2005 Malaysia Super League

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Malaysia Super League
Season2005
Dates29 January – 9 July 2005
Champions Perlis
1st title
Relegated Public Bank
Sabah
AFC Cup Perlis
Matches played84
Goals scored239 (2.85 per match)
Top goalscorer Júlio César Rodrigues
Zacharia Simukonda
(18 goals)
2004
2005–06

The 2005 Super League (Liga Super 2005), also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, was the second season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. [1]

Contents

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]

Changes from last season

Promoted from the 2004 Malaysia Premier League

Relegated to the 2005 Malaysia Premier League

Stadiums and locations

Malaysia location map.svg
Locations of teams in the Super League 2005
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
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

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Perlis (C)2114344319+2445Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
2 Pahang 2110563729+835
3 Perak 219393325+830
4 TM Melaka 217772328528
5 MPPJ 2183102938927
6 Penang 2181122731425
7 Public Bank (R)2174102230825Relegation to Premier League
8 Sabah (R)21641125391422
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 1–22–13–12–32–42–10–0
Pahang 3–24–14–10–11–23–33–0
Penang 2–33–22–11–23–13–00–1
Perak 2–10–00–11–21–02–00–0
Perlis 2–05–12–02–20–15–01–2
Public Bank 1–00–11–12–10–21–31–2
Sabah 1–10–20–41–02–02–11–1
TM Melaka 0–01–10–13–00–01–23–3
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 1–11–52–1
Pahang 2–11–00–03–2
Penang 1–30–31–00–1
Perak 3–13–03–1
Perlis 4–02–11–04–0
Public Bank 0–43–31–0
Sabah 0–12–10–14–1
TM Melaka 3–13–20–0
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

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 2005 Liga Super
  2. Article title [ usurped ] Malaysia slaps 5-year bans on five M-League clubs