# 2015 Malaysia Premier League

The 2015 Liga Premier (English: 2015 Premier League) was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from January and concluded in August 2015.
The Liga Premier champions for 2015 season was Kedah. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2016 Liga Super.

## Team changes
### Rule changes

* A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Liga Premier 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. The Liga Premier also introduced the "home grown players" rule, which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at Liga Premier clubs. The new rule required clubs to name at least five U-21 players in their squad.

### Name changes

* Negeri Sembilan were renamed to NS Matrix for sponsorship reason.

## Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season, two promoted from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2014 Liga Super.
On 27 May 2014, Kuala Lumpur earned promotion from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for a year. This was followed by Kuantan. The two teams replace Perlis and PBAPP who were all relegated to the 2015 Liga FAM.
T-Team and PKNS were relegated from 2014 Liga Super. They are replacing PDRM and Felda United who get promotion to 2015 Liga Super.

## Team summaries
### Stadium

| Team | Team Based | Stadium Location | Stadium | Stadium Capacity |
| DRB-Hicom | Kuala Lumpur | Tanjung Malim | Proton City Stadium | 5,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Merdeka Stadium | 25,000 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Johor Bahru | Pasir Gudang | Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kedah | Alor Star | Alor Star | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387 |
| NS Matrix | Seremban | Paroi | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 40,000 |
| Kuantan | Kuantan | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
| PKNS | Kelana Jaya | Petaling Jaya | MBPJ Stadium | 25,000 |
| Penang | George Town | George Town | Bandaraya Stadium | 20,000 |
| T-Team | Kuala Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| SPA | Kuala Lumpur | Petaling Jaya | MBPJ Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 35,000 |
| UiTM | Shah Alam | Shah Alam | UiTM Stadium | 10,000 |

### Personnel and sponsoring

| Team | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| DRB-Hicom | Chong Yee Fatt | Abdullah Yusoff | Mizuno | DRB-HICOM |
| Kuantan | Zulhamizan Zakaria | Khairul Azman Awang Long | Kappa | Nilaitek |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Nenad Baćina | Shahril Ishak | Nike | Country Garden |
| Kedah | Tan Cheng Hoe | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Warrix Sports | Kedah |
| NS Matrix | K. Devan | Rezal Zambery Yahya | Kappa | Matrix Concepts |
| Kuala Lumpur | Tang Siew Seng | Syazwan Rani | Warrix Sports | Kuala Lumpur City Hall |
| Penang | Jacksen F. Tiago | Redzuan Nawi | Umbro | Penang Water Supply Corporation |
| PKNS | E. Elavarasan | Shahrul Azhar Ture | Kappa | PKNS Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine |
| SPA | Ken Worden | Kwon Jun | Line 7 | SPA |
| Sabah | Mike Mulvey | El Hadji Diouf | Adidas | Globaltec |
| T-Team | Tomislav Steinbrückner | Marzuki Yusof | Eutag | EPIC |
| UiTM | Azuan Zain | Aiman Syazwan Abdullah | Umbro | KPM |

### Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been registered to the official Liga Premier. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) | Former Player |
| DRB-Hicom | Godwin Antwi | Terukazu Tanaka | Ivan Babic | Hayato Hashimoto | |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Baihakki Khaizan | Nicolás Delmonte | Leandro Velázquez | Shahril Ishak | |
| Kedah | Sandro Mendonça | Liridon Krasniqi | Chidi Edeh | Bang Seung-Hwan | Lawrence Olum Keith Nah |
| Kuala Lumpur | Lee Sung-hyun | Modibo Konte | Lee Jin-seuk | Choi Hyun-yeon | Martin Ekoule Kallé Soné Ogunboye Iyanu |
| Kuantan | Tarik El Janaby | Milan Purovic | Fabrice Noel | Lee Kwang-Hyun | Im Kyung-hyun |
| NS Matrix | Jean Alexandre | Bruno Martelotto | Francis Doe | Kim Jin-yong | |
| Penang | Reinaldo Lobo | Hilton Moreira | Beto Gonçalves | Lee Kil-Hoon | |
| PKNS | Gonzalo Soto | Gabriel Guerra | Patrick Wleh | Pedro Henrique | Keisuke Ogawa |
| SPA | Kwon Jun | Rod Dyachenko | Simone Quintieri | Cameron Edwards | Guy Bwele Michael Ijezie Precious Emuejeraye |
| Sabah | Abdoulaye Faye | Éamon Zayed | El Hadji Diouf | Joel Chianese | Fazrul Nawaz |
| T–Team | Josip Milardovic | Sadriddin Abdullaev | Tomislav Bušić | Farhod Tadjiyev | David Oniya |
| UiTM | Mbom Mbom Julien | Abdi Kassim | Dao Bakary | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kedah (C, P) | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 48 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Penang (P) | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 18 | +21 | 45 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | T-Team (O, P) | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 50 | 27 | +23 | 42 | Qualification to Promotion play-off |
| 4 | PKNS | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 41 | |
| 5 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 34 | |
| 6 | NS Matrix | 22 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 33 | 28 | +5 | 32 | |
| 7 | Sabah | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 27 | |
| 8 | UiTM | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 25 | |
| 9 | Kuantan | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 21 | |
| 10 | DRB-Hicom | 22 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 20 | |
| 11 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 33 | −16 | 18 | |
| 12 | Putrajaya SPA (R) | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 50 | −35 | 11 | Relegation to FAM League |

## Fixtures and results

Fixtures and results of the Liga Premier 2015 season.

### Week 7

Match delayed due to bad weather.

### Week 15
## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 22 October 2015.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Francis Doe | NS Matrix | 17 |
| 2 | Gabriel Guerra | PKNS | 16 |
| 3 | Farhod Tadjiyev | T-Team | 15 |
| 4 | Chidi Edeh | Kedah | 11 |
| 5 | Dao Bakary | UiTM | 10 |
| 5 | Milan Purović | Kuala Lumpur | 10 |
| 5 | Éamon Zayed | Sabah | 10 |
| 8 | Sandro Mendonça | Kedah | 9 |
| 8 | Tomislav Bušić | T-Team | 9 |
| 8 | Sadriddin Abdullaev | T-Team | 9 |
| 8 | Mohd Faiz Subri | Penang | 9 |
| 8 | Ivan Babić | DRB-Hicom | 9 |
| 13 | Hilton Moreira | Penang | 8 |
| 13 | El Hadji Diouf | Sabah | 8 |
| 15 | Joel Chianese | Sabah | 7 |
| 15 | Shafiq Shaharuddin | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 7 |
| 15 | Beto | Penang | 7 |
| 18 | Fabrice Noël | Kuala Lumpur | 6 |
| 18 | Gonzalo Soto | PKNS | 6 |
| 18 | Syafiq Ahmad | Kedah | 6 |
| 18 | Nor Hakim Hassan | T-Team | 6 |
| 18 | Shahril Ishak | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 6 |
| 18 | Leandro Velázquez | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 6 |
| 24 | Patrick Wleh | PKNS | 5 |
| 24 | Elias Sulaiman | Penang | 5 |
| 24 | Liridon Krasniqi | Kedah | 5 |
| 24 | Abdi Kassim | UiTM | 5 |
| 24 | Raslam Khan | UiTM | 5 |
| 29 | Azniee Taib | Penang | 4 |
| 29 | Shahrizal Saad | Negeri Sembilan | 4 |
| 29 | Khairol Azry | SPA | 4 |
| 29 | Fakhrul Aiman | DRB-Hicom | 4 |
| 29 | Bang Seung-hwan | Kedah | 4 |
| 29 | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Kedah | 4 |
| 29 | Zaquan Adha | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 4 |
| 29 | Nicolás Delmonte | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 4 |

## Champions

* 2015 Malaysia Premier league Winner
* Kedah 4th Title

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Shafiq Shaharuddin | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | SPA | 1–5 | 13 February 2015 |
| Gabriel Guerra | PKNS | Kuantan | 1–3 | 19 June 2015 |
| Farhod Tadjiyev | T-Team | PKNS | 3–1 | 26 June 2015 |
| Chidi Edeh | Kedah | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 3–2 | 11 August 2015 |
| Tomislav Bušić | T-Team | SPA | 7–0 | 18 August 2015 |
| Sandro Mendonça | Kedah | DRB-Hicom | 1–5 | 22 August 2015 |

### Own goals

| Rank | Player | For | Club | Own Goal |
| 1 | Lee Kwang-hyun | Penang | Kuantan | 1 |
| 1 | Abdoulaye Faye | DRB-Hicom | Sabah | 1 |
| 1 | Precious Emuejeraye | UiTM | SPA | 1 |
| 1 | Aiman Syazwan Abdullah | PKNS | UiTM | 1 |
| 1 | Zameer Zainun | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Kuala Lumpur | 1 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Shahril Ishak for Johor Darul Ta'zim II against UiTM (6 February 2015)
* Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Shahrizal Saad for NS Matrix against Kuantan (6 March 2015)
* Largest winning margin: 7 goals
** T-Team 7–0 SPA (18 August 2015)
* Highest scoring game: 8 goals
** NS Matrix 3–5 T-Team (13 March 2015)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals
** T-Team 7–0 SPA (18 August 2015)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals
** NS Matrix 3–5 T-Team (13 March 2015)

## Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015