2023 Malaysia Super League
Team | Reason |
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Melaka United | Failed to appeal licensing[1][2] |
Sarawak United | |
Petaling Jaya City | Restructured Malaysia Super League are not aligned with club's future vision [3][4] |
UiTM FC |
Clubs locations
[edit]Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Iskandar Puteri | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium | 40,000 |
Kedah Darul Aman | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 24,644 |
Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
Kelantan United | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
Kuala Lumpur City | Cheras | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 |
Kuching City | Kuching | Sarawak State Stadium | 26,000 |
Negeri Sembilan | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 45,000 |
PDRM | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
Penang | George Town | City Stadium | 20,000 |
Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 22,000 |
Selangor | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
Sri Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | 50,000[5] |
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
[edit]Coaching changes
[edit]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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perak | Yusri Che Lah | Re-designate as Reserve team coach [6] | 13 September 2022 | Pre-season | Lim Teong Kim | 13 September 2022 [7] |
Terengganu | Nafuzi Zain | End of Contract [8] | 30 November 2022 | Tomislav Steinbruckner | 1 December 2022 [9] | |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Héctor Bidoglio | Re-designate as Technical Director [10] | 1 December 2022 | Esteban Solari | 1 January 2023 [11] | |
Kelantan | Rezal Zambery Yahya | Re-designate as Assistant Coach | 1 December 2022 | Choi Moon-sik | 12 January 2023 | |
Kelantan United | Sazami Shafii (interim) | End of Interim | 1 December 2022 | Tomáš Trucha | 30 December 2022 | |
Kedah | Victor Andrag (interim) | 6 December 2022 [12] | Nafuzi Zain | 6 December 2022 [13] | ||
PDRM | Razak Jaamadi (interim) | 31 December 2022 | Azzmi Aziz | 7 January 2023 | ||
Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh (interim) | 13 January 2023 | Fandi Ahmad | 14 January 2023 | ||
Penang | Manzoor Azwira (interim) | End of Interim and Re-designate as Assistant Coach | 23 February 2023 | Chong Yee Fatt | 28 February 2023[14] | |
Kelantan | Choi Moon-sik | Sacked | 4 April 2023[15] | 11 | Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) | 4 April 2023 |
Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) | End of Interim | 9 April 2023 | 13 | Frank Bernhardt | 9 April 2023[16] | |
Kelantan United | Tomáš Trucha | Re-designate as Reserve team coach | 8 April 2023 | 14 | Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) | 8 April 2023 |
Perak | Lim Teong Kim | Sacked | 25 May 2023 | 11 | Yusri Che Lah (interim) | 25 May 2023 |
Kelantan United | Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) | End of Interim | 15 June 2023 | 13 | Ailton Silva | 15 June 2023 |
PDRM | Azzmi Aziz | Sacked | 20 June 2023 | 8 | Eddy Gapil (interim) | 21 June 2023 |
Kelantan | Frank Bernhardt | Sacked | 21 June 2023 | 14 | Angel Alfredo Vera | 21 June 2023[17] |
Kuching City | Irfan Bakti | Resigned | 18 July 2023[18] | 13 | Firdaus Morshidi (interim) | 18 July 2023 |
Kuala Lumpur City | Bojan Hodak | Resigned | 26 July 2023[19] | 7 | Miroslav Kuljanac (interim) | 26 July 2023[20] |
Kuching City | Firdaus Morshidi (interim) | End of Interim | 2 August 2023 | 13 | Aidil Sharin Sahak | 2 August 2023[21][22] |
Kuala Lumpur City | Miroslav Kuljanac (interim) | End of Interim | 4 August 2023 | 6 | Nenad Bacina | 4 August 2023[23] |
PDRM | Eddy Gapil (interim) | End of Interim | 5 August 2023 | 8 | Yunus Alif | 5 August 2023 |
Perak | Yusri Che Lah (interim) | End of Interim | 12 October 2023 | 11 | Himself | 12 October 2023 |
Penang | Chong Yee Fatt | Sacked | 7 November 2023 | 11 | Akmal Rizal (interim) | 7 November 2023 |
Kelantan United | Ailton Silva | Mutual Consent | 20 November 2023 | 12 | Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) | 20 November 2023 |
Foreign players
[edit]Southeast Asian (SEA) players who have acquired at least 3 international caps for their senior national team can play in the Super League without any restrictions. However, SEA players with less than 3 international caps must be approved by the Malaysian Football League (MFL).
Each team in the Super League can register 9 foreign players, but only 5 import players can be fielded at any one time. The 5 import players must consist of 3 foreign players, 1 Asian player, and 1 ASEAN player. Only 1 import player can be on the bench.[24]
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.
Naturalisation/Heritage players
[edit]Notes:
- ^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.
Standings
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 26 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 7 | +93 | 76 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
2 | Selangor | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 61 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a] |
3 | Sabah | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 54 | |
4 | Kedah Darul Aman | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 53 | |
5 | Sri Pahang | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 45 | |
6 | Terengganu | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 40 | Qualification for the AFF Shopee Cup group stage[b] |
7 | Kuala Lumpur City | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 38 | |
8 | PDRM | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 37 | |
9 | Negeri Sembilan | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 27 | |
10 | Penang | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 50 | −21 | 24 | |
11 | Perak | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 22 | |
12 | Kelantan United | 26 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 29 | 65 | −36 | 17 | |
13 | Kuching City | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 51 | −27 | 12 | |
14 | Kelantan[c] | 26 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 29 | 121 | −92 | 8 | Ejected from Malaysian Super League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2023 Malaysia FA Cup (Johor Darul Ta'zim) qualified for Asian competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 2nd-placed team in the league.
- ^ Qualified as the 2023 Malaysia Cup & 2023 Malaysia FA Cup runner-up.
- ^ MFL officially snubs Kelantan club licensing approval.
Position by round
[edit]Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite | |
Qualification for AFC Champions League Two |
Results
[edit]Results table
[edit]Results by round
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]- First goal of the season: 4 minutes 36 seconds
- Juan Muniz for Johor Darul Ta’zim (H) against Terengganu (24 February 2023)
- Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes 9 seconds
- Park Tae-Soo for Sabah (H) against Penang (17 March 2023)
- Latest goal in a match: 90 + 11 minutes 51 seconds
- Rizal Ghazali for Sabah (H) against Penang (17 March 2023)
- Oldest goalscorer in a match: 41 years 5 months 28 days
- Indra Putra Mahayuddin for Kelantan United (A) against Sabah (1 March 2023)
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 17 December 2023 [25]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Ayron del Valle | Selangor | 23 |
2 | Bergson Da Silva | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 21 |
3 | Fernando Forestieri | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 19 |
4 | Abu Kamara | Kuching City | 13 |
5 | Arif Aiman Hanapi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 12 |
Kpah Sherman | Sri Pahang | ||
Ifedayo Olusegun | Kedah Darul Aman | ||
Faisal Halim | Selangor | ||
9 | Ivan Mamut | Terengganu | 11 |
Paulo Josué | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
11 | Bruno Suzuki | PDRM | 10 |
Stefano Brundo | Sri Pahang |
Own goals
[edit]- As of 27 August 2023
Rank | Player | Team | Against | Date | Goal |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | James Okwuosa | PDRM | Penang | 9 April 2023 | 2 |
Perak | 23 June 2023 | ||||
2 | Romel Morales | Kuala Lumpur City | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 March 2023 | 1 |
Kenny Pallraj | Kuala Lumpur City | Kelantan | 17 March 2023 | ||
Hasnul Zaim | Perak | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 4 April 2023 | ||
Shivan Pillay | Perak | Kelantan | 28 April 2023 | ||
Yusri Yuhasmadi | Kelantan | Perak | 28 April 2023 |
Top Assists
[edit]- As of 12 December 2023 [26]
Rank | Player | Club | Assist |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Arif Aiman Hanapi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 |
2 | Manuel Hidalgo | Kedah Darul Aman | 10 |
3 | Yohandry Orozco | Selangor | 9 |
4 | Saddil Ramdani | Sabah | 8 |
Brendan Gan | Selangor | ||
6 | Fernando Forestieri | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 |
Kpah Sherman | Sri Pahang | ||
Faisal Halim | Selangor | ||
9 | Leandro Velázquez | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 |
Rizal Ghazali | Sabah |
Hat-trick
[edit]- As of 16 December 2023
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kelantan United | 6–0 (H) | 13 May 2023 |
Ayron del Valle | Selangor | Kelantan United | 1–7 (A) | 7 June 2023 |
Diogo | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kuala Lumpur City | 6–1 (H) | 3 July 2023 |
Romel Morales | Kuala Lumpur City | Kelantan | 5–1 (H) | 29 July 2023 |
Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Sabah | 1–5 (A) | 9 August 2023 |
Ivan Mamut | Terengganu | Kelantan | 0–8 (A) | 14 August 2023 |
Ayron del Valle | Selangor | Kelantan | 2–114 (A) | 25 August 2023 |
Richmond Boakye | Selangor | Kelantan | 2–11 (A) | 25 August 2023 |
Luka Milunovic | Perak | Kelantan | 8–0 (H) | 28 October 2023 |
Ifedayo Olusegun | Kedah Darul Aman | Kelantan | 1–6 (A) | 26 November 2023 |
Bruno Suzuki | PDRM | Kelantan | 7–2 (H) | 10 December 2023 |
Arif Aiman Hanapi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Penang | 8–04 (H) | 16 December 2023 |
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team 4 – Player scored 4 goals
Clean Sheets
[edit]- As of 12 December 2023 [27]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Syihan Hazmi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 19 |
2 | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Kedah Darul Aman | 9 |
3 | Suhaimi Husin | Terengganu | 8 |
4 | Ramadhan Hamid | PDRM | 7 |
Samuel Somerville | Selangor | ||
6 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Sabah | 5 |
Izham Tarmizi | Sri Pahang | ||
8 | Khairul Azhan | Selangor | 4 |
Azri Ghani | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
10 | Willfred Jabun | PDRM | 3 |
Discipline
[edit]- As of 27 August 2023 [28]
Players
[edit]- Most red cards:2
- Wan Amirul Afiq (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Most yellow cards:8
- Fadi Awad (PDRM)
Club
[edit]- Most red cards:4
- Most yellow cards:54
- Fewest yellow cards:31
- Fewest red cards:0
Attendance to Stadium
[edit]Overall Attendance
[edit]Home | Away | Attendance | |||||||||||||||
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JDT | KDA | KEL | KLU | KLC | KUC | NSE | PDRM | PEN | PRK | SAB | SEL | SRP | TER | Total | Average | ||
Johor Darul Ta'zim | — | 13,722 | 24,404 | 10,833 | 11,961 | 8,441 | 13,344 | 12,666 | 33169 | 11,622 | 19,836 | 22,526 | 14,684 | 31,889 | 229,097 | 17,623 | |
Kedah Darul Aman | 11,800 | — | 3,320 | 5,926 | 2,590 | 7,662 | 1,397 | 12,792 | 3,230 | 7,320 | 9,741 | 20,864 | 4,114 | 21,700 | 112,456 | 8,650 | |
Kelantan | 2,500 | 81 | — | 315 | 6,678 | 5,138 | 505 | 651 | 6,011 | 5,148 | 235 | 1,002 | 3,528 | 1,696 | 33,488 | 2,576 | |
Kelantan United | 697 | 1,954 | 2,910 | — | 224 | 165 | 73 | 540 | 351 | 964 | 297 | 1,242 | 168 | 517 | 10,102 | 777 | |
Kuala Lumpur City | 6,847 | 2,068 | 1,037 | 397 | — | 610 | 688 | 627 | 1,291 | 1,260 | 1,194 | 4,204 | 1,248 | 1,464 | 22,935 | 1,764 | |
Kuching City | 7,690 | 341 | 373 | 188 | 238 | — | 325 | 292 | 387 | 640 | 2,500 | 18,000 | 275 | 248 | 31,497 | 2,423 | |
Negeri Sembilan | 15,427 | 2,348 | 1,885 | 1,114 | 452 | 941 | — | 406 | 998 | 1,333 | 1,738 | 2,838 | 6,329 | 3,203 | 39,012 | 3,001 | |
PDRM | 1,705 | 2,596 | 187 | 202 | 149 | 190 | 153 | — | 160 | 2,250 | 986 | 4,115 | 471 | 920 | 14,084 | 1,083 | |
Penang | 6,051 | 2,924 | 1,395 | 1,630 | 1,455 | 1,783 | 3,754 | 1,224 | — | 3,540 | 2,434 | 4,919 | 927 | 1348 | 33,384 | 2,568 | |
Perak | 6,799 | 15,106 | 2,834 | 2,096 | 6,998 | 3,817 | 1,147 | 1,313 | 3,864 | — | 2,781 | 6,391 | 5,855 | 1,917 | 60,918 | 4,686 | |
Sabah | 15,203 | 12,317 | 5,210 | 12,558 | 6,462 | 4,885 | 7,094 | 12,602 | 11,711 | 5,666 | — | 14,444 | 8,022 | 12,096 | 128,270 | 9,867 | |
Selangor | 14,462 | 10,637 | 5,761 | 6,701 | 7,964 | 5,211 | 5,754 | 10,737 | 6,245 | 9,069 | 7,421 | — | 8,504 | 5,207 | 103,673 | 7,975 | |
Sri Pahang | 5,693 | 7,296 | 6,040 | 2,811 | 4,804 | 1,617 | 2,877 | 755 | 3,196 | 4,100 | 10,027 | 7,066 | — | 3,792 | 60,074 | 4,621 | |
Terengganu | 10,819 | 6,520 | 5,025 | 4,250 | 11,560 | 3,584 | 5,025 | 9,020 | 3,300 | 11,265 | 2,651 | 7,456 | 10,520 | — | 90,995 | 7,000 | |
Total League Attendance | 969,985 | 5,330 |
Last Updated : 18 December 2023
Source : FAM CMS
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