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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.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2021
Dates5 March – 12 September 2021
ChampionsJohor Darul Ta'zim
8th Super League title
8th Liga M title
RelegatedPerak
UiTM
AFC Champions LeagueJohor Darul Ta'zim
AFC CupKedah Darul Aman
Kuala Lumpur City (as 2021 Malaysia Cup winners)
Matches played132
Goals scored357 (2.7 per match)
Top goalscorerIfedayo Olusegun
(26 goals)
Biggest home win5 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 win6 goals
Sabah 0–6 Selangor
(5 September 2021)
Highest scoring8 goals
Perak 3–5 Penang
(3 August 2021)
Longest winning run11 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run12 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run16 matches
UiTM
Longest losing run8 matches
UiTM
Total attendance0
Average attendance0
← 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 edit

Changes from last season edit

Team changes edit

Promoted from the 2020 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Disbanded Team

Renamed/Rebranded Clubs

Clubs locations edit

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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]
Source:[1]

Personnel, kit and sponsoring edit

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 (caretaker)   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 Archived 2021-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
Terengganu   Nafuzi Zain   Carli de Murga Al-Ikhsan RedONE, Yakult
UiTM   Reduan Abdullah   Victor Nirennold Puma (home & away) & Fitech (third) MBSA

Coaching changes edit

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   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

Foreign players edit

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.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Asian Player ASEAN Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim   Maurício   Bergson   Leandro Velazquez     Gonzalo Cabrera   Syahrian Abimanyu   Hariss Harun
Kedah Darul Aman   Renan Alves   Kipré Tchétché   Kpah Sherman   Rabih Ataya   Anumanthan Kumar
Kuala Lumpur City   Romel Morales   Paulo Josué   Kyrian Nwabueze   Giancarlo Gallifuoco   Kevin Ray Mendoza   Dominique Da Sylva
Melaka United   Giovane Gomes   Adriano   Sony Norde   Jang Suk-won   Manuel Ott
Penang   Rafael Vitor   Endrick   Casagrande   Sheriddin Boboev   Ryuji Utomo
Perak   Nana Poku   Ezequiel Agüero   Careca   Jad Noureddine   Zoubairou Garba   Shakir Hamzah
  Leandro
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah   Risto Mitrevski   Levy Madinda   Josip Ivančić   Park Tae-soo   Saddil Ramdani   Sam Johnson
Selangor   Tim Heubach   Manuel Konrad   Oliver Buff   Ifedayo Olusegun   Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang   Hérold Goulon   Yakubu Abubakar   Manuel Hidalgo   Kenny Athiu   Aung Kaung Mann   Pedro Henrique
  Mamadou Wague
  Yevhen Bokhashvili
  Lee Tuck
Terengganu   David da Silva   Makan Konaté   Lee Tuck   Habib Haroon   Carli de Murga   Petrus Shitembi
  Chris Herd
UiTM   Joel Vinicius   Victor Nirennold   Ousmane Fané   Kwon Yong-hyun   Dennis Buschening   Adam Reed
  Nana Poku
  Abou Bakr Al-Mel
  Dominik Picak
  João Pedro
  • 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 edit

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
Johor Darul Ta'zim    Matthew Davies2 3    La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3    Natxo Insa2 3    Mohamadou Sumareh3    Guilherme De Paula3
Kedah Darul Aman    Tam Sheang Tsung2
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 edit

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[a] 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[b]
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup
  2. ^ Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).[25]


Result table edit

Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL PEN PRK PJC SBH SEL PAH TER UiTM
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–1 3–1
Kedah Darul Aman 0–1 3–2 4–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–4 3–1 1–2 3–3
Kuala Lumpur City 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Melaka United 0–1 1–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 0–0 2–0 1–1
Penang 0–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 3–0 2–2 0–0
Perak 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–5 0–0 2–1 0–3 2–3 0–2 3–2
Petaling Jaya City 0–2 1–5 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–0
Sabah 1–4 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–6 2–2 2–1 4–0
Selangor 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–2 3–1 1–2 2–0
Sri Pahang 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 5–0
Terengganu 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–4 5–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 3–0
UiTM 0–4 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 0–1 4–0 0–2 1–0 1–2
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 edit

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'zim2111111111111111111111
Kedah Darul Aman12554322233233333443222
Penang4787443444344444334433
Terengganu3222234322422222222344
Petaling Jaya8936555776688778888887
Kuala Lumpur City10673566567766666666666
Selangor1445777655555555555555
Perak73610898891010910111111111111111111
Sri Pahang111211911119111111111199109991091010
Sabah6101011108101088877887777799
Melaka United58989101191099101110910101091078
UiTM9111212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Leader
Relegation to 2022 Premier League
Source: MFL

Season statistics edit

  • Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 goals
    • (All players who got a hatrick)
  • Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • Most goals in one half: 6 goals
    • Perak vs Penang (3 August 2021) 2–4 at half time, 3–5 final
  • Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals

Top goalscorers edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

As of matches played 12 September 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1

  Farizal Marlias

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 edit

As of matches played 12 September 2021

Overall edit

Players edit

Club edit

  • Most yellow cards: 4

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Johor Darul Ta'zim win 8th consecutive Malaysia Super League title". ESPN. 17 September 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Kedah naib juara, Penang ketiga Liga Super". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 17 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Stadium Sultan Ibrahim". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Stadium Darul Aman". Perbadanan Stadium-Stadium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Stadium Hang Jebat". Perbadanan Stadium Melaka. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Perak to play at Lumut Stadium in 2018". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  7. ^ "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  10. ^ "UiTM Stadium". InfoMap24. Retrieved 5 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  12. ^ "Karsten Neitzel appointed Selangor head coach".
  13. ^ "Coaching licence issue leaves Penang and Sabah coachless".
  14. ^ "Devan heads back to coach Negri for third time".
  15. ^ "Phoenix believe they can rise with youth to meet new challenges".
  16. ^ "Sabah FC announce Lucas Kalang as head coach".
  17. ^ "Ex-AFC Leopards coach appointed to lead Penang FC in Malaysia".
  18. ^ "Ex-AFC Leopards coach appointed to lead Penang FC in Malaysia".
  19. ^ "five days before Christmas, Verdon, Lucas and Jelius resigned from their positions".
  20. ^ "Kurniawan ready to coach Rhinos again".
  21. ^ "Bojan dalam radar KL".
  22. ^ "Perak coach Mehmet Durakovic's contract likely to be terminated".
  23. ^ "Pahang's Dooley sidelined, Dollah back in charge".
  24. ^ "Bernhardt joins the ranks of the 'rested'".
  25. ^ "Siaran Media: MELAKA UNITED DIKENAKAN HUKUMAN PEMOTONGAN TIGA MATA LIGA SUPER 2021". FAM.
  26. ^ "Penjaring gol Liga Super 2021". Liga Malaysia. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  27. ^ "Top scorers". Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

External links edit

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