The 2014 Liga Premier (), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2014 Liga Premier
The season was held from 24 January 2014.
The Liga Premier champions for 2014 season was PDRM. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2015 Liga Super.
Changes from last season
Team changes
To Liga Super
Promoted from 2013 Liga Premier Sarawak Sime Darby Relegated from 2013 Liga Super Felda United Negeri Sembilan
From Malaysia FAM League
Relegated to 2014 Malaysia FAM League Betaria Kuala Lumpur Promoted to 2014 Liga Premier Penang PBAPP
Rule changes
A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Premier League teams, including at least one player from AFC countries. A maximum of 3 foreign players can be fielded at one time in a match. The announcement was made by FAM during the exco meeting in November 2013, following a decision to upgrade the foreign players quota from 2 in 2013 to 3 in the April 2013 meeting.
Name Changes Pos Malaysia were renamed to DRB-Hicom Johor FA were renamed to Johor Darul Takzim II
Teams
A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2013 season, two promoted from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2013 Liga Super.
On 27 May 2013, Penang earned promotion from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for 2 years. This is the second season that Penang are in the Premier League. This was followed by neighbours, PBAPP. The two teams replace Betaria and Kuala Lumpur who were all relegated to the 2014 Malaysia FAM League.
Felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated from 2013 Liga Super. They are replacing Sarawak and Sime Darby who get promotion to 2014 Liga Super.
Locations
Stadiums Team City Stadium location Name Capacity DRB-Hicom Kuala Lumpur Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium Felda United Kuala Lumpur Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium Johor Darul Takzim II Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Kedah Alor Star Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium Negeri Sembilan Seremban Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium PBAPP George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium PDRM Kuala Lumpur Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium Penang George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium Perlis Kangar Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium Putrajaya SPA Putrajaya Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium Sabah Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium UiTM Shah Alam Shah Alam UiTM Stadium
Personnel and sponsoring Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor DRB-Hicom G. Torairaju Abdullah Yusof Kappa DRB-HICOM Felda United Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Muhammad Shukor Adan Puma FGV Johor Darul Takzim II Rajko Magic Shahril Ishak Nike Jcorp Kedah Tan Cheng Hoe Baddrol Bakhtiar Line 7 PKNK Negeri Sembilan V. Sundramoorthy Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Kika Matrix Concepts PBAPP Yunus Alif Mat Saiful Mohammad Joma PBA Pulau Pinang PDRM Dollah Salleh Mohd Afif Amiruddin Kappa Perkasa Jauhari Penang K. Devan Mohd Azizan Baba Umbro ASPEN Group Perlis Reduan Abdullah S. Suvinart Xtep Canggih Putrajaya SPA Mohd Shah Alias Norbit Sazali Suwandi Erreà SPA Sabah Milomir Šešlija Julamri Muhammad Carino Grace One UiTM Azuan Zain Muhammad Ashraf Zulkapli Umbro KPT
Coaching changes Team Outgoing coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming coach Date of appointment Penang Merzagua Abderrazak K. Devan Perlis Yunus Alif Reduan Abdullah Sabah Johnny Dominicus Milomir Šešlija PDRM R. Nalathamby Dollah Salleh PBAPP Zabidi Hassan Yunus Alif Negeri Sembilan Ridzuan Abu Shah V. Sundramoorthy Kedah Marijo Tot Dave Mitchell Felda United K. Devan Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Kedah Dave Mitchell Tan Cheng Hoe
Foreign players Team Country 1 Country 2 Country 3 Asian player DRB-Hicom Ogunboye Iyanu Ezekiel Mohammad Naeem Rahimi Emile Damey Kwon Jun Felda United Ndumba Makeche Zah Rahan Krangar Edward Junior Wilson Yaroslav Krushelnitskiy Johor Darul Takzim II Nicolás Delmonte Braulio Nóbrega Juan Manuel Carrasco Shahril Ishak Kedah Namgung Woong Billy Mehmet José Franco Gómez Adam Griffiths Negeri Sembilan Ivan Babić Jean Alexandre Philani Kim Jin-Yong PBAPP Boris Kochkin Edrisar Kaye Ochaya Silvus Luis Alexander Thomas Becerra PDRM Rafael Charles Chad Mohamadou Sumareh Ali Ashfaq Penang Titi Buengo Luiz Ricardo Lee Kil-Hoon Lee Kwang-Hyun Perlis Mourad Faris Dao Bakary Bamba Sinaly Witthawin Klorwutthiwat Putrajaya SPA Alen Guć Eddy Viator Guy Bwele Shin Hyun-Joon Sabah Predrag Pocuca Jerome Suku Doe Andrezinho Marwan Sayedeh UiTM Obi Ikechukwu Charles Abdi Kassim Sadallah Eldon Maquemba Bang Seung-Hwan
League table
Results Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 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
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Edward Junior WilsonFelda United192 Ali AshfaqPDRM183 Charles Souza ChadPDRM164 Ogunboye Iyanu EzekielDRB-Hicom15 Billy MehmetKedah Lee Kil-HoonPenang7 Indra Putra MahayuddinFelda United10 Obi Ikechukwu Charles UiTM9 Zah Rahan KrangarFelda United910 Braulio Nobrega Johor Darul Takzim II8 Kim Jin-Ryong Negeri Sembilan Bobby Gonzales PDRM Dao BakaryPerlis Marwan SayedehSabah
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Ali Ashfaq PDRM Perlis 7–1 Edward Junior Wilson Felda United Perlis 5–1 Ali Ashfaq PDRM Kedah 1–3 Billy Mehmet Kedah Perlis 1–6 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Felda United UiTM 8–0
Scoring
First goal of the season: Muhamad Daud Zo for PBAPP against Felda United FC (24 January 2014) Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Titi Buengo for Penang against Perlis (10 February 2014) Largest winning margin: 8 goals Felda United 8–0 UiTM (20 June 2014) Highest scoring game: 9 goals PBAPP 2–7 Kedah (9 May 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 8 goals Felda United 8–0 UiTM (20 June 2014) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 2 goals DRB-Hicom 3–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II (10 February 2014) Perlis 2–3 Penang (10 February 2014) Sabah 3–2 Kedah (7 March 2014) UiTM 2–4 Felda United F.C. (24 March 2014) Felda United 3–2 DRB-Hicom (11 April 2014) Johor Darul Ta'zim II 3–2 Penang (11 April 2014) PBAPP 2–7 Kedah (9 May 2014)
Transfers For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014
See also 2014 Liga Super 2014 Liga FAM 2014 Piala Malaysia 2014 Piala FA
References