2023 Malaysia M3 League

The 2023 Malaysia M3 League also known as the 2023 MBSB Bank Championship for sponsorship reason is the 3rd season of Malaysia M3 League, currently the second tier football league in Malaysia, since its establishment in 2019.^[1] The season started on 4 March.

MBSB Bank Championship

Season	2023
Matches played	118
Goals scored	341 (2.89 per match)
Top goalscorer	Azim Rahim (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Harini 5–1 Naga UKS (27 May 2023)
Biggest away win	Naga UKS 1-10 Malaysia University (11 March 2023)
Highest scoring	11 goals Naga UKS 1-10 Malaysia University (11 March 2023)
Longest winning run	7 matches KL Rovers
Longest unbeaten run	16 matches KL Rovers
Longest winless run	15 matches Naga UKS
Longest losing run	15 matches Naga UKS
← 2022 2024 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2023.

Establishment and format

This new season saw the format restructuring by the Amateur Football League (AFL). On 19 January 2020, the AFL has announced the format changes for the Malaysia M3 League and Malaysia M4 League in preparation for the transition of the amateur team to semi-professionals by 2021.^[2]

The league will kick-off with 14 teams into one single group of league. The top four teams will play in the play-offs to determine which teams will qualify for promotion to the Super League in the 2024 season. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the M4 League.^[3]

Clubs

As of 29 December 2022, 14 clubs confirmed their participation in the 2023 Malaysia M3 League.

• Armed Forces
• Bukit Tambun
• BRM
• Harini Selangor
• Immigration
• Kuala Lumpur Rovers
• Malaysian University
• Manjung City
• Melaka
• Naga UKS
• Perlis United
• PIB Shah Alam
• SAINS
• Sarawak United

Season changes

Renamed clubs

• Ultimate was renamed to Naga Ultimate Kuala Selangor FC (Naga UKS).

Ejected from the 2023 Malaysia Super League

• Sarawak United

New Team

• Melaka

Teams withdrawn

• Kinabalu Jaguar
• Respect

Relegated to the 2023 Malaysia M4 League

• FC Langkawi
• Kijang Rangers
• Langkawi City
• Real Chukai
• Tok Janggut Warriors
• Tun Razak City

Clubs locations

 

 

Manjung City

 

Perlis United

 

Klang Valley

 

SAINS

 

Bukit Tambun

 

BRM FC

 

Sarawak United

 

Melaka

 

Naga UKS

 

Immigration,PIB

 

Klang Valley teams
Harini
Malaysian University
Armed Forces
Kuala Lumpur Rovers

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Locations of teams in the 2022 Malaysia M3 League

Venues

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Armed Forces	Kuala Lumpur	Mindef Stadium	1,000
BRM	Kuala Kangsar	Perak Stadium	42,500
Bukit Tambun	Bukit Tambun	Penang State Stadium	40,000
Harini Selangor	Kuala Selangor	UPM Stadium	3,000
Immigration	Putrajaya	UPM Stadium	3,000
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Stadium	16,000
Malaysian University	Kuala Lumpur	UM Arena Stadium	1,000
Manjung City	Seri Manjung	Manjung Stadium	15,000
Melaka	Malacca City	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Naga UKS	Kuala Selangor	Kuala Selangor Stadium	1,000
Perlis United	Kangar	Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium	20,000
PIB Shah Alam	Shah Alam	USIM Stadium	1,000
SAINS	Seremban	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	45,000
Sarawak United	Kuching	Sarawak State Stadium	20,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsor
Armed Forces	Kevin Lee Cooper	Venice Elphi	AL Sports	MBSB Bank
BRM	Mohd Ali Khan Abdullah	Kamarul Effandi Abdul Rahim	AL Sports	Raudhah Islamic School Jasmin7
Bukit Tambun	Mahamud Harun	Hafidz Romly	AL Sports	GIMmedia
Harini Selangor	P. Maniam	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha	Ma7ch	Harini MBSB Bank
Immigration	Mat Zan Mat Aris	Mohd Nasriq Baharom	Let's Play Performance	redONE MBSB Bank
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail	Firdaus Fauzi	Ma7ch	MBSB Bank
Malaysian University	Ridzuan Abu Shah	Amirul Fazly Zamri	Ma7ch
Manjung City	Rafae Isa	Faizzzwan Dorahim	Cheetah	Majlis Perbandaran Manjung ANE Group
Melaka	Pedro Hipólito	Idris Ahmad	Puma
Naga UKS	Dusan Momcilovic	Mohamad Firdaus Yusof	AL Sports
Perlis United	Azhar Abdul Rahman	Azizi Matt Rose	Ma7ch	SGT Power
PIB Shah Alam	Yusrizal Yusoff	Adam Syafiq Fuad	AL Sports	MBSB Bank
SAINS	Hamizar Hamzah	Alif Samsudin	Kaki Jersi	MBI Negeri Sembilan
Sarawak United	S. Balachandran	Nor Azizi Ramlee	AL Sports	Punggor Wibawa

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kuala Lumpur Rovers (Q)	16	13	3	0	36	8	+28	42	Promotion to 2024 Super League and Qualification to 2023 Malaysia Cup
2	Harini Selangor (Q)	16	11	4	1	35	12	+23	37
3	Immigration	16	11	2	3	35	9	+26	35
4	Bukit Tambun	16	9	1	6	20	17	+3	28
5	SAINS	17	8	3	6	23	21	+2	27
6	Malaysian University	17	7	3	7	30	19	+11	24
7	Perlis United	18	7	3	8	26	21	+5	24
8	Manjung City	17	6	6	5	24	20	+4	24
9	Melaka	18	6	5	7	29	29	0	23
10	PIB Shah Alam	17	6	4	7	14	16	−2	22
11	Armed Forces	18	4	5	9	23	23	0	17
12	Sarawak United	17	1	1	15	13	53	−40	4
13	Naga UKS	15	0	0	15	6	66	−60	0	Relegation to al-ikhsan Cup
14	BRM FC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew^a

Updated to match(es) played on 27 August 2023. Source: https://cms.fam.org.my/v1/standings
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(Q) Qualified for Malaysia Cup

Notes

^a On 20 Jun 2023, AFL announced they accepted the withdrawal of BRM FC from the M3 league based on the letter sent to AFL on the previous day, citing financial problems as the reason for the withdrawal. AFL also announced all matches involving BRM FC before the withdrawal were annulled and invalidated, including goals and points involving BRM FC matches.^[4][5]

Position 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	23	24	25	26
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Harini Selangor	1	4	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Immigration	5	5	4	6	5	3	3	3	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3
Bukit Tambun	4	3	6	5	2	4	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
SAINS	3	2	2	1	3	5	4	5	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5
Manjung City	8	9	9	11	10	10	10	10	8	6	7	8	9	10	6	6
Melaka	12	12	7	7	7	8	8	9	7	10	10	11	10	11	7	7
PIB Shah Alam	9	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	10	8	9	7	7	7	9	8
Perlis United	7	10	10	8	8	6	6	7	6	7	6	6	6	6	8	9
Malaysia University	10	11	5	4	6	7	7	6	9	11	11	10	11	9	10	10
Armed Forces	6	8	8	9	11	9	9	8	11	9	8	9	8	8	11	11
Sarawak United	13	12	12	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Naga UKS	11	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Leader & Qualification for 2023 Malaysia Cup
	Qualification for 2023 Malaysia Cup
	Relegation to 2024 Malaysia M4 League
	Relegation to 2024 Malaysia M4 League

Source: MFL

Result table

Home \ Away	ARM	BKT	BRM	HAR	IFC	KLR	MAU	MCT	MEL	NAG	PLU	PIB	KSR	SWU
Armed Forces		1–2	3–1	1–2	0–1			1–1	1–0		1–1		1–1	4–2
Bukit Tambun	2–1		NIL		1–1	0–1	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–1	1–2		2–0
BRM	NIL	0–4		NIL	0–1	NIL	3–0	NIL	NIL	NIL	NIL	0–5	NIL	NIL
Harini Selangor	3–1	3–1	3–1				3–1	0–0	3–3	5–1		1–1		3–0
Immigration	1–1		NIL	1–0			3–0	2–1	1–2		3–2		3–0	5–0
Kuala Lumpur Rovers	0–0		NIL	1–1	1–0		1–0	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	2–1		6–1
Malaysian University	2–1		NIL			0–3		1–2	1–1	4–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	5–1
Manjung City	2–0	2–3	0–2		0–3				3–3	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–0
Melaka		1–0	NIL	1–3		0–2	1–1			1–0	1–2	1–2	1–3
Naga UKS	0–6		NIL		0–6		1–10		1–7		0–8		0–3
Perlis United	0–2		2–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–0			2–1		0–0	2–1	1–0
PIB Shah Alam	1–0	1–0	NIL	1–2	0–4		0–2	0–0		2–0			0–1
SAINS	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–2		1–1	2–3			1–0		3–2
Sarawak United		1–3	NIL	0–2		1–4	0–2	0–4	1–1	4–1	0–4	0–3

Updated to match(es) played on 27 August 2023. Source: FAM
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of matches played on 27 August 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals^[6]
1	Azim Rahim	Immigration	16
2	Afeeq Iqmal	Manjung City	10
3	Amer Saidin	KL Rovers	9
	Khyril Muhymeen	Harini
5	Zulkiffli Zakaria	Harini	8
6	Firdaus Azizul	Sains	7
	Sadam Hashim	Perlis United
	Syukur Saidin	Bukit Tambun

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Alief Najmi Radzi	Malaysian University	Naga UKS FC	1-10 (A)^[7]	11 March 2023
Syukur Saidin	Bukit Tambum	BRM Kuala Kangsar	0-4 (A)^[8]	6 May 2023
Ikhmal Ibrahim	Perlis United	Naga UKS	0-8 (A)^[9]	20 May 2023
Sadam Hashim	Perlis United	Naga UKS	0-8 (A)^[10]	20 May 2023
Afeeq Iqmal	Manjung City	Sarawak United	0-4 (A)^[11]	10 June 2023
Azim Rahim^4	Immigration	Naga UKS	0-6 (A)^[12]	24 June 2023
Fauzi Kadar	Bukit Tambun	Manjung City	2-3 (A)^[13]	8 July 2023
Khyril Muhymeen	Harini	Armed Forces	3-1 (H)^[14]	15 August 2023

Notes

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

As of 27 August 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ameerul Eqwan Fauzi	KL Rovers	10
2	Firdaus Suhaimi	Manjung	7
3	Hafizul Hakim	Harini	6
	Izarul Adli	Immigration
	Kaharuddin Rahman	Sains
6	Ashraf Fadhil	Malaysian University	5
	Izarul Adli	Immigration
8	Hafidz Romly	Bukit Tambun	4
	Hafiz Abu Bakar	Perlis
	Izzat Abdul Rahim	PIB Shah Alam
	Shahrizan Shafiq	Armed Forces
	Solehin Mamat	Imigresen
	Wan Azraie	PIB Shah Alam
14	Asri Muhamad	Perlis United	2
	Nasrullah Aziz	Melaka
16	Amar Haziq	Malaysian University	1
	Asfa Abiddin	Bukit Tambun
	Daniel Wafiuddin	Melaka
	Izzat Hakimi	Sains

See also

• 2023 Piala Sumbangsih
• 2023 Malaysia Super League
• 2023 Malaysia M4 League
• 2023 Malaysia M5 League
• 2023 Malaysia FA Cup
• 2023 Malaysia Cup
• 2023 MFL Challenge Cup
• 2023 MFL Cup
• 2023 Piala Presiden

References

1. "Liga M3 pada musim 2023 akan guna format baru". Harimau Malaya. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
2. "MFL: No M3 league teams to play in restructured 2023 Super League". MalayMail. 27 Sep 2022.
3. "Amateur Football League (AFL) Umum Penstrukturan Semula Liga M3, 20 Pasukan Dalam Saingan Musim 2020". Vocket.fc. 19 January 2020.
4. SUHAIMI, MUHAMAD ARDIE PUTRA (20 June 2023). "Liga M3: Kuala Kangsar BRM FC sah tarik diri". Kosmo Digital (in Malay). Retrieved 7 August 2023.
5. "PENARIKAN DIRI KUALA KANGSAR BRM FC DARI SAINGAN MBSB BANK CHAMPIONSHIP 2023". AFL (in Malay). 20 June 2023. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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External links

• Football Association of Malaysia website - M3 League