2011 Malaysia Super League

The 2011 Liga Super Malaysia was the eighth season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.^[1] The season was held from 29 January and concluded on 30 July 2011.^[1] Selangor is the current defending champions.^[1]

Malaysia Super League

Season	2011
Champions	Kelantan 1st title
Relegated	Perlis Pahang
2012 AFC Cup	Kelantan Terengganu
Matches played	182
Goals scored	437 (2.4 per match)
Top goalscorer	Abdul Hadi Yahya (20 goals, Terengganu)
Biggest home win	Selangor 7–1 Perlis (6 June 2011)
Biggest away win	Felda United 2–6 Terengganu (6 July 2011)
Highest scoring	Perak 5–3 Kuala Lumpur (24 April 2011) Selangor 7–1 Perlis (6 June 2011) Perlis 2–6 Terengganu (6 July 2011)
Longest winning run	6 matches Kelantan (25 May 2011)
Longest unbeaten run	11 matches Kelantan Terengganu
Longest losing run	8 matches Perlis (until end of season)
Highest attendance	35,000 Kelantan–Perak (14 June 2011)
Lowest attendance	31 Perlis–Felda United (28 May 2011)
← 2010 2012 →

Team changes

The following teams have changed division.

To Malaysia Super League Promoted from Premier League Felda United Sabah Harimau Muda A

From Malaysia Super League Relegated to Premier League Johor Penang Withrawal PLUS FC

Teams

A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including twelve sides from the 2010 season and two promoted teams from the 2010 Malaysia Premier League. Johor and Penang were relegated at the end of last season league after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. 2010 Malaysia Premier League champions Felda United and runners-up Sabah secured direct promotion to the Malaysia Super League.

Harimau Muda A secured a place in the Malaysia Super League after PLUS withdrew. Harimau had won the 2009 Malaysia Premier League before playing the 2010 campaign in the Slovak First League. Harimau represent the Malaysian Under 23 national football team.

Vanues

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Felda United	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium	18,000
Harimau Muda A	Shah Alam	Shah Alam Stadium	80,000
Johor FC	Pasir Gudang	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium	15,000
Kedah	Alor Setar	Darul Aman Stadium	32,387
Kelantan	Kota Bharu	Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium	30,000
Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	KLFA Stadium	18,000
Negeri Sembilan	Paroi	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	40,000
Pahang	Kuantan	Darul Makmur Stadium	35,000
Perak	Ipoh	Perak Stadium	35,000
Perlis	Kangar	Utama Stadium	20,000
Sabah	Kota Kinabalu	Likas Stadium	35,000
Selangor	Shah Alam	Shah Alam Stadium	80,000
Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000
T–Team	Kuala Terengganu	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium	15,000

Johor FC

Kedah

Kelantan

Kuala Lumpur

Felda United

Negeri Sembilan

Pahang

Perak

Perlis

Sabah

Selangor
Harimau Muda A

Terengganu
T-Team

Locations of teams in the 2011 Malaysia Super League.

Personnel and kits

Team	Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Felda United	E. Elavarasan	Khaironnisam Sahabudin	Kappa	FELDA
Harimau Muda A	Ong Kim Swee	Mohd Muslim Ahmad	Nike
Johor FC	Azuan Zain	Rezal Zambery Yahya	JKiNG	Kulim (Malaysia) Berhad
Kedah	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan	Ahmad Fauzi Shaari	Lotto	Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Kedah (PKNK)
Kelantan	M. Karathu	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi	Umbro	Happy
Kuala Lumpur	Razip Ismail	Muhd Shahrom Abdul Kalam	Kika
Negeri Sembilan	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah	Muhammad Shukor Adan	Lotto
Pahang	Dollah Salleh	Jalaluddin Jaafar	Lotto	Genting Group
Perak	Norizan Bakar	Shahrulnizam Mustapa	Specs Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine	Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh (MBI)
Perlis	Jánós Krécská	Azmizi Azmi	Kika	Yayasan Pok Kassim
Sabah	Justin Ganai	Mohd Reithaudin Awang Emran	Adidas	Ararat Sport
Selangor	K. Devan	Mohd Amri Yahyah	Kappa	Menteri Besar Incorporated (MBI)
Terengganu	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim	Mohd Marzuki Yusof	Specs Archived 27 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine	Top IT
T–Team	Yunus Alif	Rosdi Talib	Admiral	Admiral

Coaching changes

Club	Outgoing Head Coach	Date of vacancy	Manner of departure	Incoming Head Coach	Date of appointment
Kelantan	Bhaskaran Sathianathan	24 January 2011	Resigned	Maruthaiah Karathu	26 January 2011[2]
Perlis	Mosthakeen Omar	1 March 2011[3]	Resigned	Salim Tofel Mohamad (caretaker)	8 March 2011[4]
Kedah	Ahmad Yusof	7 March 2011[5]	Gardening leave1	Muhamad Radhi Mat Din (caretaker)	7 March 2011[5]
Negeri Sembilan	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan	16 March 2011[6]	Resigned	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah	21 March 2011[7]
Kedah	Muhamad Radhi Mat Din (caretaker)	23 April 2011	End of caretaker role	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan	23 April 2011[8]
Perlis	Salim Tofel Mohamad (caretaker)	26 April 2011	End of caretaker role	Jánós Krécská	26 April 2011[9]
Sabah	Gary Phillips	5 May 2011[10]	Sacked	Justin Ganai	5 May 2011[10]

• ¹Ahmad Yusof was put on indefinite leave on 7 March 2011, but is still contracted to Kedah FA. His contract was only terminated by mutual consent on 22 April 2011. Subsequently, he joined Penang as head coach on 1 May 2011.^[11][12][13]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kelantan (C)	26	17	5	4	52	21	+31	56	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage[a]
2	Terengganu	26	16	5	5	54	26	+28	53
3	Selangor	26	16	4	6	42	24	+18	52
4	Kedah	26	13	6	7	25	20	+5	45
5	Harimau Muda A	26	12	7	7	38	28	+10	43
6	Perak	26	10	10	6	31	24	+7	40
7	Johor FC	26	8	10	8	26	28	−2	34
8	Negeri Sembilan	26	8	8	10	29	32	−3	32
9	T–Team	26	9	4	13	35	40	−5	31
10	Sabah	26	7	7	12	24	32	−8	28
11	Felda United	26	7	7	12	22	34	−12	28
12	Kuala Lumpur	26	6	8	12	23	34	−11	26
13	Pahang (R)	26	5	7	14	19	36	−17	22	Relegation to Premier League
14	Perlis (R)	26	2	4	20	20	61	−41	10

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Terengganu qualified for the AFC Cup group stage by winning the 2011 Malaysia FA Cup. They automatically advanced to the group stage due to restructuring of the East Zone playoffs.

Results

Home \ Away	FEL	JFC	KED	KEL	KLU	NSE	PHG	T-T	PRK	PER	SAB	SEL	TRG	HMA
Felda United		0–0	1–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–6	2–0
Johor FC	0–0		0–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	0–1
Kedah	1–0	1–2		1–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–2
Kelantan	6–0	4–1	2–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	4–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–1
Kuala Lumpur FA	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2		1–1	0–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–3	1–2	0–1
Negeri Sembilan	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1		3–1	4–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0
Pahang	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1		1–0	0–2	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–2	0–2
T–Team	2–0	1–1	3–1	4–3	2–3	1–3	0–0		0–0	3–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	1–3
Perak	1–0	1–0	1–3	4–0	5–3	2–0	0–0	2–0		2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1
Perlis	0–1	2–2	0–1	1–5	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–2		0–1	0–2	1–3	1–3
Sabah	2–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	2–2		1–2	1–2	0–2
Selangor	2–1	3–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	7–1	1–0		3–2	1–2
Terengganu	1–0	3–0	0–1	0–3	4–0	3–0	5–0	3–2	3–0	3–1	3–0	1–1		3–1
Harimau Muda A	1–1	2–2	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–2

Updated to match(es) played on 6 July 2011. Source: Liga Super^[usurped]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player[14]	Club	Goals
1	Abdul Hadi Yahya	Terengganu	20
2	Norshahrul Idlan Talaha	Kelantan	19
3	Abdul Manaf Mamat	Terengganu	13
4	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	T–Team	11
5	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi	Kelantan	10
	Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin	Terengganu	10
6	Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli	Perak	9
	Baddrol Bakhtiar	Kedah	9
	Izzaq Faris Ramlan	Harimau Muda A	9
7	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri	Kuala Lumpur	7
	Mohd Fandi Othman	Harimau Muda A	7
	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	Negeri Sembilan	7
	Mohd Safiq Rahim	Selangor	7

See also

• List of Liga Super seasons
• 2011 Liga Premier