2018 Malaysia Super League
The 2018 Malaysia Super League, known as 2018 unifi Malaysia Super League for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
Johor Darul Ta'zim were the defending champions.
Club licensing regulations
Starting this season, every team in the Liga Super Malaysia must have a FAM Club Licence to play in the league, or else they are relegated. To obtain a FAM Club Licence, teams must be financially healthy and meet certain standards of conduct as organisations. As part of privation effort for the league, all clubs compete in Liga Super Malaysia and Liga Premier Malaysia will be required to obtained FAM Club Licence.As in other national leagues, there are significant benefits to being in the top division:
- A greater share of television broadcast licence revenues goes to Liga Super Malaysia sides.
- Greater exposure through television and higher attendance levels helps Liga Super Malaysia teams attract the most lucrative sponsorships.
- Liga Super Malaysia teams develop substantial financial muscle through the combination of television and gate revenues, sponsorships and marketing of their team brands. This allows them to attract and retain skilled players from domestic and international sources and to construct first-class stadium facilities.
| Team | AFC Club License Status | FAM Club License Status |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Passed | Passed |
| Kedah | Failed | Passed |
| Kelantan | Failed | Passed |
| Kuala Lumpur | Failed | Passed |
| Melaka United | Failed | Passed |
| Negeri Sembilan | Passed | Passed |
| Pahang | Passed | Passed |
| Perak | Failed | Passed |
| PKNP | Failed | Passed |
| PKNS | Passed | Passed |
| Selangor | Passed | Passed |
| Terengganu | Failed | Passed |
*Updated: 6 December 2017
Teams
and Penang were relegated to 2018 Malaysia Premier League after finished 11th and bottom place of last season league. Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu promoted to 2018 Malaysia Super League after securing place as champions and runners-up in 2017 Malaysia Premier League.On 21 November 2017, it was announced that T-Team who finished ninth in the Super League last year, will play in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League pending approval from Football Malaysia LLP. The suggestion then were approved on 4 December 2017, followed by an announcement stating that Felda United, who finished third last season are ineligible to compete in this year top-tier competition. They were replaced by Negeri Sembilan and PKNP.
Venues
1: Perak plays at Lumut due to the upgrading of their own stadium at Perak Stadium2: PKNP plays at Batu Kawan due to the upgrading of Perak Stadium
3: Kelantan plays their home games at their opponents stadium during Ramadan, due to ban of Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium usage by state government during Ramadan
Personnel, kit and sponsoring
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim |  Raúl Longhi |  Hariss Harun | Nike | Forest City |
| Kedah |  Nidzam Adzha | Baddrol Bakhtiar | AL | |
| Kelantan | Yusri Che Lah | Shahrizan Ismail | Lotto | BMW Raza Premium |
| Kuala Lumpur |  Fábio Magrão | Indra Putra Mahayuddin | , | |
| Melaka United | E. Elavarasan | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Warrix | CGN |
| Negeri Sembilan |  Mário Lemos |  Kim Do-heon | AL | Matrix Concepts |
| Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Matthew Davies | FILA | |
| Perak |  Mehmet Duraković | Nasir Basharudin | AL | , |
| PKNP | Abu Bakar Fadzim | Hafiz Ramdan | FILA | , MAPS |
| PKNS | K. Rajagopal | Safee Sali | Kappa | PKNS |
| Selangor | Nazliazmi Nasir | Amri Yahyah | Lotto | , CRRC |
| Terengganu | Irfan Bakti |  Kipré Tchétché | Chicken Cottage |
- Notes;
- Shahrel Fikri was the official captain of PKNP, before he was loaned to Nakhon Ratchasima, Hafiz Ramdan filled in as captain for PKNP.
Coaching changes
Foreign players
Southeast Asia players need to have acquired at least 30 international caps for their senior national team with no period restriction on when caps are earned and those who has less than 30 international caps will be subjected to FMLLP approval.Players name in bold indicates the player is registered during the mid-season transfer window.
| Club | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | AFC Player | ASEAN Player | Former Players |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Marcos António | Fernando Elizari | Fernando Márquez |  Gonzalo Cabrera | Hariss Harun | Jorge Pereyra Díaz Luciano Figueroa Harry Novillo Nicolás Fernández Jorge |
| Kedah |  Liridon Krasniqi | Sandro | Paulo Rangel |  Andik Vermansyah |  Álvaro Silva |  Pablo Pallarès |
| Kelantan | Cássio | Cristiano | Bruno Lopes Ferdinand Sinaga Mohammed Ghaddar Morgaro Gomis Do Dong-hyun Alaeddine Bouslimi Lazarus Kaimbi | |||
| Kuala Lumpur | Paulo Josué | Juninho | Guilherme de Paula |  Bobirjon Akbarov | Achmad Jufriyanto | |
| Melaka United | Steven Thicot |  Ifedayo Olusegun |  Yahor Zubovich | Lee Chang-hoon | Shahdan Sulaiman |  Tiago Gomes Jeon Woo-young |
| Negeri Sembilan |  Alex Moraes | Flávio Júnior | Nicolás Vélez | Kim Do-heon | Ángel Guirado |  Prak Mony Udom Renārs Rode |
| Pahang |  Mohamadou Sumareh |  Austin Amutu | Patrick Cruz |  Issey Nakajima-Farran |  Safuwan Baharudin | Sergio Unrein Alex Moraes Chan Vathanaka Francis Doe |
| Perak | Leandro | Wander Luiz | Gilmar | Jad Noureddine | Misagh Bahadoran Robert Cornthwaite | |
| PKNP |  Ritus Krjauklis |  Franklin Anzité | Kim Sang-woo | Keo Sokpheng Yeon Gi-sung Lyuben Nikolov | ||
| PKNS |  Romel Morales | Bruno Matos | Rafael Ramazotti | Zac Anderson | Faris Ramli | Jonathan Acosta |
| Selangor | Willian Pacheco |  Alfonso de la Cruz | Rufino Segovia | Evan Dimas | Ilham Armaiyn | |
| Terengganu |  Igor Zonjić |  Lee Tuck | Kipré Tchétché | Do Dong-hyun | Thierry Bin | Kim Hyun-woo Lee Jun-hyeob Bruno Suzuki |
Naturalisation players
Notes:Results
League table
Result table
Positions by round
| Team \ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Team \ Round | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Perak | 8 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Pahang | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| PKNS | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
| Terengganu | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Kedah | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| PKNP | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Selangor | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 |
| Melaka United | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Kelantan | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
Season statistics
Top scorers
Players sorted first by goals, then by last name.| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 |  Rufino Segovia | Selangor | 19 |
| 2 |  Kipré Tchétché | Terengganu | 14 |
| 3 | Guilherme de Paula | Kuala Lumpur | 13 |
| 4 | Yahor Zubovich | Melaka United | 12 |
| 5 | Gilmar | Perak | 11 |
| 6 | Gonzalo Cabrera | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 9 |
| 7 | Flávio Júnior | Negeri Sembilan | 8 |
| 7 | Ifedayo Olusegun | Melaka United | 8 |
| 7 | Nicolás Vélez | Negeri Sembilan | 8 |
| 7 | Sandro | Kedah | 8 |
Top assists
Players sorted first by assists, then by last name.| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Paulo Josué | Kuala Lumpur | 9 |
| 2 | Gonzalo Cabrera | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 7 |
| 3 | Akhyar Rashid | Kedah | 6 |
| 3 | Bruno Matos | PKNS | 6 |
| 3 | Hafiz Ramdan | PKNP | 6 |
| 3 | Safuwan Baharudin | Pahang | 6 |
Hat-tricks
Notes:– Home ; – Away
Own goals
As of 28 July 2018| Rank | Player | For | Against | Date | Goals |
| 1 |  K. Reuben | PKNS | Kedah | 25 February 2018 | 1 |
| 1 | PKNP | 1 | |||
| 1 | Saifulnizam Miswan | PKNP | 27 June 2018 | 1 | |
| 1 | Nasriq Baharom | 1 |
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 13 |
| 2 | Helmi Eliza Elias | Pahang | 7 |
| 3 | Hafizul Hakim | Perak | 6 |
| 4 | Shahril Saa'ri | PKNS | 5 |
| 5 | Wan Azraie | Terengganu | 3 |
| 5 | Ramadhan Hamid | Kedah | 3 |