Perlis FA
Full namePerlis Football Association State Football Team
Nickname(s)Singa Utara (The Northern Lions) [1]
Founded1963 (1963)
Dissolved2019
GroundTuanku Syed Putra Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerPerlis Football Association
President–
LeagueMalaysia M3 League
2020–
WebsiteClub website

Perlis FA State Football Team (Malay: Pasukan Bola Sepak Negeri Perlis), also known as Perlis FA, is a football team based in Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia which is run and managed by the Perlis Football Association (PFA). The team was founded in 1963 and is currently suspended by FIFA from playing in the Malaysian football league.[2] Before their suspension, the team played in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. Year 2019 was the first ever year that Perlis did not enter any tournament in Malaysian League since 1963.

It was one of the 14 Malaysian state teams of the Malaysian football structure before the Malaysian football league demanded all teams competing in the country's top two leagues be run as professional clubs by 2021. Perlis FA is not run as a professional football club, but rather as a team that was funded and run by a Malaysian state football association that relied mostly on state government grants. The team was run was much like all other Malaysian state football teams competing in the old Malaysian football system before the year 2021. To outsiders who are not familiar with the Malaysian football system or league (before the year 2020), the team is simply known as Perlis FA because it was run by the Perlis Football Association. To those who follow Malaysian football on the other hand, the team was simply known as Perlis or Perlis State Football Team.

There were plans to privatize the team after Ahmad Amizal Shaifit Ahmad was elected PFA president in 2018, but the move did not materialise because the association fell into financial crisis the following year (in 2019). The financial crisis resulted in the team being suspended by FIFA for failing to settle salary arrears of players and coaches. Their participation in the Malaysian football league was subsequently cancelled. Stories of the financial crisis faced by the team were widely reported by the Malaysian media at the time.[3]

History

Perlis FA players and team officials seen jubilating after winning the Malaysia Cup in 2006. The team players are also seen wearing their home colours.

Founded in 1963, the team has a long-standing rivalry with Kedah FA, the two northern teams collectively known as the "Northern Derby". Their home is the 20,000-seat Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, built in 1995 to replace the Dato' Sheikh Ahmad Stadium.

Perlis had their first major success in the 2004 season, when they won the Malaysia Cup. They went on to win the Malaysian top tier league, the Malaysian Super League, in 2005. It would be the only time to date that the team would win the Malaysian top division, though they won another Malaysia Cup in 2006. Interestingly the team never won the Malaysia FA Cup, although they were beaten finalist three times in 2003, 2006 and 2007. The team had also won the Malaysian Charity Shield (which is also known as the Piala Sumbangsih) twice in 2007 and 2008.

As for continental tournaments, 2006 was their debut playing in the AFC Cup. They did qualify for the 2010 edition of the AFC Cup but withdrew from the competition.

Shahidan Kassim Era

Perlis FA's most successful era to date was during the time when Shahidan Kassim was president of the Perlis Football Association (PFA) from 1998 to 2013. Affectionately known as 'Pak Dan' by the people of Perlis, he is also a Malaysian politician and former Malaysian federal minister from Tambun Tulang, Perlis. He was instrumental in transforming Perlis into a force to be reckoned with in Malaysian football. His tenure as PFA president ended after the team, being a Malaysian state football team, has been struggling financially towards the end of his tenure of as the association's president.[4] Perlis FA have so far not won any trophy after winning the Malaysia Charity Shield in 2008.

FIFA Suspension

The team is currently serving a two-year FIFA suspension for failing to settle salary arrears of players and coaches in 2019. It was however not clear whether FIFA had suspended PFA as the Malaysian state team or the PFA as the association which governs football in the Malaysian state of Perlis because both entities had used the same name before this. With some Perlis-based clubs such as Perlis United FC and Northern Lions FC are still competing and participating in the Malaysian football league after the suspension, the FIFA suspension could be interpreted as a suspension on PFA as the team and not PFA as the association.[5]

Life After FIFA Suspension

Future Name of the Team

Following the currently ongoing suspension by FIFA and the new rules set by the Malaysia football league management, it is unlikely that the team will be known as Perlis FA after the year 2021.

With Malaysian football league demanding all teams competing in the country's top two leagues to be run as or changed to professional clubs by 2021, Perlis FA will have to use another name (than "Perlis FA") to compete in the Malaysia football league after their suspension. This was because from year 2021 onwards, any team not run as a club or run as an association (in other words, teams which are not privatised) are no longer allowed to compete in Malaysia's top two tier leagues.[6][7]

Should the team had not fallen into financial crisis in 2019 and managed to get themselves privatised in 2020, the team was most likely be known as Perlis Northern Lions FC because in 2019, the team had used a crest which bears the name Perlis Northern Lions on their kits and official social media platforms, although they did not operate as a privatised football club at the time.[8]

Stadium

Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium
Former namesStadium Utama, Kangar
LocationKangar, Perlis, Malaysia
OwnerPerlis State
Capacity20,000
Construction
Broke ground1994
Opened1995
Tenants
Perlis FA (1995–2019)

Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium or Stadium Utama Kangar is a multi-purpose stadium in Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1995.

Crest and colours

Perlis play their home matches wearing primarily yellow shirts, which sometimes had some touch of blue colour added on their designs. The team also play their home matches wearing either yellow or blue shorts and either yellow, blue or white socks. The colours for the kit worn by the Perlis FA state football team when they play their home matches are inspired by the colours of the Malaysian state of Perlis flag, which is yellow and blue.

Supporters

The Perlis FA state football team have a supporters' group known as the Ultras Perlis – Brigate Gialloblu (BGB Perlis) which was established in 2011. The supporters' group is known to be one of the most passionate set of supporters in the country. When attending matches played by Perlis FA, the group could be recognised by their black outfits while sporting yellow and blue scarfs (also known as the mafla in football). Claiming to support the team through thick and thin, they can also be seen chanting and singing to support their team from a section of the Perlis FA's home stadium, the Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium, (known to them as the 'curva') during Perlis FA's home matches.

Sponsors

The following are the sponsors of Perlis FA since 1995:–

Periods Kit Manufacturer Main Sponsor Other Sponsor
1995 Italy Lotto Dunhill None
1996 Italy Kronos
1997 Germany Adidas
1998 DSSK
1999 Italy Lotto
2000 Germany Adidas
2001 Germany Puma
2002 Italy Diadora
2003 United Kingdom Admiral
2004
2005 Spain Joma Telekom Malaysia Bintong Construction
2006 Italy Kappa
2007 Italy Diadora DSSK
2008 South Korea KIKA Troyten
2009 DSSK
2010 Yayasan Pok dan Kassim
2011 ASTRO
2012 Singapore Kubba
2013 Malaysia Warriors Warriors
2014 Thailand FBT Canggih
2015 Malaysia Carino Carino FG Footwear
2016 MaraLiner
2017 Daily Fresco Hotel Ban Cheong
2018 Malaysia SkyHawk Yonhin (Perlis) Sdn. Bhd. FG Footwear

Players

As of 12 January 2019[9][10]

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Malaysia MAS Amran Omar
2 DF Malaysia MAS Madzalan Emoi
3 DF Malaysia MAS Fauzi Nan
4 DF Zambia ZAM Kabwe Kamuzati
5 MF Malaysia MAS Adrien Jurad Chamrong
6 MF Malaysia MAS Mandzoor Azwira
7 MF Malaysia MAS Azlan Ismail
8 MF Brazil BRA Joao Bandoch
9 FW Sierra Leone SLE Lamin Conteh Al-Hidayah
10 FW Zambia ZAM Phillimon Chipeta
11 FW Malaysia MAS Nizaruddin Yussof
12 GK Malaysia MAS Tay Sin Kiat
13 DF Malaysia MAS Azizi Mat Rose
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Malaysia MAS Feriza Ismail
16 FW Zambia ZAM Zacharia Simukonda
17 MF Malaysia MAS Nazaruddin Zain
18 DF Malaysia MAS Shariman Che Omar
19 MF Malaysia MAS Effendi Malek
20 FW Malaysia MAS Yusri Che Lah
21 MF Malaysia MAS Ivan Yussof
22 GK Malaysia MAS Zainal Rabin

U-19 team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Malaysia MAS Afif Nadzri
2 DF Malaysia MAS Aiman Yusoff
3 DF Malaysia MAS Haziq Akmal
4 DF Malaysia MAS Iskandar Ismail
5 DF Malaysia MAS Nusyamin Jusoh
6 MF Malaysia MAS Azeem Roslan
7 MF Malaysia MAS Faiz Saffuan
8 MF Malaysia MAS Imran Azizi
9 MF Malaysia MAS Tengku Fikri
10 FW Malaysia MAS Aliff Najmie
11 MF Malaysia MAS Izzat Taufeq
12 DF Malaysia MAS Ikhmal Mansor
13 MF Malaysia MAS Danial Abdullah
14 MF Malaysia MAS Syafiq Harith
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Malaysia MAS Kamal Arif
16 MF Malaysia MAS Navitha JR a/l Kla Chang
17 MF Malaysia MAS Harith Izzudin
18 DF Malaysia MAS Fauzan Fazil
19 GK Malaysia MAS Alif Fahmi
20 FW Malaysia MAS Izdyhar Ehsan
21 DF Malaysia MAS Haiqal Noh
22 GK Malaysia MAS Annil Hakim
23 MF Malaysia MAS Aidil Ezraf
24 MF Malaysia MAS Somsak a/l Sayri
25 MF Malaysia MAS Faiz Nazri
26 DF Malaysia MAS Akhil Asyraf
27 MF Malaysia MAS Uwais Hazisukino

Management team

PositionName
First team managerMalaysia
Assistant managerMalaysia
First team head coachMalaysia
Assistant head coach IMalaysia
Assistant head coach IIMalaysia
Goalkeeper coachMalaysia
Fitness coachMalaysia

Source:

Honours

Domestic

Title Winners Runners-up
Malaysia Cup (2) 2004, 2006 2005
Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League (1) 2005 2009
Division 2/ Premier 2/ Liga Premier (1) 1989
FAM League 2015
Piala FA 2003, 2006, 2007
Malaysia Charity Shield (2) 2007, 2008 2005

Friendly international

2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (1): 1995[11][12]

Club records

Update on 29 November 2018.
*Note :

  • P = Played, W = Win, D = Draw, L= Loss, F = Goal for, A = Goal against, D = Goal difference, Pts = Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Season League Cup Other Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result
1995 Liga Premier 28 9 5 14 37 46 -9 32 10th – Group stage 1st round 4th Scissors cup[13] Runner-up – –
1996 Liga Premier 28 10 6 12 30 29 +1 36 10th – Group stage 2nd round – – – –
1997 Liga Premier 28 13 6 9 42 36 +6 45 6th – Semi-finals 2nd round – – – –
1998 Premier 1 22 7 4 11 33 39 -6 25 11th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
1999 Premier 2 18 9 2[lower-alpha 1] 7 36 26 +10 31 4th – Group stage 2nd round – – – –
2000 Premier 1 22 6 7 9 24 27 -3 25 9th – Group stage 1st round – – – –
2001 Premier 1 22 9 4 9 31 31 +0 31 6th – Quarter-finals 2nd round – – – –
2002 Premier 1 26 11 8 7 31 23 +9 41 7th – Group stage 1st round – – – –
2003 Premier 1 24 13 6 5 40 23 +17 45 3rd – Semi-finals Runner-up – – – –
2004 Super League 21 10 6 5 41 30 +11 36 3rd – Champions 3rd round – – – –
2005 Super League 21 14 3 4 43 19 +24 45 1st Runner-up Runner-up 2nd round – – – –
2005–06 Super League 21 8 6 7 26 25 +1 30 4th – Champions Runner-up – – AFC Cup Group stage
2006–07 Super League 24 13 4 7 47 25 +22 43 5th Champions Quarter-finals Runner-up – – – –
2007–08 Super League 24 10 6 8 36 25 +11 36 7th Champions Quarter-finals 1st round – – – –
2009 Super League 26 17 5 4 40 19 +21 56 2nd – Semi-finals Semi-finals – – – –
2010 Super League 26 8 5 13 32 35 -3 29 12th – Quarter-finals 1st round – – – –
2011 Super League 26 2 4 20 20 61 -41 10 14th – Not qualified 1st round – – – –
2012 Liga Premier 22 4 3 15 38 68 -30 15 11th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
2013 Liga Premier 22 6 4 12 27 42 -15 22 10th – Not qualified 1st round – – – –
2014 Liga Premier 22 2 6 14 21 50 -29 12 11th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
2015 FAM League 18 12 6 0 33 10 +23 42 1st – Not qualified 1st round – – – –
2016 Liga Premier 22 10 4 8 38 32 +6 34 6th – Not qualified 3rd round – – – –
2017 Liga Premier 22 4 3 15 22 55 −33 12 12th – Not qualified 3rd round – – – –
2018 FAM League 8 1 1 6 5 14 −9 4 5th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
2019 Liga Premier x x x x x x x x Suspended – Not qualified Disqualify – – – –
2020 Banned x x x x x x x x No Record – No Record No Record – – – –
2021 Banned x x x x x x x x No Record - No Record No Record - - - -

Source:[14][15]

  1. ↑ Draw were followed by penalty shootouts for an additional point.

Individual player awards

M-League Golden boot winners

Season Player Goals
2003 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 23
2005 Zambia Zacharia Simukonda 18
2009 Malaysia Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof 18

M-League Top goalscorer

Season Player Goals
1995 Uzbekistan Rustam Abdullaev 11
2003 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 23
2004 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 9
Malaysia Yusri Che Lah
2005 Zambia Zacharia Simukonda 18
2005–06 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 13
2006–07 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 13
Malaysia Azlan Ismail
2007–08 Zambia Phillimon Chepita 13
2009 Malaysia Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof 18
2010 Malaysia Ahmad Fakri Saarani 5
2011 Malaysia Rizal Ghazali 5
2012 Sierra Leone Lamin Conteh 8
2013 Malaysia Badrul Hisani Abd Rahman 6
2014 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary 8
2015 Malaysia Mohd Shafiq Azmi 14
2016 Brazil Charles Chad 7
2017 England Brandon Adams 6
2018 Malaysia Norhamizaree Hamid 6

President history

Years Name Achievements Records
1998–2013 Shahidan Kassim Champion 2004 Malaysia Cup
Champion 2006 Malaysia Cup
Runner-up 2005 Malaysia Cup
Runner-up 2003 Piala FA 2006 Piala FA and 2007 Piala FA
Champion 2005 Malaysia Super League
Runner-up 2009 Malaysia Super League
Champion 2007 Malaysia Charity Shield and 2008 Malaysia Charity Shield
Runner-up 2005 Malaysia Charity Shield
Qualify to 2006 AFC Cup
2013–2017 Rozabil Abdul Rahman Relegated FAM Cup 2015

Runner-up of 2015 Malaysia FAM League Promoted to 2016 Liga Premier Relegated FAM Cup 2017

2017–2018 Shaharuddin Ismail Relegated FAM Cup 2018
2018–2019 Amizal Shaifit Ahmad Rafie Banned
2019–present Zainuddin Osman Banned

Vice-President history

Years Name
2019–present Zamri Ibrahim

Managerial history

Manager by Years (2008–present)

Years Name
2008–2009 Malaysia Dato' Ismail Kassim
2009–2010 Malaysia Mohd Noor Aziz
2010–2012 Malaysia Azahar Ahmad
2013–2014 Malaysia Shahruddin Ismail
2015–2017 Malaysia Afifi Osman
2018–2019 Malaysia Zailuddin Ariffin

Coaches

Coach by Years (1985–present)

Years Name
1985–89 Malaysia Mohd Mohayudin Rosli
1994–96 Slovakia Joseph Herel
1996 Malaysia Bakri Ibni
1997–2000 Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2001 Malaysia Salim Tofel Mohamad
2001–2002 Malaysia Tajuddin Noor
2003–2005 Malaysia Norizan Bakar
2005–2007 Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2007–2009 Malaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
2010 Malaysia Muhammad Nidzam Adzha Yusoff
2010 Malaysia Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
2011 Malaysia Moshtakeen Omar
March 2011 – April 2011 Malaysia Salim Tofel Mohamad (caretaker)
April 2011 – October 2011 Hungary Jánós Krécská
June 2012 – December 2012 Malaysia Robert Scully
December 2012 – November 2013 Malaysia Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
December 2013 – June 2014 Malaysia Reduan Abdullah
December 2014 – October 2015 Malaysia Yusri Che Lah
November 2015 Malaysia Dollah Salleh
December 2016–6 March 2017 Malaysia Razip Ismail
8 March 2017 – November 2017[16] Malaysia Syamsul Saad
December 2017 – December 2018 Malaysia Manja Man
December 2018– Malaysia Manzoor Azwira[17]

Football clubs under PFA supervision

Affiliated clubs within the association

References

  1. ↑ Che Ahmad, Anuar. "How Perlis football team got his 'Northern Lion' title". Facebook.com. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Football: Suspended PFA sneak back into M3 league". 10 August 2020.
  3. ↑ "From powerhouse to ignominy: Perlis undone by fantastical promises of 'Doraemon'".
  4. ↑ "Some ambitions but little money". mole.my.
  5. ↑ "Football: Suspended PFA sneak back into M3 league". 10 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Football: Turning 'FAs into FCs'". 18 March 2019.
  7. ↑ "FAM must be firm in transition of state teams to football clubs".
  8. ↑ "5 Cadangan Untuk Perlis Northern Lions 'Restart' Semula Kebangkitan Mereka". 8 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "Perlis FA 2018". pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Kelantan U19". pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  11. ↑ Arunava Chaudhary. "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup: Kerala". indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. Archived from the original on 24 October 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup". jctfootball.com. JCT Mills FC. Archived from the original on 21 April 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  13. ↑ 4th Scissors Cup 1995
  14. ↑ "Summary - Premier League - Malaysia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway".
  15. ↑ "Malaysia 2016".
  16. ↑ "Syamsul Saad dilantik ketua jurulatih baru Perlis". fourthofficial.com. 8 March 2017. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. ↑ "Manzoor Azwira dilantik sebagai jurulatih baharu Perlis FA". Semuanya Bola. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
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