2012 Malaysia Super League

Liga Super
Season2012
ChampionsKelantan
2nd Super League title
2nd Liga M title
RelegatedSarawak
Kedah
Sabah
Kuala Lumpur
AFC CupKelantan
Selangor
Matches played182
Goals scored489 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer15 goals
Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona (Negeri Sembilan)
Francis Doe Forkey (Terengganu)
Biggest home winLionsXII 9–0 Sabah
(16 June 2012)
Biggest away winKuala Lumpur 0–4 Felda United
(13 April 2012)
Sabah 0–4 PKNS
(19 June 2012) Kuala Lumpur 2 – 4 Sabah
(30 June 2012)
Highest scoringLionsXII 9–0 Sabah
(16 June 2012)
Terengganu 6–3 Sabah
(17 March 2012)
Longest winning run4 matches
LionsXII
T-Team
Kelantan
Perak
Selangor
Longest unbeaten run15 matches
Kelantan
Longest losing run10 matches
Kuala Lumpur
2011
2013

The 2012 Liga Super (English: 2012 Super League) also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the ninth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 10 January and concluded on 14 July 2012.[1]

The Liga Super champions for 2012 was Kelantan.[1]

Teams

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A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including eleven sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 2011 Liga Premier. Singapore Lions of Singapore will also participate in the 2012 season, replacing Harimau Muda A.

Perlis and Pahang were relegated at the end of the 2011 Liga Super after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.

2011 Liga Premier champions PKNS and runners-up Sarawak secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.

Following an agreement between the Football Association of Singapore and the Football Association of Malaysia, Young Lions, with most of the members of the squad are players from Singapore's national under-23 team, will replace Harimau Muda A, which represent the Malaysian Under-23 national football team. While the Singapore Lions will compete at the Liga Super, Harimau Muda A will take the Young Lions position in the S. League.[2][3] Young Lions was later replaced by a new team, named LionsXII that will replace the former under-23 football team.[4]


¹ – promoted from Liga Premier

Team summaries

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Stadium

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Team Location Stadium Capacity
Felda United Kuala Lumpur Hang Jebat Stadium 35,000
Johor FC Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000
Kedah Alor Setar Darul Aman Stadium 32,387
Kelantan Kota Bharu Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 25,000
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Hang Jebat Stadium 35,000
Negeri Sembilan Paroi Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 40,000
T-Team Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000
Perak Ipoh Perak Stadium 42,500
PKNS Petaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000
Sabah Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium 35,000
Sarawak Kuching Sarawak State Stadium 26,000
Selangor Shah Alam Shah Alam Stadium 80,372
LionsXII Jalan Besar Jalan Besar Stadium 8,000
Terengganu Kuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium 15,000

Stadium changes

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Personnel and sponsoring

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Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Felda United Malaysia E. Elavarasan Mohd Hamsani Ahmad Kappa FELDA Holdings
Johor FC Malaysia Sazali Saidon Khairul Ismail Promade Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
Kedah Croatia Marijo Tot Baddrol Bakhtiar Line 7 PKNK
Kelantan Croatia Bojan Hodak Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi Umbro Happy Prepaid
Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Razip Ismail Mohd Aslam Haja Najmudeen Kronos Kronos
Negeri Sembilan Malaysia Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Muhammad Shukor Adan Lotto Negeri Roadstone Sdn Bhd
T-Team Malaysia Yunus Alif Rosdi Talib Admiral Admiral
Perak South Korea Jang Jung Shahrulnizam Mustapa Kika Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh
PKNS Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim Lotto PKNS Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
Sabah Northern Ireland David McCreery Hendrik Helmke Adidas Grace One
Sarawak Netherlands Robert Alberts Guy Bwele StarSport Naim
Selangor Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim Mohd Amri Yahyah Kappa Menteri Besar Incorporated
LionsXII Singapore V. Sundramoorthy Shahril Ishak Nike StarHub
Terengganu England Peter James Butler Mohd Marzuki Yusof SPECS Top IT

Coaching changes

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Pre-season

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Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan Maruthaiah Karathu 16 October 2011 Resigned Peter James Butler 20 October 2011
Johor FC Azuan Zain 3 November 2011 Resigned K. Devan 3 November 2011
Terengganu Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 2 November 2011 End of Contract Mat Zan Mat Aris 4 November 2011
Selangor P. Maniam (caretaker) 4 November 2011 End of caretaker role Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 4 November 2011

In season

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Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan Peter James Butler 28 February 2012 Mutual Agreement Bojan Hodak 2 March 2012
Johor FC K. Devan 15 April 2012 Resigned Sazali Saidon 15 April 2012
Terengganu Mat Zan Mat Aris 7 May 2012 Resigned Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker) 7 May 2012
Terengganu Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker) 14 May 2012 End of caretaker role Peter James Butler 14 May 2012
Sabah Justin Ganai 20 June 2012 Sacked[5] Andrew Majanggim (caretaker) 20 June 2012
Sabah Andrew Majanggim (caretaker) 5 July 2012 End of caretaker role[6] David McCreery 5 July 2012
Perak Norizan Bakar 10 July 2012 Leave of Absence[7] Jang Jung 23 July 2012
Kedah Wan Jamak Wan Hassan 10 August 2012 Leave of Absence[8] Marijo Tot 10 August 2012

Sponsorship changes

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Club New sponsor Previous sponsor Date
Sabah Grace One 22 December 2011
LionsXII StarHub 5 January 2012
Kuala Lumpur Kronos 9 January 2012

Foreign players

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Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 Former Player(s)
Felda United Guadeloupe Mickaël Antoine-Curier Guadeloupe Eddy Viator None None Cameroon Makadji Boukar
Senegal Pape Ciré Dia
Johor FC Brazil Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt Brazil Fernando de Abreu Ferreira None None Brazil Tiago Azulão
Kenya Pascal Ochieng
Kedah Morocco Abdulfatah Safi Croatia Vedran Gerc None None Brazil Danilo Vivaldo
Brazil Daniel Baroni
Ghana Hamidan Mohammed
Kelantan Nigeria Obinna Nwaneri Lebanon Mohammed Ghaddar Croatia Mijo Dadic Guinea Keita Mandjou Ghana Denny Antwi
Ghana Emmanuel Okine
Nigeria Onyekachi Nwoha
Kuala Lumpur Lebanon Zakaria Charara (on loan from Kelantan) Ghana Emmanuel Okine (on loan from Kelantan) None None None
Negeri Sembilan Cameroon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona Slovakia Marian Farbák None None None
T-Team Bosnia and Herzegovina Bojan Petrić Brazil Marco Tulio None None None
Perak Slovakia Michal Kubala Cameroon Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika None None Serbia Lazar Popović
PKNS Guadeloupe Michaël Niçoise Tunisia Helmi Loussaief None None Brazil Paulo Sérgio
Sabah Australia Brendan Gan Germany Hendrik Helmke None None Wales Rhys Weston
Australia Michael Baird
Sarawak Cameroon Guy Bwele Cameroon Joël Epalle None None Croatia Vedran Muratović
Selangor Lebanon Ramez Dayoub Croatia Boško Balaban None None None
LionsXII None None None None None
Terengganu Brazil Erison da Silva Santos Liberia Francis Doe None None None

Note:

  • Teams participating in AFC Cup 2012, (Kelantan and Terengganu) can employ two extra foreign players, as the AFC allows 4 foreign players, making it a total of four foreign players, but the third and fourth foreign player is only allowed to play for the AFC Cup 2012 Tournament.
  • LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is an all Singaporean team.[9]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kelantan (C, Q) 26 18 6 2 53 18 +35 60 2013 AFC Cup group stage
2 LionsXII[a] 26 15 5 6 48 23 +25 50
3 Selangor (Q) 26 12 7 7 40 26 +14 43 2013 AFC Cup group stage[b]
4 Perak 26 13 3 10 40 43 −3 42
5 Terengganu 26 11 8 7 41 33 +8 41
6 Negeri Sembilan 26 10 7 9 41 38 +3 37
7 PKNS 26 8 11 7 35 35 0 35
8 T-Team 26 10 5 11 35 36 −1 35
9 Johor FC 26 10 5 11 29 31 −2 35
10 Felda United 26 11 2 13 25 31 −6 35
11 Sarawak (R) 26 8 6 12 28 32 −4 30 Relegation play-offs
12 Kedah (R) 26 7 7 12 27 38 −11 28
13 Sabah (R) 26 7 7 12 33 52 −19 28
14 Kuala Lumpur (R) 26 0 5 21 14 53 −39 5 Relegation to 2013 Liga Premier
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots
  2. ^ Qualified as the next highest-placed local team behind Liga Super and 2012 Piala FA winners Kelantan.

Results

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Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.

Week 1

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10 January Felda United 2–0 Sabah Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
16:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Raimi Mohd Nor 27'
Yong Kuong Yong 30'
Report Attendance: 1,000
10 January Negeri Sembilan 2–2 Selangor Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Effa Owona 4' 34' (pen.) Report Amirul Hadi 66'
Safiq Rahim 73'
Attendance: 32,000
10 January Perak 1–0 Terengganu Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Michal Kubala 76' Report Attendance: 28,000

Week 2

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13 January Kelantan 1–1 PKNS Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Badri Radzi 71' Report Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli 80' (pen.) Attendance: 25,000
14 January Sabah 2–1 Sarawak Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Michael Baird 20'
Bobby Gonzales 45'
K. Ravindran 72' Attendance: 22,000
14 January Selangor 1–0 Perak National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
20:45 UTC+08:00 Safiq Rahim 23' Attendance: 45,000
14 January Kedah 0–0 LionsXII Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah
19:45 UTC+08:00 Attendance: 25,000

Week 3

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17 January Sarawak 0–1 Terengganu Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00 Report Francis Doe Forkey 36' Attendance: 20,000
17 January T-Team 0–0 Sabah Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00 Report Attendance: 3,000
17 January Perak 2–1 Negeri Sembilan Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Akmal Rizal 39' 50' Report Effa Owona 5' Attendance: 20,000
17 January PKNS 0–0 Kedah Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Report Attendance: 4,000

Week 4

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20 January Kedah 0–3 Kelantan Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Report Mohammed Ghaddar 35' (pen.)
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 78'
Denny Antwi 90+3'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
21 January Sabah 0–1 LionsXII Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Report Hariss Harun 19' Attendance: 25,000
21 January Selangor 0–0 Sarawak National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
20:45 UTC+08:00 Report Attendance: 22,000

Week 5

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27 January PKNS 2–2 Sabah Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Michaël Niçoise 44' 55' Report Michael Baird 74'
Helmi Remeli 82' (o.g.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Azham Musa
28 January LionsXII 0–1 Terengganu Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Report Francis Doe Forkey 79' Attendance: 8,000

Week 6

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8 February Sabah 0–0 Kelantan Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Attendance: 28,000
8 February Selangor 1–1 LionsXII National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
20:45 UTC+08:00 K. Gurusamy 45' Shahril Ishak 43' Attendance: 30,000
8 February Kuala Lumpur 0–1 Kedah Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khyril Muhymeen 6' Attendance: 4,000
8 February Negeri Sembilan 2–1 T-Team Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Effa Owona 45'
Shakir Ali 65'
Zairo Anuar Zalani 36' Attendance: 24,000
8 February Perak 2–1 Sarawak Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Michal Kubala 7'
Fahrul Razi 27'
Vedran Muratović 33' (pen.) Attendance: 30,000

Week 7

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11 February PKNS 2–0 Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Rudie Ramli 33'
Mohd Helmi Remeli 60'
Attendance: 20,000

Week 8

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14 February Sabah 2–0 Kuala Lumpur Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Rozaimi Abdul Rahman 36'
Michael Baird 46'
Attendance: 15,000
14 February Felda United 0–3 T-Team Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Faiz Subri 31' 69'
Zairo Anuar Zalani 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 1,500
14 February Selangor 2–1 Kelantan National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Safiq Rahim 46'
Boško Balaban 75'
S. Subramaniam 90' Attendance: 55,000
14 February Negeri Sembilan 1–1 PKNS Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 45' Paulo Sérgio 43' (pen.) Attendance: 18,000
14 February Perak 1–2 LionsXII Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Michal Kubala 54' (pen.) Shahril Ishak 35' 74' Attendance: 32,000

Week 9

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3 March Kedah 1–0 Selangor Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Abdulfatah Safi 84' (pen.) Attendance: 15,000
3 March Kuala Lumpur 0–1 Terengganu Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Francis Doe Forkey 61' Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Mohd Rahmat Jantan

Week 10

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17 March Perak 0–2 Kelantan Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin 10'
Zairul Fitree Ishak 24'
Attendance: 27,000
17 March Selangor 3–0 Kuala Lumpur National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur
20:45 UTC+08:00 Boško Balaban 56'
P. Gunalan 60'
Amirul Hadi 90+1'
Attendance: 30,000

Week 11

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31 March LionsXII 2–1 T-Team Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Shahril Ishak 51'
Shahdan Sulaiman 85' (pen.)
Zairo Anuar Zalani 54' Attendance: 6,871

Week 12

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7 April Sarawak 1–1 Kelantan Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00 Guy Bwele 12' Norfarhan Mohamad 85' Attendance: 20,000

Week 13

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Week 14

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17 April Sarawak 0–2 Kedah Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00 Vedran Gerc 54' 60'
17 April Perak 2–2 Sabah Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Michal Kubala 35' 90+4' Zainizam Marjan 45+1' 61'

Week 15

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Week 16

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Week 17

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15 May Terengganu 2–2 Sarawak Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00 Abdul Hadi