Perak FA

Perak FA

Full name	Persatuan Bola Sepak Perak Darul Ridzuan (Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association)
Nickname(s)	The Boss Gaurus
Founded	18 April 1951 (Originally 1921)
Ground	Stadium Perak Ipoh, Perak Malaysia
Ground Capacity	42,000
Manager	Datuk Azhar Ahmad
Coach	Abu Bakar Fadzim
League	Malaysia Super League
2013	7th
Home colours Away colours

The Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association is an football association that supervises football in the state of Perak.

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association was formed on 18 April 1951^[1] to oversee footballing activities throughout the state of Perak. Although a formal association was only formed in 1951, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association has actually had a football team since 1921,^[2] which participated in the Malaya Cup (later HMS Malaya Cup, known today as the Malaysia Cup). They were also one of the founding members of the Malayan Football Association (the predecessor of the modern Football Association of Malaysia) which happened in 1926.

They are the third most successful team in the Malaysia Cup competition with 7 wins and 11 second-place finishes. They won the last of their 7 titles in 2000 and were runners-up in the 2007 edition. In 2003, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association became the first team in 13 years to achieve back-to-back league titles in Malaysian Football.

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association is the only team in Malaysia that has never been demoted to a lower division since the professional league was introduced in 1989. Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association calls the 42,500-seat Stadium Perak as its home ground, although it has played some matches at the 15,000-seat Lumut Stadium (inside the Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) base in Lumut, Perak) whenever Stadium Perak has not been not available. The Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's home ground is also sometimes referred to by its nickname, Fair Park as Stadium Perak is located near Fair Park in Ipoh where the team's office is situated.

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's nickname is Seladang which is the Malay name for Gaur. A favourite tagline of its supporters is Kejor Yeop Kejor, which roughly translates to "Chase It, Brother, Chase". The tagline was adopted by the team after the state government used it as their tagline for the 1996 Sukma Games. In 2007, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association introduced a team song entitled, 'Skor Yeop Skor'.

In January 11, 2014, Menteri Besar Perak, Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abd Kadir has launch a new logo, Tagline "Kejor Yeop Kejor" and a new nickname for Perak that is "The Bos Gaurus" which is a species of Indian Bison.

The main rivals of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association are Selangor FA, Kedah FA and Penang FA.

History

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association finished the 2006 season of the Super League Malaysia in second place, behind Kedah FA. Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association, having played well all season, had been the league leaders and favourites going into the final two matches, but a 2–2 draw with Terengganu FA in their penultimate match enabled Kedah FA to pip them to the title. At the end of the season, team management announced that it would not retain several senior players who were originally contracted until October 2007 due to financial constraints.^[3]

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association started the 2008 season by losing several key players, including midfielder Yusri Che Lah, Abdoulaye Traoré, Vedran Kukoc and top scorer Keita Mandjou. They did, however, manage to secure the services of national player Mohammad Hardi Jaafar from the now-defunct Melaka TMFC. On 9 November, they announced the arrivals of two Chilean players, Mario Berrios and Jorge Munoz. It emerged at the end of the season that the team were facing financial difficulties, resulting in an exodus of a majority of their players.^[4] The team was also unable to retain the services of their foreign players due to a new ruling introduced by the Football Association of Malaysia.^[5]

For the 2010 season, Yang Mulia Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib was announced as the new Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's team coach, replacing outgoing Dato' M. Karathu.^[6] Fielding a youthful squad yet again, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association endured a difficult 2010 season, finishing eleventh with 30 points from 26 matches. Once again, they were failed to make it from the group stage of the Malaysia Cup and were eliminated from the Malaysia FA Cup in the second round.

On 25 October 2010, Tuan Haji Norizan Bakar was appointed the new coach.^[7] Once again, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association will be using with a youthful team for the 2011 season, with nearly 70 percent of the squad's players being between the ages of 17 and 25, but also featuring experienced former internationals such as Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli, Mohd Nasril Mat Nourdin, Chan Wing Hoong and Shahrulnizam Mustapa.^[8]

On 19 July 2012, it was announced that Jang Jung will take over his former team Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's head coach position from Norizan Bakar on an interim basis until the end of the 2012 Malaysia Cup campaign.[3] His spell with Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association was a disappointing one, recording only one win, while suffering three draws and two defeats in six Malaysia Cup group stage matches, failing to qualify to the quarter-finals. His contract was not renewed after the Malaysia Cup exit.

On 15 October 2012, Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah was announced as Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's new team coach.

For the 2014 season, Abu Bakar Fadzim was announced as the new Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's team coach, replacing Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah .[6]

Stadium Perak

Stadium Perak
The Yobs
Full name	Stadium Perak
Location	Perak, Malaysia
Built	1965[9]
Renovated	1975, 1993, 2014
Owner	Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh
Operator	Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh
Surface	Grass Track
Capacity	42,000

Stadium Perak is a stadium located in Kampung Simee in Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia. It is part of a large complex called the DBI Sports Complex, which houses a majority of sporting facilities used by players representing the state of Perak such as the Velodrome Rakyat (cycling), Indera Mulia Stadium (indoor stadium) and the Sultan Azlan Shah Stadium (hockey).

The stadium was further upgraded in 1997.^[10] for the FIFA U-20 World Cup. It was further renovated in 1999 at a cost of RM 1,949,000 by the Perak state government. It was put under the administration of the Ipoh City Council, which oversees the general upkeep of the stadium until this day.

Since the last refurbishment in 1997, the capacity of the stadium is 42,500^[11] and it boasts a press box and a VIP-area which is normally used by the Sultan of Perak. The stadium features a FIFA standard football pitch and an IAAF-certified synthetic running track. The stadium also has monochromatic video matrix scoreboard.

The stadium has grandstand seating and normal seating. Only the grandstand seats are sheltered from the elements.

The stadium has a notoriously problematic floodlight system. There are four floodlight towers surrounding the stadium and about 50% fail to light up when it is needed. Poor pitch conditions are also a norm at this stadium and coaches are known to have publicly voiced their discontent over this issue.

However, the issue was settled comprehensively and the light towers are upgraded to international football standard. On 7 May 2013, Perak FA defeated Negeri Sembilan FA 2-1 in a Malaysian Super League match in the first sporting event after the stadium floodlights upgrading.

Future planning

Regarding to Football Association of Malaysia's planning to privatising Malaysia Super League, Malaysia Premier League and Malaysia FAM League in accordance to the Asian Football Confederation's standards, Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association will be registering a subsidiary entity, "Perak Football Club" (Perak F.C.) to participating in Malaysia's football seasons starting from 2014 season.^[12][13]

Honours

Title	Winners	Runners-up
Malaysia Cup (7x)	1926, 1931, 1957, 1967, 1970, 1998, 2000	1923, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1974, 2001, 2007
Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League (2x)	2002, 2003	2007
Division 2/ Premier 2/ Premier League		1989
FA Cup (2x)	1990, 2004	1991, 2002, 2005
Charity Shield (3x)	1999, 2005, 2006	2001

Performance season by season

Season	League								FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Charity Shield	AFC Cup
	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos
MSL 2004	21	10	6	5	35	27	36	4	W	GS		QF
MSL 2005	21	9	3	9	33	25	30	3	RU	SF	W	GS
MSL 2006	21	9	3	9	32	29	30	3	QF	SF	W
MSL 2007	24	16	5	3	58	22	53	2	R2	RU
MSL 2008	24	13	2	9	46	34	41	5	R2	QF		QF
MSL 2009	26	9	5	12	27	36	32	10	QF	GS
MSL 2010	26	8	6	12	25	30	30	11	R2	GS
MSL 2011	26	10	10	6	31	24	40	6	QF	QF
MSL 2012	26	13	3	10	40	43	42	4	R2	GS
MSL 2013	22	8	5	9	23	27	29	7	R1	GS
MSL 2014

League	Cup
P = Played	R1 = Round 1
W = Games won	R2 = Round 2
D = Games drawn	GS = Group Stage
L = Games lost	QF = Quarter-finals
F = Goals for	SF = Semi-finals
A = Goals against	RU = Runners-up
Pts = Points	S = Shared
Pos = Final position	W = Winners

Performance in AFC competitions

Asian Club Championship

• 1969: Group Stage (final standings- 7th place)
• 1971: Group Stage (final standings- 8th place)

AFC Cup

• 2004: Quarter-finals (lost to Geylang United FC 3–5 on aggregate)

• 2005: Group Stage (Group D)

• 2008: Quarter-finals (lost to Safa Beirut SC 0–7 on aggregate)

Individual player awards

Overall Favourite Player Award

• 2006–07 : Kaliappan Nanthakumar

M-League Golden Boots – Top Goalscorer Overall

• 2001 : Norizam Ali Hassan (13 goals)
• 2002 : Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (17 goals)
• 2005–06 : Keita Mandjou (17 goals)
• 2006–07 : Keita Mandjou (21 goals)

M-League Perak FA's League Top Goalscorer

• 1995 : Marshall Soper (11 goals)
• 1997 : Laszlo Repasi (19 goals)
• 1998 : Laszlo Repasi (8 goals)
• 1999 : Azrul Amri Burhan & M. Nagaraja (6 goals)
• 2000 : Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (7 goals)
• 2001 : Norizam Ali Hassan (13 goals)
• 2002 : Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (17 goals)
• 2003 : Muhamad Khalid Jamlus (9 goals)
• 2004 : Frank Seator (14 goals)
• 2005 : Keita Mandjou (11 goals)
• 2006 : Keita Mandjou (17 goals)
• 2007 : Keita Mandjou (21 goals)
• 2008 : Carlos Arturo Caceres (17 goals)
• 2009 : Razali Umar Kandasamy (13 goals)
• 2010 : Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal (6 goals)
• 2011 : Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli (9 goals)
• 2012 : Michal Kubala (13 goals)
• 2013 : Paulo Rangel (11 goals)

Perak Team captains

Dates	Captains
1985-94	Azizol Abu Haniffah
1995-97	Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib
1998-99	Roslan Hamid
2000–08	Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian
2009	Soryaparrad Subramaniam
2010	K Nanthakumar
2011-13	Shahrulnizam Mustapa
2014	Mohammad Hardi Jaafar

2014 Team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeeper
1	Mohd Nor Haziq Aris		GK
22	Razi Effendi Suhit		GK
Defenders
2	Mohd Haizal Faquan Sadarudin		LB
25	Azmeer Yusof		CB,LB
6	Mohd Syazwan Mohd Roslan		CB,RB
17	Muhamad Tuah Iskandar		RB
23	Martin Kafando		CB
12	Mohd Fazli Zulkifli		CB
19	Noor Hazrul Mustafa		RB,LB
24	Mohamad Hisyamudin Mohamed Sha'ari		CB
5	Muhd Syahmil Khairi		CB
14	Mohd Norhizwan Hassan		LB
26	Mohd Khairi Kiman		LB
27	Muhd Raffi NagoorganiPC		CB
Midfielders
3	Yoganathan a/l Munusamy		CM
4	Mohd Nasir Basharuddin		CM
7	Kyaw Zayar Win		LW,RW
10	Mohammad Hardi Jaafar (captain)		CM
13	Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid		CM
15	Mohd Idris Ahmad		CM
21	Mohd Hidayat Amaruddin		LW,RW
16	Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran		LW
18	Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal		CM,RW
11	Muhammad Ridzuan Azly Hussham		RW
Forwards
8	Shahrizal Saad		ST
20	Želimir Terkeš		ST
9	Eliel da Cruz Guardiano		ST
28	Khairul Asyraf SahizahPC		FW

^PC President Cup player

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's President's Cup squad

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Muhammad Syazani Mat Puat 2 DF Osman Damanhuri 3 DF Amirul Azhar Aznan 4 DF Muhd Raffi Nagoorgani 5 DF Muhammad Syahmil Khairi 6 DF Muhammad Hafiz Mohd Fauzi 7 DF Mohd Rafiq Faeez Mohd Fuad 8 MF Hamizul Izaidi Zulkifli 9 FW Mugenthirran a/l Ganesan 10 MF Mohd Norhakim Isa 11 MF Joshua Dawson 11 MF Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli 13 MF Muhammad Ridzuan Azly Hussham 14 MF Mohd Abdul Haqim Mohd Radzuan 15 DF - 16 MF Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran

No. Position Player 17 MF Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid 18 MF Mohamad Hafiz Ramdan 19 FW Muhammad Firdaus Sayadi 20 FW Khairul Asyraf Sahizah 21 MF Mohamed Faridzuan Yusuf 22 GK - 23 GK Mohd Fitry Kamal Ariffin 24 DF Pasupathy a/l Paramasivam 25 FW Mohd Adzem Mansor 26 MF Mohd Hafiz Jamaludin 27 MF Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri 28 FW Nur Saiful Abdul Rahman 29 DF Hairul Ridzuan Saaba 30 MF Mohamad Firdaus Azaman 31 DF Muhammad Ibni 32 MF Deevan Raj a/l Meganathan

Coaching staff President Cup Team

• Manager : Rizal Ali Naizali
• Coach : Abu Bakar Fadzim
• Assistant Coach : Chan Kok Heng
• Goalkeeping Coach : Zamzuri Mohd Noor
• Physiotherapist : Syamim Shariffudin

Association Officials

Under new management, the Presidency was taken over by the Chairman of the Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports State of Perak, Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji Zainol Fadzi Bin Haji Paharudin D.P.C.M., P.M.P., D.S.M.,A.S.D.K.. on 7 August 2010.

Administrative staff

• President: YB Dato' Zainol Fadzi Paharudin
• Deputy President: Khairul Azwan Dato' Harun
• Vice President 1: Isham Shahruddin
• Vice President 2: YB Drs Mohd Nizar Haji Zakaria
• Vice President 3: YB Datuk Sham Mat Sahat
• Secretary General: Abdul Aziz Yeop Jamaluddin
• Treasurer: Khairul Azwan Dato' Harun
• Executive Committee Members 1: Johari Baharum
• Executive Committee Members 2: Mahadee Ramlee
• Executive Committee Members 3: Mohd Reduan Hamzah
• Executive Committee Members 4: Zainal Anuar Abdul Rashid
• Executive Committee Members 5: Mohamad Yadzan Mohamad
• Executive Committee Members 6: Abdul Halim Abd Rashid,
• Executive Committee Members 7: Rizal Ali Naizali
• Executive Committee Members 8: Hashim Yeop Nordin
• Executive Committee Members 9: G. Iruduanathan

Senior officials

• Manager: Dato Azhar Ahmad
• Assistant Manager : Isham Shahruddin
• President's Cup Manager: Rizal Ali Naizali
• Youth's Cup manager: Zainal Anuar Abdul Rashid

Coaching and medical staff

• Technical,Coaching & Development Director: YM Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib
• Head Coach : Abu Bakar Fadzim
• Assistant Coach 1 : Chong Yee Fat
• Assistant Coach 2 : Chan Wing Hoong
• Goalkeeping Coach: Suhaimi Mat Lazim
• President's Cup Coach: Syamsul Mohd Saad
• President's Cup Assistant Coach: Mohd Syahman Zainuddin
• President's Cup Goalkeeping Coach: Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Noor
• Youth's Cup Coach: Syamsul Mohd Saad
• Head Of Youth Development: Marshall Soper
• Physiotherapist: Noradam Mohd Azam
• President Cup Physiotherapist: Syamim Shariffudin
• Physical Trainer: Sam Pakiaraj
• Kitman : Abdul Rashid
• Safety Officer : Sulaiman Ahmad
• Media Officer : Abdul Aziz Mohd Desa

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's Presidential history

Year	President
1957–72	Datuk Teoh Chye Hin
1999-06	DYTM Raja Dr Nazrin Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah
2007–08	YB Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
2008-08	Datuk Mohammed Mahiyuddin Abdullah
2008–10	YB Dato' Seri Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin
2010–	YB Dato' Zainol Fadzi Paharudin

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's Managerial history

Year	Manager
1992-93	Dr Safri Haji Nawawi
1998-00	YB Datuk Seri Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Haji Omar
2001–06	Dato' Jamal Nasir Haji Rasdi
2007–08	Datuk Mohammed Mahiyuddin Abdullah
2008–2010	Ustaz Nor Azli Musa
2011-2013	Khairul Azwan Dato' Harun
2014-	Datuk Azhar Ahmad

Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association's Team Coaches information

There have been 15 coaches of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association since the appointment of the club's first professional coach, Dato' M. Karathu in 1989. The most successful coach of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association is Toni Netto from Brazil who had achieved 4 trophies.

Coaches since 1989:-

Name	Period	Trophies										Total
		Domestic					International
		SLC	PLC	MC	CS	FAC	ACL	UCWC	UC	USC	IC
Dato' M. Karathu	1989–90, 2001, 2008–09	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Marco Bilic	1991	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Chan Sze Onn	1992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Milous Kvacek	1993–94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
/ Ken Shellito	1995	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Khaidir Buyong	1996	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Karl Heinz Weigang	1997–99, 1999, 2000	-	-	2	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
Chow Kwai Lam	1999	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Torsten Spittler	2000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Toni Netto	2002–05	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	4
Steve Darby	2005–08	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Dato' M. Karathu	2009–2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
YM Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib	2010–2011	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Tuan Haji Norizan Bakar	2011–2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Jang Jung	2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah	2013	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Abu Bakar Fadzim	2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0
Total	1989–14	2	0	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	12

Football Clubs

Direct Clubs under supervision of the Association

• Perak F.C.

Affiliated Clubs within the Association

• Perak YBU F.C.
• Thang Kiang Nam F.C.
• UPB-MyTeam F.C.
• Lintau F.C.

Affiliated Clubs outside the Association

• Perak YBU F.C.

Supporters clubs

South Perak Fan Club

• Silverstate Ultras
• Kelab Seladang
• Die Hard Fanz Perak
• yob4ever.com
• Kelab Peminat Bolasepak Perak

Kit suppliers

• Umbro (2001)
• Diadora (2002-2005)
• Joma (2006-2009)
• Specs (2009-2011)
• Kika (2012)
• Umbro (2013)
• Kappa (2013)
• Macron (2014) present

References

External links

• Official Website
• Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association news
• Perak supporters' website
• Silvermania

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