The 2021 Malaysia Super League (), was the 18th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The defending champions from the 2020 Malaysia Super League season, Johor Darul Ta'zim, have managed to defend their title, securing their 8th consecutive title (since 2014) on 28 August 2021 although having 2 more matches left. On the other hand, Kedah who became the runner-ups have qualified to the 2022 AFC Cup. Penang who got third was a standby team for the AFC Cup and would qualify if the winners of the 2021 Malaysia Cup went to the Johor or Kedah, but they failed to and Kuala Lumpur City who became the champions ended up taking the spot.
Team changes The following teams have changed division.
To Malaysia Super League
Promoted from Premier League Penang Kuala Lumpur
From Malaysia Super League Relegated to Premier League PDRM
Disbanded Team FELDA United
Renamed/Rebranded Clubs Kedah FA separate and formed Kedah Darul Aman FC Selangor FA separate and formed Selangor FC Kuala Lumpur FA separate and formed Kuala Lumpur City FC Melaka United SA separate and formed Melaka United FC Penang FA separate and formed Penang FC Sabah FA separate and formed Sabah FC Pahang FA separate and formed Sri Pahang FC Perak FA separate and formed Perak FC
Clubs locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000 Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387 Kuala Lumpur City Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000 Melaka United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 Penang Penang City Stadium 20,000 Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium42,500 Petaling Jaya City Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium25,000 Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium35,000 Selangor Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium25,000 Sri Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000 Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000 UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium10,000 Source:
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Johor Darul Ta'zim Benjamin Mora Aidil Zafuan Nike UNICEF Kedah Darul Aman Aidil Sharin Baddrol Bakhtiar Lotto Widad Langkasuka Kuala Lumpur City Bojan Hodak Paulo Josué Puma Kuala Lumpur City Melaka United Zainal Abidin Hassan Khairul Fahmi Al-Ikhsan EDRA CGN, Mamee Penang Tomáš Trucha Endrick Puma Penang2030 Perak Shahril Nizam Khalil (caretaker) Hafizul Hakim Kaki Jersi Lenggong Valley (home) & Royal Belum (away) Petaling Jaya City Maniam Pachaiappan Gurusamy Kandasamy Puma Qnet Sabah Ong Kim Swee Rawilson Batuil Lotto Warisan Harta Sabah, Sabah Net Selangor Karsten Neitzel Syahmi Safari Joma PKNS Sri Pahang Dollah Salleh Hérold Goulon Stallion Aras Kuasa Terengganu Nafuzi Zain Carli de Murga Al-Ikhsan RedONE, Yakult UiTM Reduan Abdullah Victor NirennoldPuma (home & away) & Fitech (third) MBSA
Coaching changes Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming coachDate ofappointment Selangor Michael Feichtenbeiner Redesignated to Technical Director 16 November 2020Pre-season Karsten Neitzel 16 November 2020 Kuala Lumpur City Muhammad Nidzam Adzha Redesignated to Assistant Coach 26 November 2020 Simón Elissetche 26 November 2020 Petaling Jaya City K. Devan End of contract 28 November 2020 Maniam Pachaiappan 28 November 2020 Sabah Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto End of contract 3 December 2020 Lucas Kalang Laeng 3 December 2020 Penang Manzoor Azwira Redesignated to Assistant Coach 4 December 2020 Tomáš Trucha 4 December 2020 Sri Pahang Dollah Salleh Redesignated as Team Manager 3 January 2021 Thomas Dooley 3 January 2021 Sabah Lucas Kalang Laeng Redesignated as backroom staff 20 December 2020 Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 8 January 2021 Kuala Lumpur City Simón Elissetche No permit granted 8 January 2021 Bojan Hodak 9 January 2021 Perak Mehmet Duraković Mutual Termination 22 February 2021 Chong Yee Fatt 23 February 2021 Sri Pahang Thomas Dooley Rested 17 March 20219th Dollah Salleh 17 March 2021 UiTM Frank Bernhardt Rested 9 April 202112th Reduan Abdullah 9 April 2021 UiTM Reduan Abdullah Redesignated 29 April 202112th Frank Bernhardt 29 April 2021Perak Chong Yee Fatt Rested 2 Aug 202111th Shahril Nizam Khalil 2 Aug 2021 UiTM Frank Bernhardt Sacked 9 August 202114th Reduan Abdullah 9 August 2021
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 afterward.
Season statistics First goal of the season: 34 minutes and 9 seconds Safawi Rasid for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Kedah Darul Aman (5 March 2021)
Fastest goal in a match: 9 seconds Rafael Vitor for Penang against Perak (3 August 2021)
Goal scored at the latest point in a match: 97 minutes and 59 seconds Jang Suk-won for Melaka United against Kuala Lumpur City (31 July 2021)
Oldest Goalscorer in a match: 41 Years Old 7 Months 15 Days Shukor Adan for Kuala Lumpur City against UiTM (8 May 2021)
Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 goals (All players who got a hatrick)
Widest winning margin: 6 goals Selangor 6–0 Sabah (5 September 2021)
Most goals in a match: 8 goals Perak 3–5 Penang (3 August 2021)
Most goals in one half: 6 goals Perak vs Penang (3 August 2021) 2–4 at half time, 3–5 final
Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals Johor Darul Ta'zim vs Perak (31 July 2021) 1–0 at half time, 5–0 final Penang vs Perak (3 August 2021) 4–2 at half time, 5–3 final Selangor vs Sabah (5 September 2021) 4–0 at half time, 6–0 final
Top goalscorers As of matches played 12 September 2021
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ifedayo OlusegunSelangor262 Bergson da SilvaJohor Darul Ta'zim233 Kpah ShermanKedah Darul Aman134 CasagrandePenang125 Kipré TchétchéKedah Darul Aman10 Paulo JosuéKuala Lumpur City7 David da SilvaTerengganu7 Baddrol BakhtiarKedah Darul Aman Nana PokuUiTM/Perak10 Oliver BuffSelangor6 Sheriddin BoboevPenang
Hat-trick As of matches played 12 September 2021 PlayerForAgainstResultDate Ifedayo OlusegunSelangorPerak3–1 (H)10 April 2021 Bergson da SilvaJohor Darul Ta'zimPerak5–0 (H)31 July 2021 Rafael VitorPenangPerak5–3 (A)3 August 2021 Nana PokuPerakPenang3–5 (H)3 August 2021 Ifedayo OlusegunSelangorKedah Darul Aman4–2 (A)14 August 2021 Bergson da SilvaJohor Darul Ta'zimSri Pahang3–0 (H)27 August 2021 Ifedayo OlusegunSelangorSabah6–0 (A)5 September 2021
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
Top assists As of matches played 12 September 2021 RankPlayerClubAssists1 Kipre TchetcheKedah Darul Aman 142 EndrickPenang 113 Safiq RahimJohor Darul Ta'zim8 Oliver BuffSelangor5 Paulo JosuéKuala Lumpur City7 CasagrandePenang7 Gonzalo CabreraJohor Darul Ta'zim6 Hein Htet AungSelangor Makan KonateTerengganu Sony NordeMelaka United
Clean Sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Farizal MarliasJohor Darul Ta'zim112 Suhaimi Husin Terengganu8 Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Petaling Jaya City4 Kevin Ray MendozaKuala Lumpur City75 Sam Somerville Penang6
Discipline
Overall
Players Most yellow cards: 6 Amirul Azhan (Perak) Arif Fadzilah (Terengganu) Azwan Aripin (Penang) Filemon Anyie (Petaling Jaya City) Kpah Sherman (Kedah Darul Aman) Khuzaimi Piee (UiTM)
Most red cards: 1 Nik Shahrul (Kuala Lumpur City) Fadzrul Danel (Kedah Darul Aman) Renan Alves (Kedah Darul Aman) Rodney Celvin Akwensivie (Kedah Darul Aman) Casagrande (Penang) Khairu Azrin Khazali (Penang) Latiff Suhaimi (Penang) Raffi Nagoorgani (Petaling Jaya City) Maxsius Musa (Sabah) Ezanie Salleh (Sri Pahang) Hérold Goulon (Sri Pahang) Ashmawi Yakin (Selangor) Sharul Nazeem (Selangor) Syahmi Safari (Selangor) Farid Nezal (UiTM)
Club Most red cards: 3 Kedah Darul Aman Penang Selangor
Most yellow cards: 4 Sabah
See also 2021 Malaysia Premier League 2021 Malaysia M3 League 2021 Malaysia M4 League 2021 Malaysia FA Cup 2021 Malaysia Cup 2021 Malaysia Challenge Cup 2021 Piala Presiden 2021 Piala Belia
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia website Malaysian Football League website