The 2016 Liga Premier (), 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. 2016 Liga Premier
The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.
The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.
Teams changes The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.
To Liga Premier Promoted from Liga FAM Melaka United (champion) Perlis (runner-up)
Relegated from Liga Super ATM (11th place) Sime Darby (12th place)
From Liga Premier Promoted to Liga Super Kedah (Defending champions) Penang (runner-up) T–Team (play-off winner)
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 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 Azuan Zain Badrul Hisham Sufian SkyHawk DRB-HICOM Chong Yee Fatt Abdullah Yusoff Mizuno DRB-HICOM Johor Darul Ta'zim II Benjamin Mora Shahril Ishak Adidas Forest City Kuala Lumpur Ismail Zakaria Azlan Zainal SkyHawk JL99 Group & Al-Bukhary Foundation Kuantan Ahmad Nazri Mat Noor Khairul Azman Awang Long Kappa Wangsamakmur Capital Melaka United Mat Zan Mat Aris Ilija Spasojević Kronos Edra & Mamee Negeri Sembilan Gary Michael Phillips Taylor Regan Mizuno Matrix Concepts Perlis Dollah Salleh Afif Amiruddin Carino PKNS E. Elavarasan Gonzalo Soto Kappa PKNS Sabah Johnny Dominicus Julamri Muhammad Adidas Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base Sime Darby Drago Mamić Juzaili Samion Kappa Sime Darby UiTM Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah 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.
TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentNegeri Sembilan K. DevanSacked26 August 2015Pre-season Gary Phillips24 November 2015Perlis Yusri Che Lah Resigned15 October 2015 Dollah Salleh21 November 2015UiTM Azuan ZainEnd of contract25 October 2015 Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah28 October 2015Sime Darby Ismail ZakariaEnd of contract31 October 2015 Abdul Ghani Malik1 November 2015Kuala Lumpur Tang Siew SengEnd of contract31 October 2015 Ismail Zakaria25 December 2015Sabah Azraai KhorSacked6 November 2015 Vjeran Simunić7 December 2015Johor Darul Ta'zim II Nenad Baćina Resigned 14 December 2015 Benjamin Mora 14 December 2015 Sime Darby Abdul Ghani Malik Resigned10 May 201611th Drago Mamić10 May 2016Kuantan Zulhamizan Zakaria Banned (7 Month)1 April 201611th 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 Gies Irisbekov Boris Formenkov Khasan Abdukarimov Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev DRB-Hicom Godwin Antwi Cédric Mbarga Ivan Babić Kim Jin-yong Philip Lund Johor Darul Ta'zim II Bonfim Shahril Ishak Paulo Rangel Baihakki Khaizan Kuala Lumpur Léo Carioca Modibo Konté Diego Inostroza Jonathan Cantillana Casagrande Mario Karlovic Kuantan Ljubo Baranin Srdjan Vidakovic Dao Bakary Shim Un-seob Shunsuke Nakatake Melaka United Alexandru Tudose Labinot Harbuzi Ilija Spasojevic Yashir Pinto Balša Božović Shin Jae-pil Negeri Sembilan Taylor Regan Alex Smith Goran Jerković Henrique Joel Chianese Andrew Nabbout Perlis Damion Stewart Mohamadou Sumareh Charles Chad Park Yong-joon Obinna Nwaneri Edward Wilson Kayne Vincent PKNS Gonzalo Soto Gabriel Guerra Juan Cobelli Matias Jadue Sabah Igor Čerina Everton Muamer Salibašić Dedi Kusnandar Marco Tulio Prince Nnake Sime Darby Frédéric Pooda Mateo Roskam Obi Ha Dae-won Lee Kil-hoon UiTM Franklin Anzité Moustapha Moctar John Matkin Oh Joo-ho Kang Jin-wook Eliel Pavel Purishkin Pavel Matyash
Results
League table
Result table
Positions by round
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 1PKNS 9 9 9 6 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2Johor DT II 10 10 10 10 9 9 4 4 5 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3Negeri Sembilan 8 5 7 7 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4Kuala Lumpur 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5Perlis 1 7 8 4 8 6 7 9 9 8 8 7 6 7 6 7 6 6 7 6 6 6DRB-Hicom 3 8 4 2 3 4 5 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 7 6 7 7 6 7 7 7Kuantan 7 3 6 8 6 7 9 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8Sabah 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9UiTM 2 1 1 5 7 8 8 8 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 11 10ATM 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11Sime 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 HOMEAWAYATTENDANCEATMDRBJDTIIKULKUAMUFCNISPERPKNSSABSIMUiTMTOTALAVEATM-----210293232300505319150186381072752,615238DRB-HICOM350-----1,1752002509003003504002002002204,545413JDT II2,2205,500-----1,1752,2353,6002,5005203,2521,6302,2002,20027,0122,456Kuala Lumpur2002781,200-----1102,0003253333571,0003002256,328575Kuantan25056165548-----5003271782516854121153,892354Melaka United8,9604,00020,00011,0006,000-----13,0006,00013,0005,22735,0004,600126,78711,526Negeri Sembilan3,1852753,6064,5344,1163,693-----3,7654,3243,3291,8982,56035,2853,208Perlis6,5008961,3567574,200932820-----9154206386,39023,8242,166PKNS15733309327241,02725095-----6534132,334212Sabah1,3003,77814,5007005002,7001,2009001,650-----2,22060030,0282,730Sime Darby100120130180501,555519497110110-----1203,491317UiTM12810122340035029039528950450128-----2,804255TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE268,9452,037
By Week
+ 2016 Liga Premier AttendanceRoundTotalGamesAvg. 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
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ilija SpasojevićMelaka United242 Paulo RangelJohor Darul Ta'zim II213 Ivan BabićDRB-HICOM164 Gabriel GuerraPKNS15 Juan CobelliPKNS6 Dao BakaryKuantan137 Matías JaduePKNS128 Malik AriffKuantan109 Mateo RoskamSime Darby910 Andrew NabboutNegeri Sembilan8 CasagrandeKuala Lumpur Pavel PurishkinUiTM13 Charles ChadPerlis7 Joel ChianeseNegeri Sembilan Kayne VincentPerlis Zaquan AdhaJohor Darul Ta'zim II17 Alex SmithNegeri Sembilan6 Igor ČerinaSabah Khassan AbdukarimovKuala Lumpur Maxsius MusaSabah21 Afif AmiruddinPerlis5 Edward WilsonPerlis Jonathan CantillanaKuala Lumpur Léo CariocaKuala Lumpur Mohamadou SumarehPerlis R. SurendranMelaka United Srđan VidakovićKuantan Venice ElphiATM
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Pavel Purishkin UiTM Sabah 4–1 Paulo Rangel Johor Darul Ta'zim II ATM 5–1 Ivan Babić DRB-HICOM UiTM 4–1 Matías Jadue PKNS Kuantan 4–4 Ilija Spasojević4 Melaka United ATM 0–6 Zaquan Adha Johor Darul Ta'zim II Kuantan 4–1 Ilija Spasojević Melaka United ATM 3–1 Paulo Rangel4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II UiTM 1–4 Juan Cobelli PKNS Kuantan 2–3 Ilija Spasojević Melaka United UiTM 2–3
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
Own goals RankPlayerClubTotal1 Badrul Hisham SufianATM1 Dominic TanJohor Darul Ta'zim II Juan CobelliPKNS Juzaili SamionSime Darby Leonardo MoreiraKuala Lumpur Shin Jae-pilMelaka United
Awards
Monthly awards MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceCoachClubCoachClubFebruary Mat Zan Mat ArisMelaka United None March - June NoneJuly None Ilija SpasojevićMelaka United August None Ilija SpasojevićMelaka UnitedSeptember None Ivan BabićDRB-HicomOctober None
See also 2016 Liga Super 2016 Liga FAM 2016 Piala FA 2016 Piala Malaysia 2016 Piala Presiden 2016 Piala Belia List of Malaysian football transfers 2016 List of Malaysian football transfers summer 2016
References