2014 Malaysia Premier League Explained

Competition:Liga Premier
Season:2014
Winners:PDRM
2nd Second Division title
Promoted:PDRM
Felda United
Relegated:Perlis
PBAPP
Matches:126
Total Goals:377
League Topscorer:Edward Wilson(19 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Felda United 8–0 UiTM
(20 June 2014)
Biggest Away Win:PBAPP 2-7 Kedah
(9 May 2014)
Highest Scoring:PBAPP 2-7 Kedah
(9 May 2014)
Longest Wins:7 games
PDRM
(From Game 1 to Game 7)
Longest Unbeaten:19 games
PDRM
(From Game 1 to Game 19)
Longest Winless:11 games
PBAPP
(From Game 1 to Game 11)
Longest Losses:5 games
Perlis
(From Game 1 to Game 5)
Highest Attendance:14,000
Penang 4–1 Johor Darul Takzim II
(4 April 2014)
Lowest Attendance:120
Perlis 0–1 KL SPA
(27 January 2014)
Average Attendance:2,687
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

The 2014 Liga Premier (English: '''2014 Premier League'''), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 24 January 2014.[1]

The Liga Premier champions for 2014 season was PDRM.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2015 Liga Super.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Liga Super

Promoted from 2013 Liga Premier

Relegated from 2013 Liga Super

From Malaysia FAM League

Relegated to 2014 Malaysia FAM League

Promoted to 2014 Liga Premier

Rule changes

Name Changes

Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2013 season, two promoted from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2013 Liga Super.

On 27 May 2013, Penang earned promotion from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for 2 years. This is the second season that Penang are in the Premier League. This was followed by neighbours, PBAPP. The two teams replace Betaria and Kuala Lumpur who were all relegated to the 2014 Malaysia FAM League.

Felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated from 2013 Liga Super. They are replacing Sarawak and Sime Darby who get promotion to 2014 Liga Super.

Team Summaries

Team locations

Stadium

TeamTeam BasedStadium LocationStadiumStadium Capacity
DRB-HicomKuala LumpurPaya RumputHang Jebat Stadium
Felda UnitedKuala LumpurKelana JayaPetaling Jaya Stadium
Johor Darul Takzim IIJohor BahruPasir GudangPasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
KedahAlor StarAlor StarDarul Aman Stadium
Negeri SembilanSerembanSerembanTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
PBAPPGeorge TownGeorge TownBandaraya Stadium
PDRMKuala LumpurKelana JayaPetaling Jaya Stadium
PenangGeorge TownGeorge TownBandaraya Stadium
PerlisKangarAlor StarDarul Aman Stadium
Putrajaya SPAPutrajayaPaya RumputHang Jebat Stadium
SabahKota KinabaluKota KinabaluLikas Stadium
UiTMShah AlamShah AlamUiTM Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamCoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
DRB-Hicom G. Torairaju Abdullah YusofKappaDRB-HICOM
Felda United Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Muhammad Shukor AdanPumaFGV
Johor Darul Takzim II Rajko Magic Shahril IshakNikeJcorp
Kedah Tan Cheng Hoe Baddrol BakhtiarLine 7PKNK
Negeri Sembilan V. Sundramoorthy Norhafiz Zamani MisbahKikaMatrix Concepts
PBAPP Yunus Alif Mat Saiful MohammadJomaPBA Pulau Pinang
PDRM Dollah Salleh Mohd Afif AmiruddinKappaPerkasa Jauhari
Penang K. Devan Mohd Azizan BabaUmbroASPEN Group
Perlis Reduan Abdullah S. SuvinartXtepCanggih
Putrajaya SPA Mohd Shah Alias Norbit Sazali SuwandiErreàSPA
Sabah Milomir Šešlija Julamri MuhammadCarinoGrace One
UiTM Azuan Zain Muhammad Ashraf ZulkapliUmbroKPT

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing coachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming coachDate of appointment
Penang Merzagua Abderrazak K. Devan
Perlis Yunus Alif Reduan Abdullah
Sabah Johnny Dominicus Milomir Šešlija
PDRM R. Nalathamby Dollah Salleh
PBAPP Zabidi Hassan Yunus Alif
Negeri Sembilan Ridzuan Abu Shah V. Sundramoorthy
Kedah Marijo Tot Dave Mitchell
Felda United K. Devan Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
Kedah Dave Mitchell Tan Cheng Hoe

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 (Asian)
DRB-Hicom Ogunboye Iyanu Ezekiel Mohammad Naeem Rahimi Emile Damey Kwon Jun
Felda United Ndumba Makeche Zah Rahan Krangar Edward Junior Wilson Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy
Johor Darul Takzim II Nicolás Delmonte Braulio Nóbrega Juan Manuel Carrasco Shahril Ishak
Kedah Namgung Woong Billy Mehmet José Franco Gómez Adam Griffiths
Negeri Sembilan Ivan Babić Philani
PBAPP Boris Kochkin Edrisar Kaye Alexander Thomas Becerra
PDRM Rafael Charles Chad Mohamadou Sumareh Ali Ashfaq
Penang Titi Buengo Luiz Ricardo Lee Kil-Hoon Lee Kwang-Hyun
Perlis Mourad Faris Dao Bakary Bamba Sinaly Witthawin Klorwutthiwat
Putrajaya SPA Alen Guć Eddy Viator Guy Bwele Shin Hyun-Joon
Sabah Predrag Pocuca Jerome Suku Doe Andrezinho Marwan Sayedeh
UiTM Obi Ikechukwu Charles Abdi Kassim Sadallah Eldon Maquemba Bang Seung-Hwan

League table

Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 2014 season.

Week 11

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Week 22

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Edward Junior WilsonFelda United19
2 Ali AshfaqPDRM18
3 Charles Souza ChadPDRM16
4 Ogunboye Iyanu EzekielDRB-Hicom15
Billy MehmetKedah
Lee Kil-HoonPenang
7 Indra Putra MahayuddinFelda United10
UiTM
9 Zah Rahan KrangarFelda United9
10Johor Darul Takzim II8
Negeri Sembilan
PDRM
Dao BakaryPerlis
Marwan SayedehSabah

Hat-tricks

PlayerFor !Against Result Date
7–1
5–1
1–3
1–6
8–0

Scoring

Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2014.html
  2. Web site: Goal line referees to make debut in M-League - Soccer - New Straits Times . 18 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131125094221/http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/goal-line-referees-to-make-debut-in-m-league-1.411229 . 25 November 2013 . dead .