2009 Malaysia Super League

The 2009 Liga Super (English: 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
ChampionsSelangor
RelegatedPDRM
2010 AFC CupSelangor (group stage)
Matches played182
Goals scored542 (2.98 per match)
Top goalscorer18 goals
Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof (Perlis)
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

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Selangor (C) 26 20 3 3 64 21 +43 63 Champion / League leaders
2 Perlis 26 17 5 4 40 19 +21 56
3 Kedah 26 16 3 7 45 28 +17 51
4 Johor FC 26 15 3 8 53 27 +26 48
5 Terengganu 26 15 2 9 46 29 +17 47
6 Kelantan 26 14 2 10 49 36 +13 44
7 Negeri Sembilan 26 11 5 10 44 35 +9 38
8 PLUS 26 11 5 10 35 26 +9 38
9 Kuala Muda Naza 26 12 1 13 32 41 −9 37 Withdraw from league[lower-alpha 1]
10 Perak 26 9 5 12 27 36 −9 32
11 UPB-MyTeam 26 9 3 14 28 49 −21 30 Withdraw from league[lower-alpha 1]
12 Penang 26 5 4 17 29 55 −26 19
13 Pahang 26 5 2 19 31 62 −31 17
14 PDRM (R) 26 0 3 23 19 75 −56 3 Relegated to Liga Premier
Source: Results TM Liga Super and Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Kuala Muda Naza and UPB-MyTeam withdrew before the start of 2010 season.

Results
Home \ Away JFC KED KEL KM NSE PLUS PDRM PAH PEN PRK PRL SEL TER UPB
Johor FC 5–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 4–0 4–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–0
Kedah 0–0 1–2 2–1 3–1 2–0 7–2 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–4[lower-alpha 1] 3–0 1–0
Kelantan 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–0[lower-alpha 2] 4–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–2 3–0
Kuala Muda Naza 2–1 0–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2
Negeri Sembilan 3–0 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 4–1 3–0 5–1 3–0 0–4 1–1 1–1 6–2
PLUS 0–1 0–0 2–0 5–0 5–2 3–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 2–1 0–1
PDRM 1–2 0–2 2–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–6 1–4 0–3
Pahang 2–3 2–4 1–5 1–2 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2
Penang 0–5 1–2 1–1 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–3
Perak 0–3 1–0 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1
Perlis 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0
Selangor 4–1 3–1 3–0 4–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 5–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 0–1
Terengganu 3–2 0–2 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 2–0
UPB-MyTeam 0–5 0–1 2–4 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 0–5
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

Top scorers
Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals
1 Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof Perlis FA 18
2 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Kelantan FA 13
3 Razali Umar Kandasamy Perak FA 13
4 Mohd Amri Yahyah Selangor FA 13
5 Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri Kedah FA 12
6 Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin Terengganu FA 12
7 Mohd Safee Mohd Sali Selangor FA 12
8 Mohd Azlan Ismail Terengganu FA 12
9 Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak Negeri Sembilan FA 11
10 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha UPB-MyTeam FC 10

See also

References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay09.html 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.
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