The season usually ran from early February to late October, with a Ramadan break for a month depending on the Islamic calendar.

[5][6] The last champions are Johor Darul Ta'zim FC II who won the league in 2022.

Liga Perdana 2 was replaced by the new Malaysia Premier League where the teams were divided into two different groups.

The teams that finished at the bottom of each group were relegated to the Malaysia FAM League.

To obtain a licence, teams must be financially healthy and meet certain standards of conduct such as organizational management.

In February 2017, the FMLLP released a statement regarding the official status of Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

The feeder club was also required to register a minimum of 12 players under the age of 23 for its squad from 2017 onwards.

[17] From 2004 to 2010, the Malaysia Premier League incorporated the TM brand as part of its logo as the title sponsor.

[10] For the 2016 season a new logo was introduced as part of the takeover of the league by the FMLLP where 100PLUS was announced as title sponsor.

[20] Teams in the Malaysian League have quite often been involved in financial problems as their spending was more than their revenue.

The Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) is one of the active members in pursuing the issue of unpaid salaries.

[21] In response to these issues, the FMLLP decided that starting from the 2016 season, football clubs would be given warnings with the deduction of three league points if they failed to pay a player's salary.

They continued to broadcast the league for the most part exclusively until the end of the 2010 season where Astro Media were announced as sponsors and were contracted to manage the broadcasting rights of the league for four years spanning from 2011 until the 2014 seasons.

However, the broadcasting rights for the 2016 season were given to Media Prima for 3 years with a maximum of three games in each gameweek shown live on television.

As a result, matches from the Malaysia Premier League most of the time are only shown as highlights for sports news segments on local television.

Fernando Rodríguez Johor Darul Takzim II The foreign players policy has changed multiple times since the league's inception.

[35] In 2009, FAM took a drastic measure when they changed the foreign players policy to banned them from playing in the league until 2011.

[35] All foreign players must obtain International Transfer Certificate from their previous national football governing body that their previous clubs are affiliated to before they can be register with the FAM in order to play in the Malaysia Premier League.