2014 Malaysia Premier League

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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]

Liga Premier
Season2014
ChampionsPDRM
2nd Second Division title
PromotedPDRM
Felda United
RelegatedPerlis
PBAPP
Matches played126
Goals scored377 (2.99 per match)
Top goalscorerEdward Wilson(19 goals)
Biggest home winFelda United 8–0 UiTM
(20 June 2014)
Biggest away winPBAPP 2-7 Kedah
(9 May 2014)
Highest scoringPBAPP 2-7 Kedah
(9 May 2014)
Longest winning run7 games
PDRM
(From Game 1 to Game 7)
Longest unbeaten run19 games
PDRM
(From Game 1 to Game 19)
Longest winless run11 games
PBAPP
(From Game 1 to Game 11)
Longest losing run5 games
Perlis
(From Game 1 to Game 5)
Highest attendance14,000
Penang 4–1 Johor Darul Takzim II
(4 April 2014)
Lowest attendance120
Perlis 0–1 KL SPA
(27 January 2014)
Average attendance2,687
2013
2015

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

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Team changes

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Rule changes

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  • A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Premier League teams, including at least one player from AFC countries. A maximum of 3 foreign players can be fielded at one time in a match. The announcement was made by FAM during the exco meeting in November 2013, following a decision to upgrade the foreign players quota from 2 in 2013 to 3 in the April 2013 meeting.[2]

Name Changes

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  • Pos Malaysia were renamed to DRB-Hicom
  • Johor FA were renamed to Johor Darul Takzim II

Teams

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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

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Team locations

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Stadium

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Team Team Based Stadium Location Stadium Stadium Capacity
DRB-Hicom Kuala Lumpur Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Felda United Kuala Lumpur Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Takzim II Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kedah Alor Star Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Negeri Sembilan Seremban Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000
PBAPP George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium 16,000
PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 40,000
Penang George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium 16,000
Perlis Kangar Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Putrajaya SPA Putrajaya Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium 40,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 30,000
UiTM Shah Alam Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DRB-Hicom   G. Torairaju   Abdullah Yusof Kappa DRB-HICOM
Felda United   Irfan Bakti Abu Salim   Muhammad Shukor Adan Puma FGV
Johor Darul Takzim II   Rajko Magic   Shahril Ishak Nike Jcorp
Kedah   Tan Cheng Hoe   Baddrol Bakhtiar Line 7 PKNK
Negeri Sembilan   V. Sundramoorthy   Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Kika Matrix Concepts
PBAPP   Yunus Alif   Mat Saiful Mohammad Joma PBA Pulau Pinang
PDRM   Dollah Salleh   Mohd Afif Amiruddin Kappa Perkasa Jauhari Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine
Penang   K. Devan   Mohd Azizan Baba Umbro ASPEN Group
Perlis   Reduan Abdullah   S. Suvinart Xtep Canggih
Putrajaya SPA   Mohd Shah Alias Norbit   Sazali Suwandi Erreà SPA
Sabah   Milomir Šešlija   Julamri Muhammad Carino Grace One
UiTM   Azuan Zain   Muhammad Ashraf Zulkapli Umbro KPT

Coaching changes

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Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date 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

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 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   Jean Alexandre   Philani   Kim Jin-Yong
PBAPP   Boris Kochkin   Edrisar Kaye   Ochaya Silvus Luis   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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 PDRM (C, P) 22 16 4 2 63 23 +40 52 Promotion to Liga Super
2 Felda United (P) 22 15 5 2 58 26 +32 50
3 Penang 22 13 5 4 41 30 +11 44
4 Kedah 22 11 5 6 43 25 +18 38
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 9 8 5 30 26 +4 35
6 Negeri Sembilan 22 8 6 8 26 28 −2 30
7 DRB-Hicom 22 6 5 11 32 34 −2 23
8 Sabah 22 6 5 11 21 30 −9 23
9 UiTM 22 5 7 10 22 28 −6 22
10 SPA 22 5 7 10 23 41 −18 22
11 Perlis (R) 22 2 6 14 21 50 −29 12 Relegation to Liga FAM
12 PBAPP (R) 22 1 6 15 16 45 −29 9
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 2014 season.

Week 1

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Friday 24 January Johor Darul Takzim II   1 – 3   PDRM Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
Braulio Nobrega   23' Mohd Afif Amiruddin   59'
Bobby Gonzales   60'
Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim   62'
Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin (Melaka)
Friday 24 January Kedah   4 – 1   Perlis Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Baddrol Bakhtiar   32'
Billy Mehmet   36 (pen.)', 82'
Syazwan Zainon   44'
Mohd Farizal Rozali   22' Referee: Kamal Ahmad (Kuala LUmpur)
Friday 24 January Penang   3 – 1   Sabah Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Zharif Hasna   45', 64'
Hilton Moreira   61'
Rozaimi Abdul Rahman   11' Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim (Terengganu)
Friday 24 January Felda United   1 – 1   PBAPP Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Edward Junior Wilson   76' Muhamad Daud Zo   36' Attendance: 800
Referee: Mohd Jefferi Zolkifli (Perak)
Friday 24 January Putrajaya SPA   0 – 1   UiTM Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
Obi Ikechukwu Charles   70' Attendance: 100
Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad (Kuala Lumpur)

Week 2

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Monday 27 January PDRM   5 – 1   Penang Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Bobby Gonzales   3'
Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim   26'
Mohd Shahril Izwan Abdullah   38'
Ali Ashfaq   59'
Charles Souza Chad   65'
Yong Kuong Yong   18' Attendance: 350
Referee: Mohd Fairurazi Mat Desa (Perak)
Monday 27 January UiTM   1 – 1   Johor Darul Takzim II UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor
Abdi Kassim Sadallah   12' Mohd Azinee Taib   82' Attendance: 300
Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan (Terengganu)
Monday 27 January DRB-Hicom   0 – 2   Kedah Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
Billy Mehmet   35', 90+4' Attendance: 300
Referee: Muhd Almi Abdullah
Monday 27 January Sabah   1 – 3   Felda United Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Rozaimi Abdul Rahman   19' Zah Rahan Krangar   45'
Edward Junior Wilson   50', 77'
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Azman Jamaudin
Monday 27 January PBAPP   0 – 0   Negeri Sembilan Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tiong Eng Tai
Monday 27 January Perlis   0 – 1   Putrajaya SPA Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
Khairul Azry Abdul Rahman   56' Attendance: 120
Referee: Mohd Suhaimi Ismail

Week 3

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Friday 7 February PDRM   1 – 0   Sabah Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Mohd Sabre Mat Abu   47' Referee: Nazmi Nasarudin (Pulau Pinang)
Friday 7 February DRB-Hicom   0 – 1   Putrajaya SPA Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
Michaël Niçoise   34' Referee: Suresh Jayaraman
Friday 7 February Penang   1 – 0   UiTM Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20:45 UTC+08:00 Lee Kil-Hoon   11' Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan (Terengganu)

Week 4

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Monday 10 February DRB-Hicom   3 – 2   Johor Darul Takzim II Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
16.45 UTC+08:00 Khairul Anwar Shahrudin   30'
Khairul Naim Mahyuddin   55'
Mohd Fakhrullah Rosli   81'
Mohd Yusof Zainal Abidin   45+2'
Mohd Razif Abdul Rahim   63(og)'
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria (Kuala Lumpur)
Monday 10 February Sabah   2 – 1   Negeri Sembilan Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Mohd Ezaidy Khadar   14'
Mohd Farid Ideris   21'
Effa Owona   11' Referee: Teoh Hee Loon (Melaka)
Monday 10 February PBAPP   0 – 2   Putrajaya SPA Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khairul Izwan Khalid   39', 61' Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaakub (Perak)
Monday 10 February Perlis   2 – 3   Penang Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Dao Bakary   75'
Mohd Haziq   90+4'
Titi Buengo   1'
Lee Kil-Hoon   23', 52'
Referee: Mohd Jefri Zulkifli (Perak)

Week 5

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Friday 14 February PDRM   7 – 1   Perlis Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
16.45 UTC+08:00 Ali Ashfaq   15', 51', 86'
Charles Souza Chad   49' (pen.), 64'
Bobby Gonzales   60'
Khairul Izuan Abdullah   62'
Dao Bakary   55' Referee: Azman Jamaludin
Friday 14 February UiTM   0 – 1   Sabah UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor
16.45 UTC+08:00 Marwan Sayedeh   67' Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Zulkifli
Friday 14 February Johor Darul Takzim II   1 – 0   PBAPP Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 See Kok Luen   67' Referee: Kamal Ahmad (Kuala Lumpur)
Friday 14 February Penang   2 – 1   DRB-Hicom Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20:45 UTC+08:00 Hilton Moreira   56'
Lee Kil-Hoon   88'
Khairul Naim Mahyuddin   39' Referee: Muhammad Suhaimi Ismail
Friday 14 February Kedah   0 – 1   Negeri Sembilan Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Effa Owona   58' Referee: Mohd Jeffri zolkifli (Perak)

Week 6

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Week 7

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Friday 14 March PDRM   4 – 0   PBAPP Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
16.45 UTC+08:00 Bobby Gonzales   23'
Munir Amran   50'
Mat Saiful Mohamad   54 (og)'
Ali Ashfaq   74'
Friday 14 March Perlis   1 – 1   Sabah
16.45 UTC+08:00 Farouk Hashim   34' Marwan Sayedeh   36'

Week 8

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Week 9

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Monday 24 March Perlis   2 – 1   PBAPP
16.45 UTC+08:00 Dao Bakary   10'
Rosli Muda  14'
Muhd Badrulhisani Abdul Rahman   2'

Week 10

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Friday 28 March Kedah   1 – 3   PDRM Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20.45 UTC+08:00 Baddrol Bakhtiar   79' Ali Ashfaq   18', 44', 72'

Week 11

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Week 12

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Friday 11 April PBAPP   1 – 0   Sabah Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20.45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Faiz Mohd Nasir   18'

Week 13

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Monday 14 April PBAPP   1 – 2   Felda United Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20.45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Faiz Mohd Nasir   73' Edward Junior Wilson   16'
Ndumba Makeche   58'
Monday 14 April Perlis   1 – 6   Kedah Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20.45 UTC+08:00 Dao Bakary   80 (pen)' Billy Mehmet   10', 15', 50'
Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar   33'
Adam Griffiths   45+1'
Baddrol Bakhtiar   46'

Week 14

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Friday 18 April Putrajaya SPA   1 – 1   Perlis Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
16.45 UTC+08:00 Alen Guć   83' Mohd Farizal Rozali   40'
Friday 18 April Kedah   0 – 2   DRB-Hicom Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20.45 UTC+08:00 Khairul Naim Mahyuddin   23'
Mohd Fakhrullah Rosli   65'

Week 15

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Friday 9 May Perlis   0 – 2   Johor Darul Takzim II
Mohd Azinee Taib   34', 40'
Friday 9 May PBAPP   2 – 7   Kedah Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20.45 UTC+08:00 Edrisar Kaye   76 (pen)'
Muhd Zamri   80'
Khairul Helmi Johari   3'
Namgung Woong   12', 44'
Mohd Syamim Alif Mohd Sobri   39', 71'
Billy Mehmet   63', 77'

Week 16

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Friday 16 May Putrajaya SPA   2 – 1   PBAPP Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca
16.45 UTC+08:00 Alen Guć   41'
Mohd Norhafizzuan   50'
Edrisar Kaye   18 (pen)'
Friday 16 May Kedah   1 – 0   Felda United Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Star, Kedah
20.45 UTC+08:00 Muhd Syafiq Ahmad   90'

Week 17

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Week 18

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Monday 9 June Penang   3 – 1   PBAPP Bandaraya Stadium, Georgetown, Penang
20.45 UTC+08:00 Luiz Ricardo Lino Dos Santos   43'
Mohd Hazrul Shah Abdul Hakim   60 (og)'
Shazuan Ashraf Mathews   63'
Edrisar Kaye   70'

Week 19

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Week 20

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Monday 16 June UiTM   2 – 2   PBAPP UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor
16.45 UTC+08:00 Obi Ikechukwu Charles   45'
Mohd Razren Jesni   53'
Edrisar Kaye   70', 82'

Week 21

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Week 22

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Season statistics

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Edward Junior Wilson Felda United 19
2   Ali Ashfaq PDRM 18
3   Charles Souza Chad PDRM 16
4   Ogunboye Iyanu Ezekiel DRB-Hicom 15
  Billy Mehmet Kedah
  Lee Kil-Hoon Penang
7   Indra Putra Mahayuddin Felda United 10
  Obi Ikechukwu Charles UiTM
9   Zah Rahan Krangar Felda United 9
10   Braulio Nobrega Johor Darul Takzim II 8
  Kim Jin-Ryong Negeri Sembilan
  Bobby Gonzales PDRM
  Dao Bakary Perlis
  Marwan Sayedeh Sabah

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Ali Ashfaq PDRM Perlis 7–1 14 February 2014
  Edward Junior Wilson Felda United Perlis 5–1 28 March 2014
  Ali Ashfaq PDRM Kedah 1–3 28 March 2014
  Billy Mehmet Kedah Perlis 1–6 14 April 2014
  Indra Putra Mahayuddin Felda United UiTM 8–0 20 June 2014

Scoring

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Transfers

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For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c [1] 2014 Liga Premier
  2. ^ "Goal line referees to make debut in M-League - Soccer - New Straits Times". Archived from the original on 25 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.