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Football is one of the most popular and rapidly evolving sports in Malaysia, with the
Malaysia Super League (MSL) serving as the top-tier professional competition in the
country. The increasing competitiveness among MSL football clubs highlights the need
for systematic. This research aims to measure the efficiency score of 14 football clubs
participating in the MSL 2023 season and to rank the most efficient clubs by using the
Bi-Objective Multi-Criteria Data Envelopment Analysis (Bi-O MCDEA) CCR Input-
Oriented and Super Efficiency (SE) model. The study focuses on how efficiently clubs
utilize resources such as squad size, market value and stadium capacity into valuable
outputs like goals scored, league points earned and revenue. The model was implemented
using LINGO 20.0 optimization software. Data used were obtained from the
sport websites, www.transfemarkt.com, which is worldwide football club website. The
DEA model was applied to calculate efficiency scores, identifying two clubs Johor Darul
Ta’zim (JDT) and PDRM FC fully efficient with a score of 1, while the remaining 12
clubs scored below 1, suggesting less efficient performance. The use of the SE model
further allowed for ranking among the efficient clubs. The findings revealed the clubs
with the highest rank was JDT emerged as the most efficient football club with a super
efficiency score of 1.2112930, followed by PDRM FC with a near perfect score of
0.9999994. In conclusion, the DEA approach is effective in offering objective insights
into football club performance and resource utilization. Future research may benefit
from incorporating financial expenditure and social media engagement metrics to enhance
the robustness of the analysis.