2022 Malaysia Super League

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2022), will be the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2022
Dates4 March 2022-17 September 2022
Matches played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerBergson
(7 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
Biggest away win3 goals
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest scoring6 goals
Kuala Lumpur City 3–3 Selangor
(4 March 2022)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Sarawak United
(9 March 2022)
Longest winning run4 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run4 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run6 matches
Penang
Longest losing run2 matches
Sarawak United
Penang
Kuala Lumpur City
Petaling Jaya City
Terengganu
Sri Pahang
Melaka United
← 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 Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[5]
Petaling Jaya City 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 Benjamin Mora Aidil Zafuan Nike[7] UNICEF
Kedah Darul Aman Aidil Sharin Marc Vales Lotto DXN
Kuala Lumpur City Bojan Hodak Paulo Josué HNDRD Kuala Lumpur City, UBB
Melaka United Risto Vidaković Sony Norde AL Sports KENteam
Negeri Sembilan K. Devan Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
Penang Tomáš Trucha Endrick Puma Penang2030
Petaling Jaya City Maniam Pachaiappan Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet
Sabah Ong Kim Swee Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto redONE
Sarawak United B. Sathianathan Uche Agba Joma Punggor Wibawa
Selangor Michael Feichtenbeiner Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away)
Sri Pahang Christophe Gamel Lee Tuck HakkaClo Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away)
Terengganu Nafuzi Zain Habib Haroon Umbro Colever

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 Karsten Neitzel Redesignated as Assistant Coach 21 November 2021 [8] Pre-season Michael Feichtenbeiner 21 November 2021 [9]
Pahang Dollah Salleh Contract ended 30 November 2021 Christophe Gamel 3 January 2022 [10]
Melaka United Zainal Abidin Hassan 30 November 2021 Risto Vidaković 22 January 2022
Sarawak United E. Elavarasan Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach 23 February 2022 B. Sathianathan 24 February 2022
Melaka United Risto Vidaković 13 April 2022 8th

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 Asian Player ASEAN Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Leandro Velázquez Bergson Fernando Forestieri Shane Lowry Carli De Murga
Kedah Darul Aman Marc Vales Dechi Marcel Ronald Ngah Jang Suk-won Dennis Buschening
Kuala Lumpur City Paulo Josué Romel Morales Kévin Koubemba Giancarlo Gallifuoco Kevin Mendoza
Melaka United Emmanuel Oti Essigba Sony Norde Adriano Ifedayo Olusegun Justin Baas
Negeri Sembilan Herold Goulon Adetu Kossi Matheus Alves David Mawutor Omid Nazari
Penang Rafael Vitor Endrick Casagrande Hilal El-Helwe Christian Rontini
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Jackson de Souza Neto Pessoa Taiki Kagayama Park Tae-soo Saddil Ramdani
Sarawak United Gonzalo Soto Uche Agba Francis Koné Lee Chang-hoon Boris Kok
Selangor Yazan Al-Arab Caion Hyuri Henrique Baha' Abdel-Rahman Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang Mamadou Samassa Johan Martial Manuel Hidalgo Mahmoud Za'tara Billy Ketkeo
Terengganu Papé Diakité Kipré Tchétché Kpah Sherman Habib Haroon 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 Moussa Sidibé Maurício Fernando Rodríguez Bienvenido Maranon
Selangor II George Attram Alex Agyarkwa Richmond Tetteh Ankrah Hein Htet Aung Jordan Ayimbila
Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Jordan Mintah Petrus Shitembi Luke Woodland



Naturalisation/Heritage players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim Matthew Davies2 La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 Natxo Insa2 Mohamadou Sumareh3 Guilherme De Paula3
Kuala Lumpur City Ryan Lambert2 Declan Lambert2
Pahang David Rowley2 Nick Swirad2
PJ City Darren Lok2
Selangor Brendan Gan2 Quentin Cheng2 Samuel Somerville2 3
Negeri Sembilan Khair Jones2
Sabah Stuart Wilkin2 Dominic Tan2
Sarawak United Stuart Wark2
Penang Tam Sheang Tsung2

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 4 0 0 12 1 +11 12 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Sabah 6 4 0 2 9 4 +5 12 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Kedah Darul Aman 6 4 0 2 8 11 −3 12 Standby team for AFC Cup group stage
4 Negeri Sembilan 5 3 2 0 9 5 +4 11
5 Selangor 5 2 2 1 12 9 +3 8
6 Kuala Lumpur City 6 2 1 3 10 11 −1 7
7 Petaling Jaya City 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
8 Terengganu 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 6
9 Sri Pahang 5 1 1 3 6 8 −2 4
10 Melaka United 5 1 1 3 3 6 −3 4
11 Sarawak United 6 1 1 4 4 12 −8 4 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12 Penang 6 0 3 3 5 9 −4 3
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2022. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL NSL PEN PJC SBH SWK SEL PAH TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 6–0 2–1
Kedah Darul Aman 3–2 1–0
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 2–0 2–0 3–3
Melaka United 0–1
Negeri Sembilan 2–1 3–1 2–2
Penang 1–2 1–1 1–1
Petaling Jaya City 1–0 1–3 3–0
Sabah 4–0 0–1 3–1
Sarawak United 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2
Selangor 4–1 3–1
Sri Pahang 1–2 3–1 1–1
Terengganu 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 29 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 ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Johor Darul Ta'zim=111111
Sabah=834232
Kedah Darul Aman=122323
Negeri Sembilan=145644
Selangor566575
Kuala Lumpur City679756
Petaling Jaya City453467
Terengganu1212108
Sri Pahang119119
Melaka United78810810
Sarawak United=81010111211
Penang10978912
Leader
Relegation to 2023 Premier League
Updated to match(es) played on 29 April 2022. Source: MFL

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
As of matches played 29 April 2022[11]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim 7
2 Caion Selangor 6
3 Herold Goulon Negeri Sembilan 4
Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City
5 Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim 3
Ronald Ngah Kedah Darul Aman
Amri Yahyah Sabah F.C.

Hat-trick
As of matches played 29 April 2022
Player For Against Result Date
Darren Lok Petaling Jaya City Terengganu 3 - 0 (H)[12] 6 April 2022
Amri Yahyah Sabah F.C. Kedah Darul Aman F.C. 4 - 0 (H)[13] 24 April 2022

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Top assists
As of matches played TBD March 2022
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Arif Aiman Johor Darul Ta'zim 3

Clean Sheets
As of matches played 9 March 2022[14]
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets
1 Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 3
2 Shahril Saa'ri Kedah Darul Aman 1
Syihan Hazmi Negeri Sembilan
Aqil Abdul Razak Petaling Jaya City

Discipline
As of matches played 5 April 2022

Players


Club

References
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  2. "Stadium Darul Aman". Perbadanan Stadium-Stadium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Stadium Hang Jebat". Perbadanan Stadium Melaka. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  5. "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. "Red Giants have replaced German-born coach Karsten Neitzel with his countryman Michael Feichtenbeiner".
  9. "Michael Feichtenbeiner Appointed As New Head Coach".
  10. "Christophe Gamel Sah Ketua Jurulatih Baharu Sri Pahang".
  11. "LIST TOP SCORERS LIGA SUPER MALAYSIA 2022". FAM-CMS. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  12. "FAM - CMS".
  13. "FAM - CMS".
  14. "2022 Malaysia Super League Stats". FootyStats. Retrieved 4 March 2022.

See also
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