Northern Lions F.C.

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Northern Lions FC
Full nameNorthern Lions Football Club
Founded2016;6 years ago (2016)
Ground Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium
Capacity20,000
Owner Government of Perlis
CoachAzamri Zali
League Liga M3
2020 Liga M3, (season abandoned)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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]

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

Management team

Club personnel

Season by season record

Updated on 8 June 2020.

SeasonDivisionPosition Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top Scorer (All Competitions)
2019 Liga M4 runner-upDNQDNQ
2020 1 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
    • Silver medal icon.svg Runners-up: 2019

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