2014 Malaysia Super League Explained

Competition:Liga Super
Season:2014
Date:17 January - 25 June 2014
Winners:Johor Darul Ta'zim
1st Super League title
1st Liga M title
Relegated:T-Team
PKNS
Continentalcup1:AFC Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Johor Darul Ta'zim (Qualifying play-off)
Continentalcup2:AFC Cup
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Johor Darul Ta'zim
Pahang
Matches:132
Total Goals:347
League Topscorer:Paulo Rangel (16 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Sime Darby 4–0 Kelantan
(15 April 2014)Sime Darby 4–0 Perak
(14 Jun 2014)
Biggest Away Win:ATM 0–3 Terengganu
(25 March 2014)
Pahang 1–4 Terengganu
(24 May 2014)Terengganu 1–4 Selangor
(10 Jun 2014)
Highest Scoring:Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–3 Terengganu
(13 Jun 2014)
Longest Wins:5 games
Pahang
(From Game 8 to Game 12)
Longest Unbeaten:12 games
Johor Darul Ta'zim
(From Game 8 to Game 19)
Longest Winless:11 games
ATM
Longest Losses:6 games
Perak
Highest Attendance:70,000
Selangor 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(24 May 2014)
Lowest Attendance:300
T-Team 1–1 Perak
(22 March 2014)
Attendance:1,348,973
Average Attendance:10,219
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015
Extra Information:All statistics correct as of 28 June 2014.

The 2014 Liga Super (English: '''2014 Super League''') also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the 11th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 17 January and concluded on 25 June 2014.[1]

The Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.[1]

Major changes

The following are the key changes of 2014 Liga Super season as compared to the previous season:

Teams

A total of 12 teams compete in the 2014 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2013 season and champions and runners-up of the 2013 Liga Premier.

Felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated at the end of the 2013 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table.

2012 Liga Premier unbeaten champions Sarawak and runners-up Sime Darby secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.

TeamTeam BasedStadiumCapacity1
ATMSelayangSelayang Stadium20,000
Johor Darul Ta'zimJohor BahruLarkin Stadium30,000
KelantanKota BharuSultan Mohammad IV Stadium22,000
LionsXIISingaporeJalan Besar Stadium28,000
PahangKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium40,000
PerakIpohPerak Stadium60,000
PKNSPetaling JayaMBPJ Stadium25,000
SarawakKuchingSarawak State Stadium26,000
SelangorShah AlamShah Alam Stadium380,372
Sime DarbyKuala LumpurSelayang Stadium20,000
T-TeamKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
TerengganuKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

TeamHead CoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
ATM B. Sathianathan Hairuddin OmarLottoEcobumi
Johor DT Bojan Hodak Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul RadzakNikeCountry Garden
Kelantan George Boateng Badhri RadziWarriorsHotlink
LionsXII Fandi Ahmad Safuwan BaharudinNikeStarHub
Pahang Zainal Abidin Hassan Mohd Razman RoslanPumaAras Kuasa
Perak Abu Bakar Fadzim Mohammad Hardi JaafarJomaLembaga Air Perak
PKNS Wan Jamak Helmi RemeliLottoPKNS
Sarawak Robert Alberts Joseph Kalang TieStarsportsSarawak Energy
Selangor Mehmet Durakovic Bunyamin UmarKappaSelangor
Sime Darby Ismail Zakaria Juzaili SamionKappaSime Darby
T-Team Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Mohd Marzuki YusofLine 7EPIC
Terengganu Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ismail Faruqi Asha'riUmbroDesa Murni Batik

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing Head CoachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
Johor DT Fandi AhmadResigned19 August 2013[6] César Ferrando21 October 2013[7]
Selangor Irfan BaktiResigned28 August 2013[8] Mehmet Durakovic31 October 2013[9]
Terengganu E. ElavarasanEnd of contract1 October 2013[10] Abdul Rahman9 October 2013[11]
LionsXII V. SundramoorthyEnd of contract7 October 2013[12] Fandi Ahmad7 December 2013[13]
Perak Azraai KhorResigned21 October 2013[14] Abu Bakar Fadzim22 October 2013[15]
PKNS Abdul RahmanEnd of contract30 October 2013 Wan Jamak10 October 2013[16]
Kelantan Bojan HodakEnd of contract15 November 2013[17] Steve Darby15 November 2013[18]
T-Team Che Ku MarzukiEnd of contractNovember 2013 Azraai Khor13 November 2013[19]
Pahang Dollah SallehEnd of contractNovember 2013[20] Ron SmithNovember 2013
Pahang Ron SmithEnd of contract6 March 2014[21] Zainal Abidin Hassan (interim)6 March 2014
Kelantan Steve DarbyRelieved15 April 2014 Hashim Mustapha (interim)15 April 2014
Johor DT César FerrandoRelievedApril 2014 Bojan Hodak (interim)April 2014
Kelantan Hashim Mustapha (interim)End of interimApril 2014 George BoatengApril 2014

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 (Asian)Former Player(s)
ATM Bruno Martelotto Juan Arostegui Fabrice Noël Park Yong-Ho
Johor Darul Ta'zim Luciano Figueroa Jorge Pereyra Díaz Marcos Antonio Hariss Harun Pablo Aimar
Baihakki Khaizan
Kelantan Mohamed Shawky Prince Tagoe Francis Doe Hussein Alaa Hussein Mohamad Ghaddar
Obinna Nwaneri
LionsXIINANANANANA
Pahang Matías Conti Damion Stewart Dickson Nwakaeme Zesh RahmanNA
Perak Marco Tulio Milan Purovic Abdulafees Abdulsalam Hassan Daher Eliel Cruz
Želimir Terkeš
Martin Kafando
Kyaw Zayar Win
PKNS Karlo Primorac Patrick Wleh Kim Dong-Chan Hamka HamzahNA
Sarawak Muamer Salibašić Gábor Gyepes Hassan Mohamad Ryan Griffiths Milorad Janjuš
Alireza Abbasfard
Selangor Steve Pantelidis Paulo Rangel Evaldo Andik Vermansyah Juninho
Sime Darby Mateo Roskam William Mensah Mahmoud Amnah Dilshod Sharofetdinov Davron Khashimov
T-Team Goran Šubara Leandro Dos Santos Jimmy Mulisa Patrich Wanggai Fábio Flor
Damir Ibrić
Terengganu Vincent Bikana Javier Estupiñán Moustapha Dabo Mario Karlović Márcio Souza
Mamadou Barry

Note:

League table

Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2014 season.

Week 22

Season statistics

Top scorers

[23]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Paulo RangelSelangor16
2 Luciano FigueroaJohor Darul Ta'zim11
3 Juan ArosteguiATM9
Matías ContiPahang
5 Jorge Pereyra DíazJohor Darul Ta'zim8
6 Khairul AmriLionsXII7
Patrick WlehPKNS
Nor Farhan MuhammadTerengganu
9ATM 6
Dickson NwakaemePahang
Sarawak
12 Francis DoeKelantan5
Abdulafees AbdulsalamPerak
Milan PurovićPerak
Dilshod SharofetdinovSime Darby
Patrich WanggaiT-Team

Own goals

RankPlayerForClubOwn Goal
1 Ronny HarunPahangSarawak1
Helmi RemeliSelangorPKNS
Aminuddin NoorJohor Darul Ta'zimPKNS
Junior EldstålTerengganuSarawak
Norfazly AliasSarawakATM

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
4–0 15 April 2014
4–1 15 April 2014
4–3 13 June 2014

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Farizal MarliasSelangor6
2 Sharbinee AllaweeTerengganu5
Mohd Izham TarmiziJohor Darul Ta'zim
3 Khairul Fahmi Che MatKelantan4
Izwan MahbudLionsXII
4 Shahril Saa'riT-Team3
Khairul AzhanPahang
Suffian Abdul RahmanSime Darby
5 Syed AdneyATM2
Remezey Che RosPKNS
Sani AnuarSarawak
Muhammad Al-Hafiz HamzahJohor Darul Ta'zim

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReference
CoachClubPlayerClub
January Mehmet DurakovicSelangor Paulo RangelSelangor
February Abdul RahmanTerengganu Badhri RadziKelantan
March Zainal Abidin HassanPahang Zairo AnuarTerengganu
April Ismail ZakariaSime Darby Luciano FigueroaJohor Darul Ta'zim
May Bojan HodakJohor Darul Ta'zim Jorge Pereyra DíazJohor Darul Ta'zim

Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2014.html
  2. News: Goal line technology . New Straits Times . 25 November 2013 . 25 November 2013 . 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 .
  3. News: Goal line technology.
  4. News: Jalan Besar Stadium . New Straits Times . 15 January 2014 . 15 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201161528/http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/fandi-counting-on-experience-1.462607?cache=03%2F7.228797%2F7.241842%2F7.358894%2F7.358894%2F7.384960 . 1 February 2014 . dead .
  5. News: Shah Alam Stadium . New Straits Times . 15 January 2014 . 15 January 2014.
  6. News: Fandi Ahmad tinggalkan Darul Ta'zim . ms . Fox Sports . 19 August 2013 . 7 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222230002/http://www.foxsports.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item1004819/%20Fandi%20Ahmad%20tinggalkan%20Darul%20Takzim . 22 February 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
  7. News: Cesar Ferrando Jimenez new JDT manager . The Star . 21 August 2013 . 7 November 2013 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227054855/http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2013/08/21/New-JDT-coach.aspx/ . dead .
  8. News: Irfan Bakti resigns as Selangor Head Coach . Goal.com . 28 August 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  9. News: Mehmet Durakovic is the new Selangor coach . The Star . 31 October 2013 . 7 November 2013 . 2 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102190252/http://www.thestar.com.my/Sport/Football/2013/10/31/Mehmet-Durakovic-is-new-Selangor-coach.aspx . dead .
  10. News: PBSNT tidak lanjutkan kontrak Evalarasan . ms . Sinar Harian . 1 October 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  11. News: Abdul Rahman going home to coach Terengganu . The Star . 9 October 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  12. News: Sundramoorthy set to join Negri Sembilan . The Star . 7 October 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  13. News: Fandi Ahmad . Channel news asia . 7 October 2013 . 7 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131219054345/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/football-fandi-ahmad/913868.html . 19 December 2013 .
  14. News: Azraai Khor resigns as Perak head coach . Goal.com . 20 October 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  15. News: PAFA umum Abu Bakar Fadzim jurulatih baru . ms . Pafanews . 20 October 2013 . 7 November 2013 . https://archive.today/20131110044434/http://pafanews.com/2013/10/22/pafa-umum-abu-bakar-fadzim-jurulatih-baru/ . 10 November 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  16. News: PKNS pilih Wan Jamak ganti Rahman . ms . Berita Harian . 11 October 2013 . 7 November 2013 . 10 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131110062047/http://www.bharian.com.my/articles/PKNSpilihWanJamakgantiRahman/Article/ . dead .
  17. News: Hodak to bid farewell . New Straits Times . 27 October 2013 . 7 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131029005158/http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/hodak-to-bid-farewell-1.385943 . 29 October 2013 .
  18. News: Steve Darby set to replace Bojan Hodak . Goal.com . 5 November 2013 . 7 November 2013.
  19. News: Coach Azraai signs two-year contract with T-Team . The Star . 13 November 2013 . 13 November 2013.
  20. News: Coach Azraai signs two-year contract with T-Team . Goal Malaysia . 23 November 2013 . 23 November 2013.
  21. News: Pahang end Ronald Smith's contract after poor MSL form. Goal Malaysia . 6 March 2014 . 15 March 2014. Nik Afiq.
  22. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1234691/1/.html No foreign players for LionsXII
  23. Web site: Liga Super 2014 – Goal Scorers. ligabolasepakmalaysia. 3 September 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20141010073730/http://www.ligabolasepakmalaysia.com/p/penjaring-liga-super-2013_8.html. 10 October 2014.