The 2005–06 Malaysia Super League () also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the third season of the

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, the top-tier professional

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league in Malaysia.
2006 Liga Super The season was held from 3 December 2005 and concluded on 23 May 2006.

Summary

The winner this season was Negeri Sembilan NAZA. Negeri Sembilan NAZA garnered 40 points from 21 matches and won the title despite scoring less goals than all the other teams in the league except

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, who finished second from bottom. With this title, they finally erased the painful memory of losing the 1996 M-League crown having topped the table for most of that season. Their nearest rivals were TM Melaka with 33 points. Having been in the title contention for most of the season, they were the best positioned club side in Liga Super history after

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in 2004.

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

's Keita Mandjou was the season's top scorer with 17 goals. Three matches, including

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's 6–1 hammering at the hands of

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, featured seven goals, and these were the season's highest scoring matches.

Relegation playoffs

As a result of the FAM decision to expand the league to 14 teams, the relegation playoffs were held on 18 June 2006. Six of the league's 14 places were up for grabs in this competition.

and

qualified for this competition by virtue of being the lowest placed Super League teams. Top teams from the

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also qualified for this competition (except for

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...

and

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, who were automatically promoted by virtue of being Premier League champions). The first round of matches saw

Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu) is a sultanate and States and federal territories of Malaysia, federal state of Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l-Iman (c ...

and DPMM promoted. The second round of matches saw Johor FC and

promoted.

Teams

Changes from last season

Promoted from the

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

Relegated to the

Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah has land borders with the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and Indonesia's North Kalima ...

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Stadiums and locations

:''Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.''

League table

Relegation play-offs

''All times are (

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).''

First round

First leg

Second leg

''6–2 on aggregate. Sarawak won on aggregate and are promoted to the

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, while Sabah qualified to final round.'' ''7–4 on aggregate. Selangor won on aggregate and remain in the

, while Johor qualified to final round.'' ''2–0 on aggregate. Terengganu won on aggregate and are promoted to the

, while Sabah qualified to final round.'' ''2–1 on aggregate. DPMM won on aggregate and are promoted to the

, while Pahang qualified to final round.''

Final round

First leg

Second leg

''3-4 on aggregate. Pahang won on aggregate and remain at

, Sabah remain at 2nd League'' ''5-2 on aggregate. Johor FC won on aggregate and remain in the

, Selangor PKNS remain at 2nd League''

Season statistics

Top scorers

References

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