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, the top-tier professional

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league in Malaysia.

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were the defending champions.

Club licensing regulations

Starting this season, every team in the Liga Super Malaysia must have a FAM Club Licence to play in the league, or else they are relegated. To obtain a FAM Club Licence, teams must be financially healthy and meet certain standards of conduct as organisations. As part of privation effort for the league, all clubs compete in Liga Super Malaysia and Liga Premier Malaysia will be required to obtained FAM Club Licence. As in other national leagues, there are significant benefits to being in the top division: *A greater share of television broadcast licence revenues goes to Liga Super Malaysia sides. *Greater exposure through television and higher attendance levels helps Liga Super Malaysia teams attract the most lucrative sponsorships. *Liga Super Malaysia teams develop substantial financial muscle through the combination of television and gate revenues, sponsorships and marketing of their team brands. This allows them to attract and retain skilled players from domestic and international sources and to construct first-class stadium facilities. Despite several reminders from FAM from the beginning of 2015, however there are few teams failed to get the approval for both AFC and FAM club licenses from First Instance Body (FIB) . ''*Updated: 6 December 2017''

Team changes

The following teams have changed division.

To Malaysia Super League

Promoted from

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* PKNP *

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From Malaysia Super League

Relegated to

Felda United Felda United Football Club was a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang, owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).

* T–Team *

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Teams

and

were relegated to

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after finished 11th and bottom place of last season league.

and

promoted to 2018 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in

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. On 21 November 2017, it was announced that T-Team who finished ninth in the Super League last year, will play in the

pending approval from Football Malaysia LLP (FMLLP). The suggestion then were approved on 4 December 2017, followed by an announcement stating that

Felda United Felda United Football Club was a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang, owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).

, who finished third last season are ineligible to compete in this year top-tier competition. They were replaced by

and PKNP.

Venues

1: Perak plays at Lumut due to the upgrading of their own stadium at

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2: PKNP plays at Batu Kawan due to the upgrading of

3: Kelantan plays their home games at their opponents stadium during

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, due to ban of

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usage by state government during Ramadan

Personnel, kit and sponsoring

*Notes; *

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was the official captain of PKNP, before he was loaned to

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Hafiz Ramdan Mohamad Hafiz bin Ramdan (born 28 June 1993) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career In 2021 Hafiz Ramdan signed for Sri Pahang FC. He was officially announced as a new Negeri Sembilan FC Negeri Se ...

filled in as captain for PKNP.

Coaching changes

Foreign players

Southeast Asia (SEA) players need to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when caps are earned and those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to FMLLP approval. Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Naturalisation players

Notes: : Carrying Malaysian heritage. : Participated in the Malaysia national team squad.

Results

League table

Result table

Positions by round

Season statistics

Top scorers

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Top assists

Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.

Hat-tricks

Notes:
(H) – Home; (A) – Away

Own goals

''As of 28 July 2018 ''

Clean sheets

References

External links

Football Association of Malaysia website

Football Malaysia LLP website
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