Malaysia Super League
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| Country |  Malaysia |
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| Confederation | AFC |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Number of teams | 12 (from 2013) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | Malaysia Premier League |
| Domestic cup(s) | Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Malaysia Charity Shield |
| International cup(s) | AFC Champions League AFC Cup |
| Current champions | Johor Darul Ta'zim (2 titles) (2015) |
| Most championships | Kedah Selangor Kelantan Johor Darul Ta'zim (2 titles) |
| TV partners | Media Prima |
| Website | Official Website |
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Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia) most of the times referred as the Malaysian Super League is a professional football league and current top-tier league in Malaysian football league system. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malaysia Premier League. It is also the football league with the highest average stadium attendance in South East Asia.
Malaysia Super League is contested by 12 clubs. Seasons run from February to October. The season starts in early February and lasts until late October, with a Ramadan break for a month. Teams play 22 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 132 matches in the season.[1] Most games are played on Saturdays, with a few games played during weekdays.
The competition was formed in 2004 following the decision by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) to privatise the league. As a result, MSL Sendirian Berhad (or MSL Proprietary Limited) was created to oversee the marketing aspects of the league., but it was not fully privatised. In 2015, Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) was created in the course of privatisation of the Malaysian football league system. The partnership saw all 24 teams of Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League including FAM as the Managing Partner and MP & Silva as a special partner (FAM's global media and commercial advisor) to become stakeholders in the company.[2][3] FMLLP owns, operates and runs five entities in Malaysian football under its jurisdiction, which include Malaysia Super League, the Malaysia Premier League, the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia Cup and the Charity Shield. It aims to transform and move Malaysian football forward.
The league still retain its name for 2016 season as Liga Super Malaysia without title sponsorship.[4]
Contents
History
Origins
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Foundation
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The Malaysian league was revamp to be a fully professional league in 2004 which coined the creation of new top-tier division, Malaysia Super League.
Between 2004 to 2006, the professional football league in Malaysia was divided into two levels and two groups:
- Top tier: Malaysia Super League (8 teams)
- Second tier: Malaysia Premier League Group A (8 teams)
- Second tier: Malaysia Premier League Group B (8 teams)
- Third tier: Malaysia FAM Cup
The new top-tier league, Malaysia Super League was competed by eight teams while there are 16 teams competing in Malaysia Premier League which was divided into 2 groups. While there are only eight teams in the league prior to the 2006-07 season, position movements were radical. Successive losses would condemn teams to a relegation dogfight. Similarly, successive wins would put a team in contention for the title. The Malaysia Super League has gone through two format changes in its short history spanning three-years. The Football Association of Malaysia decided to expand the Super League Malaysia to accommodate 14 teams instead of eight, which was the number of league teams in the Super League's first three seasons. But the plan was hold when some of the teams withdrew from the league for financial reason. Only from 2009 season the league will had 14 teams with all teams played each other only twice (26 matches total).
Below is the league changed for 2007 season, where Malaysia Premier League was combined into one level rather than two groups and in 2008 FAM Cup was revamp to form Malaysia FAM League:
- Top tier: Malaysia Super League
- Second tier: Malaysia Premier League
- Third tier: Malaysia FAM League
In 2015, Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) was created in the course of privatisation of the Malaysian football league system. The partnership saw all 24 teams of Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League including FAM as the Managing Partner and MP & Silva as a special partner (FAM's global media and commercial advisor) to become stakeholders in the company.[2] FMLLP owns, operates and runs five entities in Malaysian football under its jurisdiction, which include Malaysia Super League, the Malaysia Premier League, the FA Cup, the Malaysia Cup and the Charity Shield.
Since its inception in 2004, a total of 8 clubs have been crowned champions of Malaysia Super League where Pahang FA is the first champion. Kedah FA, Selangor FA, Kelantan FA, and Johor Darul Ta'zim FC has won the league twice each while Pahang FA, Perlis FA, Negeri Sembilan FA and LionsXII has won it once. The current champion is Johor Darul Ta'zim FC who won the title in 2015.
Every team in the Malaysia Super League must have a licence to play in the league, or else they are relegated. To obtain a licence, teams must be financially healthy and meet certain standards of conduct as organisations.
As in other national leagues, there are significant benefits to being in the top division:
- A greater share of television broadcast licence revenues goes to Malaysia Super League sides.
- Greater exposure through television and higher attendance levels helps Malaysia Super League teams attract the most lucrative sponsorships.
- Malaysia Super League teams develop substantial financial muscle through the combination of television and gate revenues, sponsorships and marketing of their team brands. This allows them to attract and retain skilled players from domestic and international sources and to construct first-class stadium facilities.
Logo evolution
In 2010, The Football Association of Malaysia released a new logo for the 2011 season, which was subsequently replaced by another logo that incorporated the new league sponsor, Astro for the 2012 season.[5]
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The first ever Super League Logo which has been used for the first ever 2004 Super League Malaysia until the 2010 season.
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The 2011 Super League Logo which has been used for the 2011 Malaysia Super League Season.
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The Super League Logo used for the 2012 Malaysia Super League Season.
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The logo used from the 2013 Malaysia Super League Season until 2014.
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The logo used for 2015 Malaysia Super League Season.
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The current logo will be used used for 2016 Malaysia Super League Season.
Sponsorship
| Season | Sponsors | League Name |
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| 2004–11 | TM[6][7] | TM Liga Super |
| 2012–14 | Astro Media[6] | Astro Liga Super Malaysia |
| 2015 | MP & Silva[8][9] | Liga Super Malaysia |
| 2016 | Liga Super Malaysia[4] |
Finances
The FMLLP will introduce the merit-point system starting in 2016 season. Points will be awarded based on a team’s league position, progress in the Cup competitions (FA Cup and Malaysia Cup) and the number of live matches shown. A point in season’s Malaysian League will be worth RM41,000.[1]
The money will be distribute twice per season. First during early season where the team will received a basic payment out of that particular year league sponsorship and the second payment will be received at the end of the season where all merit-point has been calculated.[10] For 2016 season, the first basic payment will consist of 30 percent cut out of RM 70 Million league sponsorship that equal to RM 21 million which will be distributed among 24 teams of Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League.
Team in Malaysian league has quite often involved in financial problem as their spending is more than their revenue. The Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) is one of the active member in pursuing the issue of unpaid salaries. In January 2016, PFAM president's suggest a couple solutions to promote financial sustainability on the competing team's part where the team's should make long-term investments by operating according to their budgets and requiring teams wage bills to be no bigger than 60 percent of their total spending. Other suggestion including for the salaries to be deducted directly from team grants and winning prizes, for points to be deducted from teams experiencing payment issues, and a ruling that requires teams to settle all their late salary payments before the start of every new season.[11]
In response to this issues, FMLLP decided starting 2016 season, football clubs would be given warnings with the deduction of three league points if they failed to pay player's salary.[12][13] If the problem persists, it will affect the licence of the clubs. When the club licence is withdrawn, the team will not be able to compete next season. If the team don't adopt the right structure, they will be left behind and club licensing will be a problem for them, and the team will drop out from competing in the league.
Other than this, each teams do raise revenue from sponsorship from local, regional and international sponsors for their team.
Media Coverage
Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM), a free-to-air channel has been broadcasting Malaysian league for a years even before the formation of Malaysia Super League. They continued to broadcast the league most of the times exclusively until end of 2010 where Astro Media was announced as sponsors and to manage the broadcasting right of the league for four years spanning from 2011 until 2014 season.[14] During this time, the league was broadcast on one of the cable channel of Astro Media, which is Astro Arena alongside the RTM for the free-to-air broadcast. In 2015, Astro lost the broadcasting right for the league where the right was given to Media Prima, a parent company of multiple free-to-air channel alongside the broadcast with RTM.[15][16][17] The broadcasting right for 2016 season has been given to Media Prima for 3 years with a maximum of three games in each gameweek will be shown live on television.[18]
| Season | TV Broadcasters |
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| 2004–10 | RTM |
| 2011–14 | Astro Arena,[14][15] RTM |
| 2015 | Media Prima[15][16] (TV3,NTV7,TV9), RTM[17] |
| 2016–18 | Media Prima [18] |
Clubs
Sime Darby F.C. were relegated to 2016 Malaysia Premier League after finished bottom of in 2015 Malaysia Super League. Meanwhile, ATM FA (11th places) also relegated after losing the play-off to T-Team F.C. who will replaced LionsXII in the league. Kedah and Penang promoted to Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2015 Malaysia Premier League.
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Team Based | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felda United F.C. | Bandar Pusat Jengka | Tun Abdul Razak Stadium | 25,000 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. | Johor Bahru | Larkin Stadium | 30,000 |
| Kedah FA | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387 |
| Kelantan FA | Kota Bharu | Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
| PDRM FA | Kuala Lumpur | Hang Jebat Stadium | 40,000 |
| Pahang F.C. | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
| Penang FA | George Town | City Stadium | 20,000 |
| Perak FA | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 60,000 |
| Sarawak FA | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 40,000 |
| Selangor FA | Shah Alam | Selayang Stadium1 | 20,000 |
| T-Team F.C. | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| Terengganu FA | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | 50,000 |
1Shah Alam Stadium is currently under maintenance.
Champions
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Since its inception in 2004, the Malaysia Super League title has seen 8 different teams crowned as champions. Kedah FA becomes the first club that won the Super League Malaysia title back-to-back, in 2006–07 season and in 2007–08 season. Kelantan FA also managed to win back-to-back titles in 2011 and 2012. In 2015, Johor Darul Ta'zim became the forth teams to win the titles back-to-back where they won the 2014 and 2015.
Winners
| Club | Wins | Winning years | |
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| 1 | Kedah | 2 | 2006–07, 2007–08 |
| 2 | Selangor | 2 | 2009, 2010 |
| 3 | Kelantan | 2 | 2011, 2012 |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
| 5 | Pahang | 1 | 2004 |
| 6 | Perlis | 1 | 2005 |
| 7 | Negeri Sembilan | 1 | 2005-06 |
| 8 | LionsXII | 1 | 2013 |
Great honours
Great honours are titled for the team who won 2 trophies (double) and 3 trophies (treble) in the same season. It covers Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, and Malaysia Cup.
Treble
See The Double and The Treble
See List of Malaysia football champions
| Team | Year | Winning titles |
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| Kedah FA | 2006–07 | Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup |
| Kedah FA | 2007–08 | Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup |
| Kelantan FA | 2012 | Super League, Malaysia FA Cup, Malaysia Cup |
Double
| Team | Year | Winning titles |
|---|---|---|
| Selangor FA | 2005 | FA Cup, Malaysia Cup |
| Selangor FA | 2009 | Super League, FA Cup |
| Pahang FA | 2014 | FA Cup, Malaysia Cup |
Number of appearances
Included the current 13th season of Malaysia Super League.
| Rank | Teams | Recent | Appearances |
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| 1 | Perak FA |
2016 | 13 |
| 2 | Pahang FA |
2016 | 12 |
| 3 | Selangor FA |
2016 | 11 |
| 4 | Johor Darul Takzim FC |
2016 | 10 |
| 4 | Terengganu FA |
2016 | 10 |
| 6 | Negeri Sembilan FA |
2013 | 8 |
| 6 | Perlis FA |
2011 | 8 |
| 8 | Kelantan FA |
2016 | 8 |
| 8 | Penang FA |
2016 | 8 |
| 8 | Kedah FA |
2016 | 8 |
| 10 | Sarawak FA |
2016 | 7 |
| 11 | T-Team FC |
2016 | 6 |
| 12 | Sabah FA |
2012 | 4 |
| 12 |  LionsXII |
2015 | 4 |
| 12 | Felda United FC |
2016 | 5 |
| 15 | ATM FA |
2015 | 3 |
| 15 | PDRM FA |
2016 | 4 |
| 15 | PKNS FC |
2014 | 3 |
| 15 | Kuala Lumpur FA |
2012 | 3 |
| 15 | Melaka TMFC |
2006–07 | 3 |
| 20 | Sime Darby FC |
2015 | 2 |
| 20 | UPB-MyTeam FC |
2009 | 2 |
| 20 |  Brunei DPMM FC |
2007–08 | 2 |
| 20 | Selangor MPPJ |
2005–06 | 2 |
| 20 | Public Bank FC |
2005 | 2 |
| 20 | PLUS FC |
2010 | 2 |
| 26 | Malacca FA |
2006–07 | 1 |
| 26 | Johor FA |
2010 | 1 |
| 26 | Kuala Muda NAZA FC |
2009 | 1 |
| 26 | Harimau Muda A |
2011 | 1 |
Top scorers
Golden Boot winners
See also
- Malaysia Super League seasons
- FAM Football Awards
- History of Malaysian football
- Expatriate footballers in Malaysia
- List of Super League Malaysia managers
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://m.thestar.com.my/story.aspx?hl=More+domestic+football+on+TV+next+season&sec=sport&id={DB65DE90-094A-4040-8B59-32328DD33CF7} More domestic football on TV next season
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://www.fam.org.my/news/press-release-fam-inks-deal-mp-silva-formalise-fmllp Press Release: FAM INKS DEAL WITH MP & SILVA TO FORMALISE FMLLP
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/05/07/11492462/malaysian-football-going-for-the-german-way A media briefing and workshop was conducted by FAM, FMLLP and MPS to give a clearer picture on what we can expect in Malaysian football
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2016/02/05/20020792/new-msl-and-mpl-emblems-revealed-by-fmllp The Malaysian Premier League to be known officially as 100 Plus Liga Premier Malaysia this season
- ↑ MSL perkenal dua logo baru Liga M (MALAY) Retrieved at 31 December 2011
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2011&dt=0103&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_02.htm Liga M dapat tajaan lumayan RM220 juta
- ↑ http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2011&dt=0122&pub=Kosmo&sec=Sukan&pg=su_04.htm Logo baru Liga M dilancar Rabu
- ↑ http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/mp-silva-long-term-says-managing-director#:aLKLKRAp4qSmAA MP & Silva in for the long term, says Managing Director
- ↑ http://www.mpsilva.com/mp-silva-appointed-as-football-association-of-malaysia-global-advisor-for-media-commercial-rights-until-2030-2/ MP & SILVA appointed as Football Association Of Malaysia Global Advisor For Media & Commercial Rights until 2030
- ↑ http://www.astroawani.com/video-sukan/fmllp-jamin-bayaran-pertama-selesai-februari-104165 FMLLP jamin bayaran pertama selesai Februari
- ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2016/01/12/19246902/hai-o-claims-fmllp-neglects-player-salary-issues Hai-O claims FMLLP neglects player salary issues
- ↑ http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=105941 FAs warned over non-payment of salary.
- ↑ http://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2016/01/16/potong-mata/ Gaji Tertunggak, FMLLP Sedia Potong Mata Pasukan
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2014/02/22/fox-sports-asia-eyeing-mleague-rights/ Fox Sports Asia eyeing M-League rights?
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/03/06/9551882/media-prima-insider-defends-their-m-league-telecasts Media Prima insider defends their M-League telecasts
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3902/exclusives/2015/03/09/9618012/plans-underway-to-improve-media-primas-match-telecasts Plans underway to improve Media Prima's match telecasts
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/01/29/8434312/rtm-to-broadcast-jdt-vs-pahang National broadcasting station Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) will be telecasting the Malaysia Super League opener this weekend
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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