The 2012 Liga Premier, also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2012 Liga Premier
The season was held from 11 January and concluded on 23 July 2012.
The Liga Premier champions for 2012 season was ATM. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2013 Liga Super.
Teams A total of twelve teams contested the league, including eight from the 2011 Liga Premier season, two newly promoted from the 2011 Liga FAM and two relegated from the 2011 Liga Super season.
Pahang and Perlis were relegated from 2011 Liga Super after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.
2011 Liga FAM champions Betaria and runner-up MB Johor Bahru secured direct promotion to this season Liga Premier.
ATM Betaria1 Harimau Muda B3 Johor MB Johor Bahru1 MP Muar Pahang2 Perlis2 PDRM Pos Malaysia Sime Darby USM Note: 1Promoted from 2011 Liga FAM 2Relegated from 2011 Liga Super 3Harimau Muda, the national team feeder project team was replaced fully with Harimau Muda B for this season
Team summaries
Stadia Team Based Location Current Stadium Location Stadium Stadium capacity ATM Petaling Jaya, Selangor Petaling Jaya, Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium Betaria Tampin, Negeri Sembilan Malacca, Malacca1 Mini Tampin Stadium + Harimau Muda B Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Johor4 Johor Bahru, Johor Johor Bahru, Johor Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium MB Johor Bahru4 Johor Bahru, Johor Johor Bahru, Johor Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium MP Muar Muar, Johor Muar, Johor Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Pahang Kuantan, Pahang Temerloh, Pahang2 Temerloh Mini Stadium Perlis Kangar, Perlis Kangar, Perlis Utama Stadium PDRM Selayang, Selangor Paroi, Negeri Sembilan3 Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Pos Malaysia Selayang, Selangor Selayang, Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Sime Darby Selayang, Selangor Selayang, Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium USM George Town, Penang George Town, Penang USM Athletics Stadium + Note: + estimated capacity 1 Betaria currently using Hang Tuah Stadium in Malacca, Malacca 2 Pahang currently using Temerloh Mini Stadium in Temerloh, Pahang 3 PDRM currently using Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan 4 Both Johor and MB Johor Bahru used Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium in Pasir Gudang and Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Muar respectively from January until the end of March 2012.
Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Team Manager Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorATM B. Sathianathan B. Sathianathan Hairuddin OmarUmbroATMBetaria S. Sivashanmugam Azuan Zain KappaHarimau Muda B Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz Ismail Ibrahim Muhammad Akram MahinanNikeJohor Fandi Ahmad K. Sukumaran Nazrulerwan MakmorLottoKulim (M) BerhadMB Johor Bahru Wan Azmi Wan Ahmad Mohamed Khairudin Abdul Rahman Dalibor Dragic MP Muar Mohd Nazrun Mahmud Abdul Nasir Yusof KronosInterpacificPahang Che Nasir Salleh Dollah Salleh Jalaluddin JaafarLottoPahangPerlis Azahar Ahmad Robert ScullyKubbakubbaonline.comPDRM Zulkifli Mohamad R. Nallathamby Mohd Afif AmiruddinLine7Al JabbarPos Malaysia Shaari Shazali G. Torairaju Azmeer YusofJomaPos MalaysiaSime Darby Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah KappaSime DarbyUSM Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Shariff Shariman Che OmarJoma Nike has produced a new match ball, named the T90 Tracer, which will be electric blue, black and white and also a high-visibility version in yellow. Additionally, Lotto will provide officials with new kits in black, yellow, and red for the season.
Coaching changes Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointmentPerlis Abdullah Hassan31 May 2012Resigned Robert Scully5 June 2012
League table
Results
Fixtures and Results of the 2012 Liga Premier season.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Note: The Sime Darby - ATM match was originally set to be played on the Friday 20th but was postponed due to heavy rain when ATM were leading 2:0. The game was replayed the next day which Sime Darby went on to win 2:1
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Note: The venue for the match between Harimau Muda B and Perlis was changed from National Stadium, Bukit Jalil to UiTM Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
Week 19
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
Results table
Play-offs
Liga Super/Liga Premier The play-off matches to determine promotion and relegation will be held at Hang Tuah Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca from 17 July to 19 July 2012, as next season Liga Super will be reduced to 12 teams from 14 teams this season. 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.
Semi-final 1
Semi-final 2
Final
Liga Premier/FAM League The play-off matches to determine promotion and relegation was held at Hang Tuah Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca on 17 July 2012. Team that finished 7th in the Liga Premier, Pos Malaysia met second placed team in FAM League, Shahzan Muda, while team that finished 9th in the Liga Premier, MP Muar met team that finished 10th in the Liga Premier, Betaria. The winner of both matches stay in the Liga Premier; the losing teams will be relegated to 2013 Liga FAM.
Pos Malaysia and MP Muar won their respective matches and thus stay in Liga Premier next season. Losing teams are Shahzan Muda and Betaria; both will play in FAM League next season. Later, as a result of MP Muar decision to pull out of the league, another play-off match was arranged between Betaria and UiTM, the 3rd place club in the FAM League. Betaria won the match and retained their place in the Liga Premier.
Match 1
Match 2
Match 3
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankScorerClubGoal 1 Khairul Izuan AbdullahPDRM 23 2 Marlon Alex JamesATM 21 3 Patrick WlehSime Darby 13 4 Hairuddin OmarATM 12 5 Mohd Alafi MahmudMUAR 9 Mohd Azamuddin Md AkilPHG 9 Lamin ContehPerlis 9 8 S. VeenodUSM 8 9 Edrisar KayeUSM 7 Muriel OrlandoJHR 7 11 Mohd Zamri HassanSime Darby 6 12 Azmi SarminMBJB 5 Kordell Devone SamuelPDRM 5 G. PuaneswaranPOS 5 15 Bruno MartelottoATM 4 Fauzi Abd KadarBET 4 Norhamizaref HamidHarimau Muda B 4 Fauzzi KassimJHR 4 Khairul Anwar ShaharudinMUAR 4 Fauzi RoslanPHG 4 Mohd Hazuan Mohd DaudPHG 4 Eduard SakhnevichPHG 4 Mohd Hanifuddin Abdul RahmanPOS 4 Henry LewisPerlis 4 25 Christie JayaseelanATM 3 Mohd Zaquan AdhaATM 3 Mohd Saufi IbrahimBET 3 Michael ChukwubunnaBET 3 Muhd Hadin AzmanHarimau Muda B 3 Mohd Hamzani OmarJHR 3 Mohd Ezaidy KhadarMUAR 3 Abdul Malik ArifPHG 3 R.GopinathanPHG 3 Maycon Carvalho InezPHG 3 Fauzi Abd MajidPDRM 3 Mohd Rizal Mohd GhazaliPerlis 3 Fakhrul AimanPOS 3 Mohd Hafizi AmiruddinPOS 3 Irme MatSime Darby 3 Razali Umar KandasamySime Darby 3 Sengbah KennedySime Darby 3 Afzan Zainal AbidinUSM 3 Khairul Anwar IdrisUSM 3 Jerome KatendeUSM 3
Clean sheets
Most clean sheets: 4 ATM Fewest clean sheets: 0 MB Johor Bahru Perlis Harimau Muda B MP Muar
Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 ATM Bruno Martelotto Marlon Alex James Betaria Ijezie Michael Chukwubunna Junior John Bamidale Emmanuel Harimau Muda B* None None Johor André Francisco Williams Rocha da Silva Muriel Orlando MB Johor Bahru Fokim Fon Fondo Dalibor Dragic MP Muar Evans Chisulo Hillary Echesa Pahang Boris Kochkin Maycon Carvalho Inez Perlis Lamin Conteh Mahmadu Alphajor Bah PDRM Samuel Kordell Pos Malaysia Sime Darby Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh Leandro Teofilo Santos Pinto USM Edrisar Kaye Katende Joram Note: * Harimau Muda B will not be permitted any foreign player as the team represents the Malaysia national under-19 football team
See also List of Liga Premier seasons 2012 Liga Super 2012 Liga FAM 2012 Piala FA
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia 2012 Liga Premier statistics