Perak FA
Perak Football Association is a professional football club based in Ipoh City that competes in Malaysia Super League. Founded in 1921, the club's home ground since then has been Perak Stadium in Ipoh, Perak. The club represents the state of Perak in Malaysian football competitions. They currently play in the top division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League and has never been relegated since the introduction of football league in Malaysia.
The club was formerly named simply as Perak or fully as Perak Amateur Football Association before being rebranded as Perak FA and again in February 2016 as Perak The Bos Gaurus which will be used for 2016 season onwards.
The club's current nickname is Seladang which is the Malay name for Gaur and has been the club official mascot for years.
Perak TBG's regular kit colours are yellow and black or white for shirts, shorts and socks. The club's current crest has been used since February 2016 which was introduced to replace the previous season crest.
History
Perak has sent a football team to play in Malaya Cup since its inaugural season in 1921. They were also one of the founding members of the Malayan Football Association in 1926. However, the team was not officially registered until 18 April 1951, when the newly formed governing body of Perak football, the Perak Amateur Football Association, took over its management.Perak is the third most successful club in Malaysia Cup history, having won the competition a total of 8 times, with the last of those coming in 2018. It also won the inaugural FA Cup in 1990, a feat it repeated in 2004.
Since Malaysian football league competition was introduced in 1982, the team has emerged league winners twice and is the only team to have never been demoted to a lower division. Perak has yet to win the Super League since its foundation in 2004, with its best showing coming in the 06-07 and 2018 seasons where they finished runners-up.
It made its continental competition debut as a professional team at the 2008 AFC Cup, making it to the Quarter-Final stage before being eliminated by Safa.
In February 2016, the club rebranded as Perak The Bos Gaurus, or Perak TBG, as part of its privatisation plan to play in Malaysia Super League.
Perak subsequently acquired its club license in 2017, in accordance with FMLLP's requirement for all M-League clubs to acquire their licenses by the start of the 2018 season.
In 2019, Perak acquired the AFC Club License, enabling it to participate in the AFC Champions League.
Perak TBG made its Champions League debut on 12 Feb 2019, by virtue of being runners-up of the 2018 Malaysian Super League. The club made it to the third playoff round where it was defeated 1-5 by Ulsan Hyundai.
Grounds
Stadium
Perak TBG calls the Perak Stadium its home ground.Built in 1965, the stadium is part of a larger complex located in Kampung Simee in Ipoh, Perak called the DBI Sports Complex, which hosts other sporting facilities such as the Velodrome Rakyat, the Indera Mulia Indoor Stadium, and the Sultan Azlan Shah hockey stadium.
While the stadium's official capacity is 42,500, the club only utilises 32,000 for its home matches
Perak TBG utilises the Lumut Stadium whenever Perak Stadium is not available or is under renovation.
Perak Football Complex
In September 2017, the construction of a new training ground for the use of Perak teams of various levels was announced.Originally scheduled for completion in February 2018, the training ground dubbed the Perak Football Complex, was eventually completed in 2020. Located in Chepor, the training ground consists two fields, one synthetic and one natural.
Crest and colours
Crest
Perak has historically utilised one primary crest. The first, adopted when the club was founded, was the image of a Malayan Tiger, where it is famous in Malaya and remained for more than half-century. In 2015, in effort to modernise the club, a new crest was introduced to replace the old crest as the club main crest. The club replaced the old crest with new logo and adopted the image Seladang which is more synonym with the Perak football team. After being criticized for the lack of quality for the logo, Perak The Bos Gaurus launched a new version of the logo chosen from the logo competition held by the team for 2016 season onwards. Perak reused previous crest for 2019 season for all competitions.Colours
Perak The Bos Gaurus have always worn yellow with a bit of black or white colour shirts as their home kit as it is an iconic colour for the club.Perak The Bos Gaurus's away colours are usually white and black or various combination colours of white, yellow and black as it represent the colour of Perak's Flag.
Supporters
Perak TBG is one of the most widely supported football clubs in Perak. Perak TBG's traditional fanbase comes from all over 11 districts area in Perak. There are also numerous supporters clubs mainly in Perak and also Malaysia.Silver State Ultras is a supporter club founded in April 2009. The group is one of many supporters group created under the branch of Ultras Malaya which was itself founded as a result of the national team's poor performance. The main purpose of SSU is to enhance support of local football among Malaysian football fans. This group is known for bringing drums and large colourful flags to the stadiums alongside of chanting in the stadium in order to raise the spirits of the players and other supporters during matches. Founded in April 2009, t
Perak The Yob is one of the oldest fan pages on social media in Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Ownership and finances
The club were founded in 1921 and owned by Perak Football Association with the financial backing by the state government and sponsors.The club has its own academy called The Bos Gaurus PAFA Academy or PAFA Academy for short located in Proton City, Tanjung Malim which provide the grassroots football development and youth players for its developmental and youth team.
Sponsorship
Perak TBG's kit has been manufactured by AL Sports since 2015, which is contracted to supply the club's kit from 2015 to present.Perak TBG's current main shirt sponsor is as shirt sponsor 1 and as shirt sponsor 2. The club has received RM 7.8 million from sponsorship for 2016 season.
| Season | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| 2000-01 | Umbro | Dunhill |
| 2002-04 | Lotto | Dunhill |
| 2005 | Lotto | TM |
| 2006-09 | Joma | TM |
| 2010 | Specs | TM |
| 2011 | Specs | - |
| 2012 | - | |
| 2013 | Umbro / Kappa | |
| 2014 | Joma / PAFA Sports | / |
| 2015 | AL Sports | / |
| 2016 | AL Sports | / |
| 2017 | AL Sports | / |
| 2018 | AL Sports | / / / / WCE / |
| 2019 | Umbro | / / / / / / |
| 2020 | Kelme | Visit Perak & Pangkor Duty Free Island |
Players
Current squad
Youth squad
Head coaches
There have been 16 coaches of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association since the appointment of the club's first professional coach, Dato' M. Karathu in 1989. The most successful coach of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association is Toni Netto from Brazil who had achieved 4 trophies.Managerial history
Managers by years| Years | Name | Nationality |
| 1992–1993 | Safri Nawawi | |
| 1998 – 2000 | Raja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar | |
| 2001–06 | Jamal Nasir Rasdi | |
| 2007–08 | Mohammed Mahiyuddin Abdullah | |
| 2008–10 | Nor Azli Musa | |
| 2011–13 | Khairul Azwan Harun | |
| 2014 | Azhar Ahmad | |
| November 2014 | Vjeran Simunic | |
| 2015 | M. Karathu | |
| 2016 | Shahrul Zaman Yahya | |
| 2017–2018 | Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian | |
| 2019–Present | Adly Shah Ahmad Tah |
Management team
Club personnel
As 5 February 2019| Position | Name |
| President |  Dato' Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu |
| Deputy President | Dato' Adly Shah Ahmad Tah |
| Secretary | Mohamad Azlin Bin Mohd Nadzri |
| Vice-President | Dato' Muhammad Yadzan Mohammad |
| Vice-President | Abdul Aziz Yeop Jamaluddin |
| Vice-President | Dato' G. Irudianathan |
| Treasurer | |
| Executive Committee Members | Mohd. Reduan Amir Hamzah |
| Executive Committee Members | Zainal Anuar Abdul Rashid |
| Executive Committee Members | Megat Amerudin Megat Danian |
| Executive Committee Members | Joharudin Johar Ali |
| Executive Committee Members | Mohd. Najib Mohd. Mokhtar |
| Executive Committee Members | Mahadee Ramlee |
| Executive Committee Members | Wan Fadzli Izam Wan Zulkifli |
| Executive Committee Members | Mohd. Suder Satimin |
| Executive Committee Members | Hairul Anwar Mohamed Noor |
Current coaching staff
As of February 2020| Position | Name |
| Director of Football | |
| Manager | |
| Head Coach |  Mehmet Durakovic |
| Assistant Head Coach | Shahril Nizam Khalil |
| Coach | Syamsul Saad |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Mohd Faozi Mukhlas |
| Fitness Coach | Sam Pakiaraj Victor Davaraj |
| Physiotherapy | Mohd Nor Adam Mohd Azam |
| Team Doctor | Dr.Vijay Babu Subramaniam |
| Sport Masseur | Muhammad Izwan Sudin |
| Sport Masseur | Zunur Ain Mustam |
| Kitman | Muhammad Fahmi Abdul Aziz |
| Kitman | Ahmad Helmi Ahmad Jamal |
| Security | Mohd Nasha Bunari |
| Academy Manager & Head of Youth Development | Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian |
| U21 Head Coach | K. Nanthakumar |
| U21 Assistant Head Coach | Shahrulnizam Mustapa |
| U21 GK Coach | Mohd Azlen Ahmad Jabri |
| U21 Fitness Coach | Mohd Fazrul Jafar |
| U21 Physio | Muhd Hamizan Sabri |
| U21 Masseur | Mohd Shukor Ishak |
| U19 Head Coach | Muhd Syahman Zainuddin |
| U19 Assistant Head Coach | Oam Sivalingam a/l Gopal |
| U19 GK Coach | Abdul Talib Saidi |
| U19 Fitness Coach | Mohd Aiman Haiqari Mohd Yusri |
| U19 Physio | Mohd Shayfullah Azman |
| U19 Masseur | Muhammad Hannan Sazali |
Continental record
Honours
Domestic competitions
League
- ; Malaysian League / Malaysian Semi-Pro Football League Division I / Malaysia Premier League / Malaysia Premier League 1 / Malaysia Super League
- ; Malaysian Semi-Pro Football League Division II / Malaysia Premier League 2 / Malaysia Premier League
- ; Malaysia FAM Cup / Malaysia FAM League
Cup
- ;Malaysia FA Cup
- ;Malaysia Cup
- ;Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup
- ;Unity Shield
Club records
Note:
Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position
Source:
Individual player awards
Favourite Striker Award| Season | Player |
| 2006–07 | Muhamad Khalid Jamlus |
Overall Favourite Player Award
| Season | Player |
| 2006–07 | Kaliappan Nanthakumar |
M-League Golden Boots – Top Goalscorer Overall
| Season | Player | Goals |
| 1997 |  László Répási | 19 |
| 2001 | Norizam Ali Hassan | 13 |
| 2002 | Muhamad Khalid Jamlus | 17 |
| 2005–06 |  Keita Mandjou | 17 |
| 2006–07 | Keita Mandjou | 21 |
M-League Perak FA's League Top Goalscorer
| Season | Player | Goals |
| 1995 |  Marshall Soper | 11 |
| 1996 |  Noel Dodo Kipee | 13 |
| 1997 | László Répási | 19 |
| 1998 | László Répási | 8 |
| 1999 | Azrul Amri Burhan | 6 |
| 1999 | M.Nagaraja | 6 |
| 2000 | Muhamad Khalid Jamlus | 7 |
| 2001 | Norizam Ali Hassan | 13 |
| 2002 | Muhamad Khalid Jamlus | 17 |
| 2003 | Muhamad Khalid Jamlus | 9 |
| 2004 |  Frank Seator | 14 |
| 2005 | Keita Mandjou | 11 |
| 2006 | Keita Mandjou | 17 |
| 2007 | Keita Mandjou | 21 |
| 2008 |  Carlos Arturo Caceres | 17 |
| 2009 | Razali Umar Kandasamy | 13 |
| 2010 | Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal | 6 |
| 2011 | Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli | 9 |
| 2012 |  Michal Kubala | 13 |
| 2013 |  Paulo Rangel | 11 |
| 2014 |  Abdulafees Abdulsalam | 5 |
| 2014 |  Milan Purović | 5 |
| 2015 | Charles Chad | 9 |
| 2015 |  Namkung Woong | 9 |
| 2016 | Elias Fernandes | 9 |
| 2017 |  Yashir Pinto | 6 |
| 2018 | Gilmar Filho | 11 |
| 2019 | Careca | 7 |
All-time Top Goalscorer
| # | Name | Years | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Charity Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
| 1 |  Muhamad Khalid Jamlus | 1999–2004, 2007-2008 | 78 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 132 |
| 2 | Keita Mandjou | 2004-2007 | 49 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 81 |
| 3 | Frank Seator | 2004-2005 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 54 |
Club captains history
Presidential history
| Years | Name |
| 1957–1972 | Teoh Chye Hin |
| 1999–2006 | DYTM Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah ibni Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah |
| 2008–2010 | Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin |
| 2010–September 2015 | Zainol Fadzi Paharudin |
| September 2015–August 2018 | Abdul Puhat Mat Nayan |
| August 2018–October 2018 | Hasnul Zulkarnain Abdul Munaim |
| November 2018–Present | Ahmad Faizal Azumu |