2024–25 Malaysia Super League
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Season | 2024–25 Malaysia Super League |
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Dates | 10 May 2024 – 13 April 2025 (Currently) |
Matches played | 68 |
Goals scored | 198 (2.91 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 14 goals Bérgson (Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
Biggest home win | 6 goals (Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Kedah Darul Aman) (9 Aug 2024) |
Biggest away win | 5 goals (Kelantan Darul Naim 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim) (25 May 2024) |
Highest scoring | 7 goals (Kelantan Darul Naim 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim) (22 Sept 2024) |
Longest winning run | 5 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Longest unbeaten run | 11 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim |
Longest winless run | 5 matches Kelantan Darul Naim |
Longest losing run | 5 matches Kelantan Darul Naim |
Highest attendance | 21,365 (Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–0 Terengganu) (26 July 2024) |
Lowest attendance | 631 (PDRM 1–1 Penang) (25 May 2024) |
Total attendance | 245,213 |
Average attendance | 5,838 |
Attendance | 245,213 (3,606 per match) |
← 2023 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 6 October 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
Name changes
[edit]- Kelantan United were rebranded and renamed to Kelantan Darul Naim [6]
Locations
[edit]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
[edit]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 | 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 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] |
Selangor | Nidzam Jamil | 30 October 2024 [16][17] | 2nd | Abdi Hassan (interim) | 30 October 2024 | |
Penang | Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli | Redesignated | 1 November 2024 [18] | 11th | Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail | 14 November 2024 |
Selangor | Abdi Hassan (interim) | End of interim | 24 November 2024 [19] | 2nd | Katsuhito Kinoshi[20] | 24 November 2024 |
Kedah Darul Aman | Nafuzi Zain | Resigned | 10th | Victor Andrag (interim) | ||
Sabah | Ong Kim Swee | End of Contract | 30 November 2024 [21] | 3rd | Alto Linus (interim) | 30 November 2024 |
Alto Linus (interim) | End of Interim | 10 December 2024 [22] | 3rd | Martin Stano | 10 December 2024 [23] |
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).
MFL announced that teams can register up to ten imports, but the number of foreign players on the pitch is not more than six.[24] 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.[25] Clubs participating in AFC competition are allowed to register 10 foreigners.[26] Later, the MFL added a maximum registration quota of 12 foreign players, only to the clubs that involved in the AFC competition.[27][28]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
- 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.
- ^4 This player has played in the MFL Cup
Naturalisation/heritage players
[edit]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 Abad2 | La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3 | Romel Morales35 | Hong Wan2 | Mohamadou Sumareh35 | Natxo Insa2 3 | Junior Eldstål2 3 |
Kuala Lumpur City | Brendan Gan2 3 | Paulo Josué35 | Nicholas Swirad2 | Sean Giannelli2 | Ryan Lambert2 | Declan Lambert2 3 | ||
Sabah | Daniel Ting2 3 | Darren Lok2 3 | Stuart Wilkin2 3 | Dominic Tan2 3 | ||||
Selangor | Quentin Cheng2 3 | Samuel Somerville2 | Nooa Laine2 3 | |||||
Sri Pahang | Ezequiel Agüero35 | David Rowley2 3 | ||||||
Kuching City | Rodney Celvin2 |
Notes:
- ^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.
- ^5 Naturalisation Players.
Standings
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 59 | 7 | +52 | 46 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage |
2 | Selangor | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage[a] |
3 | Sabah | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 29 | Qualification for the ASEAN Club Championship |
4 | Terengganu | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 16 | +4 | 24 | |
5 | PDRM | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 21 | |
6 | Kuching City | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 18 | |
7 | Perak | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 18 | |
8 | Kuala Lumpur City | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 21 | +4 | 17[b] | |
9 | Kedah Darul Aman | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 27 | −11 | 17[c] | |
10 | Sri Pahang | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 15 | |
11 | Penang | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 26 | −11 | 14 | |
12 | Kelantan Darul Naim | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 42 | −30 | 7 | |
13 | Negeri Sembilan | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 36 | −22 | 6 | Relegation to Play-off Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ Since the winners of the 2024 Malaysia FA Cup (Johor Darul Ta'zim) qualified for AFC competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 2nd-placed team in the league.
- ^ On 5 Aug 2024, Kuala Lumpur City were deducted six points for inaccurate or false declarations in their club licensing application.[29]
- ^ 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.[30]
Position by round
[edit]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 |
Results
[edit]Results table
[edit]Results by match played
[edit]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: 27 seconds
- Ronnie Fernández for Selangor (A) against Terengganu (28 September 2024)
- Latest goal in a match: 90+12 minutes
- Ifedayo Olusegun for PDRM (A) against Perak (18 May 2024)
- Oldest goalscorer in a match: 36 years 5 months 4 days
- Kipré Tchétché for Kuching City (H) against Sri Pahang (19 May 2024)
Top goalscorers
[edit]- As of 24 December 2024[32]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Bérgson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 21 |
2 | Paulo Josué | Kuala Lumpur City | 11 |
3 | Ifedayo Olusegun | PDRM | 8 |
Luciano Guaycochea | Perak | ||
Ronnie Fernández | Selangor | ||
6 | Arif Aiman | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 |
Alvin Fortes | Selangor | ||
8 | Heberty | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 |
João Pedro | Penang | ||
Rodrigo Dias | Penang | ||
11 | Romel Morales | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 |
Jordan Mintah | Kuching City | ||
Jacque Faye | Negeri Sembilan | ||
Gabriel Peres | Sabah | ||
Kpah Sherman | Sri Pahang | ||
16 | 7 players | 7 clubs | 4 |
17 | 12 players | 4 clubs | 3 |
18 | 28 players | 12 clubs | 2 |
19 | 58 players | 13 clubs | 1 |
Top assists
[edit]- As of 24 December 2024 [33]
Rank | Player | Club | Assist |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Juan Muñiz | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 |
2 | Arif Aiman | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 |
3 | Sony Norde | Kedah Darul Aman | 4 |
Bruno Suzuki | PDRM | ||
Takumi Sasaki | Negeri Sembilan | ||
Stuart Wilkin | Sabah | ||
Telmo Castanheira | Sabah | ||
8 | Bérgson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 |
Ryan Lambert | Kuala Lumpur City | ||
Farhan Roslan | Sabah |
Hat-trick
[edit]- As of 15 September 2024
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Heberty | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Sri Pahang | 3–0 (H)[34] | 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
[edit]- As of 24 December 2024 [35]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Syihan Hazmi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 8 |
2 | Azri Ghani | Kuala Lumpur City | 5 |
Sikh Izhan Nazrel | Penang | ||
4 | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Kedah Darul Aman/Selangor | 4 |
5 | Haziq Nadzli | Perak | 3 |
Azim Al-Amin | Selangor | ||
Samuel Somerville | Selangor | ||
8 | Bryan See | PDRM | 2 |
Shahril Saa'ri | Kuching City | ||
Zarif Irfan | Sri Pahang |
Discipline
[edit]Player
[edit]- Most yellow cards: 5
- Aliff Ikmalrizal (Penang)
- Kenny Pallraj (Perak)
- Tommy Mawat (Perak)
- Ezequiel Agüero (Sri Pahang)
- Most red cards: 1
- Adrijan Rudović (Kuala Lumpur City)
- Layth Kharoub (Kelantan Darul Naim)
- Kipré Tchétché (Kuching City)
- James Okwuosa (Kuching City)
- Jacque Faye (Negeri Sembilan)
- Che Rashid (Negeri Sembilan)
- Harith Samsuri (Negeri Sembilan)
- Norfiqrie Talib (Negeri Sembilan)
- Amir Saiful (PDRM)
- Safiee Ahmad (PDRM)
- Ifedayo Olusegun (PDRM)
- Luciano Guaycochea (Perak)
- Luiz Motta (Perak)
- Gabriel Peres (Sabah)
- Rawilson Batuil (Sabah)
- Alex Agyarkwa (Selangor)
- Mykola Ahapov (Sri Pahang)
- Ubaidullah Shamsul (Terengganu)
Club
[edit]- Most red cards:1
- Kuala Lumpur City
- Kelantan Darul Naim
- Kuching City
- Negeri Sembilan
- PDRM
- Perak
- Sabah
- Selangor
- Sri Pahang
- Terengganu
- Most yellow cards:TBD
- Fewest yellow cards:
- Fewest red cards:
Attendance to stadium
[edit]Overall attendance
[edit]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
[edit]- 2024 Piala Sumbangsih
- 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
- 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League
- 2024–25 Malaysia A3 Community League
- 2024 Malaysia FA Cup
- 2024–25 Malaysia Cup
- 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
- 2024–25 MFL Cup
- 2024–25 Piala Presiden
- 2024–25 Piala Belia
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