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2013 Malaysia Super League
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| image | File:LionsXII captain Shahril Ishak receiving the 2013 Malaysia Super League trophy from Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore - 20130702.jpg |
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| caption | LionsXII captain Shahril Ishak receiving the trophy from Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong |
| competition | Liga Super |
| season | 2013 |
| dates | 8 January - 6 July 2013 |
| winners | **LionsXII** |
| 1st Super League title | |
| 1st Liga M title | |
| relegated | Felda United |
| Negeri Sembilan | |
| continentalcup1 | [AFC Cup](2014-afc-cup) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Kelantan |
| Selangor | |
| matches | 132 |
| total goals | 323 |
| league topscorer | Marlon Alex James |
| (16 goals) | |
| biggest home win | PKNS 5–0 Felda United |
| biggest away win | Felda United 0–4 T-Team |
| Terengganu 0–4 Kelantan | |
| highest scoring | PKNS 4–5 Pahang |
| longest wins | 4 matches |
| Kelantan | |
| (21 June – 6 July 2013) | |
| longest unbeaten | 16 matches |
| LionsXII | |
| longest winless | 16 matches |
| Negeri Sembilan | |
| longest losses | 5 matches |
| T-Team | |
| prevseason | [2012](2012-liga-super) |
| nextseason | [2014](2014-liga-super) |
1st Super League title 1st Liga M title Negeri Sembilan Selangor (16 goals) Terengganu 0–4 Kelantan Kelantan (21 June – 6 July 2013) LionsXII Negeri Sembilan T-Team
The 2013 Liga Super () also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.
The season was held from 8 January and concluded on 6 July 2013. The Liga Super champions for 2013 was won by Singaporean side LionsXII.
Team changes
The following teams have changed division.
To Malaysia Super League
Promoted from Premier League
- ATM
- Pahang
From Malaysia Super League
Relegated to Premier League
- Sarawak
- Kedah
- Sabah
- Kuala Lumpur
Name changes
- Johor FC were rebranded and renamed to Darul Takzim FC and relocated to Larkin, Johor.
Teams
A total of twelve teams will compete in the 2013 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2012 season, champion of the 2012 Liga Premier, and the winner of the play-off round between teams finishing 11th to 13th in the Liga Super as well as the team finishing 2nd in the Liga Premier.
Kuala Lumpur was relegated at the end of the 2012 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table. Sarawak, Sabah and Kedah were also relegated after losing the playoffs.
2012 Liga Premier champions Angkatan Tentera Malaysia secured direct promotion to the Liga Super. Meanwhile, 2012 Liga Premier runner-up Pahang clinched the promotion after winning the playoff rounds.
- Kelantan (2012 Liga Super winner)
- LionsXII
- Selangor
- Perak
- Terengganu
- Negeri Sembilan
- PKNS
- T-Team
- Johor Darul Takzim
- Felda United
- ATM1
- Pahang2 Note:
1Promoted from 2012 Liga Premier
2Winners of 2013 Liga Super/Liga Premier Play-off round
Team summaries
Stadium
| Team | Based | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATM | Kuala Lumpur | Selayang Stadium | 40,000 |
| Felda United | Kuala Lumpur | Petaling Jaya Stadium* | 25,000 |
| Johor Darul Takzim | Johor Bahru | Larkin Stadium | 30,000 |
| Kelantan | Kota Bharu | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | 30,000 |
| Negeri Sembilan | Seremban | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium | 40,000 |
| Pahang | Kuantan | Darulmakmur Stadium | 40,000 |
| Perak | Ipoh | Perak Stadium | 42,500 |
| PKNS | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,000 |
| Selangor | Shah Alam | Shah Alam Stadium | 80,000 |
| LionsXII | Singapore | Jalan Besar Stadium | 8,000 |
| Terengganu | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
| T-Team | Kuala Terengganu | Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium | 15,000 |
Matches may not be played at night at stadiums marked with an asterisk (*) because the floodlights do not meet FAM regulations.
Stadium changes
- Johor Darul Takzim moved to the Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium and will host their home matches there after occupying the previous stadium, Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium.
- ATM moved to the Selayang Stadium and will host their home matches there after occupying the previous stadium, Petaling Jaya Stadium.
- Felda United moved to the Petaling Jaya Stadium and will host their home matches there after occupying the previous stadium, Hang Jebat Stadium.
Personnel and sponsoring
| Team | Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATM | B. Sathianathan | Hairuddin Omar | Macron | |
| Felda United | K. Devan | Kaironnisam Sahabudin | Umbro | [FGV](http://www.feldaglobal.com/) |
| Johor Darul Takzim | Fandi Ahmad | Kamarul Afiq Kamaruddin | Kappa | [Johor Corporation](https://www.jdtfc.com) |
| Kelantan | Bojan Hodak | Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi | Warriors | [Hotlink](https://www.hotlink.com.my/) |
| Negeri Sembilan | Divaldo Alves | Norhafiz Zamani Misbah | Lotto | [Matrix Concept](http://www.mchb.com.my/cprofile.aspl//) |
| Pahang | Dollah Salleh | Jalaluddin Jaafar | Stobi | [Resort World Genting](https://www.rwgenting.com//) |
| T-Team | Eduardo Almeida | Mohd Marzuki Yusof | Kappa | [EPIC](https://www.epicgroup.com.my/) |
| Perak | Azraai Khor Abdullah | Shahrulnizam Mustapa | Kappa | [Lembaga Air Perak](https://web.archive.org/web/20141227152338/http://www.lap.com.my/) |
| PKNS | Abdul Rahman Ibrahim | Mohd Helmi Remeli | Lotto | [PKNS](http://www.pkns.gov.my/) |
| Selangor | Irfan Bakti Abu Salim | Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar | Kappa | [MBI](http://www.selangorku.com/) |
| LionsXII | V. Sundramoorthy | Shahril Ishak | Nike | [StarHub](https://www.starhub.com/) |
| Terengganu | E. Elavarasan | Mohd Faizal Muhammad | Specs |
Coaching changes
Pre-season
| Club | Outgoing Head Coach | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terengganu | Peter James Butler | 17 September 2012 | Suspended for 6 months(Suspending ended by FAM. Later signed by T-Team) | E. Elavarasan | 18 October 2012 |
| T-Team | Yunus Alif | September 2012 | Resigned | Peter James Butler | 18 November 2012 |
| Felda United | E. Elavarasan | 18 October 2012 | Signed by Terengganu | K. Devan | 1 November 2012 |
| Johor Darul Takzim | Sazali Saidon | 31 October 2012 | Contract Expired | Fandi Ahmad | 1 November 2012 |
| Perak | Jang Jung | 31 October 2012 | Contract Expired | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | 1 November 2012 |
| Negeri Sembilan | Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah | 31 October 2012 | Contract Expired | Divaldo Alves | 1 November 2012 |
In season
| Club | Outgoing Head Coach | Date of vacancy | Manner of departure | Incoming Head Coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T-Team | Peter James Butler | 16 May 2013 | Mutual Termination | Eduardo Almeida | 16 May 2013 |
Sponsorship changes
| Club | New Sponsor | Previous Sponsor | Date |
|---|
Foreign players
| Club | Visa 1 | Visa 2 | Visa 3 | Visa 4 | Former Player(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **ATM** | Argentina Bruno Martelotto | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon Alex James | NA | NA | NA |
| **Johor Darul Takzim** | Brazil Andrezinho | Argentina Leonel Núñez | NA | NA | Italy Simone Del Nero |
| Spain Dani Güiza | |||||
| **Felda United** | Democratic Republic of the Congo Nsumbu Mazuwa | Haiti Leonel Saint-Preux | NA | NA | Brazil Júnior Pereira |
| Lebanon Mohamad Ghaddar | |||||
| **Kelantan** | Nigeria Obinna Nwaneri | Nigeria Dickson Nwakaeme | Croatia Lek Kcira | Australia Dimitri Petratos | Guinea Mandjou Keita |
| **Negeri Sembilan** | Cameroon William Modibo | Brazil Fabio Leandro Barbosa | NA | NA | Argentina Emanuel de Porras |
| **Pahang** | Jamaica Damion Stewart | Argentina Matías Conti | NA | NA | Morocco Mohamed Borji |
| North Macedonia Nikolce Klečkarovski | |||||
| **T-Team** | Netherlands George Boateng | Bosnia-Herzegovina Damir Ibrić | NA | NA | NA |
| **Perak** | Brazil Rafael Silva | Brazil Paulo Rangel | NA | NA | Morocco Karim Rouani |
| **PKNS** | Liberia Patrick Wleh | Slovakia Roman Chmelo | NA | NA | Tunisia Helmi Loussaief |
| **Selangor** | Liberia Forkey Doe | Australia Adam Griffiths | Slovakia Michal Kubala | Slovakia Peter Chrappan | Lebanon Ramez Dayoub |
| **LionsXII** | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| **Terengganu** | Cameroon Effa Owona | Cameroon Vincent Bikana | NA | NA | NA |
Note:
- Teams participating in the 2013 AFC Cup (Kelantan and Selangor) can employ two extra foreign players, as the AFC allows four foreign players, of which one of them must be an Asian player, but the third and fourth foreign players are only allowed to play in the AFC Cup 2013 Tournament.
- LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is intended to remain as a development team for Singaporean players.
- FAM allow three foreign players quota starts season 2014.
League table
Results
Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2013 season.
Week 1
Zubir Azmi
Ismail Faruqi
Mohammed Ghaddar
Azmizi Azmi
Bunyamin Umar
S. Kunanlan
Nazrin Nawi
R. Surendran
Nasril Nourdin
Amirul Hadi Zainal
Safiq Rahim
Norshahrul Idlan
Al-Hafiz Hamzah
Ahmad Ezrie
Zairul Fitree Faiz Isa
Shahril Ishak
Baihakki Khaizan
Week 2
Mohamed Borji
Qhairul Anwar
Ashaari Shamsuddin
Faizal Muhammad
Nurul Azwan Roya Khairi Kiman
Hasbullah Awang
Nuraliff Zainal Abidin
George Boateng
Nor Farhan
Safuwan Baharudin
Isa Halim
Hafiz Abu Sujad
Irwan Shah
Ramez Dayoub
Fazli Baharuddin
Nizad Ayub
Helmi Loussaief
A. Varanthan
Week 3
Ismail Faruqi Asha'ri
Amri Yahyah
Ramez Dayoub
Saiful Nizam
Faizol Hussien
Nikolce Klečkarovski
Rahizi Rasib
Fauzi Saari
Helmi Eliza
Ally Imran
Gabriel Quak
Nazrul Nazari
Fazrul Nawaz
Shukor Adan
Rezal Zambery
Amirizwan Taj
Marlon
A. Varanthan
Norfarhan Muhammad
Obinna Nwaneri
Ahmad Ezrie
Akram Mahinan
Week 4
Fauzi Saari Nik Shahrul Azim
Alyy Imran
Patrick Wleh
Fakrul Aiman
Muslim Ahmad
Norshahrul Idlan
Irwan Fadzli
Fitri Omar
Rezal Zambery
Marlon
Baihakki Khaizan
Safuwan Baharudin
Syafiq Zainal
Nazrin Nawi
Shahurain
M. Sivakumar
Shahrom Abdul Kalam
Failee Ghazli
Fairuz Abdul Aziz
S. Veenod
Forkey Doe
Ramzul Zahini
Razman Roslan
R. Gopinathan
R. Surendran
Saiful Nizam
Week 5
Badrul Hisyam
Naim Zakaria
Aizulridzwan Razali
Failee Mohd Ghazli
Hadi Yahya
Amri Yahyah
Forkey Doe
Ramzul Zahini
De Porras
Nazrin Nawi
Fauzi Roslan
Hasmizan
Vincent Bikana
Manaf Mamat
Faiz Isa Ahmad Ezrie Daniel Güiza
Affizie Faisal
Bruno Martelotto
Shukor Adan
Week 6
Effa Owona
Ismail Faruqi
Khairul Ramadhan
Rafael
Karim Rouani
Khairi Kiman
Forkey Doe
Ramez Dayoub
S. Veenod
Norazlan
Shukur Jusoh
Mohammed Ghaddar
Rudie Ramli
Júnior Pereira
Patrick Wleh
Nazrin Syamsul
Faiz Isa
Safirul Sulaiman
Safuwan Baharudin
Fazrul Nawaz
Safiq Rahim
Musleyadi
Irfan Abdul Ghani
Latiff Suhaimi
Firdaus Azizul
Eddy Helmi
S. Sivanesan
Abdul Halim
Norfazly Alias
Hairuddin
Week 7
Fauzan Dzulkifli Shahurain
Norshahrul Idlan Baihakki Khaizan
Marlon
Week 8
Ashaari Shamsuddin Christie Jayaseelan
Fauzi Roslan Keita Mandjou
Week 9
Manaf Mamat
Nurul Azwan Roya
Week 10
Shahrom Kalam
Christie Jayaseelan
Marlon
Nizad Ayub
Forkey Doe Mahali Amri Yahyah
Week 11
Keita Mandjou
Norfarhan Muhammad
Faizol Hussein
R. Gopinathan
Nurul Azwan
Week 12
Paulo Rangel
Ghani Rahman
Forkey Doe
Razman Roslan
Christie Jayaseelan
Marlon
Week 13
Fauzan Dzulkifli
G. Puaneswaran
Latiff Suhaimi
Shahril Ishak
Week 14
Marlon
Fauzi Roslan
Nor Farhan Indra Putra
Week 15
Razali Umar Rudie Ramli
Damion Stewart
Nurul Azwan
Nazrul Nazari
Khairul Nizam
Week 16
Hasmizan
Azlan Ismail
Roman Chmelo
Badhri Radzi
Week 17
Indra Putra Nor Farhan
Manaf Mamat Malik Ariff
Shakir Hamzah Fazrul Nawaz
Norshahrul Idlan Nurul Azwan
Week 18
Leonel Núñez
Fakhrurazi Musa Khairul Ramadhan
Khairu Azrin Patrick Wleh Roman Chmelo Nizad Ayub
Nazrin Nawi
Week 19
George Boateng Syuhiran Zainal Damir Ibrić
Dickson Nwakaeme Nor Farhan Faiz Subri
K. Gurusamy
Paulo Rangel
Week 20
Zamri Ramli
George Boateng
Week 21
Shahril Ishak
Fazrul Nawaz
Shahfiq Ghani
R. Gopinathan
Nasriq Baharom
Forkey Doe
Nurul Azwan Roya
Week 22
Riduwan Ma'on
Ahmad Syamim Fakhrurazi Musa
R. Gopinathan Matías Conti Faizol Hussien Helmi Remeli
Dickson Nwakaeme
Fixtures and results
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Marlon Alex James | ATM | 16 |
| 2 | Liberia Patrick Ronaldinho Wleh | PKNS | 14 |
| 3 | Liberia Francis Forkey Doe | Selangor | 10 |
| 4 | BRA Paulo Rangel | Perak | 9 |
| 5 | SIN Shahril Ishak | LionsXII | 8 |
| MAS Mohd Fauzi Roslan | Pahang | 8 | |
| MAS Mohd Amri Yahyah | Selangor | 8 | |
| 8 | MAS Norshahrul Idlan Talaha | Johor Darul Takzim | 7 |
| 9 | ESP Daniel Güiza | Johor Darul Takzim | 6 |
| MAS Indra Putra Mahayuddin | Kelantan | 6 | |
| MAS Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad | Kelantan | 6 | |
| MAS Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi | Kelantan | 6 | |
| CMR Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona | Terengganu | 6 |
Own goals
| Rank | Player | For | Club | Own Goal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuraliff Zainal Abidin | Perak | T-Team | 1 |
| Jalaluddin Jaafar | Perak | Pahang | 1 | |
| Hasmizan Kamarodin | LionsXII | Terengganu | 1 | |
| P. Gunalan | Johor Darul Takzim | PKNS | 1 | |
| Mohd Azrul Ahmad | LionsXII | Felda United | 1 | |
| Mohd Helmi Remeli | Pahang | PKNS | 1 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlon Alex James | ATM | PKNS | 3–1 | ||
| Paulo Rangel | Perak | Johor Darul Takzim | 3–0 | ||
| Patrick Wleh4 | PKNS | Pahang | 4–5 |
- 4 Player scored 4 goals
Scoring
- First goal of the season: Mohammed Ghaddar for Felda United against Terengganu (8 January 2013)
- Fastest goal of the season: 2 Minutes – Abdul Hadi Yahya for Perak against Kelantan (1 March 2013)
- Largest winning margin: 5 goals
- PKNS 5–0 Felda United (18 May 2013)
- Highest scoring game: 9 goals
- PKNS 4–5 Pahang (6 July 2013)
- Most goals scored in a match by a single team: 5 goals
- PKNS 5–0 Felda United (18 May 2013)
- PKNS 4–5 Pahang (6 July 2013)
- Most goals scored in a match by a losing team: 4 goals
- PKNS 4–5 Pahang (6 July 2013)
Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Coach of the Month | Player of the Month | Reference | Coach | Club | Player | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Dollah Salleh | Pahang | Mohd Fauzi Roslan | Pahang | ||||
| February | E. Elavarasan | Terengganu | Ashaari Shamsuddin | Terengganu | ||||
| March | V. Sundramoorthy | LionsXII | Mahali Jasuli | Selangor | ||||
| April | V. Sundramoorthy | LionsXII | Shahril Ishak | LionsXII | ||||
| May | Irfan Bakti | Selangor | Nurul Azwan Roya | Darul Takzim | ||||
| June | Eduardo Almeida | T-Team | Badhri Radzi | Kelantan | ||||
| July | Bojan Hodak | Kelantan | Amri Yahyah | Selangor |
References
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2013.html ] 2013 Liga Super
- "It's now Darul Takzim FC".
- [http://www.espnstar.my/bola-sepak/berita/detail/item913463/Hanya-7-stadium-lulus-beraksi-waktu-malam/ Hanya 7 Stadium lulus beraksi malam] {{Webarchive. link. (21 February 2013 – espnstarmy)
- "Butler bimbing T-Team musim depan".
- "Azraai mahu bina falsafah baru di Perak".
- "Alves kendali skuad Jang musim depan".
- "Almeida ganti Butler mulai hari ini - Theme - Sinar Harian".
- [http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/sportsnews/view/1234691/1/.html No foreign players for LionsXII] {{Webarchive. link. (3 November 2012 – Channel News Asia, 1 November 2012)
- [http://www.fam.org.my/images/stories/download/gallery/jadual%20pertandingan%20liga%20super%202013.pdf Jadual Liga Super 2013] {{Webarchive. link. (14 February 2015 – fam.org.my)
- [http://www.stadiumastro.com/Arena/LigaSuperMalaysia.aspx Liga Super] {{Webarchive. link. (29 April 2013 – Stadium Astro)
- "Liga Super 2013 – Goal Scorers". bolasepakm.
- "Dollah Salleh jurulatih terbaik bulan Januari". Astro Arena.
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