2022 Malaysia Premier League

The 2022 Malaysia Premier League is the 19th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.

Malaysia Premier League
Season2022
Dates5 March 2022 –
Matches played2
Goals scored5 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorerDaryl Sham
(2 goals)
Biggest home win2 goals
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 Kelantan United
(18 March 2022)
Highest scoring3 goals
Kelantan 1–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(5 March 2022)
← 2021
2023 →

First and second place non-feeder team will be promoted to the 2022 Malaysia Super League. The top 5 non-feeder teams will qualify for the 2022 Malaysia Cup.

Team changes

A total of 10 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2021 season and 2 relegated from the 2021 Malaysia Super League.[1]

To Premier League

Promoted from Liga M3

  • No teams.

Relegated from Super League

Notes:

^1 Parent Team and Feeder Team cannot play in the same league, therefore after the relegation of Perak FC from Malaysia Super League last year, Perak II must now play in Malaysia M3 League or dissolve.[2]

Stadium and locations

Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia Premier League teams
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
FAM-MSN Project Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Larkin Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
Kuching City Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 20,000
PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 27,036
Selangor II Selayang Selayang Stadium 16,000
Terengganu II Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000

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 Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
FAM-MSN Project Hassan Sazali Waras Amirul Akmal Safarinizam Kelme
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mariano Echeverría Izham Tarmizi Nike UNICEF
Kelantan Rezal Zambery Yahya Che Safwan Hazman 93 Sports Zamburger
Kelantan United Syamsul Saad Faisal Rosli Gatti Kelantan Melangkah Ke Hadapan, Yakult
Kuching City Irfan Bakti Joseph Kalang Tie StarSports City of Unity
PDRM Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail Alexander Amponsah Oren Sport Top Glove, redONE
Perak Yusri Che Lah Firdaus Saiyadi Lotto Impact, Cosmic
Selangor II Rusdi Suparman George Attram Joma PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away)
Terengganu II Badrul Afzan Argzim Redžović Umbro Colever
UiTM Ismail Ibrahim Ramadhan Hamid Let's Play Performance

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
Kelantan Marco Ragini Resigned 19 November 2021 [3] Pre-season Rezal Zambery Yahya 19 November 2021
Selangor II Michael Feichtenbeiner Promoted to 1st team 21 November 2021 [4] Rusdi Suparman 10 December 2021
Kelantan United Akira Higashiyama Promoted to Technical Director 30 November 2021 [5] Syamsul Saad 10 January 2022
Perak Shahril Nizam Khalil End of caretaker 30 November 2021 [6] Yusri Che Lah 26 January 2022
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Rafa Gil End of contract 30 November 2021 Mariano Echeverría 4 February 2022
UiTM Frank Bernhardt 30 November 2021 Ismail Ibrahim 3 March 2022
FAM-MSN Project Yusri Che Lah Resigned 10 December 2021 [7] Hassan Sazali Waras 28 December 2021

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.

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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 AFC Player Former Player
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Maurício Moussa Sidibé Fernando Rodríguez Bienvenido Maranon
Kelantan Nixon Guylherme Kervens Belfort[8] Fadel Antar Natanael Siringoringo
Kelantan United Jacob Njoku Amidu Salifu Shuhei Fukai Masashi Motoyama
Kuching City Aylton Alemão Keanu Marsh-Brown Abu Kamara Yuki Tanigawa
PDRM Martin Adamec Alex Amponsah Mirbek Akhmataliev Semetei Daniiarov
Perak 🇨🇲 Frank Ohandza 🇬🇲 Gassama Alfusainey 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Charlie Marchell 🇱🇧 Samir Ayass
Selangor II George Attram Alex Agyarkwa Richmond Tetteh Ankrah Hein Htet Aung Jordan Ayimbila
Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Petrus Shitembi Jordan Mintah Manny Ott
UiTM

Heritages/Naturalisation players
Club Player 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Hong Wan2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kelantan 6 5 0 1 13 5 +8 15 Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II[lower-alpha 1] 6 5 0 1 13 6 +7 15
3 Kelantan United 6 4 0 2 8 7 +1 12 Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
4 Terengganu II[lower-alpha 1] 5 3 1 1 7 2 +5 10
5 Selangor II[lower-alpha 1] 5 2 2 1 6 3 +3 8
6 Kuching City 4 2 1 1 9 6 +3 7 Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
7 PDRM 6 2 1 3 9 12 −3 7
8 FAM-MSN Project[lower-alpha 2] 5 0 1 4 2 9 −7 1
9 UiTM 5 0 0 5 2 10 −8 0
10 Perak 6 1 0 5 7 16 −9 −6[lower-alpha 3]
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2022. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.
  2. FAM-MSN Project is only as a backup squad and will not promote to Super League.
  3. Perak have been deducted three points on 1st April for breaching the finances regulation. Later, six points more were deducted on 15th April following the failure to pay the players and officials salary one day before.[9]

Result table
Home \ Away FMP JDT KEL KLU KUC PRK PDRM SEL TFCII UITM
FAM-MSN Project 0–1 1–2
Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2–1 1–2 2–0 3–1
Kelantan
Kelantan United
Kuching City 4–0 2–1
Perak 1–3 1–3 2–3 1–3 2–1
PDRM 1–3 0–1 2–2 2–1
Selangor II 0–0 4–1
Terengganu II 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0
UiTM 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28 April 2022. 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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
FAM-MSN Project
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Kelantan
Kelantan United
Kuching City
Perak
PDRM
Selangor II
Terengganu II
UITM
Leader
Relegation to 2022 Premier League
Source: MFL

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of matches played 28 April 2022[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Jacob Njoku Kelantan United 6
2 Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5
Martin Adamec PDRM
4 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Kelantan 4
5 Moussa Sidibé Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3
Nixon Guylherme Kelantan
Abu Kamara Kuching City
Nik Sharif Haseefy Selangor II
Jordan Mintah Terengganu II

Top assists
As of matches played 28 April 2022
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Bienvenido Marañón Johor Darul Ta'zim II 4
2 Kervens Belfort Kelantan 3
Shahrul Igwan Kelantan
Abu Kamara Kuching City
Engku Nur Shakir Terengganu II

Hat-trick
As of matches played 28 April 2022
Player For Against Result Date
Jacob Njoku Kelantan United Perak 2 - 3 (A)[11] 27 April 2022

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

See also

References
  1. "Hanya 10 pasukan bertanding dalam Liga Premier 2022" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  2. "PAFA bubar Perak II" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  3. "Rezal Zambery naik pangkat".
  4. "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  5. "Syamsul kendali KUFC".
  6. "Yusri Che Lah ketuai jentera Yob".
  7. "Yusri Che Lah quits as FAM-NSC Project Squad head coach". Bernama. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. "Kervens pemain import baru Kelantan".
  9. "Perak FC deducted six points in 2022 Premier League". theSun. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  10. "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA PREMIER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  11. "FAM - CMS".

1.https://www.instagram.com/p/CYgELJ7BOfS/?utm_medium=share_sheet

2.https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZIQX1vX5K/?utm_medium=share_sheet

3.https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/bola-sepak/2021/12/786978/yusri-tinggalkan-skuad-projek-fam-msn

4.https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/182354/BERITA/Sukan/Empat-lejen-Yoep-ketuai-bahagian-teknikal-Perak-FC

5.https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2022/01/910365/syamsul-kendali-kufc

6.https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/bola-sepak/2022/01/796344/pdrm-sandar-pada-tonggak-muda

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.