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 M3Relegated from Super League
Renamed/Rebranded Clubs
- PKNP FC was renamed as Perak FA II and designated as the reserve team of Perak FA.
- In a desperate move by Football Association of Sarawak, FAS bought Selangor United and rebranded it as Sarawak United and located to Kuching, Sarawak in an attempt to return to Malaysian Premier League and regain their "honour".
From Premier League
Promoted to Super LeagueRelegated to Liga M3
- Sarawak
Stadium and locations
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Larkin | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | 30,000 |
Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
Kelantan United | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 |
Kuching | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 40,000 |
Negeri Sembilan | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 45,000 |
Perak II | Manjung | Manjung Stadium | 15,000 |
Penang | George Town | City Stadium | 25,000 |
Sarawak United | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 40,000 |
Selangor II | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 16,000 |
Terengganu II | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
UKM | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 16,000 |
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.Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Rafa Gil | Nico Fernandez | Nike | - |
Kelantan | Yusri Che Lah | Nazrin Nawi | After Image | |
Kelantan United | Zahasmi Ismail | Shahrizan Ismail | SkyHawk | Visit Kelantan 2020 |
Kuala Lumpur | Nidzam Adzha | Paulo Josué | Puma | KL BACA 2020 |
Kuching | Ideris Untong | Rafiezan Razali | Kuching | |
Negeri Sembilan | Sazali Saidon | Kaharuddin Rahman | Admiral | Visit Negeri Sembilan |
Perak II | Abu Bakar Fadzim | Sukri Hamid | Kelme | Visit Perak & Pangkor Duty Free Island |
Penang | Manzoor Azwira | Azmi Muslim | Stallion Apparel | Pulau Pinang |
Sarawak United | E. Elavarasan | Amri Yahyah | Joma | |
Selangor II | Michael Feichtenbeiner | Sharul Nazeem | Joma | PKNS |
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.Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Ervin Boban | End of contract | n/a | Pre-season | Rafa Gil | 9 November 2019 |
Selangor II | K. Rajagopal | End of contract | 22 November 2019 | Pre-season | Michael Feichtenbeiner | 17 December 2019 |
Negeri Sembilan | Zaki Sheikh Ahmad | End of caretaker spell | April 2019 | Pre-season | Sazali Saidon | 19 December 2019 |
Terengganu II | Tengku Hazman | End of contract | n/a | Pre-season | Roshadi Wahab | December 2019 |
Sarawak United | Abdul Talib Sulaiman | End of contract | n/a | Pre-season | E. Elavarasan | 4 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.
Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC player | Former 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.Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
1 | Casagrande | Penang | 6 |
2 | Francis Koné | Kuala Lumpur | 3 |
2 | Igor Luiz | Negeri Sembilan | 3 |
2 | Patrick Wleh | Sarawak United | 3 |
5 | Alfusainey Gassama | Kelantan United | 2 |
5 | Azim Rahim | Kuala Lumpur | 2 |
5 | Bajram Nebihi | Selangor II | 2 |
5 | Danial Asri | Selangor II | 2 |
5 | Endrick Santos | Penang | 2 |
5 | Fakhrul Zaman | Kelantan United | 2 |
5 | Felix Odili | Kelantan | 2 |
5 | Fernando Rodríguez | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2 |
5 | Jordan Mintah | Terengganu II | 2 |
5 | Lazarus Kaimbi | Kelantan | 2 |
5 | Rafiezan Razali | Kuching | 2 |
5 | Zuasyraf Zulkiefle | Terengganu II | 2 |
Hat-tricks
Clean sheets
Players sorted first by clean sheets, then by last name.Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
1 | Suhaimi Hussin | Terengganu II | 2 |
2 | Faridzuean Kamaruddin | Kelantan | 1 |
2 | Haziq Nadzli | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 1 |
2 | Kaharuddin Rahman | Negeri Sembilan | 1 |
2 | Samuel Somerville | Penang | 1 |
2 | Remezey Che Ros | UKM | 1 |
2 | Shahrizan Ismail | Kelantan United | 1 |
2 | Sikh Izhan | Selangor II | 1 |
2 | Syazwan Yusoff | Kelantan United | 1 |