Sungai Ara F.C.

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Sungai Ara FC
Sungai Ara FC.png
Full nameSungai Ara Football Club
Nickname(s)Jungle Cats
Founded2014;11 years ago (2014)
Ground USM Athletics Stadium
Capacity1000
ManagerZainol Abidin Ahmad
CoachAbdul Rahim Hassan
League Malaysia FAM League
2016 2015 Malaysia FAM League, Group A, 6th
Website https://www.facebook.com/safcpenang

Sungai Ara Football Club is a football club based in Sungai Ara, a suburb of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. They were founded in 2014 and gained promotion to the Malaysia FAM League in the same year.

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History

Sungai Ara FC had a brief but notable run in Malaysian football, representing local talent and community pride in the FAM League from 2014 to 2016. Though the club dissolved, it played at Penang's USM stadium, carried the “Jungle Cats” spirit, and featured players like Wan Hossen. The club holds local significance in Sungai Ara. [1]

2014: Promoted to the FAM League (third-tier national division). Final seasons:

Players

Current squad

No.NameNationalityPositionD.O.B
Goalkeeper
1Isyafrial Azizly Ishak Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 30/5/84
22Mohd Faizal Mohd Yusoff Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 25/4/87
25Amir Omar Khata Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 18/4/89
Defenders
2Mohd Faizal Musa Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 5/4/90
3Mohd Aliff Mohd Puat Flag of Malaysia.svg RB,RWB 2/8/94
4Mohd Azizi Abdul Aziz Flag of Malaysia.svg RB,RWB 1987
5Mohd Helmi Abdul Razak Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 1986
6Syahrul Syazwan Zahar Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 14/7/93
16Aliff Afifi Arief Flag of Malaysia.svg LB,LWB 7/11/94
(captain) Flag of Malaysia.svg CB, LB
24Mohd Idzwan Salim Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 29/2/88
Midfielders
7Al-Hafiz Aziz Jaafar Flag of Malaysia.svg CM, AM 10/4/86
Flag of Malaysia.svg LM, LW
11Muhamad Izaidi Musa Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 12/9/93
Flag of Malaysia.svg RM, RW, ST
Flag of Malaysia.svg AM, CM
14Mohd Nazmi Abdul Aziz Flag of Malaysia.svg RM, RW 22/9/87
15Mohd Syazwan Kassim Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 8/10/90
17Syamil Masdhoki Flag of Malaysia.svg LM, LB, LW 14/10/90
Flag of Malaysia.svg LM, CM
23 Wan Hossen Wan Abdul Ghani Flag of Malaysia.svg CM, DM 8/2/89
26Muhammad Aliff Zainol Abidin Flag of Malaysia.svg AM, CM 16/9/2002
Strikers
Flag of Malaysia.svg ST
10Mustafa Amini Ismail Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 19/4/90
19Mohamad Zailani Ramli Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 11/1/94
21 Mohd Saufi Ibrahim Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 27/1/83
Flag of Malaysia.svg ST,AM

Source: [3]

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2017 and List of Malaysian football transfers summer 2016

Officials

Coaching staff

PositionName
ManagerZainol Abidin Ahmad
Assistant managerAziz Din
Head Team CoachAbdul Rahim Hassan
Assistant coachNordin Kamis
Fitness coachMat Zali Lazim
Goalkeeping coachNoor Mohd Sultan
PhysiotherapistAizat Khaliz Rozain

References

  1. "Sungai Ara FC tarik diri Piala FAM". bharian.com.my. Berita Harian. 15 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  2. "Sungai Ara FC tarik diri dari saingan Piala FAM 2017". fourthofficial.com. fourthofficial. 16 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. "Sungai Ara FC 2014 Players". Sungai Ara FC. Retrieved 5 March 2014.