Malaysian Premier League

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The Malaysian Premier League is the second-tier football league in Malaysia, it was introduced in 2004.

Between 1998 to 2003, it existed as Premier-Two league, below the top-flight Premier-One league (which was subsequently relaunched as Malaysian Super League in 2004 as well).

Between 2004 to 2006, the professional football league in Malaysia was divided into three groups:
1) First Division: Malaysian Super League
2) Second Division: Malaysian Premier League Group A
3) Second Division: Malaysian Premier League Group B

At the end of the season, the top team from each group of the Premier League is promoted to the Malaysian Super League. The team(s) which finish bottom of each group are relegated to the Premier Club Championship also known as FAM Cup. The two group champions also face off to determine the Premier League Championship.

[edit] Malaysian Premier League (MPL) 2005-2006

The Premier League champions for 2006 were Kedah. They were promoted to Malaysian Super League 2006-2007 along with runners-up Malacca.

Group A

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Kedah	21	13	3	5	39	22	17	42	Champion MPL Group A Promoted to MSL 2006-2007
2	Terengganu	21	12	5	4	47	21	26	41
3	Brunei DPMM FC	21	9	5	7	38	32	6	32
4	Sarawak	21	8	6	7	40	39	1	30
5	Johor	21	8	4	9	22	24	-2	28
6	Kelantan	21	7	5	9	29	36	-7	26
7	Perak UPB FC	21	13	6	11	43	44	-1	19
8	Penang NTFA	21	3	6	12	16	42	-26	15

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Group B

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Malacca	21	13	3	5	39	22	17	42	Champion MPL Group B Promoted to MSL 2006-2007
2	Selangor PKNS FC	21	12	5	4	47	21	26	41
3	Johor FC	21	9	5	7	38	32	6	32
4	Sabah	21	16	6	8	44	19	25	54
5	Kuala Lumpur	21	14	5	11	36	39	-3	47
6	Police FA	21	12	10	8	38	26	12	46
7	Shahzan Muda FC	21	13	6	11	43	44	-1	45
8	Kelantan TNB FC	21	13	5	12	43	38	5	44

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

The 2007 Premier League season will 11 teams battling for promotion to the recently expanded Malaysian Super League. The teams are Sabah, Johor, Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Police, Selangor PKNS, UPB-MyTeam FC, Shahzan Muda FC, Armed Forces, Kuala Muda NAZA and KL PLUS FC.