| Competition: | Liga Super |
| Pixels: | 180 |
| Season: | 2012 |
| Matches: | 182 |
| Total Goals: | 489 |
| Winners: | Kelantan 2nd Super League title 2nd Liga M title |
| Relegated: | Sarawak Kedah Sabah Kuala Lumpur |
| Continentalcup1: | AFC Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Kelantan Selangor |
| League Topscorer: | 15 goals Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona (Negeri Sembilan) Francis Doe Forkey (Terengganu) |
| Biggest Home Win: | LionsXII 9–0 Sabah (16 June 2012) |
| Biggest Away Win: | Kuala Lumpur 0–4 Felda United (13 April 2012) Sabah 0–4 PKNS (19 June 2012) Kuala Lumpur 2 – 4 Sabah (30 June 2012) |
| Highest Scoring: | LionsXII 9–0 Sabah (16 June 2012) Terengganu 6–3 Sabah (17 March 2012) |
| Longest Wins: | 4 matches LionsXII T-Team Kelantan Perak Selangor |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 15 matches Kelantan |
| Longest Losses: | 10 matches Kuala Lumpur |
| Prevseason: | 2011 |
| Nextseason: | 2013 |
| Website: | MSL Official Site |
The 2012 Liga Super (en|'''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]
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 | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felda United | Kuala Lumpur | Hang Jebat Stadium | 35,000 | |
| Johor FC | Pasir Gudang | Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium | 15,000 | |
| Kedah | 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 | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 | ||
| Perak | Perak Stadium | 42,500 | ||
| PKNS | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 | ||
| Sabah | Likas Stadium | 35,000 | ||
| Sarawak | Sarawak State Stadium | 26,000 | ||
| Selangor | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 | ||
| LionsXII | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 | ||
| Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| Team | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felda United |  E. Elavarasan | Mohd Hamsani Ahmad | Kappa | FELDA Holdings | |
| Johor FC | Sazali Saidon | Khairul Ismail | Promade | Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad | |
| Kedah |  Marijo Tot | Baddrol Bakhtiar | Line 7 | PKNK | |
| Kelantan | Bojan Hodak | Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi | Umbro | Happy Prepaid | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Razip Ismail | Mohd Aslam Haja Najmudeen | Kronos | Kronos | |
| Negeri Sembilan | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | Muhammad Shukor Adan | Lotto | Negeri Roadstone Sdn Bhd | |
| T-Team | Yunus Alif | Rosdi Talib | Admiral | Admiral | |
| Perak | Jang Jung | Shahrulnizam Mustapa | Kika | Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh | |
| PKNS | | Lotto | PKNS | ||
| Sabah | David McCreery | Hendrik Helmke | Adidas | Grace One | |
| Sarawak | Robert Alberts | Guy Bwele | StarSport | Naim | |
| Selangor | Irfan Bakti Abu Salim | Mohd Amri Yahyah | Kappa | Menteri Besar Incorporated | |
| LionsXII |  V. Sundramoorthy | Shahril Ishak | Nike | StarHub | |
| Terengganu | Peter James Butler | Mohd Marzuki Yusof | SPECS | Top IT |
| 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 | 4 November 2011 |
| 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 |
| Club | New sponsor | Previous sponsor | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabah | Grace One | 22 December 2011 | ||
| LionsXII | StarHub | 5 January 2012 | ||
| Kuala Lumpur | Kronos | 9 January 2012 |
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Former Player(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felda United |  Mickaël Antoine-Curier | Eddy Viator | None | None |  Makadji Boukar  Pape Ciré Dia | |
| Johor FC |  Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt | Fernando de Abreu Ferreira | None | None | Tiago Azulão  Pascal Ochieng | |
| Kedah | Abdulfatah Safi | Vedran Gerc | None | None | Danilo Vivaldo Daniel Baroni  Hamidan Mohammed | |
| Kelantan |  Obinna Nwaneri |  Mohammed Ghaddar | Mijo Dadic |  Keita Mandjou | Denny Antwi Emmanuel Okine Onyekachi Nwoha | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Zakaria Charara (on loan from Kelantan) | Emmanuel Okine (on loan from Kelantan) | None | None | None | |
| Negeri Sembilan | Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona |  Marian Farbák | None | None | None | |
| T-Team |  Bojan Petrić | None | None | None | ||
| Perak | Michal Kubala | Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo Dika | None | None |  Lazar Popović | |
| PKNS | Michaël Niçoise |  Helmi Loussaief | None | None | Paulo Sérgio | |
| Sabah |  Brendan Gan |  Hendrik Helmke | None | None | Rhys Weston Michael Baird | |
| Sarawak | Guy Bwele | Joël Epalle | None | None | Vedran Muratović | |
| Selangor | Ramez Dayoub | Boško Balaban | None | None | None | |
| LionsXII | None | None | None | None | None | |
| Terengganu | Erison da Silva Santos |  Francis Doe | None | None | None |
Note:
Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.
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]
| Rank | Player[14] | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona | Negeri Sembilan | 15 |
| 2 | Francis Doe Forkey | Terengganu | 14 |
| 3 | Michal Kubala | Perak | 13 |
| 4 | Boško Balaban | Selangor | 12 |
| 5 | Shahril Ishak | LionsXII | 10 |
| Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali | Negeri Sembilan | ||
| Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri | Kedah | ||
| 8 | Mohammed Ghaddar | Kelantan | 9 |
| Zairo Anuar Zalani | T-Team | ||
| Mohd Faiz Subri | T-Team | ||
| 11 | Shahdan Sulaiman | LionsXII | 8 |
| Mohd Badri Mohd Radzi | Kelantan |
| Player | For | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aiman Syazwan Abdullah | LionsXII | Kuala Lumpur | |
| Mohd Helmi Remeli | Sabah | PKNS | |
| Khairan Ezuan Razali | Perak | Felda United | |
| Mohd Sabre Mat Abu | Sabah | Kedah | |
| Mohd Syazwan Mohd Roslan | Kedah | Perak | |
| Mohd Fadzli Saari | PKNS | T-Team | |
| Mafry Balang | Perak | Sabah | |
| S. Kunanlan | Terengganu | Negeri Sembilan | |
| Shahrul Azhar Ture | LionsXII | Sabah | |
| Mohd Fazliata Taib | Kelantan | Kedah | |
| Ahmad Jihad Ismail | Sabah | Kuala Lumpur | |
| Mohd Reithaudin Awang Emran | Terengganu | Sabah | |
| Bojan Petrić | LionsXII | T-Team |
| Player | For ! | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–3 | |||||
| 4–0 | |||||
| 3–2 | |||||
| 9–0 | |||||
| 6–0 |