2020 Malaysia Super League

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Malaysia Super League
Season2020
Dates28 February – 31 October 2020
ChampionsJohor Darul Ta'zim
7th Super League title
7th
PDRM
Total attendance178,443 (matches played behind closed doors are not included)
Average attendance9,914 (matches played behind closed doors are not included)
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The 2020 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2020), known as the CIMB Bank Liga Super Malaysia 2020 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, having won their sixth title the previous season.

The first transfer window was from 16 January to 15 March 2020.

On 13 March 2020, 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. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format has been scrapped. Teams played each other only once, meaning that the champion of the Super League was decided after eleven rounds of matches.[1]

Teams

Changes from last season

PKNP are relegated to the Malaysia Premier League after finishing bottom and second-bottom respectively in last season's Malaysia Super League.[2]

PDRM are promoted after securing their place as champions and 3rd-placed finishers in last season's Malaysia Premier League (runners-up Johor Darul Ta'zim II is ineligible for the Super League due to being the reserve team to Johor Darul Ta'zim).[3][4]

As

Terengganu II is ineligible for the Super League due to being the reserve team to Terengganu FC).[5][6]

Team changes

Promoted from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations

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Locations of teams in the 2020 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Felda United
Jengka
 Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[7]
Kedah
 Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387[8]
Melaka
 Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000[9]
Pahang
 Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[10]
PDRM
 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 15,000
Perak
 Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500[11]
Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000[12]
Selangor
 Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372[13]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[14]
UiTM
 Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000[15]
Source:

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Felda United Malaysia Nidzam Jamil
Jasazrin Jamaluddin
 FBT
Felda
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Benjamin Mora
 Singapore Hariss Harun Nike[16] –
Kedah
 Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto Chenang Bay
Melaka
 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Malaysia Safiq Rahim Al-Ikhsan Olympex
Pahang
 Malaysia Dollah Salleh[17] Nigeria Dickson Nwakaeme Umbro Aras Kuasa
PDRM
 Malaysia Ishak Kunju Malaysia Safiee Ahmad Al-Ikhsan RedONE
Perak
 Australia Mehmet Duraković[18] Malaysia Shahrul Saad Kelme[19] Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Petaling Jaya Malaysia K. Devan
K. Gurusamy
 Puma Qnet
Sabah Indonesia Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Malaysia Rawilson Batuil Carino –
Selangor
 Malaysia B. Sathianathan Australia Taylor Regan Joma PKNS
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain England Lee Tuck Al-Ikhsan RedONE
UiTM
 Germany Frank Bernhardt Malaysia Afif Asyraf Adidas (home & away) & Fitech (third) SUKIPT

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

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 Asian Player SEA Player Former Players 1
Felda United Serbia Nikola Raspopović[20] Gabon Frédéric Bulot[21]
Nicolas Velez[22]
 Japan Ryutaro Megumi[23] Singapore Khairul Amri[24]
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Maurício
Diogo
Leandro Velazquez
 IraqArgentina Gonzalo Cabrera Singapore Hariss Harun[25]
Kedah
Renan Alves
 Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché[26] Liberia Kpah Sherman[26] PhilippinesSweden Amin Nazari[27] Singapore Shakir Hamzah[28]
Melaka
 Colombia Romel Morales[29] Nigeria Uche Agba[30]
Sony Norde
 South Korea Jang Suk-won[31]
Naruphon Wild[32]
Pahang
Ivan Carlos[33]
 France Hérold Goulon[34] Nigeria Dickson Nwakaeme PhilippinesEngland Adam Reed[35] Lebanon Khalil Khamis[36]
PDRM
Shohrat Soyunov
Serdar Geldiyev
 GrenadaEngland Antonio German
Perak
Leandro[37]
 Brazil Careca
Guilherme
 Australia Antony Golec CambodiaFrance Thierry Bin
Petaling Jaya
Elizeu
 Brazil Brandão Guinea Demba Camara South Korea Kim Bong-jin[38] Thailand Anawin Jujeen [39] PhilippinesEngland Mark Hartmann
Sabah
Rodoljub Paunovic
 Namibia Petrus Shitembi France Guy Gnabouyou South Korea Park Tae-soo ThailandGermany Dennis Buschening[40]
Hector Ramos [41]
Selangor
Sandro
 Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun
Rufino Segovia[42]
 Australia Taylor Regan Singapore Safuwan Baharudin[43]
Terengganu Montenegro Argzim Redžović England Lee Tuck[44] Uzbekistan Sanjar Shaakhmedov[45] JapanBrazil Bruno Suzuki Singapore Faris Ramli[46] Senegal Babacar Diallo[47]
Mauritania Dominique[48]
UiTM
Gustavo[49]
 France Victor Nirennold[49] France Ousmane Fané[49] Lebanon Rabih Ataya[49] PhilippinesEngland Mark Hartmann [50]
  • 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.

Naturalisation players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies3 4 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong3 4 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa3 4 KosovoMalaysia Liridon Krasniqi4
Kedah
 AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley3 JapanMalaysia Tam Sheang Tsung3
Melaka
 New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jefri Jones3 4 AustraliaMalaysia Curran Singh-Ferns3
Selangor
 EnglandMalaysia Nicholas Swirad3 AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan Seng Ling3 4
Terengganu ScotlandMalaysia Stuart Wark3 EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok Yee Deng3 4

Notes:

^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q) 11 9 2 0 33 8 +25 29 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2
Kedah
(Q) 		11 7 1 3 20 13 +7 22[a] Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Terengganu (Q) 11 6 1 4 24 14 +10 19[b]
4
Perak
 11 5 3 3 21 19 +2 18
5 Selangor 11 4 5 2 26 19 +7 17
6
UiTM
 11 5 2 4 17 15 +2 17
7 Petaling Jaya City 11 3 5 3 17 16 +1 14
8
Pahang
 11 4 2 5 18 18 0 14
9
Melaka United
 11 4 2 5 13 16 −3 11[c]
10 Sabah 11 2 3 6 12 24 −12 9
11
Felda United
(R) 		11 1 4 6 12 27 −15 7 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12
PDRM
(R) 		11 0 2 9 5 29 −24 −1[d]
Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ [Note MAS]
  2. ^ [Note MAS]
  3. ^ Melaka have been docked three points following the decision from FAM.[51]
  4. ^ PDRM have been docked three points following the decision from FAM.[52]


Result table

Home \ Away FEL JDT
KED
MEL
PAH
PDRM
PRK
 PJC SBH
SEL
TFC
UiTM
Felda United – 1–2 3–2 2–2 – – 1–1 – – 0–3 0–1
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 1–0 – – – 7–0 – 4–1 6–1 – 2–1
Kedah
 – – 1–0 – – – 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–4 –
Melaka
 – 0–5 – 0–1 3–1 – 1–1 – – 1–0 –
Pahang
 – 2–3 2–1 – 2–1 3–3 – 2–0 1–2 – –
PDRM
 1–1 0–1 0–2 – – 0–2 – 0–0 0–7 – –
Perak
 5–1 – 2–3 0–1 – – 2–0 – – – 1–0
Petaling Jaya – 2–2 – – 3–2 4–1 – 1–1 – 0–2 –
Sabah 3–1 – – 3–2 – – 2–2 – 1–2 – 0–3
Selangor
 6–1 – – 1–1 – – 1–1 0–0 – – 3–3
Terengganu
 – 0–1 – – 2–1 4–0 1–3 – 4–0 3–3 –
UiTM
 – – 1–1 0–2 1–0 3–1 – 2–4 – – 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: MFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches.
In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011
PDRM
1212121212121212121212
Leader
Relegation to 2021 Premier League
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: [citation needed
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