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2024–25 Malaysia Super League

The 2024–25 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2024–25) is the 21st season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004, and the 43rd season of top-flight Malaysian football overall.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2024–25 Malaysia Super League
Dates10 May – TBA
← 2023

This is the first season to have a two-year schedule, since the 2007–08.[1][2][3][4] This is the first time the league officially applies video assistant referee (VAR) technology. The defending champion from the 2023 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams edit

Team changes edit

To Malaysia Super League edit

Promoted from the 2023 MBSB Bank Championship

  • None

From Malaysia Super League edit

Expelled from the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Name changes edit

Locations edit

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Locations of teams in the 2023 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,000
Kelantan Darul Naim 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 Selayang Selayang Stadium 16,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Selangor Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Temerloh Temerloh Mini Stadium 10,000
Terengganu Kuala Nerus Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

Personnel, kit and sponsoring edit

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim   Héctor Bidoglio   Jordi Amat Nike JDT Fan Token
Kedah Darul Aman   Nafuzi Zain   Akmal Zahir ALX Bin Zayed International, Langkawi Pure
Kelantan Darul Naim   Park Jae-hong   Oday Kharoub PUC Sport Visit Kelantan 2024
Kuala Lumpur City   Miroslav Kuljanac   Paulo Josué HUNDRED Rinani
Kuching City   Aidil Sharin Sahak   Adam Shreen StarSports City of Unity
Negeri Sembilan   Azzmi Aziz   Nasrullah Haniff Kelme Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
PDRM   Maniam Pachaiappan   Amir Saiful Lotto redONE
Penang   Akmal Rizal   Rafael Vitor Kaki Jersi Penang2030
Perak   Yusri Che Lah   Luciano Guaycochea Cheetah XOX
Sabah   Ong Kim Swee   Park Tae-soo Lotto Sawit Kinabalu
Selangor   Nidzam Jamil   Safuwan Baharudin Joma PKNS, MBI
Sri Pahang   Fandi Ahmad   Ezequiel Agüero Voltra Invest Pahang
Terengganu   Tomislav Steinbrückner   Manny Ott ALX Agarbomb Performance

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
Kelantan Darul Naim   Nazrulerwan Makmor End of Contract 31 December 2023 Pre-season   Park Jae-hong 19 April 2024
Johor Darul Ta'zim   Esteban Solari Mutual Agreement 1 January 2024 [7]   Héctor Bidoglio 1 January 2024 [8]
Selangor   Tan Cheng Hoe 28 February 2024 [9]   Nidzam Jamil 16 March 2024 [10]
Negeri Sembilan   K. Devan End of Contract 6 March 2024 [11]   Azzmi Aziz 18 April 2024
Kuala Lumpur City   Nenad Bacina Mutual Agreement 16 March 2024 [12]   Miroslav Kuljanac 16 March 2024 [13]
PDRM   Yunus Alif Redesignated 3 April 2024   Maniam Pachaiappan 6 April 2024

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 6 import players can be fielded at any one time. The 6 import players must consist of 4 foreign players, 1 Asian player, and 1 ASEAN player. Only 1 import player can be on the bench.[14] Clubs participating in the ACL, ACL2 and/or ACC are allowed to register 10 foreigners. [15]

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

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 AFC Player ASEAN Player Former players
Johor Darul Ta'zim   Bergson   Heberty   Murilo   Fernando Forestieri   Nicolao Dumitru   Juan Muñiz   Francisco Geraldes   Jalil Elías   Shane Lowry   Jordi Amat   Óscar Arribas
Kedah Darul Aman   Cleylton   Sony Norde   Miloš Gordić   Sukhrob Nurullaev   Habib Haroon
Kelantan Darul Naim   David Ribera   Michal Jeřábek   Chadrack Lukombe   Valdu Té   Goo Ah-hwoi   Jung Byung-ju   Bae Kyeong-hwan   Kim Ri-gwan   Oday Kharoub
Kuala Lumpur City   Adrijan Rudović   Lazar Sajčić   Lawton Green   Taiki Kagayama   Giancarlo Gallifuoco   Patrick Reichelt
Kuching City   Keanu Marsh-Brown   Jordan Mintah   Kipré Tchétché   Petrus Shitembi   James Okwuosa   Yuki Tanigawa   Pedro Henrique
Negeri Sembilan   Renan Alves   Paulo Victor   Jacque Faye   Aliyu Abubaka   Takumi Sasaki   Mika Junco   Soony Saad   An Sang-Su   Hein Htet Aung
PDRM   Bruno Suzuki   Faith Friday Obilor   Ifedayo Olusegun   Chidi Osuchukwu   Aremu Timothy   Prince Obus Aggreh   Mario Arqués   Fadi Awad   Kyaw Min Oo
Penang   Rodrigo Dias   Rafael Vitor   Neto   Richmond Ankrah
Perak   Luciano Guaycochea   Luiz Henrique Motta   Sunday Afolabi   Luka Milunović   Lee Tae-min   Clayton   Adilet Kanybekov   Jesper Nyholm
Sabah   Gabriel Peres   Ramon   Telmo Castanheira   Ko Kwang-min   Cifu   Haris Stamboulidis   Park Tae-soo   Saddil Ramdani
Selangor   Yohandry Orozco   Ronnie Fernández   Alvin Fortes   Alex Agyarkwa   Umar Eshmurodov   Noor Al-Rawabdeh   Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang   Stefano Brundo   Manuel Hidalgo   Kpah Sherman   Aleksandar Cvetković   Mykola Ahapov   Kuvondik Ruziev
Terengganu   Ivan Mamut   Marin Pilj   Argzim Redžović   Matthew Steenvoorden   Ismahil Akinade   Nurillo Tukhtasinov   Manny Ott
  • 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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7
Johor Darul Ta'zim    Matthew Davies2 3    Endrick3    La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3     Hong Wan2    Mohamadou Sumareh3    Natxo Insa2 3    Romel Morales3
Kuala Lumpur City    Paulo Josué3    Nicholas Swirad2    Brendan Gan2 3
Sabah    Darren Lok2 3    Daniel Ting2 3    Stuart Wilkin2 3
Selangor    Quentin Cheng2 3    Samuel Somerville2    Nooa Laine2 3
Sri Pahang    Ezequiel Agüero3    David Rowley2 3

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 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite group stage
2 Kelantan Darul Naim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
3 Kuala Lumpur City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kuching City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Negeri Sembilan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 PDRM 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 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Selangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Sri Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 −3[a]
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Kedah Darul Aman have been docked three points. [16]

Results edit

Results table edit

Home \ Away JDT KDA KDN KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah Darul Aman
Kelantan Darul Naim
Kuala Lumpur City
Kuching City
Negeri Sembilan
PDRM
Penang
Perak
Sabah
Selangor
Sri Pahang
Terengganu
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: MFL
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.

Results by round edit

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2023. Source: MFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Noor, Azim (16 September 2023). "Liga Malaysia Dijangka Selari Dengan Kalendar AFC Musim 24/25". makanbola.com. Makanbola. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ^ Rahman, Izzati (16 September 2023). "Perubahan besar menanti Liga Malaysia 2024". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ^ Johari, Firdaus (11 October 2023). "Jadual Liga M musim 2024 ikut kalendar AFC". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ^ "MFL Umum Tarikh Sepak Mula Musim Baharu Liga Malaysia 2024/25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Keputusan Lesen Kebangsaan Bagi Pasukan Kelantan FC Untuk Pertandingan Liga Super Musim 2024-25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ^ "KUFC rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim this season". nst.com.my. NST. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ "JDT and coach Solari part company". 28 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Venezeulean Bidoglio returns as JDT's head coach".
  9. ^ "Will Selangor hire Hodak following Cheng Hoe's departure?". 28 February 2024.
  10. ^ "Nidzam Jamil appointed as new Selangor FC head coach".
  11. ^ "K. Devan Kini Ketua Jurulatih Melaka FC".
  12. ^ "Another blow to City Boys as well-liked coach Bacina leaves club".
  13. ^ "Kuljanac promoted as head coach".
  14. ^ "MFL to expand super league, discontinue premier league from 202". 20 July 2022.
  15. ^ "More foreign players allowed to take the field in M-League". 30 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Kedah dipotong tiga mata, denda RM50,000".

External links edit

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