2013 Malaysia Premier League

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The 2013 Liga Premier (English: 2013 Premier League), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

Liga Premier
Season2013
ChampionsSarawak
1st Second Division title
PromotedSarawak
Sime Darby
RelegatedKuala Lumpur
Betaria
Matches played113
Goals scored349 (3.09 per match)
Top goalscorerCroatia Karlo Primorac (24 goals)
Biggest home winSarawak 7–0 Betaria
(17 May 2013)
Biggest away winKuala Lumpur 0–5 Sime Darby
(17 May 2013)
Highest scoring8 goals
UiTM 3-5 Sarawak
(26 April 2013)
2012
2014

The season was held from 7 January and concluded on 5 July 2013.[1]

The Liga Premier champions for 2013 season was Sarawak.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2014 Liga Super.

Changes from last season

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Team changes

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To Liga Premier

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Promoted from Liga FAM
Relegated from Liga Super

From Liga Premier

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Promoted to Liga Super
Relegated to Liga FAM

Team withdrawing

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Name changes

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Teams

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A total of twelve teams will contest the league. The teams competing includes the sides finishing 3rd to 6th from the 2012 Liga Premier 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 Liga Super season. The remaining 5 places in the league will be contested in the playoff round between teams from Liga Super, Liga Premier 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, who originally were relegated after finishing second bottom in 2012 Liga Premier, were reinstated in the league as a result of the withdrawal.

Kuala Lumpur were relegated from 2012 Liga Super after finishing the season in the last place of the 14-team league table. Sarawak, Kedah and Sabah were also relegated after losing in the play-offs.

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

Team summaries

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Stadium

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

Personnel and sponsoring

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

Coaching changes

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Pre-season

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Club Outgoing Head Coach Date of vacancy Manner of departure Incoming Head Coach Date of appointment
Kuala Lumpur   Razip Ismail 13 November 2012[2] Signed by Harimau Muda B   Stanislav Lievkosky 4 December 2012

Foreign players

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

[citation needed]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Sarawak (C, P) 22 18 4 0 49 12 +37 58 Promotion to 2014 Liga Super
2 Sime Darby (P) 22 17 3 2 51 12 +39 54
3 Johor 22 14 3 5 58 23 +35 45
4 Kedah 22 13 3 6 38 19 +19 42
5 Sabah 22 9 3 10 42 46 −4 30
6 Pos Malaysia 22 7 6 9 24 28 −4 27
7 PDRM 22 7 4 11 41 39 +2 25
8 SPA 22 6 5 11 29 38 −9 23
9 UiTM 22 6 5 11 22 35 −13 23
10 Perlis 22 6 4 12 27 42 −15 22
11 Kuala Lumpur (R) 22 4 2 16 21 58 −37 14 Relegation to 2014 Malaysia FAM League
12 Betaria (R) 22 2 4 16 13 63 −50 10
Updated to match(es) played on 5 July 2013. Source: fam.org and Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BET JHR KED KLU PDRM PER POS SAB SWK SDA SPA UIT
Betaria 0–2 0–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–4 0–1 0–6 0–2 0–1
Johor 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 Malaysia 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 match(es) played on 5 July 2013. Source: Stadium Astro
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 22 May 2013[3]
Rank Player Club Goals
1   Bobby Gonzales Sarawak 20
2   Muriel Orlando Johor 17
3   Koh Traore Sabah 15
4   Mohd Saufi Ibrahim Pos Malaysia 12
5   Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri Kedah 9
  Mohd Farid Ideris Johor 9
6   Khairul Izuan Abdullah PDRM 8
7   Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain PDRM 7
8   Alen Guć Kedah 6

Own goals

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Rank Player For Club Goals
1   Marlon Alex james SPA PDRM

Clean sheets

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c [1] 2013 Liga Premier
  2. ^ "Berita Bola Sepak | Razip dilantik jurulatih Harimau Muda B | FOXSports.my". Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  3. ^ "Liga Super 2013 – Goal Scorers". Liga Super. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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