2007–08 Liga Premier

Liga Premier
Season	2007-08
Champions	Kuala Muda Naza
Promoted	Kuala Muda Naza PLUS Kelantan
← 2006-07 2009 →

The 2007–08 Liga Premier (English: 2007–08 Premier League) also known as the TM Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons is the fifth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

The season was held from 17 December 2007 and concluded in 3 May 2008.^[1] A total of 13 clubs compete in a single group format. Harimau Muda, a feeder team project for the Malaysia national football team, joined the league as preparation for the national competition.

The Liga Premier champions for 2007–08 was Kuala Muda Naza.^[1] The club were promoted to 2009 Liga Super along with runners-up PLUS and third-place Kelantan.

League table

Pos	Clubs	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Kuala Muda Naza	24	20	1	3	52	27	+25	61
2	PLUS	24	18	3	3	56	21	+35	57
3	Kelantan	24	16	5	3	59	30	+29	53
4	Sabah	24	13	5	6	48	27	+21	44
5	Johor	24	13	4	7	41	26	+15	43
6	Felda United	24	7	6	11	28	35	-7	27
7	Proton	24	8	3	13	27	45	-18	27
8	Harimau Muda	24	7	5	12	30	38	-8	26
9	Malacca	24	8	2	14	29	43	-14	26
10	Shahzan Muda	24	7	4	13	28	46	-18	25
11	PKNS	24	5	7	12	27	38	-11	22
12	Kuala Lumpur	24	3	7	14	24	41	-17	16
13	ATM	24	4	2	18	29	61	-32	14

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

Note:- Originally only 2 clubs will be promoted to Liga Super, however FAM decided to promote third-place clubs in order to balance the number of team to compete in Liga Super and Liga Premier which is 14 clubs for the next season. This decision also affected the relegation as ATM will not be relegated for 2009 season and will be joined by two promoted clubs from Liga FAM, the MBJB and T-Team along with Sarawak which has been relegated from 2007-08 Liga Super.

Goalscorers

Position	Players	Teams/Clubs	Goals
1	Mouhamadou Moustapha	Kelantan	27
2	Otelo Ocampos Espinola	Johor	23
3	Alex Agbo	PLUS	19
4	Liew Kit Kong	Kuala Muda Naza	16
5	André Scotti Ossemer	Sabah	12
6	Bobby Gonzales	Sabah	10
7	Adrian Dario Trinidad	PLUS	9
8	Badhri Radzi	Kelantan	9
9	Ahmad Fakri Saarani	Harimau Muda	9
10	Anthony Josip Milicic	Shahzan Muda	9

References

1 2 3 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay08.html 2008 Liga Premier

Liga Premier

Seasons

Clubs

2017 clubs	ATM Johor Darul Ta'zim II Kuala Lumpur Kuantan MISC-MIFA Negeri Sembilan PDRM Perlis PKNP Sabah Terengganu UiTM
Former clubs	Betaria Brunei DPMM DRB-HICOM Felda United Harimau Muda Harimau Muda B Jenderata Johor FC JPS Kedah Kelantan Kuala Muda Naza MBJB Melaka United MK Land MPPJ MP Muar Pahang PBAPP Penang PKNS PLUS Proton Sarawak SDMS Kepala Batas Selangor Shahzan Muda Sime Darby SKMK SPA Suria Nibong Tebal TNB Kelantan TM T–Team UPB-MyTeam USM

Associated competitions

Prospects

Promotion to Liga Super
Relegation to Liga FAM

2008 in Malaysian football
« 2007 2009 »
League competitions	Super League Premier League FAM League
Cup competitions	Community Shield FA Cup Malaysia Cup (Group stage, Knockout phase)
AFC competitions	AFC Champions League AFC Cup
Youth competitions	U21 League U19 League
National teams	Senior U-23

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