2012 in Malaysian football

The 2012 season was the 33rd season of competitive football in Malaysia.

Football in Malaysia

Season	2012
Men's football
Super League	Kelantan
Premier League	ATM
FAM League	KL SPA
FA Cup	Kelantan
Malaysia Cup	Kelantan
Community Shield	Negeri Sembilan
← 2011 2013 →

The season began in January 2012 for the FAM League, Premier League and Super League.

Promotion and relegation (pre-season)

Teams relegated from Super League

• Sarawak FA
• Kedah FA
• Sabah FA
• Kuala Lumpur FA

Teams promoted to Super League

• Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
• Pahang FA

Teams relegated from Premier League

• Betaria FC
• Perlis FA
• MBJB FC

Teams promoted to Premier League

• Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC

Honours

Trophy and league champions

Competition	Winner	Details	At	Match Report
FA Cup	Kelantan FA	Kelantan FA beat Sime Darby FC 1–0	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Report
Super League	Kelantan FA
Premier League	Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
FAM League	Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC
Charity Cup	Negeri Sembilan FA	Negeri Sembilan FA beat Kelantan FA 2–1	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Report

National teams competitions

Men's senior team

Further information: Malaysia national football team results

Malaysia  v Kelantan FA

1 February Friendly^1	Malaysia	5 – 0	Kelantan FA	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Asraruddin  36' Shahurain  42' S. Kunanlan  65' Abdul Hadi  78' Izuan  90'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Attendance: 30,000

Sabah FA v  Malaysia

24 February Friendly^1	Sabah FA	0 – 1	Malaysia	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
		Report	Amar  79'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 35,000

Philippines  v  Malaysia

29 February Friendly	Philippines	1 – 1	Malaysia	Manila, Philippines
	Wolf  34'	Report	Shakir  90+1'	Stadium: Rizal Memorial Stadium Attendance: 11,000

Sarawak FA v  Malaysia

24 March Friendly^1	Sarawak FA	1 – 1	Malaysia	Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
	Joël  68'	Report	Venice  65'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium

Malaysia  v  Sri Lanka

28 April Friendly	Malaysia	6 – 0	Sri Lanka	Selangor, Malaysia[1]
	Wan Zack Haikal  25', 26' Hazwan  73', 83', 90' Azamuddin  86'	Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Malaysia  v Felda United FC

28 May Friendly^1	Malaysia	2 – 1	Felda United FC	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Shahurain  14' Amar  70'	Report	Abdul Ghani  88'	Stadium: Wisma FAM Attendance: 30

Malaysia  v  Philippines

1 June Friendly	Malaysia	0 – 0	Philippines	Selangor, Malaysia[2]
		Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 10,000

Singapore  v  Malaysia

8 June Friendly	Singapore	2 – 2	Malaysia	Kallang, Singapore[3]
	Shahdan  87' Qiu Li  90+3'	Report	Azamuddin  43' Safiq  60'	Stadium: Jalan Besar Stadium Referee: Ng Kai Lam (Hong Kong)

Malaysia  v  Singapore

12 June Friendly	Malaysia	2 – 0	Singapore	Selangor, Malaysia[3]
	Shakir  19' Safiq  61'	Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Teetichai Nualjan (Thailand)

Malaysia  v  Vietnam

11 September Friendly	Malaysia	0 – 2	Vietnam	Shah Alam, Malaysia
		Report	Lê Công Vinh  32' Phan Thanh Hưng  48'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Mohd Yussof Mat Karim (Malaysia)

Malaysia  v  Cambodia

20 September Friendly^1	Malaysia	3 – 0	Cambodia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
	Safee Sali  51' Zaquan Adha  62' 76'	Report		Stadium: Wisma FAM

Malaysia  v PDRM FA

12 October Friendly^1	Malaysia	6 – 0	PDRM FA	Selangor, Malaysia
	Safee  7', 56' Wan Zack Haikal  28', 41' Kunalan  72' Azamuddin  88'	Report		Stadium: Wisma FAM Attendance: 30

Hong Kong  v  Malaysia

16 October Friendly	Hong Kong	0 – 3	Malaysia	Mong Kok, Hong Kong
		Report	Safee  59' Safiq  82' Fakri  90+2'	Stadium: Mong Kok Stadium

Malaysia  v PDRM FA

30 October Friendly^1	Malaysia	4 – 0	PDRM FA	Selangor, Malaysia
	Safee  30' Safiq  45 pen', 86' Wan Zack Haikal  63'	Report		Stadium: Wisma FAM

Vietnam  v  Malaysia

3 November Friendly	Vietnam	1 – 0	Malaysia	Hanoi, Vietnam
	Nguyen Trong Hoang  74'	Report		Stadium: My Dinh National Stadium

Thailand  v  Malaysia

7 November Friendly	Thailand	2 – 0	Malaysia	Nonthaburi, Thailand
	Prayad Boonya  26' Arthit Sunthornpit  81'			Stadium: SCG Stadium Referee: Chaiya Mahapab (Thailand)

Malaysia  v  Hong Kong

14 November Friendly	Malaysia	1 – 1	Hong Kong	Shah Alam, Malaysia
20:45	Safee  58'		Lam Hok Hei  88'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malaysia)

Malaysia  v  Bangladesh

20 November Friendly	Malaysia	1 – 1	Bangladesh	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:45	Khyril  22'	Report	Ameli  83' (pen.)	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Malaysia  v  Singapore

25 November 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	Malaysia	0 – 3	Singapore	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[4]
20:00 UTC+8		Report	Shahril  32', 38' Đurić  75'	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Laos  v  Malaysia

28 November 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	Laos	1 – 4	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[4]
20:00 UTC+8	Sihavong  38'	Report	Safiq  15' Safee  67' Wan  76' Khyril  80'	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Referee: Fan Qi (China PR)

Malaysia  v  Indonesia

1 December 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	Malaysia	2 – 0	Indonesia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[4]
20:00 UTC+8	Azamuddin  27' Mahali  30'	Report		Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Malaysia  v  Thailand

9 December 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	Malaysia	1 – 1	Thailand	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[4]
19:00 UTC+7	Norshahrul  48'	Report	Teerasil  78'	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Thailand  v  Malaysia

13 December 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup	Thailand	2 – 0	Malaysia	Bangkok, Thailand[4]
19:00 UTC+7	Teerasil  60' Theeraton  65'	Report		Stadium: Supachalasai Stadium Referee: Lee Min-Hu (South Korea)

• ¹ Non FIFA 'A' international match

League XI

Further information: Malaysia League XI

Arsenal v  Malaysia

24 July Friendly^XI	Arsenal	2 – 1	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[5]
21:45 UTC+08:00	Eisfield  87' Aneke  90'	Report	Azmi  45+2'	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Indonesia  v Malaysia XI

27 July Friendly^XI	Indonesia	0 – 6	Malaysia XI	Jakarta, Indonesia
21:00 UTC+07:00			Hazwan  11' Kubala  13' (pen.) Azrif  31' Amri  34'  45' Shukor  62'	Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium Attendance: 0

Manchester City v  Malaysia

30 July Friendly^XI	Manchester City	3 – 1	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[6]
21:45 UTC+08:00	Agüero  17' Tevez  48' Johnson  52'	Report	Azamuddin  87'	Stadium: National Stadium, Bukit Jalil

Men's under-23 team

Further information: Malaysia national under-23 football team

Cambodia  v  Malaysia

14 January Friendly	Cambodia	0 – 1	Malaysia	Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
		Report	Izuan  43'

Malaysia  v Selangor FA

31 January Friendly	Malaysia	0 – 0	Selangor FA	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
20:30 UTC+08:00		Report

Bahrain  v  Malaysia

5 February 2012 Summer Olympics qualification Third Round	Bahrain	2 – 1	Malaysia	Al Ahli Stadium, Manama
18:30 UTC+3	Al Alawi  25' Farhan  88'	Report	Hazwan  76'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abdulrahman Hussain (Qatar)

Malaysia  v  Japan

22 February 2012 Summer Olympics qualification Third Round	Malaysia	0 – 4	Japan	National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
20:00 UTC+8		Report	Sakai  35' Osako  44' Haraguchi  55' Saito  60'	Attendance: 14,205 Referee: Mohamed Abdelkarim Al-Zarooni (United Arab Emirates)

Syria  v  Malaysia

14 March 2012 Summer Olympics qualification Third Round	Syria	3 – 0	Malaysia	King Abdullah Stadium, Amman
13:00 UTC+2	Mardigian  48', 68' Al Soma  80'	Report		Attendance: 600 Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran)

Ferencvárosi TC v  Malaysia

23 May Friendly	Ferencvárosi TC	5 – 0	Malaysia	Stadion Albert Flórián, Budapest, Hungary
	Syazwan  23' (o.g.) Jovanović  39' Oláh  47', 68' Nyilasi  86' (pen.)	Report

Brazil XI v  Malaysia

27 May Friendly	Brazil XI	2 – 2	Malaysia	Béke téri Stadion, Hungary
16:00 UTC+02:00	? ?	Report	Azrif  ?' Hazwan  53'

Budapest Honvéd FC v  Malaysia

30 May Friendly	Budapest Honvéd FC	0 – 0	Malaysia	Bozsik Stadion, Budapest, Hungary
16:00 UTC+02:00

Dukla Banská Bystrica v  Malaysia

5 June Friendly

Dukla Banská Bystrica

2 – 4

Malaysia

SNP Stadium, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

China PR  v  Malaysia

10 June Friendly	China PR	1 – 0	Malaysia	Wuhan Stadium, China
	Yang Yihu  45'

Malaysia  v  Qatar

17 June Friendly	Malaysia	2 – 0	Qatar	Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+08:00

Malaysia  v  South Korea

23 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification	Malaysia	2 – 3	South Korea	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30	Arasu  8', 62'	Report	Kim Hyun-Hun  13' Pak Kwang-Il  32' Jeong Jong-Hee  34'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

Malaysia  v  Philippines

25 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification	Malaysia	7 – 0	Philippines	Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30	Rozaimi  2', 35', 69' (pen.), 74' Fandi  32' Zaharulnizam  40' Saarvindran  90+1'	Report		Attendance: 100 Referee: Timur Faizullin (Kyrgyzstan)

Chinese Taipei  v  Malaysia

28 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification	Chinese Taipei	2 – 4	Malaysia	Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30	Lin Chang-lun  50' Wen Chih-hao  90+3'	Report	Rozaimi  8', 41' Chen Yen-jui  33' (o.g.) Saarvindran  78'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia)

Vietnam  v  Malaysia

30 June 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification	Vietnam	0 – 3	Malaysia	Bogyoke Aung San Stadium, Yangon, Burma
15:15 UTC+6:30		Report	Rozaimi  53', 90+2', 90+4'	Attendance: 100 Referee: Wang Di (China)

Malaysia  v  Myanmar

3 July 2013 AFC U-22 Championship Qualification	Malaysia	1 – 2	Myanmar	Thuwunna Stadium, Yangon, Burma
18:15 UTC+6:30	Rozaimi  90+1' (pen.)	Report	Kaung Si Thu  34', 53'	Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Ali Sabbagh (Lebanon)

Malaysia  v  Brunei

5 September Friendly	Malaysia	4 – 1	Brunei	UiTM Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia
	Thamil Arasu  8' Wan Zaharulnizam  25' Saarvindran  65' Ferris Danial  78'	Report	Julremi Zaini  43'

Indonesia  v  Malaysia

9 September 2012 SCTV Cup	Indonesia	0 – 1	Malaysia	Gelora Bung Karno, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+07:00		Report	K. Reuben  42'	Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Faulur Rosy (Indonesia)

League tables

Super League

Main article: 2012 Malaysia Super League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kelantan (C, Q)	26	18	6	2	53	18	+35	60	2013 AFC Cup group stage
2	LionsXII[lower-alpha 1]	26	15	5	6	48	23	+25	50
3	Selangor (Q)	26	12	7	7	40	26	+14	43	2013 AFC Cup group stage[lower-alpha 2]
4	Perak	26	13	3	10	40	43	−3	42
5	Terengganu	26	11	8	7	41	33	+8	41
6	Negeri Sembilan	26	10	7	9	41	38	+3	37
7	PKNS	26	8	11	7	35	35	0	35
8	T-Team	26	10	5	11	35	36	−1	35
9	Johor	26	10	5	11	29	31	−2	35
10	Felda United	26	11	2	13	25	31	−6	35
11	Sarawak (R)	26	8	6	12	28	32	−4	30	Relegation play-offs
12	Kedah (R)	26	7	7	12	27	38	−11	28
13	Sabah (R)	26	7	7	12	33	52	−19	28
14	Kuala Lumpur (R)	26	0	5	21	14	53	−39	5	Relegation to 2013 Liga Premier

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots
2. Qualified as the next highest-placed local team behind Liga Super and 2012 Piala FA winners Kelantan.

Premier League

Main article: 2012 Malaysia Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	ATM (C, P)	22	17	3	2	73	20	+53	54	Promotion to 2013 Liga Super
2	Pahang (O, P)	22	14	4	4	60	29	+31	46	Promotion to 2013 Liga Super/Liga Premier Play-off round
3	Sime Darby	22	14	3	5	54	19	+35	45
4	Johor	22	12	5	5	47	23	+24	41
5	PDRM	22	11	5	6	50	38	+12	38
6	USM	22	11	3	8	41	35	+6	36
7	Pos Malaysia (O)	22	8	6	8	32	31	+1	30	2013 Liga Premier/Liga FAM Play-off round
8	Harimau Muda B[lower-alpha 1]	22	7	3	12	33	37	−4	24
9	MP Muar	22	6	3	13	36	67	−31	21	2013 Liga Premier/Liga FAM Play-off round
10	Betaria (O)	22	6	2	14	23	59	−36	20
11	Perlis (R)	22	4	3	15	38	68	−30	15	Relegation to 2013 Liga FAM
12	MB Johor Bahru (R)	22	1	2	19	18	79	−61	5

Updated to match(es) played on 13 July 2012. Source: Liga Premier
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

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

FAM League

Main article: 2012 Malaysia FAM League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	KL SPA FC (C, P)	16	12	2	2	28	9	+19	38	Promotion to 2013 Malaysia Premier League
2	Shahzan Muda FC	16	11	1	4	30	15	+15	34	Promotion to 2013 Malaysia FAM League Play-off round
3	UiTM FC	16	10	4	2	22	9	+13	34	Promotion to 2013 Malaysia Premier League
4	PBAPP FC	16	8	3	5	27	14	+13	27
5	Tentera Darat FA	16	6	4	6	27	17	+10	22
6	Penang FA	16	6	0	10	20	24	−4	18
7	Malacca FA	16	5	1	10	20	25	−5	16
8	Melodi Jaya S.C.	16	3	3	10	12	34	−22	12
9	SDM Navy Kepala Batas FC	16	1	2	13	11	50	−39	5

Updated to match(es) played on 1 July 2012. Source: Malaysia Football Dimos
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

President Cup

The final was played at Perak Stadium, Perak on Tuesday, 26 July 2011.

Thursday, 21 June

20:45 UTC+08:00

Perak FA	1 – 0	Betaria FC
Nurridzuan  45'	Report

Perak Stadium, Perak

Attendance: 6,000

Domestic Cups

Charity Shield

The 2011 edition was played at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur on Saturday, 7 January 2012.

Saturday 7 January

20:45 UTC+08:00

Kelantan FA	1 – 2	Negeri Sembilan FA
Norshahrul  19'	Report	Effa Owona  30', 63'

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 40,000

Malaysia Charity Shield 2012 Winner
Negeri Sembilan 1st Charity Shield title

FA Cup

Further information: 2012 Malaysia FA Cup

The final was played at National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, 19 May 2011.

Saturday 19 May

20:45 UTC+08:00

Sime Darby FC	0 – 1	Kelantan FA
	Report	Ghaddar  59' (pen.)

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Malaysia FA Cup 2012 Winner
Kelantan 1st FA Cup title

Malaysia Cup

Further information: 2012 Malaysia Cup and 2012 Malaysia Cup Final

The final was played on 20 October 2012 at the Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam in Selangor, Malaysia.

Saturday 20 October

20:45 UTC+08:00

ATM FA	2 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Kelantan FA
Rezal Zambery  49' Marlon  62'		Norshahrul  44' 50' Indra Putra  96'

Shah Alam Stadium, Selangor, Malaysia

Attendance: 80,925

Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor )

2012 Malaysia Cup Winner
Kelantan 2nd title

Coaching changes

Super League

Club	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Kelantan FA	Maruthaiah Karathu	16 October 2011	Resigned	Peter James Butler	20 October 2011
Johor FC	Azuan Zain	3 November 2011	Resigned	K. Devan	3 November 2011
Terengganu FA	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim	2 November 2011	End of Contract	Mat Zan Mat Aris	4 November 2011
Selangor FA	P. Maniam	4 November 2011	End of caretaker role	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim	4 November 2011
Kelantan FA	Peter James Butler	28 February 2012	Mutual Agreement	Bojan Hodak	2 March 2012
Johor FC	K. Devan	15 April 2012	Resigned	Sazali Saidon	15 April 2012
Terengganu FA	Mat Zan Mat Aris	7 May 2012	Resigned	Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)	7 May 2012
Terengganu FA	Khalid Mohd Dahan (caretaker)	14 May 2012	End of caretaker role	Peter James Butler	14 May 2012
Sabah FA	Justin Ganai	20 June 2012	Sacked[7]	Andrew Majanggim (caretaker)	20 June 2012
Sabah FA	Andrew Majanggim (caretaker)	5 July 2012	End of caretaker role[8]	David McCreery	5 July 2012
Perak FA	Norizan Bakar	10 July 2012	Leave of Absence[9]	Jang Jung	23 July 2012
Kedah FA	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan	10 August 2012	Leave of Absence[10]	Mario Tot	10 August 2012

Premier League

Club	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Perlis FA	Abdullah Hassan	31 May 2012	Resigned	Robert Scully	5 June 2012

Transfers

Main article: List of Malaysian football transfers 2012

References

1. In the meantime, Rajagobal will prepare the team for their clash against Sri Lanka on April 28. Archived 11 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from Malaymail.com
2. PHILIPPINES-MALAYSIA REMATCH ON 1 JUNE Retrieved from ASEANfootball.com
3. Singapore and Malaysia set to meet for friendlies Retrieved at 23 March 2012
4. AFF Suzuki Cup 2012 Retrieved at 23 March 2012
5. Arsenal to visit Malaysia on summer tour Archived 26 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved at 10 April 2012 from Arsenal Football Club Official Website
6. Blues to play tour game in Malaysia Retrieved at 26 April 2012 from Manchester City Official Website
7. http://www.nst.com.my/sports/soccer/justin-is-no-longer-sabah-coach-1.96278
8. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 2012-07-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
9. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/07/20/3252527/jang-jung-appointed-interim-coach-for-perak-fa
10. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2012/08/10/3298195/croatian-tot-takes-over-as-kedahs-new-head-coach