[2] The top four teams at the end of the league will face off in two semi-finals before the winners advance to the finals.
Liga Perdana was formed and established in 1994 to succeed the Liga Semi-Pro and became Malaysia's first fully professional football league and was the top-tier football league in the country at that time.
The lowest four teams from the playoff round were then put into Liga Perdana 2 alongside the Police, the Malaysian Armed Forces, Negeri Sembilan Chempaka F.C and PKN Johor.
Unlike most countries that plays its football with separate systems, the league system in Malaysia consists of professional clubs that compete at the top levels, to representative teams from state or district associations, university sides, city councils and clubs from companies, ministries or government agencies.
The 12 clubs participating in the top flight league need to pass a set of requirements and a verification process, particularly related to professionalism and infrastructure feasibility.
The 12 clubs participating in this league need to pass a set of requirements and a verification process, particularly related to professionalism and infrastructure feasibility although with a lower requirement compared to the Malaysia Super League.
Malaysia FAM Cup was established in 1952 as a secondary knockout competition to the more prestigious Malaya Cup, the competition was held between the state teams including Singapore, the Police, the Army, and the Prisons Department of Malaysia in its early days.
The Liga Bolasepak Rakyat was the fourth-tier football league in Malaysia.
The league was managed by the Liga Bolasepak Rakyat-Limited Liability Partnership (LBR-LLP) and was an amateur-level competition which was established in 2015 which aimed to create a bigger base at grassroots level and eventually provide an alternative route for footballers under the age of 28 to make the grade.
[11] In its inaugural season, a total of 111 clubs out of more than 150 possible districts in the country competed in the league.
In 2009, the format of the competition was changed to allow only Under-20 players being eligible to be fielded for the tournament.