2017 Malaysia Super League

Malaysia Super League
Season 2017
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The 2017 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2017) is the 14th season of the highest Malaysian football league since its inception in 2004. Johor Darul Ta'zim as the defending champions.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league – the top ten teams from the previous season, as well as two teams promoted from the Malaysia Premier League. Melaka United became the first club to be promoted after a 1–1 draw with Johor Darul Ta'zim II on 9 September 2016 meant they were guaranteed an automatic place. They play Malaysia Super League football for the first time since the 2006–07 season. PKNS became the second club to be promoted, after 2–0 win against Kuala Lumpur on 21 October 2016. The two promoted clubs replace PDRM and Terengganu.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2016 season.

To Malaysia Super League

Promoted from Malaysia Premier League

From Malaysia Super League

Relegated to Malaysia Premier League

Teams, locations and stadia

Locations of teams in the 2017 Malaysia Super League

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Kuala Lumpur FELDA United Jengka Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 20,000
Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000
Kedah Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
Malacca Melaka United Malacca Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Pahang Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang Penang George Town Bandaraya Stadium 20,000
Perak Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
Selangor PKNS Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sarawak Sarawak Petra Jaya Stadium Negeri Sarawak 26,000
Selangor Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372
Terengganu T–Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000

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 Coach Captain Kit Sponsor
FELDA United Malaysia Azmi Mohamed Malaysia Shukor Adan FBT FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez Malaysia Safiq Rahim Nike Forest City
Kedah Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Khairul Helmi Warrix Bina Darulaman Berhad
Kelantan Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail Malaysia Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi
Melaka United Australia Eric Williams Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Kronos Edra & Mamee
Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Malaysia Matthew Davies Puma Aras Kuasa & Genting Resorts World (On the back of shirt)
Penang England Ashley Westwood Legea Penang Water Supply Corporation & Aspen Group
Perak Germany Karl-Heinz Weigang Malaysia Nasir Basharuddin Al-Ikhsan Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
PKNS Malaysia E. Elavarasan Argentina Gonzalo Soto Kappa PKNS
Sarawak Malaysia David Usop Malaysia Ronny Harun Starsport Marina Parkcity
Selangor Malaysia Shahrom Kalam Lotto Selangor
T-Team Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan Malaysia Hasbullah Awang Kobert Terengganu Incorporated

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 head coach Manner of
departure		 Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of
appointment
FELDA United Malaysia Mohd Bin Nik End of caretaker spell 22 October 2016 Pre-season Malaysia Azmi Mohamed 1 November 2016
Melaka United Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris End of contract 22 October 2016 Australia Eric Williams 17 November 2016 [1]
Pahang Malaysia Razip Ismail 22 October 2016 Malaysia Dollah Salleh 1 December 2016
Kelantan Bulgaria Velizar Popov Resigned 22 October 2016 [2] Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail 30 November 2016
Penang Croatia Nenad Baćina Sacked 24 November 2016 England Ashley Westwood 28 November 2016[3]

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former
FELDA United
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Kelantan
Melaka United
Pahang
Penang
Perak
PKNS
Sarawak
Selangor
T–Team

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FELDA United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Kedah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelantan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melaka United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Penang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 PKNS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sarawak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Selangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Premier League
12 T–Team 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result table

Home ╲ Away FEL JDT KEDKELMELPAHPENPRKPKNSWKSELTTE
FELDA United
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Kelantan
Melaka United
Pahang
Penang
Perak
PKNS
Sarawak
Selangor
T–Team

Updated to games played on Unknown.
Source: FAM, FMLLP
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Positions by round

  Leader
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FELDA United
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Kelantan
Melaka United
Pahang
Penang
Perak
PKNS
Sarawak
Selangor
T–Team

References

See also

External links

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