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2012 Malaysia Premier League

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Season
  
2012

Promoted
  
ATM FAPahang FA

Champion
  
ATM FA

Matches played
  
132

Champions
  
ATM FA

Start date
  
2012

Goals scored
  
505

Relegated
  
Perlis FA, MBJB F.C.

2012 Malaysia Premier League

Top goalscorer
  
27 goalsKhairul Izuan Abdullah (PDRM FA)

Biggest home win
  
Armed Forces FA 7-0 Perlis FA(18 June 2012)Armed Forces FA 8-1 Muar FC(6 July 2012)

Biggest away win
  
Betaria FC 0-7 Armed Forces FA(16 April 2012)

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2011 Malaysia Premier League

The 2012 Malaysia Premier League (also known as Astro Liga Super Malaysia 2012 in Malay and the Astro Premier League Malaysia due to the sponsorship from Astro) is the 9th season of the Malaysia Premier League since its rebranding from the previous format.

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The league is currently the second-level football league of Malaysia. PKNS FC are the reigning 2011 Malaysia Premier League champions and currently play in the top flight of Malaysian football, Malaysia Super League.

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2011 Malaysia Premier League season, two newly promoted teams from 2011 Malaysia FAM League and two relegated teams from the 2011 Malaysia Super League season.

Pahang FA and Perlis FA were relegated from 2011 Malaysia Super League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.

2011 Malaysia FAM League champions Betaria FC and runner-up Johor Bahru FC secured direct promotion to this season Malaysia Premier League.

  • ATM FA
  • Betaria FC1
  • Harimau Muda B
  • Johor FA
  • Johor Bahru FC1
  • Muar FC
  • Pahang FA2
  • Perlis FA2
  • PDRM FA
  • Pos Malaysia FC
  • Sime Darby FC
  • USM FC

    • Note:
    1Promoted from 2011 Malaysia FAM League
    2Relegated from 2011 Malaysia Super League

    Stadia

    Note:

  • + estimated capacity,maybe more or less
  • 1 Betaria FC currently using Hang Tuah Stadium in Malacca, Malacca
  • 2 Pahang FA currently using Temerloh Mini Stadium in Temerloh, Pahang
  • 3 Police FA currently using Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
  • 4 Both Johor FA and Johor Bahru FC used Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium in Pasir Gudang 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 FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

    Nike has produced a new match ball, named the T90 Tracer, which will be electric blue, black and white and also a high-visibility version in yellow. Additionally, Lotto will provide officials with new kits in black, yellow, and red for the season.

    League table

    Updated to games played on 13 July 2012.
    Source: Malaysia Premier League
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
    (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
    Only applicable when the season is not finished:
    (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
     Note:

  • * Harimau Muda B will not be relegated,thus if they finish anywhere within relegation zone,the 7th place team will be demoted to 2013 Malaysia Premier League/Malaysia FAM League Play-off round.They also cannot be promoted to 2013 Malaysia Super League.

    • Results

    Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Premier League 2012 season.

    Round Table

    Updated to games played on 13 July 2012.
    Source: Malaysia Super League
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

    Super League/Premier League

    The play-off matches to determine promotion and relegation will be held at Hang Tuah Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca from 17 July to 19 July 2012, as next season Super League will be reduced to 12 teams from 14 teams this season. Team that finished 11th in the Super League, Sarawak FA will meet second placed team in Premier League, Pahang FA while team that finished 12th in the Super League, Kedah FA will meet team that finished 13th in the Super League, Sabah FA. The winner of both semi-final match will meet in the final to determine who will stay in the 2013 Malaysia Super League. The winner will stay in the Super League; the other 3 teams will be relegated to 2013 Malaysia Premier League.

    Semi Final 1
    Semi Final 2
    Final

    Premier League/FAM League

    The play-off matches to determine promotion and relegation was held at Hang Tuah Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium, Malacca on 17 July 2012. Team that finished 7th in the Premier League, Pos Malaysia FC met second placed team in FAM League, Shahzan Muda FC, while team that finished 9th in the Premier League, Muar Municipal Council FC met team that finished 10th in the Premier League, Betaria FC. The winner of both matches stay in the Premier League; the losing teams will be relegated to 2013 Malaysia FAM League.

    Pos Malaysia FC and Muar Municipal Council FC won their respective matches and thus stay in Premier League next season. Losing teams are Shahzan Muda FC and Betaria FC; both will play in FAM League next season. Later, as a result of Muar Municipal Council FC decision to pull out of the league, another play-off match was arranged between Betaria FC and UiTM FC, the 3rd place club in the FAM League. Betaria won the match and retained their place in the Premier League.

    Match 1
    Match 2
    Match 3

    References

    2012 Malaysia Premier League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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