List of Malaysia football champions

Football league competition in Malaysia began in 1982 with each state represented by their respective teams compete in Liga Malaysia.^[1]^[2] However, it purpose was just to be a qualifying round for the knock-out stage for Malaysia Cup. During that time, all states participating in this league alongside the police and army as well as the two countries, namely Singapore and Brunei which all send an amateur team for the competition.

From the season of 1989 until 1993, the Malaysian football league entered the semi-pro era with the creation of Liga Semi-Pro (MSPFL) which still be a two divisions league.^[3]

From 1994 to 1997 Malaysian football witnessed the creation of the country's first professional football league, the Liga Perdana, in which all teams was put into a single-tier league.^[4]

In 1998, the league was divided again with the creation of two-division league, Liga Perdana 1 and Liga Perdana 2 where it continued to operate until 2003.^[5]

Malaysia Super League was introduced in 2004 to replace the previous top-tier division as Malaysian football entered the privatisation era of football league.^[6]

Malaysian League (1982–1988)

Below are the list of the top division amateur league champions from the introduction of league trophy in 1982 to 1988.^[2]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place
1982	Penang	Federal Territory	Selangor
1983	Malacca	Penang	Kelantan
1984	Selangor	Pahang	Penang
1985	Singapore	Johor	Pahang
1986	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore	Selangor
1987	Pahang	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore
1988	Kuala Lumpur (2)	Singapore	Kelantan

Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 1 (1989–1993)

Below are the list of the top division semi-pro league champions from 1989 to 1993.^[2]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1989	Selangor (2)	Kuala Lumpur	Kedah	Zainal Abidin Hassan (Selangor)	12
1990	Selangor (3)	Singapore	Perak	Alistair Edwards (Singapore)	13
1991	Johor	Pahang	Perak	Abbas Saad (Johor)	11
1992	Pahang (2)	Terengganu	Negeri Sembilan	Zainal Abidin Hassan (Pahang)	12
1993	Kedah	Sarawak	Perak	Mohd Hashim Mustapha (Kelantan)	13

Liga Perdana (1994–1997)

Below are the list of the top division professional league champions from 1994 to 1997.^[2]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1994	Singapore (2)	Kedah	Sarawak	Mohd Hashim Mustapha (Kelantan)	25
1995	Pahang (3)	Selangor	Sarawak	Scott Ollerenshaw (Sabah)	22
1996	Sabah	Kedah	Negeri Sembilan	Scott Ollerenshaw (Sabah)	18
1997	Sarawak	Kedah	Sabah	Laszlo Repasi (Perak)	19

Liga Perdana 1 (1998–2003)

Below are the list of the top division league champions from 1998 to 2003.^[2]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
1998	Penang (2)	Pahang	Brunei	Vyacheslav Melnikov (Pahang)	17
1999	Pahang (4)	Penang	Negeri Sembilan	Azman Adnan (Penang)	13
2000	Selangor (4)	Penang	Perak	Azizul Kamaluddin (Pahang)	12
2001	Penang (3)	Terengganu	Kelantan	Norizam Ali Hassan (Perak)	13
2002	Perak	Selangor	Sabah	Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (Perak)	17
2003	Perak (2)	Kedah	Perlis	Phillimon Chepita (Perlis)	23

Malaysia Super League (2004–present)

Below are the list of the top division league champions from 2004 to present.^[2]

Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer	Goals
2004	Pahang (5)	Public Bank	Perlis	Indra Putra Mahayuddin (Pahang)	15
2005	Perlis	Pahang	Perak	Júlio César Rodrigues (Sabah) Zachariah Simukonda (Perlis)	18
2005–06	Negeri Sembilan	Melaka TM	Perak	Keita Mandjou (Perak)	17
2006–07	Kedah (2)	Perak	DPMM	Keita Mandjou (Perak) Shahrazen Said (DPMM)	21
2007–08	Kedah (3)	Negeri Sembilan	Johor FC	Marlon Alex James (Kedah)	23
2009	Selangor (5)	Perlis	Kedah	Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof (Perlis)	18
2010	Selangor (6)	Kelantan	Terengganu	Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin (Terengganu)	18
2011	Kelantan	Terengganu	Selangor	Abdul Hadi Yahya (Terengganu)	20
2012	Kelantan (2)	LionsXII	Selangor	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona (Negeri Sembilan) Francis Forkey Doe (Terengganu)	15
2013	LionsXII	Selangor	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Marlon Alex James (ATM)	16
2014	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Selangor	Pahang	Paulo Rangel (Selangor)	16
2015	Johor Darul Ta'zim (2)	Selangor	Pahang	Dramane Traoré (PDRM)	20
2016	Johor Darul Ta'zim (3)	Felda United	Kedah	Jorge Pereyra Díaz (Johor Darul Ta'zim)	18
2017	Johor Darul Ta'zim (4)	Pahang	Felda United	Mohammed Ghaddar (Kelantan and Johor Darul Ta'zim)	23
2018	Johor Darul Ta'zim (5)	Perak	PKNS	Rufino Segovia (Selangor)	19
2019	Johor Darul Ta'zim (6)	Pahang	Selangor	Kpah Sherman (PKNS)	14
2020	Johor Darul Ta'zim (7)	Kedah	Terengganu	Ifedayo Olusegun (Selangor)	12
2021	Johor Darul Ta'zim (8)	Kedah Darul Aman	Penang	Ifedayo Olusegun (Selangor)	26
2022	Johor Darul Ta'zim (9)	Terengganu	Sabah	Bergson (Johor Darul Ta'zim)	29
2023	Johor Darul Ta'zim (10)	Selangor	Sabah	Ayron del Valle (Selangor)	23

Italic indicates double winners – i.e. top division league and Malaysia FA Cup or Malaysia Cup winners
Bold indicates treble winners – i.e. top division league, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup winners

Total titles won

The table below list the top division winners since league trophy was introduced for the winners of Liga Malaysia in 1982.^[1]^[2]

Team	Winners	Winning years
Johor Darul Ta'zim	10	2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Selangor	6	1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2009, 2010
Sri Pahang	5	1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004
Kedah Darul Aman	3	1993, 2006–07, 2007–08
Penang	3	1982, 1998, 2001
Singapore	2	1985, 1994
Kuala Lumpur City	2	1986, 1988
Perak	2	2002, 2003
Kelantan	2	2011, 2012
Johor FA	1	1991
Sarawak FA	1	1997
Perlis FA	1	2005
Negeri Sembilan	1	2005–06
LionsXII	1	2013
Melaka United	1	1983
Sabah	1	1996

Total titles won by region

Below are the list of the total top division titles won by region.^[2]

Region	Number of titles	Clubs
South	13	Johor Darul Ta'zim (10), Johor (1), Melaka United (1), Negeri Sembilan (1)
North	9	Kedah Darul Aman (3), Perlis (1), Penang (3), Perak (2)
Klang Valley	8	Selangor (6), Kuala Lumpur City (2)
East Coast	7	Sri Pahang (5), Kelantan (2)
International	3	Singapore (2), LionsXII (1)
Borneo	2	Sabah (1), Sarawak (1)