2005–06 Malaysia Premier League
Football league season
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The 2005–06 Liga Premier (English: 2005–06 Premier League), also known as the TM Liga Premier due to sponsorship reasons, was the third season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]
The season began on 4 December 2005 and concluded on 22 May 2006.[1]
The champions for the 2005–06 season was Kedah which defeated Malacca during the final with a score of 1–0.[1][2] Both clubs were promoted to the 2006–07 Malaysia Super League.
Teams
Changes from last season:
To Premier LeagueRelegated from Super League Promoted from 2005 FAM League Invited team exchanged with Brunei |
From Premier LeaguePromoted to Super League Relegated to 2007 FAM League
Pull out and exchanged with DPMM FC Withdrawn
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Name changes
Notes:
- ^1 Relegated from Super League and the end of 2005 season, the club decided to withdraw from the Malaysian Premier League, citing financial difficulties. As a result, the club were then banned from entering all competitions organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for 5 years.[3][4]
- ^2 Due to exclusion of Public Bank who was relegated from the 2005 Malaysia Super League and MK Land, who were suspended for five years from all competitions due to pulling out of the Malaysian League, the relegations of Malacca and PDRM were revoked and both teams remained in the Premier League for the 2005–06 season.
- ^3For the 2005–06 season, the Football Association of Brunei entered a club team, DPMM, rather than the squad from national team, the Brunei.
League table
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kedah |
21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 42 | Promoted to 2006–07 Liga Super |
| 2 |  Terengganu |
21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 47 | 21 | +26 | 41 | |
| 3 |  DPMM |
21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 33 | |
| 4 |  Sarawak |
21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 30 | |
| 5 |  Johor |
21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 26 | |
| 6 |  Kelantan |
21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 26 | |
| 7 |  UPB |
21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 43 | −15 | 19 | |
| 8 |  Suria Nibong Tebal |
21 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 42 | −26 | 15 | Relegated to Malaysia FAM Cup and dissolved. |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Malacca |
21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 43 | Promoted to 2006–07 Liga Super |
| 2 |  PKNS |
21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 39 | 25 | +14 | 39 | |
| 3 | Johor FC |
21 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 35 | Promoted to 2006–07 Liga Super |
| 4 |  Sabah |
21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 28 | |
| 5 |  Kuala Lumpur |
21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 27 | |
| 6 | PDRM | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 24 | |
| 7 |  Shahzan Muda |
21 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 22 | |
| 8 | TNB Kelantan |
21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 13 | Relegated to Malaysia FAM Cup and dissolved. |
