2015 in Malaysian football

Football in Malaysia
Season 2015
Super League Johor DT
Premier League Kedah
FAM League Malacca United
FA Cup LionsXII
Malaysia Cup Selangor
Community Shield Johor DT
2014 Malaysia 2016

The 2015 season will be the 36th season of competitive association football in Malaysia.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Super League
Premier League

New and withdrawn teams

New teams

Withdrawn teams

National team

Malaysia national football team

2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Saudi Arabia 8 6 2 0 28 4 +24 20 Third round and Asian Cup 2–1 3–2 2–0 7–0
2  United Arab Emirates 8 5 2 1 25 4 +21 17 1–1 2–0 10–0 8–0
3  Palestine 8 3 3 2 22 6 +16 12 Asian Cup qualifying third round 0–0 0–0 6–0 7–0
4  Malaysia 8 1 1 6 3 30 27 4 Asian Cup qualifying play-off round 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 0–6 1–1
5  Timor-Leste 8 0 2 6 2 36 34 2 0–10 0–1 1–1 0–1
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. The Malaysia v Saudi Arabia match, on 8 September 2015, was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that this match was forfeited by Malaysia and the result to be declared as a 3–0 win awarded for Saudi Arabia.[1][2]

International Friendlies

League XI

Main article: Malaysia League XI

Malaysia national under-23 football team

2015 Bangabandhu Cup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Malaysia Malaysia U-22 220030+36
 Bangladesh 21011103
 Sri Lanka 200203-30

2016 AFC U-23 Championship qualification

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Final tournament
2  Vietnam 3 2 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
4  Macau 3 0 0 3 0 16 16 0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Qualification Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

2015 Southeast Asian Games

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Thailand 5 5 0 0 16 1 +15 15 Semi-finals
2  Vietnam 5 4 0 1 17 4 +13 12
3  Malaysia 5 3 0 2 7 7 0 9
4  Laos 5 2 0 3 6 13 7 6
5  Timor-Leste 5 1 0 4 4 10 6 3
6  Brunei 5 0 0 5 2 17 15 0
Source: Seagames 2015
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Friendly

League season

Super league

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) 22 14 4 4 36 18 +18 46 Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying preliminary round 2
2 Selangor 22 11 6 5 43 28 +15 39 Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 1]
3 Pahang 22 13 5 4 43 29 +14 38[lower-alpha 2]
4 Terengganu 22 12 2 8 40 33 +7 38
5 Felda United 22 10 6 6 36 26 +10 36
6 PDRM 22 11 2 9 42 39 +3 35
7 LionsXII[lower-alpha 3] 22 9 6 7 36 32 +4 33
8 Perak 22 8 4 10 32 33 1 28
9 Kelantan 22 8 4 10 34 38 4 28
10 Sarawak 22 4 7 11 28 40 12 19
11 ATM (R) 22 2 5 15 21 47 26 11 Qualification to the Relegation play-off
12 Sime Darby (R) 22 1 7 14 20 48 28 10 Relegation to Premier League
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Since LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition, won the 2015 Malaysia FA Cup, the 2015 Malaysia Super League runners-up will be chosen to represent Malaysia in the AFC Cup.
  2. Pahang was docked 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports season 2013, Mohamed Borji.
  3. LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Premier league

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kedah (C, P) 22 14 6 2 47 26 +21 48 Promotion to Super League
2 Penang (P) 22 13 6 3 39 18 +21 45
3 T-Team (O, P) 22 12 6 4 50 27 +23 42 Qualification to Promotion play-off
4 PKNS 22 11 8 3 41 22 +19 41
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 10 4 8 37 32 +5 34
6 NS Matrix 22 8 8 6 33 28 +5 32
7 Sabah 22 8 3 11 37 42 5 27
8 UiTM 22 7 4 11 28 42 14 25
9 Kuantan 22 6 3 13 30 46 16 21
10 DRB-Hicom 22 4 8 10 25 32 7 20
11 Kuala Lumpur 22 5 3 14 17 33 16 18
12 Putrajaya SPA (R) 22 2 5 15 15 50 35 11 Relegation to FAM League
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.

FAM league

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Perlis (P) 18 12 6 0 33 10 +23 42 Promotion to Premier League and final round
2 Real Mulia 18 9 5 4 19 14 +5 32
3 Megah Murni 18 7 6 5 18 15 +3 27
4 UKM 18 6 7 5 26 20 +6 25
5 PBAPP 18 7 4 7 22 20 +2 25
6 Sungai Ara 18 6 6 6 16 17 1 24
7 Felcra 18 5 6 7 20 24 4 21
8 Shahzan Muda 18 5 5 8 22 25 3 20
9 Penjara 18 5 1 12 25 40 15 16
10 Hanelang 18 3 4 11 18 34 16 13
Source: FAM Official Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(P) Promoted.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Melaka United (C, P) 16 11 3 2 30 13 +17 36 Promotion to Premier League and final round
2 MISC-MIFA 16 11 3 2 33 17 +16 36
3 Young Fighters 16 9 4 3 28 17 +11 31
4 MOF 16 6 3 7 29 27 +2 21
5 Kedah United 16 6 2 8 16 29 13 20
6 Harimau Muda C 16 5 4 7 26 28 2 19
7 AirAsia 16 4 4 8 15 21 6 16
8 Ipoh 16 4 1 11 16 27 11 13
9 Johor Darul Ta'zim III 16 2 4 10 10 24 14 10
Source: FAM Official Site
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Final

Domestic Cups

Community Shield

FA Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia FA Cup
1st Round   2nd Round   Quarter-finals   Semi-finals   Final
 Pahang Pahang 1(4)  
 Johor JDT 1(2)      Pahang Pahang 2  
 Penang Sungai Ara 0    Kuala Lumpur MISC-MIFA 1  
 Kuala Lumpur MISC-MIFA 1        Pahang Pahang 2 2 4  
 Negeri Sembilan NS Matrix 2        Penang Penang 0 2 2  
 Selangor UiTM 0      Negeri Sembilan NS Matrix 1
 Penang Penang 1    Penang Penang 2  
 Perlis Perlis 0        Pahang Pahang 1 1 2  
 Penang PBAPP 1        Kelantan Kelantan 0 3 3  
 Selangor Sime Darby 5      Selangor Sime Darby 4  
 Malaysia PDRM 3    Malaysia PDRM 2  
 Sabah Sabah 0        Selangor Sime Darby 1 0 1
 Sarawak Sarawak 1        Kelantan Kelantan 1 3 4  
 Kelantan Kelantan 2      Kelantan Kelantan 1
 Putrajaya MOF 1    Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 0  
 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 3        Kelantan Kelantan 1
 Kuala Lumpur FELDA United 2(2)        Singapore LionsXII 3
 Selangor Selangor 2(4)      Selangor Selangor 1  
 Malacca Malacca United 1    Terengganu Terengganu 3  
 Terengganu Terengganu 3        Terengganu Terengganu 1 2 3  
 Pahang Shahzan Muda 1        Perak Perak 1 0 1  
 Perak Perak 3      Perak Perak 2
 Terengganu T-Team 3    Terengganu T-Team 1  
  ATM 0        Terengganu Terengganu 1 3 4
 Kedah Kedah United 0        Singapore LionsXII 2 2 4 (a)  
 Singapore LionsXII 4      Singapore LionsXII 4  
 Putrajaya SPA 3    Putrajaya SPA 0  
 Pahang Kuantan 0        Singapore LionsXII 2 2 4
 Terengganu Hanelang 0        Johor JDT II 0 0 0  
 Kedah Kedah 1      Kedah Kedah 0
 Johor JDT II 2    Johor JDT II 1  
 Selangor PKNS 1  

Final

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup

Final

12 December 2015
21:00 UTC+08:00
Selangor Selangor 2 – 0 Kedah Kedah
Hazwan  4', 48'
Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Malaysian clubs in Asia

Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.

AFC Champions League

Qualifying play-off

AFC Cup

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JDT KIT EBG BAL
1 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 5 0 1 11 3 +8 15 Advance to knockout stage 2–0 4–1 3–0
2 Hong Kong Kitchee 6 3 2 1 10 6 +4 11 2–0 2–2 3–0
3 India East Bengal 6 1 2 3 8 10 2 5 0–1 1–1 3–0
4 Singapore Balestier Khalsa 6 1 0 5 3 13 10 3 0–1 1–2 2–1
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knock-out stage

As a result, both Al-Qadsia and Al-Kuwait were no longer eligible to compete in the AFC Cup. The second legs of both semi-finals were cancelled, and Johor Darul Ta'zim and Istiklol advanced to the final by walkover.[7]

Pahang FA

Main article: 2015 Pahang FA season

AFC Cup

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCA PAH GLO YAD
1 Hong Kong South China 6 6 0 0 19 3 +16 18 Advance to knockout stage 3–1 3–0 3–1
2 Malaysia Pahang 6 2 2 2 11 10 +1 8 0–1 0–0 7–4
3 Philippines Global 6 1 2 3 5 12 7 5 1–6 0–0 4–1
4 Myanmar Yadanarbon 6 1 0 5 10 20 10 3 0–3 2–3 2–0
Source: AFC
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Knock-out stage

The Persipura Jayapura v Pahang match was not played as scheduled as Pahang players were denied entry into Indonesia due to visa issues.[8] The AFC announced on 10 June 2015 that as a result, Persipura Jayapura forfeited the match and was considered to have lost the match by 3–0, based on the AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations and the AFC Disciplinary Code.[9]

Coaching changes

Team Outgoing Head Coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Perak Croatia Vjeran Simunic Contract terminated[10] 1 January 2015 Malaysia M. Karathu 1 January 2015
Kelantan Ghana Netherlands George Boateng Sacked 24 March 2015 Malaysia Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah 24 March 2015
ATM Malaysia B. Sathianathan Sacked 14 April 2015[11] Malaysia Shahrin Abdul Majid 14 April 2015
Johor DT Croatia Bojan Hodak End of contract 14 April 2015 Argentina Roberto Carlos Mario Gómez 1 May 2015 [12]

Notes

  1. 1 2 The match between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia was abandoned during the 87th minute after a group of supporters threw objects onto the pitch. At the time of the abandonment the score was 2–1 to Saudi Arabia. On 5 October 2015, FIFA decided that the match should be declared as lost by forfeit by Malaysia (0–3). Malaysia must also play their next home match against the United Arab Emirates without spectators.[3][4]

References

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