Northern Lions F.C.

Northern Lions Football Club also known as Northern Lions is a Malaysian football club based in Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia. They currently play in the third-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia M3 League.[1][2]

Northern Lions FC
Full nameNorthern Lions Football Club
Founded2016 (2016)
GroundTuanku Syed Putra Stadium
Capacity20,000
OwnerGovernment of Perlis
CoachAzamri Zali
LeagueLiga M3
2020Liga M3, (season abandoned)
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded in 2016, Northern Lions made club debut into Malaysian football by joining the fourth-tier league, 2019 Perlis Amateur League and enter the match final but lost to Tambun Tulang.

Starting from 2020 season, the team will join 2020 Malaysia M3 League and be the first time will participate into the 2020 Malaysia FA Cup competition.[3][4]

Players

First-team squad
As of 1 March 2020[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  PHI Neil Etheridge
2 DF  MAS Nicholas Swirad
3 DF  MAS Matthew Davies
4 DF  MAS Rodney Akwensivie
6 DF  MAS Junior Eldstål
7 MF  MAS Sergio Aguero
8 DF  MAS Kyle McFadzean
9 FW  MAS Guilherme Paula
10 FW  BRA Ronaldo Henrique
11 MF  AUS Dimitri Petratos
12 DF  CHI Benjamín Kuscevic
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 FW  BRA Washington Brandão
14 MF  MAS Liridon Krasniqi
16 MF  MAS Junaidi Shafiai
17 FW  MAS Ikhmal Faiz Azmi
18 FW  THA Abdul Basit Salaeh
19 FW  MAS Faizal Kadir
20 MF  AUS Dimitri Petratos
21 FW  BRA Alessandro Rodrigues
22 GK  MAS Hairol Fazreen
23 DF  MAS Diego Baggio Test
24 FW  MAS Ahmad Fakri Saarani
25 FW  MAS Eric Junior George

Management team

Club personnel
  • Manager: Nur Yusairy Mansor
  • Assistant Manager: Muhammad Amer Aeydyd Alias
  • Head coach: Azamri Zali
  • Assistant coach : Hasriful Syahrum
  • Goalkeeping coach: Mohd Amran Omar
  • Fitness coach:
  • Physio : Muhammad Idris Zakaria

Season by season record

Updated on 8 June 2020.

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top Scorer (All Competitions)
2019 Liga M4 runner-up DNQ DNQ – –
20201 Liga M3 Season abandoned Preliminary round – – None

Notes:'

^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic, no promotion or league title was awarded although this is now subject to a possible legal challenge

Honours

League
  • Perlis Amateur League
    • Runners-up: 2019

References
  1. "Faiz Subri kembali sarung but bersama Northern Lions FC". FoxSports.
  2. "11 Muka baru Liga M3, 5 pasukan lama dijenama semula". Detik Sukan.
  3. "Faiz Subri 'Puskas Award' Kembali Beraksi". semuanyabola.com.
  4. "Piala FA 2020: Pasukan amatur digesa tampil persembahan terbaik". BERNAMA.
  5. "Senarai Pemain Northern Lions 2020". Football Association of Malaysia.
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