2017 Malaysia Super League

Liga Super Malaysia
Season	2017
Dates	20 January 2017 – 28 October 2017
Champions	Johor Darul Ta'zim; 4th Super League title; 4th Liga M title
Relegated	Sarawak; Penang; Felda United; T-Team
AFC Champions League	Johor Darul Ta'zim
AFC Cup	Johor Darul Ta'zim
Matches played	132
Goals scored	408 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohammed Ghaddar; (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Johor Darul Ta'zim 7–0 Melaka United; (9 April 2017)
Biggest away win	T-Team 1–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim; (22 July 2017)
Highest scoring	PKNS 5–3 Selangor; (4 February 2017); PKNS 4–4 Kedah; (9 May 2017)
Longest winning run	(7 games) ; Johor Darul Ta'zim
Longest unbeaten run	(14 games) ; Johor Darul Ta'zim
Highest attendance	25,000; Kedah 3–2 Sarawak; (27 January 2017); Kedah 3–1 Penang; (25 February 2017); Kedah 4–0 Melaka United; (4 March 2017)
Lowest attendance	0; Perak 3–2 Melaka; (4 February 2017)
Total attendance	881,178
Average attendance	6,676
	← 2016 2018 → All statistics correct as of 31 October 2017; Source: SPMB, Liga Malaysia, FMLPP.

The 2017 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2017) was the 14th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

The season began on 20 January and concluded on 28 October 2017.^[1]

The defending champions were Johor Darul Ta'zim and retained the title from the previous season.

Teams

PDRM and Terengganu were relegated to 2017 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of 2016 Malaysia Super League. Melaka United and PKNS promoted to 2017 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2016 Malaysia Premier League.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Felda United	Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang	Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	25,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Johor Bahru, Johor	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	30,000
Kedah	Alor Setar, Kedah	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387
Kelantan	Kota Bharu, Kelantan	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	25,000
Melaka United	Krubong, Melaka	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Pahang	Kuantan, Pahang	Darul Makmur Stadium	40,000
Penang	Batu Kawan, Penang	State of Penang Stadium	40,000
Perak	Ipoh, Perak	Perak Stadium	42,500
PKNS	Shah Alam, Selangor	Shah Alam Stadium	80,372
Sarawak	Kuching, Sarawak	Sarawak State Stadium	26,000
Selangor	Selayang, Selangor	Selayang Stadium	11,098
T–Team	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Locations and stadium

Locations of teams in the 2017 Liga Super

Primary venues used in the Liga Super:

Felda United	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kedah
Tun Abdul Razak Stadium	Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 32,387

Kelantan	Melaka United	Pahang
Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 40,000

Penang	Perak	Sarawak
Penang State Stadium	Perak Stadium	Sarawak State Stadium
Capacity: 40,000	Capacity: 42,500	Capacity: 26,000

PKNS	T–Team	Selangor
Shah Alam Stadium	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	Selayang Stadium
Capacity: 80,372	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 11,098

¹ Correct as of end of 2016 Liga Super season

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	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Felda United	B. Sathianathan	Shukor Adan	FBT	FELDA
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ulisses Morais	Safiq Rahim	Nike	Forest City
Kedah	Nidzam Adzha	Khairul Helmi Johari	Al-Ikhsan	Bina Darulaman Berhad
Kelantan	Zahasmi Ismail	Badhri Radzi	HORC	redONE, Al Hamra Group, ChengalJati
Melaka United	Eduardo Almeida	Surendran Ravindran	Kronos	Edra, CGN, Tag Marine
Pahang	Dollah Salleh	Matthew Davies	FILA	Aras Kuasa
Penang	Zainal Abidin Hassan	Rafiuddin Rodin	Legea	myPenang
Perak	Mehmet Durakovic	Shahrom Kalam	Al-Ikhsan	Lembaga Air Perak & Perak Corp.
PKNS	Sven Gartung	Safee Sali	Kappa	PKNS
Sarawak	Pengiran Bala (caretaker)	Ronny Harun	Starsport	Sarawak Energy
Selangor	P. Maniam	Razman Roslan	Lotto	Selangor
T–Team	Rahmad Darmawan	Hasbullah Awang	Kobert	Chicken Cottage

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
Felda United	Mohd Bin Nik	End of caretaker spell	22 October 2016	Pre-season	Azmi Mohamed	1 November 2016
Melaka United	Mat Zan Mat Aris	End of contract	22 October 2016		Eric Williams	17 November 2016^[2]
Pahang	Razip Ismail	End of contract	22 October 2016		Dollah Salleh	1 December 2016
Kelantan	Velizar Popov	Resigned	22 October 2016^[3]		Zahasmi Ismail	30 November 2016
Penang	Nenad Baćina	End of contract	24 November 2016		Ashley Westwood	28 November 2016^[4]
Selangor	K. Gunalan	End of caretaker spell	26 December 2016^[5]		P. Maniam	26 December 2016
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Mario Gómez	Mutual consent	18 January 2017^[6]		Benjamin Mora	18 January 2017
Felda United	Azmi Mohamed	Resigned	7 February 2017	11th	B. Sathianathan	21 February 2017^[7]
Perak	Karl Heinz Weigang	Sacked	22 February 2017	3rd	Mehmet Durakovic	22 February 2017^[8]
Penang	Ashley Westwood	Mutual Agreement	19 March 2017^[9]	12th	Zainal Abidin Hassan	23 March 2017
Kedah	Tan Cheng Hoe	Appointed as Malaysia assistant coach	29 April 2017 ^[10]	3rd	Nidzam Adzha^[11]	23 May 2017
Melaka United	Eric Williams	Rested	23 May 2017^[12]	10th	Eduardo Almeida	17 June 2017
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Benjamin Mora	Demoted to JDT II	19 June 2017^[13]	1st	Ulisses Morais	19 June 2017
PKNS	E. Elavarasan	Rested	7 July 2017	10th	Sven Gartung	17 July 2017
Sarawak	David Usop	Rested	13 July 2017	10th	Pengiran Bala (caretaker)	13 July 2017

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

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	Player 4 (Asian)	Former Players ¹
Felda United	Zah Rahan Krangar	Ifedayo Olusegun	Thiago Augusto	Dino Djulbic	Gastón Cellerino Mootaz Jounaidi Lucas Cano
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Marcos António	Gonzalo Cabrera	Gabriel Guerra	Mohammed Ghaddar	Jerónimo Barrales ² Brian Ferreira
Kedah	Liridon Krasniqi	Sandro	Ken Ilsø	Zac Anderson
Kelantan	Mamadou Danso	Morgaro Gomis	Alessandro Celin	Abou Bakr Al-Mel^[14]	Mohammed Ghaddar^[15]
Melaka United	Jasmin Mecinović	Felipe	Marko Šimić	Jeon Woo-young	Godwin Antwi^[16] Ezequiel Agüero Ilija Spasojević
Pahang	Yamil Romero	Mohamadou Sumareh	Matheus Alves	Heo Jae-won	Bright Dike^[17]
Penang	Brandon McDonald	Sanna Nyassi	Nigel Dabinyaba	Mark Hartmann	Diogo Ferreira Andy Russell^[18] Reinaldo Lobo
Perak	Thiago Junio	Leandro	Gilmar	Yashir Pinto	Faton Toski Vladislav Mirchev
PKNS	Abdou Jammeh	Fabio Ferreira	Patrick Wleh	Park Kwang-il	Lucas Espindola Matias Jadue Gonzalo Soto
Sarawak	Demerson	Miloš Raičković	Mateo Roskam	Sahil Suhaimi^[19]	Mark Hartmann Lee Jong-ho^[20]
Selangor	Ugo Ukah	Rufino Segovia	Francis Doe	Andik Vermansyah	Victoraș Astafei Juliano Mineiro
T–Team	Abdoulaye Maïga	Mamadou Samassa	Yannick N'Djeng	Dilshod Sharofetdinov	Farhod Tadjiyev

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 swap the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Naturalised players

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
Felda United	Curran Singh Ferns³	Stuart Wark³
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Junior Eldstål³ ⁴	Darren Lok³ ⁴	Natxo Insa³
Melaka United	Khair Jones³ ⁴	Nicholas Swirad³
Pahang	Kiko Insa³	Matthew Davies³ ⁴
Penang	Shazalee Ramlee³

Notes:

^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.

^4 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

Results

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C)	22	15	4	3	50	19	+31	49	Qualification to Champions League preliminary round 2 or AFC Cup group stage
2	Pahang^[a]	22	12	4	6	44	26	+18	40
3	Felda United^[b] (R)	22	11	6	5	40	26	+14	39	Relegation to Premier League
4	Kedah^[c]	22	9	8	5	45	33	+12	35
5	Perak	22	9	7	6	30	31	−1	34
6	Selangor	22	9	6	7	32	28	+4	33
7	PKNS	22	6	7	9	33	38	−5	25
8	Melaka United	22	6	6	10	33	46	−13	24
9	T–Team (R)	22	7	5	10	30	45	−15	23^[d]	Relegation to Premier League
10	Kelantan	22	7	4	11	31	39	−8	22^[e]
11	Sarawak (R)	22	5	6	11	24	34	−10	21	Relegation to Premier League
12	Penang (R)	22	3	3	16	16	43	−27	12	Relegation to Premier League

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Pahang withdraw from AFC competition.
^ Felda United were relegated because they failed to renew their licence^[21]
^ Kedah as 2017 Malaysia FA Cup winners not eligible for AFC competition spots as they failed granted AFC club license.
^ Kelantan and T–Team 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 T-Team.
^ Kelantan and T–Team 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 Kelantan.

Result table

Home \ Away	FEL	JDT	KED	KEL	MEL	PAH	PEN	PRK	PKN	SWK	SEL	TTE
Felda United		3–2	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	5–1
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1		1–1	3–0	7–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	0–0	3–0
Kedah	1–3	0–0		5–0	4–0	4–1	3–1	2–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–0
Kelantan	1–1	2–3	0–1		0–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	4–2
Melaka United	1–1	1–1	2–4	1–3		1–3	2–3	3–1	2–2	4–2	2–1	1–2
Pahang	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–0		6–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–2	5–0
Penang	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–5	1–1	0–2		0–1	0–2	0–1	1–3	0–2
Perak	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–4	3–2	1–1	1–0		2–0	0–0	0–1	2–2
PKNS	2–4	0–1	4–4	1–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–0		2–3	5–3	2–1
Sarawak	1–3	0–2	4–2	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	3–3	0–1		1–1	0–0
Selangor	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–1		4–2
T–Team	0–0	1–6	5–0	1–3	1–5	0–1	1–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

Leader

Relegation to 2018 Liga Premier

Team \ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Team \ Round
Johor Darul Ta'zim	3	2	4	7	8	5	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Pahang	5	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Felda United	2	7	7	10	11	11	11	7	9	8	8	6	6	6	5	4	6	4	4	4	3	3
Kedah	4	4	3	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4
Perak	6	5	2	3	3	4	5	4	5	5	4	5	4	4	6	6	5	6	6	6	5	5
Selangor	1	3	6	8	4	3	3	5	4	4	6	4	5	5	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6
PKNS	11	11	8	6	6	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	7	7
Melaka United	10	8	10	11	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8
T–Team	8	10	9	4	5	6	7	8	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9
Kelantan	9	6	5	5	7	10	6	6	6	6	5	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	11	10
Sarawak	7	9	11	9	10	9	10	11	11	11	11	11	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	11
Penang	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Statistics

Top scorers

As of 28 October 2017.^[22]^[23]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohammed Ghaddar	Johor Darul Ta'zim (5), Kelantan (18)	23
2	Matheus Alves	Pahang	18
3	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	15
4	Thiago Augusto	Felda United	14
5	Gonzalo Cabrera	Johor Darul Ta'zim	11
6	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	9
	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah
	Marko Šimić	Melaka United
	Mateo Roskam	Sarawak
10	Sandro	Kedah	8
	Patrick Wleh	PKNS
	Francis Doe	Selangor
13	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7
14	Mohamadou Sumareh	Pahang	6
14	Lucas Cano	Felda United	6
16	Ifedayo Olusegun	Felda United	5
	Jeon Woo-young	Melaka United
	Yashir Pinto	Perak
	Lucas Espindola	PKNS
	Mark Hartmann	Penang (2), Sarawak (3)
	Juliano Mineiro	Selangor
	Rufino Segovia	Selangor
	Farhod Tadjiyev	T–Team
	Nor Hakim Hassan	T–Team

Top assists

As of 28 October 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	13
2	Liridon Krasniqi	Kedah	9
3	Matheus Alves	Pahang	8
3	Mohamadou Sumareh	Pahang	8
4	Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6
	Sandro	Kedah
	Felipe Souza	Melaka United

Hat-tricks

As of 28 October 2017.

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Patrick Wleh	PKNS	Selangor	5–3 Archived 2017-02-05 at the Wayback Machine (H)	4 February 2017
Gabriel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	T–Team	3–0 Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (H)	25 February 2017
Mohammed Ghaddar	Kelantan	Perak	2–4 (A)	1 March 2017
		T–Team	4–2 (H)	4 March 2017
		Penang	1–5⁴ (A)	15 April 2017
Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Melaka United	7–0 (H)	9 April 2017
Nor Hakim Hassan	T–Team	Kedah	5–0 Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (H)	15 April 2017
Ken Ilsø	Kedah	T–Team	3–0 (H)	24 May 2017
Thiago Augusto	Felda United	Sarawak	1–3 (A)	11 July 2017
Thiago Augusto	Felda United	T–Team	5–1 Archived 2017-11-07 at the Wayback Machine (H)	15 July 2017

Notes:
⁴ Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Own goals

As of 28 October 2017.^[23]

Rank	Player	For	Against	Date	Goals
1	Syazwan Tajuddin	Kedah	Perak	1 July 2017	1
1	Matias Jadue	PKNS	Johor Darul Ta'zim	15 April 2017	1

Clean sheets

As of 28 October 2017.

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets	Avg.
1	Hafizul Hakim	Perak	7	1.410
2	Shahril Saa'ri	Sarawak	6	1.370
3	Wan Azraie	Pahang	5	1.290
3	Izham Tarmizi	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5	0.690
5	Ifwat Akmal	Kedah	4	1.270
5	Farizal Harun	Felda United	4	1.180
7	Hafidz Romly	T–Team	3	2.30
	Suhaimi Husin	T–Team		1.750
	Khairulazhan Khalid	Selangor		1.210
	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar	PKNS		1.0
	Farizal Marlias	Johor Darul Ta'zim		0.880
12	Helmi Eliza	Pahang	2	0.830
	Fazli Paat	Melaka United		2.270
	Farhan Abu Bakar	Kedah		1.710
	Hadi Hamid	Kedah		0.750
16	Izzuddin Hussin	T–Team	1	1.80
	Norazlan Razali	Selangor		1.570
	Zarif Irfan	Selangor		0
	Zamir Selamat	PKNS		2.090
	Sani Anuar	Penang		2.220
	Amirul Asyraf	Penang		1.630
	Ramadhan Hamid	Kelantan		1.60
	Khairul Fahmi	Kelantan		1.640
	Haziq Nadzli	Johor Darul Ta'zim		1.50

Discipline

As of 27 September 2017.

Player

#	Player	Club	Total
#	Player	Club
1	Ugo Ukah	Selangor	6	1	0
2	Mohd Raimi	Selangor	4	1	0
3	Rizal Ghazali	Kedah	3	0	1
3	Azrul Ahmad	Kedah	3	0	1
5	Akram Mahinan	Kedah	6	0	0
6	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah	2	0	1
	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	2	0	1
	Mohd Qayyum	Kelantan	2	0	1
	Jasmin Mecinović	Melaka United	2	0	1
	Hairol Mokhtar	Melaka United	2	0	1
	S. Kunanlan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2	1	0
12	Morgaro Gomis	Kelantan	5	0	0
	Fauzan Dzulkifli	PKNS	5	0	0
	Shahrom Kalam	Perak	5	0	0
	Fitri Omar	Kedah	5	0	0
	Yashir Pinto	Perak	5	0	0
	Hafiz Kamal	Perak	5	0	0
	Kiko Insa	Pahang	5	0	0
	Liridon Krasniqi	Kedah	5	0	0

Club

#	Club	Total
#	Club
1	Selangor	41	2	2
2	Kedah	41	0	3
3	Perak	41	0	0
4	PKNS	34	0	0
5	Felda United	32	1	0
6	Sarawak	29	0	1
7	Johor Darul Ta'zim	28	2	0
8	Pahang	27	0	0
9	Kelantan	26	0	1
10	Penang	24	0	2
11	Melaka United	17	0	1
12	T–Team	16	0	0
Total		356	5	10

Attendances

Overall attendance

Home	Away												Attendance
Home	FEL	JDT	KED	KEL	MEL	PAH	PEN	PRK	PKN	SWK	SEL	TTE	TOTAL	AVE
Felda United	-----	1,724	6,211	10,393	1,367	18,500	1,300	2,992	2,277	1,552	2,469	1,288	50,073	4,552
Johor Darul Ta'zim	18,320	-----	24,157	18,210	14,475	20,480	16,850	16,985	13,325	10,126	19,822	14,807	187,557	17,051
Kedah	4,000	3,000	-----	11,970	25,000	12,000	25,000	7,656	20,000	25,000	18,000	10,000	161,626	14,693
Kelantan	1,061	13,891	20,853	-----	8,963	3,373	8,924	1,523	5,076	1,251	2,503	10,653	78,071	7,097
Melaka United	2,711	11,037	7,048	4,723	-----	12,151	4,004	1,683	2,399	2,237	2,059	7,322	57,374	5,216
Pahang	5,646	8,053	6,111	11,267	2,455	-----	9,654	1,759	10,826	944	12,847	13,402	82,964	7,542
Penang	1,393	3,091	18,545	8,130	1,288	2,158	-----	9,000	2,173	4,946	728	603	52,055	4,732
Perak	2,678	22,382	3,753	5,570	0	19,720	1,412	-----	5,310	1,350	7,090	1,961	71,226	6,475
PKNS	75	3,754	4,290	6,080	2,616	1,092	281	4,882	-----	1,007	6,113	44	30,234	2,748
Sarawak	1,497	6,153	1,162	1,596	7,703	8,011	1,214	2,465	1,211	-----	2,185	2,185	35,106	3,201
Selangor	1,819	11,257	8,315	7,837	5,777	9,756	3,076	9,000	847	2,928	-----	2,285	62,897	5,718
T–Team	1,079	1,084	1,144	1,262	700	300	821	888	1,231	1,763	1,723	-----	11,995	1,090
Total League Attendance													881,178	6,676

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: SPMB

Highest and lowest

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	187,557	24,157	10,126	17,051	−2.3%^†
2	Kedah	161,626	25,000	3,000	14,693	+56.3%^†
3	Pahang	82,964	13,402	944	7,542	+91.9%^†
4	Kelantan	78,071	20,853	1,061	7,097	−12.7%^†
5	Perak	71,226	19,720	0	6,475	−41.5%^†
6	Selangor	62,897	11,257	847	5,718	+14.5%^†
7	Melaka United	57,374	12,151	1,683	5,216	−54.7%¹
8	Penang	52,055	18,545	603	4,732	−35.2%^†
9	Felda United	50,073	18,500	1,288	4,552	−39.4%^†
10	Sarawak	35,106	8,011	1,162	3,201	+53.8%^†
11	PKNS	30,234	6,113	44	2,748	+49.6%¹
12	T–Team	11,995	1,763	300	1,090	−15.6%^†
	League total	881,178	25,000	0	6,676	−7.4%^†

Updated to games played on 28 October 2017
Source: SPMB
Notes:
1: Team played last season in Liga Premier.

References

^ ^a ^b [1] 2017 Liga Super
^ "MELAKA LANTIK ERIC WILLIAMS SEBAGAI JURULATIH BARU". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
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^ "(Football) P. Maniam tapped to lead Selangor out of doldrums for Super League". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
^ "BREAKING: JDT and Mario Gomez part ways". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
^ "Sathianathan jurulatih baharu Felda United". Berita Harian. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
^ "Mehmed Durakovic kendali pasukan Perak". mediaperaktbg. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
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^ "Say hello to Kedah's new head coach, Nidzam Adzha". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
^ "Melaka United rest 'ill' coach Eric Williams ahead of Felda game in MSL". espnfcasia.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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External links

[table_note_PAH0.16310151441167-21] Pahang withdraw from AFC competition.

[table_note_FEL0.16310151441167-23] Felda United were relegated because they failed to renew their licence^[21]

[table_note_KED0.16310151441167-24] Kedah as 2017 Malaysia FA Cup winners not eligible for AFC competition spots as they failed granted AFC club license.

[table_hth_TTE0.16310151441167-25] Kelantan and T–Team 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 T-Team.

[table_hth_KEL0.16310151441167-26] Kelantan and T–Team 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 Kelantan.

[LS2017-1] [1] 2017 Liga Super

[2] "MELAKA LANTIK ERIC WILLIAMS SEBAGAI JURULATIH BARU". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 14 November 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

[3] "Velizar Popov letak jawatan". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

[4] "OFFICIAL: Ashley Westwood joins Penang FA in the Malaysian Super League". goal.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

[5] "(Football) P. Maniam tapped to lead Selangor out of doldrums for Super League". New Straits Times. Retrieved 26 December 2016.

[6] "BREAKING: JDT and Mario Gomez part ways". FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

[7] "Sathianathan jurulatih baharu Felda United". Berita Harian. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.

[8] "Mehmed Durakovic kendali pasukan Perak". mediaperaktbg. Archived from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.

[9] "BREAKING: Ashley Westwood has resigned from Penang FA". Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

[10] "Tan Cheng Hoe departs Kedah FA just before their Malaysia FA Cup tie against Terengganu FA - Goal.com". goal.com. 30 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[11] "Say hello to Kedah's new head coach, Nidzam Adzha". Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2017-05-24.

[12] "Melaka United rest 'ill' coach Eric Williams ahead of Felda game in MSL". espnfcasia.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[13] "Mora dropped".

[14] Kharbanda, Prashant (17 May 2017). "Have Kelantan found a replacement for Mohammed Ghaddar? - FourthOfficial.com". fourthofficial.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[15] "Mohammed Ghaddar signs with JDT after leaving troubled Kelantan". espnfcasia.com. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[16] "TRANSFER: Melaka United sign new foreign defender - Goal.com". goal.com. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[17] "TRANSFER: Pahang may field new foreign signing in Malaysia FA Cup final - Goal.com". goal.com. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[18] Kharbanda, Prashant (8 May 2017). "Penang FA terminate contracts of two foreign players - FourthOfficial.com". fourthofficial.com. Archived from the original on 26 September 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[19] "Sahil close to Sarawak move". tnp.sg. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.

[20] "Lee Jung-ho released".

[22] "Felda United demoted for licence failure; Negeri Sembilan rise to MSL". Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2019-09-26.

[topscorer-27] "Liga Super Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

[Goalscorers-28] "Penjaring Gol". Liga Malaysia 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.

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