2015 Malaysia Premier League Explained

Season:2015
Winners: Kedah
4th Second Division title
Promoted: Kedah
Penang
Relegated:SPA
Matches:126
Total Goals:399
League Topscorer:Forkey Doe
(17 goals)
Biggest Home Win:T-Team 7–0 SPA
(18 August 2015)
Biggest Away Win:SPA 1–5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
(13 February 2015)
DRB-Hicom 1–5 Kedah
(22 August 2015)
Highest Scoring:NS Matrix 3–5 T-Team
(13 March 2015)
Longest Wins:3 games
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Highest Attendance:21,900
Kedah 0–0 T-Team
(3 May 2015)
Lowest Attendance:100
SPA 0–4 DRB-Hicom
(13 March 2015)
Attendance:133,345
Average Attendance:4,445
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2016

The 2015 Liga Premier (English: '''2015 Premier League''') was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from January and concluded in August 2015.[1]

The Liga Premier champions for 2015 season was Kedah.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2016 Liga Super.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Liga Super

Promoted from 2014 Liga Premier

Relegated from 2014 Liga Super

From Liga FAM

Relegated to 2015 Liga FAM

Promoted to 2015 Liga Premier

Rule changes

Name changes

Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season, two promoted from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2014 Liga Super.

On 27 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur earned promotion from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for a year. This was followed by Kuantan. The two teams replace Perlis and PBAPP who were all relegated to the 2015 Liga FAM.

T-Team and PKNS were relegated from 2014 Liga Super. They are replacing PDRM and Felda United who get promotion to 2015 Liga Super.

Team summaries

Team locations

Stadium

TeamTeam BasedStadium LocationStadiumStadium Capacity
DRB-HicomKuala LumpurTanjung MalimProton City Stadium
Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurKuala LumpurMerdeka Stadium
Johor Darul Ta'zim IIJohor BahruPasir GudangPasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
KedahAlor StarAlor StarDarul Aman Stadium
NS MatrixSerembanParoiTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
KuantanKuantanKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium
PKNSKelana JayaPetaling JayaMBPJ Stadium
PenangGeorge TownGeorge TownBandaraya Stadium
T-TeamKuala TerengganuKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
SPAKuala LumpurPetaling JayaMBPJ Stadium
SabahKota KinabaluKota KinabaluLikas Stadium
UiTMShah AlamShah AlamUiTM Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
DRB-Hicom Chong Yee Fatt Abdullah YusoffMizunoDRB-HICOM
Kuantan Zulhamizan Zakaria Khairul Azman Awang LongKappaNilaitek
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Nenad Baćina Shahril IshakNikeCountry Garden
Kedah Tan Cheng Hoe Baddrol BakhtiarWarrix SportsKedah
NS Matrix K. Devan Rezal Zambery YahyaKappaMatrix Concepts
Kuala Lumpur Tang Siew Seng Syazwan RaniWarrix SportsKuala Lumpur City Hall
Penang Jacksen F. Tiago Redzuan NawiUmbroPenang Water Supply Corporation
PKNS E. Elavarasan Shahrul Azhar TureKappaPKNS
SPA Ken Worden Kwon JunLine 7SPA
Sabah Mike Mulvey El Hadji DioufAdidasGlobaltec
T-Team Tomislav Steinbrückner Marzuki YusofEutagEPIC
UiTM Azuan Zain Aiman Syazwan AbdullahUmbroKPM

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been registered to the official Liga Premier. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 (Asian)Former Player
DRB-Hicom Godwin Antwi Terukazu Tanaka Ivan Babic Hayato Hashimoto
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Baihakki Khaizan Nicolás Delmonte Leandro Velázquez Shahril Ishak
Kedah Sandro Mendonça Liridon Krasniqi Chidi Edeh Bang Seung-Hwan Lawrence Olum
Keith Nah
Kuala Lumpur Lee Sung-hyun Modibo Konte Lee Jin-seuk Choi Hyun-yeon Martin Ekoule
Kallé Soné
Ogunboye Iyanu
Kuantan Tarik El Janaby Milan Purovic Fabrice Noel Lee Kwang-Hyun Im Kyung-hyun
NS Matrix Jean Alexandre Francis Doe Kim Jin-yong
Penang Reinaldo Lobo Hilton Moreira Beto Gonçalves Lee Kil-Hoon
PKNS Gonzalo Soto Gabriel Guerra Patrick Wleh Pedro Henrique Keisuke Ogawa
SPA Kwon Jun Rod Dyachenko Simone Quintieri Cameron Edwards Guy Bwele
Michael Ijezie
Precious Emuejeraye
Sabah Abdoulaye Faye Éamon Zayed El Hadji Diouf Joel Chianese Fazrul Nawaz
T–Team Josip Milardovic Sadriddin Abdullaev Tomislav Bušić Farhod Tadjiyev David Oniya[3]
UiTM Mbom Mbom Julien Abdi Kassim Dao Bakary

League table

Fixtures and results

Fixtures and results of the Liga Premier 2015 season.

Week 7

1Match delayed due to bad weather.

Week 15

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 22 October 2015.[4]

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Francis DoeNS Matrix17
2 Gabriel GuerraPKNS16
3 Farhod TadjiyevT-Team15
4 Chidi Edeh11
5 Dao BakaryUiTM10
Milan PurovićKuala Lumpur
Éamon ZayedSabah
8 Sandro Mendonça9
Tomislav BušićT-Team
Sadriddin AbdullaevT-Team
Mohd Faiz SubriPenang
Ivan BabićDRB-Hicom
13 Hilton Moreira8
El Hadji DioufSabah
15 Joel Chianese7
Shafiq Shaharuddin Johor Darul Ta'zim II
BetoPenang
18 Fabrice Noël6
Gonzalo SotoPKNS
Syafiq AhmadKedah
Nor Hakim HassanT-Team
Shahril IshakJohor Darul Ta'zim II
Leandro VelázquezJohor Darul Ta'zim II
24 Patrick Wleh5
Elias SulaimanPenang
Liridon KrasniqiKedah
Abdi KassimUiTM
Raslam KhanUiTM
29 Azniee Taib4
Shahrizal SaadNegeri Sembilan
Khairol AzrySPA
Fakhrul AimanDRB-Hicom
Bang Seung-hwanKedah
Baddrol BakhtiarKedah
Zaquan AdhaJohor Darul Ta'zim II
Nicolás DelmonteJohor Darul Ta'zim II

Champions

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Shafiq ShaharuddinJohor Darul Ta'zim IISPA1–513 February 2015
Gabriel GuerraPKNSKuantan1–319 June 2015
Farhod TadjiyevT-TeamPKNS3–126 June 2015
KedahJohor Darul Ta'zim II3–211 August 2015
Tomislav BušićT-TeamSPA7–018 August 2015
Sandro MendonçaKedahDRB-Hicom1–522 August 2015

Own goals

RankPlayerForClubOwn Goal
1 Lee Kwang-hyunPenangKuantan1
Abdoulaye FayeDRB-HicomSabah
Precious EmuejerayeUiTMSPA
Aiman Syazwan AbdullahPKNSUiTM
Zameer ZainunJohor Darul Ta'zim IIKuala Lumpur

Scoring

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2015.html
  2. http://www.bharian.com.my/node/21828 Liga Perdana 2015: Negeri Sembilan dikenali NS Matrix
  3. News: Nigerian defender David Oniya dies after collapsing during match. BBC Sport. 13 June 2015. 13 June 2015.
  4. Web site: Liga bolasepak Malaysia. ligabolasepakmalaysia.blogspot.my.