Malaysia Premier Futsal League
The Malaysia Premier Futsal League, commonly abbreviated as MPFL, is a men's professional futsal league sanctioned by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). It was previously known as the Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (LFK). Successful MPFL clubs gain qualification into Asian continental club competitions, including the AFC Futsal Club Championship and AFF Futsal Club Championship. MPFL currently does not practice promotion and relegation. Since the league's inception in 2004, 8 clubs have been crowned champions. Selangor MAC have been the most successful club with 3 titles, followed by Figos RSA (2), Felda United (2), Melaka (2), PDRM (1), AOB Teras Selatan (1), Johor (1), PKNS (1) and Pahang Rangers (1). The current champions are Pahang Rangers, having won their first MPFL title in the 2023 season. History

Origins 
In 2004, Football Association of Malaysia introduced the first futsal league (carnival format) sponsored by Hyundai. The league was known as Hyundai National Futsal Championship, which was then joined by 18 teams and was held at Sports Planet Ampang. Foundation 
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. Rebranding as Malaysia Premier Futsal League 
In 2019, the Liga Futsal Kebangsaan was rebranded to the Malaysia Premier Futsal League. A total of 9 clubs were competing to be the first MPFL champion. Selangor won the inaugural edition of the new league, ending a six year wait to be crown champions of Malaysia. The previous champions Melaka failed to defend the championship as they were in 7th position in the league. Saiful Nizam, Ridzwan Bakri and Fariq Mohammad became the inaugural winners of the Golden Boot awards as they scored 18 goals respectively. 2020s 
Before the start of the 2020 season, Selangor changed their name to Selangor MAC due to a merging with MAC FC. The previous season runner-up Pahang, also changed their name to Pahang Rangers. Four new clubs joined for 2020 season, they were Sarawak, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan and KPT–PST Mustangs. Melaka withdrew from the league, this made 2020 MPFL season will competed by 12 clubs, an addition of 3 more clubs than last season. Only six games were played before the league were postponed in March 16, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on June 1, 2020, the 2020 season was officially cancelled.For 2021 season, a new format will be used, 20 clubs will be divided into two groups, the top four clubs in each group will qualify for the knockout stages.However, the league were canceled again due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia restrictions were eased, MPFL were back for 2022 season. A total of 15 club were competing in 2022 season, four new clubs joined for 2022 season, they were PDRM, Selangor TOT United, Shah Alam City and ATM. Sarawak withdrew from the league.The 2022 season will be used one round league format and all matches will be played at Panasonic Sport Complex, Shah Alam due to Malaysia government's Covid-19 restrictions. Selangor MAC became the fourth clubs to win the title back-to-back as they won 2019 and 2022 seasons. Also, Selangor MAC became the first club to won 3 first division titles. For second time in a row, Pahang Rangers finished as runner-up. The new clubs PDRM, finished in 5th position in the league. Silva Matheus Vasconcelos became the first foreign player to won Golden Boot awards which was also shared with his Selangor MAC's teammate Ekmal Shahrin as they scored 14 goals respectively. The 2023 will use a new format, 14 competing clubs will be divided into two groups,the top four clubs in each group will qualify for the knockout stages. 3 new clubs joined for 2023 season, they were Johor Darul Ta'zim, Sabah and PFA Odin Sarawak. Four clubs withdrew from the league, they were Perak, Kelantan, Negeri Sembilan and PDRM.Pahang Rangers became the champion after they beat the new team Johor Darul Ta'zim 9–6 on aggregate in the final, ending the two year dominance of Selangor MAC. Selangor MAC' s Ali Ebrahimi became the top scorer as he scored 22 goals. Clubs 
Twenty clubs have played in the Malaysia Premier Futsal League from its inception in 2019, up to and including the 2023 season. Season-by-season records

Titles by club

2023 season 
Fourteen clubs will compete in the 2023 Malaysia Premier Futsal League, with three new teams:

Former clubs 
The following clubs that had competed in the Malaysia Premier Futsal League but are not competing in the Malaysia Premier Futsal League during the 2023 season. All-time Malaysia Premier Futsal League table 
Last updated following the 2022 season
The all-time Malaysia Premier Futsal League table is a cumulative record of all match results, points and goals of every team that has played in the Malaysia Premier Futsal League since its inception in 2019. The table that follows is accurate as of the end of the 2022 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2023 Malaysia Premier Futsal League. Numbers in bold are the record (highest either positive or negative) numbers in each column. League or status at 2023:

Notes

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Top Scorer

Best Goalkeeper

See also 
 Liga Futsal Kebangsaan (Wanita)
 Malaysia national futsal team
 Malaysia women's national futsal team
 Malaysia Futsal Cup

References

External links 
 Football Association of Malaysia
 Arena Futsal Malaysia

 
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Sports leagues established in 2004
2004 establishments in Malaysia
Malaysia