The 2012 Liga Super, also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2012 Liga Super
The season was held from 10 January and concluded on 14 July 2012.
The Liga Super champions for 2012 was Kelantan.
Team changes The following teams have changed division.
To Malaysia Super League Promoted from Premier League PKNS Sarawak
invited team LionsXII
From Malaysia Super League Relegated to Premier League Pahang Perlis
Exchanged with Lions XII to S. League Harimau Muda A
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. Young Lions was later replaced by a new team, named LionsXII that will replace the former under-23 football team.FAS Reveal Coach and Squad list for LIONSXII Retrieved at 5 December 2011 fromFootball Association of Singapore
Felda United Johor FC Kedah Kelantan (2011 Liga Super champions) Kuala Lumpur Negeri Sembilan Perak PKNS¹ Sabah Sarawak¹ Selangor LionsXII* T-Team Terengganu
– LionsXII (Originally to participate was Young Lions of Singapore and will replace Harimau Muda A as Harimau Muda A will replace Young Lions in the S. League.)
¹ – promoted from Liga Premier
Team summaries
Stadium
Team Location Stadium CapacityFelda UnitedKuala LumpurHang Jebat Stadium35,000Johor FCPasir GudangPasir Gudang Corporation Stadium15,000KedahAlor Setar Darul Aman Stadium32,387KelantanKota BharuSultan Mohammad IV Stadium25,000Kuala LumpurKuala LumpurHang Jebat Stadium35,000Negeri SembilanParoiTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium40,000T-TeamKuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000PerakIpoh Perak Stadium42,500PKNSPetaling Jaya Petaling Jaya Stadium25,000SabahKota Kinabalu Likas Stadium35,000SarawakKuching Sarawak State Stadium26,000SelangorShah Alam Shah Alam Stadium80,372LionsXIIJalan Besar Jalan Besar Stadium8,000TerengganuKuala Terengganu Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium15,000
Stadium changes
Selangor home stadium was originally the Shah Alam Stadium, but Selangor changed it into the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil after the Shah Alam stadium was being repaired and renovated. The KLFA Stadium was closed down for repairs, meaning both Felda United and Kuala Lumpur were forced to move their home stadiums to the Hang Jebat Stadium which is located in Malacca. The stadium will also be the only venue that will be played at daylight, rather than playing in the night. Terengganu had shared stadiums with fellow team neighbours, T-Team since 2011 after the roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium. However, on 19 December 2011, The Terengganu Menteri Besar, Ahmad Said announced that the stadium will undergo repairs and maybe will be usable for Terengganu halfway through the league.
Personnel and sponsoring Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorFelda United E. ElavarasanMohd Hamsani AhmadKappaFELDA HoldingsJohor FC Sazali SaidonKhairul IsmailPromadeKulim (Malaysia) BerhadKedah Marijo TotBaddrol BakhtiarLine 7PKNKKelantan Bojan HodakMohd Badri Mohd RadziUmbroHappy PrepaidKuala Lumpur Razip IsmailMohd Aslam Haja NajmudeenKronosKronosNegeri Sembilan Mohd Azraai Khor AbdullahMuhammad Shukor AdanLottoNegeri Roadstone Sdn BhdT-Team Yunus AlifRosdi TalibAdmiralAdmiralPerak Jang JungShahrulnizam MustapaKikaMajlis Bandaraya Ipoh PKNS LottoPKNS Sabah David McCreeryHendrik HelmkeAdidasGrace OneSarawak Robert AlbertsGuy BweleStarSportNaimSelangor Irfan Bakti Abu SalimMohd Amri YahyahKappaMenteri Besar IncorporatedLionsXII V. SundramoorthyShahril IshakNikeStarHubTerengganu Peter James ButlerMohd Marzuki YusofSPECSTop IT
Coaching changes
Pre-season Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointmentKelantanMaruthaiah Karathu16 October 2011ResignedPeter James Butler20 October 2011Johor FCAzuan Zain3 November 2011ResignedK. Devan3 November 2011TerengganuIrfan Bakti Abu Salim2 November 2011End of ContractMat Zan Mat Aris4 November 2011SelangorP. Maniam (caretaker)4 November 2011End of caretaker roleIrfan Bakti Abu Salim 4 November 2011
In season Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointmentKelantanPeter James Butler28 February 2012Mutual AgreementBojan Hodak2 March 2012Johor FCK. Devan15 April 2012ResignedSazali Saidon15 April 2012TerengganuMat Zan Mat Aris7 May 2012ResignedKhalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)7 May 2012TerengganuKhalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)14 May 2012End of caretaker rolePeter James Butler14 May 2012SabahJustin Ganai20 June 2012SackedAndrew Majanggim (caretaker)20 June 2012SabahAndrew Majanggim (caretaker)5 July 2012End of caretaker roleDavid McCreery5 July 2012PerakNorizan Bakar10 July 2012Leave of AbsenceJang Jung23 July 2012KedahWan Jamak Wan Hassan10 August 2012Leave of AbsenceMarijo Tot10 August 2012
Sponsorship changes ClubNew sponsorPrevious sponsorDateSabahGrace One22 December 2011LionsXIIStarHub5 January 2012Kuala LumpurKronos9 January 2012
Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 AFC Cup AFC Cup 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 Marco Tulio None None Zachariah Simukonda 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:
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.Singapore Lions to participate in 2012 Piala Malaysia – Asia One, 12 July 2011
League table
Results Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Week 13
Week 14
Week 15
Week 16
Week 17
Week 18
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.
Week 20
Week 21
Week 22
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.
Week 23
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
Week 26
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
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. 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
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1Jean-Emmanuel Effa OwonaNegeri Sembilan152Francis Doe ForkeyTerengganu143Michal KubalaPerak134Boško BalabanSelangor125Shahril IshakLionsXII10Ahmad Shakir Mohd AliNegeri SembilanMohd Khyril Muhymeen ZambriKedah8Mohammed GhaddarKelantan9Zairo Anuar ZalaniT-TeamMohd Faiz SubriT-Team11Shahdan SulaimanLionsXII8Mohd Badri Mohd RadziKelantan
Own goals PlayerForClubAiman Syazwan AbdullahLionsXIIKuala LumpurMohd Helmi RemeliSabahPKNSKhairan Ezuan RazaliPerakFelda UnitedMohd Sabre Mat AbuSabahKedahMohd Syazwan Mohd RoslanKedahPerakMohd Fadzli SaariPKNST-TeamMafry BalangPerakSabahS. KunanlanTerengganuNegeri SembilanShahrul Azhar TureLionsXIISabahMohd Fazliata TaibKelantanKedahAhmad Jihad IsmailSabahKuala LumpurMohd Reithaudin Awang EmranTerengganuSabahBojan PetrićLionsXIIT-Team
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result DateFrancis Doe Forkey Terengganu Sabah 6–3 Mohd Nizad Ayub Felda United Kuala Lumpur 4–0 Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt Johor FC PKNS 3–2 Hariss Harun LionsXII Sabah 9–0 Indra Putra Mahayuddin Kelantan Perak 6–0
Scoring First goal of the season: Mohd Raimi Mohd Nor for Felda United against Sabah (10 January 2012) Last goal of the season: Bobby Gonzales for Sabah against Negeri Sembilan (14 July 2012) Fastest goal of the season: 33 Seconds – Arthuro Henrique Bernhardt for Johor FC against T-Team (17 March 2012) First own goal of the season: 41 Minutes – Aiman Syazwan Abdullah of Kuala Lumpur for LionsXII (17 January 2012) Widest winning margin: 9 goals LionsXII 9–0 Sabah (16 June 2012) Highest scoring game: 9 goals Terengganu 6–3 Sabah (17 March 2012) LionsXII 9–0 Sabah (16 June 2012) Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 9 goals LionsXII 9–0 Sabah (16 June 2012) Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 3 goals Terengganu 6–3 Sabah (17 March 2012) Widest away winning margin: 4 goals Kuala Lumpur 0–4 Felda United (13 April 2012) Sabah 0–4 PKNS (19 June 2012) Kuala Lumpur 2 – 4 Sabah (30 June 2012) Most goals scored by an away team: 4 goals PKNS 1–4 Sarawak (31 March 2012) T-Team 1–4 PKNS (6 April 2012) Kuala Lumpur 0–4 Felda United (13 April 2012) Sabah 0–4 PKNS (19 June 2012)
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 11 Kelantan Fewest clean sheets: 1 Kuala Lumpur
See also List of Liga Super seasons 2012 Liga Premier 2012 Liga FAM 2012 Piala FA
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia RSSSF.com: Malaysia – List of Champions Liga Super results