2025–26 Malaysia Super League

2025–26 Malaysia Super League

The 2025–26 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2025–26) is the 22nd season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004, and the 44th season of the top-flight Malaysian football overall.

Johor Darul Ta'zim are the defending champions having won their record 11th Super League title in the previous season.

Teams

Changes from the previous season

A total of thirteen teams contest the league, including ten from the 2024–25 season, two promoted from the A1 Semi-Pro League and one invited team. Kedah Darul Aman and Perak were expelled following financial difficulties. Two teams promoted from the A1 Semi-Pro League, Melaka and Immigration, are debuting in the Super League. Meanwhile, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced that the Brunei-based DPMM FC will compete in the new Super League season, after receiving approval from FIFA to participate in Malaysia’s professional league. On 20 June, Sri Pahang have officially withdrawn from the 2025–26 season, despite being granted a national licence by the MFL. The club submitted a formal letter dated 16 June, stating their decision not to participate in the new campaign, which kicks off on 8 August 2025. Kelantan Darul Naim changed the name to Kelantan The Real Warriors for this season.

Stadiums and locations

2025–26 Malaysia Super League

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Location</th><th>Stadium</th><th>Capacity</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>DPMM</td><td>Bandar Seri Begawan</td><td>Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium</td><td>28,000</td></tr><tr><td>Immigration</td><td>Kangar</td><td>Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium</td><td>5,000</td></tr><tr><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>Iskandar Puteri</td><td>Sultan Ibrahim Stadium</td><td>40,000</td></tr><tr><td>Kelantan The Real Warriors</td><td>Kota Bharu</td><td>Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium</td><td>30,000</td></tr><tr><td>Kuala Lumpur City</td><td>Cheras</td><td>Kuala Lumpur Stadium</td><td>18,000</td></tr><tr><td>Kuching City</td><td>Kuching</td><td>Sarawak State Stadium</td><td>26,000</td></tr><tr><td>Melaka</td><td>Krubong</td><td>Hang Jebat Stadium</td><td>40,000</td></tr><tr><td>Negeri Sembilan</td><td>Seremban</td><td>Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium</td><td>25,550</td></tr><tr><td>PDRM</td><td>Selayang</td><td>Selayang Stadium</td><td>30,000</td></tr><tr><td>Penang</td><td>George Town</td><td>City Stadium</td><td>20,000</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah</td><td>Kota Kinabalu</td><td>Likas Stadium</td><td>35,000</td></tr><tr><td>Selangor</td><td>Petaling Jaya</td><td>MBPJ Stadium</td><td>10,661</td></tr><tr><td>Terengganu</td><td>Kuala Nerus</td><td>Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium</td><td>50,000</td></tr></tbody></table>

Personnel and kits

2025–26 Malaysia Super League

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Head coach</th><th>Captain</th><th>Kit manufacturer</th><th>Kit sponsors</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Main</td><td>Other(s)0</td></tr><tr><td>DPMM</td><td>Jamie McAllister</td><td>Azwan Ali Rahman</td><td>Puma</td><td>Royal Brunei Airlines</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Immigration</td><td>Yusri Che Lah</td><td>Rizal Ghazali</td><td>AL Sports</td><td>Weststar</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>Xisco Muñoz</td><td>Samu Castillejo</td><td>Nike</td><td>Toyota</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Kelantan The Real Warriors</td><td>Akmal Rizal (interim)</td><td>Ifedayo Olusegun</td><td>PUC Sport</td><td>Al Hamra Group</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Kuala Lumpur City</td><td>Risto Vidaković</td><td>Paulo Josué</td><td>StarSports</td><td>DBKL</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Kuching City</td><td>Aidil Sharin Sahak</td><td>James Okwuosa</td><td>StarSports</td><td>Press Metal</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Melaka</td><td>E. Elavarasan</td><td>Nasir Basharudin</td><td>FBT</td><td>Xperts.my</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Negeri Sembilan</td><td>K. Rajan (interim)</td><td>Khuzaimi Piee</td><td>Warrix</td><td>Matrix Concept</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>PDRM</td><td>Eddy Gapil (interim)</td><td>Kyaw Min Oo</td><td>HUNDRED</td><td>redONE Mobile</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Penang</td><td>Wan Rohaimi</td><td>Stefano Brundo</td><td>Kaki Jersi</td><td>Penang2030</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah</td><td>Alto Linus (Interim)</td><td>Dominic Tan</td><td>Adidas</td><td>Sawit Kinabalu</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Selangor</td><td>Kim Pan-Gon</td><td>Faisal Halim</td><td>Joma</td><td>PKNS, Grantt Lubricants (ACC), Provident Fiduciaries Berhad (ACL2)</td><td>List</td></tr><tr><td>Terengganu</td><td>Tengku Hazman (interim)</td><td>Shahrul Nizam</td><td>ALX</td><td>Terengganu Incorporated</td><td>List</td></tr></tbody></table>

Coaching changes

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Team</th><th>Outgoing coach</th><th>Manner of departure</th><th>Date of vacancy</th><th>Position in table</th><th>Incoming coach</th><th>Date of appointment</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>Héctor Bidoglio</td><td>Mutual agreement</td><td>23 May 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Xisco Muñoz</td><td>6 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Negeri Sembilan</td><td>K. Nanthakumar</td><td>Resigned</td><td>13 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Nidzam Jamil</td><td>13 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Terengganu</td><td>Badrul Afzan</td><td>Appointed to permanent role</td><td>15 June 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Kelantan The Real Warriors</td><td>Park Jae-hong</td><td>End of contract</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>E. Elavarasan</td><td>1 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Kuala Lumpur City</td><td>Miroslav Kuljanac</td><td>End of contract</td><td>30 June 2025</td><td>Pre-season</td><td>Risto Vidaković</td><td>2 July 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah</td><td>Martin Stano</td><td>Redesignated</td><td>14 August 2025</td><td>8th</td><td>Jean-Paul de Marigny</td><td>14 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Selangor</td><td>Katsuhito Kinoshi</td><td>Sacked</td><td>26 September 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>Christophe Gamel (interim)</td><td>26 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Kelantan The Real Warriors</td><td>E. Elavarasan</td><td>Mutual agreement</td><td>3 October 2025</td><td>7th</td><td>Akmal Rizal (interim)</td><td>16 October 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah</td><td>Jean-Paul de Marigny</td><td>Resigned</td><td>18 December 2025</td><td>9th</td><td>Alto Linus (Interim)</td><td>20 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Terengganu</td><td>Badrul Afzan</td><td>Sacked</td><td>25 December 2025</td><td>5th</td><td>Tengku Hazman (interim)</td><td>25 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Melaka</td><td>K. Devan</td><td>Resigned</td><td>28 December 2025</td><td>12th</td><td>E. Elavarasan</td><td>3 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Selangor</td><td>Christophe Gamel (interim)</td><td>End of Interim</td><td>5 January 2026</td><td>3rd</td><td>Kim Pan-gon</td><td>5 January 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Negeri Sembilan</td><td>Nidzam Jamil</td><td>Resigned</td><td>24 February 2026</td><td>9th</td><td>K. Rajan (Interim)</td><td>24 February 2026</td></tr><tr><td>Sabah</td><td>Alto Linus (Interim)</td><td>End of Interim</td><td>25 February 2026</td><td>11th</td><td>Juan Torres Garrido</td><td>25 February 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

Standings

League table

<table><thead><tr><th>Pos</th><th>Team</th><th>Pld</th><th>W</th><th>D</th><th>L</th><th>GF</th><th>GA</th><th>GD</th><th>Pts</th><th>Qualification or relegation</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q)</td><td>19</td><td>19</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>86</td><td>7</td><td>+79</td><td>57</td><td>Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Selangor</td><td>20</td><td>13</td><td>3</td><td>4</td><td>42</td><td>19</td><td>+23</td><td>42</td><td>Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kuching City</td><td>19</td><td>12</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>33</td><td>9</td><td>+24</td><td>40</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kuala Lumpur City</td><td>20</td><td>11</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>36</td><td>19</td><td>+17</td><td>39</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Terengganu</td><td>19</td><td>9</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>33</td><td>26</td><td>+7</td><td>31</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Negeri Sembilan</td><td>19</td><td>5</td><td>7</td><td>7</td><td>31</td><td>28</td><td>+3</td><td>22</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Immigration</td><td>19</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>26</td><td>40</td><td>−14</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>DPMM</td><td>19</td><td>6</td><td>3</td><td>10</td><td>24</td><td>47</td><td>−23</td><td>21</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Penang</td><td>19</td><td>5</td><td>4</td><td>10</td><td>23</td><td>35</td><td>−12</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Sabah</td><td>18</td><td>3</td><td>6</td><td>9</td><td>22</td><td>40</td><td>−18</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Kelantan The Real Warriors</td><td>20</td><td>4</td><td>3</td><td>13</td><td>15</td><td>39</td><td>−24</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Melaka</td><td>19</td><td>3</td><td>5</td><td>11</td><td>14</td><td>39</td><td>−25</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td>PDRM</td><td>18</td><td>2</td><td>4</td><td>12</td><td>14</td><td>51</td><td>−37</td><td>10</td></tr></tbody></table>

Position by round

<table><thead><tr><th></th><th>Leader & Qualification for AFC Champions League Elite</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>Qualification for AFC Champions League Two</td></tr></tbody></table>

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Team</th><th>Goals</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Bérgson</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>20</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Chrigor</td><td>Selangor</td><td>19</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Jairo</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>14</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Safawi Rasid</td><td>Kuala Lumpur City</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Ronald Ngah</td><td>Kuching City</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ajdin Mujagić</td><td>Sabah / Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Dylan Wenzel-Halls</td><td>Penang</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Eduardo Sosa</td><td>Immigration</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td>Óscar Arribas</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td></tr><tr><td>Jovan Motika</td><td>Negeri Sembilan</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Arif Aiman</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>João Figueiredo</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td></tr><tr><td>Joseph Esso</td><td>Negeri Sembilan</td></tr><tr><td>Kipré Tchétché</td><td>Penang</td></tr></tbody></table>

Top assists

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Club</th><th>Assist</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Arif Aiman</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>Óscar Arribas</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Ramadhan Saifullah</td><td>Kuching City</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Manuel Hidalgo</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>9</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Alvin Fortes</td><td>Selangor</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Faisal Halim</td><td>Selangor</td></tr><tr><td>Quentin Cheng</td><td>Selangor</td></tr><tr><td>Stuart Wilkin</td><td>Sabah / Johor Darul Ta'zim</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>João Figueiredo</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td>Takumi Sasaki</td><td>Negeri Sembilan</td></tr></tbody></table>

Hat-tricks

<table><thead><tr><th>Player</th><th>For</th><th>Against</th><th>Result</th><th>Date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Chrigor</td><td>Selangor</td><td>Terengganu</td><td>5–2 (H)</td><td>27 August 2025</td></tr><tr><td>João Figueiredo</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>Sabah</td><td>8–0 (H)</td><td>21 September 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Bérgson</td></tr><tr><td>Chrigor (2)</td><td>Selangor</td><td>Penang</td><td>1–5 (A)</td><td>7 December 2025</td></tr><tr><td>Chrigor 4 (3)</td><td>Selangor</td><td>DPMM</td><td>2–5 (A)</td><td>10 January 2026</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

Clean sheets

<table><thead><tr><th>Rank</th><th>Player</th><th>Team</th><th>Clean sheets</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Syihan Hazmi</td><td>Johor Darul Ta'zim</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Haziq Nadzli</td><td>Kuching City</td><td>11</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Quincy Kammeraad</td><td>Kuala Lumpur</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Kalamullah Al-Hafiz</td><td>Selangor</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Ramadhan Hamid</td><td>Penang</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Suhaimi Husin</td><td>Terengganu</td></tr><tr><td>Zarif Irfan</td><td>Immigration</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Haimie Abdullah Nyaring</td><td>DPMM</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Azri Ghani</td><td>Negeri Sembilan</td></tr><tr><td>Rahadiazli Rahalim</td><td>Terengganu</td></tr></tbody></table>

Player

• Most yellow cards: 6 • Adib Ra'op (Penang)

• Most red cards: 2 • Fairuz Zakaria (DPMM FC)