The 2011 Liga Premier () was the eighth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. 2011 Liga Premier
The season was held from 31 January and concluded on 29 July 2011.
PKNS clinched the 2011 Liga Premier title on 20 May 2011, and first promotion spot to Liga Super, with a 2–0 win over Johor. The win gave them a 12-point unassailable lead over their nearest challenger, Sarawak with 3 games remaining. Sarawak themselves secured the second promotion spot after the 4–1 win over USM on 23 May 2011, gaining an 8-point unassailable difference over nearest rivals Sime Darby with 2 games remaining.
At the other end of the table, 2 Penang teams SDMS Kepala Batas and Penang confirms their status as two last-placed teams in Liga Premier, which relegates them to 2012 Liga FAM competition, subject to confirmation from FAM.
The Liga Premier champions for 2011 season was PKNS. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2012 Liga Super.
Teams A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2010 Liga Premier season, two newly promoted teams from 2010 Liga FAM and two relegated teams from the 2010 Liga Super season.
Malacca and Shahzan Muda were relegated from 2010 Liga Premier after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table.
2010 Liga FAM champions Sime Darby and runners-up SDMS Kepala Batas secured direct promotion to the Liga Premier.
Team summaries
Stadia Team Location Stadium Stadium capacity1 ATM Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Johor Johor Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium Harimau Muda B Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Sime Darby Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium MP Muar Johor Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium PDRM Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium PKNS Selangor Petaling Jaya Stadium Pos Malaysia Selangor Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Penang Penang Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium Sarawak Sarawak Sarawak StadiumSarawak State Stadium2 SDMS Kepala Batas Penang Negeri Pulau Pinang Stadium USM Penang USM Athletics Stadium + 1 Correct as of end of 2010 Liga Premier 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. + 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 sponsorATM KappaJohor JomaKulim BerhadHarimau Muda B NikeSime Darby Sime DarbyMP Muar KronosInterpacificPDRM PKNS KappaPKNSPos Malaysia KikaPos MalaysiaPenang EutagSarawak StarSportNaim HomesSDMS Kepala Batas USM JomaUSM & Asmana
According to current revision of List of Malaysian Liga Premier 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
Results
Top scorers
Up to matches played on 1 July 2011. RankScorerClubGoal 1 Mohd Fitri OmarMP MUAR 2 Bobby GonzalesSWK 3 Norizam SalamanJHR 4 Mohammad Khairul Akhyar HusainPKNS Mohd Failee Mohamad GhazliUSM Khairul Izuan AbdullahPDRM 7 Fazuan AbdullahPDRM Zamri MorshidiSWK Muhammad Zamri Hassan @ ManapPKNS Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq BadrulPKNS 11 Ashri ChuchuSWK Irme MatPKNS Muhammad Afzan Zainal AbidinUSM V. JaganathanATM G. PuaneswaranPOS Mohd Shoufiq Mohamad KhushainiJHR
References
External links Football Association of Malaysia