2005 Malaysia Super League

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The 2005 Super League (Liga Super 2005) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the second season of the

Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Summary

The season was held from 29 January and concluded in 9 July 2005.

Júlio César Rodrigues from Sabah. Both players scored 18 goals each. The highest number of goals featured in a match throughout the season was six. Four matches ended with six goals. The end of the season was marred by turmoil after Public Bank announced it would pulled out from the League, having been relegated. The team was eventually banned from all FAM competitions for five years.[2]

Team

Changes from last season

Promoted from the 2004 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2005 Malaysia Premier League

Stadiums and locations

MPPJ
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Locations of teams in the Super League 2005
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
MPPJ
 Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Pahang
 Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang
 Batu Kawan Penang State Stadium 40,000
Perak
 Ipoh Perak Stadium 35,000
Perlis
 Kangar Utama Stadium 20,000
Public Bank Selangor
Selayang Stadium
 20,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 30,000
TM Melaka Malacca Hang Tuah Stadium 15,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1
Perlis
(C) 		21 14 3 4 43 19 +24 45 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
2
Pahang
 21 10 5 6 37 29 +8 35
3
Perak
 21 9 3 9 33 25 +8 30
4 TM Melaka 21 7 7 7 23 28 −5 28
5
MPPJ
 21 8 3 10 29 38 −9 27
6
Penang
 21 8 1 12 27 31 −4 25
7 Public Bank (R) 21 7 4 10 22 30 −8 25 Relegation to Premier League
8 Sabah (R) 21 6 4 11 25 39 −14 22
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Result table

Round 1–14

Home \ Away
MPP
PAH
PEN
PRK
PER
 PBK SAB TMM
MPPJ
 — 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–4 2–1 0–0
Pahang
 3–2 — 4–1 4–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 3–0
Penang
 2–3 3–2 — 2–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–1
Perak
 2–1 0–0 0–1 — 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–0
Perlis
 2–0 5–1 2–0 2–2 — 0–1 5–0 1–2
Public Bank 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 — 1–3 1–2
Sabah 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–0 2–0 2–1 — 1–1
TM Melaka 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 3–3 —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Round 15–21

Home \ Away
MPP
PAH
PEN
PRK
PER
 PBK SAB TMM
MPPJ
 — 1–1 — 1–5 — 2–1 — —
Pahang
 — — 2–1 1–0 — 0–0 3–2 —
Penang
 1–3 — — 0–3 — 1–0 — 0–1
Perak
 — — — — 3–1 — 3–0 3–1
Perlis
 4–0 2–1 1–0 — — — — 4–0
Public Bank — — — 0–4 3–3 — 1–0 —
Sabah 0–1 — 2–1 — 0–1 — — 4–1
TM Melaka 3–1 3–2 — — — 0–0 — —
Source: RSSSF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1
Júlio César Rodrigues
 Sabah 18
Zambia Zachariah Simukonda
Perlis
3 Cameroon Bernard Tchoutang
Pahang
 12
4 Zimbabwe Newton Katanha
MPPJ
 11
José Barreto
Penang
Malaysia Indra Putra Mahayuddin
Pahang
Guinea Mandjou Keita
Perak
8 Liberia Frank Seator
Perak
 10
9 Russia Vyacheslav Melnikov
Penang
 8
10 Argentina Fabricio Franceschi
MPPJ
 6
Malaysia Fadzli Saari
Pahang

References

  1. ^ a b c [1] 2005 Liga Super
  2. ^ http://www.asianfootballbusiness.com/2005/10/malaysia-slaps-5-year-bans-on-five-m.html Archived 4 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine Malaysia slaps 5-year bans on five M-League clubs