2023 Malaysia Premier Futsal League

Malaysia Premier Futsal League
Season	2023
Dates	18 February – 7 May ; (group stage); 8 July – 14 August; (knockout stage);
Champions	Pahang Rangers (1st title)
Matches played	98
Goals scored	703 (7.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ali Ebrahimi ; (22 goals)
Biggest home win	Johor Darul Ta'zim ; 12–1 ; Kuala Lumpur ; (29 April 2023)
Biggest away win	Kuala Lumpur ; 1–13 ; Selangor MAC ; (13 May 2023)
	← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 14 August 2023.

2023 Malaysia Premier Futsal League was the 3rd completed season of the Malaysia Premier Futsal League, and the 13th season of Malaysian futsal league overall.

Selangor MAC are the two-time defending champions, having won both the 2019 and 2022 season.^[1]

Teams

Fourteen teams are competing in the league – the eleven teams from the previous season and the three new teams. The three new teams are Johor Darul Ta'zim, Sabah and PFA Odin Sarawak.^[2]

Stadiums and locations


Team	Location	Stadium
ATM	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Pasir Gudang	Pasir Gudang Indoor Stadium
Kedah	Alor Setar	Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium
KL City	Kuala Lumpur	ISN Raja Muda Sport Complex
KPT–PST Mustangs	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Kuala Lumpur	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Pahang Rangers	Kuantan	Sukpa Indoor Stadium
PFA Odin Sarawak	Kuching	Unity Stadium
Penang	Balik Pulau	Balik Pulau Sport Complex
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Sabah Foundation Futsal Court
Selangor MAC	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Selangor TOT United	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Shah Alam City	Shah Alam	Panasonic Sport Complex
Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu State Stadium

Personnel


Team	Head coach	Captain
ATM	Izmir Firdaus Zainal Ariff	Shamsuri Saleh
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Juan Antonio Miguel Garcia	Azrul Hadee Taufiq
Kedah	Ahmad Rasidi Hashim	Shahmi Abdullah Sani
KL City	Mohd Rais Mohammad	Muzhaffar Tahar
KPT–PST Mustangs	Wan Suratman Adnan	Alif Haiqal
Kuala Lumpur	Arasan Joseph	Fadzil Karnim
Pahang Rangers	Gerard Casas Ullastre	Akmarul Nizam
PFA Odin Sarawak	Mohd Faizal Zamri	Faezwan Ahmad
Pulau Pinang	Hasnizal Hashim	Syahman Idris
Sabah	Sjaifudin Abdul Wahid	Mohd Iftitah Ahmad
Selangor MAC	Edgar Eder Baldasso	Muhammad Fariq
Selangor TOT United	Patt Sriwijit	Yazid Kamaruzuan
Shah Alam City	Fitri Yatim	Aizat Borhanudin
Terengganu	Mohd Rozairi Ahmad	Tengku Azraf Fahimi

Foreign players


Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
ATM
Johor Darul Ta'zim	Caio Cesar	Abdolrahman Sarani	Tanatul Thadavirot
Kedah
KL City	Anzar	Nasy'rul Wafiy Hassan
KPT–PST Mustangs	Kennet Erickson
Kuala Lumpur
Pahang Rangers	Matheus Gonzalez	Amin Nasrollah Zadeh	Sérgio Jamur
PFA Odin Sarawak
Pulau Pinang	Saman Dashan	Iqbal Pasaribu
Sabah
Selangor MAC	Matheus Silva	Ali Ebrahimi
Selangor TOT United	Helio Neto	Phukan Dongdang
Shah Alam City	Well Pereira	Faris Thaiya
Terengganu	Andika Ricky Santoso

Format

The 2023 Malaysia Premier Futsal League season for the men's category will start on Saturday, 18 February 2023 with the participation of 14 teams divided into two groups according to zones. Group A consists of ATM, Kedah, KPT-PST Mustangs, Pahang Rangers, Penang, Sabah and Terengganu. While Group B features Johor Darul Ta'zim, KL City, Kuala Lumpur, PFA Odin Sarawak, Selangor MAC, Selangor TOT United and Shah Alam City. The competition is conducted in a two-round league format (home & away) at the team's chosen venue where each team will play 12 games. The top four teams of Group A and B will then advance to the knockout round which is the Quarter-Finals in one round (the venue of the match will be drawn) and the Semi-Finals and Finals reciprocally at the venue of the team's choice.^[3]

Group stage

Table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pahang Rangers F.C.	12	11	1	0	70	18	+52	34	Qualification to the Knockout stage,AFF Futsal Club Championship&Malaysia Futsal Cup
2	Pulau Pinang	12	9	1	2	48	26	+22	28	Qualification to the Knockout stage & Malaysia Futsal Cup
3	Terengganu	12	8	1	3	54	38	+16	25	Qualification to the Knockout stage & Malaysia Futsal Cup
4	Sabah	12	4	0	8	40	52	−12	12	Advance to Knockout stage
5	ATM	12	3	1	8	27	64	−37	10	Relegation to 2024 MPFL Division 2
6	KPT–PST Mustangs	12	2	1	9	21	45	−24	7	Withdrawn Next Season
7	Kedah	12	1	3	8	31	48	−17	6	Relegation to 2024 MPFL Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	12	10	1	1	70	21	+49	31	Qualification to the Knockout stage & Malaysia Futsal Cup
2	Selangor MAC	12	10	1	1	63	24	+39	31
3	Selangor TOT United	12	7	0	5	57	33	+24	21
4	Shah Alam City	12	6	0	6	43	43	0	18
5	KL City	12	5	1	6	35	42	−7	16	Qualification to the Malaysia Futsal Cup
6	PFA Odin Sarawak	12	1	2	9	28	67	−39	5	Relegation to 2024 MPFL Division 2
7	Kuala Lumpur	12	0	1	11	16	82	−66	1	Relegation to 2024 MPFL Division 2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results

Group A

Home \ Away	ATM	KED	MUS	PAH	PUL	TER	SAB
ATM	—	2–1	0–3	1–6	1–10	0–12	9–5
Kedah	3–3	—	4–2	2–5	3–4	5–6	2–4
KPT–PST Mustangs		3–3	—	1–7	1–2	3–7	2–1
Pahang Rangers	7–2	8–2	8–1	—	3–1	6–0	9–1
Pulau Pinang	4–2	5–2	4–1	2–2	—	4–2	4–2
Terengganu	4–3	1–1	3–0	2–5	5–2	—	6–4
Sabah	6–0	5–3	2–1	3–4	2–6	5–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Home \ Away	JDT	KLC	KLU	POS	SEL	SAC	TOT
Johor Darul Ta'zim	—	2–0	12–1	8–3	1–1	4–1	5–4
KL City	2–4	—	3–0	5–0	0–5	5–4	4–3
Kuala Lumpur	2–10	2–4	—	3–6	1–13	1–5	2–10
PFA Odin Sarawak	1–11	2–2	2–2	—	5–6	3–4	2–7
Selangor MAC	1–4	6–3	7–0	5–1	—	4–2	3–1
Shah Alam City	2–8	8–5	6–1	4–1	2–6	—	4–2
Selangor TOT United	3–1	6–2	4–1	10–2	4–6	3–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Results by round

Group A

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Team ╲ Round
ATM	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	W
Kedah	D	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	L	L
KPT–PST Mustangs	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Pahang Rangers	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W
Pulau Pinang	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	L	W	W
Sabah	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	L
Terengganu	D	W	W	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/

Group B

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Team ╲ Round
Johor Darul Ta'zim	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
KL City	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W
Kuala Lumpur	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L
PFA Odin Sarawak	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L	L
Selangor MAC	W	W	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	W	W	W
Shah Alam City	W	L	W	L	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L
Selangor TOT United	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L	W	L	W	W

Updated to match(es) played on 25 June 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/

Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals					Semifinals				Finals

1A	Pahang Rangers	6	3	9

4B	Shah Alam City	1	1	2
					Pahang Rangers	4	3	7

					Selangor MAC	3	3	6
3A	Terengganu	1	1	2

2B	Selangor MAC	4	5	9
									Pahang Rangers	7	2	9

									Johor Darul Ta'zim	3	3	6
2A	Pulau Pinang	1	1	2

3B	Selangor TOT United	2	2	4
					Selangor TOT United	5	3	8

					Johor Darul Ta'zim	7	8	15
4A	Sabah	0	0	0

1B	Johor Darul Ta'zim	12	9	21

Quarter-finals

The first legs will be played on 8 July 2023 and the second legs will be played on 15 July 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang Rangers	9–2	Shah Alam City	6–1	3–1
Terengganu	2–9	Selangor MAC	1–4	1–5
Pulau Pinang	2–4	Selangor TOT United	1–2	1–2
Sabah	0–21	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–12	0–9

Semi-finals

The first legs will be played on 22 July 2023 and the second legs will be played on 29 July 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang Rangers	7–6	Selangor MAC	4–3	3–3
Selangor TOT United	8–15	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–7	3–8

Final

The first legs will be played on 5 August 2023 and the second legs will be played on 14 August 2023.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Pahang Rangers	9–6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7–3	2–3

Season statistics

Top scorers


Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ali Ebrahimi	Selangor MAC	22
2	Ekmal Shahrin	Johor Darul Ta'zim	18
3	Abu Haniffa Hasan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	16
	Awalluddin Mat Nawi	Johor Darul Ta'zim
	Sérgio Jamur	Pahang Rangers
6	Well Pereira	Shah Alam City	15
7	Azri Rahman	Johor Darul Ta'zim	14
7	Harith Na'im Nasir	Pahang Rangers	14
9	Aidil Shahril	Selangor MAC	13
9	Yazid Kamaruzuan	Selangor TOT United	13

Hat-tricks


Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Amin Nasrollah Zadeh	Pahang Rangers	Sabah	9–1 (H)^[4]	18 February 2023
Mohd Ridzwan Bakri	Pahang Rangers	Sabah	9–1 (H)^[4]	18 February 2023
Abu Haniffa Hasan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam City	8–2 (A)^[5]	26 February 2023
Azri Rahman	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam City	8–2 (A)^[5]
Fitrah Mohamad	Terengganu	ATM	12–0 (A)^[6]
Matheus Vasconcelos Silva	Selangor MAC	KL City	6–3 (H)^[7]	4 March 2023
Well Pereira	Shah Alam City	Selangor TOT United	4–2 (H)^[8]	12 March 2023
Helio Neto	Selangor TOT United	PFA Odin Sarawak	10–2 (A)^[9]	7 May 2023
Hazizi Mansor	Selangor TOT United	PFA Odin Sarawak	10–2 (A)^[9]	7 May 2023
Ali Ebrahimi	Selangor MAC	Kuala Lumpur	13–1 (A)^[10]	13 May 2023
Aidil Shahril	Selangor MAC	Kuala Lumpur	13–1 (A)^[10]	13 May 2023
Yazid Kamaruzuan	Selangor TOT United	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–5 (A)^[11]	20 May 2023
Saman Dashan	Pulau Pinang	ATM	10–1 (A)^[12]	21 May 2023
Awalluddin Mat Nawi	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Sabah	12–0 (A)^[13]	8 July 2023
Ekmal Shahrin⁴	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Sabah	12–0 (A)^[13]	8 July 2023
Ali Ebrahimi	Selangor MAC	Terengganu	5–1 (H)^[14]	15 July 2023
Azri Rahman	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Sabah	9–0 (H)^[15]	15 July 2023
Yazid Kamaruzuan	Selangor TOT United	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–7 (H)^[16]	24 July 2023
Abu Haniffa Hasan	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Selangor TOT United	8–3 (H)^[17]	30 July 2023
Harith Na'im Nasir⁴	Pahang Rangers	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7–3 (H)^[18]	5 August 2023

⁴ Player scored four goals

Awards


Award	Winner	Club
MPFL Most Valuable Player	Harith Na'im Nasir	Pahang Rangers
MPFL Best Goalkeeper	Zainulzahin Sinuan	Pahang Rangers
MPFL Top Scorer	Ali Ebrahimi	Selangor MAC

References

^ Abdullah, Meor (2023-02-18). "MPFL 2023: Selangor MAC Mulakan Kempen Dengan Kemenangan, Atasi PFA Odin Sarawak". VOCKET FC (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^ "FA Malaysia on Instagram: "Jadual Perlawanan Malaysia Premier Futsal League (MPFL) 2023 ▶️ Peringkat Kumpulan (Pusingan 1): Hari Perlawanan 1 (18 & 19 Februari 2023) hingga Hari Perlawanan 7 (6 & 7 Mei 2023) #FAM #HarimauMalaya #MPFL2023"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
^ "FA Malaysia on Instagram: "Saingan MPFL 2023 Bermula 18 Februari 2023 Pertandingan Malaysia Premier Futsal League (MPFL) 2023 bagi kategori lelaki akan bermula pada Sabtu, 18 Februari 2023 dengan disertai oleh 14 pasukan yang dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan mengikut zon. Kumpulan A terdiri daripada pasukan ATM, Kedah, KPT-PST Mustangs, Pahang Rangers FC, Pulau Pinang, Sabah dan Terengganu. Sementara Kumpulan B menampilkan pasukan Johor Darul Ta'zim, KL City FC, Kuala Lumpur, PFA Odin Sarawak, Selangor MAC, Selangor TOT United dan Shah Alam City. Pertandingan dijalankan secara format liga dua pusingan (home & away) di venue pilihan pasukan yang mana setiap pasukan akan beraksi sebanyak 12 perlawanan. Empat pasukan teratas Kumpulan A dan B seterusnya akan mara ke pusingan kalah mati iaitu Suku Akhir secara satu pusingan (venue perlawanan akan diundi) serta Separuh Akhir dan Final secara timbal balik di venue pilihan pasukan. Selepas berakhir saingan liga tersebut, Malaysia Futsal Cup (MFC) 2023 pula bakal menyusul pada Ogos dan September 2023. Ia akan disertai lapan pasukan iaitu enam pasukan yang layak automatik - tiga pasukan teratas Kumpulan A dan B pada MPFL 2023 serta dua pasukan pemenang dari pusingan kelayakan iaitu pasukan tempat keempat dan kelima Kumpulan A dan B. Format pertandingan MFC 2023 ialah kalah mati secara timbal balik - home dan away iaitu bermula dari Suku Akhir, Separuh Akhir dan Final. #FAM #HarimauMalaya #MPFL2023 #MFC2023"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-02-19.
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[3] "FA Malaysia on Instagram: "Saingan MPFL 2023 Bermula 18 Februari 2023 Pertandingan Malaysia Premier Futsal League (MPFL) 2023 bagi kategori lelaki akan bermula pada Sabtu, 18 Februari 2023 dengan disertai oleh 14 pasukan yang dibahagikan kepada dua kumpulan mengikut zon. Kumpulan A terdiri daripada pasukan ATM, Kedah, KPT-PST Mustangs, Pahang Rangers FC, Pulau Pinang, Sabah dan Terengganu. Sementara Kumpulan B menampilkan pasukan Johor Darul Ta'zim, KL City FC, Kuala Lumpur, PFA Odin Sarawak, Selangor MAC, Selangor TOT United dan Shah Alam City. Pertandingan dijalankan secara format liga dua pusingan (home & away) di venue pilihan pasukan yang mana setiap pasukan akan beraksi sebanyak 12 perlawanan. Empat pasukan teratas Kumpulan A dan B seterusnya akan mara ke pusingan kalah mati iaitu Suku Akhir secara satu pusingan (venue perlawanan akan diundi) serta Separuh Akhir dan Final secara timbal balik di venue pilihan pasukan. Selepas berakhir saingan liga tersebut, Malaysia Futsal Cup (MFC) 2023 pula bakal menyusul pada Ogos dan September 2023. Ia akan disertai lapan pasukan iaitu enam pasukan yang layak automatik - tiga pasukan teratas Kumpulan A dan B pada MPFL 2023 serta dua pasukan pemenang dari pusingan kelayakan iaitu pasukan tempat keempat dan kelima Kumpulan A dan B. Format pertandingan MFC 2023 ialah kalah mati secara timbal balik - home dan away iaitu bermula dari Suku Akhir, Separuh Akhir dan Final. #FAM #HarimauMalaya #MPFL2023 #MFC2023"". Instagram. Retrieved 2023-02-19.

[4] Abdullah, Meor (2023-02-19). "MPFL 2023: Pahang Rangers 'Kenduri Gol' Tundukkan Sabah". VOCKET FC (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-02-20.

[5] Abdullah, Meor (2023-02-26). "MPFL 2023: JDT Berkenduri Jaringan Atasi Shah Alam City". VOCKET FC (in Malay). Retrieved 2023-02-26.

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