2011 Malaysia Premier League

Astro Liga Perdana Malaysia
Season	2011
Champions	PKNS FC
Promoted	PKNS FC, Sarawak FA
Relegated	Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC, Penang FA
Matches played	132
Goals scored	370 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 goals Mohd Fitri Omar (Muar Municipal Council FC)
Biggest home win	PKNS FC 7–0 Pos Malaysia FC (18 April 2011)
Biggest away win	Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC 0–6 Harimau Muda U-19 (25 April 2011)
Highest scoring	PDRM FA 5–3 Johor FA (25 February 2011)
← 2010 2012 →

The 2011 Malaysia Premier League (also known as Astro Liga Super Malaysia 2011 in Malay and the Astro Premier League Malaysia due to the sponsorship from Astro) is the 8th season of the Premier League Malaysia since its rebranding from the previous format.

The league is currently the second-level football league of Malaysia. The season began on 31 January 2011, and will conclude on 29 July 2011. Felda United FC are the 2010 Malaysia Premier League champions and currently play in the top flight of Malaysian football, Malaysia Super League.

PKNS FC clinched the 2011 Premier League title on 20 May 2011, and first promotion spot to Super League, with a 2-0 win over Johor FA. The win gave them a 12-point unassailable lead over their nearest challenger, Sarawak FA with 3 games remaining.^[1]^[2] Sarawak themselves secured the second promotion spot after the 4-1 win over USM FC on 23 May 2011, gaining an 8-point unassailable difference over nearest rivals Sime Darby FC with 2 games remaining.^[3]

At the other end of the table, 2 Penang teams Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC and Penang FA confirms their status as two last-placed teams in Premier League, which relegates them to 2012 FAM Cup competition, subject to confirmation from FAM.

Teams

A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2010 Malaysia Premier League season, two newly promoted teams from 2010 FAM Cup League and two relegated teams from the 2010 Malaysia Super League season.

Johor FA and Penang FA were relegated from 2010 Malaysia Premier League after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. There was a plan to merge Johor FA and Johor FC so that Johor FA can still compete at the Malaysia's top league, Malaysia Super League. The plan was drop due to unknown reason.

2010 FAM Cup League Malaysia champions Sime Darby FC and runners-up Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC secured direct promotion to the Malaysia Premier League.

Pos FC,
ATM FA,
Harimau Muda B

PDRM FA

PKNS FC,
Sime Darby FC

Penang FA, Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC

Locations of the 2011 Malaysia Premier League teams

Team summaries

Stadia

Team	Location	Stadium	Stadium capacity¹
ATM FA	Selangor	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium	7004250000000000000♠25,000
Johor FA	Johor	Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
Harimau Muda U-19	Selangor	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium	7004250000000000000♠25,000
Sime Darby FC	Selangor	Petaling Jaya Stadium	7004250000000000000♠25,000
Muar Municipal Council FC	Johor	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium	7004150000000000000♠15,000
PDRM FA	Negeri Sembilan	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	7004300000000000000♠30,000
PKNS FC	Selangor	Petaling Jaya Stadium	7004250000000000000♠25,000
Pos Malaysia FC	Selangor	Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium	7004250000000000000♠25,000
Penang FA	Penang	Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium	7004400000000000000♠40,000
Sarawak FA	Sarawak	Sarawak Stadium Sarawak State Stadium²	7004400000000000000♠40,000 7004260000000000000♠26,000
Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC	Penang	Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium	7004400000000000000♠40,000
USM FC	Penang	USM Athletics Stadium	7002800000000000000♠800⁺

¹ Correct as of end of 2010 Malaysia Premier League season
² Sarawak uses the Sarawak State Stadium beginning 14 Feb 2011 due to Sarawak Stadium being renovated for the upcoming Sukma Games in Sarawak.^[4]
⁺ 800 for covered terrace and unknown number for 'open' hill slope

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
ATM FA	Hashim, ZahidZahid Hashim	Rozi, FatruraziFatrurazi Rozi	Kappa
Johor FA	Mohamed, AzmiAzmi Mohamed	Adimel, Mohd AffandyMohd Affandy Adimel	Joma	Kulim Berhad
Harimau Muda B	Ibrahim, IsmailIsmail Ibrahim	Mohd Noor, Mohd Syafiq ShalihinMohd Syafiq Shalihin Mohd Noor	Nike
Sime Darby FC	Zakaria, IsmailIsmail Zakaria	Ismail, Mohd NorMohd Nor Ismail		Sime Darby
Muar Municipal Council FC	Joseph, JacobJacob Joseph	Abdul Kadir, ZainurinZainurin Abdul Kadir	Kronos	Interpacific
PDRM FA	Thaiyanathan, K.K. Thaiyanathan	Rusly, Mohd SaifulMohd Saiful Rusly
PKNS FC	Ibrahim, Abdul RahmanAbdul Rahman Ibrahim	Mohd Hashim, Mohd FadhilMohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim	Kappa	PKNS
Pos Malaysia FC	Mat Aris, Mat ZanMat Zan Mat Aris	Kram, ManopsakManopsak Kram	Kika	Pos Malaysia
Penang FA	Yusof, AhmadAhmad Yusof	Al Khalidi Ibrahim, Megat Amir FaisalMegat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi Ibrahim	Eutag
Sarawak FA	Alberts, RobertRobert Alberts	Morshidi, ZamriZamri Morshidi	StarSport	Naim Homes
Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC	Abdullah, Mohammad AdamMohammad Adam Abdullah	Mohd, ShahrulnizamShahrulnizam Mohd
USM FC	Veloo, S.S. Veloo	Mat Isa, Mohd Fariss AzlanMohd Fariss Azlan Mat Isa	Joma	USM & Asmana

According to current revision of List of Malaysian Premier League managers

Nike has produced a new match ball, named the T90 Tracer, which will be electric blue, black and white and also a high-visibility version in yellow. Additionally, Lotto will provide officials with new kits in black, yellow, and red for the season.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	PKNS FC (C) (P)	22	18	3	1	51	7	+44	57	Promotion to 2012 Malaysia Super League
2	Sarawak FA (P)	22	15	3	4	51	16	+35	48	Promotion to 2012 Malaysia Super League
3	PDRM FA	22	12	3	7	36	28	+8	39
4	Johor FA	22	11	3	8	37	25	+12	36
5	Sime Darby FC	22	10	5	7	22	12	+10	35
6	USM FC	22	11	2	9	32	30	+2	35
7	ATM FA	22	9	7	6	26	22	+4	34
8	Muar Municipal Council FC	22	8	4	10	29	42	−13	28
9	Pos Malaysia FC	22	7	6	9	26	36	−10	27
10	Harimau Muda B	22	5	5	12	24	28	−4	20
11	Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC (R)	22	3	2	17	22	63	−41	11	Relegation to 2012 Malaysia FAM League
12	Penang FA (R)	22	1	1	20	14	61	−47	4	Relegation to 2012 Malaysia FAM League

Updated to games played on 24 May 2011.
Source: Malaysia Premier League
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	ATM !ATM	JHR !JHR	Harimau Muda B !HMB	Sime Darby !SDA	MUAR !MUAR	PDRM !PDRM	PKNS !PKN	POS !POS	Penang !PEN	SWK !SWK	NAVY !NAVY	USM !USM
ATM !ATM		2–1	1–0	0–3	3–0	0–1	2–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–1
JHR !JHR	0–0		3–0	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	1–2
Harimau Muda B !Harimau Muda B	0–2	0–2		0–1	2–2	1–2	0–0	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0
Sime Darby !Sime Darby	1–0	0–1	0–0		1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0
MUAR !MUAR	3–2	1–0	1–0	0–1		1–3	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	2–1
PDRM !PDRM	1–1	5–3	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–5	1–2	5–0	0–4	3–0	0–2
PKNS !PKNS	0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	1–0		7–0	1–0	2–0	6–0	4–0
POS !POS	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–3	0–0		4–0	1–5	2–1	1–0
Penang !Penang	1–2	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–4	0–2	0–1	0–1		0–4	4–2	2–5
SWK !SWK	1–1	2–0	3–3	0–2	6–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	5–0		3–0	4–1
NAVY !NAVY	0–0	2–5	0–6	2–1	4–3	1–2	1–5	0–5	3–0	0–3		2–3
USM !USM	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	0–2	2–1

Updated to games played on 24 May 2011.
Source: Malaysia Premier 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.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Up to matches played on 1 July 2011.^[5]^[6]

Rank	Scorer	Club	Goal
1	Mohd Fitri Omar	MUAR !MUAR	19
2	Bobby Gonzales	SWK !SWK	16
3	Norizam Salaman	JHR !JHR	13
4	Mohammad Khairul Akhyar Husain	PKNS !PKNS	11
	Mohd Failee Mohamad Ghazli	USM !USM	11
	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	PDRM !PDRM	11
7	Fazuan Abdullah	PDRM !PDRM	9
	Zamri Morshidi	SWK !SWK	9
	Muhammad Zamri Hassan @ Manap	PKNS !PKNS	9
	Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul	PKNS !PKNS	9
11	Ashri Chuchu	SWK !SWK	8
	Irme Mat	PKNS !PKNS	8
	Muhammad Afzan Zainal Abidin	USM !USM	8
	V. Jaganathan	ATM !ATM	8
	G. Puaneswaran	POS !POS	8
	Mohd Shoufiq Mohamad Khushaini	JHR !JHR	8

Champions

Champions

PKNS FC
1st Title

References

External links

Malaysia Premier League (2004–present)

Seasons

Clubs

2016 clubs	ATM DRB-Hicom Johor Darul Ta'zim II Kuala Lumpur Kuantan Melaka United Negeri Sembilan Perlis PKNS Sabah Sime Darby UiTM

Former clubs	Brunei DPMM FELDA United Harimau Muda A Harimau Muda B Johor FC JPS FC Kedah FA Kelantan Kuala Muda Naza MBJB Melaka TMFC MK Land MP Muar MPPJ Betaria Pahang PBAPP T-Team PDRM Plus Public Bank Proton Sarawak Selangor Shahzan SDMS Kepala Batas SKMK Suria NTFA Terengganu TNB Kelantan UPB-MyTeam USM

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Promotion to Malaysia Super League
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Football in Malaysia

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Current	Men's (result) Men's U-22 Men's U-19 Men's U-16 Men's U-14 Women's Women's U-16 XI Futsal (women's) Futsal U-16 (women's) Beach Football (women's)

Former	Men's U-23 Harimau Muda (U-22) Harimau Muda A (U-22) Harimau Muda B (U-21) Harimau Muda C (U-19)

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Main league	Super League (Level 1) Premier League (Level 2) FAM League (Level 3) Liga Bolasepak Rakyat (Level 4) State League (Level 4-6) IPT Football League (Level 4-6) State District League (Level 5-8)

Other	President Cup (U-21) Youth League (U-19) National Futsal League

Defunct	Malaysian League (Malaysian League (1982-1988) (Amateur), Semi-Pro Football League, Premier League (1994–97), Premier League 1 & Premier League 2) Liga Nasional (Amateur)

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Current	Malaysia Cup Malaysia FA Cup Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup King's Gold Cup Pestabola Merdeka Tun Sharifah Rodziah Cup (Women's) Minister of Education Cup

Defunct	Borneo Cup

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