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. 2005 Liga Super
Summary The season was held from 29 January and concluded in 9 July 2005. The Liga Super champions for 2005 was Perlis. 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. Malaysia slaps 5-year bans on five M-League clubs
Changes from last season Promoted from the 2004 Malaysia Premier League MPPJ TM
Relegated to the 2005 Malaysia Premier League Sarawak Kedah
Stadiums and locations
Note: Table lists in alphabetical order. TeamLocationStadiumCapacityMPPJPetaling JayaPetaling Jaya Stadium25,000PahangKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium40,000PenangBatu KawanPenang State Stadium40,000PerakIpohPerak Stadium35,000PerlisKangarUtama Stadium20,000Public BankSelangorSelayang Stadium20,000SabahKota KinabaluLikas Stadium30,000TM MelakaMalaccaHang Tuah Stadium15,000
League table
Result table Round 1–14
Round 15–21
Season statistics Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Júlio César RodriguesSabah18 Zachariah SimukondaPerlis3 Bernard TchoutangPahang124 Newton KatanhaMPPJ11 José BarretoPenang Indra Putra MahayuddinPahang Mandjou KeitaPerak8 Frank SeatorPerak109 Vyacheslav MelnikovPenang810 Fabricio FranceschiMPPJ6 Fadzli SaariPahang
See also 2005 Malaysia Premier League
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