Number of teams 108 Promotion to FAM League | Confederation AFC Level on pyramid 4 | |
Founded 13 September 2015; 17 months ago (13 September 2015) | ||
Liga Bolasepak Rakyat (English: Malaysia People's Football League) is the fourth-tier football league in Malaysia. The league is managed by Liga Bolasepak Rakyat-Limited Liability Partnership (LBR-LLP) and it is an amateur-level competition. It was established in 2015 to provide an alternative entry point for young players. For 2016–17 season, there are a total of 108 clubs participated in the league to represent their district out of more than 150 possible districts in the country to play in the league. The clubs were divided into 8 zones according to their regional location.
Contents
- History
- Clubs
- North Zone
- West Zone
- Middle Zone 1 2
- South Zone
- East Zone
- Borneo Zone 1
- Borneo Zone 2
- Missing clubs
- Years
- References
The current champion is Kuching, a club from Borneo Zone 2 which won the league in 2015-16 season.
History
Liga Bolasepak Rakyat is a joint idea of Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah and Tengku Mahkota Pahang, with an objective of developing football systematically, besides functioning as an institute to produce talented players for the national side. A total of 111 clubs from all around the country will be joining the amateur-level competition for 2015-16 season, which is divided to 8 zones where 520 matches to be played. The competition is open to Under-28 players, including five Under-21 boys.
After a successful early stage of the league during its first season, FAM has approved to give out the right of the league management to LBR-LLP for ten years in order to develop lower league football.
The second season of LBR will start on September 2016 with 125 clubs planned to be competing in the league. In 25 September 2016, it has been confirmed that a total of 108 clubs participated in the league to represent their district in the league for the second season even though ten Johor based clubs pulled from the league. LBR-LLP has also announced that a women's league for LBR will commence next year as part of LBR effort to support women's football development in Malaysia. LBR-LLP also has launched the kits with themes inspired by common region colour according to the zones the clubs participated. The purpose for effort are to fulfil sponsors obligation and to promote the branding for the league and also help clubs to reduce management cost. Even though a common kits has been introduced, clubs are still allowed to use their own kits instead of it.
Clubs
Currently there are a total of 108 clubs out of more than 150 possible districts in the country participated in the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat for 2016–17 season. The clubs were divided into 8 zones according to regional location.
North Zone
There are 14 clubs competing in North Zone this season.
West Zone
There are 14 clubs competing in West Zone this season.
Middle Zone 1 & 2
There are 29 clubs competing in Middle Zone 1 & 2 this season.
South Zone
There are nine clubs competing in South Zone this season.
East Zone
There are 14 clubs competing in East Zone this season.
Borneo Zone 1
There are 16 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 1 this season.
Borneo Zone 2
There are 12 clubs competing in Borneo Zone 2 this season.
The italic clubs did not play current season. Listed in bracket is the district the club representing in the league. The bold is the new clubs that play current season.
Missing clubs
Although some clubs has pulled from the league over the years, there still some other districts located in Malaysia which has never been represented in any forms in the league. Those clubs are listed below: