2022 Malaysia M3 League

The 2022 Malaysia M3 League season was the 2nd edition of the third tier Malaysia M3 League annual football league staged in Malaysia, since its establishment in 2019. The originally scheduled 2nd edition was cancelled twice due to the complications from COVID-19 and restrictions.^[1] 20 teams entered to contest starting on 12 February and ending on 24 September 2022.

Malaysia M3 League

Season	2022
Champions	PIB Shah Alam
Relegated	Langkawi City F.C. Tun Razak City F.C. FC Langkawi Tok Janggut Warriors FC Real Chukai F.C. Kijang Rangers FC
Matches played	180
Goals scored	629 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	Firdaus Azizul (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Armed Forces 15–0 Langkawi City (6 August)
Biggest away win	Tun Razak City 2–7 Imegresen FC (28 May) Ultimate 0–6 ATM FC (15 July) Ultimate 0–6 Manjung City F.C. (29 July)
Highest scoring	Tun Razak City 2–7 Imegresen FC (28 May)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Kinabalu Jaguar F.C.
← 2020 2023 → All statistics correct as of 7 August 2022.

PIB pursued their 2022 title on 24 September in Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras against Kuala Lumpur Rovers, 5–3 on penalties. 2117 attended.^[2]

Establishment and format

This new season saw the format restructuring by the Amateur Football League (AFL). On 19 January 2020, the AFL had announced the format changes for the Malaysia M3 League and Malaysia M4 League in preparation for the transition of the amateur team to semi-professional status by 2021.^[3]

20 teams entered and to be split into 2 groups, an increase of 6 teams compared to 14 teams in the previous edition. The top four teams of each group then played in the play-offs to determine which teams qualified for promotion to the Premier League in the 2023 season. The bottom three teams of each group were relegated to the M4 League.^[4]

On 20 July, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) had announced that the finalists of the M3 League would be playing against the bottom 2 non-feeder teams from the Premier League to determine the last 2 teams that qualified for the 2023 Malaysia Super League, a pool consisting of 18 teams. If M3 clubs won the playoffs, they must still fulfil MFL’s club licensing criteria before being allowed to compete in Malaysia Super League.^[5] However, on 27 September 2022, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that the 7 M3 teams that applied for licensing to play in Super League, including champions PIB FC, have failed in their application, and consequently are not involved in the promotion to Super League.^[6]

Season changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020 season.

To Malaysia M3 League

Relegated from Premier League

• None

New Team

• BRM
• Bukit Tambun
• Langkawi
• Kinabalu Jaguar
• Kijang Rangers
• Malaysia University
• Real Chukai
• Respect
• Tok Janggut Warriors
• Tun Razak City

From Malaysia M3 League

Teams withdrawn (From 2021 Season)

• Cyberlynx
• MNY
• Kuala Kangsar
• Protap

(From 2020 Season)

• IKRAM Muda
• Klasiko
• Kuala Terengganu Rovers
• Melaka City
• Melawati
• Northern Lions-Mahsa
• Sarawak
• Semarak
• Thai Selangor

Clubs locations

SAINS

Langkawi City, Langkawi

Manjung City

Perlis United

Klang Valley

Kinabalu Jaguar

Kijang Rangers

Tok Janggut Warriors

Real Chukai

Bukit Tambun

Respect

BRM

Klang Valley teams
Harini
PIB
Immigration
Ultimate
Malaysian University
Armed Forces
Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Tun Razak City

Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia M3 League

Venues

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Armed Forces	Kuala Lumpur	Mindef Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	1,000
BRM	Kuala Kangsar	Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak	15,000
Bukit Tambun	Bukit Tambun	Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan, Penang	40,000
Langkawi	Langkawi	Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah	10,000
Harini	Kuala Selangor	UPM Stadium, Serdang, Selangor	3,000
Immigration	Putrajaya	USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan	1,000
Kijang Rangers	Pasir Mas	Pasir Mas Mini Stadium, Pasir Mas, Kelantan	100
Kinabalu Jaguar	Kota Kinabalu	Penampang Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah	1,000
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	18,000
Langkawi City	Langkawi	Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah	10,000
Malaysia University	Kuala Lumpur	UKM Bangi Stadium, Bangi, Selangor	500
Manjung City	Seri Manjung	Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak	15,000
Perlis United	Kangar	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis	20,000
PIB	Shah Alam	USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan	1,000
Real Chukai	Chukai	Mak Chili Stadium, Terengganu	500
Respect	Ipoh	Perak Football Complex, Chemor, Perak	-
Sains	Seremban	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan	45,000
Tok Janggut Warriors	Pasir Puteh	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan	22,000
Tun Razak City	Bandar Tun Razak	UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur	1,000
Ultimate	Kajang	MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya, Selangor	1,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Armed Forces	Boon Aik Hau	Venice Elphi	Ego Sport
BRM	Ahmad Fairuz Yunus	Azmeer Yusof	Stallion Apparel	Legasi
Bukit Tambun	Izzat Nazari	Muhd Zharif Md Desa	HakkaClo	Gimart
Langkawi	Azhar Abdul Rahman	Mohammad Norhamizikri	Sittra
Harini	G. Muthu	Pravin	Zush Sports	Harini
Immigration	Hamizar Hamzah	Fauzi Majid	Zush Sports	redONE
Kijang Rangers	Zahasmi Ismail	Fairul Afikin	Gatti	Kijang Gold,Bina Thari
Kinabalu Jaguar	Aiyyman Shah Johny	Jenius Karib	Carino	VBB
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Zamri Hassan	Muhammad Firdaus	Puma
Langkawi City	Abdul Ghani Long	Hasif Khalid	Fitech	LGKSPORTS
Malaysian University	Ridzuan Abu Shah	Ahmad Hijazi	Lotto
Manjung City	Rafae Isa	Muhammad Faizzzwan	HakkaClo	Lagenda Properties
Perlis United	Azizul Abidin	Azmizi Azmi	Lotto	Marina Island
PIB	K. Ramachandran	Ali Imran Alimi	Kelme
Real Chukai	Mohd Nik	Zahieruddin Zakaria	Voltra	UC Tati
Respect	S. Sathia Kumaran	R. Surendran	Torpedo Sports	mycell technology,Swiss PharmaCan
SAINS	Leong Hong Seng	Yosry Derma Raju	Azman Adnan Apparel	MBI,Sains
Tok Janggut Warriors	Hashim Mustapha	Khairul Izuan Rosli	Axe Sportwear	Ayam Putih Sdn. Bhd
Tun Razak City	Mat Zan Mat Aris	Azidan Sarudin	X-Sports	SIMPLYK,MEGATRAVEL
Ultimate	Azman Adnan	Hariz Fazrin	Forfit	Forfit

League table

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Kinabalu Jaguar	18	14	3	1	42	8	+34	45	Advance to knock-out stage & dissolved end of season.
2	Manjung City	18	11	3	4	33	10	+23	36	Advance to knock-out stage
3	Armed Forces	18	11	2	5	56	19	+37	35
4	Immigration	18	10	4	4	52	23	+29	34
5	SAINS	18	8	3	7	32	31	+1	27
6	Malaysian University	18	5	8	5	18	11	+7	23
7	Ultimate	18	6	4	8	22	41	−19	22
8	Langkawi City	18	5	3	10	20	45	−25	18	Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.
9	Tun Razak City	18	1	3	14	14	60	−46	6
10	FC Langkawi	18	0	5	13	13	54	−41	5

Source: FAM
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Harini	18	10	5	3	38	23	+15	35	Advance to knock-out stage
2	BRM	18	9	7	2	29	14	+15	34
3	PIB	18	9	5	4	31	21	+10	32
4	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	18	8	7	3	37	22	+15	31
5	Perlis United	18	8	4	6	31	28	+3	28
6	Bukit Tambun	18	6	5	7	21	21	0	23
7	Respect	18	5	5	8	12	20	−8	20	Club resigned and dissolved.
8	Tok Janggut Warriors	18	5	2	11	15	29	−14	17	Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.
9	Real Chukai	18	3	5	10	11	26	−15	14	Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
10	Kijang Rangers	18	2	5	11	18	39	−21	11	Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.

Source: FAM
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result table

Group A

Home \ Away	AFC	FCL	IMI	KIJ	LCT	MAU	MCT	KSR	TRC	ULT
Armed Forces		8–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	3–0	2–1	4–1
Langkawi	0–2		0–1	2–2	0–3	0–0	0–4	1–3	1–1	2–3
Immigration	2–3	8–0		1–2	6–1	0–0	1–0	3–3	9–0	0–0
Kinabalu Jaguar F.C.	1–0	3–0	2–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	6–0	6–0
Langkawi City	0–15	1–1	1–2	1–3		1–1	0–3	3–2	0–3	0–2
Malaysian University	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–1	3–0		0–1	0–0	2–4	1–1
Manjung City	1–0	2–1	3–1	0–0	2–1	0–0		2–0	3–0	3–0
SAINS	3–5	7–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	2–1		2–1	1–0
Tun Razak City	3–2	1–1	2–7	2–5	10–3	1–3	1–1	2–0		1–0
Ultimate	0–6	2–1	4–4	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–6	2–3	3–1

Source: FAM
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.

Group B

Home \ Away	BRM	BUT	HAR	KIR	KLR	PLU	PIB	REC	RES	TOK
BRM		1–1	2–0	6–1	1–2	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
Bukit Tambun	0–1		1–1	3–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–1	1–0
Harini	1–1	1–0		5–2	2–4	1–1	2–1	3–0	3–1	2–0
Kijang Rangers	3–3	2–1	1–4		0–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–1
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	1–1	3–1	3–3	4–0		2–3	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
Perlis United	2–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1		0–3	2–1	1–2	5–0
PIB	1–0	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–2	1–4		3–0	0–0	3–1
Real Chukai	1–1	0–2	3–2	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–2		0–0	1–1
Respect	0–2	0–1	0–1	0–0	0–5	3–1	2–1	1–0		0–1
Tok Janggut Warriors	0–0	1–2	0–2	4–2	2–1	1–2	0–3	1–2	1–0

Source: FAM
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.

Knock-out stage

Bracket

	Quarter-finals							Semi-finals							Final
	Kinabalu Jaguar		2	1	3
	Kuala Lumpur Rovers		2	2	4
								Kuala Lumpur Rovers		0	2	2
								BRM		0	2	2
	BRM		2	1	3
	Armed Forces		3	0	3
															Kuala Lumpur Rovers		1 (3)
															PIB		1 (5)
	Manjung City		0	0	0
	PIB		0	1	1
								PIB		2	1	3
								Immigration		1	0	1
	Harini		2	0	2
	Immigration		1	2	3

Quarter-finals

First leg

20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)

20:45 UTC+8

Kinabalu Jaguar	2–2	Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Fattah 3' Alphonso 44'	Report	Hafiq Omar 82' Amirul Nizam 87'

Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu

Attendance: 400

Referee: Hasman Hisam Asngari

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20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)

20:45 UTC+8

Manjung City	0–0	PIB
	Report

Manjung Stadium, Seri Manjung

Attendance: 300

Referee: Shahrul Naim Shamsul Hisham

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20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)

16:45 UTC+8

Armed Forces	3–2	BRM
Shopri 18' (66) Faiz Ibrahim 42'	Report	Abdul Hadi 54' Maniom 88'

Mindef Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 200

Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

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20 August 2022 (2022-08-20)

20:45 UTC+8

Immigration	1–2	Harini
Firdaus Azizul 89'	Report	K. Reuben 57' Praviin 61'

UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 532

Referee: Muhammad Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

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Second leg

27 August 2022 (2022-08-27)

20:45 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur Rovers	2–1	Kinabalu Jaguar
Nur Iqmal 3(P)' Faizal Hafiq 49'	Report	Ranilson Batuil 64'

UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 230

Referee: Mohd Syukri Azeman

Kuala Lumpur Rovers won 4-3 on aggregate.

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27 August 2022 (2022-08-27)

16:15 UTC+8

PIB	1–0	Manjung City
Muhammad Hadi 68'	Report

USIM Stadium, Nilai

Attendance: 400

Referee: Muhammad Nasruddin Muhammad Tamrin

PIB FC won 1-0 on aggregate.

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27 August 2022 (2022-08-27)

20:45 UTC+8

BRM	1–0	Armed Forces
Nuriqmal 13'	Report

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 410

Referee: Muhamad Shamil Mohd Jaafar

BRM FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 3-3.

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27 August 2022 (2022-08-27)

20:45 UTC+8

Harini	0–2	Immigration
	Report	Hazim 25' Firdaus Azizul 37'

UPM Stadium, Serdang

Attendance: 300

Referee: S. Logeswaran

Immigration FC won 3-2 on aggregate.

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Semi-finals

First leg

4 September 2022 (2022-09-04)

20:45 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur Rovers	0–0	BRM
	Report

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 320

Referee: Mohd Syukri b. Azeman

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4 September 2022 (2022-09-04)

20:45 UTC+8

PIB	2–1	Immigration
Huzaini 43' Azizul 89'	Report	Muhd Arif 84(P)'

UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam

Attendance: 657

Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

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Second leg

11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

20:45 UTC+8

BRM	2–2	Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Zhafir 57' Nuriqmal 80'	Report	Shafiq 15' Faizal Hafiq 66'

Perak Stadium, Ipoh

Attendance: 250

Referee: Sayed Ahmad Al-Quraisy

Kuala Lumpur Rovers FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 2-2.

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11 September 2022 (2022-09-11)

20:45 UTC+8

Immigration	0–1	PIB
	Report	Muhammad Hadi 31'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka

Attendance: 325

Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi bin Katimin

PIB FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

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Finals

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)

20:45 UTC+8

Kuala Lumpur Rovers	1 – 1	PIB
Muhammad Hadi Mizei@Termizi 50'	Report	Muhammad Khairu Anwar Khazali 82'
Penalties
Iqmal Nazrul Hafiz Ubaidullah	3 – 5	Syukri Faizzudin Adam Shafiq Aniq Fa'es Hafize

Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras

Attendance: 2117

Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi Katimin

• PIB FC won 5–3 on penalties

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 11 Sep 2022.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[7]
1	Firdaus Azizul	Immigration FC	22
2	Faiz Ibrahim	Armed Forces FC	18
3	Shafiq Shaharudin	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	12
4	Ikmal Ibrahim	Perlis United	9
5	Rahmanshah Marajeh	Harini FT	8
	Rizzham Norman	Tun Razak City

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Rahmanshah Marajeh	Harini	Kijang Rangers	5 - 2 (H)[8][9]	26 February 2022

Notes

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

See also

• 2022 Malaysia Super League
• 2022 Malaysia Premier League
• 2022 Malaysia M5 League
• 2022 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2022 Malaysia Cup
• 2022 Malaysia Challenge Cup
• 2020 Piala Presiden
• 2022 Piala Belia
• List of Malaysian football transfers 2022