2009 Malaysia Super League

The 2009 Liga Super (2009 Super League) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the sixth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Liga Super
Season2009
Dates3 January – 3 August 2009
ChampionsSelangor
1st Super League title
5th Liga M title
RelegatedPDRM
2010 AFC CupSelangor (group stage)
Matches played182
Goals scored542 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorerMohd Nizaruddin Yusof (18 goals)
2010

The season was held from 3 January and concluded on 3 August 2009.[1]

The Liga Super champions for 2009 was Selangor.[1]

Teams

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A total of 14 teams compete in the 2009 season which includes the top 12 teams that participated in the 2007–08 season and champions and runners-up of the 2007-08 Liga Premier.

Sarawak were relegated at the end of the 2009 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table.

DPMM was excluded from the competition as per FIFA rules after Football Association of Brunei Darussalam was deregistered by the Registrar of Societies.[2]

2007-08 Liga Premier champions Kuala Muda Naza and runners-up PLUS secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.

Notes
  1. ^ Promoted as second runners-up from 2007–08 Liga Premier
  2. ^ Promoted as champions from 2007–08 Liga Premier
  3. ^ Promoted as runners-up from 2007–08 Liga Premier

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Selangor (C)2620336421+4363Champion / League leaders
2Perlis2617544019+2156
3Kedah2616374528+1751
4Johor FC2615385327+2648
5Terengganu2615294629+1747
6Kelantan26142104936+1344
7Negeri Sembilan26115104435+938
8PLUS26115103526+938
9Kuala Muda Naza26121133241−937Withdraw from league[a]
10Perak2695122736−932
11UPB-MyTeam2693142849−2130Withdraw from league[a]
12Penang2654172955−2619
13Pahang2652193162−3117
14PDRM (R)2603231975−563Relegated to Liga Premier
Source: Results TM Liga Super and Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Kuala Muda Naza and UPB-MyTeam withdrew before the start of 2010 season.

Results

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Home \ AwayJFCKEDKELKMNSEPLUSPDRMPAHPENPRKPRLSELTERUPB
Johor FC5–12–10–13–01–14–04–02–20–11–22–13–01–0
Kedah0–01–22–13–12–07–23–11–03–10–01–4[a]3–01–0
Kelantan1–20–12–11–21–0[b]4–03–24–14–01–21–13–23–0
Kuala Muda Naza2–10–40–11–02–01–04–13–13–10–11–21–01–2
Negeri Sembilan3–03–02–03–10–04–13–05–13–00–41–11–16–2
PLUS0–10–02–05–05–23–12–03–11–12–11–32–10–1
PDRM1–20–22–40–21–11–11–40–22–31–31–61–40–3
Pahang2–32–41–51–21–00–13–11–12–11–31–21–21–2
Penang0–51–21–13–00–31–33–12–21–21–00–12–32–3
Perak0–31–02–32–02–02–01–02–00–11–10–10–11–1
Perlis1–01–02–00–01–02–12–13–23–00–00–00–22–0
Selangor4–13–13–04–13–01–05–15–11–03–12–13–10–1
Terengganu3–20–22–02–02–00–21–03–04–11–12–32–12–0
UPB-MyTeam0–50–12–43–41–11–00–00–12–12–11–21–40–5
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2009. Source: Results TM Liga Super
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The opening league game of the season between Kedah and Selangor also doubled up as the Piala Sumbangsih. Selangor won 4–1.
  2. ^ The game between Kelantan and PLUS was awarded 3–0 to PLUS as Kelantan could not agree on a suitable venue.[3] However the result was then revoked and the game would be replayed at a later date.[4]

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1Mohd Nizaruddin YusofPerlis18
2Mohd Ashaari ShamsuddinTerengganu17
3Indra Putra MahayuddinKelantan14
4Mohd Amri YahyahSelangor13
Razali Umar KandasamyPerak13
6Mohd Safee Mohd SaliSelangor12
Mohd Khyril Muhymeen ZambriKedah12
Mohd Azlan IsmailTerengganu12
9Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul RadzakNegeri Sembilan11
10Norshahrul Idlan TalahaUPB-MyTeam10
Abdul Manaf MamatTerengganu10
11Mohd Fadzli SaariKL PLUS9
Muhamad Khalid JamlusKelantan9
Own goal
PlayerClubOwn goal
B. RajnikandhKuala Muda Nazal. Selangor
M. SivakumarJohor FCl. Selangor
Syafuan RidwanJohor FCl. Selangor
Azmi MuslimUPB-MyTeaml. Kuala Muda Naza
Talfizam TaufikPDRMl. Selangor
Rizal NayanPDRMl. Kelantan
Che Ku Ahmad RusydiTerengganul. Kelantan
Victor AndragKedahl. Kuala Muda Naza

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c [1] 2009 Liga Super
  2. ^ http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2008&dt=1224&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_01.htm Archived 30 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine Pasukan Brunei tiada dalam kancah 2009
  3. ^ "Kelantan lose home match by default". The Star. 8 January 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Kelantan match revoked". The Star. 13 April 2009. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2009.