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Malaysian football league system, the Glossary

The Malaysian football league system, also known as the Malaysian football pyramid, is a series of interconnected leagues for men's football clubs in Malaysia.^[1]

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Football in Malaysia
Football league systems in Asia

Armed Forces F.C.

Armed Forces Football Club, commonly known as Armed Forces, is a Malaysian professional football club representing the Malaysian Armed Forces.

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Bernama

The Malaysian National News Agency (Pertubuhan Berita Nasional Malaysia), is a news agency of the government of Malaysia.

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British Malaya

The term "British Malaya" (Tanah Melayu British) loosely describes a set of states on the Malay Peninsula and the island of Singapore that were brought under British hegemony or control between the late 18th and the mid-20th century.

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Brunei (Liga Premier team)

The Brunei Football Association used to enter a team in Malaysian football competitions.

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Brunei Super League

The Brunei Super League (abbr: BSL; – LSB) is a professional league for men's association football in the sultanate of Brunei Darussalam.

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Business Times (Malaysia)

The Business Times of Kuala Lumpur has been published in Malaysia since 4 October 1976.

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Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club (English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; abbrev: DPMM) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, which currently plays in the Singapore Premier League.

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ESPN.com

ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

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The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM; Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia. Malaysian football league system and football Association of Malaysia are football in Malaysia.

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The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football in Singapore.

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Fox Sports (Asian TV network)

Fox Sports Asia (formerly ESPN Star Sports) was a pan-Asian pay television network broadcasting in Asia, operated by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company (Southeast Asia) Pte.

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Goal (website)

Goal, stylized in all caps and alternatively known as Goal.com, is a website currently dedicated to the coverage of international association football.

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History of Malaysian football

Football is the most popular national sport in Malaysia, where the first modern set of rules were established in 1921.

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Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. or simply JDT is a professional football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia that competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football.

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Kosmo!

Kosmo! (short for Cosmopolitan; Malay: Kosmopolitan) is a Malay-language compact format newspaper tabloid in Malaysia owned by the Utusan Group, which also owns Kosmo! Sunday paper Kosmo! Ahad, Utusan Malaysia, and Mingguan Malaysia.

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League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport.

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Liga Bolasepak Rakyat

Liga Bolasepak Rakyat (Malaysia People's Football League) was the fourth-tier football league in Malaysia.

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Liga Malaysia (1982–1988)

Liga Malaysia (English: Malaysian League) was an amateur football league in Malaysia that operated from 1982 until 1988.

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Liga Nasional

Liga Nasional (National League or Malaysia National League) was an amateur football league in Malaysia.

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Liga Perdana (1994–1997)

Liga Perdana (Premier League) was the top-tier football league in Malaysia that operated from 1994 to 1997.

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Liga Perdana 1

Liga Perdana 1 or Liga Perdana Satu (Premier League 1 or Premier League One) was the nation's top-tier professional football league in Malaysia that operated from 1998 to 2003.

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Liga Perdana 2

Liga Perdana 2 or Liga Perdana Dua (Premier League 2 or Premier League Two) was the nation's second-tier professional football league in Malaysia that operated from 1998 to 2003.

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Liga Semi-Pro

Liga Semi-Pro (Semi-Pro League) was a semi-pro football league in Malaysia that operated from 1989 until 1993.

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Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 1

Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 1 (Semi-Pro League Division 1) was the top-tier semi-pro football league in Malaysia that operated from 1989 until 1993.

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Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2

Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2 (Semi-Pro League Division 2) was a second-tier semi-pro football league in Malaysia that operated from 1989 until 1993.

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Football league competition in Malaysia began in 1982 with each state represented by their respective teams compete in Liga Malaysia.

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Malaysia

Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia.

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Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League

The Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League (Liga A1 Semi-Pro Malaysia, previously known as the Malaysia M3 League, currently known as the MBSB Bank Championship due to sponsorship reasons) is the second level football league of the Malaysian football league system. Malaysian football league system and Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League are football in Malaysia.

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Malaysia A2 Amateur League

The Malaysia A2 Amateur League (Liga A2 Amatur Malaysia, previously known as the Malaysia M4 League, or also known as the Al-Ikhsan Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an third tier football league in the Malaysian football league system. The league was created in 2018 as part of the Malaysian Football League's plan to reform the Malaysian football league structure.

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The Malaysia A3 Community League (Malay: Liga A3 Community, previously known as the Malaysia M5 League) is a group of leagues that make up levels 4 to 9 of the Malaysian football league system.

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Malaysia Cup

The Malaysia Cup (Piala Malaysia), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year.

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Malaysia FA Cup

The Malaysia FA Cup (Piala FA) is an annual football competition in Malaysia, established in 1990.

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Malaysia FAM Cup

The FAM Cup (Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out football tournament for teams in both the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Premier League

The Malaysia Premier League (Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

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Malaysia Super League

The Malaysia Super League (Liga Super Malaysia), also known simply as Super League (Liga Super), is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system.

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The Malaysian Football League, also known simply as the MFL, was created during the course of the privatisation of the Malaysian football league system. Malaysian football league system and Malaysian Football League are football in Malaysia.

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Malaysian League

The Malaysian League, also known as the M-League (Malay: Liga Malaysia or Liga-M), is a terminology used to describe the professional association football league in Malaysia.

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MFL Challenge Cup

The MFL Challenge Cup (Malay: Piala Cabaran MFL), formerly known as the Malaysia Challenge Cup, is a Malaysian football competition held under the auspices of the Malaysian Football League and the Football Association of Malaysia.

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Ministry of Education (Malaysia)

The Ministry of Education (Kementerian Pendidikan; Jawi) is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for education system, compulsory education, pre-tertiary education, technical and vocational education and training (TVET), curriculum standard, textbook, standardised test, language policy, translation, selective school, comprehensive school.

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Ministry of Youth and Sports (Malaysia)

The Malaysian Ministry of Youth and Sports (Kementerian Belia dan Sukan; Jawi), abbreviated KBS, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for youth, sports, recreation, leisure activities, stadiums, youth development, and youth organisations in the country.

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The National Football Development Programme of Malaysia (NFDP Malaysia) (Program Pembangunan Bola Sepak Negara Malaysia) (PPBN); abbrev: NFDP) is a long-term plan to promote and develop the sport nationally. It is intended to have two phases: 2014-2020 and 2021–2030.

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New Straits Times

The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia.

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Piala Belia

The Piala Belia (Youth Cup) is a youth football competition for under-18 players in Malaysia.

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Piala Presiden (Malaysia)

The Piala Presiden (President Cup) is a developmental football competition in Malaysia for under-21 players.

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Piala Sumbangsih

The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah (Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup) or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition.

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Polis Diraja Malaysia FC

Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club, well known as PDRM FC (After PDRM FC Sdn Bhd established in 2020, formerly known as PDRM FA), is a Malaysian professional football club associated with the entity of the Royal Malaysia Police and with official ownership by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd, that participates in the Malaysia Super League.

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In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams can move up and down between multiple divisions arranged in a hierarchical structure, based on their performance over a season.

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Reserve team

In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the primary team.

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The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organisation dedicated to collecting statistics about association football.

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Singapore FA

Singapore FA was a representative team of footballers representing the Football Association of Singapore in domestic competitions run by the Football Association of Malaysia.

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Singapore Premier League

The Singapore Premier League, commonly abbreviated as SPL, (officially known as the AIA Singapore Premier League for sponsorship reasons), is a men's professional football league sanctioned by the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), which represents the sport's highest level in the Singapore football league system.

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The Borneo Post

The Borneo Post, established in 1978, is the largest and widely circulated English-language daily newspaper in East Malaysia and also the alternately circulated newspaper in Brunei (as a strong competitor to the main existing newspapers of Pelita Brunei, Borneo Bulletin and also Media Permata, to a lesser extent, the now-defunct Brunei Times).

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The Edge (Malaysia)

The Edge Media Group is the publisher of business and financial publications in Malaysia and Singapore, with headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.

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The Malaysian Insider

The Malaysian Insider (also known as TMI, The Insider, or Malay Ins Ins) was a Malaysian bilingual news site.

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The Star (Malaysia)

Star Media Group Berhad (doing business as The Star) is an English-language newspaper in Malaysia.

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The Sun (Malaysia)

The Sun (branded as theSun) is Malaysia's national daily newspaper in tabloid form.

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In 1994, football in Malaysia was rocked by a bribery and corruption scandal.

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2009 Malaysia FAM League

2009 FAM League is the 57th edition season of current third-tier league competition in Malaysia.

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2021 Brunei Super League

The 2021 Brunei Super League was the eighth season of the Brunei Super League, the top Bruneian professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 2012.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian_football_league_system

Also known as 2023 National Women's League (Malaysia), M-League System, Malaysia football league system.

, Reserve team, RSSSF, Singapore FA, Singapore Premier League, The Borneo Post, The Edge (Malaysia), The Malaysian Insider, The Star (Malaysia), The Sun (Malaysia), 1994 Malaysian football scandal, 2009 Malaysia FAM League, 2021 Brunei Super League.

Malaysian football league system, the Glossary

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See also

Football in Malaysia

Football league systems in Asia

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