The Malaysia Premier Futsal League (MPFL) is the national top-tier
futsal league in
Malaysia. It was previously known as the Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (LFK). The competition is separated into Men and
women category.
Since its inception in 2004, the title has been won by seven different champions. The current champions is
Selangor FA
Selangor Football Club (Malay: ''Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor''), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. is a Malaysian professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, that currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the ...
.
History
In 2004,
Football Association of Malaysia
The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM, ms, Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia) is the national governing body of football in Malaysia responsible for organising the Malaysia national football team within the country. The Football Association of ...
introduced the first futsal league (carnival format) sponsored by
Hyundai Hyundai is a South Korean industrial conglomerate ("chaebol"), which was restructured into the following groups:
* Hyundai Group, parts of the former conglomerate which have not been divested
** Hyundai Mobis, Korean car parts company
** Hyundai ...
. The league was known as Hyundai National Futsal Championship, which was then joined by 18 teams and was held at Sports Planet Ampang.
In 2006, the league was called Celcom National Futsal Championship after
Celcom took over as the main sponsor. It was a carnival format which took place at four zones (North, Central, South & East). A total of 33 teams battled this time for the league title.
In 2007,
FELDA took over as the official sponsor and was called as Liga Futsal Kebangsaan FAM/FELDA. The
women categories were introduced for the first time in that year.
Figos RSA became the first club to win the title back-to-back in 2008-09 and 2009–10 season. In 2014–15 season, Felda United match the record after winning the season for the second times.
The league was on hold for 2016 season after a financial problem and postponed to January 2017 for the new season. For 2017 season, a total of 10 clubs was supposed to compete in men categories. However, Selangor withdrew from the competition before the start of the season. In women categories, a total of six clubs compete in the competition.
Logo evolution
File:Liga Futsal Kebangsaan 2017 Logo.png, The Liga Super logo which has been used from 2017 until the end of 2018 season.
Clubs
Below are list of clubs compete in the 2019 Malaysia Premier Futsal League.
Venue
Champions
Players award
Golden Boot winners
Best player
Best goalkeeper
Best Young player
Number of appearances
See also
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Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (Wanita)
*
Malaysia national futsal team
The Malaysia national futsal team represents Malaysia in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. Malaysia once played in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996.
Tournament records FIFA Futsal ...
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Malaysia women's national futsal team
The Malaysia women's national futsal team represents Malaysia in international women's futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The team was once banned from all competitions by the Football Association of ...
References
External links
Football Association of MalaysiaArena Futsal Malaysia
{{AFC futsal leagues
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Sports leagues established in 2004
2004 establishments in Malaysia
Malaysia