2012 in Malaysian football

Football in Malaysia
Season2012
Men's football
Super LeagueKelantan
Premier LeagueATM
FAM LeagueKL SPA
FA CupKelantan
Malaysia CupKelantan
Community ShieldNegeri Sembilan
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The 2012 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in Malaysia.

The season began in January 2012 for the FAM League, Premier League and Super League.

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

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Teams relegated from Super League

Teams promoted to Super League

Teams relegated from Premier League

Teams promoted to Premier League

Honours

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Trophy and league champions

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Competition Winner Details At Match Report
FA Cup Kelantan FA Kelantan FA
beat Sime Darby FC 1–0
National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Report
Super League Kelantan FA
Premier League Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
FAM League Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC
Charity Cup Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan FA
beat Kelantan FA 2–1
National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Report

National teams competitions

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Men's senior team

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1 February Friendly1 Malaysia  5–0 Kelantan Kelantan FA Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Asraruddin 36'
Shahurain 42'
S. Kunanlan 65'
Abdul Hadi 78'
Izuan 90'
Report Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Attendance: 30,000
24 February Friendly1 Sabah FA Sabah 0–1  Malaysia Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Report Amar 79' Stadium: Likas Stadium
Attendance: 35,000
29 February Friendly Philippines  1–1  Malaysia Manila, Philippines
Wolf 34' Report Shakir 90+1' Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium
Attendance: 11,000
28 April Friendly Malaysia  6–0  Sri Lanka Selangor, Malaysia[1]
Wan Zack Haikal 25', 26'
Hazwan 73', 83', 90'
Azamuddin 86'
Report Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
1 June Friendly Malaysia  0–0  Philippines Selangor, Malaysia[2]
Report Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
12 October Friendly1 Malaysia  6–0 Kuala Lumpur PDRM FA Selangor, Malaysia
Safee 7', 56'
Wan Zack Haikal 28', 41'
Kunalan 72'
Azamuddin 88'
Report Stadium: Wisma FAM
Attendance: 30
30 October Friendly1 Malaysia  4–0 Kuala Lumpur PDRM FA Selangor, Malaysia
Safee 30'
Safiq 45 pen', 86'
Wan Zack Haikal 63'
Report Stadium: Wisma FAM
  • 1 Non FIFA 'A' international match

League XI

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27 July FriendlyXI Indonesia  0–6 Malaysia Malaysia XI Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia
21:00 UTC+07:00 Hazwan 11'
Kubala 13' (pen.)
Azrif 31'
Amri 34' 45'
Shukor 62'
Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Attendance: 0

Men's under-23 team

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27 May FriendlyBrazil XI Brazil2–2  Malaysia Hungary Béke téri Stadion, Hungary
16:00 UTC+02:00 ?
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Report Azrif ?'
Hazwan 53'
25 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification Malaysia  7–0  Philippines Myanmar Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30 Rozaimi 2', 35', 69' (pen.), 74'
Fandi 32'
Zaharulnizam 40'
Saarvindran 90+1'
Report Attendance: 100
Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)
30 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification Vietnam  0–3  Malaysia Myanmar Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30 Report Rozaimi 53', 90+2', 90+4' Attendance: 100
Referee: Wang Di (China)
3 July 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification Malaysia  1–2  Myanmar Myanmar Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma
18:15 UTC+6:30 Rozaimi 90+1' (pen.) Report Kaung Si Thu 34', 53' Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)
9 September 2012 SCTV Cup Indonesia  0–1  Malaysia Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+07:00 Report K. Reuben 42' Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Faulur Rosy (Indonesia)

League tables

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Super League

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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.

Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 ATM (C, P) 22 17 3 2 73 20 +53 54 Promotion to 2013 Liga Super
2 Pahang (O, P) 22 14 4 4 60 29 +31 46 Promotion to 2013 Liga Super/Liga Premier Play-off round
3 Sime Darby 22 14 3 5 54 19 +35 45
4 Johor 22 12 5 5 47 23 +24 41
5 PDRM 22 11 5 6 50 38 +12 38
6 USM 22 11 3 8 41 35 +6 36
7 Pos Malaysia (O) 22 8 6 8 32 31 +1 30 2013 Liga Premier/Liga FAM Play-off round
8 Harimau Muda B[a] 22 7 3 12 33 37 −4 24
9 MP Muar 22 6 3 13 36 67 −31 21 2013 Liga Premier/Liga FAM Play-off round
10 Betaria (O) 22 6 2 14 23 59 −36 20
11 Perlis (R) 22 4 3 15 38 68 −30 15 Relegation to 2013 Liga FAM
12 MB Johor Bahru (R) 22 1 2 19 18 79 −61 5
Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2012. Source: Liga Premier
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Harimau Muda B will not be relegated, thus if they finish anywhere within relegation zone, the 7th place team will be demoted to 2013 Liga Premier/Liga FAM Play-off round. They also cannot be promoted to 2013 Liga Super.

FAM League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 KL SPA FC (C, P) 16 12 2 2 28 9 +19 38 Promotion to 2013 Malaysia Premier League
2 Shahzan Muda FC 16 11 1 4 30 15 +15 34 Promotion to 2013 Malaysia FAM League Play-off round
3 UiTM FC 16 10 4 2 22 9 +13 34 Promotion to 2013 Malaysia Premier League
4 PBAPP FC 16 8 3 5 27 14 +13 27
5 Tentera Darat F.A. 16 6 4 6 27 17 +10 22
6 Penang FA 16 6 0 10 20 24 −4 18
7 Malacca FA 16 5 1 10 20 25 −5 16
8 Melodi Jaya S.C. 16 3 3 10 12 34 −22 12
9 SDM Navy Kepala Batas FC 16 1 2 13 11 50 −39 5
Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2012. Source: Malaysia Football Dimos
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

President Cup

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The final was played at Perak Stadium, Perak on Tuesday, 26 July 2011.

Perak FA Perak1–0Negeri Sembilan Betaria FC
Nurridzuan 45' Report
Attendance: 6,000

Domestic Cups

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Charity Shield

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The 2011 edition was played at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 7 January 2012.


  Malaysia Charity Shield 2012 winner 
Negeri Sembilan
1st Charity Shield title

FA Cup

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The final was played at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 19 May 2011.


  Malaysia FA Cup 2012 winner 
Kelantan
1st FA Cup title

Malaysia Cup

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The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.


 2012 Malaysia Cup winner 
Kelantan
2nd title

Coaching changes

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Super League

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Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kelantan FA Malaysia Maruthaiah Karathu 16 October 2011 Resigned England Peter James Butler 20 October 2011
Johor FC Malaysia Azuan Zain 3 November 2011 Resigned Malaysia K. Devan 3 November 2011
Terengganu FA Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 2 November 2011 End of Contract Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris 4 November 2011
Selangor FA Malaysia P. Maniam 4 November 2011 End of caretaker role Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 4 November 2011
Kelantan FA England Peter James Butler 28 February 2012 Mutual Agreement Croatia Bojan Hodak 2 March 2012
Johor FC Malaysia K. Devan 15 April 2012 Resigned Malaysia Sazali Saidon 15 April 2012
Terengganu FA Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris 7 May 2012 Resigned Malaysia Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker) 7 May 2012
Terengganu FA Malaysia Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker) 14 May 2012 End of caretaker role England Peter James Butler 14 May 2012
Sabah FA Malaysia Justin Ganai 20 June 2012 Sacked[7] Malaysia Andrew Majanggim (caretaker) 20 June 2012
Sabah FA Malaysia Andrew Majanggim (caretaker) 5 July 2012 End of caretaker role[8] Northern Ireland David McCreery 5 July 2012
Perak FA Malaysia Norizan Bakar 10 July 2012 Leave of Absence[9] South Korea Jang Jung 23 July 2012
Kedah FA Malaysia Wan Jamak Wan Hassan 10 August 2012 Leave of Absence[10] Croatia Mario Tot 10 August 2012

Premier League

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Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Perlis FA Malaysia Abdullah Hassan 31 May 2012 Resigned Malaysia Robert Scully 5 June 2012

Transfers

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References

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  1. ^ In the meantime, Rajagobal will prepare the team for their clash against Sri Lanka on April 28. Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from Malaymail.com
  2. ^ PHILIPPINES-MALAYSIA REMATCH ON 1 JUNE Archived 18 July 2012 at archive.today Retrieved from ASEANfootball.com
  3. ^ a b Singapore and Malaysia set to meet for friendlies Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 23 March 2012
  4. ^ a b c d e AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Archived 30 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 23 March 2012
  5. ^ Arsenal to visit Malaysia on summer tour Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 10 April 2012 from Arsenal Football Club Official Website
  6. ^ Blues to play tour game in Malaysia Archived 25 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 26 April 2012 from Manchester City Official Website
  7. ^ "Justin is no longer Sabah coach – Soccer – New Straits Times". nst.com.my. Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  8. ^ "McCreery set to coach Sabahawks". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  9. ^ "Jang Jung appointed interim coach for Perak FA | Goal.com". Goal. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Croatian Tot takes over as Kedah's new head coach | Goal.com". Goal. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2021.