2004 Malaysia Super League

The 2004 Liga Super (English: 2004 Super League) also known as the Dunhill Liga Super, is the inaugural season of the Liga Super, the new top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Liga Super
Season2004
Dates14 February – 3 August 2004
ChampionsPahang
1st Super League title
5th Liga M title
RelegatedKedah
Sarawak
2005 AFC CupPahang (group stage)
Perak (group stage)
ASEAN Club ChampionshipPahang (group stage)
Matches played84
Goals scored271 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer15 goals
Indra Putra Mahayuddin (Pahang)
2003
2005

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.[1] The Liga Super champions for 2004 was Pahang.[1]

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.

A plus point was the surprisingly 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.

Stadium and locations

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Locations of teams in the 2004 Liga Super
Team Location Stadium Capacity
  Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
  Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
  Penang Batu Kawan Penang State Stadium 40,000
  Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 35,000
  Perlis Kangar Utama Stadium 20,000
  Public Bank Selangor Selayang Stadium 20,000
  Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 30,000
  Sarawak Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pahang (C) 21 14 5 2 48 29 +19 47 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage and ASEAN Club Championship
2 Public Bank 21 11 5 5 38 29 +9 38
3 Perlis 21 10 6 5 41 30 +11 36
4 Perak 21 10 6 5 35 27 +8 36 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[a]
5 Penang 21 8 3 10 29 38 −9 27
6 Sabah 21 4 5 12 22 35 −13 17
7 Sarawak (R) 21 3 7 11 28 38 −10 16 Relegation to Liga Premier
8 Kedah (R) 21 4 3 14 30 45 −15 15
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Perak qualified for the 2005 AFC Cup group stage as 2004 Piala FA winners.

Season statistics

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Pahang, the 2004 Liga Super champion

Top scorers

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Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals
1   Indra Putra Mahayuddin   Pahang FA 15
2   Frank Seator   Perak FA 14
3   Gustavo Fuentes
  Tavares
  Public Bank FC
  Kedah FA
11
5   Vyacheslav Melnikov   Penang FA 10
6   Ante Milicic
  Fernando Manuel Co
  Ivan Ziga
  Phillimon Chipeta
  Yusri Che Lah
  Pahang FA
  Sarawak FA
  Public Bank FC
  Perlis FA
  Perlis FA
9

References

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  1. ^ a b c [1] 2004 Liga Super