2013 Malaysia Premier League

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2022}}

{{Infobox football league season

| image =

| pixels = 150

| competition = Liga Premier

| season = 2013

| winners = Sarawak
1st title

| promoted = Sarawak
Sime Darby

| relegated = Kuala Lumpur
Betaria

| biggest home win = Sarawak 7–0 Betaria
(17 May 2013)

| biggest away win = Kuala Lumpur 0–5 Sime Darby
(17 May 2013)

| highest scoring = 8 goals
UiTM 3-5 Sarawak
(26 April 2013)

| matches = 113

| total goals = 349

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|CRO}} Karlo Primorac (24 goals)

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| prevseason = 2012

| nextseason = 2014

}}

The 2013 Liga Premier ({{langx|en|2013 Premier League}}), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 10th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2013.html ] 2013 Liga Premier

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

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

Team changes

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=To Liga Premier=

Relegated from Liga Super

Promoted from Liga FAM

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=From Liga Premier=

Promoted to Liga Super

Relegated to Liga FAM

=Team withdrawing=

=Name changes=

Teams

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=

==Stadium==

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Team Based

! Stadium Location

! Stadium

! Stadium Capacity

Betaria

| Tampin

| Paya Rumput

| Hang Jebat Stadium

| {{Nts|40,000}}

Johor

| Johor Bahru

| Pasir Gudang

| Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium

| {{Nts|15,000}}

Kedah

| Alor Star

| Alor Star

| Darulaman Stadium

| {{Nts|32,387}}

Perlis

| Kangar

| Kangar

| Utama Negeri Stadium

| {{Nts|20,000}}

Sabah

| Kota Kinabalu

| Kota Kinabalu

| Likas Stadium

| {{Nts|30,000}}

Sarawak

| Kuching

| Kuching

| Sarawak Stadium

| {{Nts|40,000}}

Kuala Lumpur

| Kuala Lumpur

| Kuala Lumpur

| KLFA Stadium

| {{Nts|18,000}}

PDRM

| Kuala Lumpur

| Paya Rumput

| Hang Jebat Stadium

| {{Nts|40,000}}

Pos Malaysia

| Kuala Lumpur

| Selayang

| Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium

| {{Nts|25,000}}

Sime Darby

| Kuala Lumpur

| Selayang

| Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium

| {{Nts|25,000}}

SPA

| Putrajaya

| Bangi

| Petronas Mini Stadium

| {{Nts|3,000}}

UiTM

| Selangor

| Shah Alam

| UiTM Stadium

| {{Nts|10,000}}

=Personnel and sponsoring=

class="wikitable sortable"
Team

! Coach

! Captain

! Kit manufacturer

! Shirt sponsor

Betaria

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azuan Zain

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Muhd Shahrul Nizam Abdul Hamid

|Adidas

|

Johor

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azmi Mohamed

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Farid Ramli

|Kappa

|Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA)

Kedah

|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Marijo Tot

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Baddrol Bakhtiar

|Line 7

|PKNK

Kuala Lumpur

|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Stanislav Lievkosky

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azizon Abdul Kadir

|Kronos

|Rising Sun Travel & Tours

Perlis

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Yunus Alif

|{{flagicon|Ghana}} Emmanuel Okine

|Warriors

|

PDRM

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} R. Nalathamby

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Afif Amiruddin

|Line 7

|

Pos Malaysia

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} G. Torairaju

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Abdullah Yusoff

|Kappa

|Pos Malaysia

Sabah

|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland}} David McCreery

|{{flagicon|Wales}} Rhys Weston

|Adidas

|Grace One

Sarawak

|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Robert Alberts

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Shahrol Saperi

|Starsports

|NAIM Holdings Berhad

Sime Darby

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Ismail Zakaria

|{{flagicon

}

|Kappa

|Sime Darby

|-

|SPA

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Nizam Jamil

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Sazali Suwandi

|Kappa

|

|-

|UiTM

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Azman Eusoff

|{{flagicon|}}

|Umbro

|Ministry of Higher Education

|}

=Coaching changes=

==Pre-season==

class="wikitable"
Club

! Outgoing Head Coach

! Date of vacancy

! Manner of departure

! Incoming Head Coach

! Date of appointment

Kuala Lumpur

|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Razip Ismail

|13 November 2012{{Cite web |url=http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item890479/Razip-dilantik-jurulatih-Harimau-Muda-B/ |title=Berita Bola Sepak | Razip dilantik jurulatih Harimau Muda B | FOXSports.my |access-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221060329/http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item890479/Razip-dilantik-jurulatih-Harimau-Muda-B/ |archive-date=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}

|Signed by Harimau Muda B

|{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Stanislav Lievkosky

|4 December 2012

Foreign players

class="wikitable"
style="width:190px;"| Club

! style="width:170px;"| Visa 1

! style="width:170px;"| Visa 2

! style="width:170px;"| Asian Players

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Betaria

| {{flagicon|Slovakia}} Tomáš Chovanec

| {{flagicon|Kenya}} Hillary Echesa

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Johor

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Muriel Orlando

| {{flagicon|Argentina}} Ezaquiel Gallegos

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Kedah

| {{flagicon|Chile}} Nelson San Martín

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Alen Guć

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Kuala Lumpur

| {{flagicon|CMR}} Kalle Sone

|

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Perlis

| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Denny Antwi

| {{flagicon|Ghana}} Emmanuel Okine

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| PDRM

| {{flagicon|Uganda}} Edrisar Kaye

| {{flagicon|Gambia}} Mohamadou Sumareh

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Pos Malaysia

| None

| None

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Sabah

| {{flagicon|France}} Abdulfatah Safi

| {{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Koh Traore

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Sarawak

| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Guy Bwele

| {{flagicon|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} Muamer Salibasic

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| Sime Darby

| {{flagicon|Croatia}} Karlo Primorac

| {{flagicon|Togo}} Togaba Kontiwa Komlan

| None

style="vertical-align:top;"

| SPA

| {{flagicon|Cameroon}} Joël Tchami

| {{flagicon|Guadeloupe}} Eddy Viator

| None

UiTM

| {{flagicon|Nigeria}} Koforowola Hameed Adewumi

| None

| None

{{citation needed|date=December 2012}}

League table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=PR

|team1=SWK|name_SWK=Sarawak

|team2=SDA|name_SDA=Sime Darby

|team3=JHR|name_JHR=Johor

|team4=KED|name_KED=Kedah

|team5=SAB|name_SAB=Sabah

|team6=POS|name_POS=Pos Malaysia

|team7=PDRM|name_PDRM=PDRM

|team8=SPA|name_SPA=SPA

|team9=UIT|name_UIT=UiTM

|team10=PER|name_PER=Perlis

|team11=KLU|name_KLU=Kuala Lumpur

|team12=BET|name_BET=Betaria

|win_SWK=18|draw_SWK=4|loss_SWK=0|gf_SWK=49|ga_SWK=12|status_SWK=C,P

|win_SDA=17|draw_SDA=3|loss_SDA=2|gf_SDA=51|ga_SDA=12|status_SDA=P

|win_JHR=14|draw_JHR=3|loss_JHR=5|gf_JHR=58|ga_JHR=23

|win_KED=13|draw_KED=3|loss_KED=6|gf_KED=38|ga_KED=19

|win_SAB=9|draw_SAB=3|loss_SAB=10|gf_SAB=42|ga_SAB=46

|win_POS=7|draw_POS=6|loss_POS=9|gf_POS=24|ga_POS=28

|win_PDRM=7|draw_PDRM=4|loss_PDRM=11|gf_PDRM=41|ga_PDRM=39

|win_SPA=6|draw_SPA=5|loss_SPA=11|gf_SPA=29|ga_SPA=38

|win_UIT=6|draw_UIT=5|loss_UIT=11|gf_UIT=22|ga_UIT=35

|win_PER=6|draw_PER=4|loss_PER=12|gf_PER=27|ga_PER=42

|win_KLU=4|draw_KLU=2|loss_KLU=16|gf_KLU=21|ga_KLU=58|status_KLU=R

|win_BET=2|draw_BET=4|loss_BET=16|gf_BET=13|ga_BET=63|status_BET=R

|col_P=green1|text_P=Promotion to 2014 Liga Super

|result1=P|result2=P

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to 2014 Malaysia FAM League

|result11=R|result12=R

|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

|update=5 July 2013

|source=[http://www.fam.org.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=526&Itemid=199&lang=en fam.org] and [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2013.html Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=BET|team2=JHR|team3=KED|team4=KLU|team5=PDRM

|team6=PER|team7=POS|team8=SAB|team9=SWK|team10=SDA

|team11=SPA|team12=UIT

|name_BET=Betaria

|match_BET_JHR=0–2

|match_BET_KED=0–0

|match_BET_KLU=3–2

|match_BET_PDRM=1–3

|match_BET_PER=1–1

|match_BET_POS=1–1

|match_BET_SAB=1–4

|match_BET_SWK=0–1

|match_BET_SDA=0–6

|match_BET_SPA=0–2

|match_BET_UIT=0–1

|name_JHR=Johor

|match_JHR_BET=43–2

|match_JHR_KED=1–0

|match_JHR_KLU=5–1

|match_JHR_PDRM=2–1

|match_JHR_PER=6–1

|match_JHR_POS=1–1

|match_JHR_SAB=6–1

|match_JHR_SWK=1–2

|match_JHR_SDA=0–0

|match_JHR_SPA=5–1

|match_JHR_UIT=2–0

|name_KED=Kedah

|match_KED_BET=36–4

|match_KED_JHR=2–1

|match_KED_KLU=3–0

|match_KED_PDRM=4–1

|match_KED_PER=1–2

|match_KED_POS=1–0

|match_KED_SAB=3–2

|match_KED_SWK=1–1

|match_KED_SDA=1–2

|match_KED_SPA=2–1

|match_KED_UIT=1–1

|name_KLU=Kuala Lumpur

|match_KLU_BET=12–2

|match_KLU_JHR=1–3

|match_KLU_KED=0–1

|match_KLU_PDRM=0–4

|match_KLU_PER=0–2

|match_KLU_POS=0–3

|match_KLU_SAB=3–2

|match_KLU_SWK=0–1

|match_KLU_SDA=0–5

|match_KLU_SPA=0–0

|match_KLU_UIT=2–1

|name_PDRM=PDRM

|match_PDRM_BET=15–4

|match_PDRM_JHR=2–3

|match_PDRM_KED=2–0

|match_PDRM_KLU=4–1

|match_PDRM_PER=2–3

|match_PDRM_POS=1–1

|match_PDRM_SAB=3–3

|match_PDRM_SWK=1–11

|match_PDRM_SDA=0–2

|match_PDRM_SPA=3–3

|match_PDRM_UIT=0–0

|name_PER=Perlis

|match_PER_BET=17–1

|match_PER_JHR=0–4

|match_PER_KED=0–1

|match_PER_KLU=0–1

|match_PER_PDRM=3–1

|match_PER_POS=1–3

|match_PER_SAB=1–1

|match_PER_SWK=1–2

|match_PER_SDA=0–2

|match_PER_SPA=1–1

|match_PER_UIT=1–1

|name_POS=Pos Malaysia

|match_POS_BET=14–0

|match_POS_JHR=0–2

|match_POS_KED=1–5

|match_POS_KLU=3–2

|match_POS_PDRM=0–1

|match_POS_PER=0–1

|match_POS_SAB=1–0

|match_POS_SWK=0–3

|match_POS_SDA=1–1

|match_POS_SPA=1–1

|match_POS_UIT=1–0

|name_SAB=Sabah

|match_SAB_BET=46–1

|match_SAB_JHR=3–2

|match_SAB_KED=0–2

|match_SAB_KLU=3–1

|match_SAB_PDRM=5–3

|match_SAB_PER=3–2

|match_SAB_POS=1–2

|match_SAB_SWK=1–2

|match_SAB_SDA=1–5

|match_SAB_SPA=2–1

|match_SAB_UIT=3–1

|name_SWK=SWK

|match_SWK_BET=61–0

|match_SWK_JHR=8–2

|match_SWK_KED=4–0

|match_SWK_KLU=8–0

|match_SWK_PDRM=7–0

|match_SWK_PER=2–0

|match_SWK_POS=2–0

|match_SWK_SAB=0–0

|match_SWK_SDA=6–0

|match_SWK_SPA=7–1

|match_SWK_UIT=10–0

|name_SDA=Sime Darby

|match_SDA_BET=53–0

|match_SDA_JHR=1–0

|match_SDA_KED=2–1

|match_SDA_KLU=5–1

|match_SDA_PDRM=3–2

|match_SDA_PER=4–1

|match_SDA_POS=2–0

|match_SDA_SAB=3–1

|match_SDA_SWK=0–0

|match_SDA_SPA=2–1

|match_SDA_UIT=2–0

|name_SPA=Putrajaya SPA

|match_SPA_BET=10–3

|match_SPA_JHR=1–3

|match_SPA_KED=1–2

|match_SPA_KLU=1–3

|match_SPA_PDRM=1–0

|match_SPA_PER=4–2

|match_SPA_POS=1–0

|match_SPA_SAB=2–4

|match_SPA_SWK=1–1

|match_SPA_SDA=1–0

|match_SPA_UIT=0–1

|name_UIT=UiTM

|match_UIT_BET=13–1

|match_UIT_JHR=2–2

|match_UIT_KED=0–2

|match_UIT_KLU=3–1

|match_UIT_PDRM=0–2

|match_UIT_PER=2–0

|match_UIT_POS=1–1

|match_UIT_SAB=2–0

|match_UIT_SWK=3–5

|match_UIT_SDA=0–2

|match_UIT_SPA=1–2

|update=5 July 2013

|source=[http://www.stadiumastro.com/Arena/BolaSepakMalaysia/PerlawananKeputusan.aspx?tb=ligapremier Stadium Astro]

}}

Season statistics

=Top scorers=

{{updated|22 May 2013}}{{cite web|title=Liga Super 2013 – Goal Scorers|url=http://bolasepakm.blogspot.com/2013/01/senarai-penjaring-liga-premier-2013_13.html|publisher=Liga Super|accessdate=13 August 2011}}

{{further|2013 Liga Premier goalscorers}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Bobby Gonzales

|align="left"|Sarawak

|20

rowspan="1"|2

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Argentina}} Muriel Orlando

|align="left"|Johor

|17

rowspan="1"|3

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Ivory Coast}} Koh Traore

|align="left"|Sabah

|15

rowspan="1"|4

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Saufi Ibrahim

|align="left"|Pos Malaysia

|12

rowspan="2"|5

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri

|align="left"|Kedah

|9

align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Mohd Farid Ideris

|align="left"|Johor

|9

rowspan="1"|6

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Khairul Izuan Abdullah

|align="left"|PDRM

|8

rowspan="1"|7

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Malaysia}} Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain

|align="left"|PDRM

|7

rowspan="1"|8

|align="left"|{{flagicon|Croatia}} Alen Guć

|align="left"|Kedah

|6

= Own goals =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!Rank

!Player

!For

!Club

!Goals

rowspan="1"|1

|align="left"|{{flagicon|India}} Marlon Alex james

|align="left"|SPA

|PDRM

|rowspan=1|

=Clean sheets=

See also

References

{{Reflist}}