- 2011 Malaysia Premier League
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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)← 20102012 →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.
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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.
Locations of the 2011 Malaysia Premier League teamsTeam summaries
Stadia
Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 ATM FA Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium 25,000 Johor FA Johor Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium 30,000 Harimau Muda U-19 Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium 25,000 Sime Darby FC Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000 Muar Municipal Council FC Johor Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium 15,000 PDRM FA Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium 30,000 PKNS FC Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium 25,000 Pos Malaysia FC Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium 25,000 Penang FA Penang Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium 40,000 Sarawak FA Sarawak Sarawak Stadium
Sarawak State Stadium240,000
26,000Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC Penang Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium 40,000 USM FC Penang USM Athletics Stadium 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 
Zahid Hashim Fatrurazi RoziKappa Johor FA Azmi Mohamed Mohd Affandy AdimelJoma Kulim Berhad Harimau Muda B Ismail Ibrahim Mohd Syafiq Shalihin Mohd NoorNike Sime Darby FC Ismail Zakaria Mohd Nor IsmailSime Darby Muar Municipal Council FC Jacob Joseph Zainurin Abdul KadirKronos Interpacific PDRM FA K. Thaiyanathan Mohd Saiful RuslyPKNS FC Abdul Rahman Ibrahim Mohd Fadhil Mohd HashimKappa PKNS Pos Malaysia FC Mat Zan Mat Aris Manopsak KramKika Pos Malaysia Penang FA Ahmad Yusof Megat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi IbrahimEutag Sarawak FA 
Robert Alberts Zamri MorshidiStarSport Naim Homes Sinar Dimaja Mai Sarah FC Mohammad Adam Abdullah Shahrulnizam MohdUSM FC S. Veloo Mohd Fariss Azlan Mat IsaJoma 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 the 2012 Malaysia Super League 2 Sarawak FA (P) 22 15 3 4 51 16 +35 48 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 the 2012 Malaysia FAM League 12 Penang FA (R) 22 1 1 20 14 61 −47 4 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; (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; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.Results
Home \ Away1 ATM JHR HMB SDFC MUAR PDRM PKNS POS PEN SWK NAVY USM ATM 2–1 1–0 0–3 3–0 0–1 2–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 JHR 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 HMB 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 SDFC 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 MUAR 3–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 PDRM 1–1 5–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–5 1–2 5–0 0–4 3–0 0–2 PKNS 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 2–0 6–0 4–0 POS 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–0 4–0 1–5 2–1 1–0 PEN 1–2 1–2 0–0 2–3 1–4 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–4 4–2 2–5 SWK 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–2 6–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 3–0 4–1 NAVY 0–0 2–5 0–6 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–5 0–5 3–0 0–3 2–3 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
1The 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 OmarMUAR 19 2 Bobby GonzalesSWK 16 3 Norizam SalamanJHR 13 4 Mohammad Khairul Akhyar HusainPKNS 11 Mohd Failee Mohamad GhazliUSM 11 Khairul Izuan AbdullahPDRM 11 7 Fazuan AbdullahPDRM 9 Zamri MorshidiSWK 9 Muhammad Zamri Hassan @ ManapPKNS 9 Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq BadrulPKNS 9 11 Ashri ChuchuSWK 8 Irme MatPKNS 8 Muhammad Afzan Zainal AbidinUSM 8 V. JaganathanATM 8 G. PuaneswaranPOS 8 Mohd Shoufiq Mohamad KhushainiJHR 8 References
- ^ http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/bm/newssport.php?id=587972
- ^ http://my.news.yahoo.com/selangor-pkns-win-league-three-games-hand-170409835.html
- ^ http://www.theborneopost.com/?p=132393
- ^ http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/2/7/sarawak/8011125&sec=sarawak
- ^ http://www.malaysiansuperleague.com/mgs.asp?t=PL
- ^ http://www.mpmuar.gov.my/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=89597a5b-fd3f-4d9a-8e88-9d17d97f9643&groupId=17921
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
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