2007–08 Malaysia Premier League

The 2007–08 Liga Premier (English: 2007–08 Premier League) also known as the TM Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons is the fifth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Liga Premier
Season2007–08
ChampionsKuala Muda Naza
Promoted
2009

The season was held from 17 December 2007 and concluded in 3 May 2008.[1] A total of 13 clubs compete in a single group format. Harimau Muda, a feeder team project for the Malaysia national football team, joined the league as preparation for the national competition.

The Liga Premier champions for 2007–08 was Kuala Muda Naza.[1] The club were promoted to 2009 Liga Super along with runners-up PLUS and third-place Kelantan.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Kuala Muda Naza 24 20 1 3 52 27 +25 61 Promoted to Liga Super
2 PLUS 24 18 3 3 56 21 +35 57
3 Kelantan 24 16 5 3 59 30 +29 53
4 Sabah 24 13 5 6 48 27 +21 44
5 Johor 24 13 4 7 41 26 +15 43
6 Felda United 24 7 6 11 28 35 7 27
7 Proton 24 8 3 13 27 45 18 27
8 Harimau Muda 24 7 5 12 30 38 8 26
9 Malacca 24 8 2 14 29 43 14 26
10 Shahzan Muda 24 7 4 13 28 46 18 25
11 PKNS 24 5 7 12 27 38 11 22
12 Kuala Lumpur 24 3 7 14 24 41 17 16
13 ATM 24 4 2 18 29 61 32 14
Source:
  • Note: Originally only 2 clubs will be promoted to Liga Super, however FAM decided to promote third-place clubs in order to balance the number of team to compete in Liga Super and Liga Premier which is 14 clubs for the next season. This decision also affected the relegation as ATM will not be relegated for 2009 season and will be joined by two promoted clubs from Liga FAM, the MBJB and T-Team along with Sarawak which has been relegated from 2007–08 Liga Super.

Goalscorers

Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals
1 Mouhamadou Moustapha Kelantan 27
2 Otelo Ocampos Espinola Johor 23
3 Alex Agbo PLUS 19
4 Liew Kit Kong Kuala Muda Naza 16
5 André Scotti Ossemer Sabah 12
6 Bobby Gonzales Sabah 10
7 Adrian Dario Trinidad PLUS 9
8 Badhri Radzi Kelantan 9
9 Ahmad Fakri Saarani Harimau Muda 9
10 Anthony Josip Milicic Shahzan Muda 9

References

  1. "Malaysia 2007/08". www.rsssf.com.
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