2012 Malaysia Super League
The 2012 Liga Super, also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, was the ninth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from 10 January and concluded on 14 July 2012.
The Liga Super champions for 2012 was Kelantan.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division.To Malaysia Super League
Promoted from Premier Leagueinvited team
- LionsXII
From Malaysia Super League
Exchanged with Lions XII to S. League
- Harimau Muda A
Teams
Perlis and Pahang were relegated at the end of the 2011 Liga Super after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.
2011 Liga Premier champions PKNS and runners-up Sarawak secured direct promotion to the Liga Super.
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 Liga Super, Harimau Muda A will take the Young Lions position in the S. League. Young Lions was later replaced by a new team, named LionsXII that will replace the former under-23 football team.
- Felda United
- Johor FC
- Kedah
- Kelantan
- Kuala Lumpur
- Negeri Sembilan
- Perak
- PKNS¹
- Sabah
- Sarawak¹
- Selangor
- LionsXII*
- T-Team
- Terengganu
- – LionsXII
Team summaries
Stadium
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Felda United | Kuala Lumpur | Hang Jebat Stadium | 35,000 |
| Johor FC | Pasir Gudang | Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium | 15,000 |
| Kedah | Alor Setar | Darul Aman Stadium | 32,387 |
| Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium | 25,000 |
| Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur | Hang Jebat Stadium | 35,000 |
| Negeri Sembilan | Paroi | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 40,000 |
| T-Team | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
| PKNS | Petaling Jaya | Petaling Jaya Stadium | 25,000 |
| Sabah | Kota Kinabalu | Likas Stadium | 35,000 |
| Sarawak | Kuching | Sarawak State Stadium | 26,000 |
| Selangor | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,372 |
| LionsXII | Jalan Besar | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 |
| Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
Stadium changes
- Selangor home stadium was originally the Shah Alam Stadium, but Selangor changed it into the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil after the Shah Alam stadium was being repaired and renovated.
- * The KLFA Stadium was closed down for repairs, meaning both Felda United and Kuala Lumpur were forced to move their home stadiums to the Hang Jebat Stadium which is located in Malacca. The stadium will also be the only venue that will be played at daylight, rather than playing in the night.
- Terengganu had shared stadiums with fellow team neighbours, T-Team since 2011 after the roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium. However, on 19 December 2011, The Terengganu Menteri Besar, Ahmad Said announced that the stadium will undergo repairs and maybe will be usable for Terengganu halfway through the league.
Personnel and sponsoring
Coaching changes
Pre-season
In season
Sponsorship changes
Foreign players
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Former Player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Felda United |  League tableResultsFixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season.Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17Week 18Week 19
Week 21Week 22
Week 24
Week 26
Play-offsPromotion/RelegationThe 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 Liga Super will be reduced to 12 teams from 14 teams this season. Team that finished 11th in the Liga Super, Sarawak will meet second placed team in Liga Premier, Pahang while team that finished 12th in the Liga Super, Kedah will meet team that finished 13th in the Liga Super, Sabah. 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 Season statisticsTop scorers
Own goalsHat-tricksScoring
|