The 2017 Liga Premier (), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 14th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2017 Liga Premier Kuala Lumpur were crowned the champions and were promoted to Liga Super since relegated in 2012 season.
The season started on 20 January and concluded on 27 October 2017.
Season Changes A total of 12 teams contested the league, including 8 sides from the 2016 season, two relegated from the 2016 Liga Super and two promoted from the 2016 Liga FAM.
To Liga Premier Relegated from Liga Super PDRM Terengganu
Promoted from Liga FAM MIFA PKNP
From Liga Premier Promoted to Liga Super Melaka United PKNS
Relegated to Liga FAM Sime Darby
Team withdrawal DRB-HICOM (joined the Kuala Lumpur League Division 1)
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. Team Location Stadium Capacity ATM Tanjung Malim Proton City Stadium 5,000 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000 Kuantan Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000 Kuala Lumpur Selayang Selayang Stadium 11,098 MIFA Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000 Negeri Sembilan Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000 PDRM Krubong Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000 Perlis Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium 20,000 PKNP Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500 Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000 Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000 UiTM Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 6,000
Clubs locations
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 Coach Captain Kit Sponsor ATM Azhar Abdullah Venice Elphi Admiral Malaysian Armed Forces Johor Darul Ta'zim II Benjamin Mora Nicolás Fernández Nike Forest City Kuantan Zulhamizan Zakaria Malik Ariff SkyHawk Kuantan FC Holding Kuala Lumpur Fábio Maciel Helmi Remeli Fawz JL99 Group & EKOVEST MIFA Jacob Joseph K. Nanthakumar Umbro MIFA Negeri Sembilan Asri Ninggal Nasriq Baharom Mizuno Matrix Concepts PDRM Fauzi Pilus Safuwan Baharudin Line 7 Forca Perlis Syamsul Saad Alafi Mahmud Carino Daily Fresco PKNP Abu Bakar Fadzim Shahrel Fikri Puma SE Perak Corp. Sabah Jelius Ating Rawilson Batuil Carino Sabah Energy Corp & Asian Supply Base Terengganu Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Abdul Latiff Suhaimi Kobert Chicken Cottage UiTM Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail Afif Asyraf Zabawi Umbro Soaring Upwards
Coaching changes Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. TeamOutgoing head coachManner ofdepartureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate ofappointment Kuala Lumpur Ismail Zakaria Resigned 23 November 2016 Pre-season Wanderley da Silva 1 December 2016 Sabah Johnny Dominicus Demote to assistant head coach 25 November 2016 Steve Vilmiaire 25 November 2016 Perlis Dollah Salleh End of contract 30 November 2016 Razip Ismail Johor Darul Ta'zim II Benjamin Mora Promoted to JDT I 18 January 2017 Hamzani Omar 18 January 2017 Kuala Lumpur Wanderley da Silva 6th Fábio Maciel Perlis Razip Ismail Resigned 4 March 2017 12th Syamsul Saad 7 March 2017 Sabah Steve Vilmiaire Resigned 19 March 2017 11th Jelius Ating 19 March 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Hamzani Omar Rested 19 June 2017 6th Benjamin Mora 19 June 2017
Foreign players Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Club Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 (Asian) Former Players ATM Ikbol Babakhanov Pavel Smolyachenko Bae Beom-geun Johor Darul Ta'zim II Samuel Cáceres Nicolás Fernández Jerónimo Barrales Alex Smith Gabriel Guerra* Kuantan Ljubo Baranin Stefan Vukmirović Shunsuke Nakatake Shim Un-seob Kuala Lumpur Paulo Josue Nicolás Dul Guilherme de Paula Bobur Akbarov Modibo Konté MIFA Dimitri Bodric Dudu Kpah Sherman Shin Jae-pil Alan Aciar Steven Imbiri Michael Ijezie PDRM Souleymane Konaté Yasir Hanapi Dao Bakary Safuwan Baharudin Frederic Pooda Negeri Sembilan Nemanja Vidić Lee Tuck Jonathan Béhé Bruno Suzuki Marko Šimić Perlis Maksimilian Fomin Modibo Konté Brandon Adams Ndumba Makeche Oh Kyu-bin Park Yong-joon Damion Stewart PKNP Ritus Krjauklis Vincent Weijl Gilberto Fortunato Kim Hyun-woo Sabah Francis Kasonde Lee Kil-Hoon Rodoljub Paunović Heo Jae-nyeong Sofiane Choubani Jonathan Béhé Masaya Jitozono Igor Čerina Terengganu Lázaro Gabriel Davis Kipré Tchétché Issey Nakajima-Farran Federico Falcone Lutfulla Turaev UiTM O.K. John Dechi Marcel Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Do Dong-hyun Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window. Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from playing squad due to medical issues or other matters. Johor Darul Ta'zim II swop the strikers with Johor Darul Ta'zim
Half-Malaysian players Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Samuel Somerville Daniel Ting Ernest Wong Wen Hao
Results
League table
Result table
Positions by round
Statistics Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Guilherme de PaulaKuala Lumpur272 Akanni-Sunday WasiuUiTM193 Dao BakaryPDRM15 Malik AriffATM5 Do Dong-hyunUiTM136 Bodric DimitriMIFA12 Nicolás FernándezJohor Darul Ta'zim II8 Jeronimo BarralesJohor Darul Ta'zim II11 Ljubo BaraninKuantan Bruno SuzukiNegeri Sembilan Shahrel FikriPKNP12 Safuwan BaharudinPDRM9 Venice ElphiATM Kipré TchétchéTerengganu Gilberto FortunatoPKNP16 Issey Nakajima-FarranTerengganu8 Michael ChukwubunnaMIFA18 Jonathan BéhéNegeri Sembilan (4), Sabah (3)7 Marko ŠimićNegeri Sembilan Pavel SmolyachenkoATM Kpah ShermanMIFA21 Brandon AdamsPerlis6 Paulo JosueKuala Lumpur Shim Un-seobKuantan25 Rafizol RoslanATM5 Gabriel GuerraJohor Darul Ta'zim II DuduMIFA Lee TuckNegeri Sembilan Lee Kil-HoonSabah
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date Ref Bruno Suzuki Negeri Sembilan Sabah 3–0 (H) Gabriel Guerra Johor Darul Ta'zim II Perlis 4–0 (H) Bodric Dimitri MIFA Johor Darul Ta'zim II 5–3 (H) Pavel Smolyachenko ATM Sabah 2–5 (A) Do Dong-hyun UiTM MIFA 2–7 (A) Venice Elphi ATM Kuantan 4–3 (H) Guilherme de Paula Kuala Lumpur Perlis 0–5 (A) ATM 0–66 (A) Kuantan 3–6 (A) Malik Ariff Kuantan Sabah 3–3 (H) Lee Kil-Hoon Sabah Perlis 5–1 (H) Dao Bakary PDRM Kuantan 5–34 (H) Notes: 4 Player scored 4 goals; 6 Player scored 6 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Own goals RankPlayerForAgainstDateGoals1 Nasrullah Haniff JohanTerengganuPKNP 21 February 20171 Faqih IkhwanATMPDRM 28 February 2017 Igor ČerinaSabahUiTM 28 February 2017 Randy BaruhPKNP 3 March 2017 Ikbol BabakhanovATMKuala Lumpur 14 April 2017 Eskandar IsmailPDRMPKNP 14 April 2017 Syafiq AzriPerlisNegeri Sembilan 25 April 2017 Firdaus FaudziTerengganuPKNP 27 October 2017
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Asyraaf OmarPKNP62 Kaharuddin RahmanNegeri Sembilan5 Suffian Abdul RahmanTerengganu4 Samuel Sommerville Johor Darul Ta'zim II3 Rozaimie RohimSabah Solehin MamatKuala Lumpur Kamarul Effandi8 Hamdan SairiPDRM2 Syazwan YusoffTerengganu10 Amierul HakimiTerengganu1 Sharbinee Allawee K. Sasi KumarJohor Darul Ta'zim II Remezey Che RosKuala Lumpur Saiful Amar SudarNegeri Sembilan Sheril Anuar SainiKuantan Jibrail Kamaron BahrinPerlis Soffuan TawilUiTM Zulfadhli MohamedMIFA Ezad Ariff
Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthRefPlayerClubFebruary Bruno SuzukiNegeri SembilanBruno Pemain Terbaik PFAM bagi Februari; Berita Harian, 28 March 2017MarchNo award given due to limited number of matches in MarchApril Nasriq BaharomNegeri SembilanMayNo award given due to limited number of matches in MayJuneNo award given due to limited number of matches in JuneJuly Shahrel FikriPKNPVingada sampaikan anugerah pemain terbaik PFAM; malaysiakini, 19 August 2017AugustNo award given due to limited number of matches in AugustSeptember
Attendances
Crowd attendance for all venues
HomeAwayAttendanceATMJDTKULKUAMIFNSEPDRMPERPNKPSABTERUITTOTALAVEATM —2321191011413,4141532382361202,1641077,025639Johor Darul Ta'zim II399—2,3626707652,6235102,6791,4202,5491,24962215,8481,441Kuala Lumpur226691—2502178883732427651,3471,3993756,773616Kuantan101257125—251607383147651031,8172184,074371MIFA500550280100—2502122001503001502002,892263Negeri Sembilan8,2495,5648,5843,1365,669—4,4454,3633,6432,6069,40177756,4375,131PDRM100200100505004,000—2001071005,20020010,757978Perlis1,175321454520470653556—9451,4005805527,626694PNKP2,2372,5711,5822,0181,3001,7761,457516—1,7411,9601,69918,8571,715Sabah3,2003,4003,0001,1001,1001,4001,3001,1501,200—8001,30018,9501,723Terengganu3,1009,0003,2005,8904,6706,6005,0003,849N/A2,300—76044,3694,437UiTM25150195256500400520235695335632—3,943359Total Crowd Attendance 197,5511,531
By Team
See also 2017 Liga Super 2017 Liga FAM 2017 Piala FA 2017 Piala Malaysia 2017 Piala Presiden 2017 Piala Belia List of Malaysian football transfers 2017
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia website Football Malaysia LLP website