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.
[7] 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.
2: ^ 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 Southeast Asia (SEA) 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.