2017 Malaysia Premier League
Football league season
The 2017 Liga Premier (English: 2017 Premier League ), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier , the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[ 1] Kuala Lumpur were crowned the champions and were promoted to Liga Super since relegated in 2012 season .
The season started on 20 January and concluded on 27 October 2017.[ 1]
Teams, stadiums, and personnel
Teams
A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2016 season , two relegated from the 2016 Liga Super and two promoted from the 2016 Liga FAM .
Teams changes
Stadia and locations
Locations of teams in the 2017 Liga Premier
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team
Location
Stadium
Capacity
ATM
Tanjung Malim
Proton City Stadium
5,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Pasir Gudang
Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
15,000
Kuantan
Kuantan
Darul Makmur Stadium
40,000
Kuala Lumpur
Selayang
Selayang Stadium
11,098
MIFA
Petaling Jaya
Petaling Jaya Stadium
25,000
Negeri Sembilan
Paroi
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
40,000
PDRM
Krubong
Hang Jebat Stadium
40,000
Perlis
Kangar
Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium
20,000
PKNP
Ipoh
Perak Stadium
42,500
Sabah
Kota Kinabalu
Likas Stadium
35,000
Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
15,000
UiTM
Shah Alam
UiTM Stadium
6,000
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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 head coach
Manner of departure
Date of vacancy
Position in table
Incoming head coach
Date of appointment
Kuala Lumpur
Ismail Zakaria
Resigned
23 November 2016 [ 3]
Pre-season
Wanderley da Silva
1 December 2016 [ 4]
Sabah
Johnny Dominicus
Demote to assistant head coach
25 November 2016
Steve Vilmiaire
25 November 2016 [ 5]
Perlis
Dollah Salleh
End of contract
30 November 2016
Razip Ismail
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Benjamin Mora
Promoted to JDT I
18 January 2017 [ 6]
Hamzani Omar
18 January 2017
Kuala Lumpur
Wanderley da Silva
6th
Fábio Maciel [ 7]
Perlis
Razip Ismail
Resigned
4 March 2017
12th
Syamsul Saad [ 8]
7 March 2017
Sabah
Steve Vilmiaire
Resigned
19 March 2017
11th
Jelius Ating[ 9]
19 March 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Hamzani Omar
Rested
19 June 2017
6th
Benjamin Mora
19 June 2017
Foreign players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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.
^2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II swop the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim
Half-Malaysian players
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team
Player 1
Player 2
Player 3
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Samuel Somerville
Daniel Ting
Ernest Wong Wen Hao
Results
League table
Source:
FAM ,
FMLLP Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
^ ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for ATM.
^ ATM and Perlis was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Perlis.
Result table
Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2017. Source:
Result Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Positions by round
Statistics
Top scorers
As of matches played on 27 September 2017. [ 10]
Hat-tricks
As of matches played on 27 September 2017.
Notes:
4 Player scored 4 goals; 6 Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Own goals
Clean sheets
As of matches played on 27 October 2017.
Monthly awards
Attendances
Crowd attendance for all venues
As of 27 October 2017.
Home
Away
Attendance
ATM
JDT
KUL
KUA
MIF
NSE
PDRM
PER
PNKP
SAB
TER
UIT
TOTAL
AVE
ATM
—
232
119
101
141
3,414
153
238
236
120
2,164
107
7,025
639
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
399
—
2,362
670
765
2,623
510
2,679
1,420
2,549
1,249
622
15,848
1,441
Kuala Lumpur
226
691
—
250
217
888
373
242
765
1,347
1,399
375
6,773
616
Kuantan
101
257
125
—
251
607
383
147
65
103
1,817
218
4,074
371
MIFA
500
550
280
100
—
250
212
200
150
300
150
200
2,892
263
Negeri Sembilan
8,249
5,564
8,584
3,136
5,669
—
4,445
4,363
3,643
2,606
9,401
777
56,437
5,131
PDRM
100
200
100
50
500
4,000
—
200
107
100
5,200
200
10,757
978
Perlis
1,175
321
454
520
470
653
556
—
945
1,400
580
552
7,626
694
PNKP
2,237
2,571
1,582
2,018
1,300
1,776
1,457
516
—
1,741
1,960
1,699
18,857
1,715
Sabah
3,200
3,400
3,000
1,100
1,100
1,400
1,300
1,150
1,200
—
800
1,300
18,950
1,723
Terengganu
3,100
9,000
3,200
5,890
4,670
6,600
5,000
3,849
N/A
2,300
—
760
44,369
4,437
UiTM
25
150
195
256
500
400
520
235
695
335
632
—
3,943
359
Total Crowd Attendance
197,551
1,531
By Team
Pos
Team
Total
High
Low
Average
Change
1
Negeri Sembilan
56,437
9,401
777
5,131
+59.9% †
2
Terengganu
44,369
9,000
760
4,437
−17.2% †
3
Sabah
18,950
3,400
800
1,723
−36.9% †
4
PKNP
18,857
2,571
516
1,715
n/a†
5
Johor DT II
15,848
2,679
399
1,441
−41.3% †
6
PDRM
10,757
4,000
50
978
−67.3% †
7
Perlis
7,626
1,400
321
694
−68.0% †
8
ATM
7,025
3,414
101
639
+168.5% †
9
Kuala Lumpur
6,773
1,399
217
616
+7.1% †
10
Kuantan
4,074
607
103
371
+4.8% †
11
UiTM
3,943
1,817
65
359
+40.8% †
12
MISC-MIFA
2,892
550
100
263
n/a†
League total
197,551
9,401
50
1,531
−24.7% †
Updated to games played on 27 October 2017 Source: SPMB
See also
References
External links
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