2021 Malaysia Premier League

The 2021 Malaysia Premier League is the 18th season of the Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia since its establishment in 2004.

Malaysia Premier League
Season2021
Dates27 February – October 2021
Matches played54
Goals scored161 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer
← 2020
2022 →
All statistics correct as of 23 January 2021.

The season started on 27 February 2021.

Team changes

A total of 11 teams contested the league, including 10 sides from the 2020 season, 1 relegated from the 2020 Malaysia Super League.

To Premier League

Promoted from Liga M3

  • No teams.

Relegated from Super League

Notes:

^1 Felda United F.C.'s application for privitization was not approved by Football Association of Malaysia and therefore the team not qualified to participating in the league.

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player was registered after the start of the season.

The number of foreign players is restricted to four each team including at least one player from the AFC country.

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 AFC Player Former Player
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Nicolás Fernández Fernando Rodriguez Kei Hirose
Kelantan
Kelantan United Gassama Alfusainey Shuhei Fukai Masashi Motoyama Yuki Tanigawa
Kuching City Aylton Alemão Leo Alves Hudson Dias Yuta Suzuki
Negeri Sembilan Diogo Campos Fernando Barbosa Alain Akono Bae Beom-geun
PDRM Bruno Suzuki
Perak II
Sarawak United Taylor Regan Sandro Lee Chang-hoon
Selangor II Jordan Ayimbila George Attram Hein Htet Aung
Terengganu II Argzim Redžović Jordan Mintah Masaki Watanabe

Naturalisation players
Club Player 1 Player 2
Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Kiko Insa3

'Notes:

^3 Carrying Malaysian heritage.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 FAM-MSN Project[lower-alpha 1] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Kelantan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Super League
4 Kelantan United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Kuching City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Negeri Sembilan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 PDRM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Perak II[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Sarawak United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Selangor II[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Terengganu II[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 2021. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. FAM-MSN Project is only as a back-up squad and will not play in Super League.
  2. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. , Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

Season statistics

See also
  • 2021 Malaysia Super League
  • 2021 Malaysia M3 League
  • 2021 Malaysia M4 League
  • 2021 Malaysia FA Cup
  • 2021 Malaysia Cup
  • 2021 Malaysia Challenge Cup
  • 2020 Piala Presiden
  • 2021 Piala Belia
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