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
From Malaysia Super League
Relegated to Premier LeagueExchanged with Lions XII to S. League
Teams
A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including eleven sides from the 2011 season and two promoted teams from the 2011 Liga Premier. Singapore Lions of Singapore will also participate in the 2012 season, replacing Harimau Muda A.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
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.
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 8Week 16Week 191 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Kelantan FA venue at Kota Bharu at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.Week 221 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Sabah FA venue at Kota Kinabalu at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.Week 241 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Selangor FA venue at Shah Alam at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.Week 261 The venue was changed from Kuala Lumpur FA original venue at Hang Jebat Stadium, Melaka to Perak FA venue at Ipoh at the request of Kuala Lumpur FA.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 scorersScoring
Clean sheets
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