2024–25 Malaysia Super League

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.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2024–25 Malaysia Super League
Dates10 May – 1 December 2024
Matches played68
Goals scored198 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer14 goals
Bérgson (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
Biggest home win6 goals
(Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Kedah Darul Aman)
(9 Aug 2024)
Biggest away win5 goals
(Kelantan Darul Naim 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim)
(25 May 2024)
Highest scoring7 goals
( Kelantan Darul Naim 1-6 Johor Darul Ta'zim)
(22 Sept 2024)
Longest winning run5 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run5 matches

Kelantan Darul Naim
Longest losing run5 matches
Kelantan Darul Naim
Highest attendance21,365
(Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–0 Terengganu)
(26 July 2024)
Lowest attendance631
(PDRM 1–1 Penang)
(25 May 2024)
Total attendance245,213
Average attendance5,838
Attendance245,213 (3,606 per match)
2023
All statistics correct as of 6 October 2024.

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

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Team changes

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To Malaysia Super League

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Promoted from the 2023 MBSB Bank Championship

  • None

From Malaysia Super League

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Expelled from the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Name changes

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Locations

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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 25,000
Sri Pahang Temerloh Temerloh Mini Stadium 10,000
Terengganu Kuala Nerus Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

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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 Nordé ALX Arab Street SuperbestPower Weststar DRB Hicom Dherb's
Kelantan Darul Naim   Park Jae-hong   Oday Kharoub PUC Sport Visit Kelantan 2024
Kuala Lumpur City   Miroslav Kuljanać   Paulo Josué HUNDRED UBB Amanah Berhad
KL Bandaraya Rendah Karbon
Kuching City   Aidil Sharin Sahak   Adam Shreen StarSports Press Metal
Negeri Sembilan   K. Nanthakumar   Nasrullah Haniff Kelme Matrix Concept
Negeri Roadstone
MBI NS
PDRM   P. Maniam   Amir Saiful Badeli Lotto redONE mobile
Penang   Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli   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   Mohd Nidzam Jamil   Safuwan Baharudin Joma PKNS
MBI
Sri Pahang   Fandi Ahmad   Ezequiel Agüero Voltra Invest Pahang
Terengganu   Safawi Rasid ALX Agarbomb Performance

Coaching changes

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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 28 February 2024 [9]   Mohd 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 Baćina Mutual agreement 16 March 2024 [12]   Miroslav Kuljanać 16 March 2024 [13]
PDRM   Yunus Alif Redesignated 3 April 2024   Maniam Pachaiappan 6 April 2024
Negeri Sembilan   Azzmi Aziz Sacked 15 August 2024 12th   K. Nanthakumar 15 August 2024
Terengganu   Tomislav Steinbrückner Resigned 1 October 2024 [14] 3rd   Badrul Afzan Razali (interim) 1 October 2024 [15]

Foreign players

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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).

MFL announced that teams can register up to ten imports, but the number of foreign players on the pitch is not more than six.[16] 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.[17] Clubs participating in AFC competition are allowed to register 10 foreigners.[18] Later, the MFL added a maximum registration quota of 12 foreign players, only to the clubs that involved in the AFC competition.[19][20]

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 AFC competition Former players
Johor Darul Ta'zim   Eddy Pascual   Bérgson   Jorge Obregón   Enzo Lombardo   Heberty   Iker Undabarrena   Óscar Arribas   Juan Muñiz   Park Jun-heong   Jordi Amat   Shane Lowry

  Murilo  Andoni Zubiaurre
  Jesé

  Fernando Forestieri
  Nicolao Dumitru
  Francisco Geraldes
  Jalil Elías
Kedah Darul Aman   Cleylton   Ebenezer Assifuah   Sony Nordé   Miloš Gordić   Sukhrob Nurullaev   Habib Haroon
Kelantan Darul Naim   Washington Brandão   Michal Jeřábek   Layth Kharoub   Oday Kharoub   Bae Kyeong-hwan   Goo Ahh-woi   Kim Lik-wan   Aung Kaung Mann   David Ribera
  Chadrack Lukombe
  Valdu Té
  Jung Byung-ju
Kuala Lumpur City   Jovan Motika   Adrijan Rudović   Lawton Green   Giancarlo Gallifuoco   Patrick Reichelt   Lazar Sajčić
Kuching City   Moses Atede   Nando Welter   Jordan Mintah   Keanu Marsh-Brown   Kipré Tchétché   Petrus Shitembi   James Okwuosa   Yuki Tanigawa   Pedro Henrique
Negeri Sembilan   Ricardo Pires   Sebastian Avanzini   Takumi Sasaki   Aliyu Abubakar   Jacque Faye   An Sang-su   Hein Htet Aung   Lee Kwang-hui
  Mika
PDRM   Bruno Suzuki   Fadi Awad   Aremu Timothy   Chidi Osuchukwu   Faith Friday Obilor   Ifedayo Olusegun   Chang Jae-hyeok   Um-Deuk   Kyaw Min Oo   Prince Obus Aggreh
Penang   Neto Oliveira   Rafael Vitor   Rodrigo Dias   Richmond Ankrah   Dylan Wenzel-Halls
Perak   Luciano Guaycochea   Clayton   Luiz Henrique Motta   Adilet Kanybekov   Sunday Afolabi   Luka Milunović   Lee Tae-min   Jesper Nyholm
Sabah   Gabriel Peres   João Pedro   Haris Stamboulidis   Telmo Castanheira   Ko Kwang-min   Cifu   Park Tae-soo   Saddil Ramdani   Ramon Machado
Selangor   Alvin Fortes   Ronnie Fernández   Nikola Jambor   Alex Agyarkwa   Ali Olwan   Mohammad Abualnadi   Noor Al-Rawabdeh   Yohandry Orozco   Umar Eshmurodov   Safuwan Baharudin   Reziq Bani Hani
Sri Pahang   Manuel Hidalgo   Stefano Brundo   Kpah Sherman   Aleksandar Cvetković   Mykola Ahapov   Kuvondik Ruziev
Terengganu   Ivan Mamut   Marin Pilj   Nelson Bonilla   Argzim Redžović   Matthew Steenvoorden   Chukwu Chijioke   Ismahil Akinade   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

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Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8
Johor Darul Ta'zim    Matthew Davies2 3    Christian Abad Amat3    La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3    Romel Morales3    Hong Wan2    Mohamadou Sumareh3    Natxo Insa2 3    Junior Eldstål2 3
Kuala Lumpur City    Brendan Gan2 3    Paulo Josué3    Nicholas Swirad2    Sean Giannelli2
Sabah    Daniel Ting2 3    Darren Lok2 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

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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 11 10 1 0 41 6 +35 31 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Selangor 11 8 1 2 21 8 +13 25 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage
3 Terengganu 11 4 5 2 15 12 +3 17 Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship
4 Perak 10 5 0 5 15 13 +2 15
5 PDRM 11 4 3 4 12 16 −4 15
6 Kuching City 11 3 5 3 14 16 −2 14
7 Sabah 10 4 2 4 13 15 −2 14
8 Kuala Lumpur City 11 5 2 4 19 13 +6 11[a]
9 Sri Pahang 11 2 5 4 14 18 −4 11
10 Penang 11 2 5 4 13 19 −6 11
11 Kedah Darul Aman 10 3 3 4 10 19 −9 9[b]
12 Kelantan Darul Naim 11 2 0 9 8 27 −19 6
13 Negeri Sembilan 11 1 2 8 12 25 −13 5 Relegation to Play-off Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2024. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ On 5 Aug 2024, Kuala Lumpur City were deducted six points for inaccurate or false declarations in their club licensing application.[21]
  2. ^ On 5 April 2024, Kedah Darul Aman were deducted three points for failing to pay players and staff on time following previous MFL rules breaches in the 2023 season.[22]

Position by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Johor Darul Ta'zim11111111111
Selangor13642222222
Terengganu2223344333
Kuching City5798775544
Sabah7334536455
PDRM1156691111766
Perak121381111899974
Sri Pahang34571010101098
Penang68710897679
Kedah Darul Aman8101196688810
Kuala Lumpur City49105453111111
Negeri Sembilan9121313131312121212
Kelantan United10111212121213131313
Leader & Qualification for 2025-26 AFC Champions League Elite
Qualification for 2025–26 AFC Champions League Two
Qualification for the 2025-26 ASEAN Club Championship
Qualification for the 2025-26 ASEAN Club Championship
Source: MFL

Results

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Results table

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Home \ Away JDT KDA KDN KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 6–1 5–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 [23] 3–0 4–0
Kedah Darul Aman 0–6 3–0 0–5 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2
Kelantan Darul Naim 1–6 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–3 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–3
Kuala Lumpur City 1–5 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–2
Kuching City 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–2 0–4 2–2 1–1
Negeri Sembilan 0–3 1–2 0–1
PDRM 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Penang 0–1 3–0 0–0
Perak 1–0 1–2 2–3 0–2
Sabah 1–3 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–1
Selangor 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–0 4–1 2–1
Sri Pahang 1–0 0–2 5–1 2–3 1–1
Terengganu 3–2 3–1 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 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

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
Johor Darul Ta’zimWWWWWWDWWWW-
Kedah Darul AmanWLLWWD-LDLD
Kelantan Darul NaimLLLWLLLLL-LW
Kuala Lumpur CityD-LWWDWLLWLW-
Kuching CityDDLDWDWDWL-L
Negeri Sembilan-LLLWLLLDLDL-
PDRMLWDLL-DWWLWD
PenangDDDLWLWD-LDL
PerakLLWLLWL-WWW
SabahDWW-LWLWLDL
SelangorLWWWLWDWWWW-
Sri PahangWD-LLDDLDWDL-
TerengganuWDWD-LWWDDLD
Updated to match(es) played on 4 October 2024. Source: MFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose


Season statistics

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Top goalscorers

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As of 15 September 2024[24]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Bérgson Johor Darul Ta'zim 13
2   Ronnie Fernandez Selangor 7
3   Paulo Josué Kuala Lumpur City 6
4   Jordan Mintah Kuching City 5
  Ifedayo Olusegun PDRM
6   Heberty Johor Darul Ta'zim 4
  Kpah Sherman Sri Pahang
  Stefano Brundo Sri Pahang
9   Jovan Motika Kuala Lumpur City 3
  Kipré Tchétché Kuching City
  Jacque Faye Negeri Sembilan
  Bruno Suzuki PDRM
  Rodrigo Dias Penang
  Luciano Guaycochea Perak
  Jafri Firdaus Sabah
  Alvin Fortes Selangor
  Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang
  Safawi Rasid Terengganu
  Nurillo Tukhtasinov Terengganu
20 23 players 11 clubs 2
33 43 players 13 clubs 1

Top assists

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As of 22 June 2024 [25]
Rank Player Club Assist
1   Juan Muñiz Johor Darul Ta'zim 4
2   Matthew Davies Johor Darul Ta'zim 2
  Eizrul Ashraf PDRM
  Noor Al-Rawabdeh Selangor
5   Sony Norde Kedah Darul Aman 1
  Syafiq Ahmad Kedah Darul Aman
  Engku Shakir Yacob Terengganu
  Kipré Tchétché Kuching City
  Alaudin Farid Atan Kuching City
  Shamie Iszuan Kuching City
  Telmo Castanheira Sabah
  Gabriel Peres Sabah
  Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang
  Nor Azam Azih Sri Pahang
  Aliff Haiqal Selangor

Own goals

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

Hat-trick

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As of 15 September 2024
Player For Against Result Date
  Heberty Johor Darul Ta'zim Sri Pahang 3–0 (H)[26] 22 June 2024
  Bérgson Terengganu 4–0 (H) 26 July 2024
  Bérgson (2) Kedah Darul Aman 6–0 (H) 9 August 2024
  Paulo Josué Kuala Lumpur City Kedah Darul Aman 5–0 (H) 14 September 2024
  Bérgson (3) Johor Darul Ta'zim Kelantan Darul Naim 6–1 (H) 22 September 2024

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

Clean sheets

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As of 25 July 2024 [27]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Kedah Darul Aman/Selangor 3
  Sikh Izhan Penang
3   Syed Nasrulhaq Terengganu 2
  Azri Ghani Kuala Lumpur City
  Samuel Somerville Selangor
  Khairul Fahmi Sabah
7   Syihan Hazmi Johor Darul Ta'zim 1
  Zarif Irfan Sri Pahang
  Ramadhan Hamid Perak
  Shahril Saa'ri Kuching City
  Muhaimin Mohamad Kelantan Darul Naim
  Aqil Razak Negeri Sembilan

Discipline

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As of 25 May 2024 [28]

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  • Fewest yellow cards:
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Attendance to stadium

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Overall attendance

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Home Away Attendance
JDT KDA KDN KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER Total Average
Johor Darul Ta'zim 15,216 14,388 19,988 13,975 0 17,157 21,365 102,089 14,584
Kedah Darul Aman 2,540 4,723 1,646 9,349 1,285 19,543 3,909
Kelantan Darul Naim 2,132 1,387 7,778 11,297 3,766
Kuala Lumpur City 4,750 1,029 4,248 1,149 11,176 2,794
Kuching City 1,437 2,199 2,407 1,400 2,658 10,101 2,020
Negeri Sembilan 955 1,750 547 803 4,055 1,014
PDRM 5,500 1,574 364 631 416 8,485 1,697
Penang 8,122 1,543 4,557 14,222 4,741
Perak 1,674 11,647 5,582 18,903 6,301
Sabah 11,569 5,141 3,154 3,708 23,572 5,893
Selangor 10,077 8,734 5,422 10,365 8,965 10,112 52,406 9,880
Sri Pahang 6,678 1,028 1,344 1,955 1,656 2,973 15,634 2,606
Terengganu 13,411 3,750 8,150 4,419 5,211 34,941 6,988
Total League Attendance 319,495 6,028

Last Updated : 1 August 2024

Source : FAM CMS

See also

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References

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