2016 Malaysia Premier League

Liga Premier
Season2016
ChampionsMelaka United
1st Second Division title
PromotedMelaka United
PKNS
RelegatedSime Darby
Matches played132
Goals scored422 (3.2 per match)
Top goalscorerIlija Spasojević (24 goals)
Biggest home winPerlis 6–1 ATM
(12 February 2016)
N. Sembilan 5–0 ATM
(11 March 2016)
PKNS 5–0 DRB-HICOM
(20 May 2016)
Biggest away winATM 0–6 Melaka United
(17 May 2016)
Highest scoringPKNS 4–4 Kuantan
(3 May 2016)
Longest winning run10 matches
Melaka United
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Johor DT II
Longest winless run11 matches
ATM
Longest losing run6 matches
ATM
Highest attendance35,000
Melaka United 1–1 Sime Darby
(22 October 2016)
Lowest attendance24
PKNS 4–4 Kuantan
(3 May 2016)
Total attendance268,945
Average attendance2,037
← 2015
2017 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2016.

The 2016 Liga Premier (English: 2016 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.[1][2]

The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.

To Liga Premier

Promoted from Liga FAM

Relegated from Liga Super

From Liga Premier

Promoted to Liga Super

Relegated to Liga FAM

  • SPA (withdraw league)

Name changes

  • NS Matrix were renamed to Negeri Sembilan

Teams, locations and stadia

ATM DRB-HICOM Johor Darul Ta'zim II Kuala Lumpur
Temerloh Mini Stadium, Temerloh, Pahang Proton City Stadium, Tanjung Malim, Perak Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 3,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 20,000
Kuantan
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Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams
 Melaka United
Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, Malacca
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 40,000
Negeri Sembilan Perlis
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 20,000
PKNS Sabah Sime Darby UiTM
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor Likas Stadium, Likas, Sabah Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor
Capacity: 80,372 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 20,000 Capacity: 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 Kits Sponsor
ATM Malaysia Azuan Zain Malaysia Badrul Hisham Sufian SkyHawk
DRB-HICOM Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt Malaysia Abdullah Yusoff Mizuno DRB-HICOM
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mexico Benjamin Mora Singapore Shahril Ishak Adidas Forest City
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Malaysia Azlan Zainal SkyHawk JL99 Group & Al-Bukhary Foundation
Kuantan Malaysia Ahmad Nazri Mat Noor Malaysia Khairul Azman Awang Long Kappa Wangsamakmur Capital
Melaka United Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris[3] Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Kronos Edra & Mamee
Negeri Sembilan Australia Gary Michael Phillips Australia Taylor Regan Mizuno Matrix Concepts
Perlis Malaysia Dollah Salleh Malaysia Afif Amiruddin Carino
PKNS Malaysia E. Elavarasan Argentina Gonzalo Soto Kappa PKNS Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Sabah Malaysia Johnny Dominicus Malaysia Julamri Muhammad Adidas Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Sime Darby Croatia Drago Mamić Malaysia Juzaili Samion Kappa Sime Darby
UiTM Malaysia Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah Malaysia Yosri Derma Raju Umbro Soaring Upwards

Managerial 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
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia K. Devan Sacked 26 August 2015[4] Pre-season Australia Gary Phillips 24 November 2015[5]
Perlis Malaysia Yusri Che Lah Resigned 15 October 2015[6] Malaysia Dollah Salleh 21 November 2015[7]
UiTM Malaysia Azuan Zain End of contract 25 October 2015 Malaysia Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah 28 October 2015[8]
Sime Darby Malaysia Ismail Zakaria End of contract 31 October 2015 Malaysia Abdul Ghani Malik 1 November 2015
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tang Siew Seng End of contract 31 October 2015 Malaysia Ismail Zakaria 25 December 2015
Sabah Malaysia Azraai Khor Sacked 6 November 2015[9] Croatia Vjeran Simunić 7 December 2015[10]
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Croatia Nenad Baćina Resigned 14 December 2015 Mexico Benjamin Mora 14 December 2015 [11]
Sime Darby Malaysia Abdul Ghani Malik Resigned 10 May 2016 11th Croatia Drago Mamić 10 May 2016
Kuantan Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria Banned (7 Month) 1 April 2016 11th Malaysia Ahmad Nazri Mat Noor (Interim) 1 April 2016

Foreign players

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

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former Player
ATM Kazakhstan Gies Irisbekov Kazakhstan Boris Formenkov Kazakhstan Khasan Abdukarimov Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev
DRB-Hicom Ghana Godwin Antwi Cameroon Cédric Mbarga Croatia Ivan Babić South Korea Kim Jin-yong Denmark Philip Lund
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Brazil Bonfim Singapore Shahril Ishak Brazil Paulo Rangel Singapore Baihakki Khaizan
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Léo Carioca Mali Modibo Konté Chile Diego Inostroza Palestine Jonathan Cantillana Brazil Casagrande
Australia Mario Karlovic
Kuantan Serbia Ljubo Baranin Croatia Srdjan Vidakovic Ivory Coast Dao Bakary South Korea Shim Un-seob Japan Shunsuke Nakatake
Melaka United Romania Alexandru Tudose Sweden Labinot Harbuzi Montenegro Ilija Spasojevic Palestine Yashir Pinto Montenegro Balša Božović
South Korea Shin Jae-pil
Negeri Sembilan Australia Taylor Regan England Alex Smith France Goran Jerković Australia Henrique Australia Joel Chianese
Australia Andrew Nabbout
Perlis Jamaica Damion Stewart The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Brazil Charles Chad South Korea Park Yong-joon Nigeria Obinna Nwaneri
Liberia Edward Wilson
New Zealand Japan Kayne Vincent
PKNS Argentina Gonzalo Soto Argentina Gabriel Guerra Argentina Juan Cobelli Palestine Matias Jadue
Sabah Croatia Igor Čerina Brazil Everton Bosnia and Herzegovina Muamer Salibašić Indonesia Dedi Kusnandar Brazil Marco Tulio
Nigeria Prince Nnake
Sime Darby Ivory Coast Frédéric Pooda Croatia Mateo Roskam Nigeria Obi South Korea Ha Dae-won South Korea Lee Kil-hoon
UiTM Central African Republic Franklin Anzité Cameroon Moustapha Moctar Guam John Matkin South Korea Oh Joo-ho South Korea Kang Jin-wook
Brazil Eliel
Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin
Kyrgyzstan Pavel Matyash

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Melaka United (C, P) 22 15 5 2 48 25 +23 50 Promotion to Super League
2 PKNS (P) 22 15 3 4 49 25 +24 48
3 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 13 4 5 44 26 +18 43
4 Negeri Sembilan 22 9 8 5 40 26 +14 35
5 Kuala Lumpur 22 9 8 5 38 32 +6 35
6 Perlis 22 10 4 8 38 32 +6 34
7 DRB-HICOM 22 8 5 9 30 29 +1 29
8 Kuantan 22 7 7 8 39 43 −4 28
9 Sabah 22 5 5 12 26 41 −15 20
10 UiTM 22 4 4 14 24 44 −20 16
11 ATM 22 4 3 15 24 62 −38 15
12 Sime Darby (R) 22 2 6 14 26 41 −15 12 Relegation to FAM League
Source: FAM Official Site, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals against
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Result table

Home \ Away ATM DRB JDT2 KLU KUA MEL NSE PER PKN SAB SDA UIT
ATM 2–1 0–3 3–3 1–2 0–6 3–2 2–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 3–1
DRB-Hicom 4–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 4–1
Johor DT II 5–1 1–3 1–1 4–1 1–2 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Kuala Lumpur 5–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 4–3 0–2 3–2 2–1 2–1
Kuantan 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–2 3–4 0–2 1–1 2–3 4–1 4–2 1–0
Melaka United 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1
Negeri Sembilan 5–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 4–2
Perlis 6–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1
PKNS 2–0 5–0 3–3 0–1 4–4 3–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 3–0
Sabah 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 2–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 1–3 1–0 1–2
Sime Darby 3–0 0–1 5–2 1–1 3–4 2–2 0–4 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–0
UiTM 2–2 1–2 1–4 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–1 2–5 0–3 4–1 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2016. Source: Malaysia FAM website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

  Leader and promotion to 2017 Liga Super
  Promotion to 2017 Liga Super
  Relegation to 2017 Liga FAM
Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Melaka United 6 6 2 3 5 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PKNS 9 9 9 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2
Johor DT II 10 10 10 10 9 9 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3
Negeri Sembilan 8 5 7 7 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Kuala Lumpur 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5
Perlis 1 7 8 4 8 6 7 9 9 8 8 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6
DRB-Hicom 3 8 4 2 3 4 5 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7
Kuantan 7 3 6 8 6 7 9 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
Sabah 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
UiTM 2 1 1 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10
ATM 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11
Sime Darby 5 4 5 9 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12

Crowd Attendance

For All Venues

HOME AWAY ATTENDANCE
ATM DRB JDTII KUL KUA MUFC NIS PER PKNS SAB SIM UiTM TOTAL AVE
ATM ----- 210 293 232 300 505 319 150 186 38 107 275 2,615 238
DRB-HICOM 350 ----- 1,175 200 250 900 300 350 400 200 200 220 4,545 413
JDT II 2,220 5,500 ----- 1,175 2,235 3,600 2,500 520 3,252 1,630 2,200 2,200 27,012 2,456
Kuala Lumpur 200 278 1,200 ----- 110 2,000 325 333 357 1,000 300 225 6,328 575
Kuantan 250 561 65 548 ----- 500 327 178 251 685 412 115 3,892 354
Melaka United 8,960 4,000 20,000 11,000 6,000 ----- 13,000 6,000 13,000 5,227 35,000 4,600 126,787 11,526
Negeri Sembilan 3,185 275 3,606 4,534 4,116 3,693 ----- 3,765 4,324 3,329 1,898 2,560 35,285 3,208
Perlis 6,500 896 1,356 757 4,200 932 820 ----- 915 420 638 6,390 23,824 2,166
PKNS 157 33 309 327 24 1,027 250 95 ----- 65 34 13 2,334 212
Sabah 1,300 3,778 14,500 700 500 2,700 1,200 900 1,650 ----- 2,220 600 30,028 2,730
Sime Darby 100 120 130 180 50 1,555 519 497 110 110 ----- 120 3,491 317
UiTM 128 101 223 400 350 290 395 289 50 450 128 ----- 2,804 255
TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE 268,945 2,037

By Week

2016 Liga Premier Attendance
Round Total Games Avg. Per Game
Matchday 1 18,448 6 3,075
Matchday 2 21,675 6 3,613
Matchday 3 12,916 6 2,152
Matchday 4 20,967 6 3,494
Matchday 5 9,141 6 1,523
Matchday 6 6,364 6 1,061
Matchday 7 13,950 6 2,325
Matchday 8 4,642 6 774
Matchday 9 18,577 6 3,096
Matchday 10 6,805 6 1,134
Matchday 11 2,565 6 428
Matchday 12 14,388 6 2,398
Matchday 13 4,723 6 787
Matchday 14 9,967 6 1,661
Matchday 15 2,691 6 449
Matchday 16 8,106 6 1,351
Matchday 17 7,746 6 1,291
Matchday 18 7,066 6 1,177
Matchday 19 6,982 6 1,163
Matchday 20 21,464 6 3,577
Matchday 21 3,373 6 562
Matchday 22 36,834 6 6,139
Total 259,390 132 1,965

source: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 December 2016[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Melaka United 24
2 Brazil Paulo Rangel Johor Darul Ta'zim II 21
3 Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-HICOM 16
4 Argentina Gabriel Guerra PKNS 15
Argentina Juan Cobelli PKNS
6 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Kuantan 13
7 Palestine Matías Jadue PKNS 12
8 Malaysia Malik Ariff Kuantan 10
9 Croatia Mateo Roskam Sime Darby 9
10 Australia Andrew Nabbout Negeri Sembilan 8
Brazil Casagrande Kuala Lumpur
Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin UiTM
13 Brazil Charles Chad Perlis 7
Australia Joel Chianese Negeri Sembilan
New Zealand Kayne Vincent Perlis
Malaysia Zaquan Adha Johor Darul Ta'zim II
17 England Alex Smith Negeri Sembilan 6
Croatia Igor Čerina Sabah
Kazakhstan Khassan Abdukarimov Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Maxsius Musa Sabah
21 Malaysia Afif Amiruddin Perlis 5
Liberia Edward Wilson Perlis
Palestine Jonathan Cantillana Kuala Lumpur
Brazil Léo Carioca Kuala Lumpur
The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Perlis
Malaysia R. Surendran Melaka United
Serbia Srđan Vidaković Kuantan
Malaysia Venice Elphi ATM

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Uzbekistan Pavel Purishkin UiTM Sabah 4–1 12 February 2016
Brazil Paulo Rangel Johor Darul Ta'zim II ATM 5–1 29 February 2016
Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-HICOM UiTM 4–1 29 February 2016
Palestine Matías Jadue PKNS Kuantan 4–4 3 May 2016
Montenegro Ilija Spasojević4 Melaka United ATM 0–6 17 May 2016
Malaysia Zaquan Adha Johor Darul Ta'zim II Kuantan 4–1 20 May 2016
Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Melaka United ATM 3–1 21 May 2016
Brazil Paulo Rangel4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II UiTM 1–4 2 August 2016
Argentina Juan Cobelli PKNS Kuantan 2–3 2 August 2016
Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Melaka United UiTM 2–3 5 August 2016
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

Rank Player Club Total
1 Malaysia Badrul Hisham Sufian ATM 1
Malaysia Dominic Tan Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Argentina Juan Cobelli PKNS
Malaysia Juzaili Samion Sime Darby
Brazil Leonardo Moreira Kuala Lumpur
South Korea Shin Jae-pil Melaka United


Awards

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Coach Club Coach Club
February Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris Melaka United None [13]
March - June None
July None Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Melaka United [14]
August None Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Melaka United
September None Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-Hicom
October None

See also

References

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  13. ^ "Zainal, Mat Zan jurulatih terbaik Februari". 25 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Spasojevic pemain terbaik Liga Perdana". 16 August 2016.