2013 Malaysia Premier League

Malaysia Premier League

Season	2013
Champions	Sarawak FA
Promoted	Sarawak FA Sime Darby FC
Relegated	Kuala Lumpur FA Betaria FC
Matches played	113
Goals scored	349 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorer	Karlo Primorac (24 goals)
Biggest home win	Sarawak FA 7–0 Betaria FC (17 May 2013)
Biggest away win	Kuala Lumpur FA 0–5 Sime Darby FC (17 May 2013)
Highest scoring	8 goals UiTM FC 3-5 Sarawak FA (26 April 2013)
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The 2013 Malaysia Premier League (also known as Astro Liga Super Malaysia 2013 in Malay and the Astro Malaysia Premier League due to the sponsorship from Astro) is the 10th season of the Malaysia Premier League since its rebranding from the previous format.

The league is currently the second-level football league of Malaysia. Armed Forces are the reigning 2012 Malaysia Premier League champions and currently play in the top flight of Malaysian football, Malaysia Super League.

Changes from last season

Team changes

To Premier League

Promoted from FAM League

• Putrajaya SPA FC

Relegated from Super League

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

From Premier League

Promoted to Super League

• Angkatan Tentera Malaysia
• Pahang FA

Relegated to FAM League

• MBJB FC

Team withdrawing

• MP Muar FC
• Penang USM FC
• MBJB FC

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league. The teams competing includes the sides finishing 3rd to 6th from the 2012 Malaysia Premier League season, Harimau Muda B who will stay in the league regardless of league position, the champion of 2012 Malaysia FAM League, and the bottom team from the 2012 Malaysia Super League season. The remaining 5 places in the league will be contested in the playoff round between teams from Super League, Premier League and FAM League.

FAM later decided to withdraw Harimau Muda B from the league and register them in the 2013 S.League, replacing Harimau Muda A who pulled out of the S.League to embark on a tour of friendly matches in Europe, and preparing them for the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Perlis FA, who originally were relegated after finishing second bottom in 2012 Malaysia Premier League, were reinstated in the league as a result of the withdrawal.

Federal Territory FA (formerly known as Kuala Lumpur FA), were relegated from 2012 Malaysia Super League after finishing the season in the last place of the 14-team league table. Sarawak FA, Kedah FA and Sabah FA were also relegated after losing in the play-offs.

2012 Malaysia FAM League champions Putrajaya SPA FC secured direct promotion to this season Malaysia Premier League. Meanwhile UiTM FC, the 3rd-place team in FAM League, were invited to replace USM FC, who were withdrawing from Premier League due to financial difficulties.

• Kuala Lumpur FA¹
• Sarawak FA²
• Kedah FA²
• Sabah FA²
• Sime Darby FC
• Johor FA
• Perlis FA
• PDRM FA
• Pos FC³
• Betaria FC
• Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC⁴
• UiTM FC⁴

Note:

1. Relegated from 2012 Malaysia Super League
2. Losers of 2013 Malaysia Super League/Malaysia Premier League Play-off round
3. Winners of 2013 Malaysia Premier League/Malaysia FAM League Play-off round
4. Promoted from 2012 Malaysia FAM League

Team summaries

Stadium

Estimated capacity

Team	Team Based	Stadium Location	Stadium	Stadium Capacity
Betaria FC	Tampin	Paya Rumput	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Johor FA	Johor Bahru	Pasir Gudang	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium	15,000
Kedah FA	Alor Star	Alor Star	Darulaman Stadium	32,387
Perlis FA	Kangar	Kangar	Utama Negeri Stadium	20,000
Sabah FA	Kota Kinabalu	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	30,000
Sarawak FA	Kuching	Kuching	Sarawak Stadium	40,000
Kuala Lumpur FA	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium	18,000
PDRM FA	Kuala Lumpur	Paya Rumput	Hang Jebat Stadium	40,000
Pos FC	Kuala Lumpur	Selayang	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium	25,000
Sime Darby FC	Kuala Lumpur	Selayang	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium	25,000
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC	Putrajaya	Bangi	Petronas Mini Stadium	3,000
UiTM FC	Selangor	Shah Alam	UiTM Stadium	10,000

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Betaria FC	Azuan Zain	Muhd Shahrul Nizam Abdul Hamid	Adidas
Johor FA	Azmi Mohamed	Mohd Farid Ramli	Kappa	Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)
Kedah FA	Marijo Tot	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Line 7	PKNK
Kuala Lumpur FA	Stanislav Lievkosky	Azizon Abdul Kadir	Kronos	Rising Sun Travel & Tours
Perlis FA	Yunus Alif	Emmanuel Okine	Warriors
PDRM FA	R. Nalathamby	Mohd Afif Amiruddin	Line 7
Pos FC	G. Torairaju	Abdullah Yusoff	Kappa	Pos Malaysia
Sabah FA	David McCreery	Rhys Weston	Adidas	Grace One
Sarawak FA	Robert Alberts	Mohd Shahrol Saperi	Starsports	NAIM Holdings Berhad
Sime Darby FC	Ismail Zakaria		Kappa	Sime Darby
Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Awam FC	Mohd Nizam Jamil	Sazali Suwandi	Kappa
UiTM FC	Azman Eusoff		Umbro	Ministry of Higher Education

Coaching changes

Pre-season

Club	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Kuala Lumpur FA	Razip Ismail	13 November 2012[1]	Signed by Harimau Muda B	Stanislav Lievkosky	4 December 2012

Foreign players

Club	Visa 1	Visa 2	Asian Players
Betaria FC	Tomáš Chovanec	Hillary Echesa	None
Johor FA	Muriel Orlando	Ezaquiel Gallegos	None
Kedah FA	Nelson San Martín	Alen Guć	None
Kuala Lumpur FA	Kalle Sone		None
Perlis FA	Denny Antwi	Emmanuel Okine	None
PDRM FA	Edrisar Kaye	Mohamadou Sumareh	None
Pos Malaysia FC	None	None	None
Sabah FA	Abdulfatah Safi	Koh Traore	None
Sarawak FA	Guy Bwele	Muamer Salibasic	None
Sime Darby FC	Karlo Primorac	Togaba Kontiwa Komlan	None
Putrajaya SPA FC	Joël Tchami	Eddy Viator	None
UiTM FC	Koforowola Hameed Adewumi	None	None

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sarawak FA (C) (P)	22	18	4	0	49	12	+37	58	Promotion to 2014 Malaysia Super League
2	Sime Darby FC (P)	22	17	3	2	51	12	+39	54
3	Johor FA	22	14	3	5	58	23	+35	45
4	Kedah FA	22	13	3	6	38	19	+19	42
5	Sabah FA	22	9	3	10	42	46	−4	30
6	Pos Malaysia FC	22	7	6	9	24	28	−4	27
7	PDRM FA	22	7	4	11	41	39	+2	25
8	Putrajaya SPA FC	22	6	5	11	29	38	−9	23
9	UiTM FC	22	6	5	11	22	35	−13	23
10	Perlis FA	22	6	4	12	27	42	−15	22
11	Kuala Lumpur FA (R)	22	4	2	16	21	58	−37	14	Relegation to 2014 Malaysia FAM League
12	Betaria FC (R)	22	2	4	16	13	63	−50	10

Updated to games played on 05 July 2013.
Source: fam.org
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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

BET

JHR

KED

KLU

PDRM

PER

POS

SAB

SWK

SDA

SPA

UIT

BET

0–2

0–0

3–2

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–4

0–1

0–6

0–2

0–1

JHR

43–2

1–0

5–1

2–1

6–1

1–1

6–1

1–2

0–0

5–1

2–0

Kedah

36–4

2–1

3–0

4–1

1–2

1–0

3–2

1–1

1–2

2–1

1–1

Kuala Lumpur

12–2

1–3

0–1

0–4

0–2

0–3

3–2

0–1

0–5

0–0

2–1

PDRM

15–4

2–3

2–0

4–1

2–3

1–1

3–3

1–11

0–2

3–3

0–0

Perlis

17–1

0–4

0–1

0–1

3–1

1–3

1–1

1–2

0–2

1–1

1–1

POS

14–0

0–2

1–5

3–2

0–1

0–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

Sabah

46–1

3–2

0–2

3–1

5–3

3–2

1–2

1–2

1–5

2–1

3–1

SWK

61–0

8–2

4–0

8–0

7–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

6–0

7–1

10–0

Sime Darby

53–0

1–0

2–1

5–1

3–2

4–1

2–0

3–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

Putrajaya SPA

10–3

1–3

1–2

1–3

1–0

4–2

1–0

2–4

1–1

1–0

0–1

UiTM

13–1

2–2

0–2

3–1

0–2

2–0

1–1

2–0

3–5

0–2

1–2

Updated to games played on 05 July 2013.
Source: Stadium Astro
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.

Season statistics

Top scorers As of 22 May 2013 [2] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Bobby Gonzales Sarawak FA 20 2 Muriel Orlando Johor FA 17 3 Koh Traore Sabah FA 15 4 Mohd Saufi Ibrahim Pos Malaysia FC 12 5 Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri Kedah FA 9 Mohd Farid Ideris Johor FA 9 6 Khairul Izuan Abdullah PDRM FA 8 7 Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain PDRM FA 7 8 Alen Guć Kedah FA 6 Own goals Rank Player For Club Goals 1 Marlon Alex james SPA FC PDRM FA Clean sheets Most clean sheets: Fewest clean sheets: Champions Champions Sarawak FA 1st Title See also Malaysia Premier League seasons 2013 Malaysia Super League 2013 Malaysia FAM League 2013 Malaysia FA Cup References http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item890479/Razip-dilantik-jurulatih-Harimau-Muda-B/ "Super League 2013 - Goal Scorers". Malaysia Super League. Retrieved 13 August 2011. External links Football Association of Malaysia Malaysian Football League Video and Highlight History of football in Malaysia SoccerDB: Malaysia Premier League News Football Malaysia Sokernet Sokerleaks