2017 Malaysia Premier League

The 2017 Liga Premier (English: 2017 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1] Kuala Lumpur were crowned the champions and were promoted to Liga Super since relegated in 2012 season.

Malaysia Premier League
Season2017
Dates20 January 2017–27 October 2017
ChampionsKuala Lumpur
1st Second Division title
PromotedKuala Lumpur
Terengganu
PKNP
Negeri Sembilan
RelegatedATM
Perlis
Matches played132
Goals scored454 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGuilherme de Paula
(27 goals)
Biggest home winKuala Lumpur 6–0 ATM
(23 May 2017)
Biggest away winMISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM
(3 March 2017)
Highest scoringATM 4–5 PDRM
(28 February 2017)
MISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM
(3 March 2017)
Kuantan 3–6 Kuala Lumpur
(14 July 2017)
MISC-MIFA 6–3 Kuantan
(25 July 2017)
Highest attendance9,401
Negeri Sembilan 3–4 Terengganu
(17 February 2017)
Lowest attendance50
PDRM 5–3 Kuantan
(19 September 2017)
Total attendance197,551
Average attendance1,497
2016
2018
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2017.

The season started on 20 January and concluded on 27 October 2017.[1]

Teams, stadiums, and personnel edit

Teams edit

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Liga Super and two promoted from the 2016 Liga FAM.

Teams changes edit

Stadia and locations edit

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
ATM Tanjung Malim Proton City Stadium 5,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kuantan Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Kuala Lumpur Selayang Selayang Stadium 11,098
MIFA Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Negeri Sembilan Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000
PDRM Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Perlis Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium 20,000
PKNP Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 6,000

Personnel and sponsoring edit

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
ATM   Azhar Abdullah   Venice Elphi Admiral Malaysian Armed Forces
Johor Darul Ta'zim II   Benjamin Mora   Nicolás Fernández Nike Forest City
Kuantan   Zulhamizan Zakaria   Malik Ariff SkyHawk Kuantan FC Holding
Kuala Lumpur   Fábio Maciel   Helmi Remeli Fawz JL99 Group & EKOVEST
MIFA   Jacob Joseph   K. Nanthakumar Umbro MIFA
Negeri Sembilan   Asri Ninggal   Nasriq Baharom Mizuno Matrix Concepts
PDRM   Fauzi Pilus   Safuwan Baharudin Line 7 Forca
Perlis   Syamsul Saad   Alafi Mahmud Carino Daily Fresco
PKNP   Abu Bakar Fadzim   Shahrel Fikri Puma SE Perak Corp.
Sabah   Jelius Ating   Rawilson Batuil Carino Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Terengganu   Irfan Bakti Abu Salim   Abdul Latiff Suhaimi Kobert Chicken Cottage
UiTM   Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail   Afif Asyraf Zabawi[2] Umbro Soaring Upwards

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 head coach Manner of
departure
Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming head coach Date of
appointment
Kuala Lumpur   Ismail Zakaria Resigned 23 November 2016 [3] Pre-season   Wanderley da Silva 1 December 2016 [4]
Sabah   Johnny Dominicus Demote to assistant head coach 25 November 2016   Steve Vilmiaire 25 November 2016 [5]
Perlis   Dollah Salleh End of contract 30 November 2016   Razip Ismail
Johor Darul Ta'zim II   Benjamin Mora Promoted to JDT I 18 January 2017 [6]   Hamzani Omar 18 January 2017
Kuala Lumpur   Wanderley da Silva 6th   Fábio Maciel[7]
Perlis   Razip Ismail Resigned 4 March 2017 12th   Syamsul Saad[8] 7 March 2017
Sabah   Steve Vilmiaire Resigned 19 March 2017 11th   Jelius Ating[9] 19 March 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim II   Hamzani Omar Rested 19 June 2017 6th   Benjamin Mora 19 June 2017

Foreign players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former Players 1
ATM   Ikbol Babakhanov   Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev   Pavel Smolyachenko   Bae Beom-geun
Johor Darul Ta'zim II   Samuel Cáceres   Nicolás Fernández   Jerónimo Barrales   Alex Smith   Gabriel Guerra*^2
Kuantan   Ljubo Baranin   Stefan Vukmirović   Shunsuke Nakatake   Shim Un-seob
Kuala Lumpur   Paulo Josue   Nicolás Dul   Guilherme de Paula   Bobur Akbarov   Modibo Konté
MIFA   Dimitri Bodric   Dudu   Kpah Sherman   Shin Jae-pil   Alan Aciar
  Steven Imbiri
  Michael Ijezie
PDRM   Souleymane Konaté   Yasir Hanapi   Dao Bakary   Safuwan Baharudin   Frederic Pooda
Negeri Sembilan   Nemanja Vidić   Lee Tuck   Jonathan Béhé   Bruno Suzuki   Marko Šimić
Perlis   Maksimilian Fomin   Modibo Konté   Brandon Adams   Ndumba Makeche   Oh Kyu-bin
  Park Yong-joon
  Damion Stewart
PKNP   Ritus Krjauklis   Vincent Weijl   Gilberto Fortunato   Kim Hyun-woo
Sabah   Francis Kasonde   Lee Kil-Hoon   Rodoljub Paunović   Heo Jae-nyeong   Sofiane Choubani
  Jonathan Béhé
  Masaya Jitozono
  Igor Čerina
Terengganu   Lázaro   Gabriel Davis   Kipré Tchétché     Issey Nakajima-Farran   Federico Falcone
  Lutfulla Turaev
UiTM   O.K. John   Marcel N'Guessan   Akanni-Sunday Wasiu   Do Dong-hyun
  • 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.
  • ^2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II swop the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim

Half-Malaysian players edit

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim II    Samuel Somerville    Daniel Ting    Ernest Wong Wen Hao

Results edit

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kuala Lumpur 22 15 2 5 47 24 +23 47 Promotion to Super League
2 Terengganu 22 15 2 5 42 27 +15 47
3 PKNP 22 14 4 4 41 23 +18 46
4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 11 8 3 47 27 +20 41
5 Negeri Sembilan 22 11 8 3 37 24 +13 41 Promotion to Super League
6 UiTM 22 9 6 7 44 30 +14 33
7 Sabah 22 9 3 10 33 38 −5 30
8 PDRM 22 7 4 11 36 41 −5 25
9 Kuantan 22 5 1 16 41 64 −23 16
10 MISC-MIFA 22 4 2 16 36 51 −15 14
11 ATM 22 4 5 13 28 50 −22 14[a] Relegation to FAM League
12 Perlis 22 4 3 15 22 55 −33 12[b]
Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ ATM and Perlis 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 ATM.
  2. ^ ATM and Perlis 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 Perlis.

Result table edit

Home \ Away ATM JDT2 KLU KUA MIF NSE PDRM PER PKP SAB TRG UIT
ATM 1–5 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–1 4–5 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–3
Johor DT II 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Kuala Lumpur 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Kuantan 3–1 2–5 3–6 3–2 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–3 3–3 0–3 3–1
MISC-MIFA 2–3 5–3 1–2 6–3 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–7
Negeri Sembilan 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–0
PDRM 1–1 1–1 0–3 5–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–1
Perlis 1–1 1–5 0–5 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–3
PKNP 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Sabah 2–5 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–3
Terengganu 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–4 2–0 2–1
UiTM 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2017. Source: Result
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round edit

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Kuala Lumpur3113476875443211311111
Terengganu6742332223232442122222
PKNP9566523332324334444333
Johor Darul Ta'zim II10325245646766565555554
Negeri Sembilan1431111111111123233445
UiTM791011997554555656666666
Sabah12129101111111011101099998887777
PDRM2688754467677777778888
Kuantan81079868788888889999999
MIFA1111127101010111011111010101112121111111110
ATM525468999991112121210111212121211
Perlis481112121212121212121211111011101010101012
Leader
Relegation to 2018 Liga FAM
Qualified to 2017 Malaysia Cup
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of matches played on 27 September 2017.[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur 27
2   Akanni-Sunday Wasiu UiTM 19
3   Dao Bakary PDRM 15
  Malik Ariff ATM
5   Do Dong-hyun UiTM 13
6   Bodric Dimitri MIFA 12
  Nicolás Fernández Johor Darul Ta'zim II
8   Jeronimo Barrales Johor Darul Ta'zim II 11
  Ljubo Baranin Kuantan
  Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan
  Shahrel Fikri PKNP
12   Safuwan Baharudin PDRM 9
  Venice Elphi ATM
  Kipré Tchétché Terengganu
  Gilberto Fortunato PKNP
16   Issey Nakajima-Farran Terengganu 8
  Michael Chukwubunna MIFA
18   Jonathan Béhé Negeri Sembilan (4), Sabah (3) 7
  Marko Šimić Negeri Sembilan
  Pavel Smolyachenko ATM
  Kpah Sherman MIFA
21   Brandon Adams Perlis 6
  Paulo Josue Kuala Lumpur
  Shim Un-seob Kuantan
25   Rafizol Roslan ATM 5
  Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II
  Dudu MIFA
  Lee Tuck Negeri Sembilan
  Lee Kil-Hoon Sabah


Hat-tricks edit

As of matches played on 27 September 2017.
Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan Sabah 3–0 (H) 20 January 2017 [11]
  Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II Perlis 4–0 (H) 26 January 2017 [12]
  Bodric Dimitri MIFA Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5–3 (H) 10 February 2017 [13]
  Pavel Smolyachenko ATM Sabah 2–5 (A) 10 February 2017 [14]
  Do Dong-hyun UiTM MIFA 2–7 (A) 3 March 2017 [15]
  Venice Elphi ATM Kuantan 4–3 (H) 25 April 2017 [16]
  Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur Perlis 0–5 (A) 5 May 2017 [17]
ATM 0–66 (A) 23 May 2017 [18]
Kuantan 3–6 (A) 14 July 2017 [19]
  Malik Ariff Kuantan Sabah 3–3 (H) 24 May 2017 [20]
  Lee Kil-Hoon Sabah Perlis 5–1 (H) 19 September 2017 [21]
  Dao Bakary PDRM Kuantan 5–34 (H) 19 September 2017 [22]

Notes:
4 Player scored 4 goals; 6 Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Own goals edit

Rank Player For Against Date Goals
1   Nasrullah Haniff Johan Terengganu PKNP 21 February 2017 1
  Faqih Ikhwan ATM PDRM 28 February 2017
  Igor Čerina Sabah UiTM 28 February 2017
  Randy Baruh PKNP 3 March 2017
  Ikbol Babakhanov ATM Kuala Lumpur 14 April 2017
  Eskandar Ismail PDRM PKNP 14 April 2017
  Syafiq Azri Perlis Negeri Sembilan 25 April 2017
  Firdaus Faudzi Terengganu PKNP 27 October 2017

Clean sheets edit

As of matches played on 27 October 2017.
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1   Asyraaf Omar PKNP 6
2   Kaharuddin Rahman Negeri Sembilan 5
  Suffian Abdul Rahman Terengganu
4   Samuel Sommerville Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3
  Rozaimie Rohim Sabah
  Solehin Mamat Kuala Lumpur
  Kamarul Effandi
8   Hamdan Sairi PDRM 2
  Syazwan Yusoff Terengganu
10   Amierul Hakimi Terengganu 1
  Sharbinee Allawee
  K. Sasi Kumar Johor Darul Ta'zim II
  Remezey Che Ros Kuala Lumpur
  Saiful Amar Sudar Negeri Sembilan
  Sheril Anuar Saini Kuantan
  Jibrail Kamaron Bahrin Perlis
  Soffuan Tawil UiTM
  Zulfadhli Mohamed MIFA
  Ezad Ariff

Monthly awards edit

Month Player of the Month Ref
Player Club
February   Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan [23]
March No award given due to limited number of matches in March
April   Nasriq Baharom Negeri Sembilan [24]
May No award given due to limited number of matches in May
June No award given due to limited number of matches in June
July   Shahrel Fikri PKNP [25]
August No award given due to limited number of matches in August
September

Attendances edit

Crowd attendance for all venues edit

As of 27 October 2017.
Home Away Attendance
ATM JDT KUL KUA MIF NSE PDRM PER PNKP SAB TER UIT TOTAL AVE
ATM 232 119 101 141 3,414 153 238 236 120 2,164 107 7,025 639
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 399 2,362 670 765 2,623 510 2,679 1,420 2,549 1,249 622 15,848 1,441
Kuala Lumpur 226 691 250 217 888 373 242 765 1,347 1,399 375 6,773 616
Kuantan 101 257 125 251 607 383 147 65 103 1,817 218 4,074 371
MIFA 500 550 280 100 250 212 200 150 300 150 200 2,892 263
Negeri Sembilan 8,249 5,564 8,584 3,136 5,669 4,445 4,363 3,643 2,606 9,401 777 56,437 5,131
PDRM 100 200 100 50 500 4,000 200 107 100 5,200 200 10,757 978
Perlis 1,175 321 454 520 470 653 556 945 1,400 580 552 7,626 694
PNKP 2,237 2,571 1,582 2,018 1,300 1,776 1,457 516 1,741 1,960 1,699 18,857 1,715
Sabah 3,200 3,400 3,000 1,100 1,100 1,400 1,300 1,150 1,200 800 1,300 18,950 1,723
Terengganu 3,100 9,000 3,200 5,890 4,670 6,600 5,000 3,849 N/A 2,300 760 44,369 4,437
UiTM 25 150 195 256 500 400 520 235 695 335 632 3,943 359
Total Crowd Attendance 197,551 1,531

By Team edit

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Negeri Sembilan 56,437 9,401 777 5,131 +59.9%
2 Terengganu 44,369 9,000 760 4,437 −17.2%
3 Sabah 18,950 3,400 800 1,723 −36.9%
4 PKNP 18,857 2,571 516 1,715 n/a
5 Johor DT II 15,848 2,679 399 1,441 −41.3%
6 PDRM 10,757 4,000 50 978 −67.3%
7 Perlis 7,626 1,400 321 694 −68.0%
8 ATM 7,025 3,414 101 639 +168.5%
9 Kuala Lumpur 6,773 1,399 217 616 +7.1%
10 Kuantan 4,074 607 103 371 +4.8%
11 UiTM 3,943 1,817 65 359 +40.8%
12 MISC-MIFA 2,892 550 100 263 n/a
League total 197,551 9,401 50 1,531 −24.7%

Updated to games played on 27 October 2017
Source: SPMB

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit