Perlis FA State Football Team (), also known as Perlis FA, was a football team based in Kangar, Perlis, run and managed by the Perlis Football Association (PFA). The team was founded in 1963.
It was one of the 14 state teams of the Malaysian football structure, before the Malaysian football league demanded all teams competing in the country's top two leagues to be run as professional clubs by 2021. Perlis FA was funded and run by a state football association that relied mostly on state government grants. 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. Their participation in the Malaysian football league was subsequently cancelled.
History The team had a long-standing rivalry with Kedah FA, the two northern teams collectively known as the "Northern Derby". Their home was 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. They won another Malaysia Cup in 2006. In the Malaysia FA Cup, they were beaten finalist three times, in 2003, 2006 and 2007. The team had also won the Malaysian Charity Shield, also known as the Piala Sumbangsih, 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 was during the time when Shahidan Kassim was president of the Perlis Football Association (PFA) from 1998 to 2013. His tenure as PFA president ended after the team has been struggling financially. The team served a two-year FIFA suspension for failing to settle salary arrears of players and coaches in 2019.
Stadium
Crest and colours Perlis played their home matches wearing primarily yellow shirts, which sometimes had touch of blue colour. The colours for the kit were inspired by the colours of the Malaysian state of Perlis flag, which is yellow and blue.
Supporters The Perlis FA state team had supporters' group known as the Ultras Perlis – Brigate Gialloblu (BGB Perlis) which was established in 2011. When attending matches played by Perlis FA, the group could be recognised by their black outfits while sporting yellow and blue scarfs.
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors Period Kit Manufacturer Main sponsor Other sponsors 1995 Lotto Dunhill None 1996 Kronos1997 Adidas 1998 DSSK 1999 Lotto 2000 Adidas 2001 Puma 2002 Diadora 2003 Admiral 2004 2005 Joma Telekom Malaysia Bintong Construction 2006 Kappa 2007 Diadora DSSK 2008 KIKA Troyten 2009 DSSK 2010 Yayasan Pok dan Kassim 2011 ASTRO 2012 Kubba 2013 Warriors Warriors 2014 FBT Canggih 2015 Carino Carino FG Footwear 2016 MaraLiner 2017 Daily Fresco Hotel Ban Cheong 2018–2019 SkyHawk Yonhin (Perlis) Sdn. Bhd. FG Footwear
Players (2019)
First-team squad
U-19 team
Honours Domestic competitions League Division 1/Semi-Pro League 1/Liga Perdana/Premier League 1/Super League Winners (1): 2005 Runners-up (1): 2009 Third place (2): 2003, 2004
Division 2/Semi-Pro League 2/Premier League 2/Premier League Winners (1): 1989
Division 3/FAM League Runners-up (1): 2015
Cups Malaysia Cup Winners (2): 2004, 2006 Runners-up (1): 2005
Malaysia FA Cup Runners-up (3): 2003, 2006, 2007
Piala Sumbangsih Winners (2): 2007, 2008 Runners-up (1): 2005
Friendly international Scissors Cup (India) Runners-up (1): 1995
Club records Updated 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
Season League Cup Other Asia Division Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result 1995 Liga Premier 28 9 5 14 37 46 -9 32 10th – Group stage 1st round 4th Scissors cup4th Scissors Cup 1995 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 2Draw were followed by penalty shootouts for an additional point. 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 – – – –
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Individual player awards M-League Golden boot winners Season Player Goals 2003 Phillimon Chepita 23 2005 Zacharia Simukonda 18 2009 Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof 18
M-League top goalscorer Season Player Goals 1995 Rustam Abdullaev 11 2003 Phillimon Chepita 23 2004 Phillimon Chepita 9 Yusri Che Lah 2005 Zacharia Simukonda 18 2005–06 Phillimon Chepita 13 2006–07 Phillimon Chepita 13 Azlan Ismail 2007–08 Phillimon Chepita 13 2009 Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof 18 2010 Ahmad Fakri Saarani 5 2011 Rizal Ghazali 5 2012 Lamin Conteh 8 2013 Badrul Hisani Abd Rahman 6 2014 Dao Bakary 8 2015 Mohd Shafiq Azmi 14 2016 Charles Chad 7 2017 Brandon Adams 6 2018 Norhamizaree Hamid 6
Presidents Years Name 1998–2013 Shahidan Kassim 2013–2017 Rozabil Abdul Rahman 2017–2018 Shaharuddin Ismail 2018–2019 Amizal Shaifit Ahmad Rafie 2019 Zainuddin Osman
Managerial history Managers by years (2008–2019) Years Name 2008–2009 Dato' Ismail Kassim 2009–2010 Mohd Noor Aziz 2010–2012 Azahar Ahmad 2013–2014 Shahruddin Ismail 2015–2017 Afifi Osman 2018–2019 Zailuddin Ariffin
Coaching history Head coaches by Years (1985–2019) Years Name 1985–1989 Mohd Mohayudin Rosli 1994–1996 Joseph Herel 1996 Bakri Ibni 1997–2000 Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 2001 Salim Tofel Mohamad 2001–2002 Tajuddin Noor 2003–2005 Norizan Bakar 2005–2007 Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 2007–2009 Irfan Bakti Abu Salim 2010 Muhammad Nidzam Adzha Yusoff 2010 Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif 2011 Moshtakeen Omar March 2011 – April 2011 Salim Tofel Mohamad (caretaker) April 2011 – October 2011 Jánós Krécská June 2012 – December 2012 Robert Scully December 2012 – November 2013 Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif December 2013 – June 2014 Reduan Abdullah December 2014 – October 2015 Yusri Che Lah November 2015 Dollah Salleh December 2016 – March 2017 Razip Ismail March 2017 – November 2017 Syamsul Saad December 2017 – December 2018 Manja Man December 2018 – 2019 Manzoor Azwira
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