# 2016 Malaysia Premier League

The 2016 Liga Premier (English: 2016 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.
The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.

## Teams changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.

### Name changes

* NS Matrix were renamed to Negeri Sembilan

### Teams, locations and stadia

| ATM | DRB-HICOM | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Kuala Lumpur |
| Temerloh Mini Stadium, Temerloh, Pahang | Proton City Stadium, Tanjung Malim, Perak | Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor | Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor |
| Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 3,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 20,000 |
| Kuantan | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Melaka United |
| Darul Makmur Stadium, Kuantan, Pahang | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Hang Jebat Stadium, Krubong, Malacca |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Capacity: 40,000 |
| Negeri Sembilan | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Perlis |
| Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Johor DT IINegeri SembilanKuantanDRB-HICOMSabahKuala Lumpur Sime DarbyPerlisMelaka UnitedUiTM PKNSATMclass=notpageimage| Locations of the 2016 Liga Premier teams | Capacity: 20,000 |
| PKNS | Sabah | Sime Darby | UiTM |
| Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor | Likas Stadium, Likas, Sabah | Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor | UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor |
| Capacity: 80,372 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 6,000 |

### 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 | Coach | Captain | Kits | Sponsor |
| ATM | Azuan Zain | Badrul Hisham Sufian | SkyHawk | |
| DRB-HICOM | Chong Yee Fatt | Abdullah Yusoff | Mizuno | DRB-HICOM |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Benjamin Mora | Shahril Ishak | Adidas | Forest City |
| Kuala Lumpur | Ismail Zakaria | Azlan Zainal | SkyHawk | JL99 Group & Al-Bukhary Foundation |
| Kuantan | Ahmad Nazri Mat Noor | Khairul Azman Awang Long | Kappa | Wangsamakmur Capital |
| Melaka United | Mat Zan Mat Aris | Ilija Spasojević | Kronos | Edra & Mamee |
| Negeri Sembilan | Gary Michael Phillips | Taylor Regan | Mizuno | Matrix Concepts |
| Perlis | Dollah Salleh | Afif Amiruddin | Carino | |
| PKNS | E. Elavarasan | Gonzalo Soto | Kappa | PKNS Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine |
| Sabah | Johnny Dominicus | Julamri Muhammad | Adidas | Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base |
| Sime Darby | Drago Mamić | Juzaili Samion | Kappa | Sime Darby |
| UiTM | Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah | Yosri Derma Raju | Umbro | Soaring Upwards |

### Managerial 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 head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Negeri Sembilan | K. Devan | Sacked | 26 August 2015 | Pre-season | Gary Phillips | 24 November 2015 |
| Perlis | Yusri Che Lah | Resigned | 15 October 2015 | Pre-season | Dollah Salleh | 21 November 2015 |
| UiTM | Azuan Zain | End of contract | 25 October 2015 | Pre-season | Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah | 28 October 2015 |
| Sime Darby | Ismail Zakaria | End of contract | 31 October 2015 | Pre-season | Abdul Ghani Malik | 1 November 2015 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Tang Siew Seng | End of contract | 31 October 2015 | Pre-season | Ismail Zakaria | 25 December 2015 |
| Sabah | Azraai Khor | Sacked | 6 November 2015 | Pre-season | Vjeran Simunić | 7 December 2015 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Nenad Baćina | Resigned | 14 December 2015 | Pre-season | Benjamin Mora | 14 December 2015 |
| Sime Darby | Abdul Ghani Malik | Resigned | 10 May 2016 | 11th | Drago Mamić | 10 May 2016 |
| Kuantan | Zulhamizan Zakaria | Banned (7 Month) | 1 April 2016 | 11th | Ahmad Nazri Mat Noor (Interim) | 1 April 2016 |

### Foreign players

Note: Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) | Former Player |
| ATM | Gies Irisbekov | Boris Formenkov | Khasan Abdukarimov | Sirojiddin Rakhmatullaev | |
| DRB-Hicom | Godwin Antwi | Cédric Mbarga | Ivan Babić | Kim Jin-yong | Philip Lund |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Bonfim | Shahril Ishak | Paulo Rangel | Baihakki Khaizan | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Léo Carioca | Modibo Konté | Diego Inostroza | Jonathan Cantillana | Casagrande Mario Karlovic |
| Kuantan | Ljubo Baranin | Srdjan Vidakovic | Dao Bakary | Shim Un-seob | Shunsuke Nakatake |
| Melaka United | Alexandru Tudose | Labinot Harbuzi | Ilija Spasojevic | Yashir Pinto | Balša Božović Shin Jae-pil |
| Negeri Sembilan | Taylor Regan | Alex Smith | Goran Jerković | Henrique | Joel Chianese Andrew Nabbout |
| Perlis | Damion Stewart | Mohamadou Sumareh | Charles Chad | Park Yong-joon | Obinna Nwaneri Edward Wilson Kayne Vincent |
| PKNS | Gonzalo Soto | Gabriel Guerra | Juan Cobelli | Matias Jadue | |
| Sabah | Igor Čerina | Everton | Muamer Salibašić | Dedi Kusnandar | Marco Tulio Prince Nnake |
| Sime Darby | Frédéric Pooda | Mateo Roskam | Obi | Ha Dae-won | Lee Kil-hoon |
| UiTM | Franklin Anzité | Moustapha Moctar | John Matkin | Oh Joo-ho | Kang Jin-wook Eliel Pavel Purishkin Pavel Matyash |

## Results
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Melaka United (C, P) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 50 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | PKNS (P) | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 25 | +24 | 48 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 43 | |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 40 | 26 | +14 | 35 | |
| 5 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Perlis | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 34 | |
| 7 | DRB-HICOM | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Kuantan | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 28 | |
| 9 | Sabah | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 20 | |
| 10 | UiTM | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 24 | 44 | −20 | 16 | |
| 11 | ATM | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 62 | −38 | 15 | |
| 12 | Sime Darby (R) | 22 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 41 | −15 | 12 | Relegation to FAM League |

### Result table

| Home \ Away | ATM | DRB | JDT2 | KLU | KUA | MEL | NSE | PER | PKN | SAB | SDA | UIT |
| ATM | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 0–6 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| DRB-Hicom | 4–0 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Johor DT II | 5–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Kuantan | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 |
| Melaka United | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 5–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | | 3–1 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| Perlis | 6–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| PKNS | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Sabah | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Sime Darby | 3–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 0–0 |
| UiTM | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–5 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 1–0 | |

### Positions by round

| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Melaka United | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PKNS | 9 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Johor DT II | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| Perlis | 1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| DRB-Hicom | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Kuantan | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Sabah | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| UiTM | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 10 |
| ATM | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 |
| Sime Darby | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Crowd Attendance
### For All Venues

| HOME | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | ATTENDANCE | ATTENDANCE |
| HOME | ATM | DRB | JDTII | KUL | KUA | MUFC | NIS | PER | PKNS | SAB | SIM | UiTM | TOTAL | AVE |
| ATM | ----- | 210 | 293 | 232 | 300 | 505 | 319 | 150 | 186 | 38 | 107 | 275 | 2,615 | 238 |
| DRB-HICOM | 350 | ----- | 1,175 | 200 | 250 | 900 | 300 | 350 | 400 | 200 | 200 | 220 | 4,545 | 413 |
| JDT II | 2,220 | 5,500 | ----- | 1,175 | 2,235 | 3,600 | 2,500 | 520 | 3,252 | 1,630 | 2,200 | 2,200 | 27,012 | 2,456 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 200 | 278 | 1,200 | ----- | 110 | 2,000 | 325 | 333 | 357 | 1,000 | 300 | 225 | 6,328 | 575 |
| Kuantan | 250 | 561 | 65 | 548 | ----- | 500 | 327 | 178 | 251 | 685 | 412 | 115 | 3,892 | 354 |
| Melaka United | 8,960 | 4,000 | 20,000 | 11,000 | 6,000 | ----- | 13,000 | 6,000 | 13,000 | 5,227 | 35,000 | 4,600 | 126,787 | 11,526 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 3,185 | 275 | 3,606 | 4,534 | 4,116 | 3,693 | ----- | 3,765 | 4,324 | 3,329 | 1,898 | 2,560 | 35,285 | 3,208 |
| Perlis | 6,500 | 896 | 1,356 | 757 | 4,200 | 932 | 820 | ----- | 915 | 420 | 638 | 6,390 | 23,824 | 2,166 |
| PKNS | 157 | 33 | 309 | 327 | 24 | 1,027 | 250 | 95 | ----- | 65 | 34 | 13 | 2,334 | 212 |
| Sabah | 1,300 | 3,778 | 14,500 | 700 | 500 | 2,700 | 1,200 | 900 | 1,650 | ----- | 2,220 | 600 | 30,028 | 2,730 |
| Sime Darby | 100 | 120 | 130 | 180 | 50 | 1,555 | 519 | 497 | 110 | 110 | ----- | 120 | 3,491 | 317 |
| UiTM | 128 | 101 | 223 | 400 | 350 | 290 | 395 | 289 | 50 | 450 | 128 | ----- | 2,804 | 255 |
| | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | TOTAL CROWD ATTENDANCE AND AVERAGE | 268,945 | 2,037 |

### By Week

2016 Liga Premier Attendance :
| Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
| Matchday 1 | 18,448 | 6 | 3,075 |
| Matchday 2 | 21,675 | 6 | 3,613 |
| Matchday 3 | 12,916 | 6 | 2,152 |
| Matchday 4 | 20,967 | 6 | 3,494 |
| Matchday 5 | 9,141 | 6 | 1,523 |
| Matchday 6 | 6,364 | 6 | 1,061 |
| Matchday 7 | 13,950 | 6 | 2,325 |
| Matchday 8 | 4,642 | 6 | 774 |
| Matchday 9 | 18,577 | 6 | 3,096 |
| Matchday 10 | 6,805 | 6 | 1,134 |
| Matchday 11 | 2,565 | 6 | 428 |
| Matchday 12 | 14,388 | 6 | 2,398 |
| Matchday 13 | 4,723 | 6 | 787 |
| Matchday 14 | 9,967 | 6 | 1,661 |
| Matchday 15 | 2,691 | 6 | 449 |
| Matchday 16 | 8,106 | 6 | 1,351 |
| Matchday 17 | 7,746 | 6 | 1,291 |
| Matchday 18 | 7,066 | 6 | 1,177 |
| Matchday 19 | 6,982 | 6 | 1,163 |
| Matchday 20 | 21,464 | 6 | 3,577 |
| Matchday 21 | 3,373 | 6 | 562 |
| Matchday 22 | 36,834 | 6 | 6,139 |
| Total | 259,390 | 132 | 1,965 |
source: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 22 December 2016
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ilija Spasojević | Melaka United | 24 |
| 2 | Paulo Rangel | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 21 |
| 3 | Ivan Babić | DRB-HICOM | 16 |
| 4 | Gabriel Guerra | PKNS | 15 |
| 4 | Juan Cobelli | PKNS | 15 |
| 6 | Dao Bakary | Kuantan | 13 |
| 7 | Matías Jadue | PKNS | 12 |
| 8 | Malik Ariff | Kuantan | 10 |
| 9 | Mateo Roskam | Sime Darby | 9 |
| 10 | Andrew Nabbout | Negeri Sembilan | 8 |
| 10 | Casagrande | Kuala Lumpur | 8 |
| 10 | Pavel Purishkin | UiTM | 8 |
| 13 | Charles Chad | Perlis | 7 |
| 13 | Joel Chianese | Negeri Sembilan | 7 |
| 13 | Kayne Vincent | Perlis | 7 |
| 13 | Zaquan Adha | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 7 |
| 17 | Alex Smith | Negeri Sembilan | 6 |
| 17 | Igor Čerina | Sabah | 6 |
| 17 | Khassan Abdukarimov | Kuala Lumpur | 6 |
| 17 | Maxsius Musa | Sabah | 6 |
| 21 | Afif Amiruddin | Perlis | 5 |
| 21 | Edward Wilson | Perlis | 5 |
| 21 | Jonathan Cantillana | Kuala Lumpur | 5 |
| 21 | Léo Carioca | Kuala Lumpur | 5 |
| 21 | Mohamadou Sumareh | Perlis | 5 |
| 21 | R. Surendran | Melaka United | 5 |
| 21 | Srđan Vidaković | Kuantan | 5 |
| 21 | Venice Elphi | ATM | 5 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Pavel Purishkin | UiTM | Sabah | 4–1 | 12 February 2016 |
| Paulo Rangel | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | ATM | 5–1 | 29 February 2016 |
| Ivan Babić | DRB-HICOM | UiTM | 4–1 | 29 February 2016 |
| Matías Jadue | PKNS | Kuantan | 4–4 | 3 May 2016 |
| Ilija Spasojević$^4$ | Melaka United | ATM | 0–6 | 17 May 2016 |
| Zaquan Adha | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Kuantan | 4–1 | 20 May 2016 |
| Ilija Spasojević | Melaka United | ATM | 3–1 | 21 May 2016 |
| Paulo Rangel$^4$ | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | UiTM | 1–4 | 2 August 2016 |
| Juan Cobelli | PKNS | Kuantan | 2–3 | 2 August 2016 |
| Ilija Spasojević | Melaka United | UiTM | 2–3 | 5 August 2016 |

#### Note

$^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Own goals

| Rank | Player | Club | Total |
| 1 | Badrul Hisham Sufian | ATM | 1 |
| 1 | Dominic Tan | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 1 |
| 1 | Juan Cobelli | PKNS | 1 |
| 1 | Juzaili Samion | Sime Darby | 1 |
| 1 | Leonardo Moreira | Kuala Lumpur | 1 |
| 1 | Shin Jae-pil | Melaka United | 1 |

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Coach of the Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Coach | Club | Coach | Club | Reference |
| February | Mat Zan Mat Aris | Melaka United | None | None | |
| March - June | None | None | None | None | None |
| July | None | None | Ilija Spasojević | Melaka United | |
| August | None | None | Ilija Spasojević | Melaka United | |
| September | None | None | Ivan Babić | DRB-Hicom | |
| October | None | None | | | |