Malaysian Football League

It was formerly known as Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP). The company operates and runs all entities in Malaysian football under its jurisdiction, which include the Malaysia Super League, the MFL Cup, the Malaysia M3 League, the Malaysia M4 League, the Malaysia M5 League, the Malaysia Cup, the Malaysia Challenge Cup, the MFL Cup, Malaysia FA Cup, the Piala Sumbangsih, the Piala Emas Raja-Raja, the Malaysia Premier Futsal League and the Malaysia Futsal Cup. It aims to transform and move Malaysian football forward.

Malaysian Football League

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Industry	Sports
Founded	3 February 2015; 9 years ago (2015-02-03) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Headquarters	Putrajaya, Malaysia
Area served	Global
Key people	Dato’ Ab Ghani Hassan
Products	Football League
Website	www.malaysianfootballleague.com

The Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League are at the top and second levels of the Malaysian football league system and are part of the Malaysian Football League, the country's primary football league competition. Contested by 24 clubs which are divided into two divisions, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation between them, along with the Malaysia M3 League (Third Level) and the Malaysia M4 League (Fourth Level) which are under the jurisdiction of the Amateur Football League, a subsidiary of the Malaysian Football League.

The Malaysian Football League organises and keeps the official records of league and cup matches while enforcing the rules of professional football. Besides that, the company also oversees the development, certification, and registration of professional football players, coaches, and referees. The Malaysian Football League is also responsible for promoting professional football in Malaysia through broadcasts and other media outlets.

The Malaysian Football League is a corporation in which the 24 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from February to November, with teams playing 22 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away) totalling 132 matches in each league in the season. The number of games per season may vary if a team in a league drops out due to certain factors. Most games are played in the afternoons of Fridays and Saturdays, with other games played during weekday evenings.

After the appointment of MP & Silva by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) as its Global Advisor for all media and commercial rights for an extensive lineup of FAM competitions, the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) was established to manage the top two tiers of Malaysian football league competition while the MP & Silva and FAM partnership's goal was to extend its broadcast reach and maximising the commercial potential of its properties. The partnership signified the first steps of the privatisation of the Malaysian professional leagues as their subsidiary holding company, the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), was established for the day-to-day administration of local club football at a league-wide level.

This deal was worth RM1.26 billion (S$470 million or £233 million) over a 15-year period commencing from 2016. However cracks in the agreement appeared later that year after reports emerged that promised levels of funding failed to materialise, with MP & Silva only offering a level of investment lower than FAM had originally turned down by other media parties prior to agreeing a partnership with the sports media agency.

In March 2018, the company was rebranded as the Malaysian Football League from Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership. The company aimed to be more dynamic and competitive, with the MFL now an independent organization and was no longer tied to FAM.

In 2018, a new subsidiary of the company was formed known as Amateur Football League (AFL) which was tasked to manage the third division and below from 2019 onward. The AFL officially confirmed the formation of the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League as the third and fourth division of the Malaysian football league system as amateur league competitions. A total of 14 clubs were confirmed to compete in the inaugural season of the newly reformed third division, which replaced the former Malaysia FAM League while the Malaysia M4 League had state FA leagues and social leagues run in parallel to form the new fourth division.

Malaysian Football League structure consists of the following.

• League Congress. This has 29 seats: One seat from each of the participating Malaysia Super League teams and others from FAM.
• League Executive Committee. This has three seats, filled by members of the Congress voted into the board for a particular term.

Previously, all top football competitions in Malaysia were run and managed by the Football Association of Malaysia until 2015. Since then as part of the privatisation of the Malaysian football league system, the Football Malaysia LLP (FMLLP), which is now known as the Malaysian Football League (MFL) took over all the top-tier professional football competition. The list below are the competitions which are now managed by the Malaysia Football League:

• Malaysia Super League
• Malaysia Premier League (until 2022)
• Malaysia MFL Cup (U23)
• Malaysia Cup
• Malaysia FA Cup
• Piala Sumbangsih
• MFL Challenge Cup
• Piala Emas Raja-Raja

Amateur Football League (AFL), a subsidiary of MFL that is responsible to organize and manage lower football leagues in Malaysia took over the following competitions from MFL and managed it since 2019.

• Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
• Malaysia A2 Amateur League
• Malaysia A3 Community League

Current title holders

• Official website
• Malaysian Football League on Facebook