2022 Malaysia M3 League

Malaysia M3 League
Season2022
ChampionsPIB Shah Alam
RelegatedLangkawi City F.C.
Tun Razak City F.C.
FC Langkawi
Tok Janggut Warriors FC
Real Chukai F.C.
Kijang Rangers FC
Matches played180
Goals scored629 (3.49 per match)
Top goalscorerFirdaus Azizul (19 goals)
Biggest home winArmed Forces 15–0 Langkawi City (6 August)
Biggest away winTun Razak City 2–7 Imegresen FC (28 May)
Ultimate 0–6 ATM FC (15 July)
Ultimate 0–6 Manjung City F.C. (29 July)
Highest scoringTun Razak City 2–7 Imegresen FC (28 May)
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Kinabalu Jaguar F.C.
← 2019
2023 →
All statistics correct as of 7 August 2022.

The 2022 Malaysia M3 League season was the 2nd edition of the third tier Malaysia M3 League annual football league staged in Malaysia, since its establishment in 2019. The originally scheduled 2nd edition was cancelled twice due to the complications from COVID-19 and restrictions.[1] 20 teams entered to contest starting on 12 February and ending on 24 September 2022.

PIB pursued their 2022 title on 24 September in Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Cheras against Kuala Lumpur Rovers, 5–3 on penalties. 2117 attended.[2]

Establishment and format

This new season saw the format restructuring by the Amateur Football League (AFL). On 19 January 2020, the AFL had announced the format changes for the Malaysia M3 League and Malaysia M4 League in preparation for the transition of the amateur team to semi-professional status by 2021.[3]

20 teams entered and to be split into 2 groups, an increase of 6 teams compared to 14 teams in the previous edition. The top four teams of each group then played in the play-offs to determine which teams qualified for promotion to the Premier League in the 2023 season. The bottom three teams of each group were relegated to the M4 League.[4]

On 20 July, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) had announced that the finalists of the M3 League would be playing against the bottom 2 non-feeder teams from the Premier League to determine the last 2 teams that qualified for the 2023 Malaysia Super League, a pool consisting of 18 teams. If M3 clubs won the playoffs, they must still fulfil MFL’s club licensing criteria before being allowed to compete in Malaysia Super League.[5] However, on 27 September 2022, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that the 7 M3 teams that applied for licensing to play in Super League, including champions PIB FC, have failed in their application, and consequently are not involved in the promotion to Super League.[6]

Season changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2020 season.

Clubs locations

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Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia M3 League

Venues

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Armed Forces Kuala Lumpur Mindef Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1,000
BRM Kuala Kangsar Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak 15,000
Bukit Tambun Bukit Tambun Penang State Stadium, Batu Kawan, Penang 40,000
Langkawi Langkawi Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah 10,000
Harini Kuala Selangor UPM Stadium, Serdang, Selangor 3,000
Immigration Putrajaya USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan 1,000
Kijang Rangers Pasir Mas Pasir Mas Mini Stadium, Pasir Mas, Kelantan 100
Kinabalu Jaguar Kota Kinabalu Penampang Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah 1,000
Kuala Lumpur Rovers Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 18,000
Langkawi City Langkawi Langkawi Stadium, Langkawi, Kedah 10,000
Malaysia University Kuala Lumpur UKM Bangi Stadium, Bangi, Selangor 500
Manjung City Seri Manjung Manjung Stadium, Manjung, Perak 15,000
Perlis United Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, Kangar, Perlis 20,000
PIB Shah Alam USIM Stadium, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan 1,000
Real Chukai Chukai Mak Chili Stadium, Terengganu 500
Respect Ipoh Perak Football Complex, Chemor, Perak -
Sains Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan 45,000
Tok Janggut Warriors Pasir Puteh Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan 22,000
Tun Razak City Bandar Tun Razak UM Arena Stadium, Kuala Lumpur 1,000
Ultimate Kajang MMU Stadium, Cyberjaya, Selangor 1,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor
Armed Forces Malaysia Boon Aik Hau Malaysia Venice Elphi Ego Sport
BRM Malaysia Ahmad Fairuz Yunus Malaysia Azmeer Yusof Stallion Apparel Legasi
Bukit Tambun Malaysia Izzat Nazari Malaysia Muhd Zharif Md Desa HakkaClo Gimart
Langkawi Malaysia Azhar Abdul Rahman Malaysia Mohammad Norhamizikri Sittra
Harini Malaysia G. Muthu Malaysia Pravin Zush Sports Harini
Immigration Malaysia Hamizar Hamzah Malaysia Fauzi Majid Zush Sports redONE
Kijang Rangers Malaysia Zahasmi Ismail Malaysia Fairul Afikin Gatti Kijang Gold,Bina Thari
Kinabalu Jaguar Malaysia Aiyyman Shah Johny Malaysia Jenius Karib Carino VBB
Kuala Lumpur Rovers Malaysia Zamri Hassan Malaysia Muhammad Firdaus Puma
Langkawi City Malaysia Abdul Ghani Long Malaysia Hasif Khalid Fitech LGKSPORTS
Malaysian University Malaysia Ridzuan Abu Shah Malaysia Ahmad Hijazi Lotto
Manjung City Malaysia Rafae Isa Malaysia Muhammad Faizzzwan HakkaClo Lagenda Properties
Perlis United Malaysia Azizul Abidin Malaysia Azmizi Azmi Lotto Marina Island
PIB Malaysia K. Ramachandran Malaysia Ali Imran Alimi Kelme
Real Chukai Malaysia Mohd Nik Malaysia Zahieruddin Zakaria Voltra UC Tati
Respect Malaysia S. Sathia Kumaran Malaysia R. Surendran Torpedo Sports mycell technology,Swiss PharmaCan
SAINS Malaysia Leong Hong Seng Malaysia Yosry Derma Raju Azman Adnan Apparel MBI,Sains
Tok Janggut Warriors Malaysia Hashim Mustapha Malaysia Khairul Izuan Rosli Axe Sportwear Ayam Putih Sdn. Bhd
Tun Razak City Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris Malaysia Azidan Sarudin X-Sports SIMPLYK,MEGATRAVEL
Ultimate Malaysia Azman Adnan Malaysia Hariz Fazrin Forfit Forfit

League table

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Kinabalu Jaguar 18 14 3 1 42 8 +34 45 Advance to knock-out stage & dissolved end of season.
2 Manjung City 18 11 3 4 33 10 +23 36 Advance to knock-out stage
3 Armed Forces 18 11 2 5 56 19 +37 35
4 Immigration 18 10 4 4 52 23 +29 34
5 SAINS 18 8 3 7 32 31 +1 27
6 Malaysian University 18 5 8 5 18 11 +7 23
7 Ultimate 18 6 4 8 22 41 −19 22
8 Langkawi City 18 5 3 10 20 45 −25 18 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.
9 Tun Razak City 18 1 3 14 14 60 −46 6
10 FC Langkawi 18 0 5 13 13 54 −41 5
Source: FAM
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Harini 18 10 5 3 38 23 +15 35 Advance to knock-out stage
2 BRM 18 9 7 2 29 14 +15 34
3 PIB 18 9 5 4 31 21 +10 32
4 Kuala Lumpur Rovers 18 8 7 3 37 22 +15 31
5 Perlis United 18 8 4 6 31 28 +3 28
6 Bukit Tambun 18 6 5 7 21 21 0 23
7 Respect 18 5 5 8 12 20 −8 20 Club resigned and dissolved.
8 Tok Janggut Warriors 18 5 2 11 15 29 −14 17 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.
9 Real Chukai 18 3 5 10 11 26 −15 14 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League
10 Kijang Rangers 18 2 5 11 18 39 −21 11 Relegation to Malaysia M4 League and dissolved.
Source: FAM
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result table

Group A

Home \ Away AFC FCL IMI KIJ LCT MAU MCT KSR TRC ULT
Armed Forces 8–0 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 4–1
Langkawi 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–0 0–4 1–3 1–1 2–3
Immigration 2–3 8–0 1–2 6–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 9–0 0–0
Kinabalu Jaguar F.C. 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 6–0 6–0
Langkawi City 0–15 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–3 3–2 0–3 0–2
Malaysian University 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 2–4 1–1
Manjung City 1–0 2–1 3–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0
SAINS 3–5 7–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–0
Tun Razak City 3–2 1–1 2–7 2–5 10–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0
Ultimate 0–6 2–1 4–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–6 2–3 3–1
Source: FAM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

Home \ Away BRM BUT HAR KIR KLR PLU PIB REC RES TOK
BRM 1–1 2–0 6–1 1–2 3–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0
Bukit Tambun 0–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–1 1–0
Harini 1–1 1–0 5–2 2–4 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0
Kijang Rangers 3–3 2–1 1–4 0–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–1
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 1–1 3–1 3–3 4–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1
Perlis United 2–3 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 5–0
PIB 1–0 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 1–4 3–0 0–0 3–1
Real Chukai 1–1 0–2 3–2 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Respect 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–5 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
Tok Janggut Warriors 0–0 1–2 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 1–0
Source: FAM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Knock-out stage

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
             
Kinabalu Jaguar 2 1 3
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 2 2 4
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 0 2 2
BRM 0 2 2
BRM 2 1 3
Armed Forces 3 0 3
Kuala Lumpur Rovers 1 (3)
PIB 1 (5)
Manjung City 0 0 0
PIB 0 1 1
PIB 2 1 3
Immigration 1 0 1
Harini 2 0 2
Immigration 1 2 3

Quarter-finals

First leg

Kinabalu Jaguar2–2Kuala Lumpur Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Hasman Hisam Asngari
Manjung City0–0PIB
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shahrul Naim Shamsul Hisham
Armed Forces3–2BRM
 Report
Attendance: 200
Immigration1–2Harini
 Report
Attendance: 532
Referee: Muhammad Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

Second leg

Kuala Lumpur Rovers2–1Kinabalu Jaguar
 Report Ranilson Batuil 64'
Attendance: 230
Referee: Mohd Syukri Azeman

Kuala Lumpur Rovers won 4-3 on aggregate.

PIB1–0Manjung City
Muhammad Hadi 68' Report
Attendance: 400
Referee: Muhammad Nasruddin Muhammad Tamrin

PIB FC won 1-0 on aggregate.

BRM1–0Armed Forces
Nuriqmal 13' Report
Attendance: 410
Referee: Muhamad Shamil Mohd Jaafar

BRM FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 3-3.

Harini0–2Immigration
Report
Attendance: 300
Referee: S. Logeswaran

Immigration FC won 3-2 on aggregate.

Semi-finals

First leg

Kuala Lumpur Rovers0–0BRM
Report
Attendance: 320
Referee: Mohd Syukri b. Azeman
PIB2–1Immigration
 Report Muhd Arif 84(P)'
Attendance: 657
Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

Second leg

BRM2–2Kuala Lumpur Rovers
 Report
Attendance: 250
Referee: Sayed Ahmad Al-Quraisy

Kuala Lumpur Rovers FC won on away goal regulation, aggregate 2-2.

Immigration0–1PIB
Report Muhammad Hadi 31'
Attendance: 325

PIB FC won 3-1 on aggregate.

Finals

Kuala Lumpur Rovers1 – 1PIB
Muhammad Hadi Mizei@Termizi 50' Report Muhammad Khairu Anwar Khazali 82'
Penalties
Iqmal soccer ball with check mark
Nazrul soccer ball with red X
Hafiz soccer ball with check mark
Ubaidullah soccer ball with check mark		 3 – 5 soccer ball with check mark Syukri
soccer ball with check mark Faizzudin
soccer ball with check mark Adam Shafiq
soccer ball with check mark Aniq
soccer ball with check mark Fa'es Hafize
Attendance: 2117
  • PIB FC won 5–3 on penalties

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 11 Sep 2022.
Rank Player Club Goals[7]
1 Firdaus Azizul Immigration FC 22
2 Faiz Ibrahim Armed Forces FC 18
3 Shafiq Shaharudin Kuala Lumpur Rovers 12
4 Ikmal Ibrahim Perlis United 9
5 Rahmanshah Marajeh Harini FT 8
Rizzham Norman Tun Razak City

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Rahmanshah Marajeh Harini Kijang Rangers 5 - 2 (H)[8][9] 26 February 2022
Notes

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "M3 League returns with bigger purse | New Straits Times". Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  2. ^ Report
  3. ^ "Liga M3 dirombak, 20 pasukan bertanding". Berita Harian. 19 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Amateur Football League (AFL) Umum Penstrukturan Semula Liga M3, 20 Pasukan Dalam Saingan Musim 2020". Vocket.fc. 19 January 2020.
  5. ^ "A MORE COMPETITIVE AND DYNAMIC LIGA MALAYSIA BEGINNING SEASON 2023". Malaysian Football League. 20 July 2022.
  6. ^ "TIADA AKSI PLAY OFF BAGI DUA SLOT LIGA SUPER 2023 – Malaysian Football League". Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  7. ^ "FAM - CMS". cms.fam.org.my. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  8. ^ "FAM - CMS". cms.fam.org.my. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Harini's Rahmanshah hits hat-trick as top teams charge ahead | New Straits Times". Retrieved 24 March 2023.