2014 Malaysia Premier League


The 2014 Liga Premier, also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from 24 January 2014.
The Liga Premier champions for 2014 season was PDRM. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2015 Liga Super.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Liga Super

Promoted from 2013 Liga Premier
Relegated from 2013 Liga Super

From Malaysia FAM League

Relegated to 2014 Malaysia FAM League
Promoted to 2014 Liga Premier

Rule changes

  • A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Premier League 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.

Name Changes

Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2013 season, two promoted from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2013 Liga Super.
On 27 May 2013, Penang earned promotion from the 2013 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for 2 years. This is the second season that Penang are in the Premier League. This was followed by neighbours, PBAPP. The two teams replace Betaria and Kuala Lumpur who were all relegated to the 2014 Malaysia FAM League.
Felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated from 2013 Liga Super. They are replacing Sarawak and Sime Darby who get promotion to 2014 Liga Super.

Coaching changes

League table


Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Premier 2014 season.

Week 8

Week 16

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
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Scoring

Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014