The 2023 Malaysia Super League () was the 20th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004, and the 42nd season of top-flight Malaysian football overall.
It is the first season after restructuring, with 18 teams (instead of 12). However, MFL announced there will be only 16 teams as they rejected both Sarawak United and Melaka United due to failed licensing appeal. The league shrunk to 15 teams after Petaling Jaya City officially withdrawn due to the expansion and increased foreign player quota, which are diverted from the club's main vision. On 5 January 2023, UiTM officially withdrawn due to the financial problems. The new season therefore has 14 teams, kicking-off on 24 February.
The defending champion from the previous season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.
Teams Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2022 season.
To Malaysia Super League Promoted from the Premier League Kelantan Kuching City Kelantan United PDRM Perak
From Malaysia Super League Expelled from the 2023 Malaysia Super League Melaka United Sarawak United
Withdrawn Petaling Jaya City UiTM FC
Notes: Failed to appeal licensing Restructured of Malaysia Super League are not aligned with club's future vision
Stadium and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity Johor Darul Ta'zim Iskandar Puteri Sultan Ibrahim Stadium 40,000 Kedah Darul Aman Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 24,644 Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000 Kelantan United Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 22,000 Kuala Lumpur City Cheras Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000 Kuching City Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000 Negeri Sembilan Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium45,000 PDRM Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium25,000 Penang George Town City Stadium 20,000 Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500 Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium22,000 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
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Johor Darul Ta'zim Esteban Solari Jordi Amat Nike JDT Fan Token Kedah Darul Aman Nafuzi Zain Manny Ott Lotto Bin Zayed International, Langkawi Pure Kelantan Angel Alfredo Vera Yusri Yuhasmadi 93 Sports Skygear, Hotel Zamburger Kelantan United Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) Indra Putra IAM Kelantan Melangkah ke Hadapan, Nasken Coffee Kuala Lumpur City Nenad Bacina Paulo Josué Li-Ning Rinani Kuching City Aidil Sharin Sahak Adam Shreen StarSports City of Unity Negeri Sembilan K. Devan Zaquan Adha Kelme Visit Negeri Sembilan, Matrix PDRM Yunus Alif Amir Saiful Oren Sport redONE Penang Akmal Rizal (interim) Rafael Vitor Kaki Jersi Penang2030 Perak Yusri Che Lah Luciano Guaycochea Cheetah XOX Sabah Ong Kim Swee Park Tae-soo Lotto Sawit Kinabalu Selangor Tan Cheng Hoe Brendan Gan Joma PKNS, MBI Sri Pahang Fandi Ahmad Ezequiel Agüero HakkaClo Invest Pahang Terengganu Tomislav Steinbruckner Habib Haroon Umbro Colever
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 Perak Yusri Che Lah Re-designate as Reserve team coach 13 September 2022 Pre-season Lim Teong Kim 13 September 2022 Terengganu Nafuzi Zain End of Contract 30 November 2022 Tomislav Steinbruckner 1 December 2022 Johor Darul Ta'zim Héctor Bidoglio Re-designate as Technical Director 1 December 2022 Esteban Solari 1 January 2023 Kelantan Rezal Zambery Yahya Re-designate as Assistant Coach 1 December 2022 Choi Moon-sik 12 January 2023 Kelantan United Sazami Shafii (interim) End of Interim 1 December 2022 Tomáš Trucha 30 December 2022 Kedah Victor Andrag (interim) 6 December 2022 Nafuzi Zain 6 December 2022 PDRM Razak Jaamadi (interim) 31 December 2022 Azzmi Aziz 7 January 2023 Sri Pahang Dollah Salleh (interim) 13 January 2023 Fandi Ahmad 14 January 2023 Penang Manzoor Azwira (interim) End of Interim and Re-designate as Assistant Coach 23 February 2023 Chong Yee Fatt 28 February 2023 Kelantan Choi Moon-sik Sacked 4 April 2023 11 Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) 4 April 2023 Rezal Zambery Yahya (interim) End of Interim 9 April 2023 13 Frank Bernhardt 9 April 2023 Kelantan United Tomáš Trucha Re-designate as Reserve team coach 8 April 2023 14 Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) 8 April 2023 Perak Lim Teong Kim Sacked 25 May 2023 11 Yusri Che Lah (interim) 25 May 2023 Kelantan United Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) End of Interim 15 June 2023 13 Ailton Silva 15 June 2023 PDRM Azzmi Aziz Sacked 20 June 2023 8 Eddy Gapil (interim) 21 June 2023 Kelantan Frank Bernhardt Sacked 21 June 2023 14 Angel Alfredo Vera 21 June 2023 Kuching City Irfan Bakti Resigned 18 July 2023 13 Firdaus Morshidi (interim) 18 July 2023 Kuala Lumpur City Bojan Hodak Resigned 26 July 2023 7 Miroslav Kuljanac (interim) 26 July 2023 Kuching City Firdaus Morshidi (interim) End of Interim 2 August 2023 13 Aidil Sharin Sahak 2 August 2023 Kuala Lumpur City Miroslav Kuljanac (interim) End of Interim 4 August 2023 6 Nenad Bacina 4 August 2023 PDRM Eddy Gapil (interim) End of Interim 5 August 2023 8 Yunus Alif 5 August 2023 Perak Yusri Che Lah (interim) End of Interim 12 October 2023 11 Himself 12 October 2023 Penang Chong Yee Fatt Sacked 7 November 2023 11 Akmal Rizal (interim) 7 November 2023 Kelantan United Ailton Silva Mutual Consent 20 November 2023 12 Nazrulerwan Makmor (interim) 20 November 2023
Standings League table
Position by round
Results
Results table
Results by round
Season statistics First goal of the season: 4 minutes 36 seconds Juan Muniz for Johor Darul Ta’zim (H) against Terengganu (24 February 2023) Fastest goal in a match: 2 minutes 9 seconds Park Tae-Soo for Sabah (H) against Penang (17 March 2023) Latest goal in a match: 90 + 11 minutes 51 seconds Rizal Ghazali for Sabah (H) against Penang (17 March 2023) Oldest goalscorer in a match: 41 years 5 months 28 days Indra Putra Mahayuddin for Kelantan United (A) against Sabah (1 March 2023)
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ayron del Valle Selangor232 Bergson Da SilvaJohor Darul Ta'zim213 Fernando ForestieriJohor Darul Ta'zim194 Abu KamaraKuching City135 Arif Aiman HanapiJohor Darul Ta'zim12 Kpah ShermanSri Pahang Ifedayo OlusegunKedah Darul Aman Faisal HalimSelangor9 Ivan MamutTerengganu11 Paulo JosuéKuala Lumpur City11 Bruno SuzukiPDRM10 Stefano BrundoSri Pahang
Own goals
RankPlayerTeamAgainstDateGoal1 James Okwuosa PDRM Penang 9 April 20232 Perak 23 June 20232 Romel Morales Kuala Lumpur City Johor Darul Ta'zim 1 March 20231 Kenny Pallraj Kuala Lumpur City Kelantan 17 March 2023 Hasnul Zaim Perak Johor Darul Ta'zim 4 April 2023 Shivan Pillay Perak Kelantan 28 April 2023 Yusri Yuhasmadi Kelantan Perak 28 April 2023
Top assists
RankPlayerClubAssist 1 Arif Aiman HanapiJohor Darul Ta'zim 112 Manuel HidalgoKedah Darul Aman103 Yohandry OrozcoSelangor94 Saddil RamdaniSabah8 Brendan GanSelangor6 Fernando ForestieriJohor Darul Ta'zim7 Kpah ShermanSri Pahang Faisal HalimSelangor9 Leandro VelázquezJohor Darul Ta'zim6 Rizal GhazaliSabah
Hat-trick
PlayerForAgainstResultDate BergsonJohor Darul Ta'zimKelantan United6–0 (H)13 May 2023 Ayron del Valle SelangorKelantan United1–7 (A)7 June 2023 DiogoJohor Darul Ta'zimKuala Lumpur City6–1 (H)3 July 2023 Romel MoralesKuala Lumpur CityKelantan5–1 (H)29 July 2023 BergsonJohor Darul Ta'zimSabah1–5 (A)9 August 2023 Ivan MamutTerengganuKelantan0–8 (A)14 August 2023 Ayron del ValleSelangorKelantan2–114 (A)25 August 2023 Richmond BoakyeSelangorKelantan2–11 (A)25 August 2023 Luka MilunovicPerakKelantan8–0 (H)28 October 2023 Ifedayo OlusegunKedah Darul Aman Kelantan1–6 (A)26 November 2023 Bruno SuzukiPDRMKelantan7–2 (H)10 December 2023 Arif Aiman HanapiJohor Darul Ta'zimPenang8–04 (H)16 December 2023
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team 4 – Player scored 4 goals
Clean Sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Syihan HazmiJohor Darul Ta'zim192 Kalamullah Al-HafizKedah Darul Aman93 Suhaimi HusinTerengganu84 Ramadhan HamidPDRM7 Samuel SomervilleSelangor6 Khairul Fahmi Che MatSabah5 Izham TarmiziSri Pahang8 Khairul AzhanSelangor4 Azri GhaniKuala Lumpur City 10 Willfred JabunPDRM3
Discipline
Players Most red cards:2 Wan Amirul Afiq (Kedah Darul Aman) Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)
Most yellow cards:8 Fadi Awad (PDRM)
Club Most red cards:4 Kedah Darul Aman PDRM Penang
Most yellow cards:54 PDRM
Fewest yellow cards:31 Johor Darul Ta'zim Terengganu
Fewest red cards:0 Johor Darul Ta'zim Kuching City Sabah Selangor Sri Pahang
Attendances
Overall attendance
HomeAwayAttendanceJDTKDAKELKLUKLCKUCNSEPDRMPENPRKSABSELSRPTERTotalAverageJohor Darul Ta'zim13,72224,40410,83311,9618,44113,34412,66633,16911,62219,83622,52614,68431,889229,09717,623Kedah Darul Aman11,8003,3205,9262,5907,6621,39712,7923,2307,3209,74120,8644,11421,700112,4568,650Kelantan2,500813156,6785,1385056516,0115,1482351,0023,5281,69633,4882,576Kelantan United6971,9542,910224165735403519642971,24216851710,102777Kuala Lumpur City6,8472,0681,0373976106886271,2911,2601,1944,2041,2481,46422,9351,764Kuching City7,6903413731882383252923876402,50018,00027524831,4972,423Negeri Sembilan15,4272,3481,8851,1144529414069981,3331,7382,8386,3293,20339,0123,001PDRM1,7052,5961872021491901531602,2509864,11547192014,0841,083Penang6,0512,9241,3951,6301,4551,7833,7541,2243,5402,4344,919927134833,3842,568Perak6,79915,1062,8342,0966,9983,8171,1471,3133,8642,7816,3915,8551,91760,9184,686Sabah15,20312,3175,21012,5586,4624,8857,09412,60211,7115,66614,4448,02212,096128,2709,867Selangor14,46210,6375,7616,7017,9645,2115,75410,7376,2459,0697,4218,5045,207103,6737,975Sri Pahang5,6937,2966,0402,8114,8041,6172,8777553,1964,10010,0277,0663,79260,0744,621Terengganu10,8196,5205,0254,25011,5603,5845,0259,0203,30011,2652,6517,45610,52090,9957,000Total League Attendance969,9855,330 Last Updated : 18 December 2023
Source : FAM CMS
References
See also 2023 Piala Sumbangsih 2023 Malaysia M3 League 2023 Malaysia M4 League 2023 Malaysia M5 League 2023 Malaysia FA Cup 2023 Malaysia Cup 2023 MFL Challenge Cup 2023 MFL Cup 2023 Piala Presiden