Negeri Sembilan FA

Negeri Sembilan FA

Full name	Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Sembilan
Nickname(s)	The Deer, The Jangs
Ground	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi (Capacity: 45,000 [1])
Chairman	Mohammad Hassan
Manager	Abdul Halim Abdul Latif
Coach	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
League	Super League Malaysia
2011	8th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

The Football Association of Negeri Sembilan enters a team in Malaysian football competitions to represent the state of Negri Sembilan. The team is based in Seremban. They play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League. Their home stadium is Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.

History

Negeri Sembilan FA history is identified starting in 1923, it is based on a passage in the football history books of Malaysia through an interview with the Austin Senevirathe 93 years old when interviewed. He stated Cup Malaya (Malaysia Cup) between Negeri Sembilan and Singapore on that year.

One of the team all-time best coach, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan has quit Negeri Sembilan. He sees no excuses for the team’s dismal run in the Super League and FA Cup competition for 2011 season.^[1]

Malaysia Cup

On 7 November 2009, Negeri Sembilan FA ended their 61-year drought in the Malaysia Cup after posting a convincing 3-1 victory over Kelantan FA in the final at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

The repeat Final 2009 between the team and Kelantan happened again on October 30, 2010. However this time, Negeri lost 1-2 to Kelantan although having an early lead through penalty by Shahurain Abu Samah.^[2]

In 2011, Negeri Sembilan again qualified to Malaysia Cup Final for the third times in a row. They won the trophy after defeating Terengganu FA with an epic comeback. The first goal was scored by Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin for Terengganu in the 59th minutes . Negeri used the last 10 minutes of the game to make a comeback. S. Kunanlan equalised the score in the 81st minute before Hairuddin Omar, the veteran striker hit the winning goal for Negeri with a beautiful volley in the 85th minutes. ^[3]

Honours

Domestic

• Malaysia Cup

Winners (3): 1948, 2009, 2011

Runners-up (3): 2000, 2006, 2010

• Division 1/Premier 1/Super League

Winners (1): 2005-06

Runners-up (1): 2007-08

• Division 2/Premier 2/Premier League

Winners (1): 1991

Runners-up (1): 2005

• Malaysia FA Cup

Winners (2): 2003, 2010

• Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup (Charity Shield Malaysia)

Runners-up (2): 2004, 2010

Asian

• AFC Cup

Group Stage: 2004, 2007

Withdrew: 2010

Players

Current 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 Hanif Saied 3 DF Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad 5 DF Mohd Norhafiz Zamani Misbah 6 MF Subramaniam Kunanlan 7 DF Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak (vice-captain) 8 FW Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak 9 MF Shahurain Abu Samah 10 MF Abdul Halim Zainal 11 FW Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman 12 DF Muhammad Shukor Adan (captain) 13 FW Ahmad Fakri Saarani 14 MF Gengatharan Mahathevan 15 FW Hasmawi Hassan

No. Position Player 16 DF Qhairul Anwar Roslani 18 DF Muszaki Abu Bakar 19 FW Mohd Firdaus Azizul 20 FW Hairuddin Omar 21 DF Irwan Fadzli Idrus 23 FW Ahmad Aminuddin Shaharudin 24 DF Mohd Alif Shamsudin 25 GK Mohd Farizal Marlias 26 FW Khairul Ridzwan Othman * 27 DF Fiqri Azwan Ghazali * 28 MF Mohd Haikal Nazri *

^*Registered with President's Cup team

President's Cup team

Main article: Negeri Sembilan FA President's Cup Team

Notable players

Import players

Jose Iriarte Gustavo Carlos Cerro Scott Ollerenshaw Christian Bekamenga Juan Manuel Rodriguez Olsson Miroslav Bozik Robert Bozik Marian Valach Harrison Eric Muranda Alfred Effiong Abdulrazak Ekpoki Udo Fortune Abdul Lateef Seriki Lamine Conteh Marian Juhas

Muhammad Shukor Adan Azman Adnan Effendi Abdul Malek Norhafiz Zamani Misbah K. Rajan Faizal Zainal Khairil Zainal K.Gunalan

Current coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Abdul Halim Haji Abd Latif
Assistant Manager	Faizal Zainal
Head team coach	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
Assistant coach	Ahmad Osman
Reserve team coach	Yusarman Yusof
Goalkeeping coach	Azhar Dol/Yazid Yassin
Fitness coach/Physiotherapist	Mashiedee Sulaiman
Kit manager	Harun Ismail

Coaches

Main article: List of Super League Malaysia managers

Tenure	Coach
1994–1998	M. Karathu
1998–1999	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
2000–2002	Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad
2003–2006	K. Devan
2006–2007	Hatem Souissi
2007–2011	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
2011–present	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah

References

1. ^ "Wan Jamak leaves Negri following team’s dismal run this season". The Star (Malaysia). http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/18/football_latest/8292846&sec=football_latest. Retrieved March 20, 2006. 
2. ^ "Kelantan come from behind to lift maiden M'sia Cup title". The Star (Malaysia). http://football.thestar.com.my/story.asp?file=/2010/10/31/football_latest/7335636&sec=football_latest. Retrieved October 31, 2010. 
3. ^ "Negeri Sembilan Wins Malaysia Cup title". Demotix. http://www.demotix.com/news/902325/negeri-sembilan-wins-malaysia-cup. Retrieved October 29, 2011. 

External links

• N9futbol Negeri Sembilan eFans club