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2019 Malaysia M3 League

The 2019 Malaysia M3 League was the 1st season of the Malaysia M3 League that replaced the former Malaysia FAM League.

Malaysia M3 League
Season2019
PromotedKelantan United
Kuching FA
RelegatedPenjara
Tun Razak
Matches played182
Goals scored746 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorerFakhrul Zaman
(28 goals)
Biggest home winBanggol Tokku 10–0 Tun Razak
(15 June 2019)
Armed Forces 10–0 Tun Razak
(6 October 2019)
Biggest away winTun Razak 0–14 Ultimate
(20 October 2019)
Highest scoring14 goals
Tun Razak 0–14 Ultimate
(20 October 2019)
Longest winning run11 matches
Kelantan United
Longest unbeaten run21 matches
Kelantan United
Longest winless run17 matches
Tun Razak
Longest losing run17 matches
Tun Razak
← 2018 (FAM League)
2020 →
All statistics correct as of 17 November 2019.

Establishment and format edit

This season saw a revamp of the competition's format by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Announced earlier on 24 November 2018 by FAM deputy president Yusoff Mahadi,[1] the format of the new season was outlined in a meeting by FAM's Local Competition Committee and were announced in a media statement on 19 December 2018.[2]

The format will be reverted to a straight knock-out tournament format (a format used before 2008), as opposed to the league format used since 2008. 64 teams competed for the FAM Cup, including 6 teams confirmed earlier to participate in the Malaysia FAM Cup, and teams promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The rest of the teams included were 19 teams nominated by FAM's associate members, and teams from the newly created Malaysia M4 League, whose selection was subject to methods decided by the Malaysian Football League. The champions of the 2019 Malaysia FAM Cup then competed with the last-placed 2019 Malaysia Premier League team in a play-off match for a slot to participate in the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.[2]

Earlier, there was speculation that the league organization might be taken over by the Malaysian Football League, organizers of the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League, having been held by the FAM since 1951,[3] but this was clarified in an FAM media statement that the FAM will cooperate with the MFL for the organization of the tournament, with the FAM still holding major responsibilities and ownership of the tournament and the rights of it. MFL covered the cost of the teams participating from the first round up until the quarter-finals, while the FAM covered the cost of the teams participating from that point onwards.[2][4]

Teams edit

As of 11 February 2019, 14 teams confirmed their participation in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.[1]

Season Changes edit

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.

To Malaysia M3 League edit

Relegated from Premier League

  • None 2

Existing teams (From 2018 Malaysia FAM League)

Promoted from the Malaysia M4 League

  • Banggol Tok Ku - Promoted by winning the 2018 Terengganu Amateur M5 League
  • Batu Dua - Promoted by winning the 2018 South Selangor M5 League
  • Dak-dak Melawati - Promoted by winning the 2018 Selangor Social Premier M5 League
  • Langkawi Glory United - Promoted by winning the 2018 Subang Football M5 League
  • Johor Bahru - Promoted by winning the 2018 Johor Darul Ta’zim M5 League (HM Sultan of Johor Cup)
  • Penjara - Promoted by winning the 2018 PBNS President Cup M5 League
  • Protap - Promoted by winning the 2018 Shah Alam M5 League
  • Puchong Fuerza - Promoted by winning the 2018 Puchong Community M5 League
  • SAMB - Promoted by winning the 2018 Melaka Division 1 M5 League
  • Ultimate - Promoted by winning the 2018 AXA Klang Valley M5 League

New Team

  • Tun Razak FC

Name changes edit

Notes:

^1 Promoted by the finalist of the 2018 FAM Cup.[5]
^2 Originally Terengganu II were relegated from 2018 Malaysia Premier League and Terengganu City F.C. were promoted by winning the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup; however the Malaysian Football League blocked Terengganu City's promotion due to financial issues, granted Terengganu II's to stay in the Malaysia Premier League, and accepted Perlis FA's application to be promoted to the Malaysia Premier League, replacing the expelled Kuantan FA[6]
^3 Originally KL Cops from the 2018 DD Social M5 League, and Uptown F.C. from the 2018 Sunarize Soccer M5 League were promoted to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League by winning their respective leagues; however the teams were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to unknown reasons.
^4 Tentera Darat FA from the 2018 Kuala Lumpur M5 Super League were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to being in the same division as their parent club, Armed Forces.

Clubs locations edit

 
 
Batu Dua
 
Banggol Tok Ku
 
 
 
 
Langkawi Glory United
 
 
Kuala Lumpur
 
Puchong Fuerza
 
Penjara
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Locations of teams in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League
 
 
 
DDM
 
 
Protap
 
Puchong Fuerza
 
Tun Razak
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Kuala Lumpur

Venues edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Armed Forces Kuala Lumpur Mindef Stadium 5,000
Batu Dua Kemaman Mak Chili Mini Stadium TBA
Banggol Tok Ku Kuala Berang Kuala Berang Mini Stadium 1,000
Dak-dak Melawati Kuala Lumpur KLFA Academy Football Field TBA
Langkawi Glory United Langkawi Langkawi Stadium 10,000
Johor Bahru Iskandar Puteri Educity Stadium 6,000
Kulai Kulai Mini Stadium 1,000
Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 30,000
Kuching Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Penjara Kajang Kajang Prison Complex Mini Stadium 1,000
Protap Kuala Lumpur UM Arena 1,000
Puchong Fuerza Puchong MMU Mini Stadium 2,500
SAMB Malacca City Hang Tuah Stadium 1,000
Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Tun Razak Kuala Lumpur Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz Mini Stadium 3,000
Ultimate Kuala Lumpur Pulapol Football Field TBA

Personnel and sponsoring edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Armed Forces   Kevin Lee Cooper   Venice Elphi Ego Sports My Soccer Store
Batu Dua   Che Ku Marzuki   Saifulnizam Miswan Kaki Jersi Yakult, HDR Project, MZ cafe03, Habiel Project, Mytrdes
Banggol Tok Ku   Haris Safwan Kamal   Nor Fazly Alias NT Mada Construction
Dak-dak Melawati   Mohammad Aidil Ramly   Fahrul Razi Kazza Networks Terang Bulan Sdn.Bhd, MKA Concept Ent.
Langkawi Glory United   Manja Man   Muhammad Al-Hafiz Lotto Mai Langkawi
Johor Bahru   Zainor Kasmani   Kamarul Afiq Kamaruddin Nike Green Valley Eco Resort
Kuching   Ideris Utong   Rafiezan Razali Starsport Kuching, Yakult
Kelantan United   Zahasmi Ismail[7]   Shahrizan Ismail SkyHawk Mysports Station, U-Shop
Penjara   Roslan Othman   Akmal Chin SkyHawk Prestige Geomatic
Protap   Dusan Momcilovic   Anwar Luqman Kaki Jersi Carving Crew Design, HARINI SDN. BHD.
Puchong Fuerza   Nazrulerwan Makmor   Arman Fareez Kaki Jersi
Tun Razak   Azman Adnan[8]   Syazwan Rani SkyHawk & Panzer Rimbun Teguh Trading
SAMB   Hamdan Mohamad   Nazmee Ari Heat Syarikat Air Melaka
Ultimate   Zulkhairi Mohd Zabidi   Firhan Sports Fitz Ultimate Garage

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
Batu Dua   Zulhamizan Zakaria Sacked[9] 1 April 2019 6th   Che Ku Marzuki 1 April 2019
Protap   Shahidan Rusly Sacked June 2019 14th   Dusan Momcilovic June 2019

Foreign players edit

The number of foreign players is restricted to two each team.

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 Former player 1
Armed Forces
Banggol Tok Ku
Batu Dua   Mamadou Berete   Carlos Zozimar   L'Imam Seydi
  Ljubo Baranin
  Ovie Precious
Dak-dak Melawati   Lee Kyeong-su   Nicholas Dul
Langkawi Glory United   Everton Souza Santos   Georgian Mugurel Stamate
Johor Bahru   Patrick Asare   Jose Alex
Kelantan United   Alfusainey Gassama   Seydou Sako   Carlos Zozimar
Kuching   Yuta Suzuki [10]
Penjara   Kim Sung-ho
Protap   Metha Viblo Apingi   Vino Ramazani
Puchong Fuerza   Hans Kwofie   Sunday Matthew Idoko   Andre Luis
  Diogo Olievera
SAMB
Tun Razak   Rafael Marti
Ultimate   Faye Jacque   Chukwu Nnabuike
  • Players name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from the playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

Results edit

League table edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kelantan United (C, P) 26 21 3 2 93 20 +73 66 Promotion to 2020 Malaysia Premier League
2 Kuching (O, P) 26 18 5 3 58 21 +37 59 Qualification for Play-offs round[a]
3 Armed Forces 26 13 10 3 62 22 +40 49
4 Puchong Fuerza 26 13 6 7 71 40 +31 45
5 Ultimate 26 13 6 7 76 48 +28 45
6 Protap 26 11 4 11 47 58 −11 37
7 BTK 26 10 5 11 52 49 +3 35
8 DDM 26 10 4 12 60 54 +6 34
9 SAMB 26 9 6 11 38 38 0 33
10 Batu Dua 26 8 3 15 46 72 −26 27
11 Johor Bahru 26 6 7 13 40 53 −13 25
12 Langkawi Glory United 26 7 4 15 47 63 −16 25
13 Penjara (R) 26 6 6 14 36 61 −25 24 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
14 Tun Razak (R) 26 2 1 23 17 140 −123 7
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Two teams from runners-up of M3 and last placed team from Premier League play-offs for promotion to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

Result table edit

Home \ Away ARM BD BTK DDM LGU JB KLU KCH PNJ PRO PFZ SAM TRZ ULT
Armed Forces — 8–2 1–1 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 10–0 4–0
Batu Dua 0–1 — 1–2 1–2 1–9 3–0 0–10 3–5 3–2 4–0 0–6 1–1 5–0 1–1
Banggol Tok Ku 0–5 2–0 — 2–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 5–1 0–4 3–1 10–0 4–7
Dak-dak Melawati 1–3 4–4 1–1 — 0–1 4–2 0–5 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–5 2–1 9–0 4–3
Langkawi Glory United 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–8 — 6–3 0–5 0–4 3–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–3
Johor Bahru 1–2 3–1 3–1 4–2 3–3 — 3–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–4
Kelantan United 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 7–0 3–0 — 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–1 5–1
Kuching 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 6–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 0–1
Penjara 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–2 — 2–5 1–1 0–3 6–1 2–5
Protap 3–1 5–1 4–1 2–1 0–0 0–4 1–4 2–2 0–2 — 1–6 2–1 8–0 1–4
Puchong Fuerza 2–2 0–2 3–4 2–4 4–1 2–2 2–3 3–4 4–1 3–1 — 4–0 2–0 4–1
SAMB 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–3 2–0 0–4 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–2 — 7–0 2–2
Tun Razak 0–5 0–7 1–7 2–4 1–10 2–0 0–10 2–4 2–3 1–1 0–3 0–1 — 0–14
Ultimate 2–2 3–0 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 3–4 0–2 3–0 2–2 3–3 0–2 4–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
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 edit

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Kelantan United14343332222222211111111111
Kuching45564411111111122222222222
Armed Forces63655554334333344333333333
Puchong Fuerza31236666545556776665444444
Ultimate111181111788886789989887555555
Protap81313141414141414141414131212111110109997766
Banggol Tok Ku121279101197777668655544666687
Dak-dak Melawati22111123453444433466778898
SAMB99111078101010910997897778889979
Batu Dua764222456688755689911111112111010
Johor Bahru1010121212121212121111111111111212121212131313131311
Langkawi Glory United1414141313131313131313131213131313131313121211101112
Penjara13810889799109101010101010111110101010121213
Tun Razak57979101111111212121414141414141414141414141414
Leader
Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
Source: [citation needed]

Play-offs edit

The runner-up of the Malaysia M3 League will play a one-legged play-off against the last-placed Malaysia Premier League team to decide the second team to be promoted to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

Kuching FA3-1Sarawak

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of matches played on 17 November 2019.

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Fakhrul Zaman Kelantan United 28
2   Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United 27
3   Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate 22
  Rafizol Roslan Armed Forces
5   Joseph Kalang Tie Kuching 17
6   Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United 15
7   Faye Jacque Ultimate 13

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date
  Fakhrul Zaman Kelantan United Langkawi Glory United 7 – 0 (H) 16 March 2019
  Nabil Ahmad Lapti Ultimate Tun Razak 4 – 2 (H) 30 March 2019
  Nabil Ahmad Lapti Ultimate Penjara 3 – 0 (H) 21 April 2019
  Akmal Aizat Penjara Langkawi Glory United 3 – 5 (A) 27 April 2019
  Ros Mohd Muharam Banggol Tok Ku Tun Razak 10 – 0 (H) 15 June 2019
  Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United Penjara 1 – 4 (A) 23 June 2019
  Joseph Kalang Tie Kuching Batu Dua 3 – 5 (A) 7 July 2019
  Mamadou Berete Batu Dua Kuching 3 – 5 (H) 7 July 2019
  Lee Kyeong Su Dak-dak Melawati Tun Razak 9 – 0 (H) 7 July 2019
  Mamadou Berete Batu Dua Tun Razak 0 – 7 (A) 28 July 2019
  Alfusainey Gassama4 Kelantan United Batu Dua 0 – 10 (A) 24 August 2019
  Shamerul Aziz SAMB Tun Razak 7 – 0 (H) 25 August 2019
  Hattaphon Bun An Langkawi Glory United Johor Bahru 6 – 3 (H) 7 September 2019
  Rafizol Roslan5 Armed Forces Batu Dua 8 – 2 (H) 8 September 2019
  Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United Dak-dak Melawati 0 – 5 (A) 15 September 2019
  Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate Penjara 2 – 5 (A) 28 September 2019
  Alfusainey Gassama Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
  Shahrul Hakim Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
  Nizad Ayub Kelantan United Tun Razak 0 – 10 (A) 29 September 2019
  Hans Kwofie Puchong Fuerza Penjara 4 – 1 (H) 4 October 2019
  Rafizol Roslan4 Armed Forces Tun Razak 10 – 0 (H) 6 October 2019
  Haikal Nazri5 Langkawi Glory United Tun Razak 1 – 10 (A) 13 October 2019
  Zulfahamzie Tarmizi Langkawi Glory United Tun Razak 1 – 10 (A) 13 October 2019
  Shafizan Ramli4 Ultimate Tun Razak 0 – 14 (A) 20 October 2019
  Chukwu Nnabuike Ultimate Tun Razak 0– 14 (A) 20 October 2019
  Faye Jaque Ultimate Tun Razak 0– 14 (A) 20 October 2019
  Alfusainey Gassama4 Kelantan United Langkawi Glory United 0 – 5 (A) 27 October 2019
  Shafizan Ramli Ultimate Banggol Tok Ku 4 – 7 (A) 2 November 2019
  Hakimi Mazlan Banggol Tok Ku Ultimate 4 – 7 (H) 2 November 2019
  Afif Najmi Dak-dak Melawati Batu Dua 4 – 4 (H) 3 November 2019
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Syafiq Aznan (24 November 2018). "FAM Cup to undergo a facelift". nst.com.my. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "PENSTRUKTURAN SEMULA FORMAT PERTANDINGAN & PENYERTAAN PASUKAN PIALA FAM 2019". fam.org.my. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. ^ Firdaus Hashim (13 November 2018). "FAM Cup faces uncertainty, MFL ready to step in". nst.com.my. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. ^ Zulhilmi Zainal (19 December 2019). "FAM Cup to be contested as knockout competition in 2019". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. ^ Zulhilmi Zainal (1 September 2018). "Terengganu City, Selangor United set to be promoted to Premier League". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. ^ "MIFA get Super League spot, Perlis the same for Premier League". Goal.com. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Kelantan United mahu lakukan kejutan". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  8. ^ "Azman Adnan akui tidak malu bimbing kelab amatur". Semuanya Bola. 6 March 2019.
  9. ^ "Tidak gagal tapi direhatkan Batu Dua". Sukan Sinar. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Kuching signs Yuta Suzuki as first import player". SarawakCrocs. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

External links edit

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