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Liga Super Malaysia
Season2021
Dates28 February – 31 October 2021
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 31 December 2020.

The 2021 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2021, known as the CIMB Bank Liga Super Malaysia 2021 for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Johor Darul Ta'zim are the current defending from the 2020 Malaysia Super League seasons and qualified for the group stage of 2021 AFC Champions League.

The first transfer window is from 16 January to 15 March 2020.

Teams

Changes from last season

Team changes

Promoted from the 2020 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations

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Locations of teams in the 2020 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[1]
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387[2]
Kuala Lumpur United Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000[3]
Penang Penang City Stadium 20,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500[4]
Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000[5]
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372[6]
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[7]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[8]
UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000[9]
Source:

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mexico Benjamin Mora Singapore Hariss Harun Nike[10]
Kedah Darul Aman Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto Chenang Bay
Kuala Lumpur United Croatia Bojan Hodak Malaysia Shukor Adan FBT Felda
Melaka United Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Malaysia Al-Ikhsan Olympex
Penang Czech Republic Tomas Trucha Malaysia Puma
Perak Australia Mehmet Duraković[11] Malaysia Shahrul Saad Kaki Jersi Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Petaling Jaya City Malaysia P.Maniam Malaysia Puma Qnet
Sabah Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Malaysia Rawilson Batuil Lotto –
Selangor Germany Karsten Neitzel Joma PKNS
Sri Pahang United States Thomas Dooley Stallion Aras Kuasa
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Al-Ikhsan RedONE
UiTM Germany Frank Bernhardt Malaysia Afif Asyraf Adidas (home & away) & Fitech (third) SUKIPT

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 Germany Michael Feichtenbeiner Redesignated to Technical Director 16 November 2020 Pre-season Germany Karsten Neitzel[12] 16 November 2020
Kuala Lumpur United Malaysia Nidzam Adzha Redesignated to Assistant Coach 26 November 2020 Chile Simón Elissetche[13] 26 November 2020
Petaling Jaya City Malaysia K. Devan End of contract [14] 28 November 2020 Malaysia P.Maniam[15] 28 November 2020
Sabah Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto End of contract 3 December 2020 Malaysia Lucas Kalang Laeng[16] 3 December 2020
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira Redesignated to Assistant Coach 4 December 2020 Czech Republic Tomas Trucha[17] 4 December 2020
Sri Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh Redesignated as Team Manager 3 January 2021 United States Thomas Dooley[18] 3 January 2021
Sabah Malaysia Lucas Kalang Laeng Redesignated as backroom staff [19] 20 December 2020 Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto [20] 8 January 2021
Kuala Lumpur United Chile Simón Elissetche No permit granted 8 January 2021 Croatia Bojan Hodak [21] 9 January 2021

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.

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 SEA Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Maurício Argentina Leandro Velazquez Argentina Jonathan Herrera Iraq Gonzalo Cabrera Singapore Hariss Harun
Kedah Darul Aman Brazil Renan Alves Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Liberia Kpah Sherman[22] Lebanon Rabih Ataya Singapore Anumanthan Kumar
Kuala Lumpur United Brazil Paulo Josué Colombia Romel Morales Mauritania Dominique Da Sylva Japan Takayuki Morimoto
Melaka United Brazil Alex Gonçalves Haiti Sony Norde Croatia Ivan Lendric South Korea Jang Suk-won Philippines Manny Ott
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Endrick Brazil Casagrande Tajikistan Sheriddin Boboev Indonesia Ryuji Utomo
Perak Brazil Leandro Brazil Careca Brazil Guilherme Singapore Shakir Hamzah
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Argentina Jorge Pereyra Diaz Gabon Lévy Madinda South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani
Selangor Germany Tim Heubach Switzerland Oliver Buff Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang France Hérold Goulon England Lee Tuck Argentina Sergio Agüero Australia Aaron Evans
Terengganu Namibia Petrus Shitembi Mali Makan Konaté Brazil David da Silva Australia Chris Herd Philippines Carli de Murga
UiTM Croatia Dominik Picak France Victor Nirennold Ghana Nana Poku Lebanon Abou Bakr Al-Mel Philippines Adam Reed
  • 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

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies3 4 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong3 4 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa3 4 KosovoMalaysia Liridon Krasniqi4
Kedah Darul Aman JapanMalaysia Tam Sheang Tsung3 GhanaMalaysia

Rodney Celvin Akwensivie3

Petaling Jaya City EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok Yee Deng3 4
Penang EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville3 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng3
Selangor AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan Seng Ling3 4

Notes:

^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Kuala Lumpur United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Melaka United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Penang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Perak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Petaling Jaya City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Selangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sri Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12 UiTM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2020. Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.


Result table

Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL PEN PRK PJC SBH SEL PAH TFC UiTM
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Kuala Lumpur United
Melaka United
Penang
Perak TBG
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah
Selangor
Sri Pahang
Terengganu
UiTM
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. 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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 31 October 2020[23]
Rank Player Club Goals

Top assists

As of matches played 31 October 2020.
Rank Player Club Assists

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date

Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Penalty missed

Player For Against Date

Clean Sheets

As of 5 October 2020
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets

Discipline

As of 15 March 2020

Overall

Player

Team

See also

References

  1. ^ "Stadium Sultan Ibrahim". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  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. ^ "Perak to play at Lumut Stadium in 2018". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. ^ "Selangor's Shah Alam Stadium to seat only 35,000 this season". GOAL. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. ^ "UiTM Stadium". InfoMap24. Retrieved 5 November 2017.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Official: Perak part ways with Weigang, Duraković takes over". Goal. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 8 December 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. ^ "Kedah sambar Kpah Sherman-Kipre Tchetche untuk musim 2020". Semuanya Bola.
  23. ^ "Penjaring gol Liga Super 2020". Liga Malaysia. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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