2016 Malaysia Super League

Malaysia Super League
Season 2016
Matches played 59
Goals scored 182 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorer (8 goals)
Francis Forkey Doe
Biggest home win (16 February 2016)
Penang 4–1 Pahang
Biggest away win (04 April 2016)
Terengganu 1–4 Felda United
Highest scoring (20 April 2016)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–2 Sarawak
(20 April 2016)
Pahang 4–3 Kelantan
(09 April 2016)
Perak 3–4 Pahang
Longest winning run (5 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run (9 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run (5 games)
Perak
Longest losing run (5 games)
Pahang
Highest attendance 26,800
Johor DT 1–1 Selangor
(16 February 2016)
Lowest attendance 0
Sarawak 0–2 T-Team
(9 April 2016)
Sarawak 1–1 Pahang
(23 April 2016)
2015
2017

All statistics correct as of 23 April 2016.

The 2016 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2016) is the 13th season of the highest Malaysian football league since its inception in 2004. The season will start on 13 February 2016 and is scheduled to conclude on 22 October 2016.[1] Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. are the defending champions.

Team

Sime Darby F.C. were relegated to 2016 Malaysia Premier League after finished bottom of in 2015 Malaysia Super League. Meanwhile ATM FA (11th places) also relegated after losing the play-off to T–Team F.C. who will replaced LionsXII in the league. Kedah and Penang promoted to Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2015 Malaysia Premier League.

List of teams

Teams:

Notes:
1. Kedah FA is champions of 2015 Malaysia Premier League
2. Penang FA runners-up of 2015 Malaysia Premier League
3. T–Team F.C. is the play-off winner, will take LionsXII slot

Stadiums and locations

Locations of teams in the 2016 Malaysia Super League

Team Team Based Stadium Capacity
Felda United Bandar Pusat Jengka Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru Larkin Stadium 30,000
Kedah FA Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan FA Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
PDRM FA Kuala Lumpur Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Pahang FC Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang FA George Town City Stadium 20,000
Perak FA Ipoh Perak Stadium 31,000
Sarawak FA Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Selangor FA Shah Alam Selayang Stadium1 20,000
T–Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Terengganu FA Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

1Shah Alam Stadium is currently under maintenance.

Felda United F.C. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. Kedah FA
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Larkin Stadium Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 32,387
Kelantan FA PDRM FA Pahang F.C.
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Penang FA Perak FA Sarawak FA
City Stadium Perak Stadium Sarawak Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 40,000
Selangor FA T–Team F.C. Terengganu FA
Selayang Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 50,000

Personnel and sponsoring

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
FELDA United Malaysia Irfan Bakti Malaysia Shukor Adan FBT FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Mario Gómez Malaysia Safiq Rahim Adidas Forest City
Kedah Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Khairul Helmi Warrix Discover Kedah 2016
Pahang Malaysia Razip Ismail Malaysia Matthew Davies Puma
Kelantan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Indra Putra De'eza DSV Pamoga Qu Puteh & Chengal Jati
PDRM Malaysia Fauzi Pilus Malaysia Faizal Muhammad Line 7 Puncak Niaga
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid (interim) Argentina Matías Córdoba Umbro Penang Water Supply Corporation & Aspen Group
Perak Malaysia Syamsul Saad Malaysia Nasir Basharuddin Al-Ikhsan Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
Sarawak Malaysia K. Rajagopal Malaysia Ronny Harun Starsport Marina Parkcity
Selangor Malaysia Zainal Abidin Malaysia Shahrom Kalam Lotto Selangor
T-Team Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan Malaysia Hasbullah Awang Kobert Terengganu Incorporated
Terengganu England Mike Mulvey Malaysia Hairuddin Omar Kobert Terengganu Incorporated

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancyni Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail End of contract 29 November 2015 Malaysia K. Devan 5 December 2015
Selangor Australia Mehmet Durakovic 12 December 2015 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 31 December 2015[2]
Pahang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan 15 December 2015 Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi 15 December 2015
T-Team Croatia Tomislav Steinbruckner 30 November 2015 Indonesia Rahmad Darmawan 8 December 2015
Terengganu Malaysia Ahmad Yusoff Sacked 23 February 2016 England Mike Mulvey 27 February 2016
Pahang Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi Resign 12 March 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail 17 March 2016

Foreign players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former
Felda United Brazil Gilberto Alemão Liberia Zah Rahan Krangar Liberia Francis Doe Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Marcos Antônio Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Singapore Hariss Harun
Kedah Kosovo Liridon Krasniqi Brazil Sandro Brazil Kahê South Korea Bang Seung-Hwan
Kelantan Brazil Jonatan Lucca Republic of Macedonia Baže Ilijoski Mali Dramane Traoré Australia Jonathan McKain
Pahang Slovenia Nejc Potokar Slovenia Dalibor Volaš Argentina Germán Pacheco Pakistan Zesh Rahman
PDRM Mali Souleymane Konaté Brazil Andrezinho Maldives Ali Ashfaq Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
Penang Brazil Reinaldo Lobo Argentina Matias Cordoba Nigeria Osas Saha Australia Brent Griffiths
Perak Brazil Thiago Junior Liberia Erick Weeks Lewis Brazil Elias Uzbekistan Vokhid Shodiev
Sarawak Italy Davide Grassi East Timor Juninho Brazil Gilmar Australia Ndumba Makeche
Selangor Australia Robert Cornthwaite Argentina Mauro Olivi Liberia Patrick Wleh Indonesia Andik Vermansyah
Terengganu Cameroon Vincent Bikana Argentina Gustavo López Argentina Juan José Morales CanadaJapan Issey Nakajima-Farran
T–Team Mali Abdoulaye Maïga Mali Makan Konaté Brazil Patrick Cruz Uzbekistan Dilshod Sharofetdinov Croatia Tomislav Bušić, Nepal Rohit Chand

Relegation play-off

30 January 2016
21:00 UTC+8
ATM 1 – 2 Terengganu T–Team
Shukri  50' Takhiyuddin  26'
Bušić  44'
Perak Stadium, Perak
Attendance: 500

T-Team won to qualified 2016 Malaysia Super League season.

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FELDA United 10 8 0 2 24 8 +16 24 Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying preliminary round 2
2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 10 7 3 0 20 8 +12 24
3 Selangor 10 5 3 2 16 13 +3 18
4 T–Team 10 4 3 3 17 14 +3 15
5 PDRM 10 3 4 3 11 13 2 13
6 Kelantan 10 3 3 4 17 17 0 12
7 Kedah 10 2 6 2 11 14 3 12
8 Terengganu 10 4 0 6 13 20 7 12
9 Perak 10 2 5 3 13 14 1 11
10 Pahang 10 2 3 5 15 23 8 9
11 Penang 10 1 3 6 13 17 4 6 Relegation to Premier League
12 Sarawak 10 1 3 6 13 22 9 6
Updated to match(es) played on 07 May 2016. Source: SPMB Football Association of Malaysia, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result table

Home ╲ Away FEL JDT KEDKELPHGPENPERPDRMSWKSELTTETRG
FELDA United 20 20 20 40 31 20
Johor DT 21 21 52 11
Kedah 11 21 22 10
Kelantan 22 31 10 22 30
Pahang 11 43 02 13 22 12
Penang 41 11 12 23
Perak 32 00 00 34 01 00
PDRM 02 22 22 10 00 31
Sarawak 12 11 11 02
Selangor 22 10 42 21
T–Team 02 41 42 11
Terengganu 14 02 10 23 32 31

Updated to games played on 04 May 2016.
Source: Malaysia Super League 1, Malaysia Super League 2
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

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
FELDA United 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2
Selangor 7 3 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 3
T–Team 5 7 11 10 10 8 7 4 3 4
PDRM 2 7 6 8 8 7 3 5 6 5
Kelantan 8 4 4 7 5 6 6 7 5 6
Kedah 12 8 7 4 6 4 5 6 7 7
Terengganu 3 6 8 5 4 5 8 8 9 8
Perak 9 9 9 9 9 11 11 9 8 9
Pahang 4 11 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 10
Penang 10 5 5 6 7 9 9 11 11 11
Sarawak 11 12 10 11 11 10 10 12 12 12
Leader
Relegation to 2017 Malaysia Premier League

Fixtures and results

Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2016 season.

Matchday 1

Matchday 2

Matchday 3

Matchday 4

Matchday 5

Matchday 6

Matchday 7

Matchday 8

Matchday 9

Matchday 10

Matchday 11

Matchday 12

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 06 May 2016.[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Liberia Francis Forkey Doe FELDA United 8
2 Liberia Patrick Wleh Selangor 7
3 Argentina Juan Martín Lucero Johor DT 6
Republic of Macedonia Baže Ilijoski Kelantan
Brazil Elias Fernandes de Oliveira Perak
4 Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev FELDA United 5
Argentina Jorge Pereyra Diaz Johor DT
Argentina Germán Pacheco Pahang
Slovenia Dalibor Volaš Pahang
Maldives Ali Ashfaq PDRM

Own goals

Rank Player For Club Date Own goal
1 Slovenia Nejc Potokar Felda United Pahang 12/3/2016 1
Malaysia Yong Kuong Yong Felda United Terengganu 04/4/2016
Malaysia Mohd Kamal Azizi Kelantan T–Team 05/4/2016
Malaysia Mohd Shahrol Saperi Johor Darul Ta'zim Sarawak 20/4/2016
Malaysia Fadhli Shas Sarawak Johor Darul Ta'zim 20/4/2016

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Slovenia Dalibor Volaš Pahang Perak 3 4 9 April 2016

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 06 May 2016
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Harun Felda United 5
2 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Johor DT 3
Malaysia Hafizul Hakim Perak
Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Kelantan
3 Malaysia Farhan Abu Bakar Kedah 2
Malaysia Haziq Nadzli PDRM
Malaysia Khairul Azhan Khalid Selangor
4 Malaysia Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor DT 1
Malaysia Norazlan Razali Selangor
Malaysia Muhd Ilham Amirullah Razali T–Team
Malaysia Wan Azraie Wan Teh T–Team
Malaysia Sharbinee Allawee Terengganu

Discipline

Players

only top ten player with the most red or yellow card listed

As of matches played on 27 February 2016.
Rank Player Club Total
Yellow cardRed card Red card
1 Malaysia Saiful Nizam Miswan Pahang 1 1 0
Malaysia Salomon Raj Pahang 1 1 0
2 Australia Jonathan McKain Kelantan 2 0 0
Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad PDRM 2 0 0
Malaysia Mohd Azrul Ahmad Penang 2 0 0
Brazil Gilberto Alemão FELDA United 2 0 0
Malaysia Azmeer Yusof Kedah 2 0 0

Club

As of matches played on 12 March 2016.
Rank Club Total
Yellow cardRed card Red card
1 Pahang 8 2 0
2 FELDA United 9 1 0
3 PDRM 11 0 0
4 Kelantan 9 0 0
5 Kedah 6 0 0
Penang 6 0 0
T–Team 6 0 0
8 Terengganu 5 0 0
9 Selangor 4 0 0
Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 0 0
11 Perak 3 0 0
Sarawak 3 0 0

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Reference
Player Club Manager Club
February Malaysia Mohd Faiz Subri Penang Penang FA Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Selangor Selangor FA [4][5]
March Argentina Jorge Pereyra Diaz Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. Argentina Mario Gomez Johor Johor Darul Takzim
April
May
June
July
August
September
October

Attendance

By Week

2016 Malaysia Super League Attendance Stadium Mohamad ke IV Kota Bharu
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Week 2 13,253 1 13,253
Week 3 6,532 1 9,892
Week 5 4,315 1 8,033
Week 7 13,543 1 9,410
Week 9 3,315 1 8,191

source:Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak

Number of teams by states and federal territories

States and federal territories Total Teams
 Johor1Johor Darul Ta'zim
 Kedah1Kedah
 Kelantan1Kelantan
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 2FELDA United
PDRM
 Pahang1Pahang
 Penang1Penang
 Perak1Perak TBG
 Sarawak1Sarawak
 Selangor1Selangor
 Terengganu2

T-Team
Terengganu

Champions

Champions

See also

References

External links

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