2023 Malaysia Super League

The 2023 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2023) is the 20th 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 42nd season of top-flight Malaysia football overall. It is the first season after restructuring, with 18 teams (instead of 12). However, MFL announced there will be only 16 teams as they rejected both Sarawak United and Melaka United due to failed licensing appeal. The league shrunk to 15 teams after Petaling Jaya City officially withdrawn due to the expansion and increased foreign player quota, which are diverted from the club's main vision. On 5 January 2023, UiTM officially withdrawn due to the financial problems. The new season therefore has 14 teams, kicking-off on 24th February.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2023
Dates24 February - 17 December 2023
Matches played71
Goals scored221 (3.11 per match)
Top goalscorerFernando Forestieri
(10 goals)
Biggest home win6 goals
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Kedah Darul Aman
(9 April 2023)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Kelantan United
(13 May 2023)
Biggest away win7 goals
Negeri Sembilan 0–7 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(6 March 2023)
Highest scoring7 goals
Negeri Sembilan 0–7 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(6 March 2023)
Sabah 5–2 Penang
(17 March 2023)
Sabah 6-1 Kelantan
(19 April 2023)
Longest winning run10 match
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Sri Pahang
Longest winless run10 matches
Kelantan United
Longest losing run5 matches
Kelantan
Kuching City
PDRM
Highest attendance31,889
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 Terengganu
(24 February 2023)
Lowest attendance153
PDRM 1–2 Negeri Sembilan
(18 May 2023)
Total attendance470,013
Average attendance6,620
← 2022
2024 →
All statistics correct as of 18 May 2023.

The defending champion from the 2022 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from the 2022 Malaysia Premier League

Expelled or Withdrawn from the 2023 Malaysia Super League

Team Reason
Melaka United Failed to appeal licensing[1][2]
Sarawak United
Petaling Jaya City Restructured Malaysia Super League are not aligned with club's future vision [3][4]
UiTM FC

Clubs locations
Locations of teams in the 2023 Malaysia Super League
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 Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000
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[5]

Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Esteban Solari Indonesia Jordi Amat Nike JDT Fan Token
Kedah Darul Aman Malaysia Nafuzi Zain Philippines Manny Ott Lotto Bin Zayed International, Langkawi Pure
Kelantan Germany Frank Bernhardt Spain Mario Arques 93 Sports Skygear, Hotel Zamburger
Kelantan United Czech Republic Tomáš Trucha Malaysia Indra Putra IAM Kelantan Melangkah ke Hadapan, Nasken Coffee
Kuala Lumpur City Croatia Bojan Hodak Malaysia Paulo Josué Li-Ning Rinani
Kuching City Malaysia Irfan Bakti Malaysia Adam Shreen StarSports City of Unity
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Zaquan Adha Kelme Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix
PDRM Malaysia Azzmi Aziz Malaysia Azmi Muslim Oren Sport redONE
Penang Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt Brazil Rafael Vitor Kaki Jersi Penang2030
Perak Malaysia Lim Teong Kim Malaysia Hafizal Alias Cheetah XOX
Sabah Malaysia Ong Kim Swee Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar 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 Malaysia Shahrul Nizam 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
Perak Malaysia Yusri Che Lah Re-designate as Reserve team coach [6] 13 September 2022 Pre-season Malaysia Lim Teong Kim 13 September 2022 [7]
Terengganu Malaysia Nafuzi Zain End of Contract [8] 30 November 2022 Pre-season Croatia Tomislav Steinbruckner 1 December 2022 [9]
Kelantan United Malaysia Sazami Shafii (interim) End of Interim 1 December 2022 Pre-season Czech Republic Tomáš Trucha 30 December 2022
Johor Darul Ta'zim Venezuela Héctor Bidoglio Re-designate as Technical Director [10] 1 December 2022 Pre-season Argentina Esteban Solari 1 January 2023 [11]
Kelantan Malaysia Rezal Zambery Yahya Re-designate as Assistant Coach 1 December 2022 Pre-season South Korea Choi Moon-sik 12 January 2023
Kedah Malaysia Victor Andrag (interim) End of Interim [12] 6 December 2022 Pre-season Malaysia Nafuzi Zain 6 December 2022 [13]
PDRM Malaysia Razak Jaamadi (interim) End of Interim 31 December 2022 Pre-season Malaysia Azzmi Aziz 7 January 2023
Sri Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh (interim) End of Interim 13 January 2023 Pre-season Singapore Fandi Ahmad 14 January 2023
Penang Malaysia Manzoor Azwira (interim) End of Interim and Re-designate as Assistant Coach 23 February 2023 Pre-season Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt 28 February 2023[14]
Kelantan South Korea Choi Moon-sik Sacked 4 April 2023[15] 11 Malaysia Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) 4 April 2023
Kelantan Malaysia Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) End of Interim 9 April 2023 13 Germany Frank Bernhardt 9 April 2023[16]

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 3 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 3 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

All team in the Super League can register nine foreign players, but allowed only five import players to be fielded, which is three plus one Asian player and one ASEAN player. In addition, at any one time while only one import player can be on the bench.[17]

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 Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Brazil Bergson Brazil Diogo Argentina Leandro Velázquez Italy Fernando Forestieri Spain Juan Muñiz Australia Shane Lowry Indonesia Jordi Amat Philippines Óscar Arribas
Kedah Darul Aman Brazil Willian Lira Brazil Jonathan Balotelli Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Serbia Bojan Ciger South Africa Alan Robertson Ghana Ebenezer Assifuah Algeria Zakaria Lounis Tajikistan Amirbek Juraboev Philippines Manny Ott
Kelantan Argentina Leo Rolon Spain Mario Arqués Spain Cifu The Gambia Nuha Marong Nigeria Ismahil Akinade South Korea Kang Yi-chan South Korea Kim Min-gyu Indonesia Natanael Siringoringo Philippines Carli De Murga
Philippines Christian Rontini
Kelantan United Brazil Yan Victor Brazil Devid Senegal Morgaro Gomis Brazil Gregory Rocha Kyrgyzstan Ernist Batyrkanov Philippines OJ Porteria
Kuala Lumpur City Brazil Caion Colombia Romel Morales Italy Sebastian Avanzini Croatia Matko Zirdum Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Australia Giancarlo Gallifuoco Philippines Kevin Ray Mendoza Philippines Patrick Reichelt
Kuching City Brazil Aylton Alemão Brazil Célio Santos Serbia Mihailo Jovanović Burundi Sudi Abdallah Liberia Abu Kamara Nigeria Michael Ijezie Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Kuziev Japan Yuki Tanigawa Philippines Julian Schwarzer
Negeri Sembilan Brazil Casagrande Brazil Vinicius Leonel France Hérold Goulon Gabon Levy Madinda Singapore Safuwan Baharudin
PDRM Liberia Marcus Macauley Nigeria James Okwuosa Nigeria Uche Agba Nigeria Chukwu Chijioke Senegal Jacque Faye Japan Bruno Suzuki Jordan Fadi Awad Myanmar Kyaw Min Oo
Penang Brazil Rafael Vitor Brazil Adriano Brazil Giovane Gomes France Ousmane Fané Lebanon Soony Saad Japan Christian Ryu Yamaguchi Myanmar Zaw Min Tun South Korea An Sae-hee
Philippines Curt Dizon
Perak Argentina Luciano Guaycochea Nigeria Sunday Afolabi Nigeria Christian Obiozor South Korea Seo Seon-ung South Korea Sim Hyun-ki South Korea Lee Joo-han
Sabah Brazil Gabriel Peres Brazil Jailton Paraiba Portugal Telmo Castanheira South Korea Ko Kwang-min South Korea Park Tae-soo Indonesia Saddil Ramdani Nigeria Jacob Njoku
Selangor Colombia Ayron del Valle Venezuela Yohandry Orozco Ghana Richmond Ankrah Ghana Alex Agyarkwa Ghana Rauf Salifu Jordan Noor Al-Rawabdeh Jordan Yazan Al-Arab Myanmar Hein Htet Aung
Sri Pahang Brazil Lucas Silva Argentina Stefano Brundo Liberia Kpah Sherman Uzbekistan Sherzod Fayziev South Korea Lee Ji-Yong South Korea Lee Jeong-Geun Australia Michael Glassock Philippines Kevin Ingreso
Terengganu Haiti Sony Nordé Croatia Domagoj Pušić Croatia Ivan Mamut Montenegro Argzim Redžović Ghana Jordan Mintah Uzbekistan Sardor Qulmatov Bahrain Habib Haroon Thailand Adisak Kraisorn Philippines Omid Nazari
  • 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
Johor Darul Ta'zim AustraliaMalaysia Matthew Davies2 3 CanadaMalaysia La'Vere Corbin-Ong2 3 SpainMalaysia Natxo Insa2 3 The GambiaMalaysia Mohamadou Sumareh3 BrazilMalaysia Endrick3 EnglandMalaysia Hong Wan2
Kuala Lumpur City AustraliaMalaysia Declan Lambert2 3 AustraliaMalaysia Ryan Lambert2 BrazilMalaysia Paulo Josué3 ItalyMalaysia Sean Giannelli2
Sri Pahang EnglandMalaysia Nicholas Swirad2 ArgentinaMalaysia Ezequiel Agüero3 AustraliaMalaysia David Rowley2 3
Selangor AustraliaMalaysia Brendan Gan2 3 AustraliaMalaysia Quentin Cheng2 3 EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville2
Sabah EnglandMalaysia Darren Lok2 3 EnglandMalaysia Stuart Wilkin2 3 EnglandMalaysia Daniel Ting2 SingaporeMalaysia Dominic Tan2 3
Terengganu KosovoMalaysia Liridon Krasniqi3
Negeri Sembilan New ZealandMalaysia Khair Jones 2 3
Penang
PDRM
Kedah Darul Aman EnglandMalaysia Lee Tuck 3 GhanaMalaysia Rodney Celvin Akwensivie2
Kelantan
Kelantan United
Kuching City
Perak

Notes:

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 11 11 0 0 47 1 +46 33 Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2 Selangor 10 7 1 2 23 11 +12 22 Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
3 Sri Pahang 10 6 4 0 17 7 +10 22 Qualification for 2024-25 AFC Cup
4 Kedah Darul Aman 11 7 1 3 22 15 +7 22
5 Sabah 11 6 3 2 26 16 +10 21
6 Negeri Sembilan 11 4 4 3 15 19 −4 16
7 Kuala Lumpur City 10 4 3 3 15 14 +1 15
8 Penang 10 4 2 4 16 16 0 14
9 Terengganu 11 4 2 5 15 15 0 14
10 PDRM 11 3 1 7 8 17 −9 10
11 Perak 10 2 3 5 8 19 −11 9
12 Kuching City 11 1 1 9 5 24 −19 4
13 Kelantan 11 1 1 9 12 39 −27 4
14 Kelantan United 10 0 2 8 5 21 −16 2
Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Position by round
Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Johor Darul Ta'zim331111111111
Selangor5233443222
Sri Pahang9555554333
Sabah1122235544
Kedah Darul Aman2444322455
Kuala Lumpur City69101211129876
Penang77911139101087
Terengganu1213147986668
Negeri Sembilan881213878999
PDRM14116866771010
Perak131011671011111111
Kuching City46810121312121212
Kelantan101479101113131313
Kelantan United11121314141414141414
Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
Qualification for AFC Champions League play-off round
Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
Source: MFL

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KDA KEL KLU KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER
Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 5–1 6–0 4–0 2–0
Kedah Darul Aman 5–0 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–0
Kelantan 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–3 a
Kelantan United 2–3 0–0
Kuala Lumpur City 0–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–3
Kuching City 0–4 1–1 0–1 1–2 0–5 0–1
Negeri Sembilan 0–7 1–2 4–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
PDRM 0–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 1–2
Penang 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–1 1–2
Perak 0–5 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–3
Sabah 6–1 3–1 4–0 5–2 2–1 2–2
Selangor 0–4 3–0 1–0 a 2–1 1–1 5–1
Sri Pahang 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1
Terengganu 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2
Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 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.

Season statistic

Top goalscorers
As of 18 May 2023 [18]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Italy Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim 10
2 Colombia Ayron del Valle Selangor 7
3 Malaysia Arif Aiman Hanapi Johor Darul Ta'zim 5
Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim
Brazil Willian Lira Kedah Darul Aman
Lebanon Soony Saad Penang
South Korea Park Tae-soo Sabah
Liberia Kpah Sherman Sri Pahang
Argentina Stefano Brundo Sri Pahang
10 9 players 5 teams 4
19 11 players 9 teams 3
30 17 players 11 teams 2
47 60 players 14 teams 1

Own goals
As of 18 May 2023
Rank Player Team Against Date Goal
1 Colombia Romel Morales Kuala Lumpur City Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 March 2023 1
Malaysia Kenny Pallraj Kuala Lumpur City Kelantan 17 March 2023
Malaysia Hasnul Zaim Perak Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 April 2023
Nigeria James Okwuosa PDRM Penang 9 April 2023
Malaysia Shivan Pillay Perak Kelantan 28 April 2023
Malaysia Yusri Yuhasmadi Kelantan Perak 28 April 2023

Top Assists
As of 14 May 2023 [19]
Rank Player Club Assist
1 Malaysia Arif Aiman Hanapi Johor Darul Ta'zim 5
Italy Fernando Forestieri Johor Darul Ta'zim
3 Malaysia Ghaffar Rahman Kelantan 4
Brazil Jaílton Paraíba Sabah
5 Argentina Manuel Hidalgo Kedah Darul Aman 3
Malaysia Faisal Halim Selangor
7 16 players 9 teams 2
23 53 players 14 teams 1

Hat-trick
As of 18 May 2023
Player For Against Result Date
Brazil Bergson Johor Darul Ta'zim Kelantan United 6–0 (H) 13 May 2023

Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Clean Sheets
As of 18 May 2023 [20]
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malaysia Syihan Hazmi Johor Darul Ta'zim 9
2 Malaysia Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Kedah Darul Aman 3
Malaysia Azri Ghani Kuala Lumpur City
Malaysia Bryan See Tian Keat Perak
Malaysia Khairul Azhan Selangor
Malaysia Izham Tarmizi Sri Pahang
7 Malaysia Ramadhan Hamid PDRM 2
Malaysia Willfred Jabun PDRM
Malaysia Suhaimi Husin Terengganu
Malaysia Rahadiazli Rahalim Terengganu
11 Malaysia Nik Amin Ahmad Kelantan 1
Malaysia Asyraaf Omar Kelantan United
Philippines Kevin Ray Mendoza Kuala Lumpur City
Malaysia Muhaimin Mohamad 4 Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Sikh Izhan Nazrel 4 Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Azfar Arif Penang
Malaysia Shafiq Afifi Penang
Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Sabah

Notes:

^4 Did not played full time.

Discipline
As of 18 May 2023 [21]

Players

Club
  • Most red cards:4
  • Most yellow cards:33

Attendance to Stadium

Overall Attendance
Home Away Attendance
JDT KDA KEL KLU KLC KUC NSE PDRM PEN PRK SAB SEL SRP TER Total Average
Johor Darul Ta'zim — 13,722 24,404 10,833 19,836 31,889 100,684 20,137
Kedah Darul Aman — 2,590 7,662 12,792 3,230 21,700 47,974 9,595
Kelantan — 6,678 5,138 6,011 5,148 22,975 5,744
Kelantan United 1,954 — 964 2,918 1,459
Kuala Lumpur City 6,847 — 627 1,291 1,260 1,194 4,204 15,423 2,571
Kuching City 188 — 292 2,500 18,000 275 21,255 4,251
Negeri Sembilan 15,427 2,348 1,885 452 — 1,738 6,329 3,203 31,382 4,483
PDRM 1,705 202 153 — 2,250 471 4,781 956
Penang 1,630 1,783 3,754 1,224 — 3,540 4,919 16,850 2,808
Perak 6,799 15,106 3,817 1,147 — 5,855 32,724 6,545
Sabah 5,210 12,558 12,602 11,711 — 14,444 56,525 11,305
Selangor 14,462 5,761 6,701 5,754 — 8,504 5,207 46,389 7,732
Sri Pahang 7,296 6,040 2,811 10,027 — 26,174 6,544
Terengganu 5,025 4,250 11,560 3,584 9,020 10,520 — 43,959 7,327
Total League Attendance 470,013 6,620

Last Updated : 18 May 2023

Source : FAM CMS

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