# 2015 Malaysia Super League

The 2015 Liga Super (English: 2015 Super League) is the 12th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from 31 January and concluded in 22 August 2015.
The Liga Super champions for 2015 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams compete in the 2015 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2014 season and champions and runners-up of the 2014 Liga Premier.
T-Team and PKNS were relegated at the end of the 2014 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table.
2014 Liga Premier unbeaten champions PDRM and runners-up Felda United secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.
| Team | Team Based | Stadium | Capacity$^1$ |
| ATM | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 40,000 |
| Felda United | Selayang | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Bahru | Larkin Stadium | 30,000 |
| Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium | 22,000 |
| LionsXII | Singapore | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 |
| Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
| PDRM | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
| Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
| Sarawak | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 26,000 |
| Selangor | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
| Sime Darby | Shah Alam | Selayang Stadium | 11,098 |
| Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium$^2$ | 50,000 |
* $^1$ Correct as of end of 2014 Liga Super season
* $^2$ Terengganu uses the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium until the end of April 2015 due to renovation work being done at Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, subject pending installation of flood light.

### 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 | Azhar Abdullah | Hairuddin Omar | Warrix Sports | Eco Bumi |
| Felda United | Irfan Bakti | Shukor Adan | Puma | FELDA & KPF |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Mario Gómez | Safiq Rahim | Nike | Country Garden |
| Kelantan | Zahasmi Ismail | Badhri Radzi | Warriors | Chengal Jati & Kicap Adabi |
| LionsXII | Fandi Ahmad | Izwan Mahbud | Nike | Starhub |
| Pahang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Razman Roslan | Puma | Aras Kuasa (home), Resorts World (away) |
| PDRM | Mohd Fauzi Pilus | Muslim Ahmad | Line 7 | Perkasa Jauhari Archived 18 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
| Perak | M. Karathu | Nasir Basharudin | Al- Ikhsan | Perak Agro & Casuarina Hotels |
| Sarawak | K. Rajagopal | Joseph Kalang Tie | Starsport | Sarawak Energy |
| Selangor | Mehmet Durakovic | Shahrom Kalam | Kappa | Menteri Besar Incorporated |
| Sime Darby | Ismail Zakaria | Ivan Dragičević | Kappa | Sime Darby |
| Terengganu | Ahmad Yusoff | Nordin Alias | Umbro | Ladang Rakyat |

### Coaching changes

| Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
| Perak | Abu Bakar Fadzim | Demotion to assistant head coach | 16 September 2014 | Vjeran Simunic | 16 September 2014 |
| Perak | Vjeran Simunic | Contract terminated | 1 January 2015 | M. Karathu | 1 January 2015 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) | Former |
| ATM | Obinna Nwaneri | Abdulafees Abdulsalam | Jerry Palacios | Mario Karlovic | - |
| Felda United | Bojan Miladinovic | Zah Rahan Krangar | Thiago Augusto | Ndumba Makeche | Edward Junior Wilson |
| Johor Darul Takzim | Marcos Antônio | Patito Rodríguez | Luciano Figueroa | Hariss Harun | Jorge Pereyra Díaz Alhaji Kamara |
| Kelantan | Gilmar | Austin Amutu | Erwin Carrillo | Jonathan McKain | Isaac Pupo Emmanuel Kenmogne |
| LionsXII | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Pahang | Damion Stewart | Matías Conti | Dickson Nwakaeme | Zesh Rahman | - |
| PDRM | Jaime Bragança | Mohamadou Sumareh | Dramane Traoré | Ali Ashfaq | Onorionde Kughegbe |
| Perak | Thiago Junio | Horace James | Charles Chad | Namkung Woong | Marco Tulio |
| Sarawak | Patrick Gerhardt | Ivan Fatić | Billy Mehmet | Ryan Griffiths | Ronald Hikspoors |
| Selangor | Robert Cornthwaite | Leandro Dos Santos | Guilherme de Paula | Andik Vermansyah | - |
| Sime Darby | Ivan Dragicevic | Marko Perovic | Nemanja Vidakovic | Reinaldo Mineiro | Dilshod Sharofetdinov |
| Terengganu | Vincent Bikana | Gustavo López | Paulo Rangel | Issey Nakajima-Farran | Hassan Chaito |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 46 | Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying preliminary round 2 |
| 2 | Selangor | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 39 | Qualification to AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Pahang | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 38 | |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 38 | |
| 5 | Felda United | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 36 | |
| 6 | PDRM | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 35 | |
| 7 | LionsXII | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 33 | |
| 8 | Perak | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 28 | |
| 9 | Kelantan | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 28 | |
| 10 | Sarawak | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 19 | |
| 11 | ATM (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 11 | Qualification to the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Sime Darby (R) | 22 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 48 | −28 | 10 | Relegation to Liga Premier |
* ↑ Since LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition, won the 2015 Piala FA, the 2015 Liga Super runners-up will be chosen to represent Malaysia in the AFC Cup.
* ↑ Pahang was docked 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports season 2013, Mohamed Borji.
* ↑ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATM | FEL | JDT | KEL | LNS | PHG | PRK | PDRM | SWK | SEL | SDA | TRG |
| ATM | | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–5 |
| Felda United | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| Kelantan | 5–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| LionsXII | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Pahang | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 5–3 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Perak | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| PDRM | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 3–5 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Sarawak | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Selangor | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Sime Darby | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–2 |
| Terengganu | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Dramane Traore | PDRM | 20 |
| 2 | Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh | PKNS | 16 |
| 3 | Matias Conti | Pahang | 12 |
| 3 | Luciano Figueroa | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 12 |
| 4 | Ali Ashfaq | PDRM | 10 |
| 4 | Billy Mehmet | Sarawak | 10 |
| 6 | Chad Souza | Perak | 9 |
| 6 | Namkung Woong | Perak | 9 |
| 6 | Dickson Nwakaeme | Pahang | 9 |
| 6 | Issey Nakajima-Farran | Terengganu | 9 |
| 10 | Paulo Rangel | Terengganu | 8 |
| 10 | Faris Ramli | LionsXII | 8 |
| 10 | Afiq Azmi | Selangor | 8 |
| 10 | Guilherme de Paula | Selangor | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Dramane Traore | PDRM | LionsXII | 3 – 5 | 7 February 2015 |
| Charles Chad | Perak | Felda United | 1 – 4 | 4 April 2015 |
| Mohd Afiq Azmi | Selangor | LionsXII | 4 – 0 | 18 April 2015 |
| Matías Conti | Pahang | PDRM | 3 – 5 | 20 June 2015 |

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Farizal Marlias | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 9 |
| 2 | Khairul Azhan Khalid | Pahang | 7 |
| 3 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Kelantan | 5 |
| 4 | Mohd Zamir Selamat | Perak | 3 |
| 4 | Badrulzaman Abdul Halim | PDRM | 3 |
| 5 | Sharbinee Allawee | Terengganu | 1 |
| 5 | Mohd Fairul Azwan Shahrullai | Felda United | 1 |
| 5 | Mohd Farizal Harun | Felda United | 1 |
| 5 | Izwan Mahbud | LionsXII | 1 |
| 5 | Mohd Fadzley Rahim | Sarawak | 1 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Marcos António for Johor Darul Ta'zim against Pahang (37th minutes, 21:12 UTC+8) (31 January 2015)
* Fastest goal of the season: 17 seconds (Ahmad Fakri Saarani); Kelantan 1–2 Terengganu (8 August 2015)
* Fastest hat-trick of the season: 15 minutes (Afiq Azmi); Selangor 4–0 LionsXII (18 April 2015)
* Largest winning margin: 4 goals
** Selangor 4 – 0 LionsXII (18 April 2015)
* Highest scoring game: 8 goals
** LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)
** PDRM 3–5 Pahang (20 June 2015)
** Felda United 4–4 Selangor (20 June 2015)
** Pahang 5–3 Kelantan (12 August 2015/)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
** LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)
** PDRM 3–5 Pahang (20 June 2015)
** Pahang 5–3 Kelantan (12 August 2015)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** LionsXII 5–3 PDRM (7 February 2015)

## Awards
### Monthly awards

The player of the month award will be given monthly. It were given by Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia (PFAM) starting May 2015. Five players will be pick each month by PFAM and will be shown on their official websites. The player will be voted in a survey and the player with the most vote will be picked as PFAM Player Of The Month.
| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Club | Player | Reference |
| February | – | – | |
| March | – | – | |
| April | – | – | |
| May | Wan Zaharulnizam | Kelantan | |
| June | Nurridzuan Abu Hassan | Perak | |
| July | Luciano Figueroa | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |
| August | Issey Nakajima-Farran | Terengganu | |

## Attendances
### Crowd Attendance for all venues

| HOME | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | AWAY | ATTENDANCE | ATTENDANCE |
| HOME | ATM | FEL | JDT | KEL | LIONS | PHG | PRK | PDRM | SWK | SEL | SDFC | TRG | TOTAL | AVE |
| ATM | ----- | 400 | 5,200 | 6,000 | 400 | 2,000 | 1,500 | 1,050 | 500 | 2,500 | 1,200 | 2,000 | 22,750 | 2,068 |
| Felda United FC | 1,223 | ----- | 10,396 | 2,467 | 289 | 3,200 | 4,525 | 585 | 2,573 | 2,274 | 400 | 1,361 | 29,293 | 2,663 |
| JDT FC | 15,950 | 25,100 | ----- | 21,100 | 20,100 | 21,618 | 24,920 | 9,910 | 19,430 | 11,340 | 7,830 | 6,900 | 184,198 | 16,745 |
| Kelantan | 8,220 | 19,000 | 5,982 | ----- | 18,000 | 7,000 | 6,343 | 19,500 | 3,872 | 8,517 | 8,750 | 3,512 | 108,198 | 9,881 |
| Lions XII | 4,086 | 4,185 | 7,000 | 3,587 | ----- | 5,250 | 3,108 | 5,288 | 0 | 5,814 | 5,918 | 5,384 | 49,620 | 4,511 |
| Pahang | 4,707 | 11,023 | 14,758 | 9,097 | 6,000 | ----- | 9,689 | 2,527 | 4,663 | 16,500 | 11,011 | 17,718 | 107,693 | 9,790 |
| Perak TBG | 5,500 | 5,000 | 20,000 | 20,000 | 12,000 | 6,000 | ----- | 9,000 | 1,625 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 10,000 | 106,125 | 9,648 |
| PDRM | 500 | 800 | 4,500 | 2,000 | 1,000 | 1,500 | 2,000 | ----- | 1,000 | 7,000 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 22,300 | 2,027 |
| Sarawak | 7,111 | 500 | 4,350 | 4,500 | 2,113 | 18,988 | 2,100 | 2,280 | ----- | 2,150 | 5,500 | 10,000 | 59,592 | 5,417 |
| Selangor | 1,500 | 3,000 | 25,000 | 9,686 | 9,415 | 11,223 | 17,884 | 2,500 | 10,000 | ----- | 4,600 | 4,142 | 98,950 | 8,995 |
| Sime Darby FC | 300 | 1,000 | 4,675 | 2,250 | 200 | 3,985 | 2,317 | 400 | 400 | 1,733 | ----- | 700 | 17,960 | 1,633 |
| Terengganu | 5,918 | 7,000 | 0 | 7,330 | 6,500 | 17,000 | 6,200 | 7,600 | 300 | 10,000 | 8,200 | ----- | 76,048 | 6,913 |
| | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | TOTAL LEAGUE CROWD ATTENDANCE | 883,225 | 6,691 |
Sources: Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak (FAM)

### By Week

2015 Liga Super Attendance :
| Round | Total | Games | Avg. Per Game |
| Week 1 | 55,479 | 6 | 9,247 |
| Week 2 | 51,500 | 6 | 8,583 |
| Week 3 | 84,911 | 6 | 14,152 |
| Week 4 | 65,130 | 6 | 10,855 |
| Week 5 | 50,059 | 6 | 8,343 |
| Week 6 | 39,405 | 6 | 6,568 |
| Week 7 | 42,750 | 6 | 7,125 |
| Week 8 | 54,715 | 6 | 9,119 |
| Week 9 | 38,665 | 6 | 6,444 |
| Week 10 | 66,452 | 6 | 11,075 |
| Week 11 | 48,870 | 6 | 8,145 |
| Week 12 | 54,085 | 6 | 9,014 |
| Week 13 | 57,350 | 6 | 9,558 |
| Week 14 | 62,515 | 6 | 10,419 |
| Week 15 | 50,090 | 6 | 8,348 |
| Week 16 | 69,670 | 6 | 11,611 |
| Week 17 | 60,890 | 6 | 10,148 |
| Week 18 | 43,650 | 6 | 7,275 |
| Week 19 | 49,230 | 6 | 8,205 |
| Week 20 | 56,450 | 6 | 9,408 |
| Week 21 | 67,230 | 6 | 11,205 |
| Week 22 | 55,800 | 6 | 9,300 |
| TOTAL | 1,224,896 | 132 | 9,280 |