2017 Liga Super

Liga Super
Season	2017
Matches played	72
Goals scored	227 (3.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	(18 goal); Mohammed Ghaddar
Biggest home win	(9 April 2017) ; Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Melaka United
Biggest away win	(15 April 2017) ; Penang 1–5 Kelantan
Highest scoring	(4 February 2017) ; PKNS 5–3 Selangor ; (9 May 2017) ; PKNS 4–4 Kedah
Highest attendance	25,000; Kedah 3–2 Sarawak; (27 January 2017); Kedah 3–1 Penang; (25 February 2017); Kedah 4–0 Melaka United; (4 March 2017)
Lowest attendance	0; Perak 3–2 Melaka; (4 February 2017)
Total attendance	565,495
Average attendance	9,425
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Liga Super (English: 2017 Super League) is the 14th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

The season began on 20 January and will conclude on 21 October 2017.^[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim is the current defending champions.

Teams

PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Liga Premier after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Liga Super. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Liga Super after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Liga Premier.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Felda United	Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang	Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Johor Bahru, Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	30,000
Kedah	Alor Setar, Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387
Kelantan	Kota Bharu, Kelantan	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	25,000
Melaka United	Krubong, Malacca	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Pahang	Kuantan, Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000
Penang	Batu Kawan, Penang	State of Penang Stadium	40,000
Perak	Ipoh, Perak	Perak Stadium	42,500
PKNS	Shah Alam, Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium	80,372
Sarawak	Kuching, Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium	26,000
Selangor	Selayang, Selangor	Selayang Stadium	11,098
T–Team	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Locations and stadium

Locations of teams in the 2017 Liga Super

Primary venues used in the Liga Super:

Felda United	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 32,387

Kelantan	Melaka United	Pahang
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

Penang	Perak	Sarawak
Penang State Stadium	Perak Stadium	Sarawak State Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 42,500	Capacity: 26,000
File:Pinang State Stadium.png
PKNS	T–Team	Selangor
Shah Alam Stadium	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	Selayang Stadium
Capacity: 80,372	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 11,098

¹ Correct as of end of 2016 Liga Super season

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	Coach	Captain	Kit	Sponsor
Felda United	B. Sathianathan	Shukor Adan	FBT	FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Benjamin Mora	Marcos António	Nike	Forest City
Kedah	Nidzam Adzha (caretaker)	Khairul Helmi Johari	Al-Ikhsan	Bina Darulaman Berhad
Kelantan	Zahasmi Ismail	Badhri Radzi	HORC	redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati
Melaka United	Eric Williams	Amri Yahyah	Kronos	Edra, CGN, Tag Marine
Pahang	Dollah Salleh	Matthew Davies	Jako	Aras Kuasa
Penang	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Rafiuddin Rodin	Legea	myPenang
Perak TBG	Mehmet Durakovic	Shahrom Kalam	Al-Ikhsan	Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
PKNS	E. Elavarasan	Safee Sali	Kappa	PKNS
Sarawak	David Usop	Ronny Harun	Starsport	Sarawak Energy
Selangor	P. Maniam	Razman Roslan	Lotto	Selangor
T-Team	Rahmad Darmawan	Hasbullah Awang	Kobert	Chicken Cottage

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 head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Felda United	Mohd Bin Nik	End of caretaker spell	22 October 2016	Pre-season	Azmi Mohamed	1 November 2016
Melaka United	Mat Zan Mat Aris	End of contract	22 October 2016		Eric Williams	17 November 2016^[2]
Pahang	Razip Ismail	End of contract	22 October 2016		Dollah Salleh	1 December 2016
Kelantan	Velizar Popov	Resigned	22 October 2016^[3]		Zahasmi Ismail	30 November 2016
Penang	Nenad Baćina	End of contract	24 November 2016		Ashley Westwood	28 November 2016^[4]
Selangor	K. Gunalan	End of caretaker spell	26 December 2016^[5]		P. Maniam	26 December 2016
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Mario Gómez	Mutual consent	18 January 2017^[6]		Benjamin Mora	18 January 2017
Felda United	Azmi Mohamed	Resigned	7 February 2017	11th	B. Sathianathan	21 February 2017^[7]
Perak TBG	Karl Heinz Weigang	Sacked	22 February 2017	3rd	Mehmet Durakovic	22 February 2017^[8]
Penang	Ashley Westwood	Mutual Agreement	19 March 2017^[9]	12th	Zainal Abidin Hassan	23 March 2017
Kedah	Tan Cheng Hoe	Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach	29 April 2017 ^[10]	3rd	Nidzam Adzha (caretaker)	29 April 2017

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4 (Asian)	Former Players ¹
FELDA United	Zah Rahan Krangar	Gastón Cellerino	Lucas Cano	Mootaz Jounaidi
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Marcos António	Gonzalo Cabrera	Gabriel Guerra	Brian Ferreira	Jerónimo Barrales ²
Kedah	Liridon Krasniqi	Sandro Mendonça	Ken Ilsø	Zac Anderson
Kelantan	Mamadou Danso	Sanna Nyassi	Morgaro Gomis	Mohammed Ghaddar	Alessandro Celin ^[11]
Melaka United	Godwin Antwi	Ezequiel Agüero	Ilija Spasojević	Jeon Woo-young
Pahang	Mohamadou Sumareh	Matheus Alves	Bright Dike	Heo Jae-won
Penang	Reinaldo Lobo	Nigel Dabinyaba			Diogo Ferreira Andy Russell^[12]
Perak TBG	Thiago Junio	Faton Toski	Vladislav Mirchev	Yashir Pinto
PKNS	Gonzalo Soto	Lucas Espindola	Patrick Wleh	Matias Jadue
Sarawak	Demerson	Lee Jong-ho	Mateo Roskam	Mark Hartmann
Selangor	Ugo Ukah	Victoraș Astafei	Francis Doe	Juliano Mineiro
T–Team	Abdoulaye Maïga	Dilshod Sharofetdinov	Mamadou Samassa	Farhod Tadjiyev

^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

^2 JDT swop the strikers with JDT 2

Results

League table

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Positions by round

Leader

Relegation to 2018 Liga Premier

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Team \ Round
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3	2	4	7	8	5	4	3	1	1	1	1
Pahang	5	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Kedah	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3
Selangor	1	3	6	8	4	3	3	5	4	4	6	4
Perak TBG	6	5	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5
Felda United	2	7	7	10	11	11	11	7	9	8	8	6
Kelantan	9	6	5	5	7	10	6	6	6	6	5	7
T–Team	8	10	9	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	8
Melaka United	10	8	10	11	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	9
PKNS	11	11	8	6	6	7	9	9	8	9	9	10
Sarawak	7	9	11	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11
Penang	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 9 May 2017.^[13]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohammed Ghaddar	Kelantan	18
2	Matheus Alves	Pahang	12
3	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	8
4	Gonzalo Cabrera	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6
5	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	5
	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Lucas Cano	Felda UTD
	Farhod Tadjiyev	T-Team
	Juliano Mineiro	Selangor
	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah
	Patrick Wleh	PKNS
	Francis Doe	Selangor
	Nor Hakim Hassan	T-Team

Hat-tricks

As of matches played on 9 May 2017

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Patrick Wleh	PKNS	Selangor	5 – 3	4 February 2017
Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	T-Team	3 – 0	25 February 2017
Mohammed Ghaddar	Kelantan	Perak	2 – 4	1 March 2017
		T-Team	4 – 2	4 March 2017
		Penang	1 – 5 ⁴	15 April 2017
Mohd Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Melaka United	7 – 0	9 April 2017
Nor Hakim Hassan	T-Team	Kedah FA	5 – 0	15 April 2017

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 9 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Farizal Harun	Felda Utd	4
2	Wan Azraie	Pahang	3
	Muhd Hafizul Hakim	Perak
	Ifwat Ikmal	Kedah
3	Khairul Azhan	Selangor	2
	Fazli Paat	Melaka Utd
	Mohd Izham Tarmizi	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Mohd Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Mohd Shahril Saa'ri	Sarawak
5	Zarif Irfan	Selangor	1
	Izzuddin Hussin	T-Team
	Hafidz Romly	T-Team
	Mohd Zamir Selamat	PKNS
	Mohd Suhaimi Husin	T-Team
	Sani Anuar Kamsani	Penang
	Ramadhan Hamid	Kelantan

Discipline

As of matches played on 9 May 2017.

Player

#	Player	Club	Total
#	Player	Club
1	Ugo Ukah	Selangor	4	1	0
2	Mohd Raimi	Selangor	3	0	1
2	Rizal Ghazali	Kedah	3	0	1
4	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	2	0	1
5	Mohd Qayyum	Kelantan	0	0	1
5	Mafry Balang	Penang	0	0	1
7	S. Kunanlan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2	1	0
8	Mootaz Jounaidi	Felda UTD	0	1	0
8	Hasni Zaidi	Felda UTD	0	1	0
10	Morgaro Gomis	Kelantan	5	0	0

Club

#	Club	Total
#	Club
1	Kedah	24	0	2
2	Selangor	24	1	1
3	Penang	17	0	1
4	Kelantan	14	0	1
5	Felda United	19	2	0
6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	19	1	0
7	PKNS	28	0	0
8	Perak	21	0	0
9	Pahang	17	0	0
10	Melaka United	16	0	0
11	Sarawak	13	0	0
12	T-Team	12	0	0
Total		224	5	5

Attendances

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Johor Darul Takzim FC	145,146	24,157	13,325	20,735	+18.8%^†
2	Kedah FA	89,000	25,000	2,000	17,800	+89.3%^†
3	Kelantan FA	60,236	20,853	2,503	10,039	+23.4%^†
4	Perak FA	47,672	22,382	0	9,927	−10.3%^†
5	Pahang	46,729	13,402	9,654	11,682	+149.3%^†
6	Selangor	27,987	9,000	1,819	5,153	+3.2%^†
7	Felda United FC	24,555	10,393	1,130	4,093	−45.5%^†
8	Sarawak	24,332	8,011	2,465	6,083	+198.3%^†
9	Melaka United	22,184	12,151	2,711	7,395	−38.0%¹
10	PKNS FC	18,363	6,113	281	3,673	+1,632.5%¹
11	Penang FA	23,364	9,000	1,288	5,841	−20.0%^†
12	T-Team FC	6,038	1,763	821	1,208	−6.5%^†
	League total	565,495	25,000	0	9,425	+39.5%^†

Updated to games played on 15 April 2017
Source: SPMB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Liga Premier.

References

^ ^a ^b http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2017.html 2017 Liga Super
^ "MELAKA LANTIK ERIC WILLIAMS SEBAGAI JURULATIH BARU". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
^ "Velizar Popov letak jawatan". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
^ "OFFICIAL: Ashley Westwood joins Penang FA in the Malaysian Super League". goal.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
^ "(Football) P. Maniam tapped to lead Selangor out of doldrums for Super League". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
^ "BREAKING: JDT and Mario Gomez part ways". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Sathianathan jurulatih baharu Felda United". Berita Harian. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Mehmed Durakovic kendali pasukan Perak". mediaperaktbg. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
^ "BREAKING: Ashley Westwood has resigned from Penang FA". Retrieved 19 March 2017.
^ http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/14082/malaysia/2017/04/30/35078092/cheng-hoe-departs-kedah-just-before-their-fa-cup-tie-against
^ https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46036/kelantan-sign-new-import-replace-alessandro-celin/
^ https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46218/penang-fa-terminate-contracts-two-foreign-players/
^ "Liga Super Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

External links

[LS2017-1] ttp://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2017.html 2017 Liga Super

[2] "MELAKA LANTIK ERIC WILLIAMS SEBAGAI JURULATIH BARU". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[3] "Velizar Popov letak jawatan". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

[4] "OFFICIAL: Ashley Westwood joins Penang FA in the Malaysian Super League". goal.com. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[5] "(Football) P. Maniam tapped to lead Selangor out of doldrums for Super League". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[6] "BREAKING: JDT and Mario Gomez part ways". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[7] "Sathianathan jurulatih baharu Felda United". Berita Harian. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[8] "Mehmed Durakovic kendali pasukan Perak". mediaperaktbg. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[9] "BREAKING: Ashley Westwood has resigned from Penang FA". Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[10] ttp://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/14082/malaysia/2017/04/30/35078092/cheng-hoe-departs-kedah-just-before-their-fa-cup-tie-against

[11] ttps://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46036/kelantan-sign-new-import-replace-alessandro-celin/

[12] ttps://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46218/penang-fa-terminate-contracts-two-foreign-players/

[topscorer-13] "Liga Super Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

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v t e Malaysian League top division champions
10 titles	Johor Darul Ta'zim (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)
6 titles	Selangor (1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2009, 2010)
5 titles	Pahang (1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004)
4 titles	Kedah (1993, 2006-07, 2007-08) Penang (1982, 1998, 2001)
2 titles	Perak (2002, 2003) Kelantan (2011, 2012) Kuala Lumpur (1986, 1988) Singapore (1985, 1994)
1 title	Johor (1991) LionsXII (2013) Negeri Sembilan (2005-06) Perlis (2005) Sarawak (1997) Malacca (1983) Sabah (1996)

Teams

Locations and stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

Coaching changes

Foreign players

Results

League table

Result table

Positions by round

Statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Attendances

See also

References

External links