2014 Malaysia Super League


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.
The season was held from 17 January and concluded on 25 June 2014.
The Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Ta'zim.

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
Relegated to Premier League
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 BasedStadiumCapacity1
ATMSelayangSelayang Stadium20,000
Johor Darul Ta'zimJohor BahruLarkin Stadium30,000
KelantanKota BharuSultan Mohammad IV Stadium22,000
LionsXIISingaporeJalan Besar Stadium28,000
PahangKuantanDarul Makmur Stadium40,000
PerakIpohPerak Stadium60,000
PKNSPetaling JayaMBPJ Stadium25,000
SarawakKuchingSarawak State Stadium26,000
SelangorShah AlamShah Alam Stadium380,372
Sime DarbyKuala LumpurSelayang Stadium20,000
T-TeamKuala TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
TerengganuKuala 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.
TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
ATM

Kits

Coaching changes

TeamOutgoing Head CoachManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
Johor DT

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4 Former Player
ATM

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

RankPlayerClubGoals
1

Own goals

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1

Scoring

  • First goal of the season: Matías Conti for Pahang against LionsXII
  • Fastest goal of the season: 2 minutesMohd Failee Mohamad Ghazli for Sime Darby against Selangor
  • Largest winning margin: 4–0 wins by Sime Darby against Kelantan
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  • Highest scoring game: 7 goals
  • * Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–3 Terengganu
  • Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 4 goals
  • *Sime Darby 4–0 Kelantan
  • *Sime Darby 4–0 Perak
  • 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
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    Awards

Monthly awards

Transfers

For transfers see: List of Malaysian football transfer 2014

Attendances