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Football Association of Malaysia
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The Football Association of Malaysia is the governing body for responsible for organising the Malaysian national football team within the country. The Football Association of Malaysia headquarters is located at Wisma FAM, Football arrived in Malaya with the British. The locals soon picked up the game, and before long it was the leading sport. Towards the end of the 19th century, football was one of the pillars of most sports clubs in Malaya. Even when the Selangor Amateur Football League took shape in 1905 – which ensured proper administration and organisation – the competition was confined only to clubs in the Kuala Lumpur, in 1920, the battleship HMS Malaya visited the country. In 1921, a tournament featuring all the states that made up Malaya was started. The competition, known as the Malaya Cup, has been continuously since then, in 1933, the MFA was revived to form the Football Association of Malaya. Initially, the FAM was based in Singapore and it was chiefly responsible for the running of the Malaya Cup competition. The annual tournament played along inter-state lines was a huge success, the first president of FAM was Sir Andrew Caldecott followed by M. B. Scott, R. Williamson and Adrian Clark, who served up until 1940 before Europe went on a war with Germany. In 1940, control of the FAM moved from Singapore to Malaya, singham becoming the first Asian secretary in 1941. In 1951, Tunku Abdul Rahman became the FAM president and it was under Tunku Abdul Rahman that football in Malaysia entered its next phase, with the FAM taking a much bigger role than just being the backbone in the organisation of the Malaysia Cup. The FAM was inducted as one of 14 founding members of the Asian Football Confederation in 1956 and it also signaled the birth of the Merdeka Tournament, that was to all intents and purposes the centre piece of the independence celebrations. The Merdeka Tournament proved to be a success, inspiring similar tournaments like the Jakarta Anniversary tournament. The inaugural tournament then the football competition in Asia was won by Hong Kong. However, Malaya won the three years in a row, in 1958 and in 1959, and sharing it with South Korea in 1960. The country qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and the 1980 Moscow Olympics, following his departure in 1974, the reins of the FAM was taken over by Malaysias second Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, who served for just one year. The post was filled by Tan Sri Datuk Seri Setia Raja Hamzah Haji Abu Samah in 1976
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Football (soccer)
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is played by 250 million players in over 200 countries and dependencies making it the worlds most popular sport, the game is played on a rectangular field with a goal at each end. The object of the game is to score by getting the ball into the opposing goal, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands or arms while it is in play, unless they are goalkeepers. Other players mainly use their feet to strike or pass the ball, the team that scores the most goals by the end of the match wins. If the score is level at the end of the game, the Laws of the Game were originally codified in England by The Football Association in 1863. Association football is governed internationally by the International Federation of Association Football, the first written reference to the inflated ball used in the game was in the mid-14th century, Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe. The Online Etymology Dictionary states that the word soccer was split off in 1863, according to Partha Mazumdar, the term soccer originated in England, first appearing in the 1880s as an Oxford -er abbreviation of the word association. Within the English-speaking world, association football is now usually called football in the United Kingdom and mainly soccer in Canada and the United States. People in Australia, Ireland, South Africa and New Zealand use either or both terms, although national associations in Australia and New Zealand now primarily use football for the formal name. According to FIFA, the Chinese competitive game cuju is the earliest form of football for which there is scientific evidence, cuju players could use any part of the body apart from hands and the intent was kicking a ball through an opening into a net. It was remarkably similar to football, though similarities to rugby occurred. During the Han Dynasty, cuju games were standardised and rules were established, phaininda and episkyros were Greek ball games. An image of an episkyros player depicted in low relief on a vase at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens appears on the UEFA European Championship Cup, athenaeus, writing in 228 AD, referenced the Roman ball game harpastum. Phaininda, episkyros and harpastum were played involving hands and violence and they all appear to have resembled rugby football, wrestling and volleyball more than what is recognizable as modern football. As with pre-codified mob football, the antecedent of all football codes. Non-competitive games included kemari in Japan, chuk-guk in Korea and woggabaliri in Australia, Association football in itself does not have a classical history. Notwithstanding any similarities to other games played around the world FIFA have recognised that no historical connection exists with any game played in antiquity outside Europe. The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played in the public schools of England
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Title sponsor
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Sponsoring something is the act of supporting an event, activity, person, or organization financially or through the provision of products or services. The individual or group provides the support, similar to a benefactor, is known as sponsor. Sponsorship is a cash and/or in-kind fee paid to a property in return for access to the commercial potential associated with that property. While the sponsoree may be nonprofit, unlike philanthropy, sponsorship is done with the expectation of a commercial return, while sponsorship can deliver increased awareness, brand building and propensity to purchase, it is different from advertising. Unlike advertising, sponsorship can not communicate specific product attributes, nor can it stand alone, as sponsorship requires support elements. A range of psychological and communications theories have been used to explain how commercial sponsorship works to impact consumer audiences, cornwell, Weeks and Roy have published an extensive review of the theories so far used to explain commercial sponsorship effects. Title sponsor is highest status of sponsorship and it characterizes the most significant contribution to a company in organizing and hosting an event. Often the name of sponsor is placed next to the name of competition, teams. In case of title sponsors presence the general sponsor position may remain free, general sponsor is a sponsor that makes one of the largest contributions and that receives for it the right to use the image of competition as well as extensive media coverage. If necessary, the status of the sponsor may be supplemented by the general sponsors for certain categories. Official sponsor is a sponsor that makes a part of raised funds. Typically, the status may be granted by category. Technical sponsor is a sponsor which promotes organization of sporting events through the partial or full payment of goods, participating sponsor is a company, the sponsorship fee size of which usually does not exceed 10% of total raised funds. Informational sponsor is an organization that provides support through media coverage, conducting PR-actions, joint actions. All sponsorship should be based on contractual obligations between the sponsor and the sponsored party, sponsors and sponsored parties should set out clear terms and conditions with all other partners involved, to define their expectations regarding all aspects of the sponsorship deal. Sponsorship should be recognisable as such, the terms and conduct of sponsorship should be based upon the principle of good faith between all parties to the sponsorship. There should be clarity regarding the rights being sold and confirmation that these are available for sponsorship from the rights holder. Sponsored parties should have the right to decide on the value of the sponsorship rights that they are offering
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100plus
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100PLUS is a brand of isotonic sports drink manufactured by Fraser & Neave Limited, a global food and beverage conglomerate headquartered in Singapore. It was created in 1983 and named 100PLUS to commemorate 100 years of Fraser & Neave in Asia, 100PLUS is sold in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, Myanmar, Canada, Papua New Guinea, Maldives, India and South Africa. It is sometimes available for purchase in other parts of the world, such as Australia, in Canada, 100PLUS is sold at all T&T Supermarkets in the province of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The authorised distributor for Canada is Palm Resources Inc, 100PLUS is popular in Malaysia and Singapore. It has been voted the number one isotonic drink brand in Malaysia in various surveys since its introduction in 1983. In 2011, a version called 100PLUS Edge was introduced in addition to the four existing variations, Original, Tangy Tangerine, Lemon Lime, Berries. One of its competitors in Singapore is H-TWO-O, which is manufactured by Yeo Hiap Seng. The drinks brand ambassador is Lee Chong Wei, an Olympic Silver Medalist in Badminton from Malaysia, besides that, the drink is the only drink which is officially endorsed by the National Sports Council of Malaysia
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Coca-Cola
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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink produced by The Coca-Cola Company. The drinks name refers to two of its ingredients, which were kola nuts and coca leaves. The current formula of Coca-Cola remains a secret, although a variety of reported recipes. The Coca-Cola Company produces concentrate, which is sold to licensed Coca-Cola bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold exclusive territory contracts with the company, produce the product in cans and bottles from the concentrate, in combination with filtered water. A typical 12-US-fluid-ounce can contains 38 grams of sugar, the bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores, restaurants and vending machines throughout the world. The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains of major restaurants, the Coca-Cola Company has on occasion introduced other cola drinks under the Coke name. Based on Interbrands best global brand study of 2015, Coca-Cola was the third most valuable brand. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, confederate Colonel John Pemberton, who was wounded in the American Civil War and became addicted to morphine, began a quest to find a substitute for the problematic drug. The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at Pembertons Eagle Drug and Chemical House and he may have been inspired by the formidable success of Vin Mariani, a French coca wine. It is also worth noting that a Spanish drink called Kola Coca was presented at a contest in Philadelphia in 1885, the patent for this Spanish drink was bought by Coca-Cola in 1953. In 1885, Pemberton registered his French Wine Coca nerve tonic, in 1886, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed prohibition legislation, Pemberton responded by developing Coca-Cola, a nonalcoholic version of French Wine Coca. The first sales were at Jacobs Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, Pemberton claimed Coca-Cola cured many diseases, including morphine addiction, indigestion, nerve disorders, headaches, and impotence. Pemberton ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the year in the Atlanta Journal. By 1888, three versions of Coca-Cola – sold by three separate businesses – were on the market, a co-partnership had been formed on January 14,1888 between Pemberton and four Atlanta businessmen, J. C. Mayfield, A. O. Not codified by any signed document, a statement given by Asa Candler years later asserted under testimony that he had acquired a stake in Pembertons company as early as 1887. John Pemberton declared that the name Coca-Cola belonged to his son, Charley, Charleys exclusive control over the Coca Cola name became a continual thorn in Asa Candlers side. Candlers oldest son, Charles Howard Candler, authored a book in 1950 published by Emory University, in this definitive biography about his father, Candler specifically states
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Goalkeeper (association football)
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Goalkeeper, often shortened to keeper or goalie, is one of the major positions of association football. It is the most specialised position in the sport, the goalkeepers primary role is to prevent the opposing team from successfully moving the ball over the defended goal-line. This is accomplished by the moving into the path of the ball. Within the penalty area goalkeepers are able to use their hands, goalkeepers usually perform goal kicks, and also give commands to their defence during corner kicks, direct and indirect free kicks, and marking. Goalkeepers play an important role in directing on field strategy as they have a view of the entire pitch. If an attacker on the opposing team obstructs the keeper from catching or saving the ball, for example, in a corner, it will normally be a free kick. If a goalkeeper is injured or sent off, a goalkeeper has to take their place. In order to replace a goalkeeper who is sent off, a team usually substitutes an outfield player for the backup keeper and they then play the remainder of the match with nine outfield players. Goalkeepers often have longer playing careers than players, many not retiring until their late thirties or early forties. This can be explained by noting that goalkeepers play a physically demanding position that requires significantly less running. For example, Peter Shilton played for 31 years between 1966 and 1997 before retiring at the age of 47. Because only one player can play in goal and the position is so specialised many professional teams on average especially at the highest level have one player as first-choice for many years, for example Gianlugi Buffon has played as first choice keeper for Juventus for more than 15 years. Petr Cech prior to his move to Aresnal was first choice keeper for Chelsea between 2004 and 2015, the squad number for a first choice goalkeeper is generally number 1. Although this is common, some goalkeepers now wear other numbers when in goal, association football, like many sports, has experienced many changes in tactics resulting in the generation and elimination of different positions. Goalkeeper is the position that is certain to have existed since the codification of the sport. The earliest account of football teams with player positions comes from Richard Mulcaster in 1581, the earliest specific reference to keeping goal comes from Cornish Hurling in 1602. One of these is appointed by lots, to the one side, there is assigned for their guard, a couple of their best stopping Hurlers. Other references to scoring goals begin in English literature in the early 16th century, for example, in John Days play The Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, Ill play a gole at camp-ball
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Malaysia
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Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. The capital city is Kuala Lumpur, while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government, with a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia, located in the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth, with large numbers of endemic species. Malaysia has its origins in the Malay kingdoms present in the area which, from the 18th century, the first British territories were known as the Straits Settlements, whose establishment was followed by the Malay kingdoms becoming British protectorates. The territories on Peninsular Malaysia were first unified as the Malayan Union in 1946, Malaya was restructured as the Federation of Malaya in 1948, and achieved independence on 31 August 1957. Malaya united with North Borneo, Sarawak, and Singapore on 16 September 1963 to become Malaysia, less than two years later in 1965, Singapore was expelled from the federation. The country is multi-ethnic and multi-cultural, which plays a role in politics. About half the population is ethnically Malay, with minorities of Malaysian Chinese, Malaysian Indians. The constitution declares Islam the state religion while allowing freedom of religion for non-Muslims, the government system is closely modelled on the Westminster parliamentary system and the legal system is based on common law. The head of state is the king, known as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and he is an elected monarch chosen from the hereditary rulers of the nine Malay states every five years. The head of government is the prime minister, since its independence, Malaysia has had one of the best economic records in Asia, with its GDP growing at an average of 6. 5% per annum for almost 50 years. The economy has traditionally been fuelled by its resources, but is expanding in the sectors of science, tourism, commerce. Today, Malaysia has a newly industrialised market economy, ranked third largest in Southeast Asia, the name Malaysia is a combination of the word Malay and the Latin-Greek suffix -sia/-σία. The word melayu in Malay may derive from the Tamil words malai and ur meaning mountain and city, land, malayadvipa was the word used by ancient Indian traders when referring to the Malay Peninsula. Whether or not it originated from these roots, the word melayu or mlayu may have used in early Malay/Javanese to mean to steadily accelerate or run. This term was applied to describe the current of the river Melayu in Sumatra. The name was adopted by the Melayu Kingdom that existed in the seventh century on Sumatra
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Kedah
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Kedah also known by its honorific, Darul Aman, or Abode of Peace is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a area of over 9,000 km². The mainland has a flat terrain, which is used to grow rice. Langkawi is an archipelago of islands, most of which are uninhabited, Kedah was called Kadaram by ancient and medieval Tamil people and Syburi by the Siamese when it was under their influence. To the north, Kedah borders the state of Perlis and shares a boundary with the Songkhla and Yala provinces of Thailand. It borders the states of Perak to the south and Penang to the southwest, the states capital is Alor Setar and the royal seat is in Anak Bukit. Other major towns include Sungai Petani, and Kulim on the mainland, archaeological evidence found in Bujang Valley reveals that a Hindu–Buddhist kingdom ruled ancient Kedah possibly as early as 110 A. D. The discoveries in Bujang Valley also made the ancient Kedah as the oldest civilisation of Southeast Asia, reference to ancient Kedah was first mentioned in a Tamil poem Paṭṭiṉappālai written at the end of the 2nd century A. D. It described goods from Kadaram heaped together in the streets of Chola capital. Other than Kadaram, Kedah was known with different names at varying times in Indian literature, Kataha-Nagara, Anda-Kataha, Kataha-Dvipa, according to Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa or the Kedah Annals, Kedah was founded by a Hindu king named Merong Mahawangsa. According to the further, the Sultanate of Kedah started in year 1136 when King Phra Ong Mahawangsa converted to Islam. In the 7th and 8th centuries, Kedah was under the control of Srivijaya. In 1025, the city was conquered by Rajendra Chola, the Chola king from Coromandel in South India, a second invasion was led by Virarajendra Chola of the Chola dynasty who conquered Kedah in the late 11th century. During the reign of Kulothunga Chola I Chola overlordship was established over the Sri Vijaya province Kedah in the late 11th century and it was later under Siam, until it was conquered by the Malay sultanate of Malacca in the 15th century. In the 17th century, Kedah was attacked by the Portuguese after their conquest of Malacca, in the hope that Great Britain would protect what remained of Kedah from Siam, the sultan handed over Penang and then Province Wellesley to the British at the end of the 18th century. The Siamese nevertheless invaded Kedah in 1821, and it remained under Siamese control under the name of Syburi, in 1896, Kedah along with Perlis and Satun was combined into the Siamese province of Monthon Syburi which lasted until transferred to the British by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909. In World War II, Kedah was the first part of Malaya to be invaded by Japan, the Japanese returned Kedah to their Thai allies who had it renamed Syburi, but it returned to British rule after the end of the war. Kedah was a reluctant addition to the Federation of Malaya in 1948, since 1958, the hereditary Sultan of Kedah has been Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah
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Kedah FA
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Kedah Football Association is a football association that supervises football in the state of Kedah, Malaysia. The Kedah FA are a football team in Malaysian that represent the state of Kedah. Kedah FA currently play in the Malaysia Super League, and they are the team in the history of Malaysian football to ever achieved a double treble titles in 2006–07. Kedah FA traditional colours are red and black, but currently the home kit has been in the colours of green and 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 Shukris idea to green and yellow which fits the Kedah states nickname Jelapang Padi, the Kedah FA kit is currently manufactured by Lotto. Their previous kit manufacturers were Line 7, Lotto and Puma, Kedah FAs first team sponsor was Sharp, from 1989 to 2000. Following that, the club was sponsored by Modenas and 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, green dominates the background, the side of the crest shows 11 joint bordered lines which signify the 11 districts of the Kedah state. Under Ahmad Basri Akil, Kedah FA qualified for six Malaysia Cup final matches in a period between 1987 and 1993, and won 2 Malaysia Cup titles,1 league title and 1 FA Cup title. The club experienced a period in the 1980s and 1990s. After the glorious double treble achievement under the guidance of Azraai Khor, 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, 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 top goal scorer. He was also the 2nd highest goal scorer in all competitions at all levels in Malaysian professional football and 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 and it is use since late 80s 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, Kedah fans consider their main rivalries to be with Penang, Perak and Perlis
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Kelantan
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Kelantan is a state of Malaysia. The capital and royal seat is Kota Bharu, the honorific of the state is Darul Naim. Kelantan is positioned in the north-east of Peninsular Malaysia and it is bordered by Narathiwat Province of Thailand to the north, Terengganu to the south-east, Perak to the west, and Pahang to the south. To the north-east of Kelantan is the South China Sea, Kelantan is located in the north-eastern corner of the peninsula. Kelantan, which is said to translate as the Land of Lightning, is a state with green paddy fields, rustic fishing villages. Kelantan is home to some of the most ancient archaeological discoveries in Malaysia, there are a number of suggestions for the origin of the name Kelantan. One theory, according to historian Mohd Rosli Bin Ismail, proposes that Kelantan is a corruption of gelam hutan, i. e. the Malay word for the cajuput, or swamp tea tree. Other theories claim that the name comes from the Malay word kilatan, shiny/glittery or kolam tanah, Kelantan was called Kalantan by the Siamese when it was under their influence. Kolaan Thana or Kolaam Thana gradually became Kelantan to fit in better with the dialect of the local people. The early history of Kelantan traces distinct human settlement dating back to prehistoric times, early Kelantan had links to the Funan Kingdom, the Khmer Empire, Sri Vijaya, Majapahit and Siam. Around 1411, Raja Kumar, the ruler of Kelantan, became independent of Siam, in 1499, Kelantan became a vassal state of the Malacca Sultanate. With the fall of Malacca in 1511, Kelantan was divided up and ruled by petty chieftains, paying tribute to Patani, by the early 17th century, most of these Kelantan chiefs became subject to Patani. The legendary Cik Siti Wan Kembang was said to have reigned over Kelantan sometime between the 16th and 17th centuries, Long Yunus was succeeded in 1795 by his son-in-law Tengku Muhammad Sultan Mansur of Terengganu. The enthronement of Tengku Muhammad by Terengganu was opposed by Long Yunus sons, thus triggering a war against Terengganu by Long Muhammad, the pro-Terengganu faction was defeated in 1800 and Long Muhammad ruled Kelantan with the new title of Sultan as Sultan Muhammad I. Nevertheless, the death of childless Long Muhammad triggered another civil war among claimants to the throne and his nephew and son of Long Tan, Long Senik Mulut Merah, triumphed over his uncles and cousins and assumed the throne in 1835 as Sultan Muhammad II. Sultan Muhammad II leveraged on his alliance with Siam to form the modern Kelantan state, centered in his new fort on the eastern bank of the Kelantan river. Kelantan was where the Japanese first landed during their invasion of Malaya, in 1943, Kelantan was transferred by the Japanese to Thailand and became a province of Thailand. Kelantan reverted to British protection upon the end of World War 2 in August 1945, Kelantan became part of the Malayan Union in 1946 and then the Federation of Malaya on 1 February 1948, and together with other Malayan states attained independence on 31 August 1957
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Kelantan FA
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Kelantan Football Association, also being known as The Red Warriors is a professional football association based in Kota Bharu, in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. The football team has played in the top tier of Malaysian football, founded in 1946, they have a long-standing rivalry with Terengganu, the two east coast teams involved in what is known as the East Coast Derby. Their home is the 22, 000-seat Sultan Muhammad IV stadium, Kelantans regular kit colours are red shirt and shorts with a white pattern on the side. The team had their first major success in the 2012 season, when they won the Liga Super championship, Piala FA, and Piala Malaysia. Domestically, Kelantan have won the Liga Super Championship on 2 occasions,2012 was their debut playing in the AFC Cup. They played well in the stage to gain first place. However, the team lost in the final to Erbil SC. Kelantan Football Association was founded in 1946 as Kelantan Amateur Football Association, in 1986, the former chief minister of Kelantan state, Datuk Haji Ahmad Rastom Haji Ahmad Maher was appointed as the president. 5 years later, the former Kelantan State Secretary, Datuk Haji Wan Hashim Wan Daud took over the post and he held the post until 2004 followed by Datuk Haji Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub. By 2005 Kelantan was the state team that played in the third-tier football league in Malaysia. The team ended the bottom of the second-tier Liga Premier and was then relegated to the third-tier league of Malaysia. Tan Sri Annuar Musa took over Kelantan in 2007 and many changes have occurred, various new approach and renewal is done by him in management and team. The team succeed to improve position in Liga Premier during 2007–08 season, the team ended in third place during the season. Kelantan FA was Piala FA and Piala Malaysia runners-up during 2009 season, Annuar brought a revolution and transformed the way the team was run by introducing changes that were akin to those practised overseas. Local players were given exposure and national players were signed into the team to have a blend of experience. 2009 was the Kelantan debut season in the Liga Super after got promoted from the Liga Premier and they obtained 6th spot in the league with 44 points. During the Piala FA final, they have lost to Selangor, Piala Malaysia became their second finals for the season but unfortunately they lost to Negeri Sembilan where the match was held at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil. The team gained second place in the Liga Super table behind Selangor with 59 points, the top scorer for the team was Norshahrul Idlan with 11 goals in the league and 14 goals overall
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2015 Malaysia Super League
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The 2015 Liga Super is the 12th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 31 January and concluded in 22 August 2015, the Liga Super champions for 2015 was Johor Darul Tazim. A total of 12 teams compete in the 2015 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2014 season and champions, t-Team and PKNS were relegated at the end of the 2014 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table. 2014 Liga Premier unbeaten champions PDRM and runners-up Felda United secured direct promotion to the Liga Super, note, Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality, updated to games played on 22 August 2015. Source, Liga Super 1, Liga Super 21 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, for coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. It were given by Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia starting May 2015, five players will be pick each month by PFAM and will be shown on their official websites. The player will be voted in a survey and the player with the most vote will be picked as PFAM Player Of The Month,2015 Liga Premier 2015 Liga FAM2015 Piala FA2015 Piala Presiden 2015 Piala Belia Football Malaysia Official Website
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Johor
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Johor or Johore is a Malaysian state, located in the southern portion of Peninsular Malaysia. It is one of the most developed states in Malaysia, the state capital city of Johor is Johor Bahru. The royal city of the state is Muar and the old state capital is Johor Lama, Johor is surrounded by Pahang to the north, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest, and the Straits of Johor to the south, which separates Johor and the Republic of Singapore. Johor is also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Tazim, or Abode of Dignity, the name Johor originated from the Persian word Jauhar, gem/jewel. Malays tend to name a place after natural objects in great abundance or having visual dominance. Before the name Johor was adopted, the south of the Muar River to Singapore island was known as Ujong Tanah or lands end in Malay. Coincidentally, Johor is the most southern point of the Asian continental mainland. In the early 16th century, the Sultanate of Johor was founded by the Alauddin Riayat Shah II, the son of Mahmud Shah, Johor sultanate was one of the two successor states of the Melaka empire. On Malaccas defeat by the Portuguese in 1511, Alauddin Riayat Shah II established a monarchy in Johor, the Sultanate of Perak—established by Mahmud Shahs other son, Muzaffar Shah I—was the other successor state of Malacca. During Johors peak, the whole of Pahang, present day Indonesian territories of the Riau archipelago, a series of succession struggles were interspersed with strategic alliances struck with regional clans and foreign powers, which maintained Johors political and economic hold in the Straits. In 1641, Johor in co-operation with the Dutch succeeded in capturing Malacca, by 1660, Johor had become a flourishing entrepôt, although weakening and splintering of the empire in the late seventeenth and eighteenth century reduced its sovereignty. In the 18th century, the Bugis of Sulawesi and the Minangkabau of Sumatra controlled the powers in the Johor-Riau Empire. However, in the early 19th century, Malay and Bugis rivalry commanded the scene, in 1819, the Johor-Riau Empire was divided up into the mainland Johor, controlled by the Temenggong, and the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga, controlled by the Bugis. Temenggong Ibrahim opened up Bandar Tanjung Puteri in south Johor as a major town, Temenggong Ibrahim was succeeded by his son, Dato Temenggong Abu Bakar, who later took the title Seri Maharaja Johor by Queen Victoria of England. In 1886, he was crowned the Sultan of Johor. Sultan Abu Bakar of Johor implemented a constitution, developed a British-style administration and constructed the Istana Besar. For his achievements, Sultan Abu Bakar is known by the title Father of Modern Johor, the increased demand for black pepper and gambier in the nineteenth century lead to the opening up of farmlands to the influx of Chinese immigrants, which created Johors initial economic base. The Kangchu system was put in place with the first settlement of Kangkar Tebrau established in 1844, under the British Resident system, Sultan Ibrahim, Sultan Abu Bakars successor, was forced to accept a British adviser in 1904
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Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
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Johor Darul Tazim Football Club, or simply JDT, is a football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 and currently plays in the top division of Malaysian football, the club is owned by Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim. In 2014, JDT gained their first major honour by winning the Liga Super during the first season under Croatian manager named Bojan Hodak, under Argentine Mario Gómezs tutelage, they won the AFC Cup as well as the Malaysian Piala Sumbangsih and Liga Super. By winning the 2015 AFC Cup, JDT became the second Malaysian team since 1967 to enter a final of a continental competition. JDT is the first team ever in the country to win three league titles since the inception of Liga Super in 2004. Before this achievement, no team had won the league championship in three successive years since a league system was first introduced in Malaysia in 1979. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC, after PKENJ FC won the Piala FAM twice, Johor Corporation decided to takeover the club in 1996 and changed its name to Johor Football Club. The club finished as the runners-up in the 1996 season, in 1998, Johor FC was promoted to the second tier Malaysian football league, the Liga Perdana 2 and won the title in 2001 which granted a promotion to first division, the Liga Perdana 1. After two years in top division of the league, Johor FC were relegated to Liga Premier after failed to achieved promotion to Super League during the 2003 season. Johor FC was the first club team in Malaysian football league to enter Piala Malaysia in 2000 under English manager Bruce Stowell. Piala Malaysia was previously dominated by teams and by defeating ATM on aggregate in the second-round group qualification. The club has participated in AFC Cup in 2009 replacing Negeri Sembilan of which the latter qualified. Starting from 2 February 2012, Singaporean football legend Fandi Ahmad would begin his contract with Johor FA serving as the technical advisor. Later in the year, Fandi assumed the role as the head coach. The team eventually finished fourth in the MPL for the 2012 season, HRH Tunku Ismail was officially appointed as the new President of Johor FA in the associations extraordinary congress held on 16 February 2012. During the congress, he first mooted a proposal to revamp the whole organisation structure, part of the plan was to consolidate its football teams into a single representative competing in the M-League. The plan was met with mixed reactions from officials and fans all over the country, during the season, there were several match fixing allegations and investigations involving players from Johor-based teams. At the end of 2012 season, Johorean football were in disastrous state, Johor based teams were underperforming and struggling in the M-League
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2014 Liga Super
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The 2014 Liga Super also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the 11th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 17 January and concluded in 25 June 2014, the Liga Super champions for 2014 was Johor Darul Tazim. The following are the key changes of 2014 Liga Super season as compared to the previous season, Results of the 90-minute match will be counted towards the league table classification. The last time this happened was during the 2011 Liga Super season, goal-line referees will be introduced in selected matches during the season, and will be fully implemented for all matches in the 2015 Liga Super season if the feedback is positive. A total of 4 foreign players can be registered by Liga Super teams, a maximum of 3 foreign players can be fielded at one time in a match. The announcement was made by FAM during the meeting in November 2013. A total of 12 teams compete in the 2014 season which includes the top 10 teams that participated in the 2013 season and champions, felda United and Negeri Sembilan were relegated at the end of the 2013 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table. 2012 Liga Premier unbeaten champions Sarawak and runners-up Sime Darby secured direct promotion to the Liga Super,1 Correct as of end of 2013 Liga Super season 2 LionsXII uses the Bishan Stadium until the end of January 2014 due to renovation work being done at Jalan Besar Stadium. 3 Selangor uses the MBPJ Stadium until 25 February 2014 due to work being done at Shah Alam Stadium. Note, Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules, players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Except for the two promoted teams Sime Darby FC and Sarawak FA, all teams have new head coaches at the start of the season. Note, LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is intended to remain as a development team for Singaporean players, fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2014 season. Updated to games played on 25 June 2014, source, Liga Super 1, Liga Super 21 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match
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Pahang
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Pahang is the third largest state in Malaysia, after Sarawak and Sabah, and the largest in Peninsular Malaysia. The state occupies the huge Pahang River river basin and it is bordered to the north by Kelantan, to the west by Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, to the south by Johor and to the east by Terengganu and the South China Sea. Its state capital is Kuantan, and the seat is at Pekan. Other important towns include Jerantut, Kuala Lipis, Temerloh and the resorts of Genting Highlands, Cameron Highlands, Bukit Tinggi. The Arabic honorific of Pahang is Darul Makmur, based on Chinese records, Pahang was known to the Chinese as Phang or Pahangh, other variations include Pang-Hang, Pang-Heng, Pong-Fong, Phe-Hang, and Pang-Kang and others. In 1225, Chau Ju-Kua wrote the book Chu-Fan-Chi and mentioned that amongst the states controlled by San-Fo-Chi was one called Peng-Keng, supposedly modern day Pahang. The Arabs and Europeans at that time called it as Pam, Pan, Phang, Paam, Poa, Paon, Phamm, Paham, Fanhan, Phang, G. R Tibbets, a historian who commented the story written by Masudi thought that Fanjab was Pahang. He preferred to call it Fanhan, Panghang/Panhang, rather than Fanjab, the name Pahang has been said to originate from the language of a Siamese aborigines tribe, meaning ore. The aborigines used to live here and opened up several mining areas, according to an old Malay story, at the place near the Pahang River, on the opposite side of Kampung Kembahang, a large mahang tree fell across the river, thus the name Pahang originated. Evidence for nomadic tribes living in the Pahang area go back to the Mesolithic Era, after the Srivijaya empire collapsed, around the 1000, Pahang was claimed first by Majapahit, Siam, and then by Sultanate of Malacca. Pahang was fought over by the Portuguese, the Dutch, Johor, during this time, its population was mostly killed or enslaved, its rulers murdered and its economy ruined. After the decline of Aceh in the century, Pahang came under the rule of Johor. However, Sultans of Pahang, descended from the Malacca and the Bendahara Johor royal dynasties, have ruled the state almost continuously from 1470, from 1858 to 1863, Pahang was fought over in a civil war between the two sons of the reigning Bendahara. In 1896, Pahang joined Selangor, Perak, and Negeri Sembilan in the Federated Malay States and this evolved into the Federation of Malaya in 1948 and into the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. Rainforest covers much of the highlands, but it tends to be thinner, ferns are also extremely common, thanks mainly to the high humidity and fog that permeates the area. The Cameron Highlands area in the west is home to extensive tea plantations, the area is the highest on the mainland, and the climate is temperate enough to have distinct temperature variations year round. The area is known as a major supplier of legumes and vegetables to both Malaysia and Singapore. Genting Highlands is known as Malaysias playground and it is home to several hotels, a theme park and Malaysias only casino
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Pahang FA
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Pahang Football Association is a Malaysia professional football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. The association was found in 1959 to represent the state itself and has worn a yellow home kit since. In the beginning, their home matches were held around the city public fields and outside Kuantan. Early in 2016, PBNP change the name from Pahang FA to Pahang FC, then on December 2016, the management PBNP change the name back the old ones, Pahang FA. The lowest point of the association was in 2012, as the association had been relegated to the Liga Premier, the association has been established after the great support from locals who require a football team to represent Pahang in HMS Beagle. As the initiatives to the request, Sultan Abu Bakar has established an association known as Pahang FA, in the next year, the association begins with the preparation against another states before taking part for the first time in the HMS Beagle Cup. After a long time looking for the homeground, the Council of Kuantan announced the construction of a new stadium, nonetheless, the most successful era was in 90s, when the association successfully entered the final of Piala Malaysia 4 times even though they only succeed once in 1992. The 1992 was the best year when the won the double, the Piala Malaysia. The association successfully defeated Kedah FA in final stage to win the Piala Malaysia, Pahang FA was also the first winner of the newly formatted M-League in 2004. In 2008, many players from talented young Shahzan Muda F. C. were absorbed into Pahang FA, in 2012, Pahang FA was playing in 2nd division of M-League. While in Premier League, Pahang FA showed great improvement in the 2012 season as they qualified for the Piala Malaysia quarter-finals, Pahang FA was also a Premier League runner-up in 2012, thus enable the association to play in the play-off matches for the promotion to the Liga Super. Pahang FA beat Kedah FA in the final of the play-off and had promoted to Liga Super in 2013. In the year 2012, the association had to play in Temerloh Mini Stadium as the homeground for the first time after the Darul Makmur Stadium was put under renovation for the organisation of Sukma 2012. A year later, the returned to Kuantan to play in newly renovated Darul Makmur Stadium. Led by loyal serving captain, Jalaluddin Jaafar, they ended 21 years cup drought, by winning the cup, Zainal Abidin Hassan and Dollah Salleh had cemented their status as central figure of club history, as they won it as a player and as manager and coach respectively. Pahang FA are currently based at Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan, the capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a running track, in addition to the football field. As of 10 January 2017 Source, As of 23 February 2017 The Pahang Presidents cup team or Young Elephant is a part of the President Cup Malaysia league team, the President Cup Malaysia is the football competitions in Malaysia for under-21 players. Since its inception, the President Cup Malaysia has been the tournament for under-21
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2013 Liga Super
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The 2013 Liga Super also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the 10th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 8 January and concluded in 6 July 2013, the Liga Super champions for 2013 was LionsXII. Kuala Lumpur was relegated at the end of the 2012 Liga Super season after finishing in the place of the league table. Sarawak, Sabah and Kedah were also relegated after losing the playoffs,2012 Liga Premier champions Angkatan Tentera Malaysia secured direct promotion to the Liga Super. Meanwhile,2012 Liga Premier runner-up Pahang clinched the promotion after winning the playoff rounds, Johor FC was renamed as Johor Darul Takzim Football Club. Johor Darul Takzim moved to the Tan Sri Dato Hj Hassan Yunos Stadium and will host their matches there after occupying the previous stadium. ATM moved to the Selayang Stadium and will host their matches there after occupying the previous stadium. Felda United moved to the Petaling Jaya Stadium and will host their matches there after occupying the previous stadium. LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is intended to remain as a development team for Singaporean players, FAM allow three foreign players quota starts season 2014. Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2013 season, fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2013 season. Updated to games played on 6 July 2013, source, Liga Super 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match
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2012 Liga Super
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The 2012 Liga Super also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the ninth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 10 January and concluded in 14 July 2012, the Liga Super champions for 2012 was Kelantan. A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including eleven sides from the 2011 season,2011 Liga Premier champions PKNS and runners-up Sarawak secured direct promotion to the Liga Super. While the Singapore Lions will compete at the Liga Super, Harimau Muda A will take the Young Lions position in the S. League, Young Lions was later replaced by a new team, named LionsXII that will replace the former under-23 football team. The KLFA Stadium was closed down for repairs, meaning both Felda United and Kuala Lumpur were forced to move their home stadiums to the Hang Jebat Stadium which is located in Malacca. The stadium will also be the venue that will be played at daylight. Terengganu had shared stadiums with fellow neighbours, T-Team since 2011 after the roof collapse of the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium. However, on 19 December 2011, The Terengganu Menteri Besar, Ahmad Said announced that the stadium will undergo repairs, LionsXII will not be permitted to have any foreign players as it is an all Singaporean team. Fixtures and Results of the Liga Super 2012 season, updated to games played on 14 July 2012. Source, Liga Super 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, for coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. The winner of both semi-final match will meet in the final to determine who will stay in the 2013 Liga Super. The winner will stay in the Liga Super, the other 3 teams will be relegated to 2013 Liga Premier. com, Malaysia – List of Champions Liga Super results
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2011 Liga Super
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The 2011 Liga Super is the eighth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 29 January and concluded in 30 July 2011, the Liga Super champions for 2011 was Selangor. A total of fourteen teams will contest the league, including twelve sides from the 2010 season, johor and Penang were relegated at the end of the 2010 Liga Super after finishing the season in the bottom two places of the league table. 2010 Liga Premier champions Felda United and runners-up Sabah secured direct promotion to the Liga Super, harimau Muda A secured a place in the Liga Super after PLUS withdrew. Harimau had won the 2009 Liga Premier before playing the 2010 campaign in the Slovak First League, harimau represent the Malaysian Under 23 national football team. His contract was terminated by mutual consent on 22 April 2011. Subsequently he joined Penang as head coach on 1 May 2011, Updated to games played on 6 July 2011. Source, FIFA Rules for classification, 1) points, 2) goal difference, 3) number of goals scored = Champion, = Relegated, = Promoted, = Eliminated, = Play-off winner, notes 1 Terengganu qualified for the 2012 AFC Cup by winning the 2011 Malaysia FA Cup. They automatically advanced to the stage due to restructuring of the East Zone playoffs. PLUS FC withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2011 season Updated to games played on 6 July 2011. Source, Liga Super 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, for coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. List of Liga Super seasons 2011 Liga Premier
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2010 Liga Super
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The 2010 Liga Super also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the seventh season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 9 January and concluded in 3 August 2010, the Liga Super champions for 2010 was Selangor. The opening match of the season between Negeri Sembilan and Selangor also doubled as the Piala Sumbangsih fixtures where it was won by Selangor by a score of 2–1. A total of 14 teams compete in the 2010 season which includes the top 11 teams that participated in the 2009 season and champions, notes PLUS withdrew from Liga Super before the start of 2011 season. Updated to games played on 3 August 2010, Source, Results TM Liga Super 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, Red = away team win. For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match, including matches played on n/a, Source, FIFA, Liga Super Scorers List of Liga Super seasons
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Malaysia Super League 2009
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The 2009 Liga Super also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the sixth season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 3 January and concluded in 3 August 2009, the Liga Super champions for 2009 was Selangor. A total of 14 teams compete in the 2009 season which includes the top 12 teams that participated in the 2007-08 season and champions, sarawak were relegated at the end of the 2009 Liga Super season after finishing in the bottom place of the league table. DPMM was excluded from the competition as per FIFA rules after Football Association of Brunei Darussalam was deregistered by the Registrar of Societies, 2007-08 Liga Premier champions Kuala Muda Naza and runners-up PLUS secured direct promotion to the Liga Super. Source, Results TM Liga Super 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours, Blue = home team win, Yellow = draw, for coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match. Notes The opening league game of the season between Kedah and Selangor also doubled up as the Piala Sumbangsih, the game between Kelantan and PLUS was awarded 3–0 to PLUS as Kelantan could not agree on a suitable venue. However the result was revoked and the game would be replayed at a later date. Kuala Muda Naza and UPB-MyTeam withdrew before the start of 2010 season
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Perlis
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Perlis, also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia. It lies at the part of the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and has the Satun. It is bordered by the state of Kedah to the south and it was called Palit by the Siamese when it was under their influence. Perlis had a population of 227,025 as of 2010, the capital of Perlis is Kangar, and the Royal capital is Arau. Another important town is Padang Besar, at the Malaysia–Thailand border, the main port and ferry terminal is at the small village of Kuala Perlis, linking mostly to Langkawi Island. Perlis has a snake farm and research centre at Sungai Batu Pahat. Among the main tourist attractions are Perlis State Park and Gua Kelam, Perlis was originally part of Kedah, although it occasionally came under rule by Siam or Aceh. After the Siamese conquered Kedah in 1821, the British felt their interests in Perak to be threatened and this resulted in the 1826 Burney and Low Treaties formalising relations between the two Malay states and Siam, their nominal overlord. In the Burney Treaty, the exiled Kedah sultan Ahmad Tajuddin was not restored to his throne, Sultan Ahmad and his armed supporters then fought unsuccessfully for his restoration over twelve years. In 1842, the Sultan finally agreed to accept Siamese terms, however, Siam separated Perlis into a separate principality directly vassal to Bangkok. The Siamese made Raja Long Krok as the Governor of Siam in Perlis while Syed Hussain Jamalullail as deputy governor and this made Perlis as a sovereign state. His descendants still rule Perlis, but as rajas, instead of as sultans, as with Kedah, the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 forced Siam to relinquish its southern Malay vassal states of Kelantan, Trengganu, and Monthon Syburi to Great Britain. The British installed a Resident in the Perlis Royal capital of Arau, Perlis was returned to Siam in World War II as a reward for Siams alliance with Japan, but this brief annexation ended with the Japanese surrender. After World War II, Perlis returned to British rule until it became part of the Malayan Union, then the Federation of Malaya in 1957, since 1945, the Raja or hereditary monarch has been Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin. He was the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 13 December 2001 to 12 December 2006, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra was the Regent of Perlis during the five-year period when Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin was Yang di-Pertuan Agong. The Chief Executive or Menteri Besar is Azlan Man of Barisan Nasional, the Coat of Arms of Perlis consists of a sturdy green wreath of padi, indicating the wealth of the kingdom and the chief economic activity of the people. The shield in the centre represents the pride of the people, inside the shield is a ring of golden rice surrounding the name Perlis written in the Jawi script. The ethnic composition for the year 2000 in Perlis was, Malay, Chinese, Indian and others
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Perlis FA
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Perlis Football Association is an association football club that represents the state of Perlis. Based in Kangar, Perlis, Perlis FA currently plays in the division of Malaysian football. Perlis Football Association is an football club that represents the state of Perlis. The club officially founded in 1963 and have a rivalry with Kedah FA. Their home is the 20, 000-seat Utama Negeri stadium and it was built in 1995 after replacing Dato Sheikh Ahmad Stadium, Perlis s regular kit colours are yellow shirt and blue shorts, representing the state colours. Perlis had their first major success in the 2004 season, when they won the Malaysia Cup 2004,2006 was their debut playing in the AFC Cup and the AFC Cup 2010 withdrew. Source, Currently plays in the Youth Cup tournament, source, Update on 22 October 2016. C. This club has played in Piala FA. However, this team lost from our vision, both clubs currently playing in Liga Bola Sepak Rakyat which was organised by FAM. Brigate Gialloblu is fan club of Perlis FA as known as Ultras Perlis and this club has been established on 2011. They have support their lovely team even Perlis FA are in their worst performance and they always make the match of Perlis become rousing and smart with their songs and chants. At the stadium, people can easily recognized them based on their main outfit which is black with yellow and they always stand at a same place at stadium which usually known as curva. They are still lack of numbers, so they strongly encourage any Perlis supporters to join them
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Malaysia Super League 2005-06
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The 2005–06 Liga Super also known as the TM Liga Super for sponsorship reasons is the third season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. The season was held from 3 December 2005 and concluded in 23 May 2006, the Liga Super champions for 2005–06 was Negeri Sembilan. Negeri Sembilan garnered 40 points from 21 matches and won the title despite scoring less goals than all the teams in the league except Pahang. With this title, they erased the painful memory of losing the 1996 M-League crown having topped the table for most of that season. Their nearest rivals were TM with 33 points, having been in the title contention for most of the season, they were the best positioned club side in Liga Super history after Public Bank in 2004. Peraks Keita Mandjou was the top scorer with 17 goals. Three matches, including Selangors 6–1 hammering at the hands of Perlis, featured seven goals, as a result of the Football Association of Malaysia decision to expand the league to 14 teams, the relegation playoffs were held on 18 June 2006. Six of the leagues 14 places were up for grabs in this competition, Pahang and Selangor qualified for this competition by virtue of being the lowest placed Liga Super teams. Top teams from the Liga Premier also qualified for this competition, the first round of matches saw Sarawak, Terengganu, Selangor and DPMM promoted. The second round of matches saw Johor FC and Pahang promoted
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Terengganu
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Terengganu, formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is known by its Arabic honorific, Dāru l-Īmān. The coastal city of Kuala Terengganu which stands at the mouth of the broad Terengganu River is both the state and royal capital as well as the largest city in Terengganu, there are many islands located close to the coast of Terengganu state, such as Redang Island. There are several theories on the origin of the name Terengganu, one theory attributes the names origin to terang ganu, Malay for bright rainbow. One of the hunters spotted a big animal fang lying on the ground, a fellow party member asked to which animal did the fang belong. The hunter, not knowing which animal, simply answered taring anu, the party later returned to Pahang with a rich hoard of game, fur and sandalwood, which impressed their neighbours. They asked the hunters where did they source their riches, to which they replied, from the land of taring anu, Terengganu was called Trangkanu by the Siamese when it was under their influence. Terengganuans usually pronounce Terengganu as Tranung or Ganu, the traditional Chinese name for Terengganu has been 丁加奴, which is a direct transcription of the Malay name. However, in recent years, the Chinese community in Terengganu has raised objections to the name and it is worth noting, however, that the new name has been in unofficial use by the states Chinese society for at least 30 years before its official adoption. There are certain segments of the Chinese society who opposed to the change, citing the fact that the new name contains too many character strokes. They have proposed to revert the name back to the version used before 2004, but with the word 奴 to the similar sounding, terengganus location by the South China Sea ensured that it was on trade routes since ancient times. The earliest written reports on the area that is now Terengganu were by Chinese merchants, like other Malay states, Terengganu practised a Hindu–Buddhist culture combined with animist traditional beliefs for hundreds of years before the arrival of Islam. Under the influence of Srivijaya, Terengganu traded extensively with the Majapahit Empire, the inscribed date which is incomplete due to damage can be read as various dates from 702 to 789 AH. Terengganu became a state of Malacca, but retained considerable autonomy with the emergence of Johor Sultanate. Terengganu emerged as an independent sultanate in 1724, the first sultan was Tun Zainal Abidin, the younger brother of a former sultan of Johor, and Johor strongly influenced Terengganu politics through the 18th century. In the 19th century, Terengganu became a state of the Thai Rattanakosin Kingdom. Under Thai rule, Terengganu prospered, and was left alone by the authorities in Bangkok. The terms of the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909 saw power over Terengganu transferred from Siam to Great Britain, a British advisor was appointed to the sultan in 1919, and Terengganu become one of the Unfederated Malay States
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Terengganu F.C. I
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In 1972, Terengganu Amateur Football Association was gazetted as a sports body under the Seksyen 17, Akta Pembangunan Sukan 1987, and officially known as Persatuan Bolasepak Negeri Terengganu. The team is based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu and currently playing in Malaysian Super League and their home games are played at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Kuala Nerus, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. The team have a rivalry with Kelantan FA, the two east coast teams collectively known as the East Coast Derby. The team had won major trophies in Malaysian football, domestically they had won 3 runners-up Malaysia Super League titles,1 Malaysia Cup,2 Malaysia FA Cup,1 Malaysia Charity Shield,2 Malaysian League Division II title and 1 FAM Cup. Abdul Rahman was appointed Terengganu FA football chief coach to replace E. Elavarasan in 2013, Rahman ceased to be head coach in June 2015 and was replaced by Ahmad Yusof on an interim basis. Terengganu FA was founded in 1972 as Terengganu Football Association, Terengganu FA did not have much success in the 1970s with only a single appearance in the Malaysia Cup final, losing to Selangor 2–1 in a match played at the Merdeka Stadium. It was the same in the 1980s with another appearance in 1982. It was the outcome with Selangor winning 1–0 after extra-time. When the Semi-Professional League was introduced in 1989, Terengganu FA were in the Second Division based on their position in the previous season. They lost only once in the all season to finish three points clear of East Coast rivals, Kelantan FA. In 1992 season, Terengganu FA recorded their highest ever finish in the league when finished as runners-up to Pahang. Zulhamizan Zakaria found the net for Pahang FA and Terengganu FA found themselves as the first team to lose to a Golden Goal in Malaysian football history, perak were the opponents and both teams entertained the 100,000 capacity crowd with exciting football. However both teams could not be separated after 120 minutes of play with the result stood at 1–1. The lottery of the penalty shootout was used to determine the winner and in the end it was third time unlucky for Terengganu FA in a Malaysia Cup final, losing the shootouts 5–3. In 1999, Dato Haji Che Mat bin Jusoh, who was the Terengganu President at that time, was appointed to lead the team, Che Mat Jusoh successfully guiding the team Terengganu champions in 2000 and 2011 season and runners-up in 2004 season of the FA Cup. The team won first title in the Malaysia Cup in 2001 season, Terengganu won the Malaysia Charity Shield in 2001 season. The team succeed to improve position in 2005–06 Liga Premier season, the team ended in runners-up place during the season. In 2010 season, Terengganu ended in third place in Super League, at the end of the 2013 season, Dato Haji Che Mat bin Jusoh eventually withdrew from the presidency Terengganu FA after he failed to bring silverwares to the team as required by Peteh fans
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Defender (association football)
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In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals. There are four types of defenders, centre-back, sweeper, full-back, the centre-back and full-back positions are essential in most modern formations. The sweeper and wing-back roles are more specialised for certain formations, a centre-back defends in the area directly in front of the goal, and tries to prevent opposing players, particularly centre-forwards, from scoring. Centre-backs accomplish this by blocking shots, tackling, intercepting passes, contesting headers, with the ball, centre-backs are generally expected to make long and pinpoint passes to their teammates, or to kick unaimed long balls down the field. For example, a clearance is a long unaimed kick intended to move the ball as far as possible from the defenders goal, during normal play, centre-backs are unlikely to score goals. In this case, other defenders or midfielders will temporarily move into the centre-back positions, in the modern game, most teams employ two or three centre-backs in front of the goalkeeper. The 4–2–3–1, 4–3–3, and 4–4–2 formations all use two centre-backs, the sweeper is a more versatile centre-back who sweeps up the ball if an opponent manages to breach the defensive line. This position is more fluid than that of other defenders who man-mark their designated opponents. Because of this, it is referred to as libero. For example, the system of play, used in Italian football in the 1960s. The more modern libero possesses the qualities of the typical libero while being able to expose the opposition during counterattacks. The Fundell-libero has become popular in recent time with the sweeper transitioning to the most advanced forward in an attack. This variation on the position requires great pace and fitness, while rarely seen in professional football, the position has been extensively used in lower leagues. Modern libero sit behind centre-backs as a sweeper before charging through the team to join in the attack, some sweepers move forward and distribute the ball up-field, while others intercept passes and get the ball off the opposition without needing to hurl themselves into tackles. If the sweeper does move up the field to distribute the ball, they will need to make a speedy recovery, in modern football, its usage has been fairly restricted, with few clubs in the biggest leagues using the position. Though it is used in modern football, it remains a highly respected. A recent and successful use of the sweeper was made by Otto Rehhagel, Greeces manager, Rehhagel utilized Traianos Dellas as Greeces sweeper to great success, as Greece surprisingly became European champions. The full-backs take up the wide positions and traditionally stayed in defence at all times
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Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak
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Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Johor Darul Tazim FC. He is a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23. He is the older of his twin, Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak who also a footballer, Aidil started representing Negeri Sembilan since the 2004 SUKMA Games. He with his brother helped the team win the gold medal in 2004 SUKMA Games. In 2005–06 season, he along with Zaquan were promoted into the senior team, in that year Negeri Sembilan also won their first Malaysia Super League title. Aidil joined ATM in 2012 Premier league and he helped ATM to win Malaysia Premier League for 2012 season. Aidil joined big spending club, Johor Darul Takzim FC on 2012. Same club with his twin Zaquan Aidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old and he is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U-20 side on two AFC Youth Championship on 2004 in Malaysia as Malaysia reached the finals but was defeated by China. At the AFC Youth Championship in India, he was chosen as the captain of the team, Malaysia failed to win all three matches and only managed to score 9 goal and conceding 7 goals. Aidil started representing the Malaysia U-23 squad during 2008 Olympic Games qualifier and he continued to represent Malaysia in the 2007 Merdeka Tournament that held in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and managed to win the Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3,1. He then represented Malaysia in the South East Asia Games held in Thailand, however, Malaysia failed to advance into the semi finals after drawing against rivals Singapore. Aidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against Cambodia and he also scored his first international goal in his debut against Cambodia. He then became one of the players from the side who were selected into Malaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad. He only made his appearance on the last game against Iran where Malaysia lost 0–2, Aidil received his first red card in international duty during the World Cup qualifier second leg against Bahrain. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games and he also represented the Malaysia XI squad against Chelsea F. C. at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2, however, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team. On July 12th 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from football via his football clubs website. He is a good defender produced by Malaysia football
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Singapore
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Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, sometimes referred to as the Lion City or the Little Red Dot, is a sovereign city-state in Southeast Asia. It lies one degree north of the equator, at the tip of peninsular Malaysia. Singapores territory consists of one island along with 62 other islets. Since independence, extensive land reclamation has increased its size by 23%. During the Second World War, Singapore was occupied by Japan, after early years of turbulence, and despite lacking natural resources and a hinterland, the nation developed rapidly as an Asian Tiger economy, based on external trade and its workforce. Singapore is a global commerce, finance and transport hub, the country has also been identified as a tax haven. Singapore ranks 5th internationally and first in Asia on the UN Human Development Index and it is ranked highly in education, healthcare, life expectancy, quality of life, personal safety, and housing, but does not fare well on the Democracy index. Although income inequality is high, 90% of homes are owner-occupied, 38% of Singapores 5.6 million residents are permanent residents and other foreign nationals. There are four languages on the island, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil. English is its language, most Singaporeans are bilingual. Singapore is a multiparty parliamentary republic, with a Westminster system of unicameral parliamentary government. The Peoples Action Party has won every election since self-government in 1959, however, it is unlikely that lions ever lived on the island, Sang Nila Utama, the Srivijayan prince said to have founded and named the island Singapura, perhaps saw a Malayan tiger. There are however other suggestions for the origin of the name, the central island has also been called Pulau Ujong as far back as the third century CE, literally island at the end in Malay. In 1299, according to the Malay Annals, the Kingdom of Singapura was founded on the island by Sang Nila Utama and these Indianized Kingdoms, a term coined by George Cœdès were characterized by surprising resilience, political integrity and administrative stability. In 1613, Portuguese raiders burned down the settlement, which by then was part of the Johor Sultanate. The wider maritime region and much trade was under Dutch control for the following period, in 1824 the entire island, as well as the Temenggong, became a British possession after a further treaty with the Sultan. In 1826, Singapore became part of the Straits Settlements, under the jurisdiction of British India, prior to Raffles arrival, there were only about a thousand people living on the island, mostly indigenous Malays along with a handful of Chinese. By 1860 the population had swelled to over 80,000, many of these early immigrants came to work on the pepper and gambier plantations
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Baihakki Khaizan
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Baihakki bin Khaizan is a Singaporean centre-back who last plays for Johor Darul Takzim II F. C. in the Malaysia Premier League and former captain of Young Lions. Along with Khairul Amri, Shahril Ishak and Hassan Sunny, Baihakki was in the batch of the National Football Academy in 2000. He started his career with Geylang United in 2003. He has previously played for S. League clubs Young Lions, an ever-present for Singapore so far since 2004, Baihakki Khaizans rise to prominence has been an extremely swift one. He is recognised as one of the best centre backs in the region with his tough tackling no nonsense approach often putting fear into opposition forwards. In the National Football Academy age-group squads, he caught the eye with his 1. 9m stature, instinctive confidence, signing on with Geylang United in 2003, Baihakki took the Young Player of the Year award in his debut S. League season. League. He nearly missed out playing for the 2007 S-League season after MINDEF refused to him to play as he was serving National Service. However, he got the green light after a few games into the season, in 2008, again, his army conscription clashed with his football career, and thus he missed the first few games of the new season for the team that he newly joined, Geylang United. During his first season, he managed to score 3 goals in 39 appearances, in a controversial decision, Baihakki left Persija Jakarta for fierce rivals, Persib Bandung at the end of the 2009-10 Indonesia Super League season. At Persib Bandung, he linked up with his Singaporean compatriot, Shahril Ishak, baihakkis stint at Persib was cut short as he was released from the club after 6 months. On 16 February 2011, Baihakki signed a deal with Medan Chiefs worth approximately US$300,000, along with Shahril Ishak. Baihakki returned to Singapore with newly formed team, LionsXII, that was competing in the Malaysia Super League and he scored their first ever goal in their league debut against Kelantan FA on 10 January 2012. Baihakki went on to win his first Malaysia Super League title with LionsXII during the 2013 Malaysia Super League season, Baihakki Khaizan signed a four-year contract with Malaysian Super League team, Johor Darul Takzim. After a series of performances, he was de-registered from the squad on 18 April 2014. Baihakki rejoined LionsXII in May 2014, as part of his release, he would not face former club Johor Darul Takzim in their upcoming league fixture. He will join Malaysia Premier League side Johor Darul Takzim II from 2015 for the four years of his Johor contract. Baihakki returned to Malaysia and made his Johor Darul Takzim II F. C. debut in the 2015 Malaysia Premier League season, Baihakki returned to Singapore to play in the S. League for the 2017 campaign together with the Singapore captain, Shahril Ishak. He made his debut for the Singapore against Hong Kong on 4 August 2003 and he was part of the team that won the Tiger Cup in 2005 and the 2007 ASEAN Football Championship
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LionsXII
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LionsXII, also known as Singapore LIONSXII, is a dissolved Singaporean football club based in Kallang, Singapore. Founded in 2011, they play in the Liga Super and have spent all of their history in the top tier of Malaysian football and their home ground is the 8, 000-seat Jalan Besar Stadium, where they have played all their home matches since their establishment. Managed by the Football Association of Singapore, the marks the return of Singapore to the Malaysian football scene after leaving the Piala Malaysia in 1994. The name is a combination of Lions and XII, which is a tribute to the fans. Its motto is For Country, For Fans, LionsXIIs home kit is in royal red, using the colours of the national flag. Their away kit is in blue, designed to evoke memories of the used in the 1980s. The club emblem, designed to resemble a paw, shows a fierce. LionsXIIs first silverware was the 2013 Liga Super trophy, in only their season in the competition. They had finished second in 2012 and their second silverware was the 2015 Piala FA when they beat Kelantan 3–1 in the final after a stunning display at the Bukit Jalil Stadium. In 2011, the Football Association of Singapore and the Football Association of Malaysia reached an agreement that would see greater co-operation between the two nations. Although the new Singapore team would have the existing Under-23s forming its core, no foreign players were allowed to be part of the Singapore team as this project served as being developmental. LionsXII debuted in the 2012 Liga Super on 10 January 2012 with a 1–2 home defeat to defending champions Kelantan FA, the LionsXIIs first win was a 2–1 victory over Kuala Lumpur FA on 17 January. The LionsXIIs first away win was a 1–0 victory over Sabah FA on 21 January, LionsXII began their 2012 Piala FA quest on 18 February, with a 3–0 win over UiTM FC. The LionsXII made their way to the quarter-final with a 2–0 win over Betaria FC on 10 March 2012, however, they were beaten by Terengganu FA in the quarter-finals. On 16 June 2012, they defeated Sabah FA 9–0 at home, LionsXII finished second in the league behind Kelantan FA, and bowed out of the semi-final of the 2012 Piala Malaysia after losing in a penalty shoot-out against ATM FA. On 29 December 2012, assistant coach Kadir Yahaya left his position at LionsXII, soon, Gombak United FC chief K. Balagumaran took over his post. LionsXII were set a target of finishing top five for the 2013 Liga Super, five overage players were included in this years squad to guide the younger players, namely Shahril Ishak, Isa Halim, Fazrul Nawaz, Irwan Shah and Baihakki Khaizan. Other key players such as Shahdan Sulaiman and Shaiful Esah no longer featured, the main aim was to develop the U–23 players and prepare them for the upcoming 2013 Southeast Asian Games that would be held at the end of the year
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Aidil Zafuan
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Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak is a Malaysian footballer who currently plays as a defender for Johor Darul Tazim FC. He is a member of Malaysia national, Malaysia U-23. He is the older of his twin, Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak who also a footballer, Aidil started representing Negeri Sembilan since the 2004 SUKMA Games. He with his brother helped the team win the gold medal in 2004 SUKMA Games. In 2005–06 season, he along with Zaquan were promoted into the senior team, in that year Negeri Sembilan also won their first Malaysia Super League title. Aidil joined ATM in 2012 Premier league and he helped ATM to win Malaysia Premier League for 2012 season. Aidil joined big spending club, Johor Darul Takzim FC on 2012. Same club with his twin Zaquan Aidil has represented Malaysia since he was 14 years old and he is very experienced in international youth arena. He played for the Malaysia U-20 side on two AFC Youth Championship on 2004 in Malaysia as Malaysia reached the finals but was defeated by China. At the AFC Youth Championship in India, he was chosen as the captain of the team, Malaysia failed to win all three matches and only managed to score 9 goal and conceding 7 goals. Aidil started representing the Malaysia U-23 squad during 2008 Olympic Games qualifier and he continued to represent Malaysia in the 2007 Merdeka Tournament that held in Shah Alam and Petaling Jaya and managed to win the Merdeka Tournament after defeating Myanmar 3,1. He then represented Malaysia in the South East Asia Games held in Thailand, however, Malaysia failed to advance into the semi finals after drawing against rivals Singapore. Aidil made his debut on 18 July 2007 against Cambodia and he also scored his first international goal in his debut against Cambodia. He then became one of the players from the side who were selected into Malaysia 2007 AFC Asian Cup squad. He only made his appearance on the last game against Iran where Malaysia lost 0–2, Aidil received his first red card in international duty during the World Cup qualifier second leg against Bahrain. As a result, he was banned by FIFA from taking part in international match for three games and he also represented the Malaysia XI squad against Chelsea F. C. at Shah Alam Stadium on 29 July 2008. The Malaysia XI eventually lost 0–2, however, Chelsea coach Luiz Felipe Scolari praise the Malaysia XI for giving a good fight against his team. On July 12th 2016, Aidil with 71 international caps announced his retirement from football via his football clubs website. He is a good defender produced by Malaysia football
Liridon Krasniqi
Kedah FA
K. Nanthakumar
Perak FA
Terengganu FA
Guilherme de Paula Lucrecio
Kuala Lumpur FA
Ilija Spasojević
Melaka United
Francis Forkey Doe
Negeri Sembilan FA
Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C
Pahang FA
Kelantan FA
PKNS FC
LionsXII
ATM FA
PLUS FC
Penang FA Mohd Faiz Subri (FIFA Puskas Award 2016)
Sarawak FA
Sabah FA