2012_Malaysia_Super_League

2012 Malaysia Super League

2012 Malaysia Super League

Football league season


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]

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

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

Teams

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

Stadium

Stadium changes

Personnel and sponsoring

Coaching changes

Pre-season

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In season

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Sponsorship changes

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Foreign players

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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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

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.

Week 1

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 LionsXII 1–2 Kelantan Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Baihakki Khaizan 33' Report Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 44'
Mohammed Ghaddar 79' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohd. Nafeez Abd. Wahab[Johor]
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
10 January PKNS 1–2 Johor FC Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli 79' Report Riduwan M'aon 25'
Azi Shahril Azmi 76'
Attendance: 2,000

Week 2

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
14 January Johor FC 0–2 Negeri Sembilan Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Shakir Ali 49' 55' Attendance: 13,000
Referee: mohd. zamzaidi katimin melaka

Week 3

17 January LionsXII 2–1 Kuala Lumpur Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Aiman Syazwan 43' (o.g.)
Shahdan Sulaiman 56'
Report Fazuan Abdullah 68' Attendance: 8,000
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
17 January Kelantan 2–1 Johor FC Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Indra Putra Mahayuddin 55'
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 72'
Report Mohd Khairul Ismail 63' Attendance: 28,000

Week 4

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

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
28 January Kedah 1–3 Johor FC Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khyril Muhymeen 81' Report Azi Shahril Azmi 44' (pen.)
Mohd Riduwan M'aon 65'
Kaironnisam Sahabudin 70'
Attendance: 18,000

Week 6

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

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
11 February Kedah 2–2 Sabah Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar, Kedah
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri 38'
Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar 39'
Sabre Mat Abu 12' (o.g.)
Shahrudin Yakup 79'
Attendance: 15,000

Week 8

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
14 February Johor FC 1–2 Sarawak Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Arthuro Bernhardt 21' Guy Bwele 34'
Mohd Azizan Baba 74'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Abu Bakar M.Noor

Week 9

3 March Sabah 2–1 Johor FC Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Rozaimi Abdul Rahman 33'
Shahrudin Yakup 82'
Arthuro Bernhardt 30' Attendance: 10,000
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

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
17 March Johor FC 1–3 T-Team Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Arthuro Bernhardt 1' Mohd Faiz Subri 19'
Khairul Izwan Khalid 79'
Azrul Hazran 90'

Week 11

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
31 March PKNS 1–4 Sarawak Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khairu Azrin 58' Mohd Shahrol Saperi 13'
Ashri Chuchu 45+1' 81'
Vedran Muratović 65'

Week 12

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

13 April Kuala Lumpur 0–4 Felda United Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Nizad Ayub 23' 37' 73'
Farderin Kadir 87'
Referee: Dennis Anak Sayeng
14 April Kelantan 1–1 T-Team Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Nurul Azwan 43' Khairul Izwan 74'

Week 14

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'
17 April T-Team 1–2 Kelantan Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khairul Izwan Khalid 52' S. Chanturu 67'
Mohammed Ghaddar 88' (pen.)

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

15 May Kuala Lumpur 0–0 LionsXII Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Referee: Wan Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim
15 May Terengganu 2–2 Sarawak Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00 Abdul Hadi Yahya 47'
Baiano 68'
Azizan Saperi 39'
Khairul Azahar Eidros 54'
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
26 May Johor FC 0–0 Kelantan Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Referee: Abu Bakar M. Noor

Week 18

16 June LionsXII 9–0 Sabah Jalan Besar Stadium, Kallang, Singapore
19:45 UTC+08:00 Agu Casmir 19'
Hariss Harun 22' 41' 73'
Shahdan Sulaiman 62' 65'
Irwan Shah 68'
Sufian Anuar 84'
Shahrul Azhar Ture 88' (o.g.)
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Week 19

  • 1 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Kelantan FA venue at Kota Bharu at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.[10]
19 June Negeri Sembilan 3–1 Sarawak Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Shahurain Abu Samah 32'
Alif Shamsudin 50'
Effa Owona 54'
Khairul Azahar Eidros 56'
19 June Johor FC 2–1 Kedah Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium, Pasir Gudang, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Riduwan M'aon 31'
Khairul Ismail 45'
Fiqry 82'

Week 20

22 June Felda United 0–1 Johor FC Hang Jebat Stadium, Ayer Keroh, Malacca
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Izuan Jarudin 54'

Week 21

26 June Sabah 1–0 Kedah Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+08:00 Juffrey Omopor 52'
26 June Perak 3–2 T-Team Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Mohd Nazri 39'
Mohd Failee 64'
Bodjongo 67'
Faiz Subri 19', 70'

Week 22

30 June Kuala Lumpur 2–4 Sabah Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah1
20:15 UTC+08:00 Zakaria Charara 73' (pen.)
Afiq Azmi 82'
Razid Gafar 11'
Ahmad Jihad Ismail 53' (o.g.)
Radzi Hussin 77'
Leopold Alphonso 88'
  • 1 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Sabah FA venue at Kota Kinabalu at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.[11]

Week 23

3 July Perak 1–2 PKNS Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Akmal Rizal 42' Fazli Baharudin 79' 82'

Week 24

  • 1 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Selangor FA venue at Shah Alam at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.

Week 25

10 July Negeri Sembilan 1–1 Kuala Lumpur Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Shakir Ali 55' Pritam Singh 90+1'
10 July Perak 1–2 Kedah Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Bodjongo 38' Baddrol Bakhtiar 45' (pen.)
Khyril 90+1'

Week 26

14 July PKNS 2–1 T-Team Petaling Jaya Stadium, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Azrif Nasrulhaq 1'
Fazli Baharudin 19'
Fadzli Saari 58'
14 July Kuala Lumpur 2–5 Perak Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak1
20:45 UTC+08:00 Khairul Anuar 28'
Zakaria Charara 84'
Michal Kubala 19' (pen.) 90'
Bodjongo 30'
Shafiq Jamal 35'
Akmal Rizal 75'
  • 1 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Perak FA venue at Ipoh at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.

Round table

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Updated to match(es) played on 14 July 2012. Source: Liga Super
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Promotion/Relegation

The play-off matches to determine promotion and relegation will be held at Hang Tuah Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca from 17 to 19 July 2012, as next season Liga Super will be reduced to 12 teams from 14 teams this season.[12] Team that finished 11th in the Liga Super, Sarawak will meet second placed team in Liga Premier, Pahang while team that finished 12th in the Liga Super, Kedah will meet team that finished 13th in the Liga Super, Sabah. The winner of both semi-final match will meet in the final to determine who will stay in the 2013 Liga Super. The winner will stay in the Liga Super; the other 3 teams will be relegated to 2013 Liga Premier.[13]

Semi-final 1
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Semi-final 2
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Final

Season statistics

Top scorers

Own goals

Hat-tricks

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Scoring

Clean sheets

  • Most clean sheets: 11
    • Kelantan
  • Fewest clean sheets: 1
    • Kuala Lumpur

See also


References

  1. 2012 Liga Super
  2. "Singapore to field a team in M-League, Piala Malaysia". TODAYonline. Retrieved 12 June 2011.[permanent dead link]
  3. "Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions in Malaysia's Liga Super". Bernama. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. FAS Reveal Coach and Squad list for LIONSXII Archived 7 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 5 December 2011 fromFootball Association of Singapore
  5. "Justin is no longer Sabah coach". New Straits Times. 20 June 2012.
  6. "McCreery set to coach Sabahawks". New Sabah Times. Sabah, Malaysia. 3 July 2012. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015.
  7. "SSMIV tuan rumah bagi Kuala Lumpur berdepan Kelantan". Sokernet. Archived from the original on 20 June 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  8. "Sabah's first 'away' win". New Sabah Times. Sabah, Malaysia. 1 July 2012. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  9. "Kedah And Sabah Will Know Liga Super Fate Next Week". The Star. Malaysia. Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2012.
  10. "Liga Super 2011 – Goal Scorers". Liga Super. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.

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