The 2015 Liga Premier () was the 12th season of the

Liga Premier The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. T ...

, the second-tier professional

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league in Malaysia.
2015 Liga Premier The season was held from January and concluded in August 2015. The

champions for 2015 season was

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. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to

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* PDRM *

Felda United Felda United Football Club was a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang, owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).

Relegated from 2014 Liga Super * T-Team * PKNS

From Liga FAM

Promoted to 2015 Liga Premier *

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Relegated to 2015 Liga FAM *

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* PBAPP

Rule changes

* A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Liga Premier 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. The Liga Premier also introduced the "home grown players" rule, which aims to encourage the development of young footballers at Liga Premier clubs. The new rule required clubs to name at least five U-21 players in their squad.

Name changes

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were renamed to NS Matrix for sponsorship reason.

Teams

A total of 12 teams are contesting the league, including 8 sides from the 2014 season, two promoted from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated from 2014 Liga Super. On 27 May 2014,

earned promotion from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League. They returned to the second division after being absent for a year. This was followed by

. The two teams replace

and PBAPP who were all relegated to the 2015 Liga FAM. T-Team and PKNS were relegated from 2014 Liga Super. They are replacing PDRM and

Felda United Felda United Football Club was a Malaysian football club based in Jengka, Pahang, owned by the Malaysian Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA).

who get promotion to 2015 Liga Super.

Team summaries

Team locations

Stadium

Personnel and sponsoring

Foreign players

The number of foreign players is restricted to four per Malaysian League team. A team can use four foreign players on the field in each game, including at least one player from the AFC country. Note: Flags indicate national team as has been registered to the official

. Players may hold more than one FIFA and non-FIFA nationality.

League table

Fixtures and results

Fixtures and results of the Liga Premier 2015 season.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

¹Match delayed due to bad weather.

Week 8

Week 9

Week 10

Week 11

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Season statistics

Top scorers

:''As of 22 October 2015.''

Champions

Hat-tricks

Own goals

Scoring

* First goal of the season:

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for Johor Darul Ta'zim II against

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(6 February 2015) * Fastest goal of the season: 1 Minute – Shahrizal Saad for NS Matrix against

(6 March 2015) * Largest winning margin: 7 goals ** T-Team 7–0

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(18 August 2015) * Highest scoring game: 8 goals ** NS Matrix 3–5 T-Team (13 March 2015) * Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 7 goals ** T-Team 7–0

(18 August 2015) * Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals ** NS Matrix 3–5 T-Team (13 March 2015)

Transfers

''For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015''

References

External links

Football Malaysia Official Website
{{2015 in Asian Football (AFC) Malaysia Premier League seasons 2 Malay Malay