The 2015 Liga Premier () was the 12th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2015 Liga Premier
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
To Liga Super Promoted from 2014 Liga Premier PDRM Felda United Relegated from 2014 Liga Super T-Team PKNS
From Liga FAM Promoted to 2015 Liga Premier Kuantan Kuala Lumpur
Relegated to 2015 Liga FAM Perlis PBAPP
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.Liga Perdana 2015: Negeri Sembilan dikenali NS Matrix
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
Team locations
Stadium Team Team Based Stadium Location Stadium Stadium Capacity DRB-Hicom Kuala Lumpur Tanjung Malim Proton City Stadium Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Stadium Johor Darul Ta'zim II Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Kedah Alor Star Alor Star Darul Aman Stadium NS Matrix Seremban Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Kuantan Kuantan Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium PKNS Kelana Jaya Petaling Jaya MBPJ Stadium Penang George Town George Town Bandaraya Stadium T-Team Kuala Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium SPA Kuala Lumpur Petaling Jaya MBPJ Stadium Sabah Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium UiTM Shah Alam Shah Alam UiTM Stadium
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 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
Fixtures and results Fixtures and results of the Liga Premier 2015 season.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
1Match delayed due to bad weather.
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Season statistics Top scorers As of 22 October 2015. RankPlayerClubGoals1 Francis DoeNS Matrix172 Gabriel GuerraPKNS163 Farhod TadjiyevT-Team154 Chidi EdehKedah 115 Dao BakaryUiTM10 Milan PurovićKuala Lumpur Éamon ZayedSabah8 Sandro MendonçaKedah 9 Tomislav BušićT-Team Sadriddin AbdullaevT-Team Mohd Faiz SubriPenang Ivan BabićDRB-Hicom13 Hilton MoreiraPenang 8 El Hadji DioufSabah15 Joel ChianeseSabah 7 Shafiq Shaharuddin Johor Darul Ta'zim II BetoPenang18 Fabrice NoëlKuala Lumpur 6 Gonzalo SotoPKNS Syafiq AhmadKedah Nor Hakim HassanT-Team Shahril IshakJohor Darul Ta'zim II Leandro VelázquezJohor Darul Ta'zim II24 Patrick WlehPKNS 5 Elias SulaimanPenang Liridon KrasniqiKedah Abdi KassimUiTM Raslam KhanUiTM29 Azniee TaibPenang 4 Shahrizal SaadNegeri Sembilan Khairol AzrySPA Fakhrul AimanDRB-Hicom Bang Seung-hwanKedah Baddrol BakhtiarKedah Zaquan AdhaJohor Darul Ta'zim II Nicolás DelmonteJohor Darul Ta'zim II
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 RankPlayerForClubOwn Goal1 Lee Kwang-hyunPenangKuantan1 Abdoulaye FayeDRB-HicomSabah Precious EmuejerayeUiTMSPA Aiman Syazwan AbdullahPKNSUiTM Zameer ZainunJohor Darul Ta'zim IIKuala Lumpur
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
See also 2015 Liga Super 2015 Liga FAM 2015 Piala FA 2015 Piala Presiden 2015 Piala Belia
References
External links Football Malaysia Official Website