Football Association of Perak - last updated on 4 June 2008
(Courtesy of Johnny Beaufays)
Club name: Football Association of Perak (Persatuan Bola Sepak Perak)
Foundation: April 18th 1951
City: Ipoh, Perak
Colours: Yellow and black
Website: www.perakfa.net
Honours:
Super League - 2 (2002, 2003)
Malaysia Cup - 7 (1926, 1931, 1957, 1967, 1970, 1998, 2000)
Malaysia FA Cup - 2 (1990, 2004)
Malaysia Chaity Shield - 3 (1995, 2005, 2006-07)
A bit of history:
Perak FA was formed on April 18, 1951 to oversee footballing activities throughout the state of Perak. Although a formal association was only formed in 1951, Perak has actually had a football team since 1921, which participated in the Malaya Cup (later HMS Cup, known today as the Malaysia Cup). They were also one of the founding members of the Malayan Football Association (the predecessor of the modern Football Association of Malaysia) which happened in 1926.
They are the third most successful team in the Malaysia Cup competition with 7 wins and 11 second-place finishes. They won the last of their 7 titles in 2000 and were runners-up in the 2007 edition. In 2003, Perak became the first team in 13 years to achieve back-to-back league titles in Malaysian football.
Perak has been the most consistent team in Malaysian football, being the only team to have finished in the top four of the Malaysian Super League every year since its inception. Besides that, Perak is the only team in Malaysia that has never been demoted to a lower division since the professional league was introduced in 1989. Perak calls the 42,500-seat Stadium Perak as its home ground, although it has played some matches at the 15,000-seat Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) Stadium in Lumut whenever Stadium Perak has not been not available. The Perak home ground is also sometimes referred to as Fair Park as Stadium Perak it is located near Fair Park where the team's office is situated.
Perak FA's nickname is Seladang which is the Malay name for Gaur. A favourite tagline of its supporters is Kejor Yeop Kejor, which roughly translates to "chase it". The tagline was adopted by the team after the state government used it as their tagline for the 1996 Sukma Games. In 2007, Perak introdcuced a team song entitled, 'Skor Yeop Skor'.
Perak enjoys a large support base. Their league attendance average for the year 2006 stood at around 40,000.
Club crests: (roll on the crest to get more informations)
Football Association of Perak
