2020 Malaysia Premier League


The 2020 Malaysia Premier League is the 17th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.
The season started on 29 February and concluded on 20 July 2020.
On 13 March, it was announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 May, it was announced that the league would resume in September dependent on the situation at the time. If the M-League is not allowed to resume in September, the season will be called off. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Super League and the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams will now play each other only once, meaning the champions of the Super League and Premier League will be decided after 11 rounds of matches.

Team changes

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 7 sides from the 2019 season, 3 relegated from the 2019 Malaysia Super League and 2 promoted from the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.

To Premier League

Promoted from Liga M3
Relegated from Super League
Renamed/Rebranded Clubs
Notes:

From Premier League

Promoted to Super League
Relegated to Liga M3


TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim IILarkinTan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium30,000
KelantanKota BharuSultan Muhammad IV Stadium22,000
Kelantan UnitedKota BharuSultan Muhammad IV Stadium22,000
Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurKuala Lumpur Stadium18,000
KuchingKuchingSarawak Stadium40,000
Negeri SembilanSerembanTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium45,000
Perak IIManjungManjung Stadium15,000
PenangGeorge TownCity Stadium25,000
Sarawak UnitedKuchingSarawak Stadium40,000
Selangor IISelayangSelayang Stadium16,000
Terengganu IIKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
UKMSelayangSelayang Stadium16,000

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 Rafa Gil Nico FernandezNike-
Kelantan Yusri Che Lah Nazrin NawiAfter Image
Kelantan United Zahasmi Ismail Shahrizan IsmailSkyHawkVisit Kelantan 2020
Kuala Lumpur Nidzam Adzha Paulo JosuéPumaKL BACA 2020
Kuching Ideris Untong Rafiezan RazaliKuching
Negeri Sembilan Sazali Saidon Kaharuddin RahmanAdmiralVisit Negeri Sembilan
Perak II Abu Bakar Fadzim Sukri HamidKelmeVisit Perak & Pangkor Duty Free Island
Penang Manzoor Azwira Azmi MuslimStallion ApparelPulau Pinang
Sarawak United E. Elavarasan Amri YahyahJoma
Selangor II Michael Feichtenbeiner Sharul NazeemJomaPKNS
Terengganu II Roshadi Wahab Bruno Suzuki
UKM Sulaiman Hussin Asnan Ahmad

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
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Ervin BobanEnd of contractn/aPre-season Rafa Gil9 November 2019
Selangor II K. RajagopalEnd of contract22 November 2019Pre-season Michael Feichtenbeiner17 December 2019
Negeri Sembilan Zaki Sheikh AhmadEnd of caretaker spellApril 2019Pre-season Sazali Saidon19 December 2019
Terengganu II Tengku HazmanEnd of contractn/aPre-season Roshadi WahabDecember 2019
Sarawak United Abdul Talib SulaimanEnd of contractn/aPre-season E. Elavarasan4 February 2020
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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 Nicolas Fernandez Luis Cabrera Fernando Rodriguez Kei Hirose
Kelantan Masaki Watanabe Felix Odili Lazarus Kaimbi Kang Seung-jo
Kelantan United Aylton Alemão Adil Kouskous Alfusainney Gassama Selwan Al Jaberi
Kuala Lumpur Paulo Josué Nicolás Dul Francis Koné Azamat Baimatov
Kuching Bryan Jones Anicézio Hudson Jesus Yuta Suzuki Yuki Tanigawa
Negeri Sembilan Matheus Vila Igor Carioca Almir Shunsuke Nakatake
Perak II Bruno Bezerra Sacha Petshi Tarik Isic Yaren Sözer
Penang Rafael Vitor Endrick Casagrande Lee Chang-hoon
Sarawak United Demerson Gabriel Guerra Patrick Wleh Milad Zanidpour Nicolás Marotta
Selangor II Bajram Nebihi
Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Dechi Marcel Jordan Mintah Bruno Suzuki
UKM Ignatius Adukor Julián Bottaro Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Lee Seong-woo Amadaiya Rennie
Kevin Osei

  • 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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 CasagrandePenang6
2 Francis KonéKuala Lumpur3
2 Igor LuizNegeri Sembilan3
2 Patrick WlehSarawak United3
5 Alfusainey GassamaKelantan United2
5 Azim RahimKuala Lumpur2
5 Bajram Nebihi
Selangor II
2
5 Danial Asri
Selangor II
2
5 Endrick SantosPenang2
5 Fakhrul ZamanKelantan United2
5 Felix OdiliKelantan2
5 Fernando RodríguezJohor Darul Ta'zim II2
5 Jordan MintahTerengganu II2
5 Lazarus KaimbiKelantan2
5 Rafiezan RazaliKuching2
5 Zuasyraf ZulkiefleTerengganu II2

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.
RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Suhaimi HussinTerengganu II2
2 Faridzuean KamaruddinKelantan1
2 Haziq NadzliJohor Darul Ta'zim II1
2 Kaharuddin RahmanNegeri Sembilan1
2 Samuel SomervillePenang1
2 Remezey Che RosUKM1
2 Shahrizan IsmailKelantan United1
2 Sikh IzhanSelangor II1
2 Syazwan YusoffKelantan United1