The 2012 Liga Premier ( en, 2012 Premier League), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season of the

Liga Premier The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier Leag ...

, the second-tier professional

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league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2012.html 2012 Liga Premier The season was held from 11 January and concluded on 23 July 2012. The

champions for 2012 season was ATM. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2013 Liga Super.

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the

2011 Liga Premier The 2011 Liga Premier ( en, 2011 Premier League) is the eighth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2011.html 2011 Liga Premier The season was held from 31 January ...

season, two newly promoted teams from 2011 Liga FAM and two relegated teams from the

2011 Liga Super The 2011 Liga Super Malaysia ( en, 2011 Malaysia Super League) is the eighth season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2011.html 2011 Liga Super The season was h ...

season.

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

and

Perlis Perlis, ( Northern Malay: ''Peghelih''), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it borders the Thai provinces o ...

were relegated from

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. * Flag of the Malaysian Armed Forces

ATM * Betaria¹ *

Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premi ...

³ *

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* MB Johor Bahru¹ * MP Muar *

² *

PDRM *

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* USM Note:
¹Promoted from 2011 Liga FAM
²Relegated from

Harimau Muda Harimau Muda is a former Malaysia national under-22 football team. The squad is the feeder team for senior national football team. The club is managed by the Football Association of Malaysia. After winning the Premier League in 2009, the cl ...

, the national team feeder project team was replaced fully with

for this season

Team summaries

Stadia

Note: * ⁺ estimated capacity * ¹ Betaria currently using

Hang Tuah Stadium Stadium Hang Tuah or Stadium Kubu ( en, Hang Tuah Stadium or Kubu Stadium) is a multi-use stadium in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia.http://www.stadiummelaka.gov.my/index.php/stadium-hang-tuah/ Stadium Hang Tuah The stadium has a capacity of 15 ...

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* ²

currently using Temerloh Mini Stadium in

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* ³ PDRM currently using

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium The Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium (STAR; Malay: ''Stadium Tuanku Abdul Rahman''), also known by its informal name Stadium Paroi and nickname The STAR of Paroi, is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is currently used ...

Paroi Paroi is an area in Seremban District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is the eastern suburb of the city of Seremban, comprising many housing estates and villages. Numerous sport facilities are built in Paroi, especially the state stadium, the T ...

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* ⁴ Both

and MB Johor Bahru used

Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium The Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium ( Malay: Stadium Perbadanan Pasir Gudang) is a multi-use stadium in Pasir Gudang, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia. It has both an indoor stadium and an outdoor stadium within its compound. The outdoor ...

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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

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will provide officials with new kits in black, yellow, and red for the season.

Coaching changes

League table

Results

Fixtures and Results of the 2012 Liga Premier season.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Note: *The

- 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

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

and

was changed from

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil The Bukit Jalil National Stadium ( Malay: Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil) in Bukit Jalil, located in the National Sports Complex to the south of the city centre of Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur, is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium and ...

UiTM Stadium Stadium UiTM is a stadium located at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Its capacity is 10,000. The stadium was built for Universiti Teknologi MARA and the UiTM Football Club. SPA FC and Selangor F.C. also had used the stadium as their interim hom ...

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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

and

Hang Jebat Stadium The Hang Jebat Stadium ( ms, Stadium Hang Jebat) is a multi-purpose stadium with a capacity of 40,000 people in Krubong/ Paya Rumput, Malacca, Malaysia. It was completed in September 2004 and named after a Malacca Sultanate Laksamana, Hang Jeb ...

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 Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...

will meet second placed team in Liga Premier,

while team that finished 12th in the Liga Super,

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will meet team that finished 13th in the Liga Super,

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. 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

and

on 17 July 2012. Team that finished 7th in the Liga Premier,

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 MARA Technological University ( Malay: ''Universiti Teknologi MARA''; Jawi: اونيۏرسيتي تيكنولوڬي مارا; abbr. UiTM) is a public university based primarily in Shah Alam, Selangor. It was established to help rural Mala ...

, 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

Clean sheets

*Most

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: 4 ** ATM *Fewest clean sheets: 0 ** MB Johor Bahru **

** MP Muar

Foreign players

Note: * ^* Harimau Muda B will not be permitted any foreign player as the team represents the

Malaysia national under-19 football team Malaysia national under-19 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-19 or Malaysia U-19) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as an ...

References

External links

Football Association of Malaysia2012 Liga Premier statistics
{{Liga Premier Malaysia Premier League seasons 2

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