The 2004 Liga Super, also known as the Dunhill Liga Super, was the inaugural season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2004 Liga Super
The season was held from 14 February and concluded on 14 August 2004. This league participated by 8 teams, six west teams and two east teams, Sabah and Sarawak. The Liga Super champions for 2004 was Pahang.
Pahang dominated the season and ended up winning the title by a wide margin and this was down to their efforts in securing the services of the nation's top players prior to the start of the new season. Pahang's Indra Putra Mahayuddin was the season's top goalscorer with 15 goals. He held the record as the only local players which won the accolade until the end of 2009 season.
The highest scoring match of the season was Perlis 6–2 defeat of Kedah on 31 July 2004.
Another surprising club performance in this season was the strong finish of club side Public Bank. At this time, the Football Association of Malaysia were trying to promote clubs as the future of Malaysian football.
Team changes The following teams have changed division since the 2003 season.
To Malaysia Super League Promoted from Liga Perdana 2 Public Bank FC
From 2003 Liga Perdana 1 Relegated to Premier League Johor FC Melaka Telekom Kelantan FA Malacca FA Selangor FA Terengganu FA
Stadiums and locations
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity KedahAlor SetarDarul Aman Stadium32,387 PahangKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium40,000 PenangBatu KawanPenang State Stadium40,000 PerakIpohPerak Stadium35,000 PerlisKangarUtama Stadium20,000 Public BankSelangorSelayang Stadium20,000 SabahKota KinabaluLikas Stadium30,000 SarawakKuchingSarawak Stadium40,000
Foreign players TeamPlayer 1Player 2Player 3Player 4 Kedah Tavares Marco Antonio Manso Gastón Stang Leonardo Adrian Veron Pahang Ante MilicicKhaled RagabOussame CamaraSimon Colosimo Penang Vyacheslav MelnikovCristian Fedor Perak Frank SeatorBasile Essa MvondoEmmanuel Zulu PerlisLamine Conteh Phillimon Chipeta Public Bank Ivan Ziga Gustavo FuentesMilan Strelec SabahKim Tyrone Grant Sarawak Fernando Manuel Co
League table
Season statistics
Top scorers Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals1 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Pahang FA 152 Frank Seator Perak FA 143 Gustavo Fuentes Tavares Public Bank FC Kedah FA 115 Vyacheslav Melnikov Penang FA 106 Ante Milicic Fernando Manuel Co Ivan Ziga Phillimon Chipeta Yusri Che Lah Pahang FA Sarawak FA Public Bank FC Perlis FA Perlis FA 9
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