Kedah FA

Full name	Kedah Football Association
Nickname(s)	Red Eagles (Helang Merah) Canaries (Kenari) Green Yellows (Hijau Kuning)
Founded	1924 (1924)
Ground	Darul Aman Stadium
Ground Capacity	40,000[1]
President	Dato' Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Coach	Tan Cheng Hoe
League	Malaysia Super League
2016	Malaysia Super League, 3rd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Kedah Football Association (Malay: Persatuan Bola Sepak Kedah) is a football association that supervises football in the state of Kedah, Malaysia.

The Kedah FA are a professional football team in Malaysian that represent the state of Kedah and under the supervision of Kedah Football Association. Kedah FA currently play in the Malaysia Super League, and they are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to ever achieved a double treble titles in 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.

History

Kedah FA traditional colours are red and black, but currently the home kit has been in the colours of green and yellow since 1988. This idea was suggested by Dato' Shukri Hashim after Kedah FA Deputy President, Ahmad Basri Akil asked for a different set of colours for the home kit. However, Ahmad Basri changed Shukri's idea to 'green and yellow' which fits the Kedah state's nickname Jelapang Padi. The Kedah FA kit is currently manufactured by Lotto. Their previous kit manufacturers were Line 7, Lotto and Puma. Kedah FA's first team sponsor was Sharp, from 1989 to 2000. Following that, the club was sponsored by Modenas. Their current shirt sponsor is PKNK which had been the main team sponsor of Kedah FA since 2005. The ideas of the current Kedah FA crest also came from Ahmad Basri Akil after he announced the then-new Kedah FA official colours of green and yellow in 1988. Green dominates the background; the side of the crest shows 11 joint bordered lines which signify the 11 districts of the Kedah state. At the centre of the crest is a ball and Allamanda flowers; as the flower is green and yellow in colour, which are suitable with the new Kedah FA colours and the team motto, "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan" is written in yellow.

The football team was founded in 1924 by Tunku Yaacob Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah^[2] as a president, though they only had limited success until the appointment of the late Dato' Paduka Ahmad Basri Akil as manager in 1985. Under Ahmad Basri Akil, Kedah FA qualified for six Malaysia Cup final matches in a seven-year period between 1987 and 1993; and won 2 Malaysia Cup titles, 1 league title and 1 FA Cup title. The club experienced a lean period in the 1980s and 1990s, but enjoyed a revival in the new millennium by winning the treble in 2007 and 2008. After the glorious double treble achievement under the guidance of Azraai Khor, Kedah start to have a dip in their performance. This is mainly because of the loss of their influential import players; the likes of Nelson San Martín, Bernard Huggins and Marlon James, who had been The Canaries peripheral figures in their double treble glory due to new ruling by FAM. Problems with the new management team also led to Azraai Khor departure. However, their local heroes such as Baddrol Bakhtiar, Khyril Muhymeen and Helmi Eliza Elias who had been a spine in the recent glory pledged to stay on and bring the glory days back. Kedah were relegated to the premier league after lost 3–2 at the playoff final to Pahang FA in penalty shootout. Marijo Tot was hired replacing Wan Jamak in attempt to steer The Canaries back into Super League. The 2013 season also seeing the return of former Kedah FA talisman, Nelson Sam Martin. In 2014 Kedah FA signed Billy Mehmet and this was the most successful season the club had witnessed for 5 years. Kedah FA reached the Semi Final of the Malaysia Cup, winning the first leg 3–1, but losing the 2nd leg 5–1. Billy Mehmet ended the season as the club's top goal scorer and the Malaysia Premier League's Top goal scorer in all competitions. He was also the 2nd highest goal scorer in all competitions at all levels in Malaysian professional football.

Stadium

Club culture

Supporters

Kedah FA team 2007–08

The song "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan", once again idealised and written by Ahmad Basri Akil and famously recorded by a Malaysian musician Freddie Fernandez, is the anthem of the club, and has been sung by the crowd since 9 September 1987 after Kedah FA reached their first Malaysia Cup semi-final match since 1940. This famous song is sung by the fanatic fans of the Canaries to boost their beloved players' morale. The well-known and popular chants among Kedah FA supporters is "Pulun Kedah Pulun". It is use since late 80's as "words of spirit" during and off the game, and as the slogan among supporters. It was inspired by the idea from Abdul Rashid Haji Fadzil, who was the Head of Kedah Fan Club (KEPAK) on that time.

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Club record

Updated on 31 October 2016.

Note:

• Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Source:^{[3] [4]}

Honours

Domestic

League

• Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League
  • Winners (3) : 1993, 2007, 2008
    • Runners-up : 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003
• Division 2/ Premier 2/ Premier League
  • WInners (4) : 1992, 2002, 2006, 2015

Cup

• Malaysian FA Cup
  • Winners (3) : 1996, 2007, 2008
    • Runners-up : 2010
• Malaysia Cup
  • Winners (5) : 1990, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2016
    • Runners-up : 1940, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2004, 2015
• Malaysian Charity Cup
  • Winners (2) : 1991, 1994
    • Runners-up : 1997, 2008, 2009

Youth

• Malaysian President's Cup
  • Winners (3) : 1991, 2000, 2003

Asian

Asian Club Championship

1994–95: First Round (East Asia – lost to Ilhwa Chunma 4–10 on aggregate)

Season	Competition	Round		Club	Home	Away
1994–95	Asian Club Championship	Preliminary round		bye	–	–
		First round		Ilhwa Chunma	5–1	5–3

AFC Cup

• 2008: Quarter-Final (lost to Al-Muharraq 1–7 on aggregate)
• 2009: Round of 16 (lost to Bình Dương 2–8 on aggregate)

IMT-GT Cup

• 2013:^[5] Champions (winners against Songkhla United F.C. 2–1 in final)

Double & Treble

• "Double" (Division 1/ Premier 1 and Malaysia Cup): 1
  • 1993
• "The Treble" (Super League, FA Cup and Malaysia Cup): 2
  • 2007, 2008

Kedah FA assistant coach Muhamad Radhi Mat Din said,^[6]

Players

Current squad

	Name	Nat.	Pos.	D.O.B.
Goalkeepers
1	Abdul Hadi Hamid		GK	29
21	Syazwan Abdullah		GK	19
30	Farhan Abu Bakar		GK	23
31	Muhd Ifwat Akmal		GK	–
Defenders
2	Sabre Mat Abu		RB, LB	28
3	Syawal Nordin		CB, RB	22
4	Bang Seung-Hwan		CB, CM, ST	33
5	Osman Mohd Yusoff		CB, LB	21
6	Shafizan Hashim		CB, LB	33
11	Raphi Azizan Mariappen		RB, CB	20
13	Khairul Helmi		CB	27
15	Rizal Ghazali		RB,RWB, ST,	23
17	Syazwan Tajuddin		RB, LB, CM	22
24	Alif Fadhil Ismail		LB, RB	23
25	Azmeer Yusof		CB, LB	25
27	Ariff Farhan		RB,RWB, CM	19
28	Asri Mardzuki		LB,LWB	22
Midfielders
7	Baddrol Bakhtiar		AM, CM, LM, RM	28
8	Liridon Krasniqi		CM, AM, DM	24
12	Amar Rohidan		DM, CM	28
16	Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik		CM	20
18	Abdul Halim Saari		CM	21
19	Farhan Roslan		LM, RM, LW, RW	19
22	Syazwan Zainon		LM, LW	26
23	Hanif Mat Dzahir		CM	22
26	Shazuan Ashraf		RM, RW	23
29	Syazuan Hazani		LM, RM, LW, RW	21
Forwards
9	Thiago Augusto		ST,LW	26
14	Shane Smeltz		ST	34
20	Syafiq Ahmad		ST, LW	20
	Fakri Saarani (loan to Felda United)		ST, RM, AM, RW	26

Source:^[7] Source:^[8]

Transfer 2016

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2016 and List of Malaysian football transfers summer 2016

U21

As of 20 July 2016

	Name	Nat.	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhammad Asri Muhamad		GK	2/10/98
22	Mohd Ifwat Akmal Che Kassim		GK	10/8/96
25	Mohd Yusuf Che Hat		GK	11/1/96
Defenders
2	Muhd Suhaimie Saad		RB.RWB	1997
3	Mohd Loqman Hakim Marzuki		RB, CB	22/1/98
4	Akmal Afizan Ahmad Tajuddin		LB,LWB, RB,RWB	17/5/96
5	Mohd Norfiqrie Abdul Talib		CB	31/1/96
13	Muhammad Azryl Reza Zamri		CB	14/1/95
15	Mohd Shaiful Mohd Khalid		CB	1996
24	Mohd Fadzil Mustaffa		CB	24/2/95
Midfielders
6	Muhammad Muzaimir Abdul Hadi		MC	7/5/95
10	Mohd Irwan Syazmin Wahab		AM, CM	20/3/95
11	Muhammad Akhyar Abdul Rashid		LW, LM	1/5/99
14	Cheevaanesvaran a/l Sivam		DM, MC	30/12/95
17	Mohd Hidhir Idris		LW, LM, RW, RM	29/5/97
19	Ahmad Hakiemey Ahmad Tajudin		RW, RM	1996
20	Muhammad Adam Akmal Khairol Faizi		RW, RM	1996
	Muhd Faes Hafize Mohd Fadzil		CM	26/9/98
Forwards
8	Aminuddin Abu Bakar		ST	22/2/98
12	Som Keat a/l Preseart		ST	1/4/96
16	Mohd Badrul Amin Abdul Razak		ST	1996
21	Mazlan Mohamad		ST	11/1/98

Source:^[9] Source:^[10]

U19

As of 6 January 2016

	Name	Nat.	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhd Badrol Amin Ayob		GK	1997
22	Mohd Syazwan Jamil		GK	3/3/97
25	Muhd Nasaruddin Johadi		GK	23/3/97
Defenders
2	Muhd Asnawi Sonkurnain		RB,RWB	1998
3	Mohd Shukri Ismail		CB,RB,LB	5/6/97
4	Mohd Noor Izzat Idris		CB	12/2/97
5	Muhd Fariz Aiman Mohd Zamri		CB	1998
17	Mohd Hasrul Helmi Zakaria		RB,RWB	1998
18	Mohd Asyraf Mohd Yunus		LB,LWB	1998
24	Muhd Nadhirul Fahimi Zamzuri		CB, RB, DM	1997
Midfielders
7	Mohd Fadzrul Daniel Mohd Nizam		AM, CM	14/1/98
9	Kishen Raj a/l Maran		LW, LM	1997
10	Muhammad Azrie Reza Zamri		AM, CM	30/12/97
12	Mohd Fitri Daud		RW, RM	27/3/98
15	Muhammad Nazrul Naim Mohd Noor		CM	13/1/97
16	Muhammad Hanis Mazlan		RW, RM	28/12/98
19	Mohamad Izzat Iqmar Mohd Zaidi		LW, LM	1998
20	Ahmad Firdaus Ismail		DM,CM	15/4/98
23	Mohd Ikhmal Ahmad		CM	1997
Forwards
6	Mohammad Zulhafizi Zamri		ST	1997
8	Muhamad Alif Romli		ST	1997
11	Muhammad Saiful Amiri Ismail		ST	7/1/97
13	Muhammad Nazrul Najmi Mohd Noor		ST	13/1/97
14	Mohamad Nor Hamizikri Hamid		ST	21/4/97
21	Akmal Azmi		ST	1998
29	Muhd Fakhrul Aiman Md Noor		ST	4/6/98

Source:^[11]

Coaches

Former coaches

Year	Coach
1985–1989	Ahmad Shafie (1st)
1990	Milous Kvacek
1991	Ahmad Shafie (2nd)
1992–1995	Robert Alberts
1996–1997	Mosthakeen Omar
1998	Fisol Abdul Razak
1999	Azman Hj Eusoff
2000	Ahmad Shafie (3rd)
2001–2003	Jørgen E. Larsen
2004	Mirandinha
2004–2009	Azraai Khor Abdullah
2009–2011	Ahmad Yusof
2011–2012	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
2012–2013	Marijo Tot
2013–2014	Dave Mitchell
2014 – present	Tan Cheng Hoe

Club officials

Senior officials

Position	Name
President	Dato' Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Deputy President	Syed Unan Mashri Syed Abdullah
Vice-President I	Shakri Mat
Vice-President II	Shukri Hashim
Vice-President III	Jeffrey Low
Executive Secretary	Aminuddin Omar
Hononary Treasurer	Aminuddin Omar

Team Officials

Position	Name
General Manager	Jeffrey Low
Assistant Manager	Safarizam Baderon
Liaison Officer	Suhaidi Shukri
Security Officer	Idris Mansor
Media Officer	Tajul Ariffin Kamal Baharin
Head Coach	Tan Cheng Hoe
Asst. Coach	Muhammad Nidzam Adzha
GK Coach	Faozi Mukhlas
Fitness Coach	Stefano Impagliazzo
Fitness Coach	Rodrigo Pellegrino
Physio	Muhammad Nur'illya Samsudin
Medical Officer	Mohd Syahrizal Nadzer
U21 General Manager	Anas Hafiz Mustaffa
U21 Head Coach	Ian Gillan
U21 Asst. Coach	Victor Andrag
U21 GK Coach	Wan Mohd Ruzaimi Che Ros
U21 Fitness Coach	Rizal Johari
U21 Physio	Nor Hisham Mat Rani
U19 General Manager	Haris Che Mat
U19 Head Coach	Roshidi Shaari
U19 Asst. Coach	Fauzi Nan
U19 GK Coach	Isshamwil Azmi
U19 Fitness Coach	Zairon Zainal
U19 Physio	Nik Mohd Nor Azam Nik Aziz
Kitman	Abdul Razak Md Desa Nasir Othman

Football clubs

Direct clubs under direct supervision of the Association

• Kedah F.C.

Affiliated clubs within the Association

• Kedah Malays
• UUM F.C.
• Kedah Indian
• Kubang Pasu F.C.
• Padang Terap F.C.
• Kedah Education
• KSUK F.C.
• Kota Setar F.C.
• Kedah Chinese
• Pokok Sena F.C.
• Kuala Muda F.C.
• Hicom-Honda F.C.
• Modenas F.C.
• Yan F.C.
• Kulim F.C.
• Pendang F.C.
• Langkawi F.C.
• LADA F.C.
• MADA F.C.
• Baling F.C.

Affiliated clubs outside the Association

• Perth Glory FC
• Cardiff City F.C.
• Songkhla United F.C.

References

External links

• Kedah League's website
• Galerihijaukuning.com
• Official Website
• List Kedah FA 2013 Players

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