2019_Malaysia_M3_League

2019 Malaysia M3 League

2019 Malaysia M3 League

Football league season


The 2019 Malaysia M3 League was the 1st season of the Malaysia M3 League that replaced the former Malaysia FAM League.

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Establishment and format

This season saw a revamp of the competition's format by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Announced earlier on 24 November 2018 by FAM deputy president Yusoff Mahadi,[1] the format of the new season was outlined in a meeting by FAM's Local Competition Committee and were announced in a media statement on 19 December 2018.[2]

The format will be reverted to a straight knock-out tournament format (a format used before 2008), as opposed to the league format used since 2008. 64 teams competed for the FAM Cup, including 6 teams confirmed earlier to participate in the Malaysia FAM Cup, and teams promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The rest of the teams included were 19 teams nominated by FAM's associate members, and teams from the newly created Malaysia M4 League, whose selection was subject to methods decided by the Malaysian Football League. The champions of the 2019 Malaysia FAM Cup then competed with the last-placed 2019 Malaysia Premier League team in a play-off match for a slot to participate in the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.[2]

Earlier, there was speculation that the league organization might be taken over by the Malaysian Football League, organizers of the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League, having been held by the FAM since 1951,[3] but this was clarified in an FAM media statement that the FAM will cooperate with the MFL for the organization of the tournament, with the FAM still holding major responsibilities and ownership of the tournament and the rights of it. MFL covered the cost of the teams participating from the first round up until the quarter-finals, while the FAM covered the cost of the teams participating from that point onwards.[2][4]

Teams

As of 11 February 2019, 14 teams confirmed their participation in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League.[1]

Season Changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2018 season.

To Malaysia M3 League

Relegated from Premier League

  • None 2

Existing teams (From 2018 Malaysia FAM League)

Promoted from the Malaysia M4 League

  • Banggol Tok Ku - Promoted by winning the 2018 Terengganu Amateur M5 League
  • Batu Dua - Promoted by winning the 2018 South Selangor M5 League
  • Dak-dak Melawati - Promoted by winning the 2018 Selangor Social Premier M5 League
  • Langkawi Glory United - Promoted by winning the 2018 Subang Football M5 League
  • Johor Bahru - Promoted by winning the 2018 Johor Darul Ta’zim M5 League (HM Sultan of Johor Cup)
  • Penjara - Promoted by winning the 2018 PBNS President Cup M5 League
  • Protap - Promoted by winning the 2018 Shah Alam M5 League
  • Puchong Fuerza - Promoted by winning the 2018 Puchong Community M5 League
  • SAMB - Promoted by winning the 2018 Melaka Division 1 M5 League
  • Ultimate - Promoted by winning the 2018 AXA Klang Valley M5 League

New Team

  • Tun Razak FC

Name changes

Notes:

^1 Promoted by the finalist of the 2018 FAM Cup.[5]
^2 Originally Terengganu II were relegated from 2018 Malaysia Premier League and Terengganu City F.C. were promoted by winning the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup; however the Malaysian Football League blocked Terengganu City's promotion due to financial issues, granted Terengganu II's to stay in the Malaysia Premier League, and accepted Perlis FA's application to be promoted to the Malaysia Premier League, replacing the expelled Kuantan FA[6]
^3 Originally KL Cops from the 2018 DD Social M5 League, and Uptown F.C. from the 2018 Sunarize Soccer M5 League were promoted to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League by winning their respective leagues; however the teams were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to unknown reasons.
^4 Tentera Darat FA from the 2018 Kuala Lumpur M5 Super League were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to being in the same division as their parent club, Armed Forces.

Clubs locations

Batu Dua
Batu Dua
Banggol Tok Ku
Banggol Tok Ku
Langkawi Glory United
Langkawi Glory United
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Puchong Fuerza
Puchong Fuerza
Penjara
Penjara
Locations of teams in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League
DDM
DDM
Protap
Protap
Puchong Fuerza
Puchong Fuerza
Tun Razak
Tun Razak
Kuala Lumpur

Venues

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Personnel and sponsoring

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Coaching changes

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to two each team.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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  • Players name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.
  • ^1 Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from the playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

Results

League table

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Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Two teams from runners-up of M3 and last placed team from Premier League play-offs for promotion to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

Result table

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Updated to match(es) played on 17 November 2019. Source: AFL
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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Leader
Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
Source: [citation needed]

Play-offs

The runner-up of the Malaysia M3 League will play a one-legged play-off against the last-placed Malaysia Premier League team to decide the second team to be promoted to the 2020 Malaysia Premier League.

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Season statistics

Top scorers


As of matches played on 17 November 2019.

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

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Hat-tricks

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Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
5 Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

See also


References

  1. Syafiq Aznan (24 November 2018). "FAM Cup to undergo a facelift". nst.com.my. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. "PENSTRUKTURAN SEMULA FORMAT PERTANDINGAN & PENYERTAAN PASUKAN PIALA FAM 2019". fam.org.my. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  3. Firdaus Hashim (13 November 2018). "FAM Cup faces uncertainty, MFL ready to step in". nst.com.my. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  4. Zulhilmi Zainal (19 December 2019). "FAM Cup to be contested as knockout competition in 2019". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  5. Zulhilmi Zainal (1 September 2018). "Terengganu City, Selangor United set to be promoted to Premier League". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  6. "MIFA get Super League spot, Perlis the same for Premier League". Goal.com. 30 December 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  7. "Kelantan United mahu lakukan kejutan". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  8. "Tidak gagal tapi direhatkan Batu Dua". Sukan Sinar. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  9. "Kuching signs Yuta Suzuki as first import player". SarawakCrocs. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

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