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Sabah FA
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Full nameFootball Association of Sabah (Persatuan Bola Sepak Sabah)
Nickname(s)SabaHawks
FoundedUnknown
GroundLikas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu
Sabah
Capacity30,000[1]
ChairmanMalaysia Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman
ManagerAustralia Gary Phillips
CoachAustralia Gary Phillips
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2010Malaysia Premier League, 2nd


The Football Association of Sabah (Malay: Persatuan Bola Sepak Sabah) is a registered football association affiliated with the Football Association of Malaysia. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. Sabah FA is a professional football club and one of the big name teams of the Malaysian football structure. They were in the Malaysia Premier League but promoted to Malaysia Super League in 2011. The team's home matches are played at the 30,000 capacity Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah.

History

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The North Borneo Football Club(NBFC) changed its name to Sabah Amateur Football Association(SAFA) in 1977 prior to joining the Malaysia Football League. Past players include James Wong, Hassan Sani, Peter Rajah, and striker Matlan Marjan who scored a double against England 12th of June 1991[2]

Amateur Era

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Sabah was a well known team during the Malaysian football semi-pro era as state team produced many quality players namely the trio of James Wong, Hassan Sani, and Peter Rajah. These players during their time led Sabah to become one of Malaysian football's most feared teams during the 80's.

One fine example was during the 1979 Malaysian League where Sabah started slowly. After a run of 8 matches, they stood with 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses but, during the later stages they stepped up a gear or five by winning all their remaining 8 matches with most of them by huge margins, including an incredible 8–0 thrashing of Sarawak, 7-0 hammering of Perak FA and the 6–1 beating of Terengganu FA. At the end of the season, Sabah finished as runners-up behind Singapore and became the highest scoring team with 49 goals in 12 games, which is an average of 3 goals per game.[3]

Professional Era

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When professional football was introduced by Football Association of Malaysia, Sabah also made a reputation of being one of the Malaysian League's most competitive teams. Quality professional players were produced from the ranks during the 1990s, most notably Matlan Marjan who helped Sabah finish as runners-up during 1993 and 1994 Malaysia FA Cup, and who at one time was appointed as the national team captain by the then Malaysian national team coach Claude LeRoy.

The positive results gained from the beginning of professional era however was cut short by the match fixing scandal that rocked Malaysian football in 1994. The scandal almost destroyed Sabah and Malaysian football in general. Sadly, Matlan was the one of several players found guilty for being involved in the scandal. As a punishment for their involvement in match fixing, he and the other players were banned for life by FIFA from being involved in football.

After the scandal, Sabah began its rebuilding process to regain their reputation in Malaysian football. Sabah won their first professional trophy, the Malaysia FA Cup in 1995. In the 1996 season, Sabah won their first league title and went through to the final of the Malaysia Cup for the first time but, unfortunately were beatened by Selangor FA through penalties.

The 2000 season could be considered as Sabah's worst since joining the Malaysian professional league. They were relegated to the second division and could not get past the group stages of the Malaysia Cup. However, Sabah quickly regained its performance in the 2001 season where they finished as runners-up behind Johor FC.[4]

In the 2002 season, Sabah lining up players of calibre such as Zainizam Marjan, Khairul Azman Mohamed, and foreign striker Josiah Seton, finished third in the league and again managed to get through to the final of Malaysia Cup by beating Selangor Public Bank and Perak FA. Sabah however finished as runners-up yet again by losing to the same team that beat them in 1996 final, Selangor FA. This time, Sabah lost by 'golden goal' scored by Mohd Amri Yahyah.[5]

In 2003, Sabah again finished third in Malaysia Premier League One. Sabah again reached the final of Malaysia Cup. Unfortunately again, this time they lost to club-side Selangor MPPJ by 3–0, with hattrick from Juan Manuel Arostegui.

When Malaysian Super League was introduced in 2004, Sabah struggled to be competitive against other teams in the top league. Sabah only managed to stay in Super League for two seasons as they were relegated to Malaysia Premier League for the 2005/06 season.

After the relegation to 2nd tier league, Sabah continued to struggle for promotion to get back into the top division. They lost to Pahang FA in the 2006/07 season play-off for a place in 2007/08 Malaysia Super League.

For the 2009 season, due to Football Association of Malaysia's new ruling of not allowing teams to hire foreign players, Sabah fielded an all-local team with home-grown talent and home-based players with two local imports to strengthen the squad and to compete in Malaysia Premier League, Malaysia FA Cup, and Malaysia Cup.

After 6 years playing in the 2nd tier Premier League, Sabah gained promotion to Super League and will play on the top division in 2011.[6]

Honours

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Title Winners Runners-up
Malaysia Cup 1996, 2002, 2003
Division 1/Premier 1/Super League 1996
Division 2/Premier 2/Premier League 2001, 2010
Malaysia FA Cup 1995 1993, 1994, 1998
Malaysian Charity Shield 1996

Achievements

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Year Position League FA Cup Malaysia Cup
1995 5/15 Premier League Champion Semi Final
1996 Champion Premier League 2nd Round Runner-up
1997 3/15 Premier League 2nd Round Group Stage
1998 5/12 Premier League Runner-up Semi Final
1999 4/10 Premier 1 Semi Final Group Stage
2000 11/12 Premier 1 1st Round Group Stage
2001 Runner-up Premier 2 Semi Final Group Stage
2002 3/14 Premier 1 Quarter Final Runner-up
2003 4/13 Premier 1 Semi Final Runner-up
2004 6/8 Super League Quarter Final Semi Final
2005 8/8 Super League Quarter Final Group Stage
2006 4/8 Premier League (Group B) 1st Round Group Stage
2007 6/11 Premier League Quarter Final Semi Final
2008 4/13 Premier League Quarter Final Group Stage
2009 9/13 Premier League 1st Round Group Stage
2010 2/12 Premier League 1st Round Group Stage

Performances In The Regional Tournaments

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1996: Second Round

Players

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Current squad

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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 Malaysia MAS Azizon Abdul Kadir
2 DF Malaysia MAS Mafry Balang
3 DF Malaysia MAS Mohd Reithaudin Awang Emran
7 MF Australia AUS Brendan Gan
9 FW Germany GER Hendrik Helmke
6 DF Malaysia MAS Jeremy Mathew Danker
7 DF Malaysia MAS Sumardi Hajalan
8 DF Malaysia MAS Zuraindey Jumai
5 FW Malaysia MAS Razlan Oto
10 FW Malaysia MAS Mohd Farid Ideris
11 FW Malaysia MAS Alto Linus
12 DF Malaysia MAS Julamri Muhammad
13 DF Malaysia MAS Gasili Pengalot
14 MF Malaysia MAS K. Thanaraj
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Malaysia MAS Rosdin Wasli
17 MF Malaysia MAS Shahrul Azhar Ture
18 MF Malaysia MAS M. Sivakumar
20 FW Malaysia MAS Zainizam Marjan
21 MF Malaysia MAS Radzi Mohd Hussin
22 GK Malaysia MAS Syed Adney
23 FW Malaysia MAS Bobby Gonzales
24 DF Malaysia MAS Ronny Harun
26 FW Malaysia MAS Leopold Alphonso
27 MF Malaysia MAS Sabri Sahar



2011 Transfers (In)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Malaysia MAS Zuraindey Jumai (from Perlis)
DF Malaysia MAS Sumardi Hajalan (from Johor FC)
MF Malaysia MAS Safuan Ibrahim (from Johor FC)
MF Malaysia MAS M. Sivakumar (from Johor FC)
FW Malaysia MAS Stanley Bernard (from Sporting Clube de Goa)
GK Malaysia MAS Syed Adney (from Kelantan)
DF Malaysia MAS Jeremy Matthew Danker (from Kuala Lumpur)
DF Malaysia MAS Hariri Mohd Safii (from Terengganu)
MF Malaysia MAS K. Thanaraj (from Negeri Sembilan)
MF Malaysia MAS Farid Amir (from Nakristah United)
2011 Transfers (Out)

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
23 GK Malaysia MAS Mark Damun (to released)
6 DF Malaysia MAS Madzalan Emoi (to released)
7 MF Malaysia MAS Azrul Ejati Damsah (to released)
8 DF Malaysia MAS Mohd June Azral Lalah (to released)
14 MF Malaysia MAS Joey Ryan Gundok (to released)
16 MF Malaysia MAS Billyton Vun Ket Ming (to released)
18 MF Malaysia MAS Christopher Mousa (to released)
23 FW Malaysia MAS Bobby Gonzales (to Sarawak FA)
4 DF Malaysia MAS Hardy Charles Parsi (to ATM FC)
FW Malaysia MAS Zaykiel Leong (to released)


Coaching and Medical Staff

Former players

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Local players

Local Import players

Import players

Manager

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Year Manager
1999 Malaysia Goh Thian Chuan
2000-01 Malaysia Osman Jamal
2004-05 Malaysia Mohd Joehari Mohd Ayub
2006-09 Malaysia Abdul Rahman Datuk Mohd Zakaria
2009 Malaysia Mohd Asyraaf Fong Abdullah
2010- Australia Gary Phillips

Coaches

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Year Manager
1989-90 England Frank Upton
1990-92 England Roy Lorenson
1992-95 Czech Republic Oldřich Sedláček
1995-96 Malaysia Kelly Tham
1996-97 Australia Ron Smith
1998 England Ken Shellito
1999 Malaysia Justin Ganai
1999 Australia Ken Worden
2000-01 England David Woodfield
2001-04 Australia Peter Butler
2004-05 Portugal Jose Antonio Rocha Garrido
2005-06 Malaysia Justin Ganai
2007-08 Croatia Drago Mamic
2008-09 Iraq Wathiq Naji Jasim
2009 Malaysia Mohd Asyraaf Fong Abdullah
2010- Australia Gary Phillips

References

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