2020 Malaysia Super League

Season2020

Dates28 February – 31 October 2020

ChampionsJohor Darul Ta'zim
7th Super League title
7th Liga M title

Malaysia Super League
Season	2020
Dates	28 February – 31 October 2020
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim 7th Super League title 7th Liga M title
Relegated	PDRM FA Felda United
AFC Champions League	Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup	Kedah Terengganu
Matches	66
Goals	218 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ifedayo Olusegun (12 goals)
Biggest home win	7 goals JDT 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020)
Biggest away win	7 goals PDRM 0–7 Selangor (3 October 2020)
Highest scoring	7 goals Kedah 3–4 Terengganu (7 March 2020) JDT 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020) JDT 6–1 Selangor (19 September 2020) PDRM 0–7 Selangor (3 October 2020) Selangor 6–1 Felda United (10 October 2020)
Longest winning run	5 matches Kedah
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches JDT
Longest winless run	11 matches PDRM
Longest losing run	5 matches PDRM
Total attendance	178,443 (matches played behind closed doors are not included)
Average attendance	9,914 (matches played behind closed doors are not included)
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2020), known as the CIMB Bank Liga Super Malaysia 2020 for sponsorship reasons, was the 17th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions, having won their sixth title the previous season.

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

On 13 March 2020, it was announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 17 July, it was announced that the league would resume in August^[1] dependent on the situation at the time. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format has been scrapped. Teams played each other only once, meaning that the champion of the Super League was decided after eleven rounds of matches.^[2]

Changes from last season

Kuala Lumpur and PKNP are relegated to the Malaysia Premier League after finishing bottom and second-bottom respectively in last season's Malaysia Super League.^[3]

Sabah and PDRM are promoted after securing their place as champions and 3rd-placed finishers in last season's Malaysia Premier League (runners-up Johor Darul Ta'zim II is ineligible for the Super League due to being the reserve team to Johor Darul Ta'zim).^[4]^[5]

As PKNS has changed their status as the reserve team to Selangor, they are therefore replaced by the 5th-placed finishers of last season's Malaysia Premier League UiTM (4th-placed finishers Terengganu II is ineligible for the Super League due to being the reserve team to Terengganu FC).^[6]^[7]

Team changes

Promoted from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League

Clubs locations

Locations of teams in the 2020 Malaysia Super League

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Felda United	Jengka	Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Iskandar Puteri	Sultan Ibrahim Stadium	40,000^[8]
Kedah	Alor Setar	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387^[9]
Melaka	Krubong	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000^[10]
Pahang	Kuantan	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000^[11]
PDRM	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Stadium	15,000
Perak	Ipoh	Perak Stadium	42,500^[12]
Petaling Jaya	Petaling Jaya	Petaling Jaya Stadium	25,000
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	35,000^[13]
Selangor	Shah Alam	Shah Alam Stadium	80,372^[14]
Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium	50,000^[15]
UiTM	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000^[16]
Source:

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Felda United	Nidzam Jamil	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	FBT	Felda
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Benjamin Mora	Hariss Harun	Nike^[17]	–
Kedah	Aidil Sharin Sahak	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Lotto	Chenang Bay
Melaka	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Safiq Rahim	Al-Ikhsan	Olympex
Pahang	Dollah Salleh^[18]	Dickson Nwakaeme	Umbro	Aras Kuasa
PDRM	Ishak Kunju	Safiee Ahmad	Al-Ikhsan	RedONE
Perak	Mehmet Duraković^[19]	Shahrul Saad	Kelme^[20]	Visit Perak (home) & Pangkor Duty Free Island (away)
Petaling Jaya	K. Devan	K. Gurusamy	Puma	Qnet
Sabah	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto	Rawilson Batuil	Carino	–
Selangor	B. Sathianathan	Taylor Regan	Joma	PKNS
Terengganu	Nafuzi Zain	Lee Tuck	Al-Ikhsan	RedONE
UiTM	Frank Bernhardt	Afif Asyraf	Adidas (home & away) & Fitech (third)	SUKIPT

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
Felda United	Nikola Raspopović^[21]	Frédéric Bulot^[22]	Nicolas Velez^[23]	Ryutaro Megumi^[24]	Khairul Amri^[25]
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Maurício	Diogo	Leandro Velazquez	Gonzalo Cabrera	Hariss Harun^[26]
Kedah	Renan Alves	Kipré Tchétché^[27]	Kpah Sherman^[27]	Amin Nazari^[28]	Shakir Hamzah^[29]
Melaka	Romel Morales^[30]	Uche Agba^[31]	Sony Norde	Jang Suk-won^[32]		Naruphon Wild^[33]
Pahang	Ivan Carlos^[34]	Hérold Goulon^[35]	Dickson Nwakaeme		Adam Reed^[36]	Khalil Khamis^[37]
PDRM	Shohrat Soyunov	Serdar Geldiyev				Antonio German
Perak	Leandro^[38]	Careca	Guilherme	Antony Golec	Thierry Bin
Petaling Jaya	Elizeu	Brandão	Demba Camara	Kim Bong-jin^[39]	Anawin Jujeen ^[40]	Mark Hartmann
Sabah	Rodoljub Paunovic	Petrus Shitembi	Guy Gnabouyou	Park Tae-soo	Dennis Buschening^[41]	Hector Ramos ^[42]
Selangor	Sandro	Ifedayo Olusegun	Rufino Segovia^[43]	Taylor Regan	Safuwan Baharudin^[44]
Terengganu	Argzim Redžović	Lee Tuck^[45]	Sanjar Shaakhmedov^[46]	Bruno Suzuki	Faris Ramli^[47]	Babacar Diallo^[48] Dominique^[49]
UiTM	Gustavo^[50]	Victor Nirennold^[50]	Ousmane Fané^[50]	Rabih Ataya^[50]	Mark Hartmann ^[51]

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	Liridon Krasniqi⁴
Kedah	David Rowley³	Tam Sheang Tsung³
Melaka	Khair Jefri Jones³ ⁴	Curran Singh-Ferns³
Selangor	Nicholas Swirad³	Brendan Gan Seng Ling³ ⁴
Terengganu	Stuart Wark³	Darren Lok Yee Deng³ 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 (C, Q)	11	9	2	0	33	8	+25	29	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Kedah (Q)	11	7	1	3	20	13	+7	22^[a]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Terengganu (Q)	11	6	1	4	24	14	+10	19^[b]
4	Perak	11	5	3	3	21	19	+2	18
5	Selangor	11	4	5	2	26	19	+7	17
6	UiTM	11	5	2	4	17	15	+2	17
7	Petaling Jaya City	11	3	5	3	17	16	+1	14
8	Pahang	11	4	2	5	18	18	0	14
9	Melaka United	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	11^[c]
10	Sabah	11	2	3	6	12	24	−12	9
11	Felda United (R)	11	1	4	6	12	27	−15	7	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	PDRM (R)	11	0	2	9	5	29	−24	−1^[d]

Result table

Home \ Away	FEL	JDT	KED	MEL	PAH	PDRM	PRK	PJC	SBH	SEL	TFC	UiTM
Felda United		–	1–2	3–2	2–2	–	–	1–1	–	–	0–3	0–1
Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1		1–0	–	–	–	7–0	–	4–1	6–1	–	2–1
Kedah	–	–		1–0	–	–	–	2–1	3–1	2–0	3–4	–
Melaka	–	0–5	–		0–1	3–1	–	1–1	–	–	1–0	–
Pahang	–	2–3	2–1	–		2–1	3–3	–	2–0	1–2	–	–
PDRM	1–1	0–1	0–2	–	–		0–2	–	0–0	0–7	–	–
Perak	5–1	–	2–3	0–1	–	–		2–0	–	–	–	1–0
Petaling Jaya	–	2–2	–	–	3–2	4–1	–		1–1	–	0–2	–
Sabah	3–1	–	–	3–2	–	–	2–2	–		1–2	–	0–3
Selangor	6–1	–	–	1–1	–	–	1–1	0–0	–		–	3–3
Terengganu	–	0–1	–	–	2–1	4–0	1–3	–	4–0	3–3		–
UiTM	–	–	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–1	–	2–4	–	–	3–1

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.

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 to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Team ╲ Round
Johor Darul Ta'zim	4	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Kedah	9	10	10	8	4	3	2	2	3	2	2
Terengganu	10	7	6	3	2	2	5	6	5	4	3
Perak	1	3	2	2	3	7	3	3	2	3	4
Selangor	3	6	4	6	8	6	6	8	8	5	5
Pahang	8	9	9	4	7	8	8	7	6	6	8
UiTM	11	11	11	9	5	4	7	4	4	7	6
Melaka	2	1	3	11	6	5	4	5	7	8	9
Petaling Jaya	6	5	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	7
Sabah	7	4	5	5	11	11	11	11	9	10	10
Felda United	5	8	7	6	9	9	9	9	11	11	11
PDRM	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

	Leader
	Relegation to 2021 Premier League

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Season statistics

Scoring

First goal of the season: 44 minutes and 51 seconds
- Maurício for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Kedah (28 February 2020)^[54]
Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute and 47 seconds
- Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020)^[55]
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 94 minutes and 25 seconds
- Kogileswaran Raj for Petaling Jaya City against Pahang (6 March 2020)^[56]
First hat-trick of the season: 80 minutes and 52 seconds
- Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020)^[55]
Fastest hat-trick of the season: 80 minutes and 52 seconds
- Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020)^[55]
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals
- Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020)^[55]
Widest winning margin: 7 goals
- Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020)^[57]
Most goals in a match: 7 goals
- Kedah 3–4 Terengganu (7 March 2020)^[55]
- Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020)^[57]
Most goals in one half: 4 goals
- Kedah vs Terengganu (7 March 2020) 2–1 at half time, 3–4 final^[55]
- Terengganu vs Selangor (11 March 2020) 1–1 at half time, 3–3 final^[58]
Most goals in one half by a single team: 3 goals
- Kedah vs Terengganu (7 March 2020) 2–1 at half time, 3–4 final^[55]

Top goalscorers

^[59]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ifedayo Olusegun	Selangor	12
2	Shahrel Fikri	Perak	10
3	Dominique Da Sylva	Terengganu	9
4	Safawi Rasid	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7
	Kipré Tchétché	Kedah
	Gonzalo Cabrera	Johor Darul Ta'zim
5	Gustavo Almeida dos Santos	UiTM	6
	Ivan Carlos	Pahang
	Lee Tuck	Terengganu
	Kpah Sherman	Kedah
6	Uche Agba	Melaka United	5
6	Sanjar Shaakhmedov	Terengganu	5

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Diogo	Johor Darul Ta'zim	8
2	Lee Tuck	Terengganu	6
3	Sandro	Selangor	5
	Leandro Velazquez	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Washington Brandão	Petaling Jaya City
	Wan Amirul Afiq	Melaka United

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dominique Da Sylva ⁴	Terengganu	Kedah	3–4 (A)	7 March 2020
Gonzalo Cabrera	JDT	Perak	7–0 (H)	4 September 2020
Shahrel Fikri ⁴	Perak	Felda United	5–1 (H)	25 September 2020
Ifedayo Olusegun	Selangor	Felda United	6–1 (H)	11 October 2020

Note ⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4
2	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	Melaka	3
2	Sharmiza Yusoff	Terengganu	3
3	Hafizul Hakim	Perak	2
	Sharbinee Allawee	Pahang
	Khairul Azhan	Selangor
4	Azfar Arif	UiTM	1
	Azri Ghani	Kedah
	Shahril Saa'ri	Kedah
	Bryan See	PDRM
	Ifwat Akmal	Kedah
	Nasrullah Aziz	Perak
	Nor Haziq	UiTM
	Wan Azraie	Sabah
	Kalamullah Al Hafiz	PJ City
	Rahadiazli Rahalim	Terengganu

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2020 Malaysia Super League

Changes from last season

Team changes

Clubs locations

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

Foreign players

Naturalisation players

League table

Result table

Positions by round

Season statistics

Scoring

Top goalscorers

Top assists

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

See also

Notes

References

External links

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