The 2020 Malaysia Super League (), 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 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.
Teams 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.
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).
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).
Team changes Promoted from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League
Sabah PDRM UiTM
Relegated to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League
PKNS PKNP Kuala Lumpur
Clubs locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Felda United Jengka Tun Abdul Razak Stadium 25,000 Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000 Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387 Melaka Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000 PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 15,000 Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium42,500 Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium25,000 Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium35,000 Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium80,372 Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000 UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium10,000Source:
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 – Kedah Aidil Sharin Sahak Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto Chenang Bay Melaka Zainal Abidin Hassan Safiq Rahim Al-Ikhsan Olympex Pahang Dollah Salleh Dickson Nwakaeme Umbro Aras Kuasa PDRM Ishak Kunju Safiee Ahmad Al-Ikhsan RedONE Perak Mehmet Duraković Shahrul Saad Kelme 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 Felda United Nikola Raspopović Frédéric Bulot Nicolas Velez Ryutaro Megumi Khairul Amri Johor Darul Ta'zim Maurício Diogo Leandro Velazquez Gonzalo Cabrera Hariss Harun Kedah Renan Alves Kipré Tchétché Kpah Sherman Amin Nazari Shakir Hamzah Melaka Romel Morales Uche Agba Sony Norde Jang Suk-won Naruphon Wild Pahang Ivan Carlos Hérold Goulon Dickson Nwakaeme Adam Reed Khalil Khamis PDRM Shohrat Soyunov Serdar Geldiyev Antonio German Perak Leandro Careca Guilherme Antony Golec Thierry Bin Petaling Jaya Elizeu Brandão Demba Camara Kim Bong-jin Anawin Jujeen Mark Hartmann Sabah Rodoljub Paunovic Petrus Shitembi Guy Gnabouyou Park Tae-soo Dennis Buschening Hector Ramos Selangor Sandro Ifedayo Olusegun Rufino Segovia Taylor Regan Safuwan Baharudin Terengganu Argzim Redžović Lee Tuck Sanjar Shaakhmedov Bruno Suzuki Faris Ramli Babacar Diallo Dominique UiTM Gustavo Victor Nirennold Ousmane Fané Rabih Ataya Mark Hartmann Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
Naturalisation players ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4 Johor Darul Ta'zim Matthew Davies La'Vere Corbin-Ong Natxo Insa Liridon Krasniqi Kedah David Rowley Tam Sheang Tsung Melaka Khair Jefri Jones Curran Singh-Ferns Selangor Nicholas Swirad Brendan Gan Seng Ling Terengganu Stuart Wark Darren Lok Yee Deng Notes: Carrying Malaysian heritage. Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.
League table
Result table
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.
Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: 44 minutes and 51 seconds Maurício for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Kedah (28 February 2020) Fastest goal in a match: 1 minute and 47 seconds Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020) 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) First hat-trick of the season: 80 minutes and 52 seconds Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020) Fastest hat-trick of the season: 80 minutes and 52 seconds Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020) Most goals scored by one player in a match: 4 goals Dominique Da Sylva for Terengganu against Kedah (7 March 2020) Widest winning margin: 7 goals Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020) Most goals in a match: 7 goals Kedah 3–4 Terengganu (7 March 2020) Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Perak (4 September 2020) Most goals in one half: 4 goals Kedah vs Terengganu (7 March 2020) 2–1 at half time, 3–4 final Terengganu vs Selangor (11 March 2020) 1–1 at half time, 3–3 final 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
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ifedayo OlusegunSelangor 12 2 Shahrel FikriPerak103 Dominique Da SylvaTerengganu94 Safawi RasidJohor Darul Ta'zim7 Kipré TchétchéKedah Gonzalo CabreraJohor Darul Ta'zim5 Gustavo Almeida dos SantosUiTM6 Ivan CarlosPahang Lee TuckTerengganu Kpah ShermanKedah6 Uche AgbaMelaka United5 Sanjar ShaakhmedovTerengganu
Top assists RankPlayerClubAssists1 DiogoJohor Darul Ta'zim82 Lee TuckTerengganu63 SandroSelangor5 Leandro VelazquezJohor Darul Ta'zim Washington BrandãoPetaling Jaya City Wan Amirul AfiqMelaka United
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Dominique Da Sylva 4 Terengganu Kedah 3–4 (A) Gonzalo Cabrera JDT Perak 7–0 (H) Shahrel Fikri 4 Perak Felda United 5–1 (H) Ifedayo Olusegun Selangor Felda United 6–1 (H)
Note 4 Player scored 4 goals
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Farizal MarliasJohor Darul Ta'zim42 Khairul Fahmi Che MatMelaka3 Sharmiza YusoffTerengganu3 Hafizul HakimPerak2 Sharbinee AllaweePahang Khairul AzhanSelangor4 Azfar ArifUiTM1 Azri GhaniKedah Shahril Saa'riKedah Bryan SeePDRM Ifwat AkmalKedah Nasrullah AzizPerak Nor HaziqUiTM Wan AzraieSabah Kalamullah Al HafizPJ City Rahadiazli RahalimTerengganu
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 3 Shakir Hamzah (Kedah) Arif Anwar (UiTM) Most red cards: 1 Azalinullah Alias (Terengganu)
Club Most yellow cards: 11 Perak Most red cards: 1 Terengganu
See also 2020 Malaysia Premier League 2020 Malaysia FA Cup 2020 Malaysia Cup
Notes
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia website Malaysian Football League website