2020 in Malaysian football

The 2020 season of competitive association football in Malaysia.

Promotion and relegation

 * Promoted to Malaysia Super League


 * Sabah
 * PDRM
 * UiTM

Relegated to the Malaysia Premier League
 * PKNS
 * PKNP
 * Kuala Lumpur

Promoted to Malaysia Premier League
 * Kelantan United
 * Kuching

Relegated to Liga M3
 * Sarawak

Promoted to Liga M3


 * KSR SAINS
 * IKRAM Muda

Relegated to Liga M4
 * Penjara

New teams

 * Semarak (Liga M3)
 * Kuala Lumpur Rovers (Liga M3)
 * Melaka United (Liga M3)

Withdrawn teams

 * Johor Bahru (Liga M3)
 * SAMB (Liga M3)

Friendly
No friendly matches involving Malaysia was held from 1 January to 15 March due to no FIFA International Match Calendar window during that time, and after 15 March because of restrictions due to COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

2022 World Cup qualification
On 5 March 2020, FIFA announced that it would be monitoring the health situation in the region for possible rescheduling of matchdays 7 through 10 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later on 9 March, FIFA and AFC jointly announced that the matches on matchdays 7–10 due to take place in March and June 2020 were postponed, with the new dates to be confirmed. However, subject to approval by FIFA and AFC, and agreement of both member associations, the matches may be played as scheduled provided that the safety of all individuals involved meets the required standards. On 5 June, AFC confirmed that matchdays 7 and 8 were scheduled to take place on 8 and 13 October respectively while matchdays 9 and 10 were scheduled to kick off on 12 and 17 November. On 12 August, FIFA announced that the matches scheduled for October and November 2020 would be rescheduled to 2021.

2020 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2020 AFC U-19 Championship was originally scheduled to run between 14 and 31 October 2020, but was postponed twice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later cancelled on 25 January 2021.

Liga M3
The league was abandoned after only 2 games played due to COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.

Group A

Group B