2004 Malaysia Super League

The 2004 Liga Super, also known as the Dunhill Liga Super, was the inaugural season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1]

Liga Super

Season	2004
Dates	14 February – 3 August 2004
Champions	Pahang 1st title
Relegated	Kedah Sarawak
2005 AFC Cup	Pahang Perak
ASEAN Club Championship	Pahang
Matches played	84
Goals scored	271 (3.23 per match)
Top goalscorer	Indra Putra Mahayuddin (15 goals, Pahang)
← 2003 2005 →

The season was held from 14 February and concluded on 14 August 2004. This league participated by 8 teams, six west teams and two east teams, Sabah and Sarawak.^[1] 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.

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2003 season.

To Malaysia Super League Promoted from Liga Perdana 2 Public Bank FC

From 2003 Liga Perdana 1 Relegated to Premier League Johor FC Melaka Telekom Kelantan FA Malacca FA Selangor FA Terengganu FA

Stadiums and locations

Kedah

Pahang

Perak

Penang

Perlis

Sabah

Sarawak

Public Bank

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

Foreign players

Team	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4
Kedah	Tavares	Marco Antonio Manso	Gastón Stang	Leonardo Adrian Veron
Pahang	Ante Milicic	Khaled Ragab	Oussame Camara	Simon Colosimo
Penang	Vyacheslav Melnikov	Cristian Fedor
Perak	Frank Seator	Basile Essa Mvondo	Emmanuel Zulu
Perlis	Lamine Conteh	Phillimon Chipeta
Public Bank	Ivan Ziga	Gustavo Fuentes	Milan Strelec
Sabah	Kim Tyrone Grant
Sarawak	Fernando Manuel Co

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[a]
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) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Perak qualified for the 2005 AFC Cup group stage as 2004 Piala FA winners.

Season statistics

Pahang, the 2004 Liga Super champion

Top scorers

Position	Players	Teams/Clubs	Goals
1	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Pahang FA	15
2	Frank Seator	Perak FA	14
3	Gustavo Fuentes Tavares	Public Bank FC Kedah FA	11
5	Vyacheslav Melnikov	Penang FA	10
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