Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club is a football club based in Malacca, Malaysia. The club was formerly known as the Perbadanan Air Melaka (PAM).
History Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club had their first major success in the 2011 season, when they won the 2011 Liga Melaka. Domestically, SAMB FC has won the Malaysia football tournament, lastly in the 2018, and been eligible to compete in the Malaysia M3 League.
They have played in the previous incarnation of third-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia FAM League from 2016 until 2017. In 2018, they withdrew from the FAM League and played in the Liga Melaka Division 1. They earned promotion into the third-tier division, the Malaysia M3 League in 2019. However, for the 2020 season, they withdrew due to financial reasons. Their slot in the M3 League was given to Melaka City.
After a break of several years, SAMB returned to join the 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League, the third-tier league organised by the Amateur Football League (AFL).
Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors SeasonKit manufacturerMain sponsor 2016 Kronos Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad 2017 2018 Warrix Sports 2019 Heat 2024– ZeroFour
Season by season record Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top scorer (all competitions)2016Liga FAM Quarter FinalDNQDNQDNQDNQ2017Liga FAM Group B, Fifth positionDNQFirst RoundDNQDNQ2018Liga Melaka WinnerDNQDNQDNQDNQ2019Liga M3 9th placeDNQFirst RoundDNQDNQ Farderin Kadir (10)2020, 20211 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2024Liga A2 Quarter-finalistDNQDNQDNQDNQ Shamerul Abd Aziz (8)
Players
Coaches Period Name Nationality January 2014–October 2016 Remeli Junit November 2016–October 2017 G. Torayraju January 2018–December 2019 Hamdan Mohamad January 2020 Mohd Azizan Baba May–November 2024 Rahim Abu Bakar
Management team Club personnel Position Name Team manager Fairullizam Isahak Assistant manager Saiful Bakhtiar Bin Samsuri Head coach Rahim Abu Bakar Assistant coach Mohd Saiful Mustafa, Hafizuddin Said Goalkeeper coach Zaidi Hassan Assistant GK coach Mohd Rizal Ibrahim Fitness coach Fauzi Mokhtar Physio Najmi Hashim Kit manager Nurhadisham Mehat Media officer Noor Azhar Bin Tahir
Honours Domestic competitions League Melaka League Division 1 Winners (5): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018
Kuala Lumpur League Division 1 Winners (1): 2014
References
External links SAMB FC page