Season: | 2019 |
Competition: | Malaysia Premier League |
Dates: | 1 February – 20 July 2019 |
Winners: | Sabah 1st Second Division title |
Promoted: | Sabah PDRM UiTM |
Relegated: | Sarawak |
Matches: | 110 |
Total Goals: | 309 |
League Topscorer: | Žarko Korać (13 goals) |
Biggest Home Win: | PDRM 6-2 Sarawak (11 May 2019) |
Biggest Away Win: | UKM 0-5 UiTM (27 April 2019) |
Highest Scoring: | 9 goals Penang 6-3 Sarawak (14 July 2019) |
Longest Wins: | 6 matches Sabah |
Longest Unbeaten: | 11 matches Sabah |
Longest Winless: | 9 matches Sarawak |
Longest Losses: | 5 matches Selangor United |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2020 |
Updated: | 20 July 2019 |
The 2019 Malaysia Premier League is the 16th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2018 season, 2 relegated from the 2018 Malaysia Super League and 2 promoted from the 2018 Malaysia FAM League.
Promoted from FAM League[1]
Relegated from Super League[2]
Promoted to Super League[3]
Relegated to M3 League
Notes:
Originally Terengganu City were promoted along with Selangor United as champion of the 2018 Malaysia FAM League, but after Terengganu City blocked from promotion after failing to settle unpaid wages for former players and staffs for last season campaign, Perlis Northern Lions F.C. were invited as replacement after the team are able to showcase a proper financial management.[4]
Originally Felcra were promoted along with Felda United to the 2019 Malaysia Super League, but after Felcra announced their withdrawal from the Super League participation, MISC-MIFA, the next highest team in the Premier League table, were invited as replacement.[5]
No team are relegated from last season due to Kuantan FA expulsion, and Terengganu II being granted reprieve from relegation even though they finished in the bottom two of last season's league.[6]
Earlier, Perlis Northern Lions F.C. together with six teams which are involved with debts are being instructed to submit financial documents before 18 February 2019. After the board of Malaysian Football League (MFL) examine in detail the document from Perlis Northern Lions F.C., it was concluded that Perlis Northern Lions F.C.'s revenue sources including sponsorships are insufficient to manage the teams in the Malaysian League this season. MFL had made the decision to revoke Perlis Northern Lions F.C. involvement in 2019 Malaysia Premier League starting from 20 February.[7]
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | |
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Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Ervin Boban | Shakir Shaari | Nike | ||
Kelantan | Yusri Che Lah | PUC Sport | BMW | ||
Negeri Sembilan | Mat Zan Mat Aris | Norhafiz Zamani Misbah | Rhino | Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix Concepts | |
PDRM | E. Elavarasan | Azmizi Azmi | Line 7 | ||
Penang | Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid | Kang Seung-jo | Stallion Apparel | ||
Sabah | Jelius Ating[14] | Rawilson Batuil | Carino | ||
Sarawak | Mohamad Denny Da'ail (caretaker) | Bobby Gonzales | Starsport | Press Metal | |
Selangor United | Abdul Talib Sulaiman | Franklin Anzité | Sportsrevo | ||
Terengganu II | Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan | Hasbullah Awang | Al-Ikhsan | Terengganu Inc. | |
UiTM | Ismail Zakaria | Zulkhairi Zulkeply | |||
UKM | Sulaiman Hussin | Asnan Ahmad | SkyHawk |
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 | |
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Penang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | End of contract | 30 September 2018 | align=center rowspan=6 | Pre-season | Ahmad Yusof | 5 October 2018 |
Perlis | Manja Man | Move to development coach | 30 September 2018 | Manzoor Azwira | 16 October 2018 | ||
UiTM | Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail | align=center rowspan=3 | End of contract | 31 October 2018 | Ismail Zakaria | 5 November 2018 | |
Sarawak | Ian Gillan | 31 October 2018 | Pengiran Bala | 19 November 2018 | |||
Negeri Sembilan | Mário Lemos | 30 November 2018 | Mat Zan Mat Aris | 6 December 2018 | |||
Sarawak | Pengiran Bala | Move to development coach | 5 January 2019 | Farhan Abdullah @ Anai Igang | 5 January 2019 | ||
PDRM | Fauzi Pilus | align=center rowspan=3 | Rested | 23 February 2019 | 11th | Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail (caretaker) | 23 February 2019 |
Sarawak | Farhan Abdullah | 3 March 2019 | 9th | Mohamad Denny Da'ail (caretaker) | 3 March 2019 | ||
Penang | Ahmad Yusoff | 5 March 2019 | 8th | Kamal Kalid (caretaker) | 5 March 2019 | ||
PDRM | Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 9 March 2019 | 11th | E. Elavarasan | 12 March 2019 | |
Kelantan | Marko Kraljević | Sacked | 9 April 2019 | 9th | Jörg Peter Steinebrunner (caretaker) | 9 April 2019 | |
Kelantan | Jörg Peter Steinebrunner (caretaker) | align=center rowspan=2 | End of caretaker spell | 15 April 2019 | 11th | Yusri Che Lah | 15 April 2019 |
Penang | Kamal Kalid (caretaker) | 18 April 2019 | 9th | Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid | 18 April 2019 |
The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Based on the previous season, 5 teams from Malaysia Premier League will qualify into Malaysia Cup. Due to JDT II and Terengganu II status as feeder team, they cannot qualify into Malaysia Cup and will compete in Malaysia Challenge Cup. For the result, top 7 in the league besides these two teams will qualify, as JDT II and Terengganu II will finish in top 5.
Sabah FA became the first team to qualify to Malaysia Cup after Selangor United lost 2–3 to PDRM FA on June 26, given both of them 13 points difference with 4 matches remaining for Selangor United. UiTM F.C. followed Sabah to Malaysia Cup after Selangor United lost 0–2 to Kelantan FA on July 5 - even they also lost to PDRM FA one day after. On July 9, Negeri Sembilan FA became the third team to qualify after won 3–1 home by JDT II. Following 3–1 win over Kelantan FA, PDRM FA became the fourth team to qualify into Malaysia Cup. Penang FA grabbed the final slot to Malaysia Cup after demolished Sarawak FA 6–3 at home; the highest ever goal scored in this season.
Sarawak FA and Kelantan FA confirmed their places to Malaysia Challenge Cup after JDT II and Terengganu II, after PDRM FA won 2-1 by UiTM F.C. - give them 14 points and 10 points difference in 3 matches remaining for both of them respectively. After losing 2–6 to UKM F.C. on Matchday 20, Selangor United qualified into Malaysia Challenge Cup. On July 14, UKM F.C. - the inaugural Malaysia Challenge Cup runner-up, booked the slot into this competition after Penang FA won 6–3 at Bandaraya Stadium.
Source:[19]
[32] Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |
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1 | Žarko Korać | UiTM | 13 | |
2 | Rodoljub Paunović | Sabah | 11 | |
3 | Lee Chang-hoon | PDRM | 10 | |
Mateo Roskam | UKM | |||
5 | Bobby Gonzales | Sarawak | 9 | |
6 | Julián Bottaro | Penang | 8 | |
Casagrande | Penang | |||
Igor Luiz | Negeri Sembilan | |||
9 | Uche Agba | PDRM | 7 | |
Ezequiel Agüero1 | Selangor United/Penang | |||
Hudson Dias | Sarawak | |||
Mohammed Ghaddar | Johor DT II | |||
Robert Lopez Mendy | UiTM | |||
Almir Neto | Negeri Sembilan | |||
Bruno Suzuki | Terengganu II | |||
Milad Zeneyedpour | UKM | |||
17 | Rozaimi Rahman | Johor DT II | 6 | |
Nik Akif Syahiran | Kelantan | |||
19 | Hwang Sin-young | Selangor United | 5 | |
20 | Nik Azli Nik Alias | Kelantan | 4 | |
Ferris Danial | Negeri Sembilan | |||
Al-Hafiz Harun | Penang | |||
Alif Hassan | Sarawak | |||
Flávio | Kelantan | |||
Luiz Júnior | Sabah | |||
Raslam Khan | Selangor United | |||
Alto Linus | Sabah | |||
Aguinaldo | Sabah | |||
Shunsuke Nakatake | Negeri Sembilan | |||
Takhiyuddin Roslan | Terengganu II | |||
31 | 5 players | Various | 3 | |
36 | 22 players | Various | 2 | |
58 | 50 players | Various | 1 | |
Own Goals | Various | 6 |
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Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Ref |
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Žarko Korać | UiTM | Kelantan | 3-3 (H) | ||
Ferris Danial Mat Nasir | Negeri Sembilan | Kelantan | 2-5 (A) | ||
Žarko Korać | UiTM | UKM | 0-5 (A) | ||
Nicolás Fernández | JDT II | Terengganu II | 5-0 (H) | ||
Casagrande | UiTM | Penang | 3-3 (A) | ||
Rodoljub Paunović | Sabah | Sarawak | 4-1 (H) | ||
Bruno Suzuki | Terengganu II | UKM | 2-4 (A) | ||
Milad Zeneyedpour | UKM | Selangor United | 2-6 (A) | ||
Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Rozaimie Rohim | Sabah | 8 |
Shamirza Yusoff | Terengganu II | ||
3 | Haziq Nadzli | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 6 |
4 | Haziq Aris | UiTM | 4 |
Kaharuddin Rahman | Negeri Sembilan | ||
6 | Arif Abdullah | Kelantan | 3 |
Khatul Anuar | UKM | ||
Nuraizat Aziz | Selangor United | ||
Shahril Saa'ri | PDRM | ||
Zamir Selamat | Penang | ||
11 | Fikri Che Soh | Kelantan | 2 |
Andy Nicholas | Sarawak | ||
13 | Amin Faisal | UKM | 1 |
Hazrull Hafiz | Penang | ||
Amierul Nazrul Hakimi | Terengganu II | ||
Fadzley Rahim | Negeri Sembilan | ||
Samuel Somerville | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ||
Shaiful Wazizi | Sarawak |
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | ||
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Player | Club | |||
February | Luka Milunović | Sabah | [34] | |
March | Luiz Júnior | [35] | ||
April | Kumaahran Sathasivam | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | [36] | |
May | Rawilson Batuil | Sabah | [37] | |
June | Rodoljub Paunović | [38] | ||
July | Uche Agba | PDRM |
States | Number | Teams | |
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1 | 2 | Selangor United, UiTM | |
2 | 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |
Kelantan | |||
UKM | |||
PDRM | |||
Negeri Sembilan | |||
Penang | |||
Sabah | |||
Sarawak | |||
Terengganu II |