2003 Liga Perdana 1

Liga Perdana 1
Season	2003
Champions	Perak
Relegated	Johor FC TM F.C. Kelantan Malacca Selangor Terengganu
2004 AFC Cup	Perak (group stage) Negeri Sembilan (group stage)
Matches played	156
Goals scored	454 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer	23 goals Phillimon Chepita (Perlis)
← 2002

The 2003 Liga Perdana 1 season is the sixth and final season of Liga Perdana 1. A total of 13 teams participated in the season out of 14 as NS Chempaka FC withdrew from the league.^[1]

The Liga Perdana 1 was introduced in 1998. It replaced the Liga Perdana (1994–97) as the top-tier football league in Malaysia.

The season kicked off on 9 February 2003. Perak again dominated the season and ended up winning the title. Perlis's Phillimon Chepita was the season's top goalscorer with 23 goals.

This season also the last season before the league was succeed by the formation of Liga Super from 2004 season onwards while Liga Premier was formed to become the new second-tier league in Malaysian football league system. The teams from 2003 season undergoes a qualifying stage to be promoted into inaugural 2004 Malaysia Super League.

Teams

A total of 13 teams will participate in the 2003 Liga Perdana 1 season. NS Chempaka FC pulled out of the league.

Perak FA (2002 Liga Perdana 1 champions)
Selangor FA
Sabah FA
Penang FA
Terengganu FA
Johor FC
Perlis FA
Sarawak FA
Pahang FA
Kelantan FA
Malacca FA
Kedah FA (Promoted as 2002 Liga Perdana 2 champions)
Melaka Telekom (Promoted as 2002 Liga Perdana 2 runner-up)

Note:

NS Chempaka FC pulled out of the league.

League table

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

Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Perak FA	24	13	8	3	38	22	47
2	Kedah FA	24	13	6	5	43	17	45
3	Perlis FA	24	13	6	5	40	23	45
4	Sabah FA	24	10	8	6	34	22	38
5	Pahang FA	24	10	6	8	38	33	36
6	Penang FA	24	11	3	10	29	28	36
7	Johor FC	24	10	4	10	42	32	34
8	Sarawak FA	24	9	7	8	47	42	34
9	Melaka Telekom	24	7	11	6	32	34	32
10	Kelantan FA	24	7	7	10	31	52	28
11	Malacca FA	24	5	5	14	24	53	20
12	Selangor FA	24	4	6	14	32	44	18
13	Terengganu FA	24	4	3	17	24	52	15

Key to colours in league table
	Champion
	Relegated to Liga Premier

Note

Clubs places 1st to 6th will be entering Liga Super automatically.
Clubs places 7th to 10th will be entering Liga Super playoffs.
Clubs places 11th to 13th will be relegating to Liga Premier.

2004 Malaysia Super League playoffs

A total of 8 teams will participate in the 2004 Malaysia Super League season playoffs.

Johor FC (2003 Liga Perdana 1 7th place)
Sarawak FA (2003 Liga Perdana 1 8th place)
Melaka Telekom (2003 Liga Perdana 1 9th place)
Kelantan FA (2003 Liga Perdana 1 10th place)
Public Bank FC (2003 Liga Perdana 2 champions)
Negeri Sembilan FA (2003 Liga Perdana 2 runners-up)
Johor FA (2003 Liga Perdana 2 3rd place)
MPPJ (2003 Liga Perdana 2 4th place)

Results

First Round

First Legs

MPPJ v Negeri Sembilan FA

6 August 2003
20:45

MPPJ	4 – 1	Negeri Sembilan FA
Annuar Abu Bakar 22', 65' Bruno Martelotto 56' Azlan Meri 88'		Efendi Abdul Malek 6'

MPPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya

Public Bank FC v Johor FA

6 August 2003
20:45

Public Bank FC	3 – 1	Johor FA
Zulkifli Chek Din 12' Shahrilnizam Khalil 64 own goal' Ivan Ziga 67'		Suhaimi Jamil 70'

MPS Stadium, Selayang

Sarawak FA v Melaka Telekom

6 August 2003
20:15

Sarawak FA	3 – 1	Melaka Telekom
Robert Eshun 23' Sapian Abdul Wahed 65' Wong Sai Kong 74'		Nazzab Hidzan 81 pen'

State Stadium, Petra Jaya, Kuching

Johor FC v Kelantan FA

6 August 2003
20:45

Johor FC	1 – 0	Kelantan FA
Ivan Zelic 31'

Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru

Second Legs

Negeri Sembilan v MPPJ

9 August 2003
20:45

Negeri Sembilan	4 – 2	MPPJ
Suharmin Yusof 58', 71' K. Sathian 62' K. Rajan 75'		Mohd Haris Safwan Mohd Kamal 38' Annuar Abu Bakar 56'

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Seremban

MPPJ qualified 6-5 on aggregate.

Johor FA v Public Bank FC

9 August 2003
20:45

Johor FA	3 – 3	Public Bank FC
P. Gunasekaran 56' Mohd Farid Ideris 73' Ante Jurić 90'		Milan Strelec 36 pen', 50' Ivan Ziga 42'

Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin, Johor Bahru

Public Bank FC qualified 6-4 on aggregate.

Melaka Telekom v Sarawak FA

9 August 2003
20:45

Melaka Telekom	0 – 1	Sarawak FA
		Sapian Abdul Wahed 23'

Hang Jebat Stadium, Paya Rumput, Malacca

Sarawak FA qualified 4-1 on aggregate.

Kelantan FA v Johor FC

9 August 2003
20:45

Kelantan FA	1 – 0	Johor FC
Badrul Afzan Razali 72'

Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu

Johor FC qualified 1-1 on aggregate, 4-2 on penalties.

Final Round

First Legs

MPPJ v Sarawak FA

13 August 2003
20:45

MPPJ	3 – 2	Sarawak FA
Annuar Abu Bakar 57', 85' Kamarulzaman Yub Majid 68'		Gilbert Cassidy Gawing 60' Ramles Sari 90'

MPPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya

Public Bank FC v Johor FC

13 August 2003
20:45

Public Bank FC	1 – 2	Johor FC
Ivan Ziga 54'		Hairi Azly Mohamad 48' Jonathan Angelucci 89'

MPS Stadium, Selayang

Second Legs

Sarawak FA v MPPJ

16 August 2003
20:45

Sarawak FA	3 – 1	MPPJ
Gilbert Cassidy Gawing 16', 44' Sapian Abdul Wahed 120'		Bruno Martelotto 15'

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Seremban

Sarawak FA qualified 5-4 on aggregate.

Johor FC v Public Bank FC

16 August 2003
20:45

Johor FC	1 – 2	Public Bank FC
Zami Mohd Noor 87'		Ivan Ziga 64', 79'

Pasir Gudang Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru

Public Bank FC qualified 3-3 on aggregate, 5-4 on penalties.

Note

Sarawak FA and Public Bank FC qualifies for 2004 Malaysia Super League.

Top goalscorers

Source: FIFA: Liga Perdana 1 Scorers

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goals
1	Phillimon Chepita	Perlis FA	23

Champions/Winners

2003 Liga Perdana 1 Winner

Perak 2nd Title

References

↑ http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay00.html 2003 Liga Perdana 1

External links

Details in rssf.com

Liga Perdana 1

Seasons

Clubs

2003 clubs	Perak Selangor Sabah Penang Terengganu Johor FC Perlis Sarawak Pahang Kelantan Malacca Kedah Melaka Telekom
Former clubs	Brunei Johor Kuala Lumpur Negeri Sembilan NS Chempaka Olympic 2000

Associated competitions

Prospects

Relegation to Liga Perdana 2

Football in Malaysia

National teams

Current	Men's (result) Men's U-22 Men's U-19 Men's U-16 Men's U-14 Women's XI Futsal (women's) Futsal U-16 (women's) Beach Football (women's)
Former	Men's U-23 Harimau Muda (U-22) Harimau Muda A (U-22) Harimau Muda B (U-21) Harimau Muda C (U-19)

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Main league	Malaysia Super League (Level 1) Malaysia Premier League (Level 2) Liga FAM (Level 3) State League (Level 4-6) District League (Level 5-8)
Other	Liga Bolasepak Rakyat Liga Bola Sepak IPT Piala Presiden (U-21) Piala Belia (U-19) Liga Futsal Kebangsaan
Defunct	Malaysian League (Liga Malaysia (1982-1988) (Amateur), Liga Semi-Pro (Divisyen 1 & Divisyen 2), Liga Perdana, Liga Perdana 1 & Liga Perdana 2) Liga Nasional (Amateur)

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Current	Malaysia Cup Malaysia FA Cup Piala Sumbangsih Piala Emas Raja-Raja‎ Pestabola Merdeka Piala Tun Sharifah Rodziah (Women's) Piala Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi
Defunct	Piala Borneo

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