The 2012 Liga Premier, also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was 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.

A total of twelve teams contested the league, including eight from the 2011 Liga Premier season, two newly promoted from the 2011 Liga FAM and two relegated 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.

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

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