2021 Malaysia Super League

The 2021 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2021, known as the CIMB Bank Liga Super Malaysia 2021 for sponsorship reasons) is the 18th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Liga Super Malaysia
Season2021
Dates28 February – 31 October 2021
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 31 December 2020.

Johor Darul Ta'zim are the current defending from the 2020 Malaysia Super League seasons and qualified for the group stage of 2021 AFC Champions League.

The first transfer window is from 16 January to 15 March 2020.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from the 2020 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2021 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations
Locations of teams in the 2020 Malaysia Super League
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000[1]
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387[2]
Kuala Lumpur United Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000
Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000[3]
Penang Penang City Stadium 20,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500[4]
Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000[5]
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372[6]
Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000[7]
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000[8]
UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000[9]
Source:

Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Johor Darul Ta'zim Benjamin Mora Hariss Harun Nike[10]
Kedah Darul Aman Aidil Sharin Sahak Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto Chenang Bay
Kuala Lumpur United Bojan Hodak Shukor Adan FBT Felda
Melaka United Zainal Abidin Hassan Al-Ikhsan Olympex
Penang Tomas Trucha Puma
Perak Mehmet Duraković[11] Shahrul Saad Kaki Jersi Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Petaling Jaya City P.Maniam Puma Qnet
Sabah Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto Rawilson Batuil Lotto –
Selangor Karsten Neitzel Joma PKNS
Sri Pahang Thomas Dooley Stallion Aras Kuasa
Terengganu Nafuzi Zain Al-Ikhsan RedONE
UiTM Frank Bernhardt Afif Asyraf Adidas (home & away) & Fitech (third) SUKIPT

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
Selangor Michael Feichtenbeiner Redesignated to Technical Director 16 November 2020 Pre-season Karsten Neitzel[12] 16 November 2020
Kuala Lumpur United Nidzam Adzha Redesignated to Assistant Coach 26 November 2020 Simón Elissetche[13] 26 November 2020
Petaling Jaya City K. Devan End of contract [14] 28 November 2020 P.Maniam[15] 28 November 2020
Sabah Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto End of contract 3 December 2020 Lucas Kalang Laeng[16] 3 December 2020
Penang Manzoor Azwira Redesignated to Assistant Coach 4 December 2020 Tomas Trucha[17] 4 December 2020
Sri Pahang Dollah Salleh Redesignated as Team Manager 3 January 2021 Thomas Dooley[18] 3 January 2021
Sabah Lucas Kalang Laeng Redesignated as backroom staff [19] 20 December 2020 Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto [20] 8 January 2021
Kuala Lumpur United Simón Elissetche No permit granted 8 January 2021 Bojan Hodak [21] 9 January 2021

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

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 Asian Player SEA Player Former Players 1
Johor Darul Ta'zim Maurício Leandro Velazquez Jonathan Herrera Gonzalo Cabrera Hariss Harun
Kedah Darul Aman Renan Alves Kipré Tchétché Kpah Sherman[22] Rabih Ataya Anumanthan Kumar
Kuala Lumpur United Paulo Josué Romel Morales Dominique Da Sylva
Melaka United Alex Gonçalves Sony Norde Stefan Nikolić Jang Suk-won Manuel Ott
Penang Rafael Vitor Endrick Casagrande Sheriddin Boboev Ryuji Utomo
Perak Leandro Careca Guilherme Shakir Hamzah
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah Jorge Pereyra Diaz Lévy Madinda Park Tae-soo Saddil Ramdani
Selangor Tim Heubach Oliver Buff Manuel Konrad Ifedayo Olusegun Safuwan Baharudin
Sri Pahang Hérold Goulon Lee Tuck Sergio Agüero Mamadou Wagué Pedro Henrique Oliveira
Terengganu Petrus Shitembi Makan Konaté David da Silva Chris Herd Carli de Murga
UiTM Dominik Picak Victor Nirennold Nana Poku Abou Bakr Al-Mel Adam Reed
  • 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 players
Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim Matthew Davies3 4 La'Vere Corbin-Ong3 4 Natxo Insa3 4 Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan3 4

Kedah Darul Aman Tam Sheang Tsung3

Rodney Celvin Akwensivie3
Petaling Jaya City Darren Lok Yee Deng3 4
Penang Samuel Somerville3 Quentin Cheng3 David Rowley3
Selangor Brendan Gan Seng Ling3 4

Notes:

^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

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 AFC Champions League group stage
2 Kedah Darul Aman 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3 Kuala Lumpur United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Melaka United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Penang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Perak 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Petaling Jaya City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Sabah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Selangor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sri Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Terengganu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12 UiTM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2020. Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result table
Home \ Away JDT KED KUL MEL PEN PRK PJC SBH SEL PAH TFC UiTM
Johor Darul Ta'zim
Kedah
Kuala Lumpur United
Melaka United
Penang
Perak TBG
Petaling Jaya City
Sabah
Selangor
Sri Pahang
Terengganu
UiTM
Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. 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 statistics

Top goalscorers
As of 31 October 2020[23]
Rank Player Club Goals

Top assists
As of matches played 31 October 2020.
Rank Player Club Assists

Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date

Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Penalty missed
PlayerForAgainstDate

Clean Sheets
As of 5 October 2020
Rank Player Club Clean Sheets

Discipline
As of 15 March 2020

See also
  • 2021 Malaysia Premier League
  • 2021 Malaysia M3 League
  • 2021 Malaysia M4 League
  • 2021 Malaysia FA Cup
  • 2021 Malaysia Cup
  • 2021 Malaysia Challenge Cup
  • 2021 Piala Presiden
  • 2021 Piala Belia

References
  1. "Stadium Sultan Ibrahim". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  2. "Stadium Darul Aman". Perbadanan Stadium-Stadium Negeri Kedah Darul Aman. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  3. "Stadium Hang Jebat". Perbadanan Stadium Melaka. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
  4. "Perak to play at Lumut Stadium in 2018". Stadium Astro. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. "Sejarah SAFA". The Tambadau. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  6. "Selangor's Shah Alam Stadium to seat only 35,000 this season". GOAL. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  7. "Stadium Darul Makmur". StadiumDB.com. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. "Kenali pasukan Terengganu". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. "UiTM Stadium". InfoMap24. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. "Nike terus taja jersi pasukan JDT". BH Online. 12 January 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  11. "Official: Perak part ways with Weigang, Duraković takes over". Goal. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
  12. "Karsten Neitzel appointed Selangor head coach".
  13. "Coaching licence issue leaves Penang and Sabah coachless".
  14. "Devan heads back to coach Negri for third time".
  15. "Phoenix believe they can rise with youth to meet new challenges".
  16. "Sabah FC announce Lucas Kalang as head coach".
  17. "Ex-AFC Leopards coach appointed to lead Penang FC in Malaysia".
  18. "Ex-AFC Leopards coach appointed to lead Penang FC in Malaysia".
  19. "five days before Christmas, Verdon, Lucas and Jelius resigned from their positions".
  20. "Kurniawan ready to coach Rhinos again".
  21. "Bojan dalam radar KL".
  22. "Kedah sambar Kpah Sherman-Kipre Tchetche untuk musim 2020". Semuanya Bola.
  23. "Penjaring gol Liga Super 2020". Liga Malaysia. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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