2021 Malaysia Super League
The 2021 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2021), was the 18th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
| Season | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 5 March – 12 September 2021 |
| Champions | Johor Darul Ta'zim (8th title) |
| Relegated | Perak UiTM |
| AFC Champions League | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| AFC Cup | Kedah Darul Aman Kuala Lumpur City (as 2021 Malaysia Cup winners) |
| Matches played | 132 |
| Goals scored | 357 (2.7 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ifedayo Olusegun (26 goals) |
| Biggest home win | 5 goals Sri Pahang 5–0 UiTM (1 May 2021) Terengganu 5–0 Perak (24 July 2021) Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Perak (31 July 2021) |
| Biggest away win | 6 goals Sabah 0–6 Selangor (5 September 2021) |
| Highest scoring | 8 goals Perak 3–5 Penang (3 August 2021) |
| Longest winning run | 11 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| Longest winless run | 16 matches UiTM |
| Longest losing run | 8 matches UiTM |
| Total attendance | 0 |
| Average attendance | 0 |
← 2020 2022 → | |
The defending champions from the 2020 Malaysia Super League season, Johor Darul Ta'zim, have managed to defend their title, securing their 8th consecutive title (since 2014) on 28 August 2021 although having 2 more matches left.[1] On the other hand, Kedah who became the runner-ups have qualified to the 2022 AFC Cup. Penang who got third was a standby team for the AFC Cup and would qualify if the winners of the 2021 Malaysia Cup went to the Johor or Kedah, but they failed to and Kuala Lumpur City who became the champions ended up taking the spot.[2]
Teams
Team changes
Promoted from the 2020 Malaysia Premier League
Relegated to the 2021 Malaysia Premier League
Disbanded Team
Renamed/Rebranded Clubs
- Kedah FA was renamed as Kedah Darul Aman F.C.
- F.A. Selangor was renamed as Selangor F.C.
- Kuala Lumpur United F.C. was renamed as Kuala Lumpur City F.C.
Clubs locations
Locations of teams in the 2021 Malaysia Super League
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Iskandar Puteri | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium | 40,000[3] |
| Kedah Darul Aman | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387[4] |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 |
| Melaka United | Krubong | Hang Jebat Stadium | 40,000[5] |
| Penang | Penang | City Stadium | 20,000 |
| Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500[6] |
| Petaling Jaya City | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 35,000[7] |
| Selangor | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sri Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000[8] |
| Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | 50,000[9] |
| UiTM | Shah Alam | UiTM Stadium | 10,000[10] |
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Personnel, kit and sponsoring
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Benjamin Mora |
 Aidil Zafuan |
Nike[11] | UNICEF |
| Kedah Darul Aman |  Aidil Sharin |
Baddrol Bakhtiar |
Lotto | Widad Langkasuka |
| Kuala Lumpur City |  Bojan Hodak |
 Paulo Josué |
Puma | Kuala Lumpur City |
| Melaka United | Zainal Abidin Hassan |
Khairul Fahmi |
Al-Ikhsan | EDRA CGN, Mamee |
| Penang |  Tomáš Trucha |
Endrick |
Puma | Penang2030 Archived 2021-06-05 at the Wayback Machine |
| Perak | Shahril Nizam Khalil |
Hafizul Hakim |
Kaki Jersi | Lenggong Valley (home) & Royal Belum (away) |
| Petaling Jaya City | Maniam Pachaiappan |
Gurusamy Kandasamy |
Puma | Qnet |
| Sabah | Ong Kim Swee |
Rawilson Batuil |
Lotto | Warisan Harta Sabah, Sabah Net |
| Selangor |  Karsten Neitzel |
Syahmi Safari |
Joma | PKNS |
| Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh |
 Hérold Goulon |
Stallion | Aras Kuasa |
| Terengganu | Nafuzi Zain |
 Carli de Murga |
Al-Ikhsan | RedONE, Yakult |
| UiTM | Reduan Abdullah |
Victor Nirennold |
Puma (home & away) & Fitech (third) | MBSA |
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 | Michael Feichtenbeiner |
Redesignated to Technical Director | 16 November 2020 | Pre-season | Karsten Neitzel[12] |
16 November 2020 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Muhammad Nidzam Adzha |
Redesignated to Assistant Coach | 26 November 2020 |  Simón Elissetche[13] |
26 November 2020 | |
| Petaling Jaya City | K. Devan |
End of contract[14] | 28 November 2020 | Maniam Pachaiappan[15] |
28 November 2020 | |
| Sabah |  Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto |
End of contract | 3 December 2020 | Lucas Kalang Laeng[16] |
3 December 2020 | |
| Penang | Manzoor Azwira |
Redesignated to Assistant Coach | 4 December 2020 | Tomáš Trucha[17] |
4 December 2020 | |
| Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh |
Redesignated as Team Manager | 3 January 2021 |  Thomas Dooley[18] |
3 January 2021 | |
| Sabah | Lucas Kalang Laeng |
Redesignated as backroom staff[19] | 20 December 2020 | Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto[20] |
8 January 2021 | |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Simón Elissetche |
No permit granted | 8 January 2021 | Bojan Hodak[21] |
9 January 2021 | |
| Perak | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Mehmet Duraković |
Mutual Termination[22] | 22 February 2021 | Chong Yee Fatt |
23 February 2021 | |
| Sri Pahang | Thomas Dooley |
Rested[23] | 17 March 2021 | 9th | Dollah Salleh |
17 March 2021 |
| UiTM | Frank Bernhardt |
Rested[24] | 9 April 2021 | 12th | Reduan Abdullah |
9 April 2021 |
| UiTM | Reduan Abdullah |
Redesignated | 29 April 2021 | 12th | Frank Bernhardt |
29 April 2021 |
| Perak | Chong Yee Fatt |
Rested | 2 Aug 2021 | 11th" | Shahril Nizam Khalil |
2 Aug 2021 |
| UiTM | Frank Bernhardt |
Sacked | 9 August 2021 | 14th | Reduan Abdullah |
9 August 2021 |
| Perak | Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto |
Sacked | 2 Sep 2021 | 11th" | Ong Kim Swee |
2 Sep 2021 |
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.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
- 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 players
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Matthew Davies2 3 |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3 |
 Natxo Insa2 3 |
 Mohamadou Sumareh3 |
Guilherme De Paula3 |
| Kedah Darul Aman |  Tam Sheang Tsung2 |
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| Kuala Lumpur City |  Daniel Ting2 |
Julian Bechler2 |
Ryan Lambert2 |
Luke Tan Xian2 |
|
| Penang | Samuel Somerville2 |
Quentin Cheng2 |
David Rowley2 |
||
| Petaling Jaya City | Darren Lok2 3 |
||||
| Selangor | Brendan Gan2 3 |
Notes:
- ^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^3 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Kedah Darul Aman | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Penang | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41 | |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 38 | |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 36 | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur City | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 7 | Petaling Jaya City | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 24 | |
| 8 | Melaka United | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 21[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 9 | Sabah | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 19 | |
| 10 | Sri Pahang | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 37 | −14 | 18 | |
| 11 | Perak (R) | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 16 | Relegation to Malaysia Premier League |
| 12 | UiTM (R) | 22 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 41 | −25 | 13 |
Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).[25]
Result table
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.
| Leader | |
| Relegation to 2022 Premier League |
Source: MFL
Season statistics
- First goal of the season: 34 minutes and 9 seconds
- Safawi Rasid for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Kedah Darul Aman (5 March 2021)
- Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds
- Rafael Vitor for Penang against Perak (3 August 2021)
- Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 97 minutes and 59 seconds
Jang Suk-won for Melaka United against Kuala Lumpur City (31 July 2021)
- Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 goals
- (All players who got a hatrick)
- Oldest Goalscorer in the league
- Shukor Adan for Kuala Lumpur City: 41 Years Old 5 Months
- Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals
Top goalscorers
- As of matches played 12 September 2021[26]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[27] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ifedayo Olusegun |
Selangor | 26 |
| 2 | Bergson da Silva |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 23 |
| 3 |  Kpah Sherman |
Kedah Darul Aman | 13 |
| 4 | Casagrande |
Penang | 12 |
| 5 |  Kipré Tchétché |
Kedah Darul Aman | 10 |
| Paulo Josué |
Kuala Lumpur City | ||
| 7 | David da Silva |
Terengganu | 7 |
| Baddrol Bakhtiar |
Kedah Darul Aman | ||
 Nana Poku |
UiTM/Perak | ||
| 10 |  Oliver Buff |
Selangor | 6 |
 Sheriddin Boboev |
Penang |
Hat-trick
- As of matches played 12 September 2021
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ifedayo Olusegun |
Selangor | Perak | 3–1 (H) | 10 April 2021 |
| Bergson da Silva |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Perak | 5–0 (H) | 31 July 2021 |
| Rafael Vitor |
Penang | Perak | 5–3 (A) | 3 August 2021 |
| Nana Poku |
Perak | Penang | 3–5 (H) | 3 August 2021 |
| Ifedayo Olusegun |
Selangor | Kedah Darul Aman | 4–2 (A) | 14 August 2021 |
| Bergson da Silva |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Sri Pahang | 3–0 (H) | 27 August 2021 |
| Ifedayo Olusegun |
Selangor | Sabah | 6–0 (A) | 5 September 2021 |
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
Top assists
- As of matches played 12 September 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kipre Tchetche |
Kedah Darul Aman | 14 |
| 2 | Endrick |
Penang | 11 |
| 3 | Safiq Rahim |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 8 |
| Oliver Buff |
Selangor | ||
| 5 | Paulo Josué |
Kuala Lumpur City | 7 |
| Casagrande |
Penang | ||
| 7 |  Gonzalo Cabrera |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 |
 Hein Htet Aung |
Selangor | ||
 Makan Konate |
Terengganu | ||
 Sony Norde |
Melaka United | ||
Clean Sheets
- As of matches played 12 September 2021
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 | |
| 2 | Suhaimi Husin |
Terengganu | 8 |
| Kalamullah Al-Hafiz |
Petaling Jaya City | ||
| 4 | Kevin Ray Mendoza |
Kuala Lumpur City | 7 |
| 5 | Sam Somerville |
Penang | 6 |
Discipline
- As of matches played 12 September 2021
Players
- Most yellow cards: 6
- Amirul Azhan (Perak)
- Arif Fadzilah (Terengganu)
- Azwan Aripin (Penang)
- Filemon Anyie (Petaling Jaya City)
- Kpah Sherman (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Khuzaimi Piee (UiTM)
- Most red cards: 1
- Nik Shahrul (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Fadzrul Danel (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Renan Alves (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Rodney Celvin Akwensivie (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Casagrande (Penang)
- Khairu Azrin Khazali (Penang)
- Latiff Suhaimi (Penang)
- Raffi Nagoorgani (Petaling Jaya City)
- Maxsius Musa (Sabah)
- Ezanie Salleh (Sri Pahang)
- Hérold Goulon (Sri Pahang)
- Ashmawi Yakin (Selangor)
- Sharul Nazeem (Selangor)
- Syahmi Safari (Selangor)
- Farid Nezal (UiTM)
See also
- 2021 Malaysia Premier League
- 2021 Malaysia M3 League
- 2021 Malaysia M4 League
- 2021 Malaysia FA Cup
- 2021 Malaysia Cup
- 2021 Malaysia Challenge Cup
- 2021 Piala Presiden
- 2021 Piala Belia
References
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- "five days before Christmas, Verdon, Lucas and Jelius resigned from their positions".
- "Kurniawan ready to coach Rhinos again".
- "Bojan dalam radar KL".
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External links
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