# 2014 Malaysia Super League

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.
The season was held from 17 January and concluded on 25 June 2014.
The Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.

## Major changes

The following are the key changes of 2014 Liga Super season as compared to the previous season:
* The 2014 Piala Sumbangsih match between LionsXII and Pahang will also be a Liga Super match. Results of the 90-minute match will be counted towards the league table classification. The last time this happened was during the 2011 Liga Super season.
* Goal-line referees will be introduced in selected matches during the season, and will be fully implemented for all matches in the 2015 Liga Super season if the feedback is positive.
* A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Liga Super 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.

## Team changes

The following teams have changed division.

## 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 | Capacity$^1$ |
| 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 Stadium$^2$ | 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 Stadium$^3$ | 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 |
* $^1$ Correct as of end of 2013 Liga Super season
* $^2$ LionsXII uses the Bishan Stadium until the end of January 2014 due to renovation work being done at Jalan Besar Stadium.
* $^3$ Selangor uses the MBPJ Stadium until 25 February 2014 due to renovation work being done at Shah Alam Stadium.

### 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 | B. Sathianathan | Hairuddin Omar | Lotto | Ecobumi Archived 3 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine |
| Johor DT | Bojan Hodak | Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak | Nike | Country Garden |
| Kelantan | George Boateng | Badhri Radzi | Warriors | Hotlink |
| LionsXII | Fandi Ahmad | Safuwan Baharudin | Nike | StarHub |
| Pahang | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Mohd Razman Roslan | Puma | Aras Kuasa |
| Perak | Abu Bakar Fadzim | Mohammad Hardi Jaafar | Joma | Lembaga Air Perak |
| PKNS | Wan Jamak | Helmi Remeli | Lotto | PKNS |
| Sarawak | Robert Alberts | Joseph Kalang Tie | Starsports | Sarawak Energy |
| Selangor | Mehmet Durakovic | Bunyamin Umar | Kappa | Selangor |
| Sime Darby | Ismail Zakaria | Juzaili Samion | Kappa | Sime Darby |
| T-Team | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | Mohd Marzuki Yusof | Line 7 | EPIC |
| Terengganu | Abdul Rahman Ibrahim | Ismail Faruqi Asha'ri | Umbro | Desa Murni Batik |

### Kits

| ATM | ATM | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Kelantan | Kelantan | LionsXII | LionsXII | LionsXII |
| Home | Away | Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away | Home | Away | Alternate |
| Kit Manufacturer: Lotto | Kit Manufacturer: Lotto | Kit Manufacturer: Nike | Kit Manufacturer: Nike | Kit Manufacturer: Nike | Kit Manufacturer: Warriors | Kit Manufacturer: Warriors | Kit Manufacturer: Nike | Kit Manufacturer: Nike | Kit Manufacturer: Nike |
| Main Sponsor: Ecobumi Archived 3 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine | Main Sponsor: Ecobumi Archived 3 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine | Main Sponsor: Country Garden | Main Sponsor: Country Garden | Main Sponsor: Country Garden | Main Sponsor: Hotlink | Main Sponsor: Hotlink | Main Sponsor: StarHub | Main Sponsor: StarHub | Main Sponsor: StarHub |
| Pahang | Pahang | Pahang | Perak | Perak | Perak | PKNS | PKNS | PKNS |
| Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away | Alternate |
| Kit Manufacturer: Puma | Kit Manufacturer: Puma | Kit Manufacturer: Puma | Kit Manufacturer: Joma | Kit Manufacturer: Joma | Kit Manufacturer: Joma | Kit Sponsor: Lotto | Kit Sponsor: Lotto | Kit Sponsor: Lotto |
| Main Sponsor: Resort World | Main Sponsor: Resort World | Main Sponsor: Resort World | Main Sponsor: Lembaga Air Perak | Main Sponsor: Lembaga Air Perak | Main Sponsor: Lembaga Air Perak | Main Sponsor: PKNS | Main Sponsor: PKNS | Main Sponsor: PKNS |
| Sarawak | Sarawak | Sarawak | Selangor | Selangor | Selangor | Sime Darby | Sime Darby |
| Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away |
| Kit Manufacturer: Starsports | Kit Manufacturer: Starsports | Kit Manufacturer: Starsports | Kit Manufacturer: Kappa | Kit Manufacturer: Kappa | Kit Manufacturer: Kappa | Kit Manufacturer: Kappa | Kit Manufacturer: Kappa |
| Main Sponsor: Sarawak Energy | Main Sponsor: Sarawak Energy | Main Sponsor: Sarawak Energy | Main Sponsor: Selangor | Main Sponsor: Selangor | Main Sponsor: Selangor | Main Sponsor: Sime Darby | Main Sponsor: Sime Darby |
| T-Team FC | T-Team FC | T-Team FC | Terengganu | Terengganu |
| Home | Away | Alternate | Home | Away |
| Kit Manufacturer: Line7 | Kit Manufacturer: Line7 | Kit Manufacturer: Line7 | Kit Manufacturer: Umbro | Kit Manufacturer: Umbro |
| Main Sponsor: EPIC | Main Sponsor: EPIC | Main Sponsor: EPIC | Main Sponsor: Desa Murni Batik | Main Sponsor: Desa Murni Batik |

### Coaching changes

* Except for the two promoted teams Sime Darby FC and Sarawak FA, all other teams have new head coaches at the start of the season.
| Team | Outgoing Head Coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
| Johor DT | Fandi Ahmad | Resigned | 19 August 2013 | César Ferrando | 21 October 2013 |
| Selangor | Irfan Bakti | Resigned | 28 August 2013 | Mehmet Durakovic | 31 October 2013 |
| Terengganu | E. Elavarasan | End of contract | 1 October 2013 | Abdul Rahman | 9 October 2013 |
| LionsXII | V. Sundramoorthy | End of contract | 7 October 2013 | Fandi Ahmad | 7 December 2013 |
| Perak | Azraai Khor | Resigned | 21 October 2013 | Abu Bakar Fadzim | 22 October 2013 |
| PKNS | Abdul Rahman | End of contract | 30 October 2013 | Wan Jamak | 10 October 2013 |
| Kelantan | Bojan Hodak | End of contract | 15 November 2013 | Steve Darby | 15 November 2013 |
| T-Team | Che Ku Marzuki | End of contract | November 2013 | Azraai Khor | 13 November 2013 |
| Pahang | Dollah Salleh | End of contract | November 2013 | Ron Smith | November 2013 |
| Pahang | Ron Smith | End of contract | 6 March 2014 | Zainal Abidin Hassan (interim) | 6 March 2014 |
| Kelantan | Steve Darby | Relieved | 15 April 2014 | Hashim Mustapha (interim) | 15 April 2014 |
| Johor DT | César Ferrando | Relieved | April 2014 | Bojan Hodak (interim) | April 2014 |
| Kelantan | Hashim Mustapha (interim) | End of interim | April 2014 | George Boateng | April 2014 |

### Foreign players

| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 (Asian) | Former Player(s) |
| ATM | Bruno Martelotto | Juan Arostegui | Fabrice Noël | Park Yong-Ho | Spase Dilevski Marlon James |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim | Luciano Figueroa | Jorge Pereyra Díaz | Marcos Antonio | Hariss Harun | Pablo Aimar Baihakki Khaizan |
| Kelantan | Mohamed Shawky | Prince Tagoe | Francis Doe | Hussein Alaa Hussein | Mohamad Ghaddar Obinna Nwaneri |
| LionsXII | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Pahang | Matías Conti | Damion Stewart | Dickson Nwakaeme | Zesh Rahman | NA |
| Perak | Marco Tulio | Milan Purovic | Abdulafees Abdulsalam | Hassan Daher | Eliel Cruz Želimir Terkeš Martin Kafando Kyaw Zayar Win |
| PKNS | Karlo Primorac | Patrick Wleh | Kim Dong-Chan | Hamka Hamzah | NA |
| Sarawak | Muamer Salibašić | Gábor Gyepes | Hassan Mohamad | Ryan Griffiths | Milorad Janjuš Alireza Abbasfard |
| Selangor | Steve Pantelidis | Paulo Rangel | Evaldo | Andik Vermansyah | Juninho |
| Sime Darby | Mateo Roskam | William Mensah | Mahmoud Amnah | Dilshod Sharofetdinov | Davron Khashimov |
| T-Team | Goran Šubara | Leandro Dos Santos | Jimmy Mulisa | Patrich Wanggai | Fábio Flor Damir Ibrić |
| Terengganu | Vincent Bikana | Javier Estupiñán | Moustapha Dabo | Mario Karlović | Márcio Souza Mamadou Barry |
Note:
* LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is intended to remain as a development team for Singaporean players.

## 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 |
| 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 | 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 | Relegation to 2015 Liga Premier |
* ↑ Qualified as 2014 Piala FA winners
* ↑ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

## Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2014 season.

### Week 22
## Fixtures and results

| Home \ Away | ATM | JDT | KEL | LNS | PHG | PRK | PKN | SWK | SEL | SDA | TTE | TRG |
| ATM | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 |
| Johor DT | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 |
| Kelantan | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 |
| LionsXII | 2–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Pahang | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 |
| Perak | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| PKNS | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 |
| Sarawak | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 |
| Selangor | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Sime Darby | 3–2 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 3–2 |
| T–Team | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 |
| Terengganu | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Original score: 1-1
* ↑ Original score: 1-1

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

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

### Own goals

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

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Mateo Roskam | Sime Darby | Kelantan | 4–0 | 15 April 2014 |
| Sufian Anuar | LionsXII | Pahang | 4–1 | 15 April 2014 |
| 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 | Farizal Marlias | Selangor | 6 |
| 2 | Sharbinee Allawee | Terengganu | 5 |
| 2 | Mohd Izham Tarmizi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 5 |
| 3 | Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | Kelantan | 4 |
| 3 | Izwan Mahbud | LionsXII | 4 |
| 4 | Shahril Saa'ri | T-Team | 3 |
| 4 | Khairul Azhan | Pahang | 3 |
| 4 | Suffian Abdul Rahman | Sime Darby | 3 |
| 5 | Syed Adney | ATM | 2 |
| 5 | Remezey Che Ros | PKNS | 2 |
| 5 | Sani Anuar | Sarawak | 2 |
| 5 | Muhammad Al-Hafiz Hamzah | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 2 |

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Matías Conti for Pahang against LionsXII (17 January 2014)
* Fastest goal of the season: 2 minutes – Mohd Failee Mohamad Ghazli for Sime Darby against Selangor (8 February 2014)
* Largest winning margin: 4–0 wins by Sime Darby against Kelantan (15 April 2014)
* Highest scoring game: 7 goals
** Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–3 Terengganu (13 June 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 4 goals
** Sime Darby 4–0 Kelantan (15 April 2014)
** Sime Darby 4–0 Perak (14 June 2014)
* Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Terengganu in a 4–3 loss against Johor Darul Ta'zim in Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium (13 June 2014)

## Awards
### Monthly awards

| Month | Coach of the Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference |
| Month | Coach | Club | Player | Club | Reference |
| January | Mehmet Durakovic | Selangor | Paulo Rangel | Selangor | |
| February | Abdul Rahman | Terengganu | Badhri Radzi | Kelantan | |
| March | Zainal Abidin Hassan | Pahang | Zairo Anuar | Terengganu | |
| April | Ismail Zakaria | Sime Darby | Luciano Figueroa | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |
| May | Bojan Hodak | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 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 | +7.0%$^†$ |
| 2 | Pahang | 237,000 | 34,000 | 8,000 | 21,545 | +7.7%$^†$ |
| 3 | Sarawak | 185,000 | 22,000 | 8,000 | 16,818 | +12.1%$^†$ |
| 4 | Selangor | 164,000 | 80,000 | 4,000 | 14,909 | +10.4%$^†$ |
| 5 | Kelantan | 140,000 | 25,000 | 3,000 | 12,727 | −15.2%$^†$ |
| 6 | Perak | 92,900 | 18,000 | 2,000 | 8,445 | −6.2%$^†$ |
| 7 | Terengganu | 75,200 | 13,000 | 1,300 | 6,836 | −2.3%$^†$ |
| 8 | LionsXII | 67,023 | 7,268 | 4,262 | 6,093 | −3.3%$^†$ |
| 9 | Sime Darby | 44,900 | 11,000 | 400 | 4,082 | +36.1%$^†$ |
| 10 | ATM | 42,000 | 6,500 | 500 | 3,818 | −4.5%$^†$ |
| 11 | PKNS | 29,900 | 8,500 | 300 | 2,718 | +43.1%$^†$ |
| 12 | T–Team | 18,050 | 4,000 | 300 | 1,641 | +21.6%$^†$ |
| | League total | 1,348,973 | 80,000 | 300 | 10,219 | +13.5%$^†$ |
Updated to games played on 30 June 2014 Source: