Malaysia Premier League

The Malaysian Premier League is the second-tier football league in Malaysia.

Between 1998 to 2003, the second-tier league existed as the Malaysian Premier Two League, below the top-flight Malaysian Premier One League. In 2004, it was relaunched as the Malaysian Premier League, and the top-tier league was renamed the Malaysian Super League.

Between 2004 and 2006, the professional football league in Malaysia was divided into three groups:
1) First Division: Malaysian Super League
2) Second Division: Malaysian Premier League Group A
3) Second Division: Malaysian Premier League Group B

At the end of the season, the top team from each group of the Premier League was promoted to the Malaysian Super League. The teams which finished bottom of each group were relegated to the FAM Cup. The two group champions also faced-off to determine the Malaysian Premier League Championship.

For the 2006-7 season, the Premier League was reorganised into a single league of 11 teams instead of being a competition involving two separte groups of teams.

Malaysian Premier League Champions

Season	Champions	Runners-up
2006/2007	File:Pdrmfc2.gif PDRM FC	File:Myteam01.JPG UPB-MyTeam FC
2005/2006	File:KedahFA.gif Kedah FA	File:Melaka.gif Malacca FA
2005	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA	File:Negri.gif Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
2004	File:Team mppj01.jpg MBPJ FC	File:Melaka Telekom.jpg Melaka TMFC

Pre-2004 Malaysian football league second-tier champions

Year	Champions
2003	File:SelangorPB.gif Public Bank FC (Selangor)
2002	File:KedahFA.gif Kedah FA
2001	File:Jfc.gif Johor FC
2000	File:Kelantan.jpg Kelantan FA
1999	File:Johor2.gif Johor FA
1998	File:Terengganu mls.gif Terengganu FA
1994-97	no second-tier league
1993	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA
1992	File:KedahFA.gif Kedah FA
1991	File:Negri.gif Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)
1990	File:Terengganu mls.gif Terengganu FA
1989	File:Perlis FA.gif Perlis FA
1982-88	no second-tier league

Golden Boot Winners

Season	Players	Teams/Clubs	Goals
2006/2007	Marin Mikac	File:Myteam01.JPG UPB-MyTeam FC	13
2005/2006	Gustavo Fuentes	File:Melaka.gif Malacca FA	19
2005	Bambang Pamungkas	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA	23
2004	Brian Fuentes	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA	25
2003	Juan Manuel Arostegui	File:Team mppj01.jpg MPPJ FC	33
1999	Rusdi Suparman	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA	15
1998	-	-	-
1997			??
1994			??
1993	-	-	??
1992	-		??
1991	Marshall Soper	Penang FA (Penang E & O)	11
1990	-	-	??
1989	-	-	??

Best performing teams – Malaysian second-tier league

#	Club	Titles
1	File:KedahFA.gif Kedah FA	3
2	File:SelangorFA.gif Selangor FA	2
3	File:Terengganu mls.gif Terengganu FA	2
4	File:Johor2.gif Johor FA	1
5	File:Perlis FA.gif Perlis FA	1
6	File:Negri.gif Negeri Sembilan FA (NS NAZA)	1
7	File:Team mppj01.jpg MPPJ FC (Selangor)	1
8	File:Kelantan.jpg Kelantan FA	1
9	File:Pdrmfc2.gif PDRM FC	1
10	File:Jfc.gif Johor FC	1
11	File:SelangorPB.gif Public Bank FC (Selangor)	1

Malaysian Premier League (MPL) 2007/2008

The 2007/2008 Malaysian Premier League season will have 14 teams battling out for promotion to the recently expanded Malaysian Super League. The teams are:-

• File:Pknsfc.gif PKNS FC (Selangor)
• File:KedahFA.gif Johor FA (Johor PBT Pasir Gudang)
• File:KedahFA.gif Shahzan Muda FC (Pahang)
• File:KedahFA.gif Sabah FA
• File:KedahFA.gif Kuala Lumpur FA
• File:KedahFA.gif Kelantan FA
• File:KedahFA.gif ATM FC
• File:KedahFA.gif Kuala Muda NAZA FC (Kedah)
• File:KedahFA.gif KL PLUS FC (Kuala Lumpur)
• Beverly Kota Kinabalu FC (Sabah)
• Proton FC (Selangor)
• Felda United FC (Kuala Lumpur)
• DBKL FC (Kuala Lumpur)

See also

• Malaysian Premier League 2004-2008
• Malaysian Super League
• Malaysia Cup
• Malaysian FA Cup
• FAM Cup
• Football Association of Malaysia

External links

• Football Association of Malaysia
• History of football in Malaysia
• RSSSF.com: Malaysia - List of Second Level Champions
• SoccerDB: Malaysia Premier League