Perlis FA State Football Team explained

Perlis FA State Football Team (ms|Pasukan Bola Sepak Negeri Perlis), 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] The team served a two-year FIFA suspension for failing to settle salary arrears of players and coaches in 2019.^{[5] [6] [7] [8]}

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	Kronos
1997
1998			DSSK
1999	Lotto
2000	Adidas
2001	Puma
2002	Diadora
2003	Admiral
2004
2005	Joma		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			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)

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U-19 team

Honours

Domestic

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

Friendly international

• Scissors Cup (India)

Runners-up (1): 1995^{[11] [12]}

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 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[14]	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:^{[15] [16]}

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
align=center rowspan=2	2004	Phillimon Chepita	align=center rowspan=2	9
Yusri Che Lah
2005	Zacharia Simukonda	18
2005–06	Phillimon Chepita	13
align=center rowspan=2	2006–07		align=center rowspan=2	13
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[17]	Syamsul Saad
December 2017 – December 2018	Manja Man
December 2018 – 2019	Manzoor Azwira[18]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Che Ahmad. Anuar. How Perlis football team got his 'Northern Lion' title. Facebook.com. 14 June 2016.
2. Web site: Football: Suspended PFA sneak back into M3 league. 10 August 2020.
3. Web site: From powerhouse to ignominy: Perlis undone by fantastical promises of 'Doraemon'.
4. Web site: Some ambitions but little money. mole.my.
5. Web site: Football: Suspended PFA sneak back into M3 league. 10 August 2020.
6. Web site: Football: Turning 'FAs into FCs'. 18 March 2019.
7. Web site: FAM must be firm in transition of state teams to football clubs. 14 September 2020 .
8. Web site: 5 Cadangan Untuk Perlis Northern Lions 'Restart' Semula Kebangkitan Mereka. 8 February 2019. 16 April 2021. 4 January 2025. https://web.archive.org/web/20250104072555/https://semuanyabola.com/5-langkah-pertama-perlis-untuk-bermula-semula/. dead.
9. Web site: Perlis FA 2018. pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. 17 July 2018.
10. Web site: Kelantan U19 . pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my . 23 June 2018 .
11. Web site: Arunava Chaudhary. List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup: Kerala. indianfootball.de. Indian Football Network. 15 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20201024223324/http://www.indianfootball.de/data/scissorscup.html. 24 October 2020. dead.
12. Web site: List of Winners/Runners-Up of the Scissors Cup. jctfootball.com. JCT Mills FC. 15 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20170421201511/http://www.jctfootball.com/aboutUs/recordsAndStats/listofWinners/scissorsCupListOfWinners.aspx?a=5. 21 April 2017. dead.
13. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesi/india96.html 4th Scissors Cup 1995
14. Draw were followed by penalty shootouts for an additional point.
15. Web site: Summary - Premier League - Malaysia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway.
16. Web site: Malaysia 2016.
17. News: Syamsul Saad dilantik ketua jurulatih baru Perlis. fourthofficial.com. 8 March 2017. 10 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170523154626/https://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/44063/syamsul-saad-dilantik-ketua-jurulatih-baru-perlis/. 23 May 2017. dead.
18. Web site: Manzoor Azwira dilantik sebagai jurulatih baharu Perlis FA. Semuanya Bola. 30 November 2018.