2005 Liga Super

Malaysia Super League
Season2005
Dates29 January – 9 July 2005
ChampionsPerlis
1st Super League title
1st Liga M title
RelegatedPublic Bank
Sabah
AFC CupPerlis
Matches played84
Goals scored239 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorerJúlio César Rodrigues (18 goals)
Zacharia Simukonda (18 goals)
← 2004

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.[1] The Liga Super champions for 2005 was Perlis.[1] Perlis won the title after leaving the defending champions a huge 10 points behind. Penang escaped relegation on goal difference, having let in 4 goals less than Public Bank. The top goalscorer award was jointly won by Zacharia Simukonda from Perlis and 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

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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 Brazil Júlio César Rodrigues Sabah 18
Zambia Zachariah Simukonda Perlis
3 Cameroon Bernard Tchoutang Pahang 12
4 Zimbabwe Newton Katanha MPPJ 11
Brazil 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