Perak_FA

Perak FA

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.

Background

Perak FA was formed on April 18, 1951 to oversee footballing activities throughout the state of Perak. Although a formal association was only formed in 1951, Perak has actually had a football team since 1921 , which participated 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) 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 became the first team in 13 years to achieve back-to-back league titles in Malaysian football.

Perak has been a consistent team in Malaysian football, having finished in the top five 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 Stadium Perak as its home ground, although it has played some matches at the 15,000-seat Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) Stadium in Lumut whenever Stadium Perak has not been not available. The Perak home ground is also sometimes referred to as Fair Park as Stadium Perak is located near Fair Park in Ipoh where the team's office is situated.

Perak FA'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". The tagline was adopted by the team after the state government used it as their tagline for the 1996 Sukma Games. In 2007, Perak introdcuced a team song entitled, 'Skor Yeop Skor'.

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

Season overviews

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.

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.

2008

Perak started the 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 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 Arturo C%C3%A1ceres.

Like the previous season, Perak played well all throughout the league season only to fizzle out towards the end. A series of undesirable results consigned Perak to a fifth-place finish, despite having occupied second place for much of the season.

However, on a brighter note, Perak are through to the AFC Cup quarter-finals by virtue of being one of the best runner-up teams. They completed their fixtures in Group E with the same amount of points as group winners Singapore Armed Forces FC, who had a far superior goal difference.

They will be facing Lebanese side Safa in the quarter-finals.

Team Officials

Datuk Muhiyuddin Abdullah replaced Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as the FA's President following a government directive requiring high-ranking government officials to refrain from holding positions within sports bodies.

Perak has 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.

Board Room Staff

President: Datuk Mohd Muhiyuddin Abdullah
Deputy President: Khairuddin Ahmad

Coaching Staff

Manager & Coach: Steve Darby
Assistant Manager: Isa Haji Ahmad
Assistant Coach: Zakaria Mohamed
Goalkeeping Coach: Abdul Talib Saidi
President's Cup Coach: Chong Yee Fat
President's Cup Assistant Coach: Abu Bakar Fadzim

Physiotherapist: Zainuddin Zakaria

The Squad (Season 2009)

Transfers (Season 2009)

In
Mohd Syazwan Mohd Roslan from Perlis FA
Ahmad Fakri Saarani from Young Tigers FC

Out
Jorge Antonio Muñoz released
Mario Esteban Berrios released
Carlos Arturo Caceres released
Mohd Khalid Jamlus to Kelantan FA
Ahmad Azlan Zainal to Kelantan FA

Former Local Players

Former Import Players

European

African

Asian

South American

Presidents

Year	Manager
2008-present	Datuk Mohammed Mahiyuddin Abdullah
2007-2008	Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
1999-2002	Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar
1957-1972	Datuk Teoh Chye Hin

Team Managers

Year	Manager
2007-present	Datuk Mohammed Mahiyuddin Abdullah
2001-2006	Dato' Haji Jamal Nasir Haji Rasdi
1998-2000	Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar

Coaches

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

Perak's Football Chant

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.

There's also a myth that states that the tagline Kejor Yeop Kejor became synonymous with Perak after that same Malaysian FA Cup final in 1990 against Selangor. As the story goes, Selangor led Perak 2-0 when the match went into half-time and during the break, the Selangor fans taunted the Perak fans, "Kejor Yeop Kejor" challenging Perak to 'chase' them as kejar in Malay means chase and in the tongues of the people of Perak, it's kejor. In the second half, Perak drew level at 2-2 and the Selangor fans found their taunt hitting back at them as the other half of the stadium filled with Perak fans started chanting Kejor Yeop Kejor, using the same taunt that the Selangor fans had used against them during half-time. The chant Kejor Yeop Kejor became louder as Perak scored two more goals to win the historic, first Malaysian FA Cup final 4-2 by staging a fantastic comeback during the second half. After two decades, the phrase Kejor Yeop Kejor is now synonymous with Perak's fighting spirit; thanks to the fans of arch-rivals, Selangor.

Honours

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