2016 Malaysia Super League

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Season 2016 Dates 13 Feb 2016 – 22 Oct 2016 Location Malaysia Matches played 132		Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim Champion Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. Goals scored 385

Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim(3rd title) Top goalscorer (18 goals)Jorge Pereyra Díaz Biggest home win (16 July 2016)Johor Darul Ta'zim 5–0 Kedah Biggest away win (21 May 2016)Pahang 0–6 Johor Darul Ta'zim Similar 2015 Malaysia Super Le, 2016 Malaysia Cup, 2017 Malaysia Super Le, 2016 AFC Cup, 2014 Malaysia Super Le

The 2016 Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia 2016) is the 13th season of the highest Malaysian football league since its inception in 2004. The season will start on 13 February 2016 and is scheduled to conclude on 22 October 2016. Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. are the defending champions.

Johor Darul Ta'zim retained the title, winning it for the third consecutive season (their 3rd League title) after beating Terengganu 3–0 on the Matchday 20 on 9 September 2016, thereby becoming the first club in the history of the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysian football championship to win three consecutive championships.

In the end, Johor Darul Ta'zim went through the season without a single defeat – the first team ever to do so in a 22-game league season and were crowned champions for the third time. Johor Darul Ta'zim's "Invincibles" finished the season with 18 wins, 4 draws, 0 defeats and 58 points.

Team

Sime Darby F.C. were relegated to 2016 Malaysia Premier League after finished bottom of in 2015 Malaysia Super League. Meanwhile, ATM FA (11th places) also relegated after losing the play-off to T–Team F.C. who will replaced LionsXII in the league. Kedah and Penang promoted to Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2015 Malaysia Premier League.

List of teams

Teams:

FELDA United F.C.

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
(2015 Defending Champion)

Kedah FA

Kelantan FA

PDRM FA

Pahang F.C.

Penang FA

Perak FA

Sarawak FA

Selangor FA

T–Team F.C.

Terengganu FA

Notes:
1. Kedah FA is champions of 2015 Malaysia Premier League
2. Penang FA runners-up of 2015 Malaysia Premier League
3. T–Team F.C. is the play-off winner, will take LionsXII slot

Stadiums and locations

Primary venues used in the Malaysia Super League:

¹ Correct as of end of 2015 Malaysia Super League season

Personnel and sponsoring

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

Foreign players

Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.

Relegation play-off

T-Team won to qualified 2016 Malaysia Super League season.

Results

For unofficial Malaysia club ranking, see Football Malaysia Index.

Result table

Updated to games played on 22 October 2016.
Source: Malaysia Super League 1, Malaysia Super League 2
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

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 in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.

Top scorers

As of matches played on 22 October 2016.

Hat-tricks

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 22 October 2016

Players

As of matches played on 23 July 2016.

Club