2012 Malaysia Premier League
Teams -- Team summaries
Table:
Team	Manager	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor

ATM	B. Sathianathan	B. Sathianathan	Hairuddin Omar	Umbro	ATM

Betaria	S. Sivashanmugam	Azuan Zain	Kappa

Harimau Muda B	Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz	Ismail Ibrahim	Muhammad Akram Mahinan	Nike

Johor	Fandi Ahmad	K. Sukumaran	Nazrulerwan Makmor	Lotto	Kulim ( M ) Berhad

MB Johor Bahru	Wan Azmi Wan Ahmad	Mohamed Khairudin Abdul Rahman	Dalibor Dragic

MP Muar	Mohd Nazrun Mahmud	Abdul Nasir Yusof	Kronos	Interpacific

Pahang	Che Nasir Salleh	Dollah Salleh	Jalaluddin Jaafar	Lotto	Pahang

Perlis	Azahar Ahmad	Robert Scully	Kubba	kubbaonline.com

PDRM	Zulkifli Mohamad	R. Nallathamby	Mohd Afif Amiruddin	Line7	Al Jabbar

Pos Malaysia	Shaari Shazali	G. Torairaju	Azmeer Yusof	Joma	Pos Malaysia

Sime Darby	Tengku Datuk Seri Ahmad Shah	Ismail Zakaria	Mohd Nor Ismail	Kappa	Sime Darby

USM	Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Shariff	S. Veloo	Shariman Che Omar	Joma

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Armed Forces Football Club commonly known as Armed Forces enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the Malaysian Armed Forces . The club 's home stadium is the MINDEF Stadium . The club currently plays in the 3rd division of Malaysian football , the Malaysia M3 League .
B. Sathianathan is a Malaysian football coach and a former footballer . He is the current head coach of Malaysia Super League club , Selangor FA . He is the former head coach for Malaysia national football team and Malaysia U-23 football team . Before becoming the head coach for Malaysia , he was the head coach of the Malaysian Under 23 team .
Hairuddin Bin Omar ( born 29 September 1979 ) is a Malaysian former international football player . He spent most of his career as a forward but can also plays as a midfielder .
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Betaria FC is a Malaysian football club , based in Tampin Negeri Sembilan . They promoted to Premier League having won the 2011 Malaysia FAM League . In their debut season in Premier League , they placed 10th out of 12 teams . They were to relegate to FAM League after losing 3-0 to Muar Municipal Council FC in their relegation playoff match ; this was delayed when MP Muar FC pulled out of the league . A play-off match was set with UiTM FC , the third-placed team in 2012 Malaysia FAM League . Betaria remained in the premier League when they won 3-0 . Their U-23 youth team also made headlines in the 2012 Malaysia President Cup tournament , finishing as runners-up to Perak FA in the final . Betaria finished last in the 2013 Malaysia Premier League , were to relegate to FAM League , but the club 's management decided to withdraw from the 2014 Malaysia FAM League .
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Harimau Muda B was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-21 National Football Team and was managed by the Football Association of Malaysia . The national team played as a club under the name Harimau Muda B which took part in Malaysia Premier League from the 2007-08 season and also FA Cup Malaysia . In 2015 , Harimau Muda once again became a single team composed of former Harimau Muda A & B players . Harimau Muda B last competed in Singapore 's 2014 S. League . The team was aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and does not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad . On 25 November 2015 , it was confirmed that the Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from Harimau Muda A , Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C will be returned to their own state . The name Harimau Muda means Young Tigers in English .
Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar Al-Haj ( Jawi : سلطان إبراهيم ابن المرحوم سلطان إسكندر ; born 22 November 1958 ) is the 25th Sultan of Johor and the 5th Sultan of modern Johor . He is the son of Sultan Iskandar . A motorcycle enthusiast , Sultan Ibrahim is well-known as the founder of the annual motorcycling tour event , Kembara Mahkota Johor .
Akram is known as one of the best defensive midfielder in the Asean region as he had been the top passer in the previous AFF Suzuki Cup .
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Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club II ( /jəˈhɔːr/ ; Malay : Kelab Bolasepak Johor Darul Ta'zim II ) or simply JDT II is a Malaysian football club based in Johor Bahru , Johor . The club currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League , the second division professional football league in Malaysia . Johor Darul Ta'zim II is a reserve team for Johor Darul Ta'zim .
Fandi bin Ahmad , PBM ( born 29 May 1962 ) is a Singaporean former footballer who is currently the head coach of Singapore Premier League club Young Lions . He mainly played as a striker , but also played as a midfielder . He played for Malaysia Cup state sides Singapore FA , Kuala Lumpur FA and Pahang FA , and won titles with all three , including two Doubles in 1992 and 1994 , and the Golden Boot in 1988 . Fandi also played for Niac Mitra ( Indonesia ) , Groningen ( Netherlands ) , Geylang United ( Singapore ) and SAFFC ( Singapore ) . [ foot 1 ] With the Singapore national team , Fandi won 101 caps , scored 55 goals , won three Southeast Asian Games ( SEA Games ) silver medals and was captain from 1993 to 1997 . He managed SAFFC , Pelita Raya ( Indonesia ) and Johor Darul Takzim ( Malaysia ) , served as assistant national coach and runs the Fandi Ahmad Academy . As a 1994 winner of the Pingat Bakti Masyarakat ( state medal ) , the first Singaporean footballer to play in Europe , the first Singaporean millionaire sportsperson and first Singaporean sportsperson to have a published biography , Fandi has been called a national legend . [ foot 2 ] He has five children with his wife , South African model Wendy Jacobs , and his father is Ahmad Wartam , a former national goalkeeper . Fandi was ranked sixth in a list of Singapore 's 50 Greatest Athletes of the Century by The Straits Times in 1999 .
Nazrulerwan Makmor ( born 4 May 1980 ) is a Malaysian former footballer who last played as a defender for Johor FA . He is a former member of the Malaysia national football team . Nazrul has represented eight different team in his career before joining Johor . The greatest success he achieved in his career was with Selangor FA . During the 2005 Malaysia League season , he was in the Selangor squad that won the Malaysian 'treble ' ( 2005 Malaysia Premier League , Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup ) . In 2009 , he helped Kelantan FA to play in the final of the 2009 Malaysia Cup but his team lost to Negeri Sembilan FA 3-1 . On the international stage , Nazrul only capped once for Malaysia in the match against Cambodia on 18 June 2007 . He also selected in Malaysia 2007 Asian Cup squad but did not play in the tournament . Currently he is in the Head coach of Puchong Fuerza .
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Majlis Bandaraya Johor Bahru Football Club or simply known as MBJB FC is a Malaysian football club based in Johor Bahru , Johor . The club represents Johor Bahru City Council in Malaysia football . In 2009 , the club was booted out from Malaysia Premier League after only playing five matches citing its failure to settle insurance dues before the given date . The team were promoted back to Premier League for the second time in 2012 , having finished 2011 Malaysia FAM League as runners-up . This time , their campaign lasted only a season when they finished last in the 12-team league and relegated straight back to FAM League , garnering only 5 points , scoring only 18 goals while conceding 79 goals . After the 2012 season , the Johor Football Association made a re-structuring plan to allow only two teams to represent the state of Johor in the Malaysia Football League . Thus , MBJB FC and MP Muar FC were to be playing in the PBNJ State League .
Dalibor Dragić ( Serbian Cyrillic : Далибор Драгић , born 23 June 1972 in Prijedor ) is a Bosnian-Herzegovinian football defender currently playing with MBJB FC in the Malaysia Premier League .
Majlis Perbandaran Muar Football Club or MP Muar was a Malaysian football club based in Muar , Johor . The club home ground is the Sultan Ibrahim Mini Stadium in Muar . The club formerly played in the Malaysia Premier League , the second tier of the Malaysian League from 2010 to 2012 . Under new direction of Johor Football Association ( JFA ) , all clubs from Johor including MP Muar has pulled from Malaysian League at the end of 2012 season and later joining State League , the PBNJ State League .
Pahang Football Club ( Malay : Kelab Bolasepak Pahang ) is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuantan , Pahang . The association was found in 1959 to represent the state itself and has traditionally worn a yellow home kit since . In the beginning , their early home matches were held around the city public fields and outside Kuantan , predominantly around districts of Pahang . The lowest point of the club was in 2012 , as they association had been relegated to the Liga Premier . With the collective morale support from the players and the fans , Pahang FA came back from the abyss to the Liga Super in 2013 after winning the play-off match against Kedah FA , just one season after being relegated . Pahang FA nominated Abdul Azim to challenge Hamidin Amin for the FAM Presidency , as reported in a FOX Sports Asia article .
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Jalaluddin bin Abu Jaafar born 1 January 1975 , commonly known as Jalal , is a Malaysian footballer who played for Pahang FA as a defender . He was the captain of the team .
Pahang ( Malay pronunciation : [ paˈhaŋ ] ; Jawi : ڤهڠ ) , officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific Darul Makmur ( Jawi : دار المعمور , The Abode of Tranquility ) is a sultanate and a federal state of Malaysia . It is the third largest Malaysian state by area and ninth largest by population . The state occupies the basin of the Pahang River , and a stretch of the east coast as far south as Endau . Geographically located in the East Coast region of the Peninsular Malaysia , the state shares borders with the Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu to the north , Perak , Selangor and Negeri Sembilan to the west , Johor to the south , while South China Sea is to the east . The Titiwangsa mountain range that forms a natural divider between the Peninsula 's east and west coasts is spread along the north and south of the state , peaking at Mount Tahan , which is 2,187m high . Although two thirds of the state is covered by dense rain forest , its central plains are intersected by numerous rivers , and along the coast there is a 32-kilometre wide expanse of alluvial soil that includes the deltas and estuarine plains of the Kuantan , Pahang , Rompin , Endau , and Mersing rivers . The state is divided into 11 administrative divisions called daerah ( districts ) - Pekan , Rompin , Maran , Temerloh , Jerantut , Bentong , Raub , Lipis , Cameron Highlands and Bera . The largest district is Jerantut , which is the main gateway to the Taman Negara national park . Pahang 's capital and largest city , Kuantan , is the eighth largest urban agglomerations by population in Malaysia . The royal capital and the official seat of the Sultan of Pahang is located at Pekan . Pekan was also the old state capital which its name translates literally into 'the town ' , it was known historically as 'Inderapura ' . Other major towns include Temerloh , Bentong and its hills resorts of Genting Highlands and Bukit Tinggi .
Perlis Football Association ( Malay : Persatuan Bolasepak Perlis ) , also known as Perlis FA , is a football team based in Kangar , Perlis , Malaysia . The team was founded in 1963 and currently suspended from FIFA by playing in the second division of Malaysian football , the 2019 Malaysia Premier League . Year 2019 is the first ever Perlis did not enter any tournament in Malaysian League since 1963 .
Sr. Robert Scully ( born 20 November 1960 ) is a Malaysian former football player and coach . He formerly played for Penang FA in Malaysia Cup competition during the 1980s . Robert has worked at Malaysian National Sports Council ( Majlis Sukan Negara ) before accepting the job as head coach for Penang FA in early 2011 . He was sacked from his post in April 2011 due to poor performance from Penang FA which has seen the team occupying the last place in the Malaysian Premier League for that season . In early 2012 , he works as assistant coach at Indonesia Super League team Deltras F.C . In June 2012 , he was appointed as the head coach of Perlis FA . When Yunus Alif was appointed the head coach of Perlis in December 2012 , Scully was demoted to become assistant head coach .
Royal Malaysia Police Football Association or simply known as Royal Police is an association football club associated with the entity of the Royal Malaysia Police , who play in the Malaysia Premier League , the second division of Malaysian football . The team is based in Kuala Lumpur . Domestically , Royal Police has won the Malaysia Premier League , the second tier of Malaysian football in 2006-07 and 2014 . They also won the People of Maldives Invitational Cup in 2015 .
Mohd Afif bin Amiruddin ( born 22 March 1984 ) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a defender for Pahang in the Malaysia Super League .
DRB-HICOM Football Club is a football club established to compete in Malaysia football league . The team played in the Malaysia Premier League ( the second tier of the country 's professional league - Liga M ) since 2010 until 2016 before they withdrew from the league . It was simultaneously decided that the club 's 2nd team ( previously known as DRB-HICOM 2 ) to remain competing in an amateur league . Therefore , DRB-HICOM FC remained competing in the Kuala Lumpur Football Association ( KLFA ) League , where they have played since 2014 . This team is composed of employees of DRB-HICOM Group of Companies and experienced local players . The club is commonly known as The Great Bees ( D'GreatBees ) , and previously used Proton City Stadium in Tanjung Malim as their official home ground . The well-facilitated stadium currently has a capacity for 3,000 fans . However , since it now plays in a league in the Klang Valley , DRB-HICOM FC is now based in Glenmarie , Shah Alam ; the PROTON Casting Plant field is about 3 km away from the headquarters of DRB-HICOM Berhad . The conglomerate owns 50.1% of national carmaker PROTON .
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Joma ( Spanish pronunciation : [ ˈxoma ] ) is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer , which currently produces footwear and clothing for football , futsal , handball basketball , volleyball , running , tennis , padel , fitness . Its headquarters are located in Spain . Joma was founded in 1965 to produce shoes for general use . In 1968 , the company began to specialize in sport shoes production and distribution . After a relative success , Joma decided to enter into football market , obtaining a great success and becoming the leader in its country , consequently also with international success . Eventually , Joma Sport had opened offices in the United States , Europe and Asia being currently present in over 70 countries throughout the world . Joma Sport brand is in the top ten in the world-ranking .
Sime Darby Football Club is a Malaysian football club which represents and are backed by Sime Darby Berhad , one of Malaysia 's largest conglomerates . The team has some pedigree having won the FAM Cup twice , the most recent being the 2017 Malaysia FAM League . Their previous win was in 2010 , in the same year of its incorporation .
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Kelab Bolasepak Staff Universiti Sains Malaysia ( KBSUSM ) or USM Staff FC or USM FC was a Malaysia football club team , formerly competing in Malaysia Premier League . The team was under the jurisdiction of Universiti Sains Malaysia , a Malaysian public university based in Georgetown , Penang .
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