2015 Malaysia Premier League

Malaysia Premier League
Season 2015
Champions Kedah
Promoted Kedah
Penang
Relegated Putrajaya SPA
Matches played 126
Goals scored 399 (3.17 per match)
Top goalscorer Forkey Doe
(17 goals)
Biggest home win T-Team 7-0 Putrajaya SPA (18 August 2015)
Biggest away win Putrajaya 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 winning run 3 games
Johor Darul Ta'zim II
Highest attendance 21,900
Kedah 0–0 T-Team
(3 May 2015)
Lowest attendance 100
Putrajaya SPA 0–4 DRB-Hicom
(13 March 2015)
Total attendance 133,345
Average attendance 4445
2014
2016

All statistics correct as of 13 March 2015.

The 2015 Malaysia Premier League (also known as Liga Premier Malaysia 2015) is the 12th season of the Malaysia Premier League since its inception in 2004. 12 teams participated in the league with PDRM FA as the reigning champions and currently play in the top flight of Malaysian football, Malaysia Super League.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Malaysia Super League

Promoted from 2014 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated from 2014 Malaysia Super League

From Malaysia FAM League

Relegated to 2015 Malaysia FAM League

Promoted to 2015 Malaysia Premier League

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 Malaysia Super League.

On 27 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur FA 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 FA. The two teams replace Perlis FA and PBAPP FC who were all relegated to the 2015 Malaysia FAM League.

T-Team and PKNS FC were relegated from 2014 Malaysia Super League. They are replacing PDRM FA and FELDA United FC who get promotion to 2015 Malaysia Super League.

Note:
1Relegated from 2014 Malaysia Super League
2Promoted from 2014 Malaysia FAM League

Team summaries

Team locations

Stadium

Team Team Based Stadium Location Stadium Stadium Capacity
DRB-Hicom FC Kuala Lumpur Tanjung Malim Proton City Stadium 5,000
Kuala Lumpur FA Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Stadium 25,000
Johor Darul Takzim II FC Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kedah FA Alor Star Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
NS Matrix FC Seremban Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000
Kuantan FA Kuantan Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
PKNS FC Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya MBPJ Stadium 25,000
Penang FA George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium 20,000
T-Team Kuala Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Putrajaya SPA FC Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya MBPJ Stadium 25,000
Sabah FA Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
UiTM FC Shah Alam Shah Alam UiTM Stadium 10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
DRB-Hicom F.C. Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt Malaysia Abdullah Yusoff Mizuno DRB-HICOM
Kuantan Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria Malaysia Khairul Azman Awang Long Kappa Nilaitek
Johor Darul Ta'zim II Croatia Nenad Bacina Singapore Shahril Ishak Nike Country Garden
Kedah Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar Warrix Kedah
NS Matrix Malaysia K. Devan Malaysia Rezal Zambery Yahya Kappa Matrix Concepts
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Tang Siew Seng Malaysia Muhd Syazwan Rani Warrix Kuala Lumpur City Hall
Penang Brazil Jacksen F. Tiago Malaysia Mohd Redzuan Nawi Umbro Penang Water Supply Corporation
PKNS Malaysia E. Elavarasan Malaysia Shahrul Azhar Ture Kappa PKNS
Putrajaya SPA Australia Ken Worden South Korea Kwon Jun Line 7 SPA
Sabah England Mike Mulvey Senegal El Hadji Diouf Adidas Globaltec
T-Team Croatia Tomislav Steinbrückner Malaysia Mohd Marzuki Yusof Eutag EPIC
UiTM Malaysia Azuan Zain Malaysia Aiman Syazwan Abdullah Umbro KPM

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former
DRB-Hicom F.C. Spain Godwin Antwi Japan Terukazu Tanaka Croatia Ivan Babic Japan Hayato Hashimoto -
Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. Singapore Baihakki Khaizan Argentina Nicolás Delmonte Argentina Leandro Velázquez Singapore Shahril Ishak -
Kedah FA Brazil Sandro Mendonça Albania Liridon Krasniqi Nigeria Chidi Edeh South Korea Bang Seung-Hwan Kenya Lawrence Olum, Liberia Keith Nah
Kuala Lumpur FA South Korea Lee Sung-hyun Mali Modibo Konte South Korea Lee Jin-seuk South Korea Choi Hyun-yeon Cameroon Martin Ekoule, Cameroon Kallé Soné, Nigeria Ogunboye Iyanu
Kuantan FA Morocco Tarik El Janaby Montenegro Milan Purovic Haiti Fabrice Noel South Korea Lee Kwang-Hyun South Korea Im Kyung-hyun
NS Matrix F.C. Haiti Jean Alexandre Argentina Bruno Martelotto Liberia Francis Doe South Korea Kim Jin-yong -
Penang FA Brazil Reinaldo Lobo Brazil Hilton Moreira Brazil Beto Gonçalves South Korea Lee Kil-Hoon -
PKNS F.C. Argentina Gonzalo Soto Argentina Gabriel Guerra Liberia Patrick Wleh East Timor Pedro Henrique Japan Keisuke Ogawa
Putrajaya SPA F.C. South Korea Kwon Jun Russia Rod Dyachenko Italy Simone Quintieri Australia Cameron Edwards Cameroon Guy Bwele, Nigeria Michael Ijezie, Singapore Precious Emuejeraye
Sabah FA Senegal Abdoulaye Faye Libya Éamon Zayed Senegal El Hadji Diouf Australia Joel Chianese Singapore Fazrul Nawaz
T–Team F.C. Croatia Josip Milardovic Uzbekistan Sadriddin Abdullaev Croatia Tomislav Bušić Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev Nigeria David Oniya[2]
UiTM F.C. Cameroon Mbom Mbom Julien Tanzania Abdi Kassim Ivory Coast Dao Bakary - -

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kedah (C, P) 22 14 6 2 47 26 +21 48 Promotion to Super League
2 Penang (P) 22 13 6 3 39 18 +21 45
3 T-Team (O, P) 22 12 6 4 50 27 +23 42 Qualification to Promotion play-off
4 PKNS 22 11 8 3 41 22 +19 41
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 10 4 8 37 32 +5 34
6 NS Matrix 22 8 8 6 33 28 +5 32
7 Sabah 22 8 3 11 37 42 5 27
8 UiTM 22 7 4 11 28 42 14 25
9 Kuantan 22 6 3 13 30 46 16 21
10 DRB-Hicom 22 4 8 10 25 32 7 20
11 Kuala Lumpur 22 5 3 14 17 33 16 18
12 Putrajaya SPA (R) 22 2 5 15 15 50 35 11 Relegation to FAM League
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

Fixtures and Results

Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Premier League 2015 season.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

1Match delayed due to bad weather.

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Liberia Francis Doe NS Matrix F.C. 17
2 Argentina Gabriel Guerra PKNS F.C. 16
3 Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev T-Team F.C. 15
4 Nigeria Chidi Edeh Kedah 11
Ivory Coast Dao Bakary UiTM
6 Libya Éamon Zayed Sabah 10
7 Brazil Sandro Mendonça Kedah 9
Croatia Tomislav Bušić T-Team F.C.
Uzbekistan Sadriddin Abdullaev T-Team F.C.
Malaysia Mohd Faiz Subri Penang
Croatia Ivan Babić DRB-Hicom F.C.

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Malaysia Shafiq Shaharuddin Johor Darul Ta'zim II Putrajaya SPA 1 - 5 13 February 2015
Argentina Gabriel Guerra PKNS Kuantan FA 1 - 3 19 June 2015
Uzbekistan Farhod Tadjiyev T-Team PKNS 3 - 1 26 June 2015
Nigeria Chidi Edeh Kedah Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3 - 2 11 August 2015
Croatia Tomislav Bušić T-Team SPA 7 - 0 18 August 2015
Brazil Sandro Mendonça Kedah DRB-Hicom 1 - 5 22 August 2015

Own goals

Rank Player For Club Own Goal
1 South Korea Lee Kwang-hyun Penang Kuantan 1
Senegal Abdoulaye Faye DRB-Hicom Sabah
Singapore Precious Emuejeraye UiTM Putrajaya SPA
Malaysia Aiman Syazwan Abdullah PKNS UiTM

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Coach Club Player Club
January
February
March
April
May

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015

Champions

Champions
Kedah
2nd Title (Premier League)
4th Title (overall)

See also

References

External links

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