2016 Malaysia Premier League

Malaysia Premier League
Season 2016
Matches played 55
Goals scored 176 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorer Gabriel Miguel Guerra
(9 goals)
Biggest home win Perlis 6–1 ATM
(12 February 2016)
Biggest away win Sime Darby 0–4 Negeri Sembilan
(5 April 2016)
Highest scoring Perlis 6–1 ATM
(12 February 2016)
Negeri Sembilan 4–3 PKNS
(8 April 2016)
Longest winning run 4 matches
Melaka United
Longest unbeaten run 9 matches
Melaka United
Longest winless run 9 matches
ATM
Longest losing run 6 matches
ATM
2015
2017 →

All statistics correct as of 22 April 2016.

The 2016 Malaysia Premier League (Malay: Liga Premier Malaysia 2016) is the 13th season of the Malaysia Premier League since its inception in 2004. 12 teams participated in the league with Kedah FA as the reigning champions and currently play in the top flight of Malaysian football, Malaysia Super League. The season started on 12 February and concluded on 21 October 2016.[1]

Team

List of participant :

Changes from last season

-IN-

Relegated from 2015 Malaysia Super League

Promoted from 2015 Malaysia FAM League

-OUT-

Promoted to 2016 Malaysia Super League

Relegated to 2016 Malaysia FAM League

Stadium and locations

Locations of the 2016 Malaysia Premier League teams
Team States Home Ground Capacity
ATM Temerloh Stadium 10,000
DRB-HICOM Kuala Lumpur Proton City Stadium, Tanjung Malim, Perak 3,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Johor Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor 15,000
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor 20,000
Kuantan Pahang Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang 40,000
Malacca United Malacca Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, Malacca 40,000
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan 40,000
Perlis Perlis Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis 20,000
PKNS Selangor Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, Malacca 40,000
Sabah Sabah Likas Stadium, Likas, Sabah 35,000
Sime Darby Kuala Lumpur Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor 20,000
UiTM Selangor UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor 6,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Coach Captain Kits Sponsor
ATM Malaysia Mohd Azuan Mohd Zain Malaysia Badrul Hisham Mohd Sufian SkyHawk
DRB-HICOM Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt Malaysia Abdullah Yusoff Mizuno DRB-HICOM
JDT II Mexico Benjamin Mora Singapore Shahril Ishak Adidas Country Garden
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Malaysia Ahmad Azlan Zainal SkyHawk JL99 Group & Al-Bukhary Foundation
Kuantan Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria Malaysia Khairul Azman Awang Long Kappa Wangsamakmur Capital
Malacca United Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris [2] Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Kronos Edra & Mamee
Negeri Sembilan Australia Gary Michael Phillips Australia Taylor Regan Mizuno Matrix Concepts
Perlis Malaysia Dollah Salleh Nigeria Obinna Nwaneri Carino
PKNS Malaysia E. Elavarasan Malaysia Shahrul Azhar Ture Kappa PKNS
Sabah United Croatia Vjeran Simunić Malaysia Julamri Muhammad Adidas Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Sime Darby Malaysia Abdul Ghani Malik Malaysia Muhammad Juzaili Samion Kappa Sime Darby
UiTM Malaysia Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah South Korea Kang Jin-wook Umbro Soaring Upwards

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former
ATM - - - - -
DRB-Hicom Ghana Godwin Antwi Denmark Philip Lund Croatia Ivan Babić South Korea Kim Jin-yong -
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Singapore Baihakki Khaizan - Brazil Paulo Rangel Singapore Shahril Ishak -
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Léo Carioca Mali Modibo Konté Brazil Casagrande Australia Mario Karlovic -
Kuantan Serbia Ljubo Baranin Croatia Srdjan Vidakovic Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Japan Shunsuke Nakatake -
Melaka United Montenegro Balša Božović Sweden Labinot Harbuzi Montenegro Ilija Spasojevic South Korea Shin Jae-pil -
Negeri Sembilan Australia Taylor Regan England Alex Smith Australia Joel Chianese Australia Andrew Nabbout -
Perlis Nigeria Obinna Nwaneri The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Liberia Edward Junior Wilson New Zealand Japan Kayne Vincent -
PKNS Argentina Gonzalo Soto Argentina Gabriel Guerra Argentina Juan Manuel Cobelli State of Palestine Matias Jadue -
Sabah United Croatia Igor Cerina Brazil Marco Tulio Nigeria Prince Nnake Indonesia Dedi Kusnandar -
Sime Darby South Korea Ha Dae-won Ivory Coast Frédéric Pooda Croatia Mateo Roskam South Korea Lee Kil-hoon -
UiTM South Korea Kang Jin-wook Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin Brazil Eliel Kyrgyzstan Pavel Matyash -

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Sacked 26 August 2015[3] Pre-season Australia Gary Phillips 24 November 2015[4]
Perlis Malaysia Yusri Che Lah Resigned 15 October 2015[5] Malaysia Dollah Salleh 21 November 2015[6]
UiTM Malaysia Azuan Zain End of contract 25 October 2015 Malaysia Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah 28 October 2015[7]
Sime Darby Malaysia Ismail Zakaria End of contract 31 October 2015 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Malik 1 November 2015
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tam Siew Seng End of contract 31 October 2015 Malaysia Ismail Zakaria 25 December 2015
Sabah Malaysia Azraai Khor Abdullah Sacked 6 November 2015[8] Croatia Vjeran Simunić 7 December 2015[9]
Johor DT II Croatia Nenad Bacina Resigned 14 December 2015 Mexico Benjamin Mora 14 December 2015 [10]

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kuala Lumpur 10 6 3 1 19 11 +8 21 Promotion to Super League
2 Malacca United 10 6 3 1 18 12 +6 21
3 Negeri Sembilan 10 5 4 1 25 12 +13 19
4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 10 6 1 3 19 13 +6 19
5 PKNS 10 5 2 3 24 18 +6 17
6 DRB-HICOM 10 5 1 4 18 11 +7 16
7 Kuantan 10 4 3 3 19 15 +4 15
8 Perlis 10 3 3 4 17 16 +1 12
9 UiTM 10 2 4 4 10 15 5 10
10 Sabah 10 2 2 6 13 21 8 8
11 Sime Darby 10 1 3 6 10 18 8 6 Relegation to FAM Cup
12 ATM 10 0 1 9 7 37 30 1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2016. Source: FAM Official Site, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result table

Home ╲ Away ATM DRB JDT IIKLUKUAMELNSEPERPKNSABSDAUIT
ATM 12 13
DRB-Hicom 40 01 13 41
Johor DT II 51 13 12 32 20 21
Kuala Lumpur 21 10 32
Kuantan 10 12 41 42
Melaka United 21 32 00 21 31
Negeri Sembilan 50 11 11 31 43
Perlis 61 22 22 10 21 01
PKNS 20 33 01 32 21 31
Sabah 02 01 22 10
Sime Darby 30 01 22 04 11 00
UiTM 22 11 00 03 41

Updated to games played on 4 March 2016.
Source: Malaysia FAM website
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

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Kuala Lumpur 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1
Malacca United 6 6 2 3 5 3 3 1 1 2
Negeri Sembilan 8 5 7 7 2 2 2 3 2 3
Johor DT II 10 10 10 10 9 9 4 4 5 4
PKNS 9 9 9 6 4 5 6 5 4 5
DRB-Hicom 3 8 4 2 3 4 5 7 7 6
Kuantan 7 3 6 8 6 7 9 6 6 7
Perlis 1 7 8 4 8 6 7 9 9 8
UiTM 2 1 1 5 7 8 8 8 8 9
Sabah 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10
Sime Darby 5 4 5 9 10 10 11 11 11 11
ATM 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Leader
Promotion to 2017 Malaysia Super League
Relegation to 2017 Malaysia FAM League

Fixtures and results

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

Matchday 9

Matchday 10

By Week

2016 Malaysia Premeir League Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Week 1 18,948 6 3,074
Week 2 21,675 6 3,615
Week 3 12,916 6 2,152
Week 4 20,967 6 3,494
Week 5 9,141 6 1,523

source:Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 3 May 2016.[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Gabriel Miguel Guerra PKNS 9
2 Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin UiTM 8
Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-HICOM
4 Malaysia Abdul Malik Mat Ariff Kuantan 7
New ZealandJapan Kayne Vincent Perlis
6 Brazil Paulo Rangel Johor DT II 6
Brazil Casagrande Kuala Lumpur
Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Malacca United
Australia Joel Chianese Negeri Sembilan
10 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Kuantan 5
Australia Andrew Nabbout Negeri Sembilan
Argentina Juan Manuel Cobelli PKNS

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin UiTM Sabah 4–1 12 February 2016
Brazil Paulo Rangel JDT II ATM 5–1 29 February 2016
Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-HICOM UiTM 4–1 29 February 2016

Own goals

Rank Player Club Total
1 Malaysia Badrul Hisham Mohd Sufian ATM 1
Malaysia Dominic Tan Jun Jin Johor DT II
Argentina Juan Manuel Cobelli PKNS
Malaysia Muhammad Juzaili Samion Sime Darby

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 22 April 2016.
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Syed Adney Syed Hussein Negeri Sembilan 3
Kyrgyzstan Pavel Matiash UiTM
3 Malaysia Badrulzaman Abdul Halim Kuala Lumpur 2
Malaysia Mohd Zairi Hafiezi Idris Kuantan
Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malacca United
Malaysia Kamarul Effandi Abdul Rahim Sime Darby
Malaysia Mohd Hafidz Romly DRB-HICOM
7 Malaysia Saiful Amar Sudar Perlis 1
Malaysia Rozaimie Rohim Sabah
Malaysia Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah Johor DT II
Malaysia G. Jeevananthan PKNS

Discipline

As of matches played on 11 March 2016

Overall

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Reference
Coach Club
February Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris Malacca Malacca United S.A. [12]

See also

References

  1. "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015.
  2. "Kontrak Mat Zan disambung" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 1 September 2015.
  3. "PBNS gugur pemain, K Devan". Berita Harian (in Malay). 26 August 2015.
  4. "Gary Phillips' Australian quartet ready to bring glory back to Negeri Sembilan". ESPN. 1 December 2015.
  5. "Yusri Che Lah letak jawatan". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 15 October 2015.
  6. "Dollah Salleh kini ketua jurulatih skuad Perlis". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 21 November 2015.
  7. "Raja Isa kemudi Uitm FC musim depan". stadiumastro.com (in Malay). 28 October 2015.
  8. "Sabah, Azraai Khor 'bercerai'". Berita Harian (in Malay). 6 November 2015.
  9. "Vjeran Simunic ketua jurulatih baharu Sabah". Berita Harian (in Malay). 4 December 2015.
  10. "BENJAMIN MORA APPOINTED NEW JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II HEAD COACH". Johor Southern Tigers. 14 December 2015.
  11. "Malaysia Premier League Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  12. http://www.bharian.com.my/node/137301
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