2018 Malaysia Premier League
Season | 2018 |
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Dates | 1 February – 27 July 2018 |
Champions | Felda United 2nd Second Division title |
Promoted | Felda United Felcra |
Relegated | Terengganu II |
Matches played | 110 |
Goals scored | 325 (2.95 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Casagrande (19 goals) |
Biggest home win | Sabah 4–0 Terengganu II (2 February 2018) Kuantan 4–0 UKM (23 February 2018) MIFA 4–0 UiTM (14 April 2018) Sarawak 5–2 Terengganu II (21 July 2018) Johor Darul Ta'zim II 4–0 UKM (27 July 2018) |
Biggest away win | PDRM 2–6 Felda United (6 February 2018) |
Highest scoring | 8 goals PDRM 2–6 Felda United (6 February 2018) |
Longest winning run | 7 matches Felda United |
Longest unbeaten run | 12 matches Felcra |
Longest winless run | 8 matches Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
Longest losing run | 4 matches UKM |
← 2017 2019 →
All statistics correct as of 27 July 2018. |
The 2018 Malaysia Premier League, known as 2018 100Plus Malaysia Premier League for sponsorship reasons,[1] was the 15th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.
Team changes
[edit]A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 6 sides from the 2017 season, four relegated from the 2017 Malaysia Super League and four promoted from the 2017 Malaysia FAM League.
To Premier League
[edit]Promoted from FAM League[2]
Relegated from Super League[3][4]
From Premier League
[edit]Promoted to Super League[5]
Relegated to FAM League[6]
Notes:
- ^1 Originally Sime Darby were promoted along with UKM as finalists of the 2017 Malaysia FAM League final, but after Sime Darby announced their withdrawal from the Premier League participation, Felcra, the next highest team in the FAM League table, were invited as replacement.[7]
- ^2 FELDA United were relegated to Premier League after failing to receive the FAM License to compete in the Super League; while T-Team were relegated to Premier League after their absorption to Terengganu, rebranding as Terengganu II and change of their status as reserve team to Terengganu. Negeri Sembilan and PKNP, 2 highest teams in the Premier League with FAM License, were promoted to Super League in their place.[8]
Disbandment of Kuantan FA
[edit]After failing to settle bad debt with former players for last season campaign,[9] 4 months failing to pay current team wages.[10] and unable to turn up for a league fixture against PDRM,[11] FMLLP decided to disqualify Kuantan from the rest of the campaign.[12] Because of their disqualification, all points that were won by other teams against Kuantan will not count and the league was left with 11 teams out of initial 12 with teams that were due to play Kuantan were given a bye week. It is the first time this has ever occurred in the professional level of Malaysian football where a team is disallowed to compete after breaking the rules and regulations with the season on-going.
Kuantan stated that Marcerra (the team that bought their license) wanted to take over the bad debts amounted to RM 3.5 million and clear all the overdue payment from last season.[13] But it seemed fruitless as after 4 months into the league campaign, the problem was still unsettled as the current squad players decided to leave the team[14] and opted to join teams in the FAM league. Kuantan were awarded RM 500,000 annual grant but minus RM 200,000 for fined after failing to complete their registration papers.[15]
Stadium and locations
[edit]- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Felcra | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
Felda United | Jengka | Tun Abdul Razak Stadium | 25,000[16] |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Pasir Gudang | Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium | 15,000[17] |
MIFA | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000[18] |
PDRM | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
Penang | Batu Kawan | Penang State Stadium | 40,000[19] |
Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 35,000[20] |
Sarawak | Kuching | Sarawak State Stadium | 26,000[21] |
Terengganu II | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
UiTM | Shah Alam | UiTM Stadium | 10,000[22] |
UKM | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) |
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Felcra | ![]() |
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Uhlsport | FELCRA, HeMAT |
Felda United | ![]() |
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FBT | FELDA, Hotel Tenera |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ![]() |
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Nike | Forest City |
MIFA | ![]() |
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Puma | MIFA, MAHSA University |
PDRM | ![]() |
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Line 7 | ODR Lubricants |
Penang | ![]() |
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Puma | |
Sabah | ![]() |
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Carino | Sawit Kinabalu, Sabah Energy Corp, Asian Supply Base |
Sarawak | ![]() |
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Starsport | |
Terengganu II | ![]() |
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Kobert | Chicken Cottage |
UiTM | ![]() |
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Puma | Soaring Upwards, UiTM Holdings |
UKM | ![]() |
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SkyHawk | Kopi Pak Belalang, Fusionex |
Coaching changes
[edit]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 |
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Terengganu II | ![]() |
Resigned | 23 November 2017 | Pre-season | ![]() |
27 November 2017 |
PDRM | ![]() |
End of contract | 31 October 2017 | ![]() |
28 November 2017 | |
Sarawak | ![]() |
End of caretaker role | 1 December 2017 | ![]() |
2 December 2017 | |
MIFA | ![]() |
End of contract | 31 October 2017 | ![]() |
3 December 2017 | |
Felcra | ![]() |
Reassigned as assistant coach | 22 December 2017 | ![]() |
22 December 2017 | |
Kuantan | ![]() |
Resigned | 28 November 2017 | ![]() |
1 December 2017 | |
PDRM | ![]() |
End of contract | 31 July 2018 | 5th | ![]() |
1 August 2018 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ![]() |
Promoted to JDT I | 10 August 2018 | 4th | ![]() |
11 August 2018 |
Foreign players
[edit]The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
- Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
- ^3 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
Naturalisation
[edit]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 |
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Felda United | ![]() ![]() |
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Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ![]() ![]() |
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Sarawak | ![]() ![]() |
Notes:
- ^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
- ^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.
Results
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Felda United (C, P) | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 44 | 24 | +20 | 43 | Promotion to 2019 Malaysia Super League |
2 | Felcra | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 24 | +6 | 34 | Withdraw from league for next season |
3 | MIFA (P) | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 32 | Promotion to 2019 Malaysia Super League |
4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 23 | +5 | 30 | |
5 | PDRM | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 29 | |
6 | Sabah | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 28 | |
7 | UKM | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 22 | |
8 | Sarawak | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 22 | |
9 | UiTM | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 22 | |
10 | Penang | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 21 | |
11 | Terengganu II | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Result table
[edit]Positions by round
[edit]Leader | Relegation to 2019 Malaysia FAM League | Disqualified | Qualified to 2018 Malaysia Cup |
Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]- As of matches played on 27 July 2018.[60]
Players sorted first by goals scored, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Felcra | 19 |
2 | ![]() |
Sarawak | 14 |
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Sabah | ||
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MIFA | ||
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Felda United | ||
6 | ![]() |
Terengganu II | 12 |
7 | ![]() |
Felda United | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
Sarawak | 9 |
Top assists
[edit]Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | ![]() |
Felcra | 10 |
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Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ||
3 | ![]() |
Felda United | 9 |
4 | ![]() |
MIFA | 8 |
5 | ![]() |
Sabah | 7 |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Felda United | PDRM | 6–2 (A) | 6 February 2018 |
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Felcra | Sarawak | 3–2 (A) | 10 February 2018 |
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Kuantan | UKM | 4–0 (H) | 23 February 2018 |
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Felcra | Terengganu II | 3–1 (H) | 21 May 2018 |
Notes:
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Own goals
[edit]Rank | Player | For | Against | Date | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Kuantan | UiTM | 10 February 2018 | 1 |
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Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Terengganu II | 16 April 2018 | 1 | |
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Terengganu II | Sarawak | 21 July 2018 | 1 |
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Felda United | 5 |
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MIFA | ||
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PDRM | ||
4 | ![]() |
UiTM | 4 |
5 | ![]() |
Terengganu II | 3 |
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Sabah | ||
7 | ![]() |
Sabah | 2 |
8 | ![]() |
Sarawak | 1 |
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UKM |
See also
[edit]- 2018 Malaysia Super League
- 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup
- 2018 Malaysia FA Cup
- 2018 Malaysia Cup
- 2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup
- List of Malaysian football transfers 2018
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