2016_Liga_Super

2016 Malaysia Super League

2016 Malaysia Super League

Football league season


The 2016 Malaysia Super League (English: 2016 Super League) was the 13th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...

The season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.[1][2]

Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions and retained the title from the previous season. They became the first club in the Malaysian football history to win the Liga Super title for three consecutive years.[1]

Johor Darul Ta'zim also set a new record after went through the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 22-fixtures league season. Johor Darul Ta'zim finished its "Invincibles" season with 18 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats and 58 points in total.[1]

Teams

Sime Darby were relegated after finishing bottom in the 2015 season. ATM were also relegated after losing the play-off to T-Team, which replaced LionsXII in the league.

Stadiums and locations

  • Primary venues used in the Liga Super:
More information Felda United, Johor Darul Ta'zim ...
  • 1 Correct as of end of 2015 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.

Coaching changes

More information Team, Outgoing Head Coach ...

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Results

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Source: SPMB Football Association of Malaysia, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 3) Number of goals against.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Also qualification to AFC Cup group stage if failed to qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage.
  2. Since the winners of 2016 Piala FA, Johor Darul Ta'zim, currently qualify for AFC Champions League based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Piala FA winner (AFC Cup group stage) would be passed to the next best team in the table (in this case, the second-placed team).
  3. Kedah Football Association (Kedah FA) has been found guilty of putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016. Therefore, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been awarded 3 points for Pahang and Kedah sentenced deducted 3 points for the incident.
  4. Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.

Result table

More information Home \ Away, FEL ...
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: Liga Super 1, Liga Super 2
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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 in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

More information Team \ Round ...
Leader
Relegation to 2017 Liga Premier

Relegation play-off

More information ATM, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 500

T-Team have qualified for the 2016 Malaysia Super League season.

Statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 October 2016
More information Rank, Player ...

Own goals

Hat-tricks

More information Player, Club ...
Note

4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 22 October 2016
More information Rank, Player ...

Discipline

Players

As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
More information #, Player ...

Club

As of matches played on 23 July 2016.
More information Rank, Club ...

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...

Attendance

Crowd Attendance For All Venues

More information HOME, AWAY ...

By Week

More information Round, Total ...

source: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Number of teams by states and federal territories

More information States and federal territories, Total ...

See also


References

  1. 2016 Liga Super
  2. "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  3. "Zainal Abidin Hassan dilantik jurulatih Selangor". Selangor (in Malay). 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 15 February 2016. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. "A-League winning coach Mike Mulvey 'rested' by Terengganu in Malaysia". ESPN.com. ESPN Enterprises, Inc. 19 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  5. Faizul Azlan Razak (16 August 2016). "Dua jurulatih bergabung 'selamatkan' Terengganu" (in Malay). Berita Harian. New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  6. "TERENGGANU TAGIH SENTUHAN AJAIB CHE KU MARZUKI" (in Malay). Terengganu Sebelas. August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  7. "Liga Super Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  8. Sundaresan, Keeshaanan. "Penang's Faiz Subri wins PFAM-Asiana.my Player of the Month award - FourthOfficial.com". fourthofficial.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  9. "Zainal, Mat Zan jurulatih terbaik Februari". bharian.com.my. 25 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
  10. Kharbanda, Prashant. "JDT's Mario Gomez wins Coach of the Month award - FourthOfficial.com". fourthofficial.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

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