# 2022 Malaysia Premier League

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:
    ^1 No teams from Malaysia M3 League were promoted due to the 2021 Malaysia M3 League season cancellation.
    ^2 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.
    ^3 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 Stadium | 10,000 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Larkin | Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium | 30,000 |
| Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
| Kelantan United | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
| Kuching City | Kuching | Sarawak State Stadium | 20,000 |
| PDRM | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 |
| Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 27,036 |
| Selangor II | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 16,000 |
| Terengganu II | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| UiTM | Shah Alam | UiTM Stadium | 10,000 |

## 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.
| Team | Outgoing coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming coach | Date of appointment |
| 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 | Pre-season | Rusdi Suparman | 10 December 2021 |
| Kelantan United | Akira Higashiyama | Promoted to Technical Director | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Syamsul Saad | 10 January 2022 |
| Perak | Shahril Nizam Khalil | End of caretaker | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Yusri Che Lah | 26 January 2022 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Rafa Gil | End of contract | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Mariano Echeverría | 4 February 2022 |
| UiTM | Frank Bernhardt | End of contract | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Ismail Ibrahim | 3 March 2022 |
| FAM-MSN Project | Yusri Che Lah | Resigned | 10 December 2021 | Pre-season | Hassan Sazali Waras | 3 March 2021 |
| Kelantan United | Syamsul Saad | Rested | 8 August 2022 | Mid-Season | Sazami Shafii (interim) | 8 August 2022 |
| PDRM | Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail | Rested | 29 August 2022 | Mid-Season | 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.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC 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 | Amidu Salifu | Masashi Motoyama | |
| 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 Tetteh 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II (C) | 18 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 13 | +25 | 42 | Relocated to 2023 MFL Cup |
| 2 | Kelantan | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 14 | +13 | 37 | Promotion to 2023 Super League and Qualification to 2022 Malaysia Cup |
| 3 | Kuching City | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | +10 | 34 | Promotion to 2023 Super League and Qualification to 2022 Malaysia Cup |
| 4 | Terengganu II | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 33 | Relocated to 2023 MFL Cup |
| 5 | Kelantan United | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 25 | Promotion to 2023 Super League and Qualification to 2022 Malaysia Cup |
| 6 | PDRM | 18 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 21 | Promotion to 2023 Super League and Qualification to 2022 Malaysia Cup |
| 7 | UiTM (D) | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 20 | Withdrawn from Liga Super and relegated to 2023 Malaysia M4 League |
| 8 | Selangor II | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 25 | −11 | 16 | Relocated to 2023 MFL Cup |
| 9 | Perak | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 30 | −14 | 8 | Promotion to 2023 Super League |
| 10 | FAM-MSN Project | 18 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 8 | Relocated to 2023 MFL Cup |
* 1 2 3 Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Selangor II, and Terengganu II aren't eligible to promote as their parent clubs (Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor, and Terengganu) play in the Super League. These feeder teams can only play in leagues below their parents'. They also can't play in the Malaysian Cup as they're only eligible to play in the Malaysian Cup if their parents fail to do so (which is not possible currently).
* ↑ UiTM FC withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2023 season.
* ↑ Perak have been deducted three points on 1st April for breaching the finances regulation. Later, six points more were deducted on 15th April following the failure to pay the players and officials salary one day before.
* ↑ FAM-MSN Project is only as a backup squad and will not promote to Super League.
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## Result table

| Home \ Away | FMP | JDT | KEL | KLU | KUC | PRK | PDRM | SEL | TFCII | UITM |
| FAM-MSN Project | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 0–1 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Kelantan | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Kelantan United | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Kuching City | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 2–1 |
| Perak | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| PDRM | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Selangor II | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Terengganu II | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 2–0 |
| UiTM | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

    As of matches played 17 September 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Abu Kamara | Kuching City | 11 |
| 2 | Daryl Sham | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 8 |
| 2 | Fernando Rodriguez | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 8 |
| 2 | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | Kelantan | 8 |
| 2 | Jacob Njoku | Kelantan United | 8 |
| 2 | Martin Adamec | PDRM | 8 |
| 2 | Wan Mohd Fazli | Terengganu II | 8 |
| 8 | Jordan Mintah | Terengganu II | 7 |
| 9 | Moussa Sidibé | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 5 |
| 10 | Nixon Guylherme | Kelantan | 4 |
| 10 | Asraff Aliffuddin | Kelantan United | 4 |
| 10 | Amirul Shafik Che Soh | Kelantan United | 4 |
| 10 | Nik Sharif Haseefy | Selangor II | 4 |

### Top assists

    As of matches played 17 September 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Moussa Sidibé | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 9 |
| 2 | Engku Nur Shakir | Terengganu II | 6 |
| 3 | Bienvenido Marañón | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 5 |
| 3 | Daryl Sham | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 5 |
| 3 | Abu Kamara | Kuching City | 5 |
| 3 | Alif Hassan | Kuching City | 5 |
| 7 | Adam Farhan | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 4 |
| 7 | Nik Akif | Kelantan United | 4 |
| 7 | Amirul Syazwan | Terengganu II | 4 |
| 10 | Kervens Belfort | Kelantan | 3 |
| 10 | Shahrul Igwan | Kelantan | 3 |
| 10 | Syed Sobri | Kelantan | 3 |
| 10 | Amirul Shafik Che Soh | Kelantan United | 3 |
| 10 | Gabryel | Kuching City | 3 |

### Hat-trick

    As of matches played 15 August 2022
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Jacob Njoku | Kelantan United | Perak | 2–3 (A) | 27 April 2022 |
| Abu Kamara | Kuching City | Selangor II | 1–5 (A) | 30 May 2022 |
| Zafri Zakaria | UiTM | Terengganu II | 3-0 (H) | 25 June 2022 |
| Alif Safwan | UiTM | FAM-MSN Project | 4-1 (H) | 10 August 2022 |
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

### Clean Sheets

    As of matches played 17 September 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Nik Amin | Kelantan | 7 |
| 2 | Izham Tarmizi | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 6 |
| 3 | Syed Nasrulhaq | Terengganu II | 5 |
| 4 | Fikri Che Soh | Kelantan United | 3 |
| 4 | Wan Azraie | Kuching City | 3 |
| 4 | Shaiful Wazizi | Kuching City | 3 |
| 4 | Firdaus Irman | PDRM | 3 |
| 4 | Zamir Selamat | Perak | 3 |
| 4 | Sikh Izhan | Selangor II | 3 |
| 4 | Ramdhan Hamid | UiTM | 3 |