Negeri Sembilan FA

Negeri Sembilan FA

Full name	Negeri Sembilan Football Association
Nickname(s)	The Jangs (Si Rusa)
Founded	1923
Ground	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Capacity	45,000[1]
Chairman	Mohammad Hassan
Coach	Gary Michael Phillips
League	Malaysia Premier League
2016	Malaysia Premier League, 4th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

Negeri Sembilan FA is a Malaysian professional football club that is governed by the Negeri Sembilan Football Association. The club is based in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. They were founded in 1923.

Negeri Sembilan FA won their first major honour in 1948 Malaysia Cup.

Names

• 1923–2007: Negeri Sembilan FA
• 2008: Negeri Sembilan Naza
• 2009–2014: Negeri Sembilan FA
• 2015: Negeri Sembilan Matrix (NS Matrix)^[2]
• 2016–present: Negeri Sembilan FA

History

Negeri Sembilan FA was established in 1923 according to a passage in the football history books of Malaysia through an interview with Austin Senevirathe, 93 years old when interviewed. He stated about a match that happened between Negeri Sembilan and Singapore for Malaya Cup (Malaysia Cup) in that particular year.

Negeri Sembilan FA is considered as one of the top competing team in the history of football since its establishment. They have won many top competitions in Malaysia starting from the early 1940s.

In the early season of 2011, one of the team's all-time best coach, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan resigned from Negeri Sembilan. He sees no excuses for the team’s disappointing run in the Malaysia Super League and Malaysia FA Cup competition for that season.^[3]

Stadium

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

STAR
Location	Paroi, Seremban
Owner	Majlis Perbandaran Seremban
Capacity	40,000
Field size	120m x 70m
Surface	Grass pitch Track
Construction
Opened	1992
Renovated	2004
Tenants
Negeri Sembilan FA

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium also known as STAR of Paroi is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1992. In 2004 the capacity of stadium has been expanded to 40,000 people due to hosting 2004 X Sukma Games.

Malaysia Cup

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

The repeat Final 2009 between the team and Kelantan happened again on 30 October 2010. However this time, Negeri lost 1–2 to Kelantan although having an early lead through penalty by Shahurain Abu Samah.^[4]

In 2011, Negeri Sembilan again qualified to Malaysia Cup Final for the third time in a row this time with their new coach Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah. They won the trophy after defeating Terengganu FA with an epic comeback. The first goal was scored by Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin for Terengganu in the 59th minutes. Negeri used the last 10 minutes of the game to make a comeback. S. Kunanlan equalised the score in the 81st minute before Hairuddin Omar, the veteran striker hit the winning goal for Negeri with a beautiful volley in the 85th minutes.^[5]

Honours

• Malaysia Cup

Winners (3): 1948, 2009, 2011

• Malaysia FA Cup

Winners (2): 2003, 2010

• Malaysia Charity Shield

Winners: 2012

• Division 1, Premier 1 and Super League

Winners: 2006

• Division 2, Premier 2 and Premier League

Winners: 1991

Asian

• AFC Cup

Group Stage: 2004, 2007

Withdrew: 2010

Club records

Updated on 22 October 2016.

Note:

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

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

Season	League									Cup			Asia
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Charity	Malaysia	FA	Competition	Result
2004	Premier League	24	10	8	6	45	35	38	4th	Runner-up	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	AFC Cup	Group stage
2005	Premier League	21	16	1	4	45	19	49	1st	–	Group stage	1st round	–	–
2005–06	Super League	21	12	4	5	26	14	40	1st	–	Runner-up	Semi-finals	–	–
2006–07	Super League	24	6	6	12	29	46	24	11th	–	Quarter-finals	2nd round	AFC Cup	Group stage
2007–08	Super League	24	14	6	4	48	30	48	2nd	–	Group stage	2nd round	–	–
2009	Super League	26	11	5	10	44	35	38	7th	–	Champions	Semi-finals	–	–
2010	Super League	26	11	5	10	40	31	38	6th	Runner-up	Runner-up	Champions	–	–
2011	Super League	26	8	8	10	29	32	32	8th	–	Champions	2nd round	–	–
2012	Super League	26	10	7	9	41	38	38	6th	Champions	Quarter-finals	1st round	–	–
2013	Super League	22	1	7	14	11	28	10	12th	–	Group stage	Quarter-finals	–	–
2014	Premier League	22	8	6	8	26	28	30	6th	–	Play-off	1st round	–	–
2015	Premier League	22	8	8	6	33	28	32	6th	–	Play-off	2nd round	–	–
2016	Premier League	22	9	8	5	40	26	35	4th	–	Quarter-finals	3rd round	–	–
2017	Premier League									—			—	—

Source:^[6][7]

Individual player awards

M-League Golden boot winners

Season	Player	Goals
2012	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	15
2015	Francis Doe	17

M-League Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Goals
2004	Shahrin Abdul Majid	11
2005–06	Christian Bekamenga	8
2006–07	Frederico Dos Santos	18
2007–08	Zaquan Adha	14
2009	Zaquan Adha	22
2010	Zaquan Adha	12
2011	Hairuddin Omar	11
2012	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	23
2013	Fábio Leandro Barbosa	6
2014	Kim Jin-Ryong	8
2015	Francis Doe	17

Kit manufacturers and financial sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Material manufacturers
	Lotto
	Kappa
Financial sponsors
Mizuno		Matrix Concept Group

Previous Kit Supplier and Sponsor

Period	Manufacturer	Shirt Sponsor
2005	Lotto	TM Net
2005-06		TM & Naza
2006-07
2010	Kappa	TM
2011–2013	Lotto	Matrix Concept Group
2014	Kika
2015	Kappa
2016	Mizuno

Players

Current squad

No.	Name	Age	Nat.	Pos.	D.O.B.
Goalkeepers
1	Afiff Aizad Azman	25		GK	30/3/90
12	Kaharuddin Rahman	24		GK	7/8/91
30	Syed Adney Syed Hussein	29		GK	29/11/86
Defenders
2	R. Aroon Kumar	21		RB,RWBCM, DM	18/3/94
3	Daniel Ting	23		LB,LWB,CB	1/12/92
4	Taylor Regan (Captain)	27		CB	16/11/88
5	Annas Rahmat	21		CB	7/11/94
13	Mohd Ashmawi Yakin	22		RB,RWB	1/1/94
15	A. Segar	23		LB,LWB, LM, LW	3/1/93
20	Hariri Mohd Safii	26		LB,LWB	18/1/89
24	Mohd Shazlan Alias	26		RB,RWB	27/12/89
25	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	24		CB	18/8/91
26	Mohd Nasriq Baharom	28		CB,RB,LB	8/2/87
Midfielders
8	Shahrul Igwan Samsudin	21		LW,RW	17/5/94
10	Alex Smith	30		CM, AM	16/7/85
16	Mohd Norhafizzuan Jailani	26		CM, AM	7/8/89
19	Khairul Anwar Shahrudin	26		LM, LW, LB	9/10/90
21	Sabri Sahar	24		CM	1/9/92
23	Muhd Nizam Ruslan	22		RM,LM, RW,LW	6/4/94
27	Izzudin Zainudin	23		LM, LW	27/9/93
33	N. Thanabalan	21		RM,LM, RW,LW	25/2/95
56	Curran Singh Ferns	23		DM, CM, LB	6/7/93
	Ben King	23		CM, LB	1/5/93
Forwards
9	Mohd Afiq Azmi	27		ST	5/1/89
17	Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib	21		ST	30/9/94
60	Goran Jerković	30		ST	10/11/86

Transfer 2016

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

U21 Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhammad Aizat Roslim		GK	1998
21	Muhd Hafizi Sudin		GK	1/3/95
22	Ezad Ariff Jamaludin		GK	10/10/95
Defenders
3	Kalaiharasan a/l Letchumanan		CB	17/3/96
4	Muhammad Hamizan Aiman Pairol		CB	2/2/96
5	Muhd Zufril Haidy Mazlan		CB	16/2/95
7	Mohd Fauzan Nazhif Zulkifli		LB/LWB	1/9/95
8	Muhammad Danish Haziq Saipul Hisham		RB/RWB/DM	21/9/97
15	Gopinath a/l Ragenderan		CB	16/10/95
16	Mohd Shahir Saffie		LB/LWB	27/2/95
20	Zarul Aidiel Abdul Aziz		RB/RWB	20/9/98
24	Muhammad Ibrahim Azfar Harun		CB	11/1/98
Midfielders
2	Muhammad Faris Mohd Ariffin		RM/ RW/ RB/RWB	6/6/96
6	Muhd Zaraen Yami		AM/CM	23/8/96
12	Muhamad Asraf Roslan		CM	3/4/96
13	Mohd Sollihin Mahamad		CM	1996
14	Afiq Fahimi Abdul Mutalib		LM/ LW	1996
19	Mohammad Aiman Mohamad Khalidi		RM/ RW	8/2/96
23	Muhd Khairul Amirin Marzuky		LM/ LW	5/1/95
26	Mohd Fauzan Mohd Fauzi		CM	7/1/95
Forwards
9	Sean Eugene Selvaraj		ST	11/4/96
11	Mohd Fauzi Abdul Latif		ST	10/7/96
17	Muhammad Nurzaidi Bunari		ST	9/6/95
18	Muhammad Hamzah Ahmad		ST	9/9/95

Source:^[8]

U19 Squad

Currently plays in the Youth Cup tournament.

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhamad Faris Muhamad Kamaruddin		GK	9/11/97
21	Muhamad Hamka Daud		GK	18/2/98
22	Mohd Izarul Adli Mohd Nasir		GK	1997
Defenders
2	Muhammad Hafizuddin Khalid		RB/RWB	25/11/98
3	Muhammad Ariff Arman		LB/LWB	23/2/97
4	Danish Aiman Jasfarizam		CB	1997
5	Robson Ningkan		CB	1997
7	Muhammad Shukery Mohd Hanafi		CB	1/11/97
8	Mohd Arif Afiki Muhamad		LB/LWB	4/6/98
15	Muhammad Cirmezi Md Hizam		RB/RWB	30/9/98
16	Anas Hafizudin Zakaria		CB	1997
	Khibril Aflah Kamaruzaman		CB	5/10/97
Midfielders
6	Mohd Aizat Awang		CM	1998
11	Durkeswaran a/l Ganesan		LW/LM	5/7/97
14	Khairul Anuar Yusri bin Lani		CM/AM	16/9/98
20	Muhammad Hafiq Haini		RW/RM	1998
23	Gevanesh a/l Santhira Mohan		RM,RW	1998
24	Muhamad Farhan Mohd Shahrin		CM	30/11/98
25	Mohd Aliff Aiman Noor Azman		LM,LW	1/4/98
26	Muhamad Nabil Azizul		LM,LW	10/9/98
27	Muhammad Fadzil Shah Hussaini		RM,RW	1/6/98
Forwards
9	Hovindra a/l Ramais		ST	1998
10	Mohd Nazirrul Aidin Tambi Chek		ST	7/5/97
12	Muhammad Hafizie Erwinshah		ST	1998
13	Muhammad Iskandar Noorisam		ST	14/3/98
17	Muhd Idham Zuhair Roslisam		ST	20/10/98
18	Mohd Alif Alfian Idris		ST	1997
19	Muhamad Hakimi Kamarulzaman		ST	1998

Source:^[9]

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Chairman	Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Honorable Secretary	Dato' Haji Abd. Halim bin Haji Abd. Latif
Administrative Officer
General Manager	Dato' Abdul Ghani Haji Hassan
Assistant Manager	Satwant Singh Balwant Singh
Technical Director	Jorg Peter Steinebrunner
Head team coach	Gary Michael Phillips
Assistant head coach	Mohd Asri Ninggal
Coach	Hamirullah Abu
Goalkeeping coach	Ismadi Ismail
Fitness coach	Mark Jones
Physiotherapist	Mohd Zainuddin Zakariar
Team Assistant	Shahrizal Mat Sah
Head of Youth Development	Ahmad Osman
U21 General Manager	Dato' Mohd Najeeb Abdullah
U21 Head coach	Ahmad Fairuz Mohd Yunus
U21 Assistant coach	Norhainizam Sahabudin
U21 Goalkeeping coach	Mohd Hamsani Ahmad
U21 Fitness coach	Mohd Kuizwan Mohd Johari
U21 Physiotherapist	Muzammil Zaharudin
U19 Manager	Nik Shazly Anuar Noor Rosdy
U19 Head coach	Rahimmudin Abdul Rahman
U19 Assistant coach	Mohd Shafiq Jonny Abdullah
U19 Goalkeeping coach	Afi Mohd Zulkafulee
U19 Physiotherapist	Muhammad Shadiduddin Bin Sehat
Security Officer	Anuar Abdul Rahman
Media Officer	Abdul Malek Haji Hassan

Coaches

Tenure	Coach	Achievement
1981—1982	Tony Chia
1983—1984	Zainuddin Hussein
1985—1986	Tony Chia
1987	Manilton Santos
July 1987	Tony Chia
1988—1989	Zainuddin Hussein
September 1989	M. Kuppan
1990—1991	Ruslan Yaakob	1991 Division 2 League
1992—1993	Josef Herel
1994—1998	M. Karathu
1998—1999	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
2000—2002	Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad
2003—2006	K. Devan	FA Cup Malaysia 2003 2005–06 Super League
2006—2007	Hatem Souissi
2007—2011	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan	Malaysia Cup 2009 FA Cup Malaysia 2010
2011—2012	Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah	Malaysia Cup 2011 Malaysia Charity Shield 2012
2013	Divaldo Alves
May 2013	Ridzuan Abu Shah	Caretaker
2014	V. Sundramoorthy
2015	K. Devan
2016	Gary Michael Phillips

Football Clubs

Direct Clubs under direct supervision of the Association

• NS Matrix

Affiliated Clubs within the Association

• Betaria F.C.
• Majlis Perbandaran Seremban F.C.
• Kuala Pilah F.C.
• YNS F.C.
• Port Dickson F.C.
• Tampin F.C.
• Rembau F.C.
• N. Nine F.C.

Affiliated Clubs outside the Association

• Kelantan FA
• Harimau Muda
• Geylang International FC
• Persebaya Surabaya

References

1. "Capacity of Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium". Worldstadiums.com.
2. "Pasukan NS dikenali NS Matrix musim depan". The Rakyat Post. Malaysia. 6 December 2015.
3. "Wan Jamak leaves Negri following team's dismal run this season". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 20 March 2006.
4. "Kelantan come from behind to lift maiden M'sia Cup title". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 31 October 2010.
5. "Negeri Sembilan Wins Malaysia Cup title". Demotix. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
6. http://my.soccerway.com/national/malaysia/premier-league/2016/regular-season/r34043/
7. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay2016.html
8. "NS U21". www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
9. "NS U19". www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

External links

• Official website