2016 Malaysia Premier League

Football league season

The 2016 Liga Premier (English: 2016 Premier League), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

The season was held from 12 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.^[1][2]

The Liga Premier champions for 2016 season was Melaka United.^[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2017 Liga Super.

Teams

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2015 season.

To Liga Premier

Promoted from Liga FAM

• Melaka United (champion)
• Perlis (runner-up)

Relegated from Liga Super

• ATM (11th place)
• Sime Darby (12th place)

From Liga Premier

Promoted to Liga Super

• Kedah (Defending champions)
• Penang (runner-up)
• T–Team (play-off winner)

Relegated to Liga FAM

• SPA (withdraw league)

Name changes

• NS Matrix were renamed to Negeri Sembilan

Teams, locations and stadia

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.

Managerial 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

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

Results

League table

Source: FAM Official Site, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals against
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Result table

Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2016. Source: Malaysia FAM website
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

  Leader and promotion to 2017 Liga Super

  Promotion to 2017 Liga Super

  Relegation to 2017 Liga FAM

Crowd Attendance

For All Venues

By Week

source: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 December 2016^[12]

Hat-tricks

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals

Own goals

Awards

Monthly awards

See also

• 2016 Liga Super
• 2016 Liga FAM
• 2016 Piala FA
• 2016 Piala Malaysia
• 2016 Piala Presiden
• 2016 Piala Belia
• List of Malaysian football transfers 2016
• List of Malaysian football transfers summer 2016

References

1. [1] 2016 Liga Premier
2. "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
3. "Kontrak Mat Zan disambung" (in Malay). Harian Metro. 1 September 2015.
4. "PBNS gugur pemain, K Devan". Berita Harian (in Malay). 26 August 2015.
5. "Gary Phillips' Australian quartet ready to bring glory back to Negeri Sembilan". ESPN. 1 December 2015.
6. "Yusri Che Lah letak jawatan". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 15 October 2015.
7. "Dollah Salleh kini ketua jurulatih skuad Perlis". Sinar Harian (in Malay). 21 November 2015.
8. "Raja Isa kemudi Uitm FC musim depan". stadiumastro.com (in Malay). 28 October 2015. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
9. "Sabah, Azraai Khor 'bercerai'". Berita Harian (in Malay). 6 November 2015.
10. "Vjeran Simunic ketua jurulatih baharu Sabah". Berita Harian (in Malay). 4 December 2015.
11. "BENJAMIN MORA APPOINTED NEW JOHOR DARUL TA'ZIM II HEAD COACH". Johor Southern Tigers. 14 December 2015. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
12. "Liga Premier Statistics – Top Scorers". Football Malaysia LLP. Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
13. "Zainal, Mat Zan jurulatih terbaik Februari". 25 March 2016.
14. "Spasojevic pemain terbaik Liga Perdana". 16 August 2016.