2016 Malaysia Super League

The 2016 Malaysia Super League (English: 2016 Super League) was the 13th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Malaysia Super League
Season2016
ChampionsJohor Darul Ta'zim
(3rd title)
AFC Champions LeagueJohor Darul Ta'zim
AFC CupJohor Darul Ta'zim
Felda United
Matches played132
Goals scored385 (2.92 per match)
Top goalscorer(18 goals)
Jorge Pereyra Díaz
Biggest home win(16 July 2016)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Kedah
Biggest away win(21 May 2016)
Pahang 0–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest scoring(20 April 2016)
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–2 Sarawak
(20 April 2016)
Pahang 4–3 Kelantan
(09 April 2016)
Perak 3–4 Pahang
(21 May 2016)
Kelantan 2–5 Selangor
(21 May 2016)
Terengganu 1–6 Kelantan
(15 July 2016)
T-Team 3–4 Penang
(16 July 2016)
Longest winning run(6 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run(22 games)
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest winless run(5 games)
Pahang, Perak
Longest losing run(5 games)
Pahang
Highest attendance26,800
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Selangor
(16 February 2016)
Lowest attendance0 (Stadium ban)
Sarawak 0–2 T-Team
(9 April 2016)
Sarawak 1–1 Pahang
(23 April 2016)
Total attendance902,643
Average attendance6,838
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2016.

The season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.[1][2]

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions and retained the title from the previous season. They became the first club in the Malaysian football history to win the Liga Super title for three consecutive years.[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim also set a new record after went through the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 22-fixtures league season. Johor Darul Ta'zim finished its "Invincibles" season with 18 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats and 58 points in total.[1]

Teams

Sime Darby were relegated after finishing bottom in the 2015 season. ATM were also relegated after losing the play-off to T-Team, which replaced LionsXII in the league.

Team Team Based Stadium Capacity
Felda United Bandar Pusat Jengka Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru Larkin Stadium 30,000
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
PDRM Kuala Lumpur Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang George Town Bandaraya Stadium 25,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 31,000
Sarawak Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372
T-Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

Stadiums and locations

Locations of teams in the 2016 Liga Super
  • Primary venues used in the Liga Super:
Felda United Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Larkin Stadium Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 32,387
Kelantan PDRM Pahang
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Penang Perak Sarawak
Bandaraya Stadium Perak Stadium Sarawak Stadium
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 42,500 Capacity: 40,000
Selangor T-Team Terengganu
Shah Alam Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
Capacity: 80,372 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 50,000
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2015 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 Coach Captain Kit Sponsor
Felda United Mohd Bin Nik (caretaker) Shukor Adan FBT FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim Mario Gómez Safiq Rahim Adidas Forest City
Kedah Tan Cheng Hoe Khairul Helmi Warrix Discover Kedah 2016
Pahang Razip Ismail Matthew Davies Puma Aras Kuasa & Genting Resorts World (On the back of shirt)
Kelantan Velizar Popov Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi De'eza DSV Pamoga Qu Puteh & Chengal Jati
PDRM Fauzi Pilus Faizal Muhammad Line 7 Puncak Niaga
Penang Nenad Baćina Matías Córdoba Umbro Penang Water Supply Corporation & Aspen Group
Perak Karl-Heinz Weigang Nasir Basharuddin Al-Ikhsan Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
Sarawak David Usop Ronny Harun Starsport Marina Parkcity
Selangor K. Gunalan (caretaker) Shahrom Kalam Lotto Selangor
T-Team Rahmad Darmawan Hasbullah Awang Kobert Terengganu Incorporated
Terengganu Mustaffa Kamal (caretaker) Ahmad Nordin Alias Kobert Terengganu Incorporated

Coaching changes
Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancyni Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan Zahasmi Ismail End of contract 29 November 2015 K. Devan 5 December 2015
Selangor Mehmet Durakovic 12 December 2015 Zainal Abidin Hassan 31 December 2015[3]
Pahang Zainal Abidin Hassan 15 December 2015 Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi 15 December 2015
T-Team Tomislav Steinbruckner 30 November 2015 Rahmad Darmawan 8 December 2015
Terengganu Ahmad Yusoff Sacked 23 February 2016 Mike Mulvey 27 February 2016
Pahang Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi Resign 12 March 2016 Razip Ismail 17 March 2016
Penang Jacksen F. Tiago Rested 6 April 2016 Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid 7 April 2016
Kelantan K. Devan Resign 12 May 2016 Velizar Popov 13 May 2016
Penang Manzoor Azwira Abdul Wahid End of caretaker spell 25 May 2016 Nenad Baćina 25 May 2016
Perak Syamsul Saad Demoted to assistant coach 30 May 2016 Karl-Heinz Weigang 30 May 2016
Selangor Zainal Abidin Hassan Sacked 7 August 2016 K. Gunalan (caretaker) 8 August 2016
Felda United Irfan Bakti Resign 24 September 2016 Mohamad Nik (caretaker) 17 October 2016

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former
Felda United Gilberto Alemão Zah Rahan Krangar Francis Doe Lutfulla Turaev
Johor Darul Ta'zim Marcos Antônio Jorge Pereyra Díaz Juan Martín Lucero Hariss Harun
Kedah Liridon Krasniqi Shane Smeltz Thiago Augusto Bang Seung-Hwan Sandro
Kahê
Kelantan Morgaro Gomis Wander Luiz Baže Ilijoski Jonathan McKain Jonatan Lucca
Dramane Traoré
Pahang Jailton Claudio Meneses Pablo Vranjicán Faysal Shayesteh Nejc Potokar
Germán Pacheco
Dalibor Volaš
Zesh Rahman
PDRM Souleymane Konaté Andrezinho Guilherme de Paula Safuwan Baharudin Ali Ashfaq
Penang Reinaldo Lobo Matias Cordoba Ranti Martins Jeong Seok-min Osas Saha
Brent Griffiths
Perak Thiago Junior Elias Xhevahir Sukaj Oybek Kilichev Erick Weeks Lewis
Vokhid Shodiev
Sarawak Teah Dennis Jr. Juninho Gilmar Ndumba Makeche Davide Grassi
Selangor Ugo Ukah Mauro Olivi Patrick Wleh Andik Vermansyah Robert Cornthwaite
Terengganu Vincent Bikana Karen Harutyunyan Bogdan Milić Issey Nakajima-Farran Gustavo López
Juan José Morales
T–Team Abdoulaye Maïga Makan Konaté Patrick Cruz Dilshod Sharofetdinov Tomislav Bušić
Rohit Chand

Results

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) 22 18 4 0 56 14 +42 58 Qualification to AFC Champions League preliminary round 2[lower-alpha 1]
2 Felda United 22 13 4 5 47 27 +20 43 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
3 Kedah 22 11 7 4 30 26 +4 37[lower-alpha 3]
4 Kelantan 22 7 8 7 37 33 +4 29
5 Selangor 22 7 7 8 28 27 +1 28
6 Perak 22 7 7 8 29 30 −1 28
7 T–Team 22 7 6 9 30 34 −4 27
8 Sarawak 22 6 6 10 32 40 −8 24
9 Pahang 22 5 6 11 22 41 −19 24[lower-alpha 4]
10 Penang 22 5 7 10 32 37 −5 22
11 PDRM (R) 22 5 6 11 21 32 −11 21 Relegation to Liga Premier
12 Terengganu (R) 22 5 4 13 21 44 −23 19
Source: SPMB Football Association of Malaysia, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 3) Number of goals against.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Also qualification to AFC Cup group stage if failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage.
  2. Since the winners of 2016 Piala FA, Johor Darul Ta'zim, currently qualify for AFC Champions League based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Piala FA winner (AFC Cup group stage) would be passed to the next best team in the table (in this case, the second-placed team).
  3. Kedah Football Association (Kedah FA) has been found guilty of putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016. Therefore, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been awarded 3 points for Pahang and Kedah sentenced deducted 3 points for the incident.
  4. Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.

Result table
Home \ Away FEL JDT KED KEL PHG PEN PRK PDRM SWK SEL TTE TRG
Felda United 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 4–0 3–3 3–1 2–0 2–2
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–1 5–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 5–2 1–1 5–1 3–0
Kedah 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Kelantan 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–0 2–2 2–5 2–0 3–0
Pahang 0–3 0–6 1–1 4–3 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 1–2
Penang 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0
Perak 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–4 4–1 1–0 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0
PDRM 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1
Sarawak 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
Selangor 1–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–1
T–Team 3–2 0–2 4–1 4–2 1–1 3–4 0–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–0
Terengganu 1–4 0–2 0–3 1–6 1–1 1–0 2–3 0–2 3–2 3–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: Liga Super 1, Liga Super 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Team \ Round 01020304050607080910111213141516171819202122
Johor Darul Ta'zim6222112222211111111111
Felda United1113 221111122222222222
Kedah12874645677556444433333
Kelantan8447566756684557555644
Selangor7331 334343333333344455
Perak9999 9111198991011865666766
T–Team5711101087434445686877577
Sarawak1112101111101012121210991110810109998
Pahang41112121212121010101111101012121212121289
Penang105567991111111212121211119911101110
PDRM276887356577897978881011
Terengganu36854588988677910111110111212
Leader
Relegation to 2017 Liga Premier

Relegation play-off
ATM 1–2 T-Team
Shukri  50' Takhiyuddin  26'
Bušić  44'
Attendance: 500

T-Team have qualified for the 2016 Malaysia Super League season.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played on 22 October 2016
Rank Player[4] Club Goals
1 Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim 18
2 Juan Martín Lucero Johor Darul Ta'zim 16
3 Francis Forkey Doe Felda United 15
4 Baže Ilijoski Kelantan 14
5 Patrick Cruz T–Team 10
6 Elias Fernandes Perak 9
Ndumba Makeche Sarawak
Patrick Wleh Selangor
7 Zah Rahan Krangar Felda United 8
Lutfulla Turaev Felda United
Gilmar Sarawak

Own goals
Rank Player For Club Date Goals
1 Nejc Potokar Felda United Pahang 12/03/16 1
Yong Kuong Yong Felda United Terengganu 04/04/16
Kamal Azizi Kelantan T–Team 05/04/16
Mohd Shahrol Saperi Johor Darul Ta'zim Sarawak 20/04/16
Fadhli Shas Sarawak Johor Darul Ta'zim 20/04/16
Thiago Junior Aquino Sarawak Perak 19/05/16
Tommy Mawat Bada Kedah Sarawak 16/08/16
Abdoulaye Maïga Johor Darul Ta'zim T–Team 24/09/16
Ugo Ukah Perak Selangor 24/09/16

Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Dalibor Volaš Pahang Perak 3 – 4 9 April 2016
Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim Pahang 0 – 6 21 May 2016
Baže Ilijoski Kelantan Terengganu 1 – 6 4 15 July 2016
Patrick Cruz T-Team Penang 3 – 4 16 July 2016
Juan Martín Lucero Johor Darul Ta'zim T-Team 5 – 1 24 September 2016
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets
As of matches played on 22 October 2016
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Farizal Harun Felda United 6
Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim
Muhd Hafizul Hakim Perak
Khairul Fahmi Kelantan
2 Farizal Marlias Johor Darul Ta'zim 5
3 Ifwat Akmal Kedah 4
Haziq Nadzli PDRM
4 Farhan Abu Bakar Kedah 3
Wan Azraie Wan Teh T–Team

Players
As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
# Player Club Total
1 Salamon Raj Pahang 3 1
Adib Aizuddin Felda United 3 1
Joseph Kalang Tie Terengganu 3 1
4 Nazmi Faiz Selangor 2 1
5 Vincent Bikana Terengganu 1 1
Saiful Nizam Miswan Pahang 1 1
Souleymane Konaté PDRM 1 1
Wan Zaharulnizam Kelantan 1 1
Lot Abu Hassan PDRM 1 1
10 Wan Zack Haikal Kelantan 0 1

Club
As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
Rank Club Total
1 Kelantan 25 2
PDRM 25 2
3 Terengganu 20 2
4 Pahang 15 2
5 Felda United 22 1
6 Selangor 17 1
7 Penang 28 0
8 Johor Darul Ta'zim 18 0
9 Perak 17 0
10 Kedah 15 0
11 Perak 14 0
12 Sarawak 13 0

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Reference
Player Club Manager Club
February Mohd Faiz Subri Penang Zainal Abidin Hassan Selangor [5][6]
March Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim Mario Gómez Johor Darul Ta'zim [7][8]
April Juan Martín Lucero Johor Darul Ta'zim [9]
May Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim [10]
June — –
July Fazrul Hazli Kadri Perak
August Baddrol Bakhtiar Kedah
September Thiago Augusto Kedah

Attendance

Crowd Attendance For All Venues
HOME AWAY ATTENDANCE
FEL JDT KED KEL PHG PEN PRK PDRM SWK SEL TTE TRG TOTAL AVE
Felda United FC ----- 16,640 8,510 10,981 15,574 3,902 3,651 3,567 1,615 10,385 4,056 3,544 82,605 7,510
JDT FC 16,528 ----- 10,580 16,550 15,514 15,513 20,357 7,780 13,860 26,800 24,280 24,220 191,982 17,453
Kedah 3,330 8,763 ----- 16,500 7,863 8,400 16,500 3,338 6,270 10,064 5,450 17,000 103,421 9,402
Kelantan 3,536 13,543 2,408 ----- 15,562 4,315 2,506 13,253 6,532 17,653 7,212 3,315 89,475 8,134
Pahang 898 5,733 3,508 5,634 ----- 1,782 2,501 1,817 3,719 1,700 9,912 6,023 43,227 3,930
Penang 7,161 13,727 12,218 9,019 4,704 ----- 9,279 3,258 3,789 5,875 3,187 8,095 80,312 7,301
Perak TBG 7,210 26,000 20,600 21,000 6,670 3,680 ----- 7,100 1,700 17,300 7,400 3,117 121,687 11,062
PDRM 500 23,000 2,000 700 500 750 300 ----- 750 2,000 150 2,300 32,950 2,995
Sarawak 6,123 5,916 4,200 585 0 1,496 1,670 1,399 ----- 548 0 955 22,892 2,081
Selangor 3,729 8,929 8,063 9,731 1,647 3,234 3,295 2,755 6,200 ----- 4,981 2,379 54,943 4,995
T-Team FC 1,632 2,126 4,120 2,034 509 2,139 1,007 775 216 761 ----- 4,891 20,210 1,837
Terengganu 7,250 11,300 768 7,500 421 15,700 4,300 1,300 900 7,200 2,300 ----- 58,939 5,358
TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE 902,643 6,838

By Week
2016 Liga Super Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game Match With Most Attendance
Week 1 63,772610,62926,800
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Selangor
Week 2 60,506610,08417,300
Perak 0–1 Selangor
Week 3 53,25168,87520,600
Perak 0–0 Kedah
Week 4 55,30569,21816,528
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–1 Felda United
Week 5 61,869610,31223,000
PDRM 1–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 6 43,31067,21820,357
Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–1 Perak
Week 7 41,29866,88313,543
Kelantan 2–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 8 34,71565,78613,860
Kedah 5–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 9 24,38564,0648,763
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–1 Penang
Week 10 36,18366,03115,513
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Penang
Week 11 42,30567,05115,514
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Pahang
Week 12 33,28865,54817,653
Kelantan 2–5 Selangor
Week 13 30,34465,05710,580
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Kedah
Week 14 36,42666,07015,562
Kelantan 0–0 Pahang
Week 15 36,51466,08616,550
Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Kelantan
Week 16 33,91565,65313,727
Penang 1–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 17 48,81668,13626,000
Perak 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 18 27,35364,5599,019
Penang 2–3 Kelantan
Week 19 23,48763,91516,640
Felda United 2–3 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Week 20 47,84267,97324,220
Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0 Terengganu
Week 21 32,44065,40724,280
Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–1 T–Team
Week 22 24,73864,1238,929
Selangor 1–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim
Total 892,062 132 6,758 -

source:Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak

Number of teams by states and federal territories
States and federal territories Total Teams
 Johor1Johor Darul Ta'zim
 Kedah1Kedah
 Kelantan1Kelantan
Kuala Lumpur2Felda United
PDRM
 Pahang1Pahang
 Penang1Penang
 Perak1Perak TBG
 Sarawak1Sarawak
 Selangor1Selangor
 Terengganu2

T-Team
Terengganu

See also

References
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