Liga Perdana 1
Season2003
Dates9 February – 6 July 2003
ChampionsPerak
2nd Premier League One title
2nd Liga M title
RelegatedJohor FC
TM F.C.
Kelantan
Malacca
Selangor
Terengganu
2004 AFC CupPerak (group stage)
Negeri Sembilan (group stage)
Matches played156
Goals scored454 (2.91 per match)
Top goalscorer23 goals
Phillimon Chepita (Perlis)
← 2002
2004 →

The 2003 Liga Perdana 1 season is the sixth and final season of Liga Perdana 1. A total of 13 teams participated in the season out of 14 as NS Chempaka FC withdrew from the league.[1]

The Liga Perdana 1 was introduced in 1998. It replaced the Liga Perdana (1994–97) as the top-tier football league in Malaysia.

The season kicked off on 9 February 2003. Perak again dominated the season and ended up winning the title. Perlis's Phillimon Chepita was the season's top goalscorer with 23 goals.

This season also the last season before the league was succeeded by the formation of Liga Super from 2004 season onwards while Liga Premier was formed to become the new second-tier league in Malaysian football league system. The teams from 2003 season undergoes a qualifying stage to be promoted into inaugural 2004 Malaysia Super League.

Teams

A total of 13 teams will participate in the 2003 Liga Perdana 1 season. Negeri Sembilan NS Chempaka FC pulled out of the league.

Note:

  • Negeri Sembilan NS Chempaka FC pulled out of the league.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Perak Perak FA (C) 24 13 8 3 38 22 +16 47 Champion
2 Kedah Kedah FA 24 13 6 5 43 17 +26 45
3 Perlis Perlis FA 24 13 6 5 40 23 +17 45
4 Sabah Sabah FA 24 10 8 6 34 22 +12 38
5 Pahang Pahang FA 24 10 6 8 38 33 +5 36
6 Penang Penang FA 24 11 3 10 29 28 +1 36
7 Johor Johor FC (R) 24 10 4 10 42 32 +10 34 Relegated to Liga Premier
8 Sarawak Sarawak FA 24 9 7 8 47 42 +5 34
9 Malacca Melaka Telekom (R) 24 7 11 6 32 34 −2 32 Relegated to Liga Premier
10 Kelantan Kelantan FA (R) 24 7 7 10 31 52 −21 28
11 Malacca Malacca FA (R) 24 5 5 14 24 53 −29 20
12 Selangor Selangor FA (R) 24 4 6 14 32 44 −12 18
13 Terengganu Terengganu FA (R) 24 4 3 17 24 52 −28 15
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Note
  • Clubs places 1st to 6th will be entering Liga Super automatically.
  • Clubs places 7th to 10th will be entering Liga Super playoffs.
  • Clubs places 11th to 13th will be relegating to Liga Premier.

2004 Malaysia Super League playoffs

A total of 8 teams will participate in the 2004 Malaysia Super League season playoffs.

Results

First round

First Legs
MPPJ Selangor4 – 1Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
Annuar Abu Bakar 22', 65'
Bruno Martelotto 56'
Azlan Meri 88'		 Efendi Abdul Malek 6'
Public Bank FC Selangor3 – 1Johor Johor FA
Zulkifli Chek Din 12'
Shahrilnizam Khalil 64 own goal'
Ivan Ziga 67'		 Suhaimi Jamil 70'
Sarawak FA Sarawak3 – 1Malacca Melaka Telekom
Robert Eshun 23'
Sapian Abdul Wahed 65'
Wong Sai Kong 74'		 Nazzab Hidzan 81 pen'
State Stadium, Petra Jaya, Kuching
Second Legs
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan4 – 2Selangor MPPJ
Suharmin Yusof 58', 71'
K. Sathian 62'
K. Rajan 75'		 Mohd Haris Safwan Mohd Kamal 38'
Annuar Abu Bakar 56'
  • Selangor MPPJ qualified 6-5 on aggregate.
Johor FA Johor3 – 3Selangor Public Bank FC
P. Gunasekaran 56'
Mohd Farid Ideris 73'
Ante Jurić 90'		 Milan Strelec 36 pen', 50'
Ivan Ziga 42'
Melaka Telekom Malacca0 – 1Sarawak Sarawak FA
Sapian Abdul Wahed 23'
Kelantan FA Kelantan1 – 0Johor Johor FC
Badrul Afzan Razali 72'
  • Johor Johor FC qualified 1-1 on aggregate, 4-2 on penalties.

Final Round

First Legs
MPPJ Selangor3 – 2Sarawak Sarawak FA
Annuar Abu Bakar 57', 85'
Kamarulzaman Yub Majid 68'		 Gilbert Cassidy Gawing 60'
Ramles Sari 90'
Public Bank FC Selangor1 – 2Johor Johor FC
Ivan Ziga 54' Hairi Azly Mohamad 48'
Jonathan Angelucci 89'
Second Legs
Sarawak FA Sarawak3 – 1Selangor MPPJ
Gilbert Cassidy Gawing 16', 44'
Sapian Abdul Wahed 120'		 Bruno Martelotto 15'
Note

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Source: FIFA: Liga Perdana 1 Scorers

Rank Scorer Club Goals
1 Zambia Phillimon Chepita Perlis Perlis FA 23

Champions

  2003 Liga Perdana 1 winner 

Perak
2nd title

References

  1. ↑ 2003 Liga Perdana 1
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