2015 Malaysia Super League
Season | 2015 |
---|---|
Champions | Johor Darul Ta'zim 2nd Super League title 2nd Liga M title |
Relegated | ATM Sime Darby |
AFC Champions League | Johor Darul Ta'zim (play-off) |
AFC Cup | Johor Darul Ta'zim Selangor |
Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 369 (3.08 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dramane Traore (20 goals) |
Biggest home win | Selangor 4 – 0 LionsXII (18 April 2015)[1] |
Biggest away win | Kelantan 0 – 4 PDRM (21 February 2015) |
Highest scoring | LionsXII 5 – 3 PDRM (7 February 2015)[1] PDRM 3 – 5 Pahang (20 June 2015) Felda United 4 – 4 Selangor (20 June 2015) |
Longest winning run | 7 games Pahang (From Game 6 to Game 12) |
Longest unbeaten run | 10 games Pahang (From Game 6 to Game 16) |
Longest winless run | 8 games Sime Darby (From Game 1 to Game 8) |
Longest losing run | 7 games Sime Darby (From Game 2 to Game 8 ) |
Highest attendance | 25,100[2] Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Felda United (3 May 2015) |
Lowest attendance | 0[2] Terengganu 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (20 Jun 2015) |
Total attendance | 1,224,896 |
Average attendance | 9,280 |
← 2014 2016 →
All statistics correct as of 13 August 2015. |
The 2015 Liga Super (English: 2015 Super League) is the 12th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[3]
The season was held from 31 January and concluded in 22 August 2015.[3]
The Liga Super champions for 2015 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.[3]
Teams
[edit]A total of 12 teams compete in the 2015 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2014 season and champions and runners-up of the 2014 Liga Premier.
T-Team and PKNS were relegated at the end of the 2014 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table.
2014 Liga Premier unbeaten champions PDRM and runners-up Felda United secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.
Team | Team Based | Stadium | Capacity1 |
---|---|---|---|
ATM | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 40,000 |
Felda United | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Bahru | Larkin Stadium | 30,000 |
Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
LionsXII | Singapore | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 |
Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
PDRM | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
Sarawak | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 26,000 |
Selangor | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
Sime Darby | Shah Alam | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium2 | 50,000 |
- 1 Correct as of end of 2014 Liga Super season
- 2 Terengganu uses the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium until the end of April 2015 due to renovation work being done at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, subject pending installation of flood light.[4]
Stadiums and locations
[edit]Personnel and sponsoring
[edit]Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
---|---|---|---|---|
ATM | Azhar Abdullah | Hairuddin Omar | Warrix Sports | Eco Bumi |
Felda United | Irfan Bakti | Shukor Adan | Puma | FELDA & KPF [permanent dead link] |
Johor Darul Ta'zim | Mario Gómez | Safiq Rahim | Nike | Country Garden |
Kelantan | Zahasmi Ismail | Badhri Radzi | Warriors | Chengal Jati & Kicap Adabi |
LionsXII | Fandi Ahmad | Izwan Mahbud | Nike | Starhub |
Pahang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Razman Roslan | Puma | Aras Kuasa (home), Resorts World (away) |
PDRM | Mohd Fauzi Pilus | Muslim Ahmad | Line 7 | Perkasa Jauhari Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
Perak | M. Karathu | Nasir Basharudin | Al- Ikhsan | Perak Agro & Casuarina Hotels |
Sarawak | K. Rajagopal | Joseph Kalang Tie | Starsport | Sarawak Energy |
Selangor | Mehmet Durakovic | Shahrom Kalam | Kappa | Menteri Besar Incorporated |
Sime Darby | Ismail Zakaria | Ivan Dragičević | Kappa | Sime Darby |
Terengganu | Ahmad Yusoff | Nordin Alias | Umbro | Ladang Rakyat |
Coaching changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perak | Abu Bakar Fadzim | Demotion to assistant head coach[5] | 16 September 2014 | Vjeran Simunic | 16 September 2014 |
Perak | Vjeran Simunic | Contract terminated[6] | 1 January 2015 | M. Karathu | 1 January 2015 |
Foreign players
[edit]League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 46 | Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying preliminary round 2 |
2 | Selangor | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 39 | Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[a] |
3 | Pahang | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 38[b] | |
4 | Terengganu | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 38 | |
5 | Felda United | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 36 | |
6 | PDRM | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 35 | |
7 | LionsXII[c] | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 33 | |
8 | Perak | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 28 | |
9 | Kelantan | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 28 | |
10 | Sarawak | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 19 | |
11 | ATM (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 11 | Qualification to the Relegation play-off |
12 | Sime Darby (R) | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 10 | Relegation to Liga Premier |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ Since LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition, won the 2015 Piala FA, the 2015 Liga Super runners-up will be chosen to represent Malaysia in the AFC Cup.
- ^ Pahang was docked 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports season 2013, Mohamed Borji.
- ^ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top scorers
[edit]Rank | Player[7] | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Dramane Traore | PDRM | 20 |
2 | Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh | PKNS | 16 |
3 | Matias Conti | Pahang | 12 |
Luciano Figueroa | Johor Darul Ta'zim | ||
4 | Ali Ashfaq | PDRM | 10 |
Billy Mehmet | Sarawak | ||
6 | Chad Souza | Perak | 9 |
Namkung Woong | Perak | ||
Dickson Nwakaeme | Pahang | ||
Issey Nakajima-Farran | Terengganu | ||
10 | Paulo Rangel | Terengganu | 8 |
Faris Ramli | LionsXII | ||
Afiq Azmi | Selangor | ||
Guilherme de Paula | Selangor |
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dramane Traore | PDRM | LionsXII | 3 – 5 | 7 February 2015[1] |
Charles Chad | Perak | Felda United | 1 – 4 | 4 April 2015 |
Mohd Afiq Azmi | Selangor | LionsXII | 4 – 0 | 18 April 2015 |
Matías Conti | Pahang | PDRM | 3 – 5 | 20 June 2015 |
Clean sheets
[edit]Scoring
[edit]- First goal of the season: Marcos António for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Pahang (37th minutes, 21:12 UTC+8) (31 January 2015)
- Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds (Ahmad Fakri Saarani); Kelantan 1–2 Terengganu (8 August 2015)
- Fastest hat-trick of the season: 15 minutes (Afiq Azmi); Selangor 4–0 LionsXII (18 April 2015)
- Largest winning margin: 4 goals
- Selangor 4 – 0 LionsXII (18 April 2015)
- Highest scoring game: 8 goals
- LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)[1]
- PDRM 3–5 Pahang (20 June 2015)
- Felda United 4–4 Selangor (20 June 2015)
- Pahang 5–3 Kelantan (12 August 2015/)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)[1]
- PDRM 3–5 Pahang (20 June 2015)
- Pahang 5–3 Kelantan (12 August 2015)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
- LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)[1]
Awards
[edit]Monthly awards
[edit]The player of the month award will be given monthly. It were given by Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) starting May 2015. Five players will be pick each month by PFAM and will be shown on their official websites. The player will be voted in a survey and the player with the most vote will be picked as PFAM Player Of The Month.
Month | Player of the Month | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|
Club | Player | ||
February | – | – | |
March | – | – | |
April | – | – | |
May | Wan Zaharulnizam | Kelantan | [8] |
June | Nurridzuan Abu Hassan | Perak | [9] |
July | Luciano Figueroa | Johor Darul Ta'zim | [10] |
August | Issey Nakajima-Farran | Terengganu | [11] |
Attendances
[edit]Crowd Attendance for all venues
[edit]HOME | AWAY | ATTENDANCE | ||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ATM | FEL | JDT | KEL | LIONS | PHG | PRK | PDRM | SWK | SEL | SDFC | TRG | TOTAL | AVE | |
ATM | ----- | 400 | 5,200 | 6,000 | 400 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,050 | 500 | 2,500 | 1,200 | 2,000 | 22,750 | 2,068 |
Felda United FC | 1,223 | ----- | 10,396 | 2,467 | 289 | 3,200 | 4,525 | 585 | 2,573 | 2,274 | 400 | 1,361 | 29,293 | 2,663 |
JDT FC | 15,950 | 25,100 | ----- | 21,100 | 20,100 | 21,618 | 24,920 | 9,910 | 19,430 | 11,340 | 7,830 | 6,900 | 184,198 | 16,745 |
Kelantan | 8,220 | 19,000 | 5,982 | ----- | 18,000 | 7,000 | 6,343 | 19,500 | 3,872 | 8,517 | 8,750 | 3,512 | 108,198 | 9,881 |
Lions XII | 4,086 | 4,185 | 7,000 | 3,587 | ----- | 5,250 | 3,108 | 5,288 | 0 | 5,814 | 5,918 | 5,384 | 49,620 | 4,511 |
Pahang | 4,707 | 11,023 | 14,758 | 9,097 | 6,000 | ----- | 9,689 | 2,527 | 4,663 | 16,500 | 11,011 | 17,718 | 107,693 | 9,790 |
Perak TBG | 5,500 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 6,000 | ----- | 9,000 | 1,625 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 106,125 | 9,648 |
PDRM | 500 | 800 | 4,500 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | ----- | 1,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 22,300 | 2,027 |
Sarawak | 7,111 | 500 | 4,350 | 4,500 | 2,113 | 18,988 | 2,100 | 2,280 | ----- | 2,150 | 5,500 | 10,000 | 59,592 | 5,417 |
Selangor | 1,500 | 3,000 | 25,000 | 9,686 | 9,415 | 11,223 | 17,884 | 2,500 | 10,000 | ----- | 4,600 | 4,142 | 98,950 | 8,995 |
Sime Darby FC | 300 | 1,000 | 4,675 | 2,250 | 200 | 3,985 | 2,317 | 400 | 400 | 1,733 | ----- | 700 | 17,960 | 1,633 |
Terengganu | 5,918 | 7,000 | 0 | 7,330 | 6,500 | 17,000 | 6,200 | 7,600 | 300 | 10,000 | 8,200 | ----- | 76,048 | 6,913 |
TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | 883,225 | 6,691 |
Sources: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak (FAM)[2]
By Week
[edit]Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
---|---|---|---|
Week 1 | 55,479 | 6 | 9,247 |
Week 2 | 51,500 | 6 | 8,583 |
Week 3 | 84,911 | 6 | 14,152 |
Week 4 | 65,130 | 6 | 10,855 |
Week 5 | 50,059 | 6 | 8,343 |
Week 6 | 39,405 | 6 | 6,568 |
Week 7 | 42,750 | 6 | 7,125 |
Week 8 | 54,715 | 6 | 9,119 |
Week 9 | 38,665 | 6 | 6,444 |
Week 10 | 66,452 | 6 | 11,075 |
Week 11 | 48,870 | 6 | 8,145 |
Week 12 | 54,085 | 6 | 9,014 |
Week 13 | 57,350 | 6 | 9,558 |
Week 14 | 62,515 | 6 | 10,419 |
Week 15 | 50,090 | 6 | 8,348 |
Week 16 | 69,670 | 6 | 11,611 |
Week 17 | 60,890 | 6 | 10,148 |
Week 18 | 43,650 | 6 | 7,275 |
Week 19 | 49,230 | 6 | 8,205 |
Week 20 | 56,450 | 6 | 9,408 |
Week 21 | 67,230 | 6 | 11,205 |
Week 22 | 55,800 | 6 | 9,300 |
TOTAL | 1,224,896 | 132 | 9,280 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "MSL Wrap: LionsXII win eight-goal thriller". Seng-Foo Lee. FourFourTwo. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Liga Super 2015". Football Association of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ a b c [1] 2015 Liga Super
- ^ "Stadium Sultan Mizan boleh diguna januari 2015". Skuad Penyu. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Perak named Vjeran Simunic as new head coach | Goal.com".
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Perak hire Datuk M. Karathu | Goal.com".
- ^ "2015 Liga Super topscorers". soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ (in Malay)"Keputusan Anugerah Pemain Terbaik Bulanan PFAM bulan Mei 2015". pfam.my. PFAM. June 2015.
- ^ (in Malay)"ANUGERAH PEMAIN TERBAIK BULANAN PFAM-asiana.my EDISI JUN 2015". 10 July 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ (in Malay)"ANUGERAH PEMAIN TERBAIK BULANAN PFAM-asiana.my EDISI JULAI 2015". August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
- ^ (in Malay)"Keputusan Anugerah Pemain Terbaik Bulanan PFAM-asiana.my Edisi Ogos 2015". pfam.my. 4 September 2015. Retrieved 30 September 2015.