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

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]

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

Domestic competitions

League

  • Perlis Amateur League
    • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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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