2014 Malaysia Premier League
# 2014 Malaysia Premier League

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.

The season was held from 24 January 2014.

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

## Changes from last season

### Rule changes

* 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.

### Name Changes

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

## 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

### Stadium

| 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

| 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

| Team | Outgoing coach | Incoming coach |
| - | - | - |
| 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

| 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

| 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 | Promotion to Liga Super |
| 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 | Relegation to Liga FAM |

## Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 2014 season.

## Season statistics

### Top scorers

| 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 |
| 4 | Billy Mehmet | Kedah | 15 |
| 4 | Lee Kil-Hoon | Penang | 15 |
| 7 | Indra Putra Mahayuddin | Felda United | 10 |
| 7 | Obi Ikechukwu Charles | UiTM | 10 |
| 9 | Zah Rahan Krangar | Felda United | 9 |
| 10 | Braulio Nobrega | Johor Darul Takzim II | 8 |
| 10 | Kim Jin-Ryong | Negeri Sembilan | 8 |
| 10 | Bobby Gonzales | PDRM | 8 |
| 10 | Dao Bakary | Perlis | 8 |
| 10 | Marwan Sayedeh | Sabah | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| 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

* First goal of the season: Muhamad Daud Zo for PBAPP against Felda United FC (24 January 2014)
* Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Titi Buengo for Penang against Perlis (10 February 2014)
* Largest winning margin: 8 goals
   * Felda United 8-0 UiTM (20 June 2014)
* Highest scoring game: 9 goals
   * PBAPP 2–7 Kedah (9 May 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals
   * Felda United 8-0 UiTM (20 June 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals
   * DRB-Hicom 3–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II (10 February 2014)
   * Perlis 2–3 Penang (10 February 2014)
   * Sabah 3–2 Kedah (7 March 2014)
   * UiTM 2–4 Felda United F.C. (24 March 2014)
   * Felda United 3–2 DRB-Hicom (11 April 2014)
   * Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3–2 Penang (11 April 2014)
   * PBAPP 2–7 Kedah (9 May 2014)

## Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

