Season 2012 Dates 10 Jan 2012 – 14 Jul 2012 Location Malaysia Matches played 182 | Champions Kelantan FA Champion Kelantan FA Goals scored 489 | |
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AFC Cup Kelantan FA
Selangor FA Top goalscorer 15 goals
Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona (Negeri Sembilan FA)
Francis Doe Forkey (Terengganu FA) Biggest home win Lions XII 9–0 Sabah FA
(16 June 2012) Biggest away win Kuala Lumpur FA 0–4 Felda United FC
(13 April 2012)Sabah FA 0–4 PKNS FC
(19 June 2012) Kuala Lumpur FA 2 – 4 Sabah FA
(30 June 2012) Relegated Sarawak FA, Kedah FA, Sabah FA, Kuala Lumpur FA Similar 2014 Malaysia Super Le, 2013 Malaysia Super Le, 2015 Malaysia Super Le, 2011 Malaysia Super Le, 2016 Malaysia Cup | ||
The 2012 Astro Malaysia Super League (also known as Astro Liga Super Malaysia 2012 in Malay and the Astro Malaysia Super League due to the sponsorship from Astro) is the 9th season of the highest Malaysian football league since its inception in 2004. Fourteen teams participated in the league, eleven state teams and three club teams, with Kelantan FA as the defending champions. The season will begin on 10 January 2012 and will conclude on 14 July 2012.
Contents
- Teams
- Stadium changes
- Foreign players
- Results
- Round table
- PromotionRelegation
- Scoring
- Clean sheets
- References
Astro, The Malaysian satellite television company will continue its participation as the competition's main sponsor.
Teams
A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including eleven sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 2011 Malaysia Premier League. Singapore Lions of Singapore will also participate in the 2012 season, replacing Harimau Muda A.
Perlis FA and Pahang FA were relegated at the end of the 2011 Super League Malaysia after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.
2011 Malaysia Premier League champions PKNS FC and runners-up Sarawak FA secured direct promotion to the Super League.
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 Malaysia Super League, Harimau Muda A will take the Young Lions position in the S. League. Young Lions was later replaced by a new team, named Lions XII that will replace the former under-23 football team.
* – Lions XII (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 Malaysia Premier League
Stadium changes
Foreign players
Note:
Results
Fixtures and Results of the Malaysia Super League 2012 season.
Round table
Updated to games played on 14 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.
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 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.