2019 Malaysia Premier League


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.

Team changes

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.

To Premier League

Promoted from FAM League
Relegated from Super League
Promoted to Super League
Relegated to M3 League
Notes:

Disqualification of [Perlis Northern Lions F.C.]

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 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.

Stadium and locations



TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim IIPasir GudangPasir Gudang Corporation Stadium15,000
KelantanKota BharuSultan Muhammad IV Stadium30,000
Negeri SembilanSerembanTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium45,000
PDRM1SelayangSelayang Stadium11,098
PDRM1Krubong/Paya RumputHang Jebat Stadium40,000
PenangGeorge TownCity Stadium20,000
SabahKota KinabaluLikas Stadium35,000
SarawakKuchingSarawak State Stadium26,000
Selangor UnitedSelayangSelayang Stadium11,098
Terengganu IIKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
UiTMShah AlamUiTM Stadium10,000
UKMKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur Stadium18,000

  • 1 : PDRM used Selayang Stadium until matchday 16. They moved into Hang Jebat Stadium since matchday 17

    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.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Ervin Boban Shakir ShaariNikeForest City
Kelantan Yusri Che Lah Farisham IsmailPUC SportBMW
Negeri Sembilan Mat Zan Mat Aris Norhafiz Zamani MisbahVisit Negeri Sembilan,
Matrix Concepts
PDRM E. Elavarasan Azmizi AzmiPappaRich
Penang Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid Kang Seung-joStallion ApparelPenang
Sabah Jelius Ating Rawilson Batuil
Sarawak Mohamad Denny Da'ail Bobby Gonzales
Selangor United Abdul Talib Sulaiman Franklin AnzitéSportsrevoGT Radial
Terengganu II Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan Hasbullah Awang
UiTM Ismail Zakaria Zulkhairi ZulkeplyPuma, UiTM
UKM Sulaiman Hussin Asnan AhmadUKM

Coaching changes

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate of
appointment
Penang Zainal Abidin HassanEnd of contract30 September 2018Pre-season Ahmad Yusof5 October 2018
Perlis Manja ManMove to development coach30 September 2018Pre-season Manzoor Azwira16 October 2018
UiTM Wan Mustaffa Wan IsmailEnd of contract31 October 2018Pre-season Ismail Zakaria5 November 2018
Sarawak Ian GillanEnd of contract31 October 2018Pre-season Pengiran Bala19 November 2018
Negeri Sembilan Mário LemosEnd of contract30 November 2018Pre-season Mat Zan Mat Aris6 December 2018
Sarawak Pengiran BalaMove to development coach5 January 2019Pre-season Farhan Abdullah @ Anai Igang5 January 2019
PDRM Fauzi PilusRested23 February 201911th Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail '23 February 2019
Sarawak Farhan Abdullah @ Anai IgangRested3 March 20199th Mohamad Denny Da'ail '3 March 2019
Penang Ahmad YusoffRested5 March 20198th Kamal Kalid '5 March 2019
PDRM Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail 'End of caretaker spell9 March 201911th E. Elavarasan12 March 2019
Kelantan Marko KraljevićSacked9 April 20199th Jorg Peter Steinebrunner '9 April 2019
Kelantan Jorg Peter Steinebrunner 'End of caretaker spell15 April 201911th Yusri Che Lah15 April 2019
Penang Kamal Kalid End of caretaker spell18 April 20199th Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid18 April 2019

Foreign players

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.
ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC playerFormer player
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Bruno Soares Nicolás Fernández Lucas Ontivero Mohammed Ghaddar
Kelantan L'Imam Seydi Raúl Tarragona
Flávio
Mustafa Zazai
Cássio
Negeri Sembilan Matheus Vila Almir Igor Carneiro Shunsuke Nakatake Thomas Koroma
PDRM Argzim Redžović Uche Agba Patrick Wleh Lee Chang-hoon Benjamin Redžović
Andrezinho
David Manga
Penang Ezequiel Agüero Casagrande Julián Bottaro Kang Seung-jo Sébastien Thurière
Ndumba Makeche
Sabah Aguinaldo Rodoljub Paunović Ahmet Ataýew Park Tae-soo Luka Milunović
Luiz Júnior
Sarawak Pedrão Rodrigo Amorim Oliviera Hudson Jesus Rian Firmansyah Muamer Salibašić
Selangor United Franklin Anzité Danko Kovačević Hwang Sin-young Nikita Pavlenko Ezequiel Agüero
Eslam Zaki
Terengganu II Serhii Andrieiev Dechi Marcel Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Bruno Suzuki
UiTM Bernard Agele Maycon Calijuri Žarko Korać Park Yong-joon Adi Said
Robert Mendy
Akhlidin Israilov
UKM Alexandru Tudose Mateo Roskam Ijezie Michael Milad Zeneyedpour

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

    Results

League table

Result table

Positions by round

Qualification to 2019 Malaysia Cup and Malaysia Challenge Cup

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.

Relegation play-offs

Season statistics

Source:

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Adi Said for UiTM F.C. against PDRM FA, 20 seconds
  • Fastest goal in a match: 20 seconds – Adi Said for UiTM against PDRM
  • Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 90+10 minutes – Akmal Zahir for UKM against Sarawak
  • First own goal of the season: Rawilson Batuil for Kelantan, 53 minutes
  • First hat-trick of the season: Žarko Korać against Kelantan, 71 minutes
  • Fastest hat-trick of the season: Bruno Suzuki against UKM, 11 minutes and 52 seconds
  • Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 goals
  • * Žarko Korać against Kelantan, 13', 25', 84'
  • * Ferris Danial Mat Nasir against Kelantan, 13', 44', 51'
  • * Žarko Korać against UKM, 14', 54', 55'
  • * Nicolás Fernández against Terengganu II, 14', 18', 89'
  • * Casagrande against UiTM, 34', 47', 90+6'
  • * Bruno Suzuki against UKM, 11', 18', 23'
  • * Rodoljub Paunović against Sarawak, 11', 63', 84'
  • * Milad Zeneyedpour against Selangor United, 31', 36', 75'
  • Widest winning margin: 5 goals
  • * UKM 0-5 UiTM
  • * JDT II 5-0 Terengganu II
  • Most goals in a match: 9 goals - Penang 6-3 Sarawak
  • Most goals in one half: 5 goals
  • *Selangor United vs UKM 0-3 at half time, 2-6 final
  • *Penang vs Sarawak 5-0 at half time, 6-3 final
  • Most goals in one half by a single team: 5 goals - Penang vs Sarawak 5-0 at half time, 6-3 final

    Top scorers

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.
1 Aguero played for Selangor United until matchday 12 and scored 2 goals.

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Žarko KoraćUiTMKelantan3-3 08 03 2019
Ferris Danial Mat NasirNegeri SembilanKelantan2-5 20 04 2019
Žarko KoraćUiTMUKM0-5 27 04 2019
Nicolás FernándezJDT IITerengganu II5-0 14 06 2019
CasagrandeUiTMPenang3-3 19 06 2019
Rodoljub PaunovićSabahSarawak4-1 26 06 2019
Bruno SuzukiTerengganu IIUKM2-4 26 06 2019
Milad ZeneyedpourUKMSelangor United2-6 09 07 2019

Clean sheets

Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Rozaimie RohimSabah8
1 Shamirza YusoffTerengganu II8
3 Haziq NadzliJohor Darul Ta'zim II6
4 Haziq ArisUiTM4
4 Kaharuddin RahmanNegeri Sembilan4
6 Arif AbdullahKelantan3
6 Khatul AnuarUKM3
6 Nuraizat AzizSelangor United3
6 Shahril Saa'riPDRM3
6 Zamir SelamatPenang3
11 Fikri Che SohKelantan2
11 Andy NicholasSarawak2
13 Amin FaisalUKM1
13 Hazrull HafizPenang1
13 Amierul Nazrul HakimiTerengganu II1
13 Fadzley RahimNegeri Sembilan1
13 Samuel SomervilleJohor Darul Ta'zim II1
13 Shaiful WaziziSarawak1

  • Clean sheets are given to players who spend at least 45 minutes on the pitch without conceding a goal, even if their team concedes in the remainder of the match.
  • Most clean sheets – Terengganu II
  • Fewest clean sheets – Sarawak

    Discipline

  • First yellow card of the season: Shahurain Abu Samah for PDRM against UiTM, 23 minutes
  • First red card of the season: Danial Haqim Draman for Kelantan against Sabah, 89 minutes
  • Card given at latest point in a game: 90+9 minutes
  • * Khairul Izuan for PDRM against Penang
  • * Khairul Izuan for Sabah against Selangor United
  • Most yellow cards in a single match: 9
  • * UiTM 3-3 Penang – five for UiTM and four for Penang
  • Most red cards in a single match: 3
  • * PDRM 1–2 Penang - three for PDRM

    Player

  • Most yellow cards: 7
  • * Azwan Aripin
  • * Rawilson Batuil
  • Most red cards: 1
  • * Bruno Soares
  • * Danial Haqim Draman
  • * Nik Akif Syahiran Nik Mat
  • * Aiman Khalidi
  • * Aroon Kumar Ramaloo
  • * Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
  • * Khairul Izuan
  • * Shahril Saa'ri
  • * Uche Agaba
  • * Khairul Akmal Rokisham
  • * Wan Syukri
  • * Rafiq Shah Zaim
  • * Amer Azahar
  • * Bernard Agele
  • * Faizal Arif
  • * Park Yong-joon
  • * Žarko Korać
  • * Akmal Zahir
  • * Saiful Hasnol

    Club

  • Most yellow cards: 47
  • * JDT II
  • Most red cards: 5
  • * UiTM

    Awards

Monthly awards

Number of teams by states

StatesNumberTeams
1Selangor2Selangor United, UiTM
2Johor1Johor Darul Ta'zim II
2Kelantan1Kelantan
2Kuala Lumpur1UKM
2Malacca1PDRM
2Negeri Sembilan1Negeri Sembilan
2Penang1Penang
2Sabah1Sabah
2Sarawak1Sarawak
2Terengganu1Terengganu II