The 2014 Liga Super (), 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. 2014 Liga Super
The season was held from 17 January and concluded on 25 June 2014.
The Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Ta'zim and this season was the start of them winning the league every season until today.
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.
To Malaysia Super League
Promoted from Premier League Sarawak Sime Darby
From Malaysia Super League Relegated to Premier League Felda United Negeri Sembilan
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.
TeamTeam BasedStadiumCapacity1ATMSelayangSelayang Stadium20,000Johor Darul Ta'zimJohor BahruLarkin Stadium30,000KelantanKota BharuSultan Mohammad IV Stadium22,000LionsXIISingaporeJalan Besar Stadium28,000PahangKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium40,000PerakIpohPerak Stadium60,000PKNSPetaling JayaMBPJ Stadium25,000SarawakKuchingSarawak State Stadium26,000SelangorShah AlamShah Alam Stadium380,372Sime DarbyKuala LumpurSelayang Stadium20,000T-TeamKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000TerengganuKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
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.
Stadiums and locations
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 sponsorATM B. Sathianathan Hairuddin OmarLottoEcobumi Johor DT Bojan Hodak Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul RadzakNikeCountry GardenKelantan George Boateng Badhri RadziWarriorsHotlinkLionsXII Fandi Ahmad Safuwan BaharudinNikeStarHubPahang Zainal Abidin Hassan Mohd Razman RoslanPumaAras KuasaPerak Abu Bakar Fadzim Mohammad Hardi JaafarJomaLembaga Air PerakPKNS Wan Jamak Helmi RemeliLottoPKNSSarawak Robert Alberts Joseph Kalang TieStarsportsSarawak EnergySelangor Mehmet Durakovic Bunyamin UmarKappaSelangorSime Darby Ismail Zakaria Juzaili SamionKappaSime DarbyT-Team Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Mohd Marzuki YusofLine 7EPICTerengganu Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Ismail Faruqi Asha'riUmbro
Kits
ATMJohor Darul Ta'zimKelantanLionsXII Kit Manufacturer: LottoKit Manufacturer: NikeKit Manufacturer: WarriorsKit Manufacturer: NikeMain Sponsor: Ecobumi Main Sponsor: Country GardenMain Sponsor: HotlinkMain Sponsor: StarHub
PahangPerakPKNS Kit Manufacturer: PumaKit Manufacturer: JomaKit Sponsor: LottoMain Sponsor: Resort WorldMain Sponsor: Lembaga Air PerakMain Sponsor: PKNS
SarawakSelangorSime Darby Kit Manufacturer: StarsportsKit Manufacturer: KappaKit Manufacturer: KappaMain Sponsor: Sarawak EnergyMain Sponsor: SelangorMain Sponsor: Sime Darby T-Team FCTerengganu Kit Manufacturer: Line7Kit Manufacturer: UmbroMain Sponsor: EPICMain Sponsor:
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 appointmentJohor DT Fandi AhmadResigned19 August 2013 César Ferrando21 October 2013Selangor Irfan BaktiResigned28 August 2013 Mehmet Durakovic31 October 2013Terengganu E. ElavarasanEnd of contract1 October 2013 Abdul Rahman9 October 2013LionsXII V. SundramoorthyEnd of contract7 October 2013 Fandi Ahmad7 December 2013Perak Azraai KhorResigned21 October 2013 Abu Bakar Fadzim22 October 2013PKNS Abdul RahmanEnd of contract30 October 2013 Wan Jamak10 October 2013Kelantan Bojan HodakEnd of contract15 November 2013 Steve Darby15 November 2013T-Team Che Ku MarzukiEnd of contractNovember 2013 Azraai Khor13 November 2013Pahang Dollah SallehEnd of contractNovember 2013 Ron SmithNovember 2013Pahang Ron SmithEnd of contract6 March 2014 Zainal Abidin Hassan (interim)6 March 2014Kelantan Steve DarbyRelieved15 April 2014 Hashim Mustapha (interim)15 April 2014Johor DT César FerrandoRelievedApril 2014 Bojan Hodak (interim)April 2014Kelantan Hashim Mustapha (interim)End of interimApril 2014 George BoatengApril 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.No foreign players for LionsXII – Channel News Asia, 01/11/12
League table
Results
Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 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
Fixtures and results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Paulo RangelSelangor 162 Luciano FigueroaJohor Darul Ta'zim 113 Juan ArosteguiATM9 Matías ContiPahang5 Jorge Pereyra DíazJohor Darul Ta'zim 86 Khairul AmriLionsXII7 Patrick WlehPKNS Nor Farhan MuhammadTerengganu9 Bruno Martelotto ATM 6 Dickson NwakaemePahang S. Chanturu Sarawak 12 Francis DoeKelantan5 Abdulafees AbdulsalamPerak Milan PurovićPerak Dilshod SharofetdinovSime Darby Patrich WanggaiT-Team
Own goals RankPlayerForClubOwn Goal1 Ronny HarunPahangSarawak1 Helmi RemeliSelangorPKNS Aminuddin NoorJohor Darul Ta'zimPKNS Junior EldstålTerengganuSarawak Norfazly AliasSarawakATM
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
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Farizal MarliasSelangor 62 Sharbinee AllaweeTerengganu5 Mohd Izham TarmiziJohor Darul Ta'zim3 Khairul Fahmi Che MatKelantan4 Izwan MahbudLionsXII4 Shahril Saa'riT-Team3 Khairul AzhanPahang Suffian Abdul RahmanSime Darby5 Syed AdneyATM2 Remezey Che RosPKNS Sani AnuarSarawak Muhammad Al-Hafiz HamzahJohor Darul Ta'zim
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 MonthCoach of the MonthPlayer of the MonthReferenceCoachClubPlayerClubJanuary Mehmet DurakovicSelangor Paulo RangelSelangorFebruary Abdul RahmanTerengganu Badhri RadziKelantanMarch Zainal Abidin HassanPahang Zairo AnuarTerengganuApril Ismail ZakariaSime Darby Luciano FigueroaJohor Darul Ta'zimMay Bojan HodakJohor Darul Ta'zim Jorge Pereyra DíazJohor Darul Ta'zim
Transfers
For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014
Attendances
See also
2014 Liga Premier 2014 Liga FAM 2014 Piala FA
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia