2017 Malaysia Super League Explained

Competition:	Liga Super Malaysia
Winners:	Johor Darul Ta'zim 4th Super League title 4th Liga M title
Dates:	20 January 2017 – 28 October 2017
Relegated:	Sarawak Penang Felda United T-Team
Continentalcup1:	AFC Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Continentalcup2:	AFC Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Matches:	132
Total Goals:	408
League Topscorer:	Mohammed Ghaddar (23 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	(9 April 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	(22 July 2017)
Highest Scoring:	(4 February 2017) (9 May 2017)
Longest Wins:	(7 games) Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest Unbeaten:	(14 games) Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest Attendance:	25,000 (27 January 2017) (25 February 2017) (4 March 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	0 (4 February 2017)
Attendance:	881,178
Average Attendance:	6,676
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018
Updated:	31 October 2017 Source: SPMB, Liga Malaysia, FMLPP
Season:	2017

The 2017 Malaysia Super League (ms|Liga Super Malaysia 2017) was the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

The season began on 20 January and concluded on 28 October 2017.^[1]

The defending champions were Johor Darul Ta'zim and retained the title from the previous season.

Teams

PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Felda United	Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang	Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Johor Bahru, Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	30,000
Kedah	Alor Setar, Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387
Kelantan	Kota Bharu, Kelantan	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	25,000
Melaka United	Krubong, Melaka	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Pahang	Kuantan, Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000
Penang	Batu Kawan, Penang	State of Penang Stadium	40,000
Perak	Ipoh, Perak	Perak Stadium	42,500
PKNS	Shah Alam, Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium	80,372
Sarawak	Kuching, Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium	26,000
Selangor	Selayang, Selangor	Selayang Stadium	11,098
T–Team	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Locations and stadium

Primary venues used in the Liga Super:

Felda United	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 32,387

Kelantan	Melaka United	Pahang
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

Penang	Perak	Sarawak
Penang State Stadium	Perak Stadium	Sarawak State Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 42,500	Capacity: 26,000

PKNS	T–Team	Selangor
Shah Alam Stadium	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	Selayang Stadium
Capacity: 80,372	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 11,098

¹ Correct as of end of 2016 Liga Super season

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	Main sponsor
Felda United	B. Sathianathan	Shukor Adan	FBT	FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ulisses Morais	Safiq Rahim	Nike	Forest City
Kedah	Nidzam Adzha	Khairul Helmi Johari	Al-Ikhsan	Bina Darulaman Berhad
Kelantan	Zahasmi Ismail	Badhri Radzi	HORC	redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati
Melaka United	Eduardo Almeida	Surendran Ravindran	Kronos	Edra, CGN, Tag Marine
Pahang	Dollah Salleh	Matthew Davies	FILA	Aras Kuasa
Penang	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Rafiuddin Rodin	Legea	myPenang
Perak	Mehmet Durakovic	Shahrom Kalam	Al-Ikhsan	Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
PKNS	Sven Gartung	Safee Sali	Kappa	PKNS
Sarawak	Pengiran Bala (caretaker)	Ronny Harun	Starsport
Selangor	P. Maniam	Razman Roslan	Lotto	Selangor
T–Team	Rahmad Darmawan	Hasbullah Awang	Kobert	Chicken Cottage

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
Felda United	Mohd Bin Nik	End of caretaker spell	22 October 2016	Pre-season	Azmi Mohamed	1 November 2016
Melaka United	Mat Zan Mat Aris	End of contract	22 October 2016		Eric Williams	17 November 2016^[2]
Pahang	Razip Ismail	End of contract	22 October 2016		Dollah Salleh	1 December 2016
Kelantan	Velizar Popov	Resigned	22 October 2016^[3]		Zahasmi Ismail	30 November 2016
Penang	Nenad Baćina	End of contract	24 November 2016			28 November 2016^[4]
Selangor	K. Gunalan	End of caretaker spell	26 December 2016^[5]		P. Maniam	26 December 2016
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Mario Gómez	Mutual consent	18 January 2017^[6]		Benjamin Mora	18 January 2017
Felda United	Azmi Mohamed	Resigned	7 February 2017	11th	B. Sathianathan	21 February 2017^[7]
Perak	Karl Heinz Weigang	Sacked	22 February 2017	3rd	Mehmet Durakovic	22 February 2017^[8]
	Ashley Westwood	Mutual Agreement	19 March 2017^[9]	12th	Zainal Abidin Hassan	23 March 2017
	Tan Cheng Hoe	Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach	29 April 2017 ^[10]	3rd	Nidzam Adzha^[11]	23 May 2017
	Eric Williams	Rested	23 May 2017^[12]	10th	Eduardo Almeida	17 June 2017
	Benjamin Mora	Demoted to JDT II	19 June 2017^[13]	1st	Ulisses Morais	19 June 2017
PKNS	E. Elavarasan	Rested	7 July 2017	10th	Sven Gartung	17 July 2017
Sarawak	David Usop	Rested	13 July 2017	10th	Pengiran Bala (caretaker)	13 July 2017

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

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 (Asian)	Former Players
Felda United	Zah Rahan Krangar	Ifedayo Olusegun	Thiago Augusto	Dino Djulbic	Gastón Cellerino Mootaz Jounaidi Lucas Cano
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Marcos António	Gonzalo Cabrera	Gabriel Guerra	Mohammed Ghaddar	Jerónimo Barrales Brian Ferreira
Kedah	Liridon Krasniqi	Sandro	Ken Ilsø	Zac Anderson
Kelantan	Mamadou Danso	Morgaro Gomis		Abou Bakr Al-Mel^[14]	Mohammed Ghaddar^[15]
Melaka United	Jasmin Mecinović	Felipe	Marko Šimić	Jeon Woo-young	Godwin Antwi^[16] Ezequiel Agüero Ilija Spasojević
Pahang	Yamil Romero	Mohamadou Sumareh	Matheus Alves	Heo Jae-won	Bright Dike^[17]
Penang	Brandon McDonald	Sanna Nyassi	Nigel Dabinyaba	Mark Hartmann	Diogo Ferreira Andy Russell^[18] Reinaldo Lobo
Perak	Thiago Junio	Leandro	Gilmar	Yashir Pinto	Faton Toski Vladislav Mirchev
PKNS	Abdou Jammeh	Fabio Ferreira	Patrick Wleh	Park Kwang-il	Lucas Espindola Matias Jadue Gonzalo Soto
Sarawak	Demerson	Miloš Raičković		Sahil Suhaimi^[19]	Mark Hartmann Lee Jong-ho^[20]
Selangor	Ugo Ukah	Rufino Segovia	Francis Doe	Andik Vermansyah	Victoraș Astafei Juliano Mineiro
T–Team	Abdoulaye Maïga	Mamadou Samassa	Yannick N'Djeng		Farhod Tadjiyev

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
Johor Darul Ta'zim swap the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Naturalised players

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
Felda United	Curran Singh Ferns	Stuart Wark
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Junior Eldstål	Darren Lok	Natxo Insa
Melaka United	Khair Jones	Nicholas Swirad
Pahang	Kiko Insa	Matthew Davies
Penang	Shazalee Ramlee

Notes:

Carrying Malaysian heritage.

Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

Results

League table

Positions by round

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
	3	2	4	7	8	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	5	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
	2	7	7	10	11	11	11	7	9	8	8	6	6	6	5	4	6	4	4	4	3	3
	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
	6	5	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5
	1	3	6	8	4	3	3	5	4	4	6	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6
	11	11	8	6	6	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7
	10	8	10	11	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8
	8	10	9	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9
	9	6	5	5	7	10	6	6	6	6	5	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	10
	7	9	11	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11
	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Statistics

Top scorers

^[21] ^[22]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohammed Ghaddar	Johor Darul Ta'zim (5), Kelantan (18)	23
2	Matheus Alves	Pahang	18
3	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	15
4	Thiago Augusto	Felda United	14
5	Gonzalo Cabrera	Johor Darul Ta'zim	11
6	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	9
	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah
	Marko Šimić	Melaka United
	Mateo Roskam	Sarawak
10	Sandro	Kedah	8
	Patrick Wleh	PKNS
	Francis Doe	Selangor
13	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7
14	Mohamadou Sumareh	Pahang	6
14	Lucas Cano	Felda United	6
16	Ifedayo Olusegun	Felda United	5
	Jeon Woo-young	Melaka United
	Yashir Pinto	Perak
	Lucas Espindola	PKNS
	Mark Hartmann	Penang (2), Sarawak (3)
	Juliano Mineiro	Selangor
	Rufino Segovia	Selangor
	Farhod Tadjiyev	T–Team
	Nor Hakim Hassan	T–Team
8	4
		Farhod Tadjiyev	T-Team
		Sandro da Silva Mendonça	Kedah
		Lucas Cano	Felda United
		10	3
				Lucas Espíndola	PKNS F.C.
				Jeon Woo-young	Melaka United
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha	Felda United
Mohamadou Sumareh	Pahang
Mark Hartmann	Sarawak
Norhakim Isa	T-Team
Mamadou Samassa	T-Team
Mateo Roskam	Sarawak
15	Victoraș Astafei			Selangor	2
	Matías Jadue			PKNS F.C.
	Safee Sali
	Khairul Ramadhan Zauwawi
	Thiago Junior Aquino	Perak
	Yashir Pinto
	Vladislav Mirchev
	Bright Dike	Pahang
	Joseph Kalang Tie
	Ashari Samsudin
	Faisal Rosli
	Lucas Cano	Felda United F.C.
	Mohd Hafiz Kamal
28	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1
	Fadhli Shas
	Gonzalo Cabrera
	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri
	Adam Nor Azlin	Selangor
	Muhd Syahmi Safari
	Mohd Raimi Mohd Nor
	Syamim Yahya	Pahang
	Heo Jae-won
	Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria
	Nor Hakim Hassan	T-Team
	Ilija Spasojević	Melaka United
	Mohd Fauzi Roslan
	Khairu Azrin Khazali
	Izzaq Faris Ramlan
	Khair Jones
	Gonzalo Soto	PKNS F.C.
	Bobby Gonzales	PKNS F.C.
	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi	Kelantan
	Indra Putra Mahayuddin
	Danial Ashraf
	Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli
	Sandro da Silva Mendonça	Kedah
	Syazwan Zainon
	Muhammad Farhan Roslan
	Mohd Fitri Omar
	Syafiq Ahmad
	Liridon Krasniqi
	Tommy Mawat Bada	Sarawak
	Hafiz Bakar
	Mohd Hairol Mokhtar
	Abdul Rahim
	Shahrul Saad	Perak
	Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak
	Faton Toski
Faton Toski
Abdul Hadi Yahya	Felda United F.C.
Dilshod Sharofetdinov	Felda United F.C.	T-Team F.C.
Zah Rahan Krangar
Nigel Dabingyaba	Penang
Mohd Faiz Subri	Penang
Mohd Syukur Saidin

Top assists

As of 28 October 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	13
2	Liridon Krasniqi	Kedah	9
3	Matheus Alves	Pahang	8
3	Mohamadou Sumareh	Pahang	8
4	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6
	Sandro	Kedah
	Felipe Souza	Melaka United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Patrick Wleh	PKNS	Selangor	5–3 (H)	4 February 2017
Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	T–Team	3–0 (H)	25 February 2017
Mohammed Ghaddar	Kelantan	Perak	2–4 (A)	1 March 2017
		T–Team	4–2 (H)	4 March 2017
		Penang	1–5⁴ (A)	15 April 2017
Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Melaka United	7–0 (H)	9 April 2017
Nor Hakim Hassan	T–Team	Kedah	5–0 (H)	15 April 2017
Ken Ilsø	Kedah	T–Team	3–0 (H)	24 May 2017
Thiago Augusto	Felda United	Sarawak	1–3 (A)	11 July 2017
Thiago Augusto	Felda United	T–Team	5–1 (H)	15 July 2017

Notes:
⁴ Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Own goals

^[22]

Rank	Player	For	Against	Date	Goals
1	Syazwan Tajuddin	Kedah	Perak	1 July 2017	1
1	Matias Jadue	PKNS	Johor Darul Ta'zim	15 April 2017	1

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Hafizul Hakim	Perak	7	0
2	Shahril Saa'ri	Sarawak	6	0
3	Wan Azraie	Pahang	5	0
3	Izham Tarmizi	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5	0
5	Ifwat Akmal	Kedah	4	0
5	Farizal Harun	Felda United	4	0
7	Hafidz Romly	T–Team	3	0
	Suhaimi Husin	T–Team		0
	Khairulazhan Khalid	Selangor		0
	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar	PKNS		.0
	Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim		0
12	Helmi Eliza	Pahang	2	0
	Fazli Paat	Melaka United		0
	Farhan Abu Bakar	Kedah		0
	Hadi Hamid	Kedah		0
16	Izzuddin Hussin	T–Team	1	0
	Norazlan Razali	Selangor		0
	Zarif Irfan	Selangor
	Zamir Selamat	PKNS		0
	Sani Anuar	Penang		0
	Amirul Asyraf	Penang		0
	Ramadhan Hamid	Kelantan		0
	Khairul Fahmi	Kelantan		0
	Haziq Nadzli	Johor Darul Ta'zim		0

Discipline

Player

	Player	Club	Total
	Player	Club
1	Ugo Ukah	Selangor	6 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
2	Mohd Raimi	Selangor	4 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
3	Rizal Ghazali	Kedah	3 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
3	Azrul Ahmad	Kedah	3 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
5	Akram Mahinan	Kedah	6 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
6	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Mohd Qayyum	Kelantan	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Jasmin Mecinović	Melaka United	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Hairol Mokhtar	Melaka United	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
	S. Kunanlan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
12	Morgaro Gomis	Kelantan	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Fauzan Dzulkifli	PKNS	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Shahrom Kalam	Perak	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Fitri Omar	Kedah	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Yashir Pinto	Perak	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Hafiz Kamal	Perak	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Kiko Insa	Pahang	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
	Liridon Krasniqi	Kedah	5 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards (two yellow card)-->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->

Club

	Club	Total
	Club
1	Selangor	41 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	2 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	2 <	-- Total red -->
2	Kedah	41 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	3 <	-- Total red cards -->
3	Perak	41 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
4	PKNS	34 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
5	Felda United	32 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
6	Sarawak	29 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
7	Johor Darul Ta'zim	28 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	2 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
8	Pahang	27 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
9	Kelantan	26 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
10	Penang	24 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	2 <	-- Total red cards -->
11	Melaka United	17 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	1 <	-- Total red cards -->
12	T–Team	16 <	-- Total yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total two yellow cards -->	0 <	-- Total red cards -->
Total	356	5	10

Attendances

Overall attendance

Home	Away												Attendance
Home	FEL	JDT	KED	KEL	MEL	PAH	PEN	PRK	PKN	SWK	SEL	TTE	TOTAL	AVE
Felda United	-----	1,724	6,211	10,393	1,367	18,500	1,300	2,992	2,277	1,552	2,469	1,288	50,073	4,552
Johor Darul Ta'zim	18,320	-----	24,157	18,210	14,475	20,480	16,850	16,985	13,325	10,126	19,822	14,807	187,557	17,051
Kedah	4,000	3,000	-----	11,970	25,000	12,000	25,000	7,656	20,000	25,000	18,000	10,000	161,626	14,693
Kelantan	1,061	13,891	20,853	-----	8,963	3,373	8,924	1,523	5,076	1,251	2,503	10,653	78,071	7,097
Melaka United	2,711	11,037	7,048	4,723	-----	12,151	4,004	1,683	2,399	2,237	2,059	7,322	57,374	5,216
Pahang	5,646	8,053	6,111	11,267	2,455	-----	9,654	1,759	10,826	944	12,847	13,402	82,964	7,542
Penang	1,393	3,091	18,545	8,130	1,288	2,158	-----	9,000	2,173	4,946	728	603	52,055	4,732
Perak	2,678	22,382	3,753	5,570	0	19,720	1,412	-----	5,310	1,350	7,090	1,961	71,226	6,475
PKNS	75	3,754	4,290	6,080	2,616	1,092	281	4,882	-----	1,007	6,113	44	30,234	2,748
Sarawak	1,497	6,153	1,162	1,596	7,703	8,011	1,214	2,465	1,211	-----	2,185	2,185	35,106	3,201
Selangor	1,819	11,257	8,315	7,837	5,777	9,756	3,076	9,000	847	2,928	-----	2,285	62,897	5,718
T–Team	1,079	1,084	1,144	1,262	700	300	821	888	1,231	1,763	1,723	-----	11,995	1,090
Total League Attendance													881,178	6,676

Highest and lowest

External links

Notes and References

https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2017.html
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Web site: Velizar Popov letak jawatan. Sinar Harian. 22 October 2016.
Web site: OFFICIAL: Ashley Westwood joins Penang FA in the Malaysian Super League. goal.com. 28 November 2016. 29 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021849/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/222/transfer-zone/2016/11/28/29963932/official-ashley-westwood-joins-penang-fa-in-the-malaysian. dead.
Web site: (Football) P. Maniam tapped to lead Selangor out of doldrums for Super League. New Straits Times. 26 December 2016.
Web site: BREAKING: JDT and Mario Gomez part ways. FourFourTwo. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170118215558/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/news/breaking-jdt-and-mario-gomez-part-ways. 18 January 2017. dead.
News: Sathianathan jurulatih baharu Felda United. Berita Harian. 20 February 2017. 21 February 2017. 22 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054912/http://www.bhplus.com.my/node/250803. dead.
Web site: Mehmed Durakovic kendali pasukan Perak. mediaperaktbg. 22 February 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170222194837/http://peraktbg.com/2017/02/22/mehmed-durakovic-kendali-pasukan-perak-the-bos-gaurus/. 22 February 2017. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: BREAKING: Ashley Westwood has resigned from Penang FA. 19 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170319054326/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/44573/breaking-ashley-westwood-resigned-penang-fa/. 19 March 2017. dead.
Web site: Tan Cheng Hoe departs Kedah FA just before their Malaysia FA Cup tie against Terengganu FA - Goal.com. 30 April 2017. goal.com. 23 May 2017.
Web site: Say hello to Kedah’s new head coach, Nidzam Adzha. 2017-05-24. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215125102/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46967/say-hello-kedahs-new-head-coach-nidzam-adzha/. 2018-12-15. dead.
Web site: Melaka United rest 'ill' coach Eric Williams ahead of Felda game in MSL. espnfcasia.com. 23 May 2017.
Web site: Mora dropped.
Web site: Have Kelantan found a replacement for Mohammed Ghaddar? - FourthOfficial.com. Prashant. Kharbanda. 17 May 2017. fourthofficial.com. 23 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215125056/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46658/kelantan-found-replacement-mohammed-ghaddar/. 15 December 2018. dead.
Web site: Mohammed Ghaddar signs with JDT after leaving troubled Kelantan. espnfcasia.com. 23 May 2017.
Web site: TRANSFER: Melaka United sign new foreign defender - Goal.com. 17 May 2017. goal.com. 23 May 2017.
Web site: TRANSFER: Pahang may field new foreign signing in Malaysia FA Cup final - Goal.com. 17 May 2017. goal.com. 23 May 2017.
Web site: Penang FA terminate contracts of two foreign players - FourthOfficial.com. Prashant. Kharbanda. 8 May 2017. fourthofficial.com. 23 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20180926141442/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/46218/penang-fa-terminate-contracts-two-foreign-players/. 26 September 2018. dead.
Web site: Sahil close to Sarawak move. 22 May 2017. tnp.sg. 23 May 2017.
Web site: Lee Jung-ho released.
Web site: Liga Super Statistics – Top Scorers . Football Malaysia LLP . 30 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160219214517/http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/super-league-2/ . 19 February 2016 . dead .
Web site: Penjaring Gol . Liga Malaysia 2017 . 30 October 2017.