2012 Malaysia Super League Explained

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 (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

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

TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
Felda UnitedKuala LumpurHang Jebat Stadium35,000
Johor FCPasir GudangPasir Gudang Corporation Stadium15,000
KedahDarul Aman Stadium32,387
KelantanKota BharuSultan Mohammad IV Stadium25,000
Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurHang Jebat Stadium35,000
Negeri SembilanParoiTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium40,000
T-TeamSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
PerakPerak Stadium42,500
PKNSPetaling Jaya Stadium25,000
SabahLikas Stadium35,000
SarawakSarawak State Stadium26,000
SelangorShah Alam Stadium80,372
LionsXIIJalan Besar Stadium8,000
TerengganuSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000

Stadium changes

Personnel and sponsoring

TeamCoachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Felda United E. ElavarasanMohd Hamsani AhmadKappaFELDA Holdings
Johor FC Sazali SaidonKhairul IsmailPromadeKulim (Malaysia) Berhad
Kedah Marijo TotBaddrol BakhtiarLine 7PKNK
Kelantan Bojan HodakMohd Badri Mohd RadziUmbroHappy Prepaid
Kuala Lumpur Razip IsmailMohd Aslam Haja NajmudeenKronosKronos
Negeri Sembilan Mohd Azraai Khor AbdullahMuhammad Shukor AdanLottoNegeri Roadstone Sdn Bhd
T-Team Yunus AlifRosdi TalibAdmiralAdmiral
Perak Jang JungShahrulnizam MustapaKikaMajlis Bandaraya Ipoh
PKNS LottoPKNS
Sabah David McCreeryHendrik HelmkeAdidasGrace One
Sarawak Robert AlbertsGuy BweleStarSportNaim
Selangor Irfan Bakti Abu SalimMohd Amri YahyahKappaMenteri Besar Incorporated
LionsXII V. SundramoorthyShahril IshakNikeStarHub
Terengganu Peter James ButlerMohd Marzuki YusofSPECSTop IT

Coaching changes

Pre-season

ClubOutgoing Head CoachDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
KelantanMaruthaiah Karathu16 October 2011ResignedPeter James Butler20 October 2011
Johor FCAzuan Zain3 November 2011ResignedK. Devan3 November 2011
TerengganuIrfan Bakti Abu Salim2 November 2011End of ContractMat Zan Mat Aris4 November 2011
SelangorP. Maniam (caretaker)4 November 2011End of caretaker role4 November 2011

In season

ClubOutgoing Head CoachDate of vacancyManner of departureIncoming Head CoachDate of appointment
KelantanPeter James Butler28 February 2012Mutual AgreementBojan Hodak2 March 2012
Johor FCK. Devan15 April 2012ResignedSazali Saidon15 April 2012
TerengganuMat Zan Mat Aris7 May 2012ResignedKhalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)7 May 2012
TerengganuKhalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)14 May 2012End of caretaker rolePeter James Butler14 May 2012
SabahJustin Ganai20 June 2012Sacked[5] Andrew Majanggim (caretaker)20 June 2012
SabahAndrew Majanggim (caretaker)5 July 2012End of caretaker role[6] David McCreery5 July 2012
PerakNorizan Bakar10 July 2012Leave of Absence[7] Jang Jung23 July 2012
KedahWan Jamak Wan Hassan10 August 2012Leave of Absence[8] Marijo Tot10 August 2012

Sponsorship changes

ClubNew sponsorPrevious sponsorDate
SabahGrace One22 December 2011
LionsXIIStarHub5 January 2012
Kuala LumpurKronos9 January 2012

Foreign players

ClubVisa 1Visa 2Visa 3Visa 4Former Player(s)
Felda United Mickaël Antoine-Curier Eddy ViatorNone None Makadji Boukar
Pape Ciré Dia
Johor FC Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt Fernando de Abreu FerreiraNoneNone Tiago Azulão
Pascal Ochieng
Kedah Abdulfatah Safi Vedran GercNoneNone 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) NoneNoneNone
Negeri Sembilan Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona Marian FarbákNoneNoneNone
T-Team Bojan PetrićNone NoneNone
Perak Michal Kubala Albert Dominique Ebossé Bodjongo DikaNone None Lazar Popović
PKNS Michaël Niçoise Helmi LoussaiefNoneNone Paulo Sérgio
Sabah Brendan Gan Hendrik HelmkeNoneNone Rhys Weston
Michael Baird
Sarawak Guy Bwele Joël EpalleNoneNone Vedran Muratović
Selangor Ramez Dayoub Boško BalabanNoneNoneNone
LionsXIINoneNoneNone NoneNone
Terengganu Erison da Silva Santos Francis DoeNoneNoneNone

Note:

League table

Results

Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.

Week 19

Week 22

Week 24

Week 26

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
  • Semi-final 2
  • Final

    Season statistics

    Top scorers

    RankPlayer[14] ClubGoals
    1Jean-Emmanuel Effa OwonaNegeri Sembilan15
    2Francis Doe ForkeyTerengganu14
    3Michal KubalaPerak13
    4Boško BalabanSelangor12
    5Shahril IshakLionsXII10
    Ahmad Shakir Mohd AliNegeri Sembilan
    Mohd Khyril Muhymeen ZambriKedah
    8Mohammed GhaddarKelantan9
    Zairo Anuar ZalaniT-Team
    Mohd Faiz SubriT-Team
    11Shahdan SulaimanLionsXII8
    Mohd Badri Mohd RadziKelantan

    Own goals

    PlayerForClub
    Aiman Syazwan AbdullahLionsXIIKuala Lumpur
    Mohd Helmi RemeliSabahPKNS
    Khairan Ezuan RazaliPerakFelda United
    Mohd Sabre Mat AbuSabahKedah
    Mohd Syazwan Mohd RoslanKedahPerak
    Mohd Fadzli SaariPKNST-Team
    Mafry BalangPerakSabah
    S. KunanlanTerengganuNegeri Sembilan
    Shahrul Azhar TureLionsXIISabah
    Mohd Fazliata TaibKelantanKedah
    Ahmad Jihad IsmailSabahKuala Lumpur
    Mohd Reithaudin Awang EmranTerengganuSabah
    Bojan PetrićLionsXIIT-Team

    Hat-tricks

    PlayerFor !Against Result Date
    6–3
    4–0
    3–2
    9–0
    6–0

    Scoring

    Clean sheets

    See also

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2012.html
    2. Web site: TODAYonline. Singapore to field a team in M-League, Piala Malaysia. 12 June 2011.
    3. Web site: Bernama. Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions in Malaysia's Liga Super. 12 June 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603165507/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=600787. 3 June 2012. dead.
    4. http://www.fas.org.sg/news/fas-reveal-lionsxii-coach-and-squad-list FAS Reveal Coach and Squad list for LIONSXII
    5. Web site: Justin is no longer Sabah coach . New Straits Times . 20 June 2012.
    6. Web site: McCreery set to coach Sabahawks . . Sabah, Malaysia . 3 July 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150110050747/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/60122 . 10 January 2015 .
    7. Web site: Jang Jung appointed interim coach for Perak FA . Goal.com . 20 July 2012.
    8. Web site: Croatian Tot takes over as Kedah's new head coach . Goal.com . 10 August 2012.
    9. https://web.archive.org/web/20120110131100/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20110712-288801.html Singapore Lions to participate in 2012 Piala Malaysia
    10. Web site: SSMIV tuan rumah bagi Kuala Lumpur berdepan Kelantan . Sokernet . 19 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120620094433/http://sokernet.com/liga-malaysia/ssmiv-tuan-rumah-bagi-kuala-lumpur-berdepan-kelantan.html . 20 June 2012 . dead .
    11. Web site: Sabah’s first 'away' win. New Sabah Times. Sabah, Malaysia. 1 July 2012. 2 July 2012. https://archive.today/20130221034306/http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/60048. 21 February 2013. dead.
    12. Web site: Kedah And Sabah Will Know Liga Super Fate Next Week . The Star . Malaysia . 13 July 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120715010347/http://football.thestar.com.my/2012/07/13/kedah-and-sabah-will-know-super-league-fate-next-week/ . 15 July 2012 . dead .
    13. Web site: Siaran Media 12 Julai 2012 - Perlawanan Play-off Liga Super 2013 dan Liga Premier 2013.doc . Dropbox.
    14. Web site: Liga Super 2011 – Goal Scorers . Liga Super . 13 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008202504/http://www.malaysiansuperleague.com/mgs.asp?t=SL . 8 October 2011 .