2014 Liga Super

Liga Super
Season 2014
Champions Johor Darul Ta'zim
Relegated T-Team
PKNS
AFC Champions League Johor Darul Ta'zim (Qualifying play-off)
AFC Cup Johor Darul Ta'zim
Pahang
Matches played 132
Goals scored 347 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer Paulo Rangel (16 goals)
Biggest home win

Sime Darby 4–0 Kelantan
(15 April 2014)

Sime Darby 4–0 Perak
(14 Jun 2014)
Biggest away win

ATM 0–3 Terengganu
(25 March 2014)
Pahang 1–4 Terengganu
(24 May 2014)

Terengganu 1–4 Selangor
(10 Jun 2014)
Highest scoring Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–3 Terengganu
(13 Jun 2014)
Longest winning run 5 games
Pahang
(From Game 8 to Game 12)
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Johor Darul Ta'zim
(From Game 8 to Game 19)
Longest winless run 11 games
ATM
Longest losing run 6 games
Perak
Highest attendance 70,000
Selangor 0–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim
(24 May 2014)
Lowest attendance 300
T-Team 1–1 Perak
(22 March 2014)
Total attendance 1,348,973
Average attendance 10,219
2013
2015

All statistics correct as of 28 June 2014.

The 2014 Liga Super (English: 2014 Super League) also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the 11th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 17 January and concluded in 25 June 2014.[1]

The Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.[1]

Major changes

The following are the key changes of 2014 Liga Super season as compared to the previous season:

Teams

A total of 12 teams compete in the 2014 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2013 season and champions and runners-up of the 2013 Liga Premier.

Felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated at the end of the 2013 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table.

2012 Liga Premier unbeaten champions Sarawak and runners-up Sime Darby secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.

Team Team Based Stadium Capacity1
ATM Selayang Selayang Stadium 20,000
Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Bahru Larkin Stadium 30,000
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
LionsXII Singapore Jalan Besar Stadium2 8,000
Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 60,000
PKNS Petaling Jaya MBPJ Stadium 25,000
Sarawak Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium3 80,372
Sime Darby Kuala Lumpur Selayang Stadium 20,000
T-Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and sponsoring

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
ATM Malaysia B. Sathianathan Malaysia Hairuddin Omar Lotto Ecobumi
Johor DT Croatia Bojan Hodak Malaysia Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak Nike Country Garden
Kelantan Netherlands George Boateng Malaysia Badhri Radzi Warriors Hotlink
LionsXII Singapore Fandi Ahmad Singapore Isa Halim Nike StarHub
Pahang Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Malaysia Razman Roslan Puma Aras Kuasa
Perak Malaysia Abu Bakar Fadzim Malaysia Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Joma Lembaga Air Perak
PKNS Malaysia vacant Malaysia Mohd Helmi Remeli Lotto PKNS
Sarawak Netherlands Robert Alberts Malaysia Joseph Kalang Tie Starsports Sarawak Energy
Selangor Australia Mehmet Durakovic Malaysia Bunyamin Umar Kappa Selangor
Sime Darby Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Malaysia Juzaili Samion Kappa Sime Darby
T-Team Malaysia Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Malaysia Mohd Marzuki Yusof Line 7 EPIC
Terengganu Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Malaysia Ismail Faruqi Asha'ri Umbro Desa Murni Batik

Kits

ATM Johor Darul Ta'zim Kelantan LionsXII
Home
Away
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Home
Away
Alternate
Kit Manufacturer:
Lotto
Kit Manufacturer:
Nike
Kit Manufacturer:
Warriors
Kit Manufacturer:
Nike
Main Sponsor:
Ecobumi
Main Sponsor:
Country Garden
Main Sponsor:
Hotlink
Main Sponsor:
StarHub
Pahang Perak PKNS
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Alternate
Kit Manufacturer:
Puma
Kit Manufacturer:
Joma
Kit Sponsor:
Lotto
Main Sponsor:
Resort World
Main Sponsor:
Lembaga Air Perak
Main Sponsor:
PKNS
Sarawak Selangor Sime Darby
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Kit Manufacturer:
Starsports
Kit Manufacturer:
Kappa
Kit Manufacturer:
Kappa
Main Sponsor:
Sarawak Energy
Main Sponsor:
Selangor
Main Sponsor:
Sime Darby
T-Team FC Terengganu
Home
Away
Alternate
Home
Away
Kit Manufacturer:
Line7
Kit Manufacturer:
Umbro
Main Sponsor:
EPIC
Main Sponsor:
Desa Murni Batik

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Johor DT Singapore Fandi Ahmad Resigned 19 August 2013[6] Spain César Ferrando 21 October 2013[7]
Selangor Malaysia Irfan Bakti Resigned 28 August 2013[8] Australia Mehmet Durakovic 31 October 2013[9]
Terengganu Malaysia E. Elavarasan End of contract 1 October 2013[10] Malaysia Abdul Rahman 9 October 2013[11]
LionsXII Singapore V. Sundramoorthy End of contract 7 October 2013[12] Singapore Fandi Ahmad 7 December 2013[13]
Perak Malaysia Azraai Khor Resigned 21 October 2013[14] Malaysia Abu Bakar Fadzim 22 October 2013[15]
PKNS Malaysia Abdul Rahman End of contract 30 October 2013[16] Malaysia Wan Jamak 10 October 2013[17]
Kelantan Croatia Bojan Hodak End of contract 15 November 2013[18] England Steve Darby 15 November 2013[19]
T-Team Malaysia Che Ku Marzuki End of contract November 2013 Malaysia Azraai Khor 13 November 2013[20]
Pahang Malaysia Dollah Salleh End of contract November 2013[21] England Ron Smith November 2013
Pahang England Ron Smith End of contract 6 March 2014[22] Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan (interim) 6 March 2014
Kelantan England Steve Darby Relieved 15 April 2014 Malaysia Hashim Mustapha (interim) 15 April 2014
Johor DT Spain César Ferrando Relieved April 2014 Croatia Bojan Hodak (interim) April 2014
Kelantan Malaysia Hashim Mustapha (interim) End of interim April 2014 Netherlands George Boateng April 2014

Foreign players

Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian)
ATM Argentina Bruno Martelotto Argentina Juan Arostegui Haiti Fabrice Noël South Korea Park Yong-Ho
Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Luciano Figueroa Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Brazil Marcos Antonio Singapore Hariss Harun
Kelantan Egypt Mohamed Shawky Ghana Prince Tagoe Liberia Francis Doe Iraq Hussein Alaa Hussein
LionsXII NA NA NA NA
Pahang Argentina Matías Conti Jamaica Damion Stewart Nigeria Dickson Nwakaeme Pakistan Zesh Rahman
Perak Brazil Marco Tulio Montenegro Milan Purovic Nigeria Abdulafees Abdulsalam Lebanon Hassan Daher
PKNS Croatia Karlo Primorac Liberia Patrick Wleh South Korea Kim Dong-Chan Indonesia Hamka Hamzah
Sarawak Bosnia and Herzegovina Muamer Salibašić Hungary Gábor Gyepes Lebanon Hassan Mohamad Australia Ryan Griffiths
Selangor Australia Steve Pantelidis Brazil Paulo Rangel Brazil Evaldo Indonesia Andik Vermansyah
Sime Darby Croatia Mateo Roskam Ghana William Mensah Syria Mahmoud Amnah Uzbekistan Dilshod Sharofetdinov
T-Team Australia Goran Šubara Brazil Leandro Dos Santos Rwanda Jimmy Mulisa Indonesia Patrich Wanggai
Terengganu Cameroon Vincent Bikana Colombia Javier Estupiñán Senegal Moustapha Dabo Australia Mario Karlović

Note:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 22 13 5 4 39 22 +17 44 2015 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
2 Selangor 22 12 5 5 28 19 +9 41
3 Pahang 22 11 4 7 36 30 +6 37 2015 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Terengganu 22 10 6 6 38 28 +10 36
5 Sime Darby 22 9 4 9 32 32 0 31
6 Kelantan 22 10 1 11 26 29 3 31
7 Sarawak 22 9 3 10 26 31 5 30
8 LionsXII[lower-alpha 2] 22 8 4 10 26 27 1 28
9 Perak 22 8 2 12 22 27 5 26
10 ATM 22 6 6 10 29 34 5 24
11 T–Team 22 6 6 10 21 28 7 24 Relegation to 2015 Liga Premier
12 PKNS 22 4 6 12 24 40 16 18
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. Qualified as 2014 Piala FA winners
  2. LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2014 season.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Week 18

Week 19

Week 20

Week 21

Week 22

Fixtures and results

Home ╲ Away ATM JDT KELLNSPHGPRKPKNSWKSELSDATTETRG
ATM 21 02 12 22 10 41 20 11 11 21 03
Johor Darul Ta'zim 11 30 22 22 20 10 11 41 30 21 43
Kelantan 10 12 21 22 21 12 01 20 21 30 23
LionsXII 21 23 12 41 02 21 00 21 01 11 00
Pahang 41 32 10 10 20 21 31 01 41 20 14
Perak 21 01 21 01 30 11 41 01 02 11 10
PKNS 10 11 02 21 13 13 02 22 00 31 22
Sarawak 32 01 01 31 11 10 21 02 30 20 13
Selangor 02 01 10 10 10 10 22 30 10 20 00
Sime Darby 32 02 40 02 10 40 41 32 12 11 32
T–Team 22 10 10 01 02 301 20 20 11 20 11
Terengganu 11 10 302 21 20 02 21 12 14 22 20

Updated to games played on 25 June 2014.
Source: Liga Super 1, Liga Super 2
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

1. ^ Original score: 1-1 [24]
2. ^ Original score: 1-1[25]

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 25 June 2014[26]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Brazil Paulo Rangel Selangor 16
2 Argentina Luciano Figueroa Johor Darul Ta'zim 11
3 Argentina Juan Arostegui ATM 9
Argentina Matías Conti Pahang
5 Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim 8
6 Singapore Khairul Amri LionsXII 7
Liberia Patrick Wleh PKNS
Malaysia Nor Farhan Muhammad Terengganu
9 Argentina Bruno Martelotto ATM 6
Nigeria Dickson Nwakaeme Pahang
Malaysia S. Chanturu Sarawak
12 Liberia Francis Doe Kelantan 5
Nigeria Abdulafees Abdulsalam Perak
Montenegro Milan Purović Perak
Uzbekistan Dilshod Sharofetdinov Sime Darby
Indonesia Patrich Wanggai T-Team

Own goals

Rank Player For Club Own Goal
1 Malaysia Ronny Harun Pahang Sarawak 1
Malaysia Helmi Remeli Selangor PKNS
Malaysia Aminuddin Noor Johor Darul Ta'zim PKNS
Malaysia Junior Eldstål Terengganu Sarawak
Malaysia Norfazly Alias Sarawak ATM

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Croatia Mateo Roskam Sime Darby
Kelantan
4–0
15 April 2014
Singapore Sufian Anuar LionsXII
Pahang
4–1
15 April 2014
Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim
Terengganu
4–3
13 June 2014

Clean sheets

As of 25 June 2014
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Malaysia Farizal Marlias Selangor 6
2 Malaysia Sharbinee Allawee Terengganu 5
Malaysia Mohd Izham Tarmizi Johor Darul Ta'zim
3 Malaysia Khairul Fahmi Che Mat Kelantan 4
Singapore Izwan Mahbud LionsXII
4 Malaysia Shahril Saa'ri T-Team 3
Malaysia Khairul Azhan Pahang
Malaysia Suffian Abdul Rahman Sime Darby
5 Malaysia Syed Adney ATM 2
Malaysia Remezey Che Ros PKNS
Malaysia Sani Anuar Sarawak
Malaysia Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah Johor Darul Ta'zim

Scoring

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Coach of the Month Player of the Month Reference
Coach Club Player Club
January Australia Mehmet Durakovic Selangor Brazil Paulo Rangel Selangor
February Malaysia Abdul Rahman Terengganu Malaysia Badhri Radzi Kelantan
March Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan Pahang Malaysia Zairo Anuar Terengganu
April Malaysia Ismail Zakaria Sime Darby Argentina Luciano Figueroa Johor Darul Ta'zim
May Croatia Bojan Hodak Johor Darul Ta'zim Argentina Jorge Pereyra Díaz Johor Darul Ta'zim

Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 253,000 30,000 15,000 23,000 0.069767441860465+6.9%
2 Pahang 237,000 34,000 8,000 21,545 0.07725+7.7%
3 Sarawak 185,000 22,000 8,000 16,818 0.1212+12.1%
4 Selangor 164,000 80,000 4,000 14,909 0.10437037037037+10.4%
5 Kelantan 140,000 25,000 3,000 12,727 -0.8484666666666715.1%
6 Perak 92,900 18,000 2,000 8,445 -0.938333333333336.1%
7 Terengganu 75,200 13,000 1,300 6,836 -0.976571428571432.3%
8 LionsXII 67,023 7,268 4,262 6,093 -0.967142857142863.2%
9 Sime Darby 44,900 11,000 400 4,082 0.36066666666667+36.0%
10 ATM 42,000 6,500 500 3,818 -0.95454.5%
11 PKNS 29,900 8,500 300 2,718 0.43052631578947+43.0%
12 T–Team 18,050 4,000 300 1,641 0.21555555555556+21.5%
League total 1,348,973 80,000 300 10,219 0.13481399222654+13.4%

Updated to games played on 30 June 2014
Source:

See also

References

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  3. "Goal line technology".
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  23. No foreign players for LionsXII – Channel News Asia, 01/11/12
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