# Perlis FA State Football Team

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. 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.

## History

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. 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.

## 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.
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.

## Stadium

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 | Lotto | Dunhill | None |
| 1996 | Kronos | Dunhill | None |
| 1997 | Adidas | Dunhill | None |
| 1998 | Adidas | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 1999 | Lotto | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2000 | Adidas | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2001 | Puma | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2002 | Diadora | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2003 | Admiral | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2004 | Admiral | Dunhill | DSSK |
| 2005 | Joma | Telekom Malaysia | Bintong Construction |
| 2006 | Kappa | Telekom Malaysia | Bintong Construction |
| 2007 | Diadora | Telekom Malaysia | DSSK |
| 2008 | KIKA | Telekom Malaysia | Troyten |
| 2009 | KIKA | Telekom Malaysia | DSSK |
| 2010 | KIKA | Telekom Malaysia | Yayasan Pok dan Kassim |
| 2011 | KIKA | ASTRO | Yayasan Pok dan Kassim |
| 2012 | Kubba | ASTRO | Yayasan Pok dan Kassim |
| 2013 | Warriors | ASTRO | Warriors |
| 2014 | FBT | ASTRO | Canggih |
| 2015 | Carino | Carino | FG Footwear |
| 2016 | Carino | Carino | MaraLiner |
| 2017 | Carino | Daily Fresco | Hotel Ban Cheong |
| 2018–19 | SkyHawk | Yonhin (Perlis) Sdn. Bhd. | FG Footwear |

## Players

    As of 12 January 2019

### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Amran Omar |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Madzalan Emoi |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Fauzi Nan |
| 4 | DF | ZAM | Kabwe Kamuzati |
| 5 | MF | MAS | Adrien Jurad Chamrong |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Mandzoor Azwira |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Azlan Ismail |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Joao Bandoch |
| 9 | FW | SLE | Lamin Conteh Al-Hidayah |
| 10 | FW | ZAM | Phillimon Chipeta |
| 11 | FW | MAS | Nizaruddin Yussof |
| 12 | GK | MAS | Tay Sin Kiat |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Azizi Mat Rose |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Feriza Ismail |
| 16 | FW | ZAM | Zacharia Simukonda |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Nazaruddin Zain |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Shariman Che Omar |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Effendi Malek |
| 20 | FW | MAS | Yusri Che Lah |
| 21 | MF | MAS | Ivan Yussof |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Zainal Rabin |

### U-19 team

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Afif Nadzri |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aiman Yusoff |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Haziq Akmal |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Iskandar Ismail |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Nusyamin Jusoh |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Azeem Roslan |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Faiz Saffuan |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Imran Azizi |
| 9 | MF | MAS | Tengku Fikri |
| 10 | FW | MAS | Aliff Najmie |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Izzat Taufeq |
| 12 | DF | MAS | Ikhmal Mansor |
| 13 | MF | MAS | Danial Abdullah |
| 14 | MF | MAS | Syafiq Harith |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Kamal Arif |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Navitha JR a/l Kla Chang |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Harith Izzudin |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Fauzan Fazil |
| 19 | GK | MAS | Alif Fahmi |
| 20 | FW | MAS | Izdyhar Ehsan |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Haiqal Noh |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Annil Hakim |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Aidil Ezraf |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Somsak a/l Sayri |
| 25 | MF | MAS | Faiz Nazri |
| 26 | DF | MAS | Akhil Asyraf |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Uwais Hazisukino |

## Management team

* Position
* First team manager
* Assistant manager
* First team head coach
* Assistant head coach I
* Assistant head coach II
* Goalkeeper coach
* Fitness coach
Source:

## Honours
### Domestic

| Title | Winners | Runners-up |
| Piala Malaysia (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

* Scissors Cup (India)
    Runners-up (1): 1995

## 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 | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Other | Other | Asia | Asia |
| Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | D | Pts | Pos | Charity | Malaysia | FA | Other | Other | Competition | Result |
| 1995 | Liga Premier | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 46 | -9 | 32 | 10th | – | Group stage | 1st round | 4th Scissors cup | 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 | 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:

## 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 |
| 2004 | Yusri Che Lah | 9 |
| 2005 | Zacharia Simukonda | 18 |
| 2005–06 | Phillimon Chepita | 13 |
| 2006–07 | Phillimon Chepita | 13 |
| 2006–07 | Azlan Ismail | 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 |

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

## Coaches

Coach by Years (1985–present)
| Years | Name |
| 1985–89 | Mohd Mohayudin Rosli |
| 1994–96 | 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 2016–6 March 2017 | Razip Ismail |
| 8 March 2017 – November 2017 | Syamsul Saad |
| December 2017 – December 2018 | Manja Man |
| December 2018– | Manzoor Azwira |

## Football clubs under PFA supervision
### Affiliated clubs within the association

* Perlis United F.C. (formerly known as KSK Tambun Tulang F.C.)
* Kuala Perlis F.C.