The 2012 Liga Premier (), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 11 January and concluded on 23 July 2012. The Liga Premier champions for 2012 season was ATM. The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2013 Liga Super. Teams A total of twelve teams will contest the league, including eight sides from the 2011 Liga Premier season, two newly promoted teams from 2011 Liga FAM and two relegated teams from the 2011 Liga Super season. Pahang and Perlis were relegated from 2011 Liga Super after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. 2011 Liga FAM champions Betaria and runner-up MB Johor Bahru secured direct promotion to this season Liga Premier. ATM Betaria1 Harimau Muda B3 Johor MB Johor Bahru1 MP Muar Pahang2 Perlis2 PDRM Pos Malaysia Sime Darby USM Note: 1Promoted from 2011 Liga FAM 2Relegated from 2011 Liga Super 3Harimau Muda, the national team feeder project team was replaced fully with Harimau Muda B for this season Team summaries Stadia Note: + estimated capacity 1 Betaria currently using Hang Tuah Stadium in Malacca, Malacca 2 Pahang currently using Temerloh Mini Stadium in Temerloh, Pahang 3 PDRM currently using Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan 4 Both Johor and MB Johor Bahru used Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium in Pasir Gudang and Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Muar respectively from January until the end of March 2012. 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. 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. Coaching changes League table Results Fixtures and Results of the 2012 Liga Premier season. Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Note: The Sime Darby - ATM match was originally set to be played on the Friday 20th but was postponed due to heavy rain when ATM were leading 2:0. The game was replayed the next day which Sime Darby went on to win 2:1 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week