2004 Malaysia Super League

The 2004 Liga Super (English: 2004 Super League) also known as the Dunhill Liga Super, based from the original format of the first season (1994/1995) and second season (1995/1996) of the Indonesian league premier division, is the inaugural season of the Liga Super, the new top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Liga Super
Season2004
ChampionsPahang
RelegatedKedah
Sarawak
2005 AFC CupPahang (group stage)
Perak (group stage)
ASEAN Club ChampionshipPahang (group stage)
Matches played84
Goals scored271 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer15 goals
Indra Putra Mahayuddin (Pahang)
← 2003
2005 →

The season was held from 14 February and concluded in 14 August 2004. This league participated by 8 teams, six west teams and two east teams, Sabah and Sarawak.[1] The original Indonesian format with the same name, first organized 10 years ago from November 1994 till July 1995, participated by 34 teams divided by 17 west teams and 17 east teams. The Liga Super champions for 2004 was Pahang.[1]

Pahang dominated the season and ended up winning the title by a wide margin and this was down to their efforts in securing the services of the nation's top players prior to the start of the new season. Pahang's Indra Putra Mahayuddin was the season's top goalscorer with 15 goals. He held the record as the only local players which won the accolade until the end of 2009 season.

The highest scoring match of the season was Perlis 6–2 defeat of Kedah on 31 July 2004.

A plus point was the surprisingly strong finish of club side Public Bank. At this time, the Football Association of Malaysia were trying to promote clubs as the future of Malaysian football.

Stadium and locations
Locations of teams in the 2004 Liga Super
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
Penang Batu Kawan Penang State Stadium 40,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 35,000
Perlis Kangar Utama Stadium 20,000
Public Bank Selangor Selayang Stadium 20,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 30,000
Sarawak Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pahang (C) 21 14 5 2 48 29 +19 47 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage and ASEAN Club Championship
2 Public Bank 21 11 5 5 38 29 +9 38
3 Perlis 21 10 6 5 41 30 +11 36
4 Perak 21 10 6 5 35 27 +8 36 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Penang 21 8 3 10 29 38 −9 27
6 Sabah 21 4 5 12 22 35 −13 17
7 Sarawak (R) 21 3 7 11 28 38 −10 16 Relegation to Liga Premier
8 Kedah (R) 21 4 3 14 30 45 −15 15
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Perak qualified for the 2005 AFC Cup group stage by winning the 2004 Piala FA.

Season statistics
Pahang, the 2004 Liga Super champion

Top scorers
Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals
1 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Pahang FA15
2 Frank Seator Perak FA14
3 Gustavo Fuentes
Tavares		 Public Bank FC
Kedah FA		11
5 Vyacheslav Melnikov Penang FA10
6 Ante Milicic
Fernando Manuel Co
Ivan Ziga
Phillimon Chipeta
Yusri Che Lah		 Pahang FA
Sarawak FA
Public Bank FC
Perlis FA
Perlis FA		9
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References
  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay04.html 2004 Liga Super

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