2017 Malaysia Super League
The 2017 Malaysia Super League was the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season began on 20 January and concluded on 28 October 2017.
The defending champions were Johor Darul Ta'zim and retained the title from the previous season.
Teams
and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.| 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, Melaka | 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 |
Locations and stadium
- 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 Muhammad 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 |
| 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
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Felda United |  B. Sathianathan | Shukor Adan | FBT | FELDA |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Ulisses Morais | Safiq Rahim | Nike | Forest City |
| Kedah | Nidzam Adzha | Khairul Helmi Johari | Al-Ikhsan | Bina Darulaman Berhad |
| Kelantan | Zahasmi Ismail | Badhri Radzi | HORC | redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati |
| Melaka United | Eduardo Almeida | Surendran Ravindran | Kronos | Edra, CGN, Tag Marine |
| Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Matthew Davies | FILA | Aras Kuasa |
| Penang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Rafiuddin Rodin | Legea | myPenang |
| Perak |  Mehmet Durakovic | Shahrom Kalam | Al-Ikhsan | Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp. |
| PKNS |  Sven Gartung | Safee Sali | Kappa | PKNS |
| Sarawak | Pengiran Bala | 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 coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming 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 | Pre-season | Eric Williams | 17 November 2016 |
| Pahang | Razip Ismail | End of contract | 22 October 2016 | Pre-season | Dollah Salleh | 1 December 2016 |
| Kelantan |  Velizar Popov | Resigned | 22 October 2016 | Pre-season | Zahasmi Ismail | 30 November 2016 |
| Penang |  Nenad Baćina | End of contract | 24 November 2016 | Pre-season |  Ashley Westwood | 28 November 2016 |
| Selangor | K. Gunalan | End of caretaker spell | 26 December 2016 | Pre-season | P. Maniam | 26 December 2016 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Mario Gómez | Mutual consent | 18 January 2017 | Pre-season |  Benjamin Mora | 18 January 2017 |
| Felda United | Azmi Mohamed | Resigned | 7 February 2017 | 11th | B. Sathianathan | 21 February 2017 |
| Perak | Karl Heinz Weigang | Sacked | 22 February 2017 | 3rd | Mehmet Durakovic | 22 February 2017 |
| Penang | Ashley Westwood | Mutual Agreement | 19 March 2017 | 12th | Zainal Abidin Hassan | 23 March 2017 |
| Kedah | Tan Cheng Hoe | Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach | 29 April 2017 | 3rd | Nidzam Adzha | 23 May 2017 |
| Melaka United | Eric Williams | Rested | 23 May 2017 | 10th | Eduardo Almeida | 17 June 2017 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Benjamin Mora | Demoted to JDT II | 19 June 2017 | 1st | Ulisses Morais | 19 June 2017 |
| PKNS | E. Elavarasan | Rested | 7 July 2017 | 10th |  Sven Gartung | 17 July 2017 |
| Sarawak | David Usop | Rested | 13 July 2017 | 10th | Pengiran Bala | 13 July 2017 |
Foreign players
The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.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 | Former Players |
| Felda United |  Zah Rahan Krangar |  Ifedayo Olusegun |  Thiago Augusto | Dino Djulbic | Gastón Cellerino Mootaz Jounaidi Lucas Cano |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Marcos António | Gonzalo Cabrera | Gabriel Guerra | Mohammed Ghaddar | Jerónimo Barrales  Brian Ferreira |
| Kedah |  Liridon Krasniqi | Sandro |  Ken Ilsø |  Zac Anderson | |
| Kelantan |  Mamadou Danso |  Morgaro Gomis | Alessandro Celin | Abou Bakr Al-Mel | Mohammed Ghaddar |
| Melaka United |  Jasmin Mecinović | Felipe | Marko Šimić |  Jeon Woo-young |  Godwin Antwi Ezequiel Agüero Ilija Spasojević |
| Pahang | Yamil Romero | Mohamadou Sumareh | Matheus Alves | Heo Jae-won | Bright Dike |
| Penang |  Brandon McDonald | Sanna Nyassi |  Nigel Dabinyaba |  Mark Hartmann | Diogo Ferreira Andy Russell Reinaldo Lobo |
| Perak | Thiago Junio | Leandro | Gilmar |  Yashir Pinto |  Faton Toski Vladislav Mirchev |
| PKNS | Abdou Jammeh | Fabio Ferreira | Patrick Wleh | Park Kwang-il | Lucas Espindola Matias Jadue Gonzalo Soto |
| Sarawak | Demerson |  Miloš Raičković |  Mateo Roskam |  Sahil Suhaimi | Mark Hartmann Lee Jong-ho |
| Selangor | Ugo Ukah |  Rufino Segovia |  Francis Doe |  Andik Vermansyah |  Victoraș Astafei Juliano Mineiro |
| T–Team |  Abdoulaye Maïga | Mamadou Samassa |  Yannick N'Djeng |  Dilshod Sharofetdinov | Farhod Tadjiyev |
- Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
- Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
- Johor Darul Ta'zim swap the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Naturalised players
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
| Felda United | Curran Singh Ferns |  Stuart Wark | |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Junior Eldstål | Darren Lok | Natxo Insa |
| Melaka United |  Khair Jones | Nicholas Swirad | |
| Pahang | Kiko Insa | Matthew Davies | |
| Penang | Shazalee Ramlee |
Notes:
Results
League table
Result table
Positions by round
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pahang | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Felda United | 2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Kedah | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Perak | 6 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 |
| Selangor | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| PKNS | 11 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Melaka United | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| T–Team | 8 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Kelantan | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| Sarawak | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Penang | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Mohammed Ghaddar | Johor Darul Ta'zim, Kelantan | 23 |
| 2 | Matheus Alves | Pahang | 18 |
| 3 |  Ken Ilsø | Kedah | 15 |
| 4 | Thiago Augusto | Felda United | 14 |
| 5 | Gonzalo Cabrera | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 |
| 6 | Safiq Rahim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 9 |
| 6 | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Kedah | 9 |
| 6 | Marko Šimić | Melaka United | 9 |
| 6 | Mateo Roskam | Sarawak | 9 |
| 10 | Sandro | Kedah | 8 |
| 10 | Patrick Wleh | PKNS | 8 |
| 10 | Francis Doe | Selangor | 8 |
| 13 | Gabriel Guerra | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 |
| 14 |  Mohamadou Sumareh | Pahang | 6 |
| 14 | Lucas Cano | Felda United | 6 |
| 16 |  Ifedayo Olusegun | Felda United | 5 |
| 16 | Jeon Woo-young | Melaka United | 5 |
| 16 | Yashir Pinto | Perak | 5 |
| 16 | Lucas Espindola | PKNS | 5 |
| 16 | Mark Hartmann | Penang, Sarawak | 5 |
| 16 | Juliano Mineiro | Selangor | 5 |
| 16 |  Rufino Segovia | Selangor | 5 |
| 16 | Farhod Tadjiyev | T–Team | 5 |
| 16 | Nor Hakim Hassan | T–Team | 5 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Patrick Wleh | PKNS | Selangor | 4 February 2017 | |
| Gabriel Guerra | Johor Darul Ta'zim | T–Team | 25 February 2017 | |
| Mohammed Ghaddar | Kelantan | Perak | 1 March 2017 | |
| Mohammed Ghaddar | Kelantan | T–Team | 4 March 2017 | |
| Mohammed Ghaddar | Kelantan | Penang | 4 | 15 April 2017 |
| Safiq Rahim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Melaka United | 9 April 2017 | |
| Nor Hakim Hassan | T–Team | Kedah | 15 April 2017 | |
| Ken Ilsø | Kedah | T–Team | 24 May 2017 | |
| Thiago Augusto | Felda United | Sarawak | 11 July 2017 | |
| Thiago Augusto | Felda United | T–Team | 15 July 2017 |
Notes:
4 Player scored 4 goals; – Home ; – Away
Own goals
| Rank | Player | For | Against | Date | Goals |
| 1 | Syazwan Tajuddin | Kedah | Perak | 1 July 2017 | 1 |
| 1 | Matias Jadue | PKNS | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 15 April 2017 | 1 |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets | |
| 1 | Hafizul Hakim | Perak | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | Shahril Saa'ri | Sarawak | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | Wan Azraie | Pahang | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | Izham Tarmizi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 | 0 |
| 5 | Ifwat Akmal | Kedah | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Farizal Harun | Felda United | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | Hafidz Romly | T–Team | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Suhaimi Husin | T–Team | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Khairulazhan Khalid | Selangor | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar | PKNS | 3 | .0 |
| 7 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | Helmi Eliza | Pahang | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Fazli Paat | Melaka United | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Farhan Abu Bakar | Kedah | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Hadi Hamid | Kedah | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Izzuddin Hussin | T–Team | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Norazlan Razali | Selangor | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Zarif Irfan | Selangor | 1 | |
| 16 | Zamir Selamat | PKNS | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Sani Anuar | Penang | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Amirul Asyraf | Penang | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Ramadhan Hamid | Kelantan | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Khairul Fahmi | Kelantan | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Haziq Nadzli | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 | 0 |