2015 Malaysia Premier League


The 2015 Liga Premier 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.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Liga Super

Promoted from 2014 Liga Premier
Relegated from 2014 Liga Super
Relegated to 2015 Liga FAM
Promoted to 2015 Liga Premier
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

Personnel and sponsoring

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.
ClubVisa [|1]Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Francis DoeNS Matrix17
2 Gabriel GuerraPKNS16
3 Farhod TadjiyevT-Team15
4 Chidi EdehKedah11
5 Dao BakaryUiTM10
5 Milan PurovićKuala Lumpur10
5 Éamon ZayedSabah10
8 Sandro MendonçaKedah9
8 Tomislav BušićT-Team9
8 Sadriddin AbdullaevT-Team9
8 Mohd Faiz SubriPenang9
8 Ivan BabićDRB-Hicom9
13 Hilton MoreiraPenang8
13 El Hadji DioufSabah8
15 Joel ChianeseSabah7
15 Shafiq ShaharuddinJohor Darul Ta'zim II7
15 BetoPenang7
18 Fabrice NoëlKuala Lumpur6
18 Gonzalo SotoPKNS6
18 Syafiq AhmadKedah6
18 Nor Hakim HassanT-Team6
18 Shahril IshakJohor Darul Ta'zim II6
18 Leandro VelázquezJohor Darul Ta'zim II6
24 Patrick WlehPKNS5
24 Elias SulaimanPenang5
24 Liridon KrasniqiKedah5
24 Abdi KassimUiTM5
24 Raslam KhanUiTM5
29 Azniee TaibPenang4
29 Shahrizal SaadNegeri Sembilan4
29 Khairol AzrySPA4
29 Fakhrul AimanDRB-Hicom4
29 Bang Seung-hwanKedah4
29 Baddrol BakhtiarKedah4
29 Zaquan AdhaJohor Darul Ta'zim II4
29 Nicolás DelmonteJohor Darul Ta'zim II4

Champions

2015 Malaysia Premier league Winner

Kedah

4th Title

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Scoring

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015