The 2021 Malaysia Premier League is the 18th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.
First and second place non-feeder team will be promoted to the 2022 Malaysia Super League. The top 5 non-feeder teams will qualify for the 2021 Malaysia Cup.
Team changes A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 9 sides from the 2020 season, 1 relegated from the 2020 Malaysia Super League, and 1 team formed by FAM and National Sports Council Malaysia (NSC).
To Premier League Relegated from Super League Felda United(disqualified) PDRM
Promoted from Liga M3 No teams.
New Team FAM-MSN Project
From Premier League Promoted to Super League Penang Kuala Lumpur
Relegated to Liga M3 No teams.
Expulsion UKM(disqualified)
Renamed/Rebranded Clubs Kelantan FA separate and formed Kelantan FC Kuching FA separate and formed Kuching City FC Negeri Sembilan FA separate and formed Negeri Sembilan FC PDRM FA separate and formed Polis Diraja Malaysia FC
Notes: No teams from M3 League were promoted due to the 2020 M3 League season cancellation. Felda United's application for privatization was not approved by Football Association of Malaysia and therefore the team not qualified to participating in the league. FAM-MSN Project were a development team form by FAM and National Sports Council Malaysia (NSC) as alternative career pathway for the NFDP graduates. They took the spot left by Felda United. No teams from Premier League were relegated due to the FAM decision to keep the league teams at 10 following Felda and UKM expulsion. UKM FC registration was not approved by FAM as they failed to provide concrete proof of financial backing for the new season.
Stadium and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium Capacity FAM-MSN Project Shah Alam UiTM Stadium10,000 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Larkin Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium30,000 Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000 Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000 Kuching City Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium35,000 Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium45,000 PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium18,000 Perak II Ipoh Perak Stadium27,036 Sarawak United Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium40,000 Selangor II Selayang Selayang Stadium16,000 Terengganu II Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
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 Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) FAM-MSN Project Yusri Che Lah Amirul Akmal Safarinizam Kelme Johor Darul Ta'zim II Rafa Gil Fadhli Shas Nike UNICEF Kelantan Marco Ragini Che Safwan Hazman 93 Sports Zamburger Kelantan United Akira Higashiyama Badhri Radzi Umbro Yakult Kuching City Irfan Bakti Joseph Kalang Tie StarSport Serba Dinamik Negeri Sembilan K. Devan Zaquan Adha Kaki Jersi Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix PDRM Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail Safiee Ahmad Oren Sport Top Glove Perak II Syamsul Saad Izaaq Izhan Yuswardi Kaki Jersi Lenggong Valley (home) & Royal Belum (away) Sarawak United E. Elavarasan Taylor Regan Joma Punggor Wibawa Selangor II Michael Feichtenbeiner Shivan Pillay Joma PKNS Terengganu II Badrul Afzan Argzim Redžović Al-Ikhsan redONE
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 Kuching City Akira Higashiyama End of Contract 30 November 2020Pre-season Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 1 December 2020 Negeri Sembilan Sazali Saidon K. Devan Selangor II Rusdi Suparman End of Caretaker Spell Michael Feichtenbeiner Kelantan United Nazrulerwan Makmor Redesignated to Technical Director Akira Higashiyama 5 December 2020 FAM-MSN ProjectInaugural head coach Yusri Che Lah 10 December 2020 PDRM Ishak Kunju End of Contract 30 November 2020 Mat Zan Mat Aris 24 December 2020 Terengganu II Roshadi Wahab Badrul Afzan Razali Perak II Abu Bakar Fadzim Syamsul Saad 2 January 2021 Kelantan Yusri Che Lah Marco Ragini 15 January 2021 PDRM Mat Zan Mat Aris Sacked 31 March 2021 Mid Season Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail 31 March 2021
Foreign players Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.
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. ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3AFC Player Former Player Johor Darul Ta'zim II Luis Cabrerra Kei Hirose Fernando Rodríguez Shane Lowry Nicolás Fernández Kelantan Christos Intzidis Mario Arqués Jack Hindle Natanael Siringo Ringo Kelantan United Shuhei Fukai Masashi Motoyama Gassama Alfusainey Yuki Tanigawa Kuching City Aylton Alemão Hudson Dias Ijezie Michael Yuta Suzuki Bryan Jones Negeri Sembilan Arthur Cunha Francis Koné Alain Akono Bae Beom-geun Diogo Campos Fernando Barbosa Rafael Gomes de Oliveira PDRM Alvaro Cuello Alexander Amponsah Lazarus Kaimbi Bruno Suzuki Victor Kamhuka Perak II Ghislain Guessan Charlie Machell Samir Ayass Sarawak United Sandro Uche Agba Taylor Regan Lee Chang-hoon Selangor II Jordan Ayimbila George Attram Alex Agyarkwa Hein Htet Aung Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Dechi Marcel N'Guessan Jordan Mintah Masaki Watanabe
Naturalisation players ClubPlayer 1Player 2Player 3 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Stuart Wilkin Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan Sarawak United Stuart Wark Khair Jones
League 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.
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Jordan MintahTerengganu II 16 Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Ta'zim II3 Uche AgbaSarawak United14 4 Gassama AlfusaineyKelantan United 11 6 Alain AkonoNegeri Sembilan 9 George AttramSelangor II Nurshamil Abd GhaniKelantan8 Azhad HarrazFAM-MSN Project8 9 Bruno SuzukiPDRM 7 Zaquan AdhaNegeri Sembilan 11 Alif HassanKuching City 5 Francis KonéNegeri Sembilan
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date George Attram Selangor II FAM-MSN Project 4–2 (H) Uche Agba Sarawak United FAM-MSN Project 7–1 (H) Jordan MintahTerengganu II Kelantan United 4–1 (H) FAM-MSN Project 6–1 (A)
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Sharbinee AllaweeSarawak United8
See also 2021 Malaysia Super 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 Malaysia LLP website