2022 Malaysia Super League

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2022), is the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia for association football clubs since its establishment in 2004, and the 41st season of top-flight Malaysia football overall.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2022
Dates4 March – 15 October 2022
ChampionsJohor Darul Ta'zim
9th Super League title
9th Liga M title
RelegatedMelaka United
Sarawak United
AFC Champions LeagueJohor Darul Ta'zim
AFC CupTerengganu
Sabah
Matches played132
Goals scored388 (2.94 per match)
Top goalscorerBergson
(29 goals)
Biggest home win7 goals
Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United
(19 June 2022)
Biggest away win4 goals
Sarawak United 0–4 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(27 July 2022)
Highest scoring7 goals
Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United
(19 June 2022)
Negeri Sembilan 4–3 Kedah Darul Aman
(8 October 2022)
Longest winning run9 matches
Terengganu
Longest unbeaten run22 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run13 matches
Petaling Jaya City
Longest losing run8 matches
Penang
Highest attendance34,038
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Sabah
(15 October 2022)
Total attendance623,384
Average attendance4,723
← 2021
2023 →

The defending champions from the 2021 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2022 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations
Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[1]
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,000[2]
Kuala Lumpur City Cheras Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000[3]
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000
Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000[4]
Sarawak United Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 20,000
Selangor Shah Alam Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[5]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[6]
Source:

Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Venezuela Héctor Bidoglio Malaysia Aidil Zafuan Nike, Inc.[7] UNICEF
Kedah Darul Aman Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak Malaysia Syazwan Zainon Lotto Sport Italia DXN
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Bojan Hodak Brazil Paulo Josué HNDRD Kuala Lumpur City, UBB,DBKL
Melaka United Malaysia Asri Ninggal (interim) HaitiSony Norde AL Sports KENteam Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan,Matrix
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira (interim) Brazil Endrick Puma Penang2030
Petaling Jaya City Malaysia Maniam Pachaiappan Malaysia Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet
Sabah Malaysia Ong Kim Swee Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto redONE
Sarawak United Malaysia S.Balachandran Nigeria Uche Agba Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI| | (home), Lithera (away)
Sri Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh (interim) England Lee Tuck HakkaClo Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away)
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Bahrain Habib Haroon Umbro Colever, SATU, EPIC

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 coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming coach Date of
appointment
Selangor Germany Karsten Neitzel Redesignated as Assistant Coach 21 November 2021 [8] Pre-season Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner 21 November 2021 [9]
Sri Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Contract ended 30 November 2021 France Christophe Gamel 3 January 2022 [10]
Melaka United Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 30 November 2021 Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković 22 January 2022
Sarawak United Malaysia E. Elavarasan Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach 23 February 2022 Malaysia B. Sathianathan 24 February 2022
Melaka United Bosnia and Herzegovina Risto Vidaković Contract terminated 13 April 2022 8th Malaysia Mohd Asri Ninggal (interim) 15 April 2022 [11]
Sarawak United Malaysia B. Sathianathan Health reasons June 2022 7th Malaysia S.Balachandran June 2022
Penang Czech Republic Tomáš Trucha Mutual Consent June 2022 7th Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan June 2022
Sri Pahang France Christophe Gamel Sacked 21 July 2022 10th Malaysia Dollah Salleh (interim) 21 July 2022
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mexico Benjamin Mora Mutual Consent 27 July 2022 1st Venezuela Héctor Bidoglio 28 July 2022
Selangor Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner Redesignated as Technical Director 10 August 2022 [12] 8th Malaysia Nidzam Jamil (interim) 10 August 2022 [13]
Selangor Malaysia Nidzam Jamil (interim) End of interim role 25 September 2022 [14] 8th Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe 25 September 2022 [15]
Penang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Mutual Consent 13 Oct 2022 12th Malaysia Manzoor Azwira (interim) 12 October 2022
Kedah Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak Terminated 17 Oct 2022 8th Malaysia Victor Andrag (interim) 17 October 2022

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor and Terengganu who have their "B" team playing in the Premier League can register another 4 players (3 + 1 AFC). These players can play for the "A" team as long as they fulfilled the relevant regulations under the handbook.

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 AFC Player ASEAN Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Leandro Velázquez Italy Fernando Forestieri Brazil Bergson Australia Shane Lowry Spain Indonesia Jordi Amat
Kedah Darul Aman Andorra Marc Vales Ivory Coast Dechi Marcel Cameroon Ronald Ngah Jordan Mahmoud Al-Mardi Thailand Sanrawat Dechmitr South Korea Jang Suk-won
ThailandGermany Dennis Buschening
Kuala Lumpur City Brazil Paulo Josué Colombia Romel Morales Ghana Jordan Mintah Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco PhilippinesDenmark Kevin Ray Mendoza Republic of the Congo Kévin Koubemba
Melaka United Ghana Emmanuel Oti Essigba Haiti Sony Norde Brazil Adriano BahrainNigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Philippines Justin Baas
Negeri Sembilan France Hérold Goulon Brazil Matheus Alves Brazil Gustavo State of PalestineChile Yashir Islame PhilippinesSweden Omid Nazari Togo Adetu Kossi
TajikistanGhana David Mawutor
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Endrick Brazil Lucas Silva Lebanon Hilal El-Helwe PhilippinesItaly Christian Rontini Brazil Casagrande
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Brazil Jackson Portugal Guinea-Bissau José Embaló Japan Taiki Kagayama South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani Brazil Neto Pessoa
Sarawak United Argentina Gonzalo Soto Nigeria Uche Agba Togo Francis Koné South Korea Lee Chang-hoon CambodiaFrance Boris Kok
Selangor Jordan Yazan Al-Arab Brazil Hyuri Brazil Caion Jordan Baha' Abdel-Rahman Myanmar Hein Htet Aung
Sri Pahang Mali Mamadou Samassa Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Colombia Steven Rodríguez Uzbekistan Sherzod Fayziev PhilippinesGermany Kevin Ingreso LaosFrance Billy Ketkeophomphone
France Johan Martial
Jordan Mahmoud Za'tara
Terengganu Senegal Papé Diakité Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Liberia Kpah Sherman Bahrain Habib Haroon PhilippinesGermany 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.

The following foreigners are registered by JDT II, Selangor II and Terengganu FC II for the Malaysia Premier League.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II SpainMali Moussa Sidibé Gabon Lévy Madinda PhilippinesSpain Carli de Murga Brazil Maurício
PhilippinesSpain Bienvenido Marañón
Spain Fernando Rodríguez
Selangor II Ghana Alex Agyarkwa Ghana Richmond Tetteh Ankrah Ghana Kelvin Kyei Myanmar Hein Htet Aung Ghana Jordan Ayimbila
Ghana George Attram
Terengganu II Montenegro Argzim Redžović Namibia Petrus Shitembi PhilippinesUnited Arab EmiratesEngland Luke Woodland Ghana Jordan Mintah

Naturalisation/Heritage players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies2 3 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa2 3 The GambiaMalaysia Mohamadou Sumareh3 BrazilMalaysia Guilherme de Paula3
Kuala Lumpur City AustraliaMalaysia Ryan Lambert2 AustraliaMalaysia Declan Lambert2 3
Sri Pahang AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley2 EnglandMalaysia Nicholas Swirad2 ArgentinaMalaysia Ezequiel Agüero 3 EnglandMalaysia Lee Tuck2 ItalyMalaysia Sean Giannelli2
PJ City EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok2 3
Selangor AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan2 3 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng2 3 EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville2
Negeri Sembilan New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones2 3
Sabah EnglandMalaysia Stuart Wilkin2 SingaporeMalaysia Dominic Tan2 3
Sarawak United ScotlandMalaysia Stuart Wark2
Penang JapanMalaysia Tam Sheang Tsung2
Kedah Darul Aman GhanaMalaysia Rodney Celvin Akwensivie2

Notes:

^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q) 22 17 5 0 61 12 +49 56 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Terengganu (V) 22 14 2 6 39 20 +19 44 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Sabah (Z) 22 13 3 6 36 26 +10 42
4 Negeri Sembilan 22 12 5 5 33 26 +7 41
5 Selangor 22 8 6 8 39 33 +6 30
6 Kuala Lumpur City 22 8 5 9 30 31 −1 29
7 Sri Pahang 22 8 4 10 33 31 +2 28
8 Kedah Darul Aman 22 8 3 11 32 41 −9 27
9 Petaling Jaya City (D, R) 22 6 8 8 22 30 −8 26 Withdrawn from Liga Super[lower-alpha 1]
10 Melaka United (D, R) 22 4 6 12 22 43 −21 18[lower-alpha 2] Ejected from Malaysian Super League and M-League
11 Sarawak United (D, R) 22 5 2 15 19 50 −31 17[lower-alpha 2]
12 Penang (Y) 22 2 5 15 22 45 −23 11
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) League Champion; (D) Disqualified; (Q) Qualified for AFC Champions League group stage; (R) Relegated; (V) Qualified for AFC Cup group stage; (Y) Readmitted; (Z) Qualified for AFC Cup group stage
Notes:
  1. Petaling Jaya City withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2023 season.
  2. MFL officially snubs Melaka United and Sarawak United club licensing approval, as both clubs have problem with overdue payments of staffs or players. This decision prevented both from playing in 2023 Malaysian Super League.[16][17] As of November 2nd, there are still no appeal from both clubs to continue the league structure by playing in M5 League.[18]

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL NSL PEN PJC SBH SWK SEL PAH TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–1 5–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 6–0 5–1 2–2 2–1
Kedah Darul Aman 1–3 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–3
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 5–0 3–3 1–2 1–2
Melaka United 1–1 0–3 0–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 2–4
Negeri Sembilan 0–1 4–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 3–0 2–1
Penang 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–3 1–1 2–3 2–1
Petaling Jaya City 2–2 3–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–3 3–0
Sabah 1–2 4–0 2–2 2–1 0–1 4–1 3–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 2–1
Sarawak United 0–4 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–2
Selangor 1–1 4–1 1–1 5–0 2–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 7–0 3–1 0–2
Sri Pahang 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–2
Terengganu 1–2 2–1 2–0 5–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
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.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Johor Darul Ta'zim1111112111111111111111
Terengganu81112121081011117768564443332
Sabah11342323422322222222223
Negeri Sembilan3456441233233333334444
Selangor6665755666656789888755
Kuala Lumpur City5797567555574446566566
Sri Pahang7101191196881011119955677887
Kedah Darul Aman2223234344445678755678
Petaling Jaya City45346787781091011111110109999
Melaka United9881081099999878979910101010
Sarawak United1212101112111110101281011101010111111111111
Penang1097891212121211121212121212121212121212
Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
Possible qualification for AFC Cup group stage
Source: MFL

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[19]
1 Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim 29
2 Brazil Caion Selangor 15
3 Italy Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim 13
Cameroon Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman
Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Terengganu
6 Brazil Gustavo Negeri Sembilan 11
7 Malaysia Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City 10
8 Colombia Steven Rodriguez Sri Pahang 9
9 South Korea Park Tae-Soo Sabah 8
10 Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Melaka 7
Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang
12 8 players 6 Clubs 6
20 7 players 7 Clubs 5
27 8 players 7 Clubs 4
35 13 players 9 Clubs 3
48 20 players 11 Clubs 2
68 56 players 12 Clubs 1

Hat-trick
Player For Against Result Date
Malaysia Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City Terengganu 3–0 (H)[20] 6 April 2022
Malaysia Amri Yahyah Sabah Kedah Darul Aman 4–0 (H)[21] 24 April 2022
Cameroon Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman Petaling Jaya City 3–3 (A)[22] 10 May 2022
Brazil Caion Selangor Sarawak United 7–0 (H) [23] 19 June 2022
Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim Melaka United 4–0 (H) [24] 29 August 2022
Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Terengganu 5–0 (H) [25] 3 September 2022
Malaysia Ryan Lambert Kuala Lumpur City Sarawak United 5–0 (H) [26] 28 September 2022
Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Terengganu Melaka United 2–4 (A) [27] 7 October 2022

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean Sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 11
2 Malaysia Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Petaling Jaya City 9
3 Philippines Kevin Ray Mendoza Kuala Lumpur City 7
Malaysia Syihan Hazmi Negeri Sembilan
5 Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Sabah 5
Mali Mamadou Samassa Sri Pahang
Malaysia Suhaimi Husin Terengganu
Malaysia Rahadiazli Rahalim Terengganu
9 Malaysia Sam Somerville Selangor 4
10 Malaysia Shahril Saa'ri Kedah Darul Aman 2
Malaysia Bryan See Tian Keat Melaka United
12 Malaysia Haziq Nadzli Johor Darul Ta'zim 1
Malaysia Ifwat Akmal Kedah Darul Aman
Malaysia Ilham Amirullah Kedah Darul Aman
Malaysia Norazlan Razali Melaka United
Malaysia Khatul Anuar Penang
Malaysia Khairul Azhan Selangor
Malaysia Aquila Abdul Rahman Sarawak United
Malaysia Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Sarawak United

Players

Club

Attendances to Stadiums
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 181,316 34,038 8,371 16,484 n/a†
2 Sabah 98,954 23,523 2,343 8,996 n/a†
3 Terengganu 72,790 13,689 2,360 6,618 n/a†
4 Negeri Sembilan 69,374 22,224 1,898 6,307 n/a†
5 Kedah Darul Aman 53,657 14,954 1,372 4,878 n/a†
6 Melaka United 33,737 14,562 987 3,067 n/a†
7 Sri Pahang 30,510 10,156 1,013 2,774 n/a†
8 Selangor 24,622 4,104 680 2,239 n/a†
9 Penang 23,271 6,252 541 2,116 n/a†
10 Kuala Lumpur City 15,105 2,693 365 1,374 n/a†
11 Sarawak United 12,181 5,512 322 1,108 n/a†
12 Petaling Jaya City 7,867 1,714 110 716 n/a†
League total 623,384 34,038 110 4,723 n/a†

Source: FAM-CMS

See also

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