# 2022 Malaysia Super League

The 2022 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2022), is the 19th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia for association football clubs since its establishment in 2004, and the 41st season of top-flight Malaysia football overall.
The defending champions from the 2021 Malaysia Super League season is Johor Darul Ta'zim.

## Teams
### Team changes

| Promoted from Premier League | Relegated to Premier League |
| Negeri Sembilan Sarawak United | Perak UiTM |

### Locations

The following twelve clubs competed in the Super League during the 2022 season
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Iskandar Puteri | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium | 40,000 |
| Kedah Darul Aman | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Cheras | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 |
| Melaka United | Krubong | Hang Jebat Stadium | 40,000 |
| Negeri Sembilan | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 45,000 |
| Penang | George Town | City Stadium | 20,000 |
| Petaling Jaya City | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 35,000 |
| Sarawak United | Kuching | Sarawak State Stadium | 20,000 |
| Selangor | Shah Alam | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sri Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
| Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | 50,000 |
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### Clubs locations
## Personnel, kit and sponsoring

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Héctor Bidoglio | Aidil Zafuan | Nike, Inc. | UNICEF |
| Kedah Darul Aman | Aidil Sharin Sahak | Syazwan Zainon | Lotto Sport Italia | DXN |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Bojan Hodak | Paulo Josué | HNDRD | Kuala Lumpur City, UBB,DBKL |
| Melaka United | Asri Ninggal (interim) | Sony Norde | AL Sports | KENteam Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine |
| Negeri Sembilan | K. Devan | Zaquan Adha | Kaki Jersi | Visit Negeri Sembilan,Matrix |
| Penang | Manzoor Azwira (interim) | Endrick | Puma | Penang2030 |
| Petaling Jaya City | Maniam Pachaiappan | Gurusamy Kandasamy | Puma | Qnet |
| Sabah | Ong Kim Swee | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Lotto | redONE |
| Sarawak United | S.Balachandran | Uche Agba | Joma | Punggor Wibawa |
| Selangor | Tan Cheng Hoe | Brendan Gan | Joma | PKNS, MBI| | (home), Lithera (away) |
| Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh (interim) | Lee Tuck | HakkaClo | Visit Pahang (home), Invest Pahang (away) |
| Terengganu | Nafuzi Zain | Habib Haroon | Umbro | Colever, SATU, EPIC |

### 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 |
| Selangor | Karsten Neitzel | Redesignated as Assistant Coach | 21 November 2021 | Pre-season | Michael Feichtenbeiner | 21 November 2021 |
| Sri Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Contract ended | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Christophe Gamel | 3 January 2022 |
| Melaka United | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Contract ended | 30 November 2021 | Pre-season | Risto Vidaković | 22 January 2022 |
| Sarawak United | E. Elavarasan | Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach | 23 February 2022 | Pre-season | B. Sathianathan | 24 February 2022 |
| Melaka United | Risto Vidaković | Contract terminated | 13 April 2022 | 8th | Mohd Asri Ninggal (interim) | 15 April 2022 |
| Sarawak United | B. Sathianathan | Health reasons | June 2022 | 7th | S.Balachandran | June 2022 |
| Penang | Tomáš Trucha | Mutual Consent | June 2022 | 7th | Zainal Abidin Hassan | June 2022 |
| Sri Pahang | Christophe Gamel | Sacked | 21 July 2022 | 10th | Dollah Salleh (interim) | 21 July 2022 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Benjamin Mora | Mutual Consent | 27 July 2022 | 1st | Héctor Bidoglio | 28 July 2022 |
| Selangor | Michael Feichtenbeiner | Redesignated as Technical Director | 10 August 2022 | 8th | Nidzam Jamil (interim) | 10 August 2022 |
| Selangor | Nidzam Jamil (interim) | End of interim role | 25 September 2022 | 8th | Tan Cheng Hoe | 25 September 2022 |
| Penang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Mutual Consent | 13 Oct 2022 | 12th | Manzoor Azwira (interim) | 12 October 2022 |
| Kedah | Aidil Sharin Sahak | Terminated | 17 Oct 2022 | 8th | Victor Andrag (interim) | 17 October 2022 |

## Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.
Johor Darul Ta'zim, Selangor and Terengganu who have their "B" team playing in the Premier League can register another 4 players (3 + 1 AFC). These players can play for the "A" team as long as they fulfilled the relevant regulations under the handbook.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | ASEAN Player | Former Players |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Leandro Velázquez | Fernando Forestieri | Bergson | Shane Lowry | Jordi Amat | |
| Kedah Darul Aman | Marc Vales | Dechi Marcel | Ronald Ngah | Mahmoud Al-Mardi | Sanrawat Dechmitr | Jang Suk-won Dennis Buschening |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Paulo Josué | Romel Morales | Jordan Mintah | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | Kevin Ray Mendoza | Kévin Koubemba |
| Melaka United | Emmanuel Oti Essigba | Sony Norde | Adriano | Ifedayo Olusegun | Justin Baas | |
| Negeri Sembilan | Hérold Goulon | Matheus Alves | Gustavo | Yashir Islame | Omid Nazari | Adetu Kossi David Mawutor |
| Penang | Rafael Vitor | Endrick | Lucas Silva | Hilal El-Helwe | Christian Rontini | Casagrande |
| Petaling Jaya City | | | | | | |
| Sabah | Jackson | José Embaló | Taiki Kagayama | Park Tae-soo | Saddil Ramdani | Neto Pessoa |
| Sarawak United | Gonzalo Soto | Uche Agba | Francis Koné | Lee Chang-hoon | Boris Kok | |
| Selangor | Yazan Al-Arab | Hyuri | Caion | Baha' Abdel-Rahman | Hein Htet Aung | |
| Sri Pahang | Mamadou Samassa | Manuel Hidalgo | Stiven Rodríguez | Sherzod Fayziev | Kevin Ingreso | Billy Ketkeophomphone Johan Martial Mahmoud Za'tara |
| Terengganu | Papé Diakité | Kipré Tchétché | Kpah Sherman | Habib Haroon | Manny Ott | |
* Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
* ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.
The following foreigners are registered by JDT II, Selangor II and Terengganu FC II for the Malaysia Premier League.
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | Former Players |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Moussa Sidibé | Lévy Madinda | Carli de Murga | | Maurício Bienvenido Marañón Fernando Rodríguez |
| Selangor II | Alex Agyarkwa | Richmond Tetteh Ankrah | Kelvin Kyei | Hein Htet Aung | Jordan Ayimbila George Attram |
| Terengganu II | Argzim Redžović | Petrus Shitembi | Luke Woodland | | Jordan Mintah |

### Naturalisation/Heritage players

| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 | Player 5 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Matthew Davies | La'Vere Corbin-Ong | Natxo Insa | Mohamadou Sumareh | Guilherme de Paula |
| Kuala Lumpur City | Ryan Lambert | Declan Lambert | | | |
| Sri Pahang | David Rowley | Nicholas Swirad | Ezequiel Agüero | Lee Tuck | Sean Giannelli |
| PJ City | Darren Lok | | | | |
| Selangor | Brendan Gan | Quentin Cheng | Samuel Somerville | | |
| Negeri Sembilan | Khair Jones | | | | |
| Sabah | Stuart Wilkin | Dominic Tan | | | |
| Sarawak United | Stuart Wark | | | | |
| Penang | Tam Sheang Tsung | | | | |
| Kedah Darul Aman | Rodney Celvin Akwensivie | | | | |
Notes:
    ^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
    ^3 Capped for Malaysia national team.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 61 | 12 | +49 | 56 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 41 | |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 30 | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 29 | |
| 7 | Sri Pahang | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | |
| 8 | Kedah Darul Aman | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 27 | |
| 9 | Petaling Jaya City (D, R) | 22 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 30 | −8 | 26 | Withdrawn from Liga Super and dissolved. |
| 10 | Melaka United (D, R) | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 43 | −21 | 18 | Ejected from Malaysian Super League and dissolved. |
| 11 | Sarawak United (D, R) | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 17 | Ejected from Malaysian Super League and relegated to 2023 Malaysia M3 League |
| 12 | Penang | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 11 | |
* ↑ Petaling Jaya City withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2023 season.
* 1 2 MFL officially snubs Melaka United and Sarawak United club licensing approval, as both clubs have problem with overdue payments of staffs or players. This decision prevented both from playing in 2023 Malaysian Super League. As of November 2nd, there are still no appeal from both clubs to continue the league structure by playing in M5 League.

## Result table

| Home \ Away | JDT | KED | KUL | MEL | NSL | PEN | PJC | SBH | SWK | SEL | PAH | TER |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | | 4–1 | 5–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 1–3 | | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | 0–3 | 2–1 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 |
| Melaka United | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 0–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Penang | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| Petaling Jaya City | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
| Sabah | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Sarawak United | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 |
| Selangor | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 7–0 | | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Sri Pahang | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | | 1–2 |
| Terengganu | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

## Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Terengganu | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Sabah | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Selangor | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Kuala Lumpur City | 5 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Sri Pahang | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Petaling Jaya City | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Melaka United | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Sarawak United | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Penang | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
* Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
* Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
* Possible qualification for AFC Cup group stage

## Season statistics

* First goal of the season: 50 minutes and 58 seconds
** Khair Jones for Negeri Sembilan (A) against Sabah (4 March 2022)
* Fastest goal in a match: 51 seconds
** Kpah Sherman for Terengganu (H) against Sri Pahang (3 July 2022)
* Latest goal in a match: 90 + 10 minutes and 16 seconds
** Fernando Forestieri for Johor Darul Ta'zim (A) against Negeri Sembilan (11 May 2022)
* Oldest Goalscorer in a match: 41 Years 6 Months 10 Days
** Amri Yahyah for Sabah against Melaka United (31 July 2022)
* Widest winning margin: 7 goals
** Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022)
* Most goals in a match: 7 goals
** Selangor 7–0 Sarawak United (19 June 2022)
** Negeri Sembilan 4–3 Kedah Darul Aman (8 October 2022)

### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 29 |
| 2 | Caion | Selangor | 14 |
| 3 | Fernando Forestieri | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 13 |
| 3 | Ronald Ngah | Kedah Darul Aman | 13 |
| 3 | Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | 13 |
| 6 | Gustavo | Negeri Sembilan | 11 |
| 7 | Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | 10 |
| 8 | Steven Rodriguez | Sri Pahang | 9 |
| 9 | Park Tae-Soo | Sabah | 8 |
| 10 | Ifedayo Olusegun | Melaka | 7 |
| 10 | Manuel Hidalgo | Sri Pahang | 7 |
| 12 | 8 players | 6 Clubs | 6 |
| 20 | 7 players | 7 Clubs | 5 |
| 27 | 8 players | 7 Clubs | 4 |
| 35 | 13 players | 9 Clubs | 3 |
| 48 | 20 players | 11 Clubs | 2 |
| 68 | 56 players | 12 Clubs | 1 |

### Hat-trick

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | Terengganu | 3–0 (H) | 6 April 2022 |
| Amri Yahyah | Sabah | Kedah Darul Aman | 4–0 (H) | 24 April 2022 |
| Ronald Ngah | Kedah Darul Aman | Petaling Jaya City | 3–3 (A) | 10 May 2022 |
| Caion | Selangor | Sarawak United | 7–0 (H) | 19 June 2022 |
| Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Melaka United | 4–0 (H) | 29 August 2022 |
| Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | Melaka United | 5–0 (H) | 3 September 2022 |
| Ryan Lambert | Kuala Lumpur City | Sarawak United | 5–0 (H) | 28 September 2022 |
| Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | Melaka United | 2–4 (A) | 7 October 2022 |
Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

### Clean Sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 11 |
| 2 | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Petaling Jaya City | 9 |
| 3 | Kevin Ray Mendoza | Kuala Lumpur City | 7 |
| 3 | Syihan Hazmi | Negeri Sembilan | 7 |
| 5 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Sabah | 5 |
| 5 | Mamadou Samassa | Sri Pahang | 5 |
| 5 | Suhaimi Husin | Terengganu | 5 |
| 5 | Rahadiazli Rahalim | Terengganu | 5 |
| 9 | Sam Somerville | Selangor | 4 |
| 10 | Shahril Saa'ri | Kedah Darul Aman | 2 |
| 10 | Bryan See Tian Keat | Melaka United | 2 |
| 12 | Haziq Nadzli | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 1 |
| 12 | Ifwat Akmal | Kedah Darul Aman | 1 |
| 12 | Ilham Amirullah | Kedah Darul Aman | 1 |
| 12 | Norazlan Razali | Melaka United | 1 |
| 12 | Khatul Anuar | Penang | 1 |
| 12 | Khairul Azhan | Selangor | 1 |
| 12 | Aquila Abdul Rahman | Sarawak United | 1 |
| 12 | Tauffiq Ar Rasyid | Sarawak United | 1 |

### Discipline
#### Players

* Most yellow cards: 7
** Saiful Ridzuwan (Negeri Sembilan)
* Most red cards: 1
** Bergson (Johor Darul Ta'zim)
** Giancarlo Gallifuoco (Kuala Lumpur City)
** Kenny Pallraj (Kuala Lumpur City)
** Haziq Puad (Melaka)
** Wan Zaharulnizam (Melaka)
** Matheus Alves (Negeri Sembilan)
** Nasrullah Haniff (Negeri Sembilan)
** Sukri Hamid (Penang)
** Rafael Vitor (Penang)
** Rizal Ghazali (Sabah)
** Rawilson Batuil (Sabah)
** Sharul Nazeem (Selangor)
** Yazan Al-Arab (Selangor)
** Zikri Khalili (Selangor)
** Raja Imran Shah (Sarawak United)
** Sharbinee Allawee (Sarawak United)
** Azwan Aripin (Sri Pahang)
** Muslim Ahmad (Sri Pahang)
** Kpah Sherman (Terengganu)

#### Club

* Most red cards: 3
** Selangor
* Most yellow cards: 51
** Selangor
* Fewest yellow cards: 22
** Terengganu
* Fewest red cards: 0
** Kedah Darul Aman
** Petaling Jaya City

### Attendances to Stadiums

| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 181,316 | 34,038 | 8,371 | 16,484 | n/a$^†$ |
| 2 | Sabah | 98,954 | 23,523 | 2,343 | 8,996 | n/a$^†$ |
| 3 | Terengganu | 72,790 | 13,689 | 2,360 | 6,618 | n/a$^†$ |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 69,374 | 22,224 | 1,898 | 6,307 | n/a$^†$ |
| 5 | Kedah Darul Aman | 53,657 | 14,954 | 1,372 | 4,878 | n/a$^†$ |
| 6 | Melaka United | 33,737 | 14,562 | 987 | 3,067 | n/a$^†$ |
| 7 | Sri Pahang | 30,510 | 10,156 | 1,013 | 2,774 | n/a$^†$ |
| 8 | Selangor | 24,622 | 4,104 | 680 | 2,239 | n/a$^†$ |
| 9 | Penang | 23,271 | 6,252 | 541 | 2,116 | n/a$^†$ |
| 10 | Kuala Lumpur City | 15,105 | 2,693 | 365 | 1,374 | n/a$^†$ |
| 11 | Sarawak United | 12,181 | 5,512 | 322 | 1,108 | n/a$^†$ |
| 12 | Petaling Jaya City | 7,867 | 1,714 | 110 | 716 | n/a$^†$ |
| | League total | 623,384 | 34,038 | 110 | 4,723 | n/a$^†$ |
Source: FAM-CMS