The 2018 Malaysia FAM League was the 67th season of the Malaysia FAM League since its establishment in 1952. The season started on 25 February 2018 and concluded on 6 September 2018. Sime Darby were the defending champions. The season marked the competition's final year as the third tier football league in Malaysia when it was succeeded by the Malaysia M3 League for the 2019 season.
Season changes The following teams have changed division since the 2017 season.
To Malaysia FAM Cup Relegated from the Premier League ATM Perlis
New Team D'AR Wanderers Marcerra United Young Fighters
From Malaysia FAM Cup Promoted to the Premier League FELCRA 1 UKM
Teams withdrawn KDMM Penjara SAMB Sime Darby 1
1 Originally Sime Darby F.C. were promoted along with UKM F.C. as finalists of the 2017 Malaysia FAM League final, but after Sime Darby announced their withdrawal from participation in the Malaysia Premier League, Felcra F.C., the next highest team in the Malaysia FAM League table, were invited as their replacement.
Clubs For the 2018 season, 14 teams competed in the league, including nine sides from the 2017 season, two relegated sides from the 2017 Malaysia Premier League and three new teams.
Armed Forces D'AR Wanderers Kuala Lumpur City Hall Terengganu Hanelang Kuching Marcerra United Ministry of Finance MPKB Selangor United Perlis Petaling Jaya Rangers Shahzan Muda Terengganu City Young Fighters
Teams, locations and stadia
Stadium and locations Team Location Stadium Capacity ATM Kuala Lumpur Mindef Stadium 5,000 D'AR Wanderers Temerloh Temerloh Mini Stadium 10,000 DBKL Kuala Lumpur UM Arena Stadium 1,000 Hanelang Kuala Berang Padang Astaka Kuala Berang 1,000 Kuching Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000 Marcerra United Nilai USIM Mini Stadium 3,000 MOF Putrajaya INSPENS Stadium 3,000 MPKB-BRI U-BeS Kota Bharu Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 30,000 Selangor United Sabak Bernam Sungai Besar Stadium 15,000 Perlis Kangar Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium 20,000 Petaling Jaya Rangers Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000 Shahzan Muda Temerloh Temerloh Mini Stadium 10,000 Terengganu City Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000 Young Fighters Nilai USIM Mini Stadium 3,000
Personnel and sponsoring Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsor ATM Azhar Abdullah Safril Hafizzie Admiral Transwater DBKL Razak Jaamadi Redzuan Nawi Diadora WP Hotel D'AR Wanderers Hashim Mustapha Helmi Remeli Puma D'AR International Holdings, SilentɃRich Group, Bit Hunter Hanelang Ahmad Yusof Zairo Anuar Adidas TTB, Tulangis Group Kuching Fairuz Yunus Fareez Tukijo Starsport Kuching Marcerra United Faizul Mohd Zaman Isskandar Zukarnaen Kappa Greentech MOF Manzoor Azwira Syazwan Roslan Kappa MPKB-BRI U-BeS Abdullah Muhammad Tuan Mohd Norhisan Kronos Gelumbang Jaya Selangor United Talib Sulaiman Zamri Hassan SkyHawk dbc Physiotherapy Perlis Manja Man Ezzrul Ikmanizar SkyHawk Petaling Jaya Rangers Hassan Sazali Waras Ronny Harun Line 7 AirAsia Shahzan Muda Tajuddin Nor Wan Muhammad Idham Fila Terengganu City Md Noor Derus Muslim Yusof Adidas TTB, Tulangis Group Young Fighters Omar Ali Zawawi Mat Ariff FiTech FELDA
League stages League table From this season, only the top two teams from each group qualify for the knockout round.
Group A
Group B2
Fixtures and results Fixtures and Results of the 2018 Malaysia FAM League season.
Group A Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
Matchday 8
Matchday 9
Matchday 10
Matchday 11
Matchday 12
Matchday 13
Matchday 14
Group B
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
Matchday 8
Matchday 9
Matchday 10
Matchday 11
Matchday 12
Matchday 13
Matchday 14
322 and 23 April 2018 marked the first time in the season two teams played twice in a twenty-four hour period. Adverse weather conditions halted an afternoon match between ATM FA and MOF F.C. on 22 April. The game resumed at 9 am the following morning, and ATM won 1–0.
Knock-out stage The teams that won in the semi-final stage will be promoted to the 2019 Malaysia Premier League.
Semi-finals
First Leg
Second leg
2−2 on aggregate. Terengganu City won on away goals.
Selangor United won 4−3 on aggregate.
Finals
Season statistics
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yusaini HafizSelangor United112 Raslam KhanPetaling Jaya Rangers93 Norhamizare HamidPerlis6 R. ThivagarSelangor United4 Nor Farhan MuhammadD'AR Wanderers5 Masri AsyrafMPKB-BRI U-BeS Tommy Mawat BadaPetaling Jaya Rangers8 A. Thamil ArasuPetaling Jaya Rangers4 Razlee PutihMPKB-BRI U-BeS Afzal NazriMOF
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Raslam Khan Petaling Jaya Rangers D'AR Wanderers 1 – 5 (A) 1 April 2018 R. Thivagar Selangor UnitedMPKB-BRI U-Bes 1 – 5 (A) 29 April 2018 Raslam Khan Petaling Jaya Rangers D'AR Wanderers 3 – 1 (H) 18 July 2018
Notes: (H) – Home; (A) – Away
See also 2018 Malaysia Super League 2018 Malaysia Premier League 2018 Malaysia FA Cup 2018 Malaysia Cup 2018 Piala Presiden 2018 Piala Belia List of Malaysian football transfers 2018
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia website - FAM League (Archived)