2017 Malaysia Premier League Explained

Dates:	20 January 2017–27 October 2017
Competition:	Malaysia Premier League
Winners:	Kuala Lumpur 1st Second Division title
Promoted:	Kuala Lumpur Terengganu PKNP Negeri Sembilan
Relegated:	ATM Perlis
Matches:	132
Total Goals:	454
League Topscorer:	Guilherme de Paula (27 goals)
Biggest Home Win:	Kuala Lumpur 6–0 ATM (23 May 2017)
Biggest Away Win:	MISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM (3 March 2017)
Highest Scoring:	ATM 4–5 PDRM (28 February 2017) MISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM (3 March 2017) Kuantan 3–6 Kuala Lumpur (14 July 2017) MISC-MIFA 6–3 Kuantan (25 July 2017)
Highest Attendance:	9,401 Negeri Sembilan 3–4 Terengganu (17 February 2017)
Lowest Attendance:	50 PDRM 5–3 Kuantan (19 September 2017)
Attendance:	197,551
Average Attendance:	1,497
Prevseason:	2016
Nextseason:	2018
Updated:	27 October 2017
Season:	2017

The 2017 Liga Premier (en|'''2017 Premier League'''), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1] Kuala Lumpur were crowned the champions and were promoted to Liga Super since relegated in 2012 season.

The season started on 20 January and concluded on 27 October 2017.^[1]

Teams, stadiums, and personnel

Teams

A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Liga Super and two promoted from the 2016 Liga FAM.

Teams changes

To Liga PremierPromoted from Liga FAM

• • MIFA PKNP

Relegated from Liga Super

• PDRM
• Terengganu

From Liga PremierPromoted to Liga Super

• Melaka United
• PKNS

Relegated to Liga FAM

• Sime Darby

Team withdraw

• DRB-HICOM (joined the Kuala Lumpur League Division 1)

Stadia and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
ATM	Tanjung Malim	Proton City Stadium	5,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Pasir Gudang	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium	15,000
Kuantan	Kuantan	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000
Kuala Lumpur	Selayang	Selayang Stadium	11,098
MIFA	Petaling Jaya	Petaling Jaya Stadium	25,000
	Paroi	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	40,000
PDRM	Krubong	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Perlis	Kangar	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium	20,000
PKNP	Ipoh	Perak Stadium	42,500
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	35,000
Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000
UiTM	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	6,000

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	Coach	Captain	Kit	Sponsor
ATM	Azhar Abdullah	Venice Elphi	Admiral	Malaysian Armed Forces
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Benjamin Mora	Nicolás Fernández	Nike	Forest City
Kuantan	Zulhamizan Zakaria	Malik Ariff	SkyHawk	Kuantan FC Holding
Kuala Lumpur	Fábio Maciel	Helmi Remeli	Fawz	JL99 Group & EKOVEST
MIFA	Jacob Joseph	K. Nanthakumar	Umbro	MIFA
Negeri Sembilan	Asri Ninggal	Nasriq Baharom	Mizuno	Matrix Concepts
PDRM	Fauzi Pilus	Safuwan Baharudin	Line 7	Forca
Perlis	Syamsul Saad	Alafi Mahmud	Carino	Daily Fresco
PKNP	Abu Bakar Fadzim	Shahrel Fikri	Puma SE	Perak Corp.
Sabah	Jelius Ating	Rawilson Batuil	Carino	Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Terengganu	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim	Abdul Latiff Suhaimi	Kobert	Chicken Cottage
UiTM	Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail	Afif Asyraf Zabawi^[2]	Umbro	Soaring Upwards

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 head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Kuala Lumpur	Ismail Zakaria	Resigned	23 November 2016 ^[3]	Pre-season	Wanderley da Silva	1 December 2016 ^[4]
Sabah	Johnny Dominicus	Demote to assistant head coach	25 November 2016		Steve Vilmiaire	25 November 2016 ^[5]
Perlis	Dollah Salleh	End of contract	30 November 2016		Razip Ismail
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Benjamin Mora	Promoted to JDT I	18 January 2017 ^[6]		Hamzani Omar	18 January 2017
Kuala Lumpur	Wanderley da Silva			6th	Fábio Maciel^[7]
Perlis	Razip Ismail	Resigned	4 March 2017	12th	Syamsul Saad^[8]	7 March 2017
Sabah	Steve Vilmiaire	Resigned	19 March 2017	11th	Jelius Ating^[9]	19 March 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim II		Rested	19 June 2017	6th	Benjamin Mora	19 June 2017

Foreign players

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	Player 4 (Asian)	Former Players
ATM	Ikbol Babakhanov		Pavel Smolyachenko	Bae Beom-geun
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Samuel Cáceres	Nicolás Fernández	Jerónimo Barrales	Alex Smith	Gabriel Guerra*
Kuantan	Ljubo Baranin	Stefan Vukmirović		Shunsuke Nakatake	Shim Un-seob
Kuala Lumpur	Paulo Josue	Nicolás Dul	Guilherme de Paula	Bobur Akbarov	Modibo Konté
MIFA	Dimitri Bodric	Dudu	Kpah Sherman	Shin Jae-pil	Alan Aciar Steven Imbiri Michael Ijezie
PDRM	Souleymane Konaté	Yasir Hanapi	Dao Bakary	Safuwan Baharudin	Frederic Pooda
Negeri Sembilan	Nemanja Vidić	Lee Tuck	Jonathan Béhé	Bruno Suzuki	Marko Šimić
Perlis	Maksimilian Fomin	Modibo Konté	Brandon Adams	Ndumba Makeche	Oh Kyu-bin Park Yong-joon Damion Stewart
PKNP	Ritus Krjauklis	Vincent Weijl	Gilberto Fortunato	Kim Hyun-woo
Sabah	Francis Kasonde	Lee Kil-Hoon	Rodoljub Paunović	Heo Jae-nyeong	Sofiane Choubani Jonathan Béhé Masaya Jitozono Igor Čerina
Terengganu	Lázaro	Gabriel Davis	Kipré Tchétché	Issey Nakajima-Farran	Federico Falcone Lutfulla Turaev
UiTM	O.K. John	Marcel N'Guessan	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	Do Dong-hyun

• 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 II swop the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim

Half-Malaysian players

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Results

League table

Positions by round

Statistics

Top scorers

^[10]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Guilherme de Paula	Kuala Lumpur	27
2	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	UiTM	19
3	Dao Bakary	PDRM	15
	Malik Ariff	ATM
5	Do Dong-hyun	UiTM	13
6	Bodric Dimitri	MIFA	12
	Nicolás Fernández	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
8	Jeronimo Barrales	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	11
	Ljubo Baranin	Kuantan
	Bruno Suzuki	Negeri Sembilan
	Shahrel Fikri	PKNP
12	Safuwan Baharudin	PDRM	9
	Venice Elphi	ATM
	Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu
	Gilberto Fortunato	PKNP
16	Issey Nakajima-Farran	Terengganu	8
	Michael Chukwubunna	MIFA
18	Jonathan Béhé	Negeri Sembilan (4), Sabah (3)	7
	Marko Šimić	Negeri Sembilan
	Pavel Smolyachenko	ATM
	Kpah Sherman	MIFA
21	Brandon Adams	Perlis	6
	Paulo Josue	Kuala Lumpur
	Shim Un-seob	Kuantan
25	Rafizol Roslan	ATM	5
	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
	Dudu	MIFA
	Lee Tuck	Negeri Sembilan
	Lee Kil-Hoon	Sabah

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
			3–0 (H)		^[11]
			4–0 (H)		^[12]
			5–3 (H)		^[13]
			2–5 (A)		^[14]
			2–7 (A)		^[15]
			4–3 (H)		^[16]
			0–5 (A)		^[17]
	0–6^6 (A)		^[18]
	3–6 (A)		^[19]
			3–3 (H)		^[20]
			5–1 (H)		^[21]
			5–3^4 (H)		^[22]

Notes:
⁴ Player scored 4 goals; ⁶ Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Own goals

Rank	Player	For	Against	Date	Goals
1	Nasrullah Haniff Johan	Terengganu	PKNP	21 February 2017	1
	Faqih Ikhwan	ATM	PDRM	28 February 2017
	Igor Čerina	Sabah	UiTM	28 February 2017
	Randy Baruh	PKNP	3 March 2017
	Ikbol Babakhanov	ATM	Kuala Lumpur	14 April 2017
	Eskandar Ismail	PDRM	PKNP	14 April 2017
	Syafiq Azri	Perlis	Negeri Sembilan	25 April 2017
	Firdaus Faudzi	Terengganu	PKNP	27 October 2017

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Asyraaf Omar	PKNP	6
2	Kaharuddin Rahman	Negeri Sembilan	5
	Suffian Abdul Rahman	Terengganu
4	Samuel Sommerville	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	3
	Rozaimie Rohim	Sabah
	Solehin Mamat	Kuala Lumpur
	Kamarul Effandi
8	Hamdan Sairi	PDRM	2
	Syazwan Yusoff	Terengganu
10	Amierul Hakimi	Terengganu	1
	Sharbinee Allawee
	K. Sasi Kumar	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
	Remezey Che Ros	Kuala Lumpur
	Saiful Amar Sudar	Negeri Sembilan
	Sheril Anuar Saini	Kuantan
	Jibrail Kamaron Bahrin	Perlis
	Soffuan Tawil	UiTM
	Zulfadhli Mohamed	MIFA
	Ezad Ariff

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Ref
	Player	Club
February	Bruno Suzuki	Negeri Sembilan	^[23]
March	No award given due to limited number of matches in March
April	Nasriq Baharom	Negeri Sembilan	^[24]
May	No award given due to limited number of matches in May
June	No award given due to limited number of matches in June
July	Shahrel Fikri	PKNP	^[25]
August	No award given due to limited number of matches in August
September

Attendances

Crowd attendance for all venues

Home	Away												Attendance
	ATM	JDT	KUL	KUA	MIF	NSE	PDRM	PER	PNKP	SAB	TER	UIT	TOTAL	AVE
ATM	—	232	119	101	141	3,414	153	238	236	120	2,164	107	7,025	639
Johor Darul Ta'zim II	399	—	2,362	670	765	2,623	510	2,679	1,420	2,549	1,249	622	15,848	1,441
Kuala Lumpur	226	691	—	250	217	888	373	242	765	1,347	1,399	375	6,773	616
Kuantan	101	257	125	—	251	607	383	147	65	103	1,817	218	4,074	371
MIFA	500	550	280	100	—	250	212	200	150	300	150	200	2,892	263
Negeri Sembilan	8,249	5,564	8,584	3,136	5,669	—	4,445	4,363	3,643	2,606	9,401	777	56,437	5,131
PDRM	100	200	100	50	500	4,000	—	200	107	100	5,200	200	10,757	978
Perlis	1,175	321	454	520	470	653	556	—	945	1,400	580	552	7,626	694
PNKP	2,237	2,571	1,582	2,018	1,300	1,776	1,457	516	—	1,741	1,960	1,699	18,857	1,715
Sabah	3,200	3,400	3,000	1,100	1,100	1,400	1,300	1,150	1,200	—	800	1,300	18,950	1,723
Terengganu	3,100	9,000	3,200	5,890	4,670	6,600	5,000	3,849	N/A	2,300	—	760	44,369	4,437
UiTM	25	150	195	256	500	400	520	235	695	335	632	—	3,943	359
Total Crowd Attendance													197,551	1,531

By Team

See also

• 2017 Liga Super
• 2017 Liga FAM
• 2017 Piala FA
• 2017 Piala Malaysia
• 2017 Piala Presiden
• 2017 Piala Belia
• List of Malaysian football transfers 2017

External links

• Football Association of Malaysia website
• Football Malaysia LLP website

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2015.html
2. Web site: Pemain QPR pastikan kemaraan Perlis . . 14 February 2017 . 15 August 2017.
3. Web site: KLFA on lookout for new coach after Ismail expresses intention to resign. New Straits Times. 23 November 2016 . 23 November 2016.
4. Web site: Wanderley Junior, menjadi pengendali terbaharu Kuala Lumpur. Stadium Astro. 1 December 2016. ms. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202053624/http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/article/2016/12/01/wanderley-jurulatih-terbaru-kuala-lumpur. 2 December 2016. dead.
5. Web site: BARISAN PERANCIS BAKAL BERENTAP UNTUK SABAH MUSIM HADAPAN. Sabah FA. 17 November 2016. ms. 20 December 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161220041230/http://sabahfa.com/2016/11/17/barisan-perancis-bakal-berentap-untuk-sabah-musim-hadapan/. dead.
6. Web site: BREAKING: JDT swiftly promote Mora as Gomez's replacement. FourFourTwo. 18 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170218144356/http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/news/jdt-swiftly-promote-mora-gomezs-replacement. 18 February 2017. dead.
7. Web site: Bekas jurulatih Timor Leste bimbing K. Lumpur. Utusan Malaysia. 3 March 2017.
8. Web site: Syamsul Saad replaces Razip as Perlis head coach. Astro Awani. 9 March 2017.
9. Web site: Jelius sah pengendali baharu Sabah. Berita Harian. 19 March 2017.
10. Web site: Liga Premier Statistics – Top Scorers . Football Malaysia LLP . 26 September 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170812135422/http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/premier-league-2/ . 12 August 2017 . dead .
11. Web site: Negeri Sembilan 3 Sabah 0. 20 January 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 13 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813190146/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=463. dead.
12. Web site: Johor Darul Ta'zim II 4 Perlis 0. 26 January 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012841/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=466. dead.
13. Web site: MIFA 5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3. 10 February 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807151926/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=478. dead.
14. Web site: Sabah 2 ATM 5. 10 February 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 13 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813222529/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=480. dead.
15. Web site: MIFA 2 UiTM 7. 3 March 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 7 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170807152000/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=505. dead.
16. Web site: ATM 4 Kuantan 3. 25 April 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015440/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=535. dead.
17. Web site: Perlis 0 Kuala Lumpur 5. 5 May 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809090907/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=539. dead.
18. Web site: ATM 0 Kuala Lumpur 6. 23 May 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809132206/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=545. dead.
19. Web site: Kuantan 3 Kuala Lumpur 6. 14 July 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809131304/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=565. dead.
20. Web site: Kuantan 3 Sabah 3. 14 July 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 13 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170813221327/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=548. dead.
21. Web site: Sabah 5 Perlis 1. 19 September 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017.
22. Web site: PDRM 5 Kuantan 3. 19 September 2017. SPMB. 1 November 2017. 20 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920093314/https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/livescore/index_game1?game_no=589. dead.
23. http://www.bharian.com.my/node/265069 Bruno Pemain Terbaik PFAM bagi Februari
24. Web site: Professional Footballers Associations of Malaysia. PFA Malaysia. 9 May 2017.
25. https://www.malaysiakini.com/sukan/392490 Vingada sampaikan anugerah pemain terbaik PFAM

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