# 2022 Malaysia M3 League

The 2022 Malaysia M3 League season was the 2nd edition of the third tier Malaysia M3 League annual football league staged in Malaysia, since its establishment in 2019. The originally scheduled 2nd edition was cancelled twice due to the complications from COVID-19 and restrictions. 20 teams entered to contest starting on 12 February and ending on 24 September 2022.
PIB pursued their 2022 title on 24 September in Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras against Kuala Lumpur Rovers, 5–3 on penalties. 2117 attended.

## Establishment and format

This new season saw the format restructuring by the Amateur Football League (AFL). On 19 January 2020, the AFL had announced the format changes for the Malaysia M3 League and Malaysia M4 League in preparation for the transition of the amateur team to semi-professional status by 2021.
20 teams entered and to be split into 2 groups, an increase of 6 teams compared to 14 teams in the previous edition. The top four teams of each group then played in the play-offs to determine which teams qualified for promotion to the Premier League in the 2023 season. The bottom three teams of each group were relegated to the M4 League.
On 20 July, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) had announced that the finalists of the M3 League would be playing against the bottom 2 non-feeder teams from the Premier League to determine the last 2 teams that qualified for the 2023 Malaysia Super League, a pool consisting of 18 teams. If M3 clubs won the playoffs, they must still fulfil MFL’s club licensing criteria before being allowed to compete in Malaysia Super League. However, on 27 September 2022, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that the 7 M3 teams that applied for licensing to play in Super League, including champions PIB FC, have failed in their application, and consequently are not involved in the promotion to Super League.

## Season changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020 season.

### To Malaysia M3 League

Relegated from Premier League
* None
New Team
* BRM
* Bukit Tambun
* Langkawi
* Kinabalu Jaguar
* Kijang Rangers
* Malaysia University
* Real Chukai
* Respect
* Tok Janggut Warriors
* Tun Razak City

### From Malaysia M3 League

Teams withdrawn (From 2021 Season)
* Cyberlynx
* MNY
* Kuala Kangsar
* Protap
(From 2020 Season)
* IKRAM Muda
* Klasiko
* Kuala Terengganu Rovers
* Melaka City
* Melawati
* Northern Lions-Mahsa
* Sarawak
* Semarak
* Thai Selangor

## Clubs locations
### Venues

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Armed Forces | Kuala Lumpur | Mindef Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | 1,000 |
| BRM | Kuala Kangsar | Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak | 15,000 |
| Bukit Tambun | Bukit Tambun | Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan, Penang | 40,000 |
| Langkawi | Langkawi | Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah | 10,000 |
| Harini | Kuala Selangor | UPM Stadium, Serdang, Selangor | 3,000 |
| Immigration | Putrajaya | USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan | 1,000 |
| Kijang Rangers | Pasir Mas | Pasir Mas Mini Stadium, Pasir Mas, Kelantan | 100 |
| Kinabalu Jaguar | Kota Kinabalu | Penampang Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah | 1,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | 18,000 |
| Langkawi City | Langkawi | Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah | 10,000 |
| Malaysia University | Kuala Lumpur | UKM Bangi Stadium, Bangi, Selangor | 500 |
| Manjung City | Seri Manjung | Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak | 15,000 |
| Perlis United | Kangar | Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis | 20,000 |
| PIB | Shah Alam | USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan | 1,000 |
| Real Chukai | Chukai | Mak Chili Stadium, Terengganu | 500 |
| Respect | Ipoh | Perak Football Complex, Chemor, Perak | - |
| Sains | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan | 45,000 |
| Tok Janggut Warriors | Pasir Puteh | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan | 22,000 |
| Tun Razak City | Bandar Tun Razak | UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur | 1,000 |
| Ultimate | Kajang | MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya, Selangor | 1,000 |

## Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
| Armed Forces | Boon Aik Hau | Venice Elphi | Ego Sport | |
| BRM | Ahmad Fairuz Yunus | Azmeer Yusof | Stallion Apparel | Legasi |
| Bukit Tambun | Izzat Nazari | Muhd Zharif Md Desa | HakkaClo | Gimart |
| Langkawi | Azhar Abdul Rahman | Mohammad Norhamizikri | Sittra | |
| Harini | G. Muthu | Pravin | Zush Sports | Harini |
| Immigration | Hamizar Hamzah | Fauzi Majid | Zush Sports | redONE |
| Kijang Rangers | Zahasmi Ismail | Fairul Afikin | Gatti | Kijang Gold,Bina Thari |
| Kinabalu Jaguar | Aiyyman Shah Johny | Jenius Karib | Carino | VBB |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Zamri Hassan | Muhammad Firdaus | Puma | |
| Langkawi City | Abdul Ghani Long | Hasif Khalid | Fitech | LGKSPORTS |
| Malaysian University | Ridzuan Abu Shah | Ahmad Hijazi | Lotto | |
| Manjung City | Rafae Isa | Muhammad Faizzzwan | HakkaClo | Lagenda Properties |
| Perlis United | Azizul Abidin | Azmizi Azmi | Lotto | Marina Island |
| PIB | K. Ramachandran | Ali Imran Alimi | Kelme | |
| Real Chukai | Mohd Nik | Zahieruddin Zakaria | Voltra | UC Tati |
| Respect | S. Sathia Kumaran | R. Surendran | Torpedo Sports | mycell technology,Swiss PharmaCan |
| SAINS | Leong Hong Seng | Yosry Derma Raju | Azman Adnan Apparel | MBI,Sains |
| Tok Janggut Warriors | Hashim Mustapha | Khairul Izuan Rosli | Axe Sportwear | Ayam Putih Sdn. Bhd |
| Tun Razak City | Mat Zan Mat Aris | Azidan Sarudin | X-Sports | SIMPLYK,MEGATRAVEL |
| Ultimate | Azman Adnan | Hariz Fazrin | Forfit | Forfit |

## League table
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Kinabalu Jaguar | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 42 | 8 | +34 | 45 | Advance to knock-out stage & dissolved end of season. |
| 2 | Manjung City | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 10 | +23 | 36 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 3 | Armed Forces | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 19 | +37 | 35 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 4 | Immigration | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 34 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 5 | SAINS | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 27 | |
| 6 | Malaysian University | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 23 | |
| 7 | Ultimate | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 41 | −19 | 22 | |
| 8 | Langkawi City | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 18 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved. |
| 9 | Tun Razak City | 18 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 6 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved. |
| 10 | FC Langkawi | 18 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 54 | −41 | 5 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved. |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Harini | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 35 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 2 | BRM | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 14 | +15 | 34 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 3 | PIB | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | +10 | 32 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 4 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 22 | +15 | 31 | Advance to knock-out stage |
| 5 | Perlis United | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 28 | +3 | 28 | |
| 6 | Bukit Tambun | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 23 | |
| 7 | Respect | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 20 | Club resigned and dissolved. |
| 8 | Tok Janggut Warriors | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 17 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved. |
| 9 | Real Chukai | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 26 | −15 | 14 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League |
| 10 | Kijang Rangers | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 11 | Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved. |

### Result table
#### Group A

| Home \ Away | AFC | FCL | IMI | KIJ | LCT | MAU | MCT | KSR | TRC | ULT |
| Armed Forces | | 8–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Langkawi | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| Immigration | 2–3 | 8–0 | | 1–2 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 9–0 | 0–0 |
| Kinabalu Jaguar F.C. | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 6–0 |
| Langkawi City | 0–15 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| Malaysian University | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–1 |
| Manjung City | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| SAINS | 3–5 | 7–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Tun Razak City | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–7 | 2–5 | 10–3 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 |
| Ultimate | 0–6 | 2–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–3 | 3–1 | |

#### Group B

| Home \ Away | BRM | BUT | HAR | KIR | KLR | PLU | PIB | REC | RES | TOK |
| BRM | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 6–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Bukit Tambun | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Harini | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 5–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Kijang Rangers | 3–3 | 2–1 | 1–4 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 4–0 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Perlis United | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 |
| PIB | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–4 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Real Chukai | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Respect | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 |
| Tok Janggut Warriors | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |

## Knock-out stage
### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| Kinabalu Jaguar | Kinabalu Jaguar | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 2 | 2 | 4 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| | | | | | BRM | BRM | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| BRM | BRM | 2 | 1 | 3 | BRM | BRM | 0 | 2 | 2 | | | |
| Armed Forces | Armed Forces | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Armed Forces | Armed Forces | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | | | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 1 (3) |
| | | | | | | | | | | PIB | PIB | 1 (5) |
| Manjung City | Manjung City | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | | | | | PIB | PIB | 1 (5) |
| PIB | PIB | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | |
| PIB | PIB | 0 | 1 | 1 | PIB | PIB | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | Immigration | Immigration | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Harini | Harini | 2 | 0 | 2 | Immigration | Immigration | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | |
| Immigration | Immigration | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |

### Quarter-finals
#### Second leg

Kuala Lumpur Rovers won 4-3 on aggregate.
PIB FC won 1-0 on aggregate.
BRM FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 3-3.
Immigration FC won 3-2 on aggregate.

### Semi-finals
#### Second leg

Kuala Lumpur Rovers FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 2-2.
PIB FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

### Finals

* PIB FC won 5–3 on penalties

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of matches played on 11 Sep 2022.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Firdaus Azizul | Immigration FC | 22 |
| 2 | Faiz Ibrahim | Armed Forces FC | 18 |
| 3 | Shafiq Shaharudin | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 12 |
| 4 | Ikmal Ibrahim | Perlis United | 9 |
| 5 | Rahmanshah Marajeh | Harini FT | 8 |
| 5 | Rizzham Norman | Tun Razak City | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Rahmanshah Marajeh | Harini | Kijang Rangers | 5 - 2 (H) | 26 February 2022 |

#### Notes

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals $^5$ Player scored 5 goals (H) – Home team (A) – Away team