2011 Malaysia Premier League

Liga Premier
Season2011
ChampionsPKNS
1st Second Division title
PromotedPKNS, Sarawak
RelegatedSDMS Kepala Batas, Penang
Matches played132
Goals scored370 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer19 goals
Mohd Fitri Omar (MP Muar)
Biggest home winPKNS 7–0 Pos Malaysia
(18 April 2011)
Biggest away winSDMS Kepala Batas 0–6 Harimau Muda B
(25 April 2011)
Highest scoringPDRM 5–3 Johor
(25 February 2011)
2010
2012

The 2011 Liga Premier (English: 2011 Premier League) is the eighth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.[1]

The season was held from 31 January and concluded on 29 July 2011.[1]

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.[2][3] 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.[4]

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.[1] The champions and runners-up were both promoted to 2012 Liga Super.

  1. ^ a b c [1] 2011 Liga Premier
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2011-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "SELANGOR PKNS WIN LEAGUE WITH THREE GAMES IN HAND - Yahoo! News Malaysia". Archived from the original on 2012-03-22. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  4. ^ "Sarawak gloriously march into Super League".