2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Liga Super Malaysia
Season	2024–25 Malaysia Super League
Dates	10 May – TBA
Matches played	13
Goals scored	33 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	2 goals ; Bérgson (Johor Darul Ta'zim) ; Ifedayo Olusegun (PDRM) ; Manuel Hidalgo (Sri Pahang)
Biggest home win	3 goals ; (Terengganu 3–0 Kelantan Darul Naim) ; (24 May 2024)
Biggest away win	2 goal ; (Kedah Darul Aman 0-2 Perak) ; (24 May 2024)
Highest scoring	5 goals ; (Kelantan Darul Naim 2-3 Sabah) ; (17 May 2024) ; (Perak 2-3 PDRM) ; (18 May 2024)
Highest attendance	19,988 ; (Johor Darul Ta'zim 3-1 Negeri Sembilan) ; (18 May 2024)
Lowest attendance	1,400 ; (Kuching City 2-2 Sri Pahang) ; (19 May 2024)
Total attendance	98,017
Average attendance	7,958
	← 2023 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2024.

The 2024–25 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2024–25) is the 21st season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004, and the 43rd season of top-flight Malaysian football overall.

This is the first season to have a two-year schedule, since the 2007–08.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] This is the first time the league officially applies video assistant referee (VAR) technology. The defending champion from the 2023 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams edit

Team changes edit

To Malaysia Super League edit

Promoted from the 2023 MBSB Bank Championship

None

From Malaysia Super League edit

Expelled from the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Kelantan^[5] (failed to appeal club licensing)

Name changes edit

Kelantan United were rebranded and renamed to Kelantan Darul Naim ^[6]

Locations edit

Klang Valley teams
Kuala Lumpur City
Selangor
PDRM

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Locations of teams in the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Iskandar Puteri	Sultan Ibrahim Stadium	40,000
Kedah Darul Aman	Alor Setar	Darul Aman Stadium	32,000
Kelantan Darul Naim	Kota Bharu	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	22,000
Kuala Lumpur City	Cheras	Kuala Lumpur Stadium	18,000
Kuching City	Kuching	Sarawak State Stadium	26,000
Negeri Sembilan	Seremban	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	45,000
PDRM	Selayang	Selayang Stadium	16,000
Penang	George Town	City Stadium	20,000
Perak	Ipoh	Perak Stadium	42,500
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	35,000
Selangor	Petaling Jaya	Petaling Jaya Stadium	10,661
Sri Pahang	Temerloh	Temerloh Mini Stadium	10,000
Terengganu	Kuala Nerus	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium	50,000

Personnel, kit and sponsoring edit

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Héctor Bidoglio	Jordi Amat	Nike	JDT Fan Token
Kedah Darul Aman	Nafuzi Zain	Sony Norde	ALX	SuperbestPower
Kelantan Darul Naim	Park Jae-hong	Oday Kharoub	PUC Sport	Visit Kelantan 2024
Kuala Lumpur City	Miroslav Kuljanac	Paulo Josué	HUNDRED	UBB Amanah Berhad, KL Bandaraya Rendah Karbon
Kuching City	Aidil Sharin Sahak	Adam Shreen	StarSports	Press Metal
Negeri Sembilan	Azzmi Aziz	Nasrullah Haniff	Kelme	Matrix Concept, Negeri Roadstone, MBI NS
PDRM	Maniam Pachaiappan	Amir Saiful Badeli	Lotto	redONE
Penang	Akmal Rizal	Rafael Vitor	Kaki Jersi	Penang2030, Bertam Resort
Perak	Yusri Che Lah	Luciano Guaycochea	Cheetah	XOX
Sabah	Ong Kim Swee	Park Tae-soo	Lotto	Jetama
Selangor	Nidzam Jamil	Safuwan Baharudin	Joma	PKNS, MBI
Sri Pahang	Fandi Ahmad	Ezequiel Agüero	Voltra	Invest Pahang
Terengganu	Tomislav Steinbrückner	Safawi Rasid	ALX	Agarbomb Performance

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
Kelantan Darul Naim	Nazrulerwan Makmor	End of Contract	31 December 2023	Pre-season	Park Jae-hong	19 April 2024
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Esteban Solari	Mutual Agreement	1 January 2024 ^[7]		Héctor Bidoglio	1 January 2024 ^[8]
Selangor	Tan Cheng Hoe	Mutual Agreement	28 February 2024 ^[9]		Nidzam Jamil	16 March 2024 ^[10]
Negeri Sembilan	K. Devan	End of Contract	6 March 2024 ^[11]		Azzmi Aziz	18 April 2024
Kuala Lumpur City	Nenad Bacina	Mutual Agreement	16 March 2024 ^[12]		Miroslav Kuljanac	16 March 2024 ^[13]
PDRM	Yunus Alif	Redesignated	3 April 2024		Maniam Pachaiappan	6 April 2024

Foreign players edit

Southeast Asian (SEA) players who have acquired at least 3 international caps for their senior national team can play in the Super League without any restrictions. However, SEA players with less than 3 international caps must be approved by the Malaysian Football League (MFL).

Each team in the Super League can register 9 foreign players, but only 6 import players can be fielded at any one time. The 6 import players must consist of 4 foreign players, 1 Asian player, and 1 ASEAN player. Only 1 import player can be on the bench.^[14] Clubs participating in the ACL Elite, ACL Two and/or ACGL are allowed to register 10 foreigners. ^[15]

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	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	AFC Player	ASEAN Player	Former players
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Bergson	Heberty	Murilo	Fernando Forestieri	Francisco Geraldes	Juan Muñiz	Óscar Arribas	Jalil Elías	Shane Lowry	Jordi Amat	Nicolao Dumitru
Kedah Darul Aman	Cleylton	Sony Norde	Miloš Gordić	Sukhrob Nurullaev	Ebenezer Assifuah				Habib Haroon
Kelantan Darul Naim	David Ribera	Michal Jeřábek	Chadrack Lukombe	Valdu Té	Goo Ah-hwoi	Jung Byung-ju	Bae Kyeong-hwan	Kim Ri-gwan	Oday Kharoub
Kuala Lumpur City	Adrijan Rudović	Lazar Sajčić	Lawton Green	Jovan Motika					Giancarlo Gallifuoco	Patrick Reichelt
Kuching City	Keanu Marsh-Brown	Jordan Mintah	Kipré Tchétché	Petrus Shitembi	James Okwuosa	Nando Welter			Yuki Tanigawa	Pedro Henrique
Negeri Sembilan	Mika Junco	Jacque Faye	Aliyu Abubaka	Takumi Sasaki					An Sang-Su	Hein Htet Aung
PDRM	Bruno Suzuki	Faith Friday Obilor	Ifedayo Olusegun	Chidi Osuchukwu	Aremu Timothy	Prince Obus Aggreh			Fadi Awad	Kyaw Min Oo
Penang	Rodrigo Dias	Rafael Vitor	Neto	Richmond Ankrah
Perak	Luciano Guaycochea	Luiz Henrique Motta	Sunday Afolabi	Luka Milunović	Lee Tae-min	Clayton			Adilet Kanybekov	Jesper Nyholm
Sabah	Gabriel Peres	Ramon	Telmo Castanheira	Ko Kwang-min	Cifu	Haris Stamboulidis			Park Tae-soo	Saddil Ramdani
Selangor	Yohandry Orozco	Ronnie Fernández	Alvin Fortes	Alex Agyarkwa	Umar Eshmurodov	Reziq Bani Hani			Noor Al-Rawabdeh	Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang	Stefano Brundo	Manuel Hidalgo	Kpah Sherman	Aleksandar Cvetković	Mykola Ahapov				Kuvondik Ruziev
Terengganu	Ivan Mamut	Marin Pilj	Argzim Redžović	Matthew Steenvoorden	Ismahil Akinade	Chukwu Chijioke			Nurillo Tukhtasinov	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.

Naturalisation/Heritage players edit

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Matthew Davies² ³	Endrick³	La'Vere Corbin-Ong² ³	Hong Wan²	Mohamadou Sumareh³	Natxo Insa² ³	Romel Morales³
Kuala Lumpur City	Paulo Josué³	Nicholas Swirad²	Brendan Gan² ³	Sean Giannelli²	Curran Ferns²	Stuart Wark²
Sabah	Darren Lok² ³	Daniel Ting² ³	Stuart Wilkin² ³
Selangor	Quentin Cheng² ³	Samuel Somerville²	Nooa Laine² ³
Sri Pahang	Ezequiel Agüero³	David Rowley² ³

Notes:

^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.

^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.

Standings edit

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Terengganu	3	2	1	0	6	1	+5	7	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two
3	Sabah	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship
4	Sri Pahang	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1	4	Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship
5	PDRM	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
6	Perak	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
7	Selangor	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3
8	Kuching City	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
9	Penang	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
10	Kuala Lumpur City	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
11	Kedah Darul Aman	3	1	0	2	1	3	−2	0^[a]
12	Negeri Sembilan	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
13	Kelantan Darul Naim	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:

^ Kedah Darul Aman have been docked three points. ^[16]

Position by round edit

Team ╲ Round	1	2
Team ╲ Round
Johor Darul Ta'zim	1	1
Terengganu	2	2
Sabah	7	3
Sri Pahang	3	4
PDRM	11	5
Selangor	13	6
Kuching City	5	7
Penang	6	8
Kuala Lumpur City	4	9
Kedah Darul Aman	8	10
Kelantan United	10	11
Negeri Sembilan	9	12
Perak	12	13

	Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite
	Qualification for AFC Champions League Two
	Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship
	Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship

Source: MFL

Results edit

Results table edit

Home \ Away	KDA	KDN	KUC	NSE	PDRM	PEN	PRK	SAB	SEL	SRP	TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim				3–1					3–0 ^[17]
Kedah Darul Aman							0–2
Kelantan Darul Naim								2–3
Kuala Lumpur City			1–1
Kuching City										2–2
Negeri Sembilan
PDRM	0–1
Penang											0–0
Perak					2–3
Sabah						0–0
Selangor	1–0
Sri Pahang		1–0
Terengganu							3–1

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. 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.

Results by match played edit

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3
Team ╲ Round
Johor Darul Ta’zim	W	W
Terengganu	W	D	W
Sabah	D	W
Sri Pahang	W	D	-
PDRM	L	W
Selangor	L	W
Kuching City	D	D
Penang	D	D
Kuala Lumpur City	D	-
Kedah Darul Aman	W	L	L
Kelantan Darul Naim	L	L	L
Negeri Sembilan	-	L
Perak	L	L	W

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2024. Source: MFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

Season statistics edit

First goal of the season: 33 seconds
- Syafiq Ahmad for Kedah Darul Aman (A) against PDRM (11 May 2024)
Fastest goal in a match: 33 seconds
- Syafiq Ahmad for Kedah Darul Aman (A) against PDRM (11 May 2024)
Latest goal in a match: 90+12 minutes
- Ifedayo Olusegun for PDRM (A) against Perak (18 May 2024)
Oldest goalscorer in a match: 35 years 2 months
- Paulo Josué for Kuala Lumpur City (H) against Kuching City (12 May 2024)

Top goalscorers edit

As of 24 May 2024 ^[18]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bergson	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2
	Ifedayo Olusegun	PDRM
	Manuel Hidalgo	Sri Pahang
	Nurillo Tukhtasinov	Terengganu
	Lee Tae-min	Perak
2	Syafiq Ahmad	Kedah Darul Aman	1
	Chukwu Chijioke	Terengganu
	Ismahil Akinade	Terengganu
	Manny Ott	Terengganu
	Luciano Guaycochea	Perak
	Tommy Mawat Bada	Perak
	Wan Zack Haikal	Perak
	Pedro Henrique	Kuching City
	Kipré Tchétché	Kuching City
	Jordan Mintah	Kuching City
	Paulo Josué	Kuala Lumpur City
	Gabriel Peres	Sabah
	Stuart Wilkin	Sabah
	Ramon Machado	Sabah
	Kim Ri-Gwan	Kelantan Darul Naim
	Bae Kyeong-hwan	Kelantan Darul Naim
	Jordi Amat	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Hein Htet Aung	Negeri Sembilan
	Bruno Suzuki	PDRM
	Adam Nor Azlin	Sri Pahang

Own goals edit

As of 11 May 2024

Rank	Player	Team	Against	Date	Goal
1	Shivan Pillay	Perak	Terengganu	11 May 2024	1

Top Assists edit

As of 19 May 2024 ^[19]

Rank	Player	Club	Assist
1	Juan Muñiz	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2
2	Sony Norde	Kedah Darul Aman	1
	Engku Shakir Yacob	Terengganu
	Kipré Tchétché	Kuching City
	Alaudin Farid Atan	Kuching City
	Telmo Castanheira	Sabah
	Gabriel Peres	Sabah
	Matthew Davies	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Manuel Hidalgo	Sri Pahang
	Nor Azam Azih	Sri Pahang

Hat-trick edit

As of 11 May 2024

Player	For	Against	Result	Date

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team ⁴ – Player scored 4 goals

Clean Sheets edit

As of 24 May 2024 ^[20]

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Sikh Izhan	Penang	2
1	Syed Nasrulhaq	Terengganu	2
2	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	Kedah Darul Aman	1
	Zarif Irfan	Sri Pahang
	Khairul Fahmi	Sabah
	Samuel Somerville	Selangor
	Ramadhan Hamid	Perak

Discipline edit

As of 13 May 2024 ^[21]

Players edit

Most red cards:1
- Luiz Henrique Motta (Perak)
- Adrijan Rudovic (Kuala Lumpur City)
Most yellow cards:1
- Oday Kharoub (Kelantan Darul Naim)
- Michal Jeřábek (Kelantan Darul Naim)
- Habib Haroon (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Sony Norde (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Akmal Zahir (Kedah Darul Aman)
- Alif Zakaria (Terengganu)
- Manuel Ott (Terengganu)
- Rahmat Makasuf (Penang)
- Jafri Firdaus Chew (Sabah)
- Daniel Ting (Sabah)
- Kipré Tchétché (Kuching City)
- Arif Fadzilah (Kuching City)
- La'Vere Corbin-Ong (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
- Aqil Abdul Razak (Negeri Sembilan)
- Aroon Kumar (Negeri Sembilan)
- Zainal Abidin Jamil (Negeri Sembilan)
- Jacque Faye (Negeri Sembilan)
- Sharul Nazeem (Selangor)
- Azalinullah Alias (Perak)
- Aliff Najmi (PDRM)
- Fakhrul Azim (PDRM)
- Syazwan Andik (Sri Pahang)
- Aleksandar Cvetkovic (Sri Pahang)
- Azrif Nasrulhaq (Sri Pahang)
- Baqiuddin Shamsudin (Sri Pahang)

Club edit

Most red cards:1
- Perak
- Kuala Lumpur City

Most yellow cards:4
- Negeri Sembilan
- Sri Pahang

Fewest yellow cards:

Fewest red cards:

Attendance to Stadium edit

Overall Attendance edit

Home	Away													Attendance
Home	JDT	KDA	KDN	KLC	KUC	NSE	PDRM	PEN	PRK	SAB	SEL	SRP	TER	Total	Average
Johor Darul Ta'zim	—					19,988					0			19,988	19,988
Kedah Darul Aman		—							9,349					9,349	9,349
Kelantan Darul Naim			—							7,778				7,778	7,778
Kuala Lumpur City				—
Kuching City					—							1,400		1,400	1,400
Negeri Sembilan						—
PDRM		1,574					—							1,574	1,574
Penang								—					4,557	4,557	4,557
Perak							11,647		—					11,647	11,647
Sabah								3,708		—				3,708	3,708
Selangor		10,077									—			10,077	10,077
Sri Pahang			6,678									—		6,678	6,678
Terengganu			13,411						8,150				—	21,561	10,781
Total League Attendance														98,017	7,958

Last Updated : 19 May 2024

Source : FAM CMS

References edit

^ Noor, Azim (16 September 2023). "Liga Malaysia Dijangka Selari Dengan Kalendar AFC Musim 24/25". makanbola.com. Makanbola. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Rahman, Izzati (16 September 2023). "Perubahan besar menanti Liga Malaysia 2024". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ Johari, Firdaus (11 October 2023). "Jadual Liga M musim 2024 ikut kalendar AFC". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "MFL Umum Tarikh Sepak Mula Musim Baharu Liga Malaysia 2024/25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
^ "Keputusan Lesen Kebangsaan Bagi Pasukan Kelantan FC Untuk Pertandingan Liga Super Musim 2024-25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
^ "KUFC rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim this season". nst.com.my. NST. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "JDT and coach Solari part company". 28 December 2023.
^ "Venezeulean Bidoglio returns as JDT's head coach".
^ "Will Selangor hire Hodak following Cheng Hoe's departure?". 28 February 2024.
^ "Nidzam Jamil appointed as new Selangor FC head coach".
^ "K. Devan Kini Ketua Jurulatih Melaka FC".
^ "Another blow to City Boys as well-liked coach Bacina leaves club".
^ "Kuljanac promoted as head coach".
^ "MFL to expand super league, discontinue premier league from 202". 20 July 2022.
^ "More foreign players allowed to take the field in M-League". 30 January 2024.
^ "Kedah dipotong tiga mata, denda RM50,000".
^ "Charity Shield match cancelled after Selangor FC withdrawal". freemalaysiatoday.com. Free Malaysia Today. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
^ "Top Goalscorers".
^ "Top Assists". MFL. Malaysian Football League.
^ "Clean Sheets". MFL. Malaysian Football League.
^ "Discipline". MFL. Malaysian Football League.

External links edit

[table_hth_KDA0.1347818296099-17] Kedah Darul Aman have been docked three points. ^[16]

[1] Noor, Azim (16 September 2023). "Liga Malaysia Dijangka Selari Dengan Kalendar AFC Musim 24/25". makanbola.com. Makanbola. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[2] Rahman, Izzati (16 September 2023). "Perubahan besar menanti Liga Malaysia 2024". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[3] Johari, Firdaus (11 October 2023). "Jadual Liga M musim 2024 ikut kalendar AFC". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

[4] "MFL Umum Tarikh Sepak Mula Musim Baharu Liga Malaysia 2024/25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

[5] "Keputusan Lesen Kebangsaan Bagi Pasukan Kelantan FC Untuk Pertandingan Liga Super Musim 2024-25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.

[6] "KUFC rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim this season". nst.com.my. NST. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

[7] "JDT and coach Solari part company". 28 December 2023.

[8] "Venezeulean Bidoglio returns as JDT's head coach".

[9] "Will Selangor hire Hodak following Cheng Hoe's departure?". 28 February 2024.

[10] "Nidzam Jamil appointed as new Selangor FC head coach".

[11] "K. Devan Kini Ketua Jurulatih Melaka FC".

[12] "Another blow to City Boys as well-liked coach Bacina leaves club".

[13] "Kuljanac promoted as head coach".

[14] "MFL to expand super league, discontinue premier league from 202". 20 July 2022.

[15] "More foreign players allowed to take the field in M-League". 30 January 2024.

[16] "Kedah dipotong tiga mata, denda RM50,000".

[18] "Charity Shield match cancelled after Selangor FC withdrawal". freemalaysiatoday.com. Free Malaysia Today. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

[goalscorers-19] "Top Goalscorers".

[assists-20] "Top Assists". MFL. Malaysian Football League.

[cs-21] "Clean Sheets". MFL. Malaysian Football League.

[discipline-22] "Discipline". MFL. Malaysian Football League.

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