# 2020 in Malaysian football

The 2020 season of competitive association football in Malaysia.

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted to Malaysia Super League

* Sabah
* PDRM
* UiTM
Relegated to the Malaysia Premier League
* PKNS
* PKNP
* Kuala Lumpur
Promoted to Malaysia Premier League
* Kelantan United
* Kuching
Relegated to Liga M3
* Sarawak
Promoted to Liga M3
* KSR SAINS
* IKRAM Muda
Relegated to Liga M4
* Penjara

## New and withdrawn teams
### New teams

* Semarak (Liga M3)
* Kuala Lumpur Rovers (Liga M3)
* Melaka United (Liga M3)

### Withdrawn teams

* Johor Bahru (Liga M3)
* SAMB (Liga M3)

## National team

Win  Draw  Lose

### Malaysia national football team
#### Friendly

No friendly matches involving Malaysia was held from 1 January to 15 March due to no FIFA International Match Calendar window during that time, and after 15 March because of restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

#### 2022 World Cup qualification

On 5 March 2020, FIFA announced that it would be monitoring the health situation in the region for possible rescheduling of matchdays 7 through 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on 9 March, FIFA and AFC jointly announced that the matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards. On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November. On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.

### Malaysia national under-19 football team
#### 2020 AFC U-19 Championship

The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship was originally scheduled to run between 14 and 31 October 2020, but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later cancelled on 25 January 2021.

## League season
### Liga Super

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q) | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 8 | +25 | 29 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Kedah (Q) | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 13 | +7 | 22 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Terengganu (Q) | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 14 | +10 | 19 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Perak | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 18 | |
| 5 | Selangor | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 17 | |
| 6 | UiTM | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 17 | |
| 7 | Petaling Jaya City | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 14 | |
| 8 | Pahang | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 14 | |
| 9 | Melaka United | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 11 | |
| 10 | Sabah | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 9 | |
| 11 | Felda United (R) | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 27 | −15 | 7 | Relegation to Malaysia Premier League |
| 12 | PDRM (R) | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 29 | −24 | −1 | Relegation to Malaysia Premier League |
* ↑ Melaka have been docked three points following the decision from FAM.
* ↑ PDRM have been docked three points following the decision from FAM.

### Liga Premier

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Penang (P) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 26 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Terengganu II | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 22 | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur (P) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 21 | Promotion to Super League |
| 4 | Kuching | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 16 | |
| 5 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 15 | |
| 6 | Kelantan | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 15 | |
| 7 | Selangor II | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Kelantan United | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 12 | |
| 9 | UKM | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 17 | −6 | 12 | Withrew Next Season |
| 10 | Sarawak United | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 11 | |
| 11 | Negeri Sembilan | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | −8 | 11 | |
| 12 | Perak II | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 13 | −2 | 8 | |
* 1 2 3 4 Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.
* ↑ Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision.

### Liga M3

The league was abandoned after only 2 games played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.
Group A
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 2 | Armed Forces | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 4 |
| 3 | Langkawi City | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| 4 | Harini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 3 |
| 5 | Manjung City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 6 | Perlis United | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 7 | Thai Selangor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 |
| 8 | Northern Lions-Mahsa | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 1 |
| 9 | IKRAM Muda | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| 10 | Klasiko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 0 |
Group B
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kuala Terengganu Rovers | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 6 |
| 2 | Protap | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
| 3 | Immigration | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 |
| 4 | KSR SAINS | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 3 |
| 5 | Melaka City | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 6 | Semarak | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
| 7 | Ultimate | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 |
| 8 | PIB | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Sarawak | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| 10 | Melawati | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 |

## Malaysian clubs in Asia
### Johor Darul Ta'zim
#### AFC Champions League
##### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | VIS | SUW | GZE | JDT |
| 1 | Vissel Kobe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 25 Nov |
| 3 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 5 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | — | 4 Dec |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew | 1 Dec | 2–1 | 19 Nov | — |
* ↑ Johor Darul Ta'zim were unable to travel to Qatar to play the final four matches of the group stage due to the COVID-19 pandemic travel restrictions after they were denied permission to travel by the Malaysian government. They were considered to have withdrawn from the competition, and all previous matches played by them shall be considered "null and void" and would not be considered in determining the final group rankings.