The 2019 Malaysia M3 League was the 1st season of the

Malaysia M3 League The Malaysia M3 League ( ms, Liga M3 Malaysia) is the third level football league of the Malaysian football league system. It operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Malaysia Premier League and the Malaysia M4 League.http:// ...

that replaced the former

Malaysia FAM League The FAM Cup (Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out tournament for teams in both the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia. The tournament was a cup format, but from 2008 to 2018 was held as a third-tier league tournament and use ...

Establishment and format

This season saw a revamp of the competition's format by the

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(FAM). Announced earlier on 24 November 2018 by FAM deputy president Yusoff Mahadi, the format of the new season was outlined in a meeting by FAM's Local Competition Committee and were announced in a media statement on 19 December 2018. The format will be reverted to a straight knock-out tournament format (a format used before 2008), as opposed to the league format used since 2008. 64 teams competed for the FAM Cup, including 6 teams confirmed earlier to participate in the Malaysia FAM Cup, and teams promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The rest of the teams included were 19 teams nominated by FAM's associate members, and teams from the newly created Malaysia M4 League, whose selection was subject to methods decided by the

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. The champions of the 2019 Malaysia FAM Cup then competed with the last-placed 2019 Malaysia Premier League team in a play-off match for a slot to participate in the

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. Earlier, there was speculation that the league organization might be taken over by the

, organizers of the

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and the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier Leagu ...

, having been held by the FAM since 1951, but this was clarified in an FAM media statement that the FAM will cooperate with the MFL for the organization of the tournament, with the FAM still holding major responsibilities and ownership of the tournament and the rights of it. MFL covered the cost of the teams participating from the first round up until the quarter-finals, while the FAM covered the cost of the teams participating from that point onwards.

Teams

As of 11 February 2019, 14 teams confirmed their participation in the 2019 Malaysia M3 League. *

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* Banggol Tokku * Batu Dua * DDM FC * Langkawi Glory United * Johor Bahru * Kelantan United *

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* Penjara * Protap * Puchong Fuerza * SAMB * Tun Razak *

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Season Changes

Renamed clubs

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was renamed to Armed Forces FC, and relocated to

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. * Glory United FC was renamed to Langkawi Glory United, and relocated to

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. * MPKB-BRI U-BeS was renamed to Kelantan United.

To the Malaysia M3 League

Promoted from the Malaysia M4 League * Banggol Tok Ku - Promoted by winning the 2018 Terengganu Amateur M5 League * Batu Dua - Promoted by winning the 2018 South Selangor M5 League * Dak-dak Melawati - Promoted by winning the 2018 Selangor Social Premier M5 League * Langkawi Glory United - Promoted by winning the 2018 Subang Football M5 League * Johor Bahru - Promoted by winning the 2018 Johor Darul Ta’zim M5 League (HM Sultan of Johor Cup) * Penjara - Promoted by winning the 2018 PBNS President Cup M5 League * Protap - Promoted by winning the 2018 Shah Alam M5 League * Puchong Fuerza - Promoted by winning the 2018 Puchong Community M5 League * SAMB - Promoted by winning the 2018 Melaka Division 1 M5 League *

- Promoted by winning the 2018 AXA Klang Valley M5 League Relegated from the

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* None ² New Team * Tun Razak FC

From Malaysia FAM League

Promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League *

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¹ *

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² Existing teams *

* Kelantan United *

Teams withdrawn

* Terengganu Hanelang * Petaling Jaya Rangers * Marcerra United *

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* Shahzan Muda *

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* D'AR Wanderers * Terengganu City ² * KL Cops ³ * Tentera Darat ⁴ * Uptown ³ Notes: : Promoted by the finalist of the 2018 FAM Cup. : Originally Terengganu II were relegated from

and

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were promoted by winning the

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; however the Malaysian Football League blocked Terengganu City's promotion due to financial issues, granted Terengganu II's to stay in the Malaysia Premier League, and accepted

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's application to be promoted to the Malaysia Premier League, replacing the expelled

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: Originally KL Cops from the 2018 DD Social M5 League, and Uptown F.C. from the 2018 Sunarize Soccer M5 League were promoted to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League by winning their respective leagues; however the teams were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to unknown reasons. : Tentera Darat FA from the 2018 Kuala Lumpur M5 Super League were not registered to the 2019 Malaysia M3 League due to being in the same division as their parent club,

Clubs locations

Venues

Personnel and sponsoring

Coaching changes

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

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to two each team. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under

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. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. * Players name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window. * Foreign players who left their clubs or were de-registered from the playing squad due to medical issues or other matters.

Results

League table

Result table

Positions by round

Play-offs

The runner-up of the Malaysia M3 League will play a one-legged play-off against the last-placed Malaysia Premier League team to decide the second team to be promoted to the

Season statistics

Top scorers

Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.

Hat-tricks

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

References

External links

Football Association of Malaysia website - FAM League
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