Liga Perdana 2 or Liga Perdana Dua ( en, Premier League 2 or Premier League Two) was the nation's second-tier professional

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league in

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that operated from 1998 to 2003. The league was formed and established in 1998 as second-tier league after FAM decision to allows clubs other than state FAs to compete in the professional level football league in Malaysia. It was then succeeded in 2004 by the formation of

Liga Premier The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier Leag ...

by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The last champions of Liga Perdana 2 is

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which won the league in 2003 season. Since the league inception, four teams has been the champion of Liga Perdana 2 where

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, and Public Bank each wins one time.

History

Founding

A football league competition involving the representative sides of the state football associations was first held in Malaysia in 1979. When it began, it was intended primarily as a qualifying tournament for the final knock-out stages of the

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. It was not until 1982 that a

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was introduced to recognise the winners of the preliminary stage as the league champions. Over the years, the league competition has gained important stature in its own right. Initially the only teams allowed to participate in the league were the state FA's sides, teams representing the

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and the

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, and teams representing the neighbouring countries of

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and

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(though the

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pulled out of the Malaysian League after the 1994 season following a dispute with the Football Association of Malaysia over gate receipts, and has not been involved since). In 1992, FAM created another amateur league for local clubs in Malaysia to compete, which is called the National League (''Liga Nasional'' in Malay) The league was managed by FAM outside entity, Super Club Sdn. Bhd. Some of the clubs which compete in the league are Hong Chin, Muar FA, PKNK from Kedah, DBKL, PKNS, BSN, LPN, BBMB, Proton, PPC and PKENJ. Unfortunately, the league only ran for a couple of seasons before it folded. Some of the clubs were then evolved and joined the main league, such as PKENJ, which became JCorp and now as JDT. Between 1994 and 1997, there was no second level league as the top two leagues were combined. 1994 was when Malaysian football league turned professional. The Liga Semi-Pro essentially replaced by the Liga Perdana, a new national league which was added, alongside a second cup competition, Piala FA, joined the existing Malaysia Cup. In 1997, promotion from Malaysia FAM Cup to the professional Malaysian League was introduced for the first time.

and NS Chempaka FC were the first two sides to be promoted that year to Liga Perdana 2 for 1998 season. In 1998, Liga Perdana was divided into two divisions consist of Liga Perdana 1 and Liga Perdana 2. During this time both of the division was still just referred as Malaysian League as a whole. During 1998, Liga Perdana 1 consist of 12 teams while Liga Perdana 2 had 8 teams. 10 teams that previously qualified for Malaysia Cup which played in 1997 Liga Perdana was automatically qualified to Liga Perdana 1. The other two spots were filled by playoff round of 5 lowest teams in 1997 Liga Perdana and the Malaysian Olympic football team. The lowest four teams from playoff round will then put into Liga Perdana 2 alongside

, Malaysia Military, Negeri Sembilan Chempaka F.C and PKN Johor. At this time the league still consisted of semi-pro team where each team was allowed to register 25 players where 12 players must be a professional for Liga Perdana 1 and a minimum of six professional players in Liga Perdana 2. Both leagues continued until 2003 when Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) decided to privatise the league for 2004 season onwards where

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was formed. Teams in Liga Perdana 1 and Liga Perdana 2 was then was put through a qualification and playoff to be promoted into Liga Super. Teams that failed the qualification was put into new second-tier league, the ''Liga Premier''.

Teams

In its inaugural season eight teams competing in the league. The lowest four teams from playoff round for Liga Perdana 1 were put into Liga Perdana 2 alongside PDRM, ATM, Negeri Sembilan Chempaka F.C and PKN Johor.

Teams competing in 1998 season

Eight teams competing in the first season of Liga Perdana 2. *

* NS Chempaka *

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* ATM * PDRM League Table:- 1.

- 30 PTS (1998 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2.

- 25 PTS 3.

- 24 PTS 4. NS Chempaka - 22 PTS 5.

- 16 PTS 6.

- 16 PTS 7. ATM - 14 PTS 8. PDRM - 7 PTS (Relegated to Malaysia FAM League)

Teams competing in 1999 season

10 teams competing in the second season of Liga Perdana 2. *

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* ATM * TMFC * NS Chempaka * Kelantan TNB League Table:- 1.

- 38 PTS (1999 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2.

- 37 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 3.

- 33 PTS 4.

- 31 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 5.

- 29 PTS 6.

- 26 PTS 7. ATM - 25 PTS 8. TMFC - 24 PTS 9. NS Chempaka - 14 PTS 10. Kelantan TNB - 13 PTS

Teams competing in 2000 season

10 teams competing in the third season of Liga Perdana 2. *

Kelantan JKR Kelantan (; Jawi alphabet, Jawi: ; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; " ...

* Kelantan TNB * ATM *

* TMFC * KL Malay Mail * NS Chempaka League Table:- 1.

- 36 PTS (2000 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2.

- 33 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 3.

- 30 PTS 4.

- 28 PTS 5. Kelantan TNB - 23 PTS 6. ATM - 22 PTS 7.

- 21 PTS 8. TMFC - 20 PTS 9. KL Malay Mail - 17 PTS 10. NS Chempaka - 13 PTS

Teams competing in 2001 season

12 teams competing in the fourth season of Liga Perdana 2. *

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* NS Chempaka *

* Kelantan TNB * TM *

* KL Malay Mail * Kedah JKR *

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* ATM League Table:- 1.

- 47 PTS (2001 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2.

- 45 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 3. NS Chempaka - 37 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 4.

- 33 PTS 5. Kelantan TNB - 32 PTS 6. TM - 31 PTS 7.

- 29 PTS 8. KL Malay Mail - 24 PTS 9. Kedah JKR - 24 PTS 10.

- 22 PTS 11.

- 21 PTS 12. ATM - 18 PTS

Teams competing in 2002 season

12 teams competing in the fifth season of Liga Perdana 2. *

* TM *

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* Selangor Public Bank FC *

* ATM * Kelantan TNB * Kelantan SKMK * KL Malay Mail * Kedah JKR League Table:- 1.

- 50 PTS (2002 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2. TM - 47 PTS (Promoted to Liga Perdana 1) 3.

- 38 PTS 4. Selangor Public Bank FC - 38 PTS 5.

- 36 PTS 6.

- 32 PTS 7.

- 32 PTS 8. ATM - 22 PTS 9. Kelantan TNB - 21 PTS 10. Kelantan SKMK - 21 PTS 11. KL Malay Mail - 18 PTS (Pull out from the league) 12. Kedah JKR - 13 PTS (Pull out from the league)

Teams competing in 2003 season

12 teams competing in the sixth season of Liga Perdana 2. *

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Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

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* Kelantan SKMK * PDRM * Kelantan TNB * ATM * Kelantan JPS * Perak TKN League Table:- 1.

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- 53 PTS (2003 Liga Perdana 2 Champions) 2.

- 42 PTS (Promotion Play-Off) (Stay in the league) 3.

- 40 PTS (Promotion Play-Off) (Stay in the league) 4.

- 39 PTS (Promotion Play-Off) (Stay in the league) 5.

- 39 PTS 6.

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- 31 PTS 7. Kelantan SKMK - 31 PTS 8. PDRM - 28 PTS 9. Kelantan TNB - 24 PTS 10. ATM - 19 PTS 11. Kelantan JPS - 18 PTS 12. Perak TKN - 5 PTS

Champions

Below is the list of champions of Liga Perdana 2 since its inception as second-tier league in 1998.

Players

Golden Boot Winners

Below is the list of golden boot winners of Liga Perdana 2 since its inception as second-tier league in 1998.

References

{{Football in Malaysia 1 Defunct top level football leagues in Asia Sports leagues established in 1998