| Season | 2004 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 February – 3 August 2004 |
| Champions | Pahang 1st title |
| Relegated | Kedah Sarawak |
| 2005 AFC Cup | Pahang Perak |
| ASEAN Club Championship | Pahang |
| Matches | 84 |
| Goals | 271 (3.23 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Indra Putra Mahayuddin (15 goals,Pahang) |
←2003 2005 → | |
The2004 Liga Super, also known as theDunhill Liga Super, was the inaugural season of theLiga Super, the top-tier professionalfootball league in Malaysia.[1]
The season was held from 14 February and concluded on 14 August 2004. This league participated by 8 teams, six west teams and two east teams, Sabah and Sarawak.[1] TheLiga Super champions for 2004 wasPahang.[1]
Pahang dominated the season and ended up winning the title by a wide margin and this was down to their efforts in securing the services of the nation's top players prior to the start of the new season.Pahang'sIndra Putra Mahayuddin was the season's top goalscorer with 15 goals. He held the record as the only local players which won the accolade until the end of2009 season.
The highest scoring match of the season wasPerlis 6–2 defeat ofKedah on 31 July 2004.
A plus point was the surprisingly strong finish of club sidePublic Bank. At this time, theFootball Association of Malaysia were trying to promote clubs as the future of Malaysian football.
The following teams have changed division since the 2003 season.
To Malaysia Super League[edit]Promoted fromLiga Perdana 2 | From2003 Liga Perdana 1[edit]Relegated toPremier League
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| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kedah | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387 |
 Pahang | Kuantan | Darul Makmur Stadium | 40,000 |
 Penang | Batu Kawan | Penang State Stadium | 40,000 |
 Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 35,000 |
 Perlis | Kangar | Utama Stadium | 20,000 |
 Public Bank | Selangor | Selayang Stadium | 20,000 |
 Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 30,000 |
 Sarawak | Kuching | Sarawak Stadium | 40,000 |
| Team | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kedah |  Tavares | Marco Antonio Manso |  Gastón Stang | Leonardo Adrian Veron |
| Pahang |  Ante Milicic | Khaled Ragab | Oussame Camara | Simon Colosimo |
| Penang |  Vyacheslav Melnikov | Cristian Fedor | ||
| Perak |  Frank Seator | Basile Essa Mvondo | Emmanuel Zulu | |
| Perlis | Lamine Conteh |  Phillimon Chipeta | ||
| Public Bank |  Ivan Ziga | Gustavo Fuentes | Milan Strelec | |
| Sabah | Kim Tyrone Grant | |||
| Sarawak |  Fernando Manuel Co |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pahang(C) | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 47 | Qualification toAFC Cup group stage andASEAN Club Championship |
| 2 | Public Bank | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 38 | |
| 3 | Perlis | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 30 | +11 | 36 | |
| 4 | Perak | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 36 | Qualification toAFC Cup group stage[a] |
| 5 | Penang | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 29 | 38 | −9 | 27 | |
| 6 | Sabah | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 22 | 35 | −13 | 17 | |
| 7 | Sarawak(R) | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 16 | Relegation toLiga Premier |
| 8 | Kedah(R) | 21 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 15 |
