Negeri Sembilan Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Seremban,

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan'') is a state in Malaysia which lies on the western coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It borders Selangor on the north, Pahang in the east, and Malacca and Johor to the s ...

, that competes in the 2022 edition of the Malaysia Super League. Founded in 1923, the club's home ground Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium. Negeri Sembilan won their first major honour in 1948

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual association football, football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popular ...

Names

* 1923–2005: Negeri Sembilan * 2005–2008: Negeri Sembilan Naza * 2009–2014: Negeri Sembilan * 2015: Negeri Sembilan Matrix * 2016–2020: Negeri Sembilan * 2020–present: Negeri Sembilan F.C.

Club licensing regulations

The club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in

2018 Malaysia Super League The 2018 Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia 2018), known as 2018 unifi Malaysia Super League ( ms, unifi Liga Super Malaysia 2018) for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional f ...

season and had obtained the AFC Club License and is eligible to played either

2018 AFC Champions League The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title. Kashima Antlers won the title for the f ...

2018 AFC Cup The 2018 AFC Cup was the 15th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fin ...

if qualified on merit.

History

The club was established in 1923 according to a passage in the

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history books of Malaysia through an interview with Austin Senevirathe, 93 years old when interviewed.Gambar jersi Negeri Sembilan 2017 (In Malay) - Berita viral terkini at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
/ref> He stated about a match that happened between PBNS and Singapore for Malaya Cup in that particular year.Gambar jersi Negeri Sembilan 2017 (In Malay) - Berita viral terkini at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
/ref> The club is considered 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 1948, they won the first Malaya Cup led by skipper Kwan Soon Teck. On 7 November 2009, the club ended their 61-year drought in the

after posting a convincing 3–1 victory over Kelantan in the final at the

National Stadium, Bukit Jalil The Bukit Jalil National Stadium (Malay: Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil) in Bukit Jalil, located in the National Sports Complex to the south of the city centre of Malaysia's capital city, Kuala Lumpur, is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium and t ...

. That is super fantastic night. The repeat Final 2009 between the club and Kelantan happened again on 30 October 2010. However this time, the club lost 1–2 to Kelantan although having an early lead through penalty by

Shahurain Abu Samah Shahurain bin Abu Samah (born 23 December 1986 in Kajang, Selangor) is a Malaysian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Shahurain began his early career with Selangor President's Cup Team. He was part of the Negeri Sembilan squad that won th ...

. In 2011, the club again qualified to

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 Mohamad Ashari bin Samsudin (born 7 June 1985) is a retired Malaysian footballer who mainly plays as a right winger but can also play as a forward and an attacking midfielder. Ashari has a great dribbling skill with a good vision and pace in th ...

for Terengganu in the 59th minute. PBNS used the last 10 minutes of the game to make a comeback.

S. Kunanlan Kunanlan a/l Subramaniam (born 15 September 1986) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Malaysia Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim. He is one of the winning squad of the Malaysia national under-23 football t ...

equalised the score in the 81st minute before Hairuddin Omar, the veteran striker hit the winning goal for PBNS with a beautiful volley in the 85th minute. In the early season of 2011, one of the team's all-time best coach, Wan Jamak Wan Hassan resigned from the club. He sees no excuses for the team's disappointing run in the Malaysia Super League and

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before being transferred to Fo ...

competition for that season.

Stadium

Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium also known as STAR of Paroi is a multi-purpose stadium in Paroi,

, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for

matches. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1992. In 2004 the capacity of stadium has been expanded to 45,000 people due to hosting 2004 X Sukma Games.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

* Division 1 / Premier 1 / Super League ** Winners (1):

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** Runner-up (1): 2008 * Division 2 / Premier 2 / Premier League ** Winners (2):

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** Runner-up (1):

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* Division 3 / FAM League / Piala FAM ** Runner-up (1): 1956

U21 team

* President's Cup ** Winners (2): 2001, 2002 ** Runner-up (1): 1993

Cups

** Winners (3): 1948, 2009, 2011 ** Runner-up (3): 2000, 2006, 2010 * FA Cup ** Winners (2): 2003,

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* Charity Cup ** Winners (1): 2012 ** Runner-up (2): 2004, 2010 * Federal Territory Minister Cup ** Winners (1): 2022

Asian

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: ''Group Stage:''

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: ''Withdrew:''

Club records

Updated on 13 May 2019. ''Note'': *Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position Source:

Individual player awards

M-League Golden boot winners

M-League Top goalscorers

Kit manufacturers and financial sponsor

Players

Current squad

U19 Squad

Currently plays in the Youth Cup tournament.

Club personnel

Management team

Coaches

Football Clubs

Affiliated Clubs within the Association

Betaria F.C. Betaria FC was a Malaysian football club, based in Tampin, Negeri Sembilan. They promoted to Premier League having won the 2011 Malaysia FAM League. In their debut season in Premier League, they placed 10th out of 12 teams. They were to rel ...

* Majlis Perbandaran Seremban F.C. * Kuala Pilah F.C. * YNS F.C. * Port Dickson F.C. * Tampin F.C. *

Rembau F.C. Rembau may refer to: *Rembau District, Malaysia *Rembau (town) *Rembau (federal constituency), represented in the Dewan Rakyat *Rembau (state constituency), formerly represented in the Negri Sembilan State Council; see {{disambig ...

* N. Nine F.C.

Affiliated Clubs outside the Association

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

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References

External links

* {{Football in Malaysia Malaysia Premier League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia Malaysia Cup winners 1923 establishments in British Malaya Football associations in Malaysia