The 2022 Malaysia Premier League was the 19th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004. This was the last season of Malaysia Premier League as the league discontinued from the following year.
A possible 6 non-feeder teams from this league were planned to be promoted to the upcoming 18-team expansion Malaysia Super League next season. The top 4 non-feeder teams were planned to be promoted automatically to the 2023 Malaysia Super League. The bottom two non-feeder teams will need a play-off against 2022 Malaysia M3 League champions and runners-up to decide the last two spots for promotion to the Super League. However, on 27 September 2022, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that the bottom two non-feeder teams, Perak and UiTM has been promoted automatically to 2023 Super League because the M3 teams that applied for licensing to play in Super League, including champions PIB FC, have failed in their application.
The top 5 non-feeder teams will qualify for the 2022 Malaysia Cup.
Team changes
A total of 10 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2021 season and 2 relegated from the 2021 Malaysia Super League.
To Premier League Relegated from Super League Perak UiTM
Promoted from M3 League No teams.
From Premier League Promoted to Super League Negeri Sembilan Sarawak United
Relegated to Liga M3 No teams.
Expulsion Perak II
Notes: No teams from Malaysia M3 League were promoted due to the 2021 Malaysia M3 League season cancellation. No teams were relegated to Malaysia M3 League as it was decided to keep all the teams from the previous season that were not promoted or expelled. Parent Team and Feeder Team cannot play in the same league, therefore after the relegation of Perak FC from Malaysia Super League last year, Perak II must now play in Malaysia M3 League or dissolve. The team later elected to dissolve itself.
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 Kuching Sarawak State Stadium20,000 PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium18,000 Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium27,036 Selangor II Selayang Selayang Stadium16,000 Terengganu II Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000 UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium10,000
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 Hassan Sazali Waras Amirul Akmal Safarinizam Kelme Johor Darul Ta'zim II Mariano Echeverría Fernando Rodríguez Nike UNICEF Kelantan Rezal Zambery Yahya Che Safwan Hazman 93 Sports Zamburger Kelantan United Sazami Shafii (interim) Faisal Rosli Gatti Kelantan Melangkah Ke Hadapan, Yakult Kuching City Irfan Bakti Joseph Kalang Tie StarSports City of Unity PDRM Razak Jaamadi (interim) Alexander Amponsah Oren Sport Top Glove, redONE Perak Yusri Che Lah Indra Putra Mahayuddin Cheetah XOX Selangor II Rusdi Suparman George Attram Joma PKNS, MBI (home), Lithera (away) Terengganu II Badrul Afzan Argzim Redžović Umbro Colever UiTM Ismail Ibrahim Ramadhan Hamid Let's Play Performance
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 Kelantan Marco Ragini Resigned 19 November 2021 Pre-season Rezal Zambery Yahya 19 November 2021 Selangor II Michael Feichtenbeiner Promoted to 1st team 21 November 2021 Rusdi Suparman 10 December 2021 Kelantan United Akira Higashiyama Promoted to Technical Director 30 November 2021 Syamsul Saad 10 January 2022 Perak Shahril Nizam Khalil End of caretaker 30 November 2021 Yusri Che Lah 26 January 2022 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Rafa Gil End of contract 30 November 2021 Mariano Echeverría 4 February 2022 UiTM Frank Bernhardt 30 November 2021 Ismail Ibrahim 3 March 2022 FAM-MSN Project Yusri Che Lah Resigned 10 December 2021 Hassan Sazali Waras 3 March 2021 Kelantan United Syamsul Saad Rested 8 August 2022Mid-Season Sazami Shafii (interim) 8 August 2022 PDRM Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail Rested 29 August 2022 Razak Jaamadi (interim) 29 August 2022
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 Moussa Sidibé Lévy Madinda Carli De Murga Maurício Bienvenido Maranon Fernando Rodríguez Kelantan Nixon Guylherme Felipe Hereda Kervens Belfort Kenta Hara Fadel Antar Natanael Siringoringo Kelantan United Shuhei Fukai Jacob Njoku Julius Ofori Masashi Motoyama Amidu Salifu Kuching City Aylton Alemão Gabryel Abu Kamara Yuki Tanigawa Keanu Marsh-Brown PDRM Martin Adamec Alex Amponsah Miloš Lačný Fadi Awad Perak Sunday Afolabi Luciano Guaycochea Stipe Plazibat Selangor II Alex Agyarkwa Richmond Ankrah Kelvin Kyei Hein Htet Aung Jordan Ayimbila George Attram Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Petrus Shitembi Manny Ott Jordan Mintah UiTM George Attram FAM-MSN Project
League table
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Result table
Season statistics Top goalscorers As of matches played 17 September 2022
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Abu Kamara Kuching City11 2 Daryl ShamJohor Darul Ta'zim II 8 Fernando RodriguezJohor Darul Ta'zim II Nurshamil Abd Ghani Kelantan Jacob Njoku Kelantan United Martin Adamec PDRM Wan Mohd Fazli Terengganu II8 Jordan Mintah Terengganu II79 Moussa SidibéJohor Darul Ta'zim II5 10 Nixon Guylherme Kelantan 4 Asraff Aliffuddin Kelantan United Amirul Shafik Che Soh Kelantan United Nik Sharif Haseefy Selangor II
Top assists As of matches played 17 September 2022 RankPlayerClubAssists1 Moussa SidibéJohor Darul Ta'zim II92 Engku Nur ShakirTerengganu II63 Bienvenido MarañónJohor Darul Ta'zim II5 Daryl ShamJohor Darul Ta'zim II Abu KamaraKuching City Alif HassanKuching City7 Adam FarhanJohor Darul Ta'zim II4 Nik AkifKelantan United Amirul SyazwanTerengganu II10 Kervens BelfortKelantan3 Shahrul IgwanKelantan Syed SobriKelantan Amirul Shafik Che SohKelantan United GabryelKuching City
Hat-trick As of matches played 15 August 2022 PlayerForAgainstResultDate Jacob Njoku Kelantan United Perak2–3 (A)27 April 2022 Abu Kamara Kuching City Selangor II1–5 (A) 30 May 2022 Zafri Zakaria UiTM Terengganu II3-0 (H) 25 June 2022 Alif Safwan UiTMFAM-MSN Project4-1 (H) 10 August 2022
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team
Clean Sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Nik Amin Kelantan72 Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim II63 Syed Nasrulhaq Terengganu II54 Fikri Che Soh Kelantan United3 Wan Azraie Kuching City Shaiful Wazizi Kuching City Firdaus IrmanPDRM Zamir SelamatPerak Sikh IzhanSelangor II Ramdhan Hamid UiTM
See also 2022 Malaysia Super League 2022 Malaysia M3 League 2022 Malaysia M5 League 2022 Malaysia FA Cup
References
1.https://www.instagram.com/p/CYgELJ7BOfS/
2.https://www.instagram.com/p/CYZIQX1vX5K/
3.https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/bola-sepak/2021/12/786978/yusri-tinggalkan-skuad-projek-fam-msn
4.https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/182354/BERITA/Sukan/Empat-lejen-Yoep-ketuai-bahagian-teknikal-Perak-FC
5.https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2022/01/910365/syamsul-kendali-kufc
6.https://www.hmetro.com.my/arena/bola-sepak/2022/01/796344/pdrm-sandar-pada-tonggak-muda
External links Football Malaysia LLP website