Liga Super Malaysia
Season2024–25 Malaysia Super League
Dates3 May 2024 – 20 April 2025
← 2023
2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 27 December 2023.

The 2024–25 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2023) is the 21st season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia for association football clubs since its establishment in 2004, and the 43rd season of top-flight Malaysia football overall.

This is the first season for the league have a two-year schedule, instead of an all-year-round schedule since the 2007–08 season. Malaysian Football League (MFL) expected to introduce and continue with the original plan to implement a new format of the Malaysian League with the league expected to start in the middle of this year, according to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) calendar format from 2024.[1][2] AFC change the competition calendar from August to May starting the 2023–24 season to facilitate the arrangement of the schedule in parallel with the FIFA international calendar.[3] On 22 December 2023, MFL announced the kick-off date of the 2024–25 Malaysian League new season. The new season will begin on May 3–5, 2024, until April 2025 following the league's move align the domestic season to the new AFC calendar.[4] It is the second season after restructuring, with 16 teams (instead of 12).

This will be the first season that the league officially applies video assistant referee (VAR) technology.

The defending champion from the 2023 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams

Changes from last season

Team changes

Expelled from the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League

Team Reason
Kelantan Failed to appeal licensing[5]

Clubs locations

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000
Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,000
Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
Kuala Lumpur City Cheras Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Kuching City Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000
PDRM Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Selangor Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[6]

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Venezuela Héctor Bidoglio Indonesia Jordi Amat Nike JDT Fan Token
Kedah Darul Aman Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Philippines Manny Ott Lotto Bin Zayed International, Langkawi Pure
Kelantan United Malaysia Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) Malaysia Indra Putra IAM Kelantan Melangkah ke Hadapan, Nasken Coffee
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Nenad Bacina Malaysia Paulo Josué Li-Ning Rinani
Kuching City Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak Malaysia Adam Shreen StarSports City of Unity
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Zaquan Adha Kelme Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
PDRM Malaysia Yunus Alif Malaysia Amir Saiful Oren Sport redONE
Penang Malaysia Akmal Rizal (interim) Brazil Rafael Vitor Kaki Jersi Penang2030
Perak Malaysia Yusri Che Lah Argentina Luciano Guaycochea Cheetah XOX
Sabah Malaysia Ong Kim Swee South Korea Park Tae-soo Lotto Sawit Kinabalu
Selangor Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI
Sri Pahang Singapore Fandi Ahmad Malaysia Ezequiel Agüero HakkaClo Invest Pahang
Terengganu Croatia Tomislav Steinbruckner Bahrain Habib Haroon Umbro Colever

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
Kelantan United Malaysia Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) Appointed to permanent role 1 January 2024
Penang Malaysia Akmal Rizal (interim) Appointed to permanent role 1 January 2024
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Esteban Solari End of Contract 1 January 2024 [7] Pre-season Venezuela Héctor Bidoglio 1 January 2024

Foreign players

Southeast Asian (SEA) players who have acquired at least 3 international caps for their senior national team can play in the Super League without any restrictions. However, SEA players with less than 3 international caps must be approved by the Malaysian Football League (MFL).

Each team in the Super League can register 9 foreign players, but only 5 import players can be fielded at any one time. The 5 import players must consist of 3 foreign players, 1 Asian player, and 1 ASEAN player. Only 1 import player can be on the bench.[8]

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 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 AFC Player ASEAN Player Unregistered Players/Former Players
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Bergson Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Portugal Francisco Geraldes Spain Juan Muñiz Uruguay Renzo López Australia Shane Lowry Syria Jalil Elías Indonesia Jordi Amat
Kedah Darul Aman Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah South Africa Alan Robertson
Kelantan United Croatia Dominik Balić Senegal Morgaro Gomis South Korea Kim Deok Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Matko Zirdum Spain Fernando Rodríguez Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco Philippines Patrick Reichelt
Kuching City Serbia Mihailo Jovanović Liberia Abu Kamara Namibia Petrus Shitembi Tajikistan Nuriddin Davronov Japan Yuki Tanigawa East Timor Pedro Henrique
Negeri Sembilan Brazil Casagrande France Hérold Goulon Ghana Richmond Ankrah Ghana Jordan Mintah Indonesia Bagus Kahfi Indonesia Bagas Kaffa State of Palestine Mohammed Rashid Singapore Shakir Hamzah
PDRM Spain Mario Arqués Nigeria Chukwu Chijioke Nigeria Uche Agba Liberia Marcus Macauley Senegal Jacque Faye Japan Bruno Suzuki Jordan Fadi Awad Myanmar Kyaw Min Oo
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Adriano Republic of Ireland Abdeen Temitope Japan Ryu Yamaguchi Lebanon Soony Saad
Perak Argentina Luciano Guaycochea Serbia Luka Milunović Nigeria Sunday Afolabi South Korea Seo Seon-ung State of Palestine Jonathan Cantillana Singapore Faris Ramli South Korea Kim Youn-do Philippines Jesper Nyholm
Sabah Brazil Ramon Brazil Gabriel Peres Argentina Leandro Velázquez Spain Miguel Cifuentes Portugal Telmo Castanheira South Korea Ko Kwang-min State of Palestine Mohammed Saleh South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani
Selangor Brazil Gustavo Henrique Venezuela Yohandry Orozco Ghana Alex Agyarkwa Ghana Rauf Salifu Montenegro Dino Islamovic South Korea Yu Jeong-wan Jordan Noor Al-Rawabdeh Philippines Manuel Ott Myanmar Hein Htet Aung
Sri Pahang Brazil Rafael Silva Argentina Stefano Brundo Liberia Kpah Sherman Argentina Leonardo Rolón Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Uzbekistan Kuvondik Ruziev
Terengganu Netherlands Matthew Steenvoorden Croatia Ivan Mamut Montenegro Argzim Redžović Nigeria James Okwuosa Nigeria Ismaheel Akinade Uzbekistan Sardor Kulmatov Uzbekistan Nurillo Tukhtasinov
  • 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/Heritage players

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies2 3 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa2 3 The GambiaMalaysia Mohamadou Sumareh3 BrazilMalaysia Endrick3 EnglandChinaMalaysia Hong Wan2 ArgentinaMalaysia Manuel Hidalgo2 ColombiaMalaysia Romel Morales3
Kuala Lumpur City AustraliaMalaysia Declan Lambert2 3 AustraliaMalaysia Ryan Lambert2 AustraliaMalaysia Giancarlo Gallifuoco3 New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones 2 3 ItalyMalaysia Sean Giannelli2
Sri Pahang EnglandMalaysia Nicholas Swirad2 ArgentinaMalaysia Ezequiel Agüero3 AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley2 3
Selangor KosovoMalaysia Liridon Krasniqi3 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng2 3 EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville2
Sabah EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok2 3 EnglandMalaysia Stuart Wilkin2 3 EnglandMalaysia Daniel Ting2 ArgentinaMalaysia Leandro Velázquez3 South KoreaMalaysia Park Tae-soo3
Kuching City JapanMalaysia Yuki Tanigawa3
Negeri Sembilan AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan2 3
Penang BrazilMalaysia Rafael Vitor2 JapanMalaysia Ryu Yamaguchi2
Terengganu BrazilMalaysia Paulo Josué3

Notes:

^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.

Standings

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2 Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the AFC Champions League 2 group stage
3 Kelantan United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kuala Lumpur City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kuching City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Negeri Sembilan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 PDRM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Penang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Perak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Selangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sri Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Results table

Home \ Away JDT KDA KLU KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kedah Darul Aman 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kelantan United 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kuala Lumpur City 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kuching City 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Negeri Sembilan 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
PDRM 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Penang 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Perak 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Sabah 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Selangor 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Sri Pahang 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Terengganu 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2023. 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.

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Results by round

Updated to match(es) played on 27 December 2023. Source: MFL
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lose

References

  1. ↑ Noor, Azim (16 September 2023). "Liga Malaysia Dijangka Selari Dengan Kalendar AFC Musim 24/25". makanbola.com. Makanbola. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Rahman, Izzati (16 September 2023). "Perubahan besar menanti Liga Malaysia 2024". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  3. ↑ Johari, Firdaus (11 October 2023). "Jadual Liga M musim 2024 ikut kalendar AFC". flashsukan.com.my. Flash Sukan. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "MFL Umum Tarikh Sepak Mula Musim Baharu Liga Malaysia 2024/25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Keputusan Lesen Kebangsaan Bagi Pasukan Kelantan FC Untuk Pertandingan Liga Super Musim 2024-25". malaysianfootballleague.com. Malaysian Football League. 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  6. ↑ "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "JDT and coach Solari part company".
  8. ↑ "MFL to expand super league, discontinue premier league from 202".

See also

  • 2024–25 Piala Sumbangsih
  • 2024–25 Malaysia M3 League
  • 2024–25 Malaysia M4 League
  • 2024–25 Malaysia M5 League
  • 2024–25 Malaysia FA Cup
  • 2024–25 Malaysia Cup
  • 2024–25 MFL Challenge Cup
  • 2024–25 MFL Cup
  • 2023 Piala Presiden
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