The 2013 Liga Premier (), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2013 Liga Premier
The season was held from 7 January and concluded on 5 July 2013.
The Liga Premier champions for 2013 season was Sarawak. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2014 Liga Super.
Team changes
To Liga Premier Relegated from Liga Super Sarawak Kedah Sabah Kuala Lumpur
Promoted from Liga FAM SPA
From Liga Premier Promoted to Liga Super ATM Pahang
Relegated to Liga FAM MB Johor Bahru
Team withdrawing MP Muar USM MB Johor Bahru
Name changes Johor FA were merge with Johor FC and renamed to Johor (later as JDT II) and relocated to Pasir Gudang, Johor.
Teams A total of twelve teams will contest the league. The teams competing includes the sides finishing 3rd to 6th from the 2012 Liga Premier season, Harimau Muda B who will stay in the league regardless of league position, the champion of 2012 Malaysia FAM League, and the bottom team from the 2012 Liga Super season. The remaining 5 places in the league will be contested in the playoff round between teams from Liga Super, Liga Premier and FAM League.
FAM later decided to withdraw Harimau Muda B from the league and register them in the 2013 S.League, replacing Harimau Muda A who pulled out of the S.League to embark on a tour of friendly matches in Europe, and preparing them for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Perlis, who originally were relegated after finishing second bottom in 2012 Liga Premier, were reinstated in the league as a result of the withdrawal.
Kuala Lumpur were relegated from 2012 Liga Super after finishing the season in the last place of the 14-team league table. Sarawak, Kedah and Sabah were also relegated after losing in the play-offs.
2012 Malaysia FAM League champions SPA secured direct promotion to this season Liga Premier. Meanwhile UiTM, the 3rd-place team in FAM League, were invited to replace USM FC, who were withdrawing from Liga Premier due to financial difficulties.
Team summaries
Stadium Team Team Based Stadium Location Stadium Stadium Capacity Betaria Tampin Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium Johor Johor Bahru Pasir Gudang Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Kedah Alor Star Alor Star Darulaman Stadium Perlis Kangar Kangar Utama Negeri Stadium Sabah Kota Kinabalu Kota Kinabalu Likas Stadium Sarawak Kuching Kuching Sarawak Stadium Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur KLFA Stadium PDRM Kuala Lumpur Paya Rumput Hang Jebat Stadium Pos Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Selayang Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Sime Darby Kuala Lumpur Selayang Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium SPA Putrajaya Bangi Petronas Mini Stadium UiTM Selangor Shah Alam UiTM Stadium
Personnel and sponsoring
Team Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorBetaria Azuan Zain Muhd Shahrul Nizam Abdul HamidAdidasJohor Azmi Mohamed Mohd Farid RamliKappaIskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)Kedah Marijo Tot Baddrol BakhtiarLine 7PKNKKuala Lumpur Stanislav Lievkosky Azizon Abdul KadirKronosRising Sun Travel & ToursPerlis Yunus Alif Emmanuel OkineWarriorsPDRM R. Nalathamby Mohd Afif AmiruddinLine 7Pos Malaysia G. Torairaju Abdullah YusoffKappaPos MalaysiaSabah David McCreery Rhys WestonAdidasGrace OneSarawak Robert Alberts Mohd Shahrol SaperiStarsportsNAIM Holdings BerhadSime Darby Ismail Zakaria KappaSime DarbySPA Mohd Nizam Jamil Sazali SuwandiKappaUiTM Azman Eusoff UmbroMinistry of Higher Education
Coaching changes
Pre-season Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointmentKuala Lumpur Razip Ismail13 November 2012Signed by Harimau Muda B Stanislav Lievkosky4 December 2012
Foreign players
Club Visa 1 Visa 2 Asian Players Betaria Tomáš Chovanec Hillary Echesa None Johor Muriel Orlando Ezaquiel Gallegos None Kedah Nelson San Martín Alen Guć None Kuala Lumpur Kalle Sone None Perlis Denny Antwi Emmanuel Okine None PDRM Edrisar Kaye Mohamadou Sumareh None Pos Malaysia None None None Sabah Abdulfatah Safi Koh Traore None Sarawak Guy Bwele Muamer Salibasic None Sime Darby Karlo Primorac Togaba Kontiwa Komlan None SPA Joël Tchami Eddy Viator None UiTM Koforowola Hameed Adewumi None None
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Bobby GonzalesSarawak202 Muriel OrlandoJohor173 Koh TraoreSabah154 Mohd Saufi IbrahimPos Malaysia125 Mohd Khyril Muhymeen ZambriKedah9 Mohd Farid IderisJohor96 Khairul Izuan AbdullahPDRM87 Muhd Khairul Akhyar HussainPDRM78 Alen GućKedah6
Own goals RankPlayerForClubGoals1 Marlon Alex jamesSPAPDRM
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: Fewest clean sheets:
See also List of Liga Premier seasons 2013 Liga Super 2013 Malaysia FAM League 2013 Piala FA
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia