KUALA LUMPUR, April 12 — Eleven Super League teams face the possibility of being relegated to the Premier League this season if they fail to obtain their club licence before October.
Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP) chief executive officer Kevin Ramalingam said so far only Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) had obtained the club licence as required by FMLLP.
The regulation was to ensure the target of league privatisation next year is realised, he told Bernama here recently.
He said so far most of the 11 teams and clubs competing in the Super League this season had achieved progress of from 60 to 80 per cent to obtain their club licence.
“Only a few team are still seen as taking it easy on the matter which is our initiative to empower the quality of the Malaysia League,” he said.
Kevin, however, declined to reveal the number of teams seen disinterested to apply for the club licence.
In this regard, he called on the teams involved to take the directive seriously or face potential action which will affect their operations in future.
He said the teams which failed to obtain club licence before the closing date in October could still submit their appeals to FMLLP for a temporary licence subject to several conditions.
Kevin said the teams competing in the Premier League were required to own the club licence for the competition in 2020 by the closing date in 2019. — Bernama
