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Perak FA
Full name	Football Association of Perak
Nickname(s)	Seladang
Founded	1921
Ground	Perak Stadium, Ipoh (Capacity 42,000)
Chairman	vacant
Manager	/ Steve Darby
League	Malaysian Super League
2006-07	Malaysian Super League, 2nd
Home colours 　 Away colours

The Football Association of Perak enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Perak. The team currently plays in the Malaysian Super League.

Contents 1 Background 1.1 Season overviews 2 FA officials 3 Roster 4 Transfers (Season 2007/2008) 5 Former players 6 Former coaches 7 Honours/Achievements 8 Perak's football chant 9 References 10 External links

Perak FA was formed in 1921 ^[1] to participate in the Malaya Cup (later HMS 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).

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 became the first team in 13 years to achieve league titles in Malaysian football.

Perak has been the most consistent team in Malaysian football, being the only team to have finished in the top four of the Malaysian Super League every year since its inception. Besides that, Perak is the only team in Malaysia that has never been demoted to a lower division since the professional league was introduced in 1989. Perak calls the 42,500-seat Perak Stadium as its homeground, although it has played some matches at the 15,000-seat Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) Stadium in Lumut whenever the Perak Stadium has not been not available.

Perak FA's nickname is Seladang (which means "Wild Ox"). A favourite tagline of its supporters is Kejor Yeop Kejor, which roughly translates to "chase it". The tagline was adopted by the team after the state government used it as their tagline for the 1996 Sukma Games. In 2007, Perak came up with a new tagline called Skor Yob Skor ("Goal and Goal"), based on their mission to score in each match to win.

Perak enjoys a large support base. Their league attendance average for the year 2006 stood at around 40,000. ^[2]

2007

Perak finished the 2007 season of the Malaysian Super League in second place, behind Kedah. Perak, 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 in their penultimate match enabled Kedah to pip them to the title.

They were also unable to prevent Kedah from sweeping to a domestic treble after losing to them in the 2007 Malaysia Cup finals by a score of 3-0.

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]

2008

Perak started the season by losing several key players, including midfielder Yusri Che Lah, Abdoulaye Troare, 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 Telekom club. On November 9, they announced the arrivals of two Chilean players, Mario Berrios and Jorge Munoz.

On November 14, Perak announced the arrival of yet another Chilean, Carlos Caceres.

They will be making their debut as one of Malaysia's representatives in the AFC Cup competition this season.

The top two positions in the Football Association are currently vacant following a government directive requiring high-ranking government officials to refrain from holding positions within sports bodies.

Perak has also not had a manager since the resignation of Datuk Jamal Nasir Rasdi in 2006. Englishman Steve Darby has been carrying out the duties of both manager and coach since then. His present contract runs out in October 2008^[4]

Board Room Staff

• President: vacant
• Deputy President: Datuk Mohd Muhiyuddin Abdullah
• Vice-President: Khairuddin Ahmad
• Vice-President: vacant

Coaching Staff

• Manager & Coach: Steve Darby
• Assistant Manager: Isa Haji Ahmad
• Assistant Coach: Zakaria Mohamed
• Goalkeeping Coach: Abdul Talib Saidi
• Physiotherapist: Zainuddin Zakaria

Teams playing in the Malaysian Super League are limited to 3 players of foreign origin.
Squad list as of October 16, 2007.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohd Hamsani Ahmad 12 GK Kamarul Effandy Abd. Rahim 26 DF Ahmad Azlan Zainal 11 DF Mario Berrios 29 DF S. Subramaniam 8 DF Chan Wing Hoong 7 MF Ahmad Shahrul Azhar (captain) 12 MF Danial Fadzly Abdullah 99 MF Mohd Arif Fazlie Saidin 25 FW Muhamad Khalid Jamlus 26 FW Ahmad Fakri Saarani 32 FW Carlos Caceres

No. Position Player 30 GK Mohd Nasril Nourdin 4 DF Mohd Khairi Zainuddin 5 DF Mohd Fauzi Ariffin 17 DF K. Nanthakumar 11 MF Nor Hazrul Mustafa 27 MF S. Ganeson 15 MF Jorge Munoz 10 MF Mohammad Hardi Jaafar 8 MF Shahrul Nizam Mustapa 99 FW Razali Umar Kandasamy 19 FW Mohd Noor Ismail

In

• Mohammad Hardi Jaafar from Melaka TMFC
• Mohd Noor Ismail from Johor FC
• Razali Umar Kandasmy from President's Cup
• Mohd Fauzi Ariffin from President's Cup team
• Mohd Arif Fazlie Saidin from President's Cup team
• Jorge Munoz from Santiago Wanderers
• Mario Berrios from OFK Beograd
• Carlos Caceres from Club Provincial Curicó Unido

Out

• R. Surendran to Selangor FA
• Yusri Che Lah to Perlis FA
• Harizul Izuan Abdul Rani to Perlis FA
• Wong Sai Kong to Sabah FA
• K. Yoganathan (released)
• S. Karthik (released)
• G. Saravanakumar to KL PLUS FC
• Keita Mandjou (released)
• Abdoulaye Traore (released)
• Vedran Kukoc (released)

Import Players Frank Jean Seator Baichung Bhutia Luciano Goux Laszlo Repasi Janos Krecska Esad Sedjic Samuel Chebli Abukari Damba Kyi Lwin Jang Jung Aung Naing Joe Caleta Marshall Soper[5] Moustava Belialov Shukhrat Khalmirzaev Marian Juhas Emmanuel Zulu Essa Mvondo Basile Ricardo Adrian Silva Vedran Kukoc Keita Mandjou Abdoulaye Traore Baba Iddi Joško Farac Nduka Ugbade Noel Dodo Kipre

Local players Syamsul Saad Liew Kit Kong Yusri Che Lah Indra Putra Mahayuddin Chan Kok Heng Chee Wan Hoe Azizol Abu Haniffah V. Murugan Norizam Ali Hassan Mohd Nazrin Chong Abdullah Mohd Zaidi Napiah Muhammad Nidzam Adzha P. Umaparan Jamil Zakaria S. Silvarajoo P. Ravindran M. Karathu Ahmad Hussin Bahrin Khamis Abdullah Yeop Nordin Ng Boon Bee Abu Hanifah Mat Ali Ishak Kassim

Year	Coach
2002-2005	Toni Netto
2001	M. Karathu
2000	Karlheinz Weigang Torsten Spittler
1999	Karlheinz Weigang Chow Kwai Lam
1997-1999	Karlheinz Weigang
1996	Khaidir Buyong
1995	/ Ken Shellito
1993	Milous Kvacek
1992	Chan Sze Onn
1991	Marco Bilic
1990	M. Karathu
1989	Khaidir Buyong

Title	Winners	Runners-up	3rd Place	4th Place
Asian Club Championship / AFC Champions League	-	-	-	-
AFC Cup
ASEAN Club Championship				2003
Malaysia Cup	1926, 1931, 1957, 1967, 1970, 1998, 2000 (7 times)	1923, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1974, 2001, 2007 (11 times)
Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League	2002, 2003 (2 times)	2007	2000, 2006	2004
Division 2/ Premier 2/ Premier League		1989
Malaysian FA Cup	1990, 2004 (2 times)	1991, 2002, 2005 (3 times)
Malaysia Charity Shield	1999, 2005, 2006/2007 (3 times)	2001

Perak football fans' version of When The Saints Go Marching In.

Ipoh Mali, Ipoh Mali,
Talak Sombong,
Ipoh Mali Talak Sombong,
Ipoh Mali Talak Sombong.

There are rumours that this song actually became famous when Perak won their first Malaysian FA Cup in 1990. Perak is the only team in Malaysian football still singing their own football song in order to keep players motivated.

• Perak FA Official Blog
• Perak supporters' website
• Seladang E-Fan Soccer Club
• F.A.M website

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