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MSL 2020 season preview: Sabah to survive top-tier return with help of retained local, core players

Sabah were promoted to the Super League as the second tier champions, but are they good enough to survive their first top-tier campaign since 2011?

With the new Malaysia Super League season on the horizon, Goal will be bringing to you the complete guide to all 12 teams in the competition. Going through the changes in the respective squads to see where they could finish come the end of the season. Our next preview is on one of the three clubs to be promoted; Sabah.

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How they fared in 2019

The change in Sabah's state government back in 2018 brought back a more-involved brand of state patronage into the team, after state Minister of Infrastructural Development Peter Anthony was also elected as team president.