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2021 Malaysia Super League

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The 2021 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2021), was the 18th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

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The defending champions from the 2020 Malaysia Super League season, Johor Darul Ta'zim, have managed to defend their title, securing their 8th consecutive title (since 2014) on 28 August 2021 although having 2 more matches left.[1] On the other hand, Kedah who became the runner-ups have qualified to the 2022 AFC Cup. Penang who got third was a standby team for the AFC Cup and would qualify if the winners of the 2021 Malaysia Cup went to the Johor or Kedah, but they failed to and Kuala Lumpur City who became the champions ended up taking the spot.[2]

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Team changes

The following teams have changed division.

Renamed/Rebranded Clubs

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Clubs locations

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Personnel, kit 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

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Southeast Asia (SEA) players are required to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when they are earned while those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to MFL approval.

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

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

Naturalisation players

Notes:

^2 Carrying Malaysian heritage.
^3 Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.
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League table

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Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup
  2. Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).[25]
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Result table

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Source: MFL
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.
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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 to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.

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Leader
Relegation to 2022 Premier League
Source: MFL
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Season statistics

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  • Most goals scored by one player in a match: 3 goals
    • (All players who got a hatrick)
  • Widest winning margin: 6 goals
  • Most goals in a match: 8 goals
  • Most goals in one half: 6 goals
    • Perak vs Penang (3 August 2021) 2–4 at half time, 3–5 final
  • Most goals in one half by a single team: 4 goals

Top goalscorers

As of matches played 12 September 2021[26]
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Hat-trick

As of matches played 12 September 2021
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Notes (H) – Home team (A) – Away team

Top assists

As of matches played 12 September 2021
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Clean Sheets

As of matches played 12 September 2021
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Discipline

As of matches played 12 September 2021

Overall

Players

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 4
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See also

References

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