2017 Malaysia Premier League

Malaysia Premier League
Season2017
Dates20 January 2017–27 October 2017
ChampionsKuala Lumpur
1st Second Division title
PromotedKuala Lumpur
Terengganu
PKNP
Negeri Sembilan
RelegatedATM
Perlis
Matches played132
Goals scored454 (3.44 per match)
Top goalscorerGuilherme de Paula
(27 goals)
Biggest home winKuala Lumpur 6–0 ATM
(23 May 2017)
Biggest away winMISC-MIFA 2–7 UiTM
(3 March 2017)
Highest scoringATM 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 attendance9,401
Negeri Sembilan 3–4 Terengganu
(17 February 2017)
Lowest attendance50
PDRM 5–3 Kuantan
(19 September 2017)
Total attendance197,551
Average attendance1,497
← 2016
2018 →
All statistics correct as of 27 October 2017.

The 2017 Liga Premier (English: 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

Stadia and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2017 Liga Premier
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
Negeri Sembilan 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 Malaysia Azhar Abdullah Malaysia Venice Elphi Admiral Malaysian Armed Forces
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mexico Benjamin Mora Argentina Nicolás Fernández Nike Forest City
Kuantan Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria Malaysia Malik Ariff SkyHawk Kuantan FC Holding
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Fábio Maciel Malaysia Helmi Remeli Fawz JL99 Group & EKOVEST
MIFA Malaysia Jacob Joseph Malaysia K. Nanthakumar Umbro MIFA
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Asri Ninggal Malaysia Nasriq Baharom Mizuno Matrix Concepts
PDRM Malaysia Fauzi Pilus Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Line 7 Forca
Perlis Malaysia Syamsul Saad Malaysia Alafi Mahmud Carino Daily Fresco
PKNP Malaysia Abu Bakar Fadzim Malaysia Shahrel Fikri Puma SE Perak Corp.
Sabah Malaysia Jelius Ating Malaysia Rawilson Batuil Carino Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base
Terengganu Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Malaysia Abdul Latiff Suhaimi Kobert Chicken Cottage
UiTM Malaysia Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail Malaysia 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 Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Resigned 23 November 2016 [3] Pre-season Brazil Wanderley da Silva 1 December 2016 [4]
Sabah Malaysia Johnny Dominicus Demote to assistant head coach 25 November 2016 France Steve Vilmiaire 25 November 2016 [5]
Perlis Malaysia Dollah Salleh End of contract 30 November 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mexico Benjamin Mora Promoted to JDT I 18 January 2017 [6] Malaysia Hamzani Omar 18 January 2017
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Wanderley da Silva 6th Brazil Fábio Maciel[7]
Perlis Malaysia Razip Ismail Resigned 4 March 2017 12th Malaysia Syamsul Saad[8] 7 March 2017
Sabah France Steve Vilmiaire Resigned 19 March 2017 11th Malaysia Jelius Ating[9] 19 March 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Malaysia Hamzani Omar Rested 19 June 2017 6th Mexico 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 1
ATM Uzbekistan Ikbol Babakhanov Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev Uzbekistan Pavel Smolyachenko South Korea Bae Beom-geun
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Paraguay Samuel Cáceres Argentina Nicolás Fernández Argentina Jerónimo Barrales Australia Alex Smith Argentina Gabriel Guerra*^2
Kuantan Serbia Ljubo Baranin Serbia Stefan Vukmirović Japan Shunsuke Nakatake South Korea Shim Un-seob
Kuala Lumpur Brazil Paulo Josue Argentina Nicolás Dul Brazil Guilherme de Paula Uzbekistan Bobur Akbarov Mali Modibo Konté
MIFA Cameroon Dimitri Bodric Brazil Dudu Liberia Kpah Sherman South Korea Shin Jae-pil Argentina Alan Aciar
Indonesia Steven Imbiri
Nigeria Michael Ijezie
PDRM Mali Souleymane Konaté Singapore Yasir Hanapi Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Ivory Coast Frederic Pooda
Negeri Sembilan Serbia Nemanja Vidić England Lee Tuck France Jonathan Béhé Japan Bruno Suzuki Croatia Marko Šimić
Perlis Uzbekistan Maksimilian Fomin Mali Modibo Konté England Brandon Adams Australia Ndumba Makeche South Korea Oh Kyu-bin
South Korea Park Yong-joon
Jamaica Damion Stewart
PKNP Latvia Ritus Krjauklis Netherlands Vincent Weijl Brazil Gilberto Fortunato South Korea Kim Hyun-woo
Sabah Zambia Francis Kasonde South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon Serbia Rodoljub Paunović South Korea Heo Jae-nyeong France Sofiane Choubani
France Jonathan Béhé
Japan Masaya Jitozono
Croatia Igor Čerina
Terengganu Brazil Lázaro Brazil Gabriel Davis Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Canada Japan Issey Nakajima-Farran Argentina Federico Falcone
Uzbekistan Lutfulla Turaev
UiTM Nigeria O.K. John Ivory Coast Marcel N'Guessan Nigeria Akanni-Sunday Wasiu South Korea Do Dong-hyun
  • 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.
  • ^2 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.

Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim II EnglandMalaysia Samuel Somerville EnglandMalaysia Daniel Ting New ZealandMalaysia Ernest Wong Wen Hao

Results

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kuala Lumpur 22 15 2 5 47 24 +23 47 Promotion to Super League
2 Terengganu 22 15 2 5 42 27 +15 47
3 PKNP 22 14 4 4 41 23 +18 46
4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 11 8 3 47 27 +20 41
5 Negeri Sembilan 22 11 8 3 37 24 +13 41 Promotion to Super League
6 UiTM 22 9 6 7 44 30 +14 33
7 Sabah 22 9 3 10 33 38 −5 30
8 PDRM 22 7 4 11 36 41 −5 25
9 Kuantan 22 5 1 16 41 64 −23 16
10 MISC-MIFA 22 4 2 16 36 51 −15 14
11 ATM 22 4 5 13 28 50 −22 14[a] Relegation to FAM League
12 Perlis 22 4 3 15 22 55 −33 12[b]
Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for ATM.
  2. ^ ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Perlis.

Result table

Home \ Away ATM JDT2 KLU KUA MIF NSE PDRM PER PKP SAB TRG UIT
ATM 1–5 1–2 4–3 1–1 1–1 4–5 2–1 0–4 0–2 0–2 1–3
Johor DT II 1–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–0
Kuala Lumpur 6–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1
Kuantan 3–1 2–5 3–6 3–2 1–3 3–1 5–0 1–3 3–3 0–3 3–1
MISC-MIFA 2–3 5–3 1–2 6–3 0–0 3–0 2–3 1–2 3–1 1–2 2–7
Negeri Sembilan 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–0 3–2 1–0
PDRM 1–1 1–1 0–3 5–3 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–3 1–1
Perlis 1–1 1–5 0–5 3–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–3 1–2 1–3
PKNP 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Sabah 2–5 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–1 1–3 2–1 2–3
Terengganu 1–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–4 2–0 2–1
UiTM 2–1 2–2 1–2 4–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 2–2 1–1 0–1 4–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2017. Source: Result
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Kuala Lumpur3113476875443211311111
Terengganu6742332223232442122222
PKNP9566523332324334444333
Johor Darul Ta'zim II10325245646766565555554
Negeri Sembilan1431111111111123233445
UiTM791011997554555656666666
Sabah12129101111111011101099998887777
PDRM2688754467677777778888
Kuantan81079868788888889999999
MIFA1111127101010111011111010101112121111111110
ATM525468999991112121210111212121211
Perlis481112121212121212121211111011101010101012
Leader
Relegation to 2018 Liga FAM
Qualified to 2017 Malaysia Cup
Source: [citation needed]

Statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 27 September 2017.[10]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur 27
2 Nigeria Akanni-Sunday Wasiu UiTM 19
3 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary PDRM 15
Malaysia Malik Ariff ATM
5 South Korea Do Dong-hyun UiTM 13
6 Cameroon Bodric Dimitri MIFA 12
Argentina Nicolás Fernández Johor Darul Ta'zim II
8 Argentina Jeronimo Barrales Johor Darul Ta'zim II 11
Serbia Ljubo Baranin Kuantan
Japan Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Shahrel Fikri PKNP
12 Singapore Safuwan Baharudin PDRM 9
Malaysia Venice Elphi ATM
Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché Terengganu
Brazil Gilberto Fortunato PKNP
16 Canada Issey Nakajima-Farran Terengganu 8
Nigeria Michael Chukwubunna MIFA
18 France Jonathan Béhé Negeri Sembilan (4), Sabah (3) 7
Croatia Marko Šimić Negeri Sembilan
Uzbekistan Pavel Smolyachenko ATM
Liberia Kpah Sherman MIFA
21 Malaysia Brandon Adams Perlis 6
Brazil Paulo Josue Kuala Lumpur
South Korea Shim Un-seob Kuantan
25 Malaysia Rafizol Roslan ATM 5
Argentina Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Brazil Dudu MIFA
England Lee Tuck Negeri Sembilan
South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon Sabah


Hat-tricks

As of matches played on 27 September 2017.
Player For Against Result Date Ref
Japan Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan Sabah 3–0 (H) 20 January 2017 [11]
Argentina Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II Perlis 4–0 (H) 26 January 2017 [12]
Cameroon Bodric Dimitri MIFA Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5–3 (H) 10 February 2017 [13]
Uzbekistan Pavel Smolyachenko ATM Sabah 2–5 (A) 10 February 2017 [14]
South Korea Do Dong-hyun UiTM MIFA 2–7 (A) 3 March 2017 [15]
Malaysia Venice Elphi ATM Kuantan 4–3 (H) 25 April 2017 [16]
Brazil Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur Perlis 0–5 (A) 5 May 2017 [17]
ATM 0–66 (A) 23 May 2017 [18]
Kuantan 3–6 (A) 14 July 2017 [19]
Malaysia Malik Ariff Kuantan Sabah 3–3 (H) 24 May 2017 [20]
South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon Sabah Perlis 5–1 (H) 19 September 2017 [21]
Ivory Coast Dao Bakary PDRM Kuantan 5–34 (H) 19 September 2017 [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 Malaysia Nasrullah Haniff Johan Terengganu PKNP 21 February 2017 1
Malaysia Faqih Ikhwan ATM PDRM 28 February 2017
Croatia Igor Čerina Sabah UiTM 28 February 2017
Malaysia Randy Baruh PKNP 3 March 2017
Uzbekistan Ikbol Babakhanov ATM Kuala Lumpur 14 April 2017
Malaysia Eskandar Ismail PDRM PKNP 14 April 2017
Malaysia Syafiq Azri Perlis Negeri Sembilan 25 April 2017
Malaysia Firdaus Faudzi Terengganu PKNP 27 October 2017

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 27 October 2017.
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Malaysia Asyraaf Omar PKNP 6
2 Malaysia Kaharuddin Rahman Negeri Sembilan 5
Malaysia Suffian Abdul Rahman Terengganu
4 Malaysia Samuel Sommerville Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3
Malaysia Rozaimie Rohim Sabah
Malaysia Solehin Mamat Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Kamarul Effandi
8 Malaysia Hamdan Sairi PDRM 2
Malaysia Syazwan Yusoff Terengganu
10 Malaysia Amierul Hakimi Terengganu 1
Malaysia Sharbinee Allawee
Malaysia K. Sasi Kumar Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Malaysia Remezey Che Ros Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia Saiful Amar Sudar Negeri Sembilan
Malaysia Sheril Anuar Saini Kuantan
Malaysia Jibrail Kamaron Bahrin Perlis
Malaysia Soffuan Tawil UiTM
Malaysia Zulfadhli Mohamed MIFA
Malaysia Ezad Ariff

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month Ref
Player Club
February Japan Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan [23]
March No award given due to limited number of matches in March
April Malaysia 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 Malaysia Shahrel Fikri PKNP [25]
August No award given due to limited number of matches in August
September

Attendances

Crowd attendance for all venues

As of 27 October 2017.
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

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Negeri Sembilan 56,437 9,401 777 5,131 +59.9%†
2 Terengganu 44,369 9,000 760 4,437 −17.2%†
3 Sabah 18,950 3,400 800 1,723 −36.9%†
4 PKNP 18,857 2,571 516 1,715 n/a†
5 Johor DT II 15,848 2,679 399 1,441 −41.3%†
6 PDRM 10,757 4,000 50 978 −67.3%†
7 Perlis 7,626 1,400 321 694 −68.0%†
8 ATM 7,025 3,414 101 639 +168.5%†
9 Kuala Lumpur 6,773 1,399 217 616 +7.1%†
10 Kuantan 4,074 607 103 371 +4.8%†
11 UiTM 3,943 1,817 65 359 +40.8%†
12 MISC-MIFA 2,892 550 100 263 n/a†
League total 197,551 9,401 50 1,531 −24.7%†

Updated to games played on 27 October 2017
Source: SPMB

See also

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