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Liga Malaysia (1982–1988)

Founded	1982; 42 years ago (1982)
Folded	1988; 36 years ago (1988)
Country	Malaysia
Other club(s) from	Brunei Singapore
Confederation	AFC
Number of clubs	17 (from 1985)
Level on pyramid	1
Domestic cup(s)	Malaysia Cup
Last champions	Kuala Lumpur (1988)
Most championships	Kuala Lumpur (2 titles)
TV partners	RTM

Liga Malaysia (English: Malaysian League) was an amateur football league in Malaysia that operated from 1982 until 1988. The league was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The Malaysian League was established in 1982 after the introduction of a league trophy for the winner of the league stage qualification round for the Malaysia Cup (Malay: Piala Malaysia), with the format first introduced in 1979 where the top eight teams qualified from the league to compete in the knockout stages of the Malaysia Cup.

During its inaugural season in 1982, 16 teams participated in a single-tier league. All 13 state football teams, Kuala Lumpur (known as Federal Territory FA at that time), the Armed Forces, and a representative team from Brunei competed in the league. In 1985, Singapore rejoined the Malaysian football league system and thus competed in the Malaysian League and Malaysia Cup after a temporary spell away, which brought the number of teams up to 17. The league did not operate on a system of promotion and relegation.

The league was the nation's top-tier league until it was succeeded by the formation of Liga Semi-Pro in 1989 which was also managed by the Football Association of Malaysia.

History

Origin

The concept of an annual competition between the states in Malaysia goes back more than 100 years with the advent of the Malaya Cup in 1921, while league football also existed around that time but was not structured and leagues such as the Selangor Amateur Football League was confined only to clubs in the Kuala Lumpur area. In 1967, the Malaya Cup was renamed as the Malaysia Cup, while state leagues were being run by their respective state football associations that covered wider geographical areas.

In 1979, the FAM introduced a new format for the Malaysia Cup with the introduction of a league stage qualification round for the tournament. The football league competition involved the representative sides of the state football associations, the armed forces and representative sides from Brunei and Singapore. The format was initially intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the knockout stages of the Malaysia Cup.

League trophy introduction

It was not until 1982 that a league trophy was introduced to recognise the winners of the preliminary stage as the league champions. Over the years, the league competition gained an important stature in its own right. From 1982 until 1988 the league held an amateur status and continued its purpose as a qualifying round for the Malaysia Cup. It wasn't until 1989 that the league was succeeded by the formation of Liga Semi-Pro and the progression of Malaysian football towards semi-professional status.

1982 season

In its inaugural season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Penang (1982 Malaysian League champions) (1st Liga M Title)
• Pahang
• Federal Territory
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Sarawak
• Johor
• Selangor (1982 Malaysia Cup winners)
• Malacca
• Armed Forces
• Negeri Sembilan
• Perlis
• Terengganu
• Brunei
• Sabah
• Perak

1983 season

In its second season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Malacca (1983 Malaysian League champions)
• Penang
• Kelantan
• Kedah
• Pahang (1983 Malaysia Cup winners)
• Selangor
• Brunei
• Federal Territory
• Johor
• Sabah
• Perlis
• Sarawak
• Negeri Sembilan
• Terengganu
• Perak
• Armed Forces

League Table:-

1.Malacca - 22 PTS (1st Liga M Title)

2.Penang - 21 PTS

3.Kelantan - 18 PTS

4.Kedah - 18 PTS

5.Pahang - 18 PTS

6.Selangor - 18 PTS

7.Brunei - 18 PTS

8.Federal Territory - 17 PTS

9.Johor - 17 PTS

10.Sabah - 16 PTS

11.Perlis - 13 PTS

12.Sarawak - 12 PTS

13.Negeri Sembilan - 11 PTS

14.Terengganu - 10 PTS

15.Perak - 6 PTS

16.Armed Forces - 5 PTS

1984 season

In its third season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Selangor (1984 Malaysian League champions and Malaysia Cup winners)
• Pahang
• Penang
• Federal Territory
• Sabah
• Malacca
• Kelantan
• Johor
• Negeri Sembilan
• Armed Forces
• Terengganu
• Perak
• Kedah
• Sarawak
• Brunei
• Perlis

League Table:-

1.Selangor - 30 PTS (1st Liga M Title)

2.Pahang - 28 PTS

3.Penang - 28 PTS

4.Federal Territory - 25 PTS

5.Sabah - 24 PTS

6.Malacca - 24 PTS

7.Kelantan - 23 PTS

8.Johor - 23 PTS

9.Negeri Sembilan - 22 PTS

10.Armed Forces - 17 PTS

11.Terengganu - 17 PTS

12.Perak - 16 PTS

13.Kedah - 16 PTS

14.Sarawak - 14 PTS

15.Brunei - 10 PTS

16.Perlis - 8 PTS

1985 season

In its fourth season, the league consisted of teams as below with the inclusion of Singapore. Although, Malacca were suspended from the league season.

• Singapore (1985 Malaysian League champions)
• Johor (1985 Malaysia Cup winners)
• Pahang
• Terengganu
• Federal Territory
• Selangor
• Perlis
• Armed Forces
• Perak
• Penang
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Sarawak
• Brunei
• Negeri Sembilan
• Sabah
• Malacca

League Table:-

1.Singapore - 35 PTS (1st Liga M Title)

2.Johor - 32 PTS

3.Pahang - 32 PTS

4.Terengganu - 29 PTS

5.Federal Territory - 27 PTS

6.Selangor - 25 PTS

7.Perlis - 25 PTS

8.Armed Forces - 24 PTS

9.Perak - 21 PTS

10.Penang - 18 PTS

11.Kedah - 18 PTS

12.Kelantan - 15 PTS

13.Sarawak - 13 PTS

14.Brunei - 12 PTS

15.Negeri Sembilan - 9 PTS

16.Sabah - 6 PTS

17.Malacca - (Suspended)

1986 season

In its fifth season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Kuala Lumpur (1986 Malaysian League champions)
• Singapore
• Selangor (1986 Malaysia Cup winners)
• Pahang
• Johor
• Terengganu
• Kedah
• Kelantan
• Sarawak
• Armed Forces
• Penang
• Negeri Sembilan
• Perak
• Malacca
• Perlis
• Brunei
• Sabah

League Table:-

1.Kuala Lumpur - 38 PTS (1st Liga M Title)

2.Singapore - 36 PTS

3.Selangor - 31 PTS

4.Pahang - 28 PTS

5.Johor - 25 PTS

6.Terengganu - 25 PTS

7.Kedah - 21 PTS

8.Kelantan - 20 PTS

9.Sarawak - 18 PTS

10.Armed Forces - 16 PTS

11.Penang - 14 PTS

12.Negeri Sembilan - 14 PTS

13.Perak - 14 PTS

14.Malacca - 14 PTS

15.Perlis - 13 PTS

16.Brunei - 10 PTS

17.Sabah - (Withdrew during the campaign)

1987 season

In its sixth season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Pahang (1987 Malaysian League champions)
• Kuala Lumpur (1987 Malaysia Cup winners)
• Singapore
• Johor
• Terengganu
• Perlis
• Kelantan
• Kedah
• Selangor
• Sabah
• Perak
• Brunei
• Penang
• Sarawak
• Armed Forces
• Negeri Sembilan
• Malacca

League Table:-

1.Pahang - 38 PTS (1st Liga M Title)

2.Kuala Lumpur - 33 PTS

3.Singapore - 33 PTS

4.Johor - 32 PTS

5.Terengganu - 31 PTS

6.Perlis - 29 PTS

7.Kelantan - 28 PTS

8.Kedah - 28 PTS

9.Selangor - 27 PTS

10.Sabah - 19 PTS

11.Perak - 17 PTS

12.Brunei - 17 PTS

13.Penang - 17 PTS

14.Sarawak - 16 PTS

15.Armed Forces - 11 PTS

16.Negeri Sembilan - 5 PTS

17.Malacca - 2 PTS

1988 season

In its last season, the league consisted of teams as below.

• Kuala Lumpur (1988 Malaysian League champions and Malaysia Cup winners)
• Singapore
• Kelantan
• Kedah
• Penang
• Sarawak
• Johor
• Selangor
• Pahang
• Negeri Sembilan
• Terengganu
• Perak
• Malacca
• Perlis
• Sabah
• Brunei
• Air Forces

League Table:-

1.Kuala Lumpur - 37 PTS (2nd Liga M Title)

2.Singapore - 33 PTS

3.Kelantan - 29 PTS

4.Kedah - 27 PTS

5.Penang - 27 PTS

6.Sarawak - 27 PTS

7.Johor - 26 PTS

8.Selangor - 25 PTS

9.Pahang - 24 PTS

10.Negeri Sembilan - 23 PTS

11.Terengganu - 23 PTS

12.Perak - 21 PTS

13.Malacca - 14 PTS

14.Perlis - 13 PTS

15.Sabah - 11 PTS

16.Brunei - 9 PTS

17.Air Forces - 4 PTS

Champions

Below are the list of Malaysian League champions from 1982 to 1988.

See also

• Malaysian League
• Liga Semi-Pro
• Liga Perdana (1994–97)

References

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