2005–06 Malaysia Super League

Malaysia Super League
Season2005–06
Dates3 December 2005 – 23 May 2006
ChampionsNegeri Sembilan NAZA
1st Super League title
1st Liga M title
AFC CupNegeri Sembilan NAZA
Pahang (FA Cup winner)
Matches played84
Goals scored223 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer17 goals
Keita Mandjou (Perak)
← 2005

The 2005–06 Malaysia Super League (Malay: 2005–06 Liga Super Malaysia) also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the third season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1] The season was held from 3 December 2005 and concluded on 23 May 2006.[1]

Summary

The winner this season was Negeri Sembilan NAZA.[1] Negeri Sembilan NAZA garnered 40 points from 21 matches and won the title despite scoring less goals than all the other teams in the league except Pahang, who finished second from bottom. With this title, they finally erased the painful memory of losing the 1996 M-League crown having topped the table for most of that season.

Their nearest rivals were TM Melaka with 33 points. Having been in the title contention for most of the season, they were the best positioned club side in Liga Super history after Public Bank in 2004.

Perak's Keita Mandjou was the season's top scorer with 17 goals. Three matches, including Selangor's 6–1 hammering at the hands of Perlis, featured seven goals, and these were the season's highest scoring matches.

Relegation playoffs

As a result of the FAM decision to expand the league to 14 teams, the relegation playoffs were held on 18 June 2006. Six of the league's 14 places were up for grabs in this competition. Pahang and Selangor qualified for this competition by virtue of being the lowest placed Super League teams. Top teams from the Premier League also qualified for this competition (except for Kedah and Melaka, who were automatically promoted by virtue of being Premier League champions). The first round of matches saw Sarawak, Terengganu, Selangor and DPMM promoted. The second round of matches saw Johor FC and Pahang promoted.

Teams

Changes from last season

Promoted from the Premier League

Relegated to the Premier League

Disqualification

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Locations of teams in the 2005–06 Malaysia Super League.

Stadiums and locations

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Negeri Sembilan NAZA Seremban Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 45,000[2]
Pahang Kuantan Darul Makmur Stadium 40,000
MPPJ Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Penang Batu Kawan Penang State Stadium 40,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 35,000
Perlis Kangar Utama Stadium 20,000
Selangor Bukit Jalil Bukit Jalil National Stadium 87,411[3]
TM Melaka Malacca Hang Tuah Stadium 15,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Negeri Sembilan (C) 21 12 4 5 26 14 +12 40 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage
2 TM Melaka 21 9 6 6 31 46 −15 33
3 Perak 21 9 3 9 32 29 +3 30
4 Perlis 21 8 6 7 26 25 +1 30
5 MPPJ 21 9 2 10 28 27 +1 29
6 Penang 21 8 4 9 30 31 −1 28
7 Pahang 21 7 6 8 21 24 −3 27 AFC Cup group stage and relegation play-offs[a]
8 Selangor 21 5 3 13 31 46 −15 18 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ Pahang qualified for the AFC Cup group stage as the Malaysia FA Cup winners.

Relegation play-offs

All times are (UTC+8).

First round

First leg

PKNS0–3Sarawak
Johor FC2–3Selangor
Sabah0–1Terengganu
Pahang0–0DPMM

Second leg

Sarawak3–2PKNS

6–2 on aggregate. Sarawak won on aggregate and are promoted to the Super League, while Sabah qualified to final round.

Selangor4–2Johor FC

7–4 on aggregate. Selangor won on aggregate and remain in the Super League, while Johor qualified to final round.

Terengganu1–0Sabah

2–0 on aggregate. Terengganu won on aggregate and are promoted to the Super League, while Sabah qualified to final round.

DPMM2–1Pahang

2–1 on aggregate. DPMM won on aggregate and are promoted to the Super League, while Pahang qualified to final round.

Final round

First leg

Pahang3-2Sabah
PKNS1–4Johor FC

Second leg

Sabah1-1Pahang

3-4 on aggregate. Pahang won on aggregate and remain at Super League, Sabah remain at 2nd League

Johor FC1-1PKNS

5-2 on aggregate. Johor FC won on aggregate and remain in the Super League, Selangor PKNS remain at 2nd League

Season statistics

Top scorers

Position Players Teams/Clubs Goals
1 Guinea Keita Mandjou Perak Perak FA 17
2 Zambia Phillimon Chepita Perlis Perlis FA 13
3 Indonesia Bambang Pamungkas Selangor Selangor FA 11
4 Argentina Juan Manuel Arostegui Selangor MPPJ FC 9
Zambia Chaswe Nsofwa Malacca TM FC
6 Cameroon Christian Bekamenga Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA 8
7 Liberia Josiah Seton Pahang Pahang FA 6
Malaysia Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Malacca TM FC
Zimbabwe Newton Ben Katanha Selangor MPPJ FC
Argentina Brian Diego Fuentes Selangor Selangor FA

References

  1. ^ a b c [1] 2006 Liga Super
  2. ^ "Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium". Seremban Municipan Council. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Bukit Jalil National Stadium on World Stadium Database".
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