Yusri Che Lah

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Che Lah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Yusri. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yusri Che Lah

Personal information
Full name	Yusri bin Che Lah
Date of birth	(1976-04-29) 29 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Perak (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1999	Perlis	??	(12)
2000–2002	Selangor	??	(12)
2003	Perak	??	(3)
2004–2005	Perlis	??	(10)
2005–2006	MPPJ	??	(1)
2006–2007	Perak	??	(3)
2007	Perlis	??	(2)
Total		??	(43)
International career
1999–2001	Malaysia	3	(2)
Managerial career
2014–2015	Perlis
2015–2017	Felcra
2018	Kelantan (assistant coach)
2018	Kelantan (interim head coach)
2019	Kuala Lumpur
2019–2020	Kelantan
2021	Projek FAM-MSN
2022	Perak
2023	Perak II
2023–	Perak
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 26 November 2024

Yusri bin Che Lah (born 29 April 1976) is a Malaysian football coach and former footballer, who played as a midfielder. He is currently interim head coach by Malaysia Super League club Perak

Managerial statistics

As of match played 7 February 2025

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Perlis		1 December 2014	15 October 2015	20	12	6	2	060.00
Felcra		1 January 2016	1 July 2017	35	19	7	9	054.29
Kelantan (Caretaker)		15 February 2018	19 March 2018	4	2	0	2	050.00
Kelantan (Caretaker)		5 June 2018	4 December 2018	17	6	3	8	035.29
Kuala Lumpur		5 December 2018	11 March 2019	5	0	0	5	000.00
Kelantan		15 April 2019	30 November 2020	28	9	7	12	032.14
FAM-MSN Project		10 December 2020	10 December 2021	20	1	3	16	005.00
Perak		1 January 2022	17 September 2022	20	6	2	12	030.00
Perak		25 May 2023	Present	44	14	8	22	031.82
Career Total				193	69	36	88	035.75

Career

Playing

Born in Kangar, Perlis, Yusri played and captained for hometown side Perlis in the Malaysia Super League. He was formerly with Selangor, MPPJ ^[1] and Perak before retiring when he played for his former club, Perlis. He represented Malaysia from 1999 until 2001. He made his international debut with the Malaysia senior team in the 1999 Dunhill Cup, although it is not a FIFA 'A' international match. In 2000, he scored two goals in a 6–0 win over Myanmar in a friendly match, which were his only international goals. His last appearance was at the 2001 Merdeka Tournament.

Coaching

Yusri started his coaching career as Perlis U21 team head coach in 2014. In 2015, Yusri was appointed to Malaysia FAM League side Perlis first team. ^[2] In 2016, he signed a contract with Felcra. On 1 July 2017, his contract with Felcra was terminated. ^[3] In November 2017, Yusri joined Malaysia Super League side Kelantan as an assistant coach under Sathit Bensoh for 2018 Malaysia Super League. ^{[4] [5]}

In 2018, Yusri held the head coach role in a caretaker capacity twice: first when Bensoh resigned in February ^[6] and again when his replacement Fajr Ibrahim also resigned in June. ^[7] Despite his best efforts, he failed to avoid Kelantan's relegation to Malaysia Premier League that year, after finishing bottom of the table.

Kelantan agreed with Yusri orally to extend his contract for one more year on 20 November, ^[8] but after Kelantan failed to provide Yusri with an official contract, he signed for Kuala Lumpur FA on 5 December. ^[9] On 11 March 2019, he resigned because poor results. ^[10] On 15 April 2019, Yusri was appointed head coach of Kelantan FA. ^[11] After finishing sixth in the truncated 2020 Malaysia Premier League because of COVID-19 restrictions, Kelantan announced Yusri's contract would not be renewed beyond that season. ^[12]

Yusri then was appointed as head coach of the FAM-NSC Project team, a team composed of national U-23 players which plays in the Malaysia Premier League. ^[13] Yusri resigned at the end of 2021 Malaysia Premier League season, with the team finishing last in the league. ^[14]

After the resignation of Yusri from FAM-MSN Project team, Perak FC appointed him their new head coach for the 2022 Malaysia Premier League season. ^[15] With the newly relegated team management and financial problems, which saw the team have points deducted by the league for unpaid salaries to team players and staffs, hit by a ban on transfer of players, and a change of team ownership, ^[16] Yusri managed Perak to go only one better than the previous year, finishing second last above his former team FAM-MSN Project. At the end of the season, Yusri was reassigned to coach Perak's U-23 team in a shakeup of the team coaching staff, which saw Lim Teong Kim replacing Yusri as the Perak main team head coach. ^[17] Yusri was then appointed by Perak to replace Lim Teong Kim, who had his contract terminated, as interim head coach of Perak for the rest of the season starting from May 25

Honours

Player

Selangor

• Malaysia Premier 1: 2000 ^[18]
• Malaysia FA Cup: 2001 ^[19]
• Malaysia Cup: 2002 ^[20]
• Malaysia Charity Shield: 2002 ^[21]

Perak

• Malaysia Premier 1: 2003 ^[22]

Perlis

• Malaysia Cup: 2004 ^[23]
• Malaysia Super League: 2005 ^[24]

Manager

Perlis

• Malaysia FAM League runner-up: 2015

References

1. "Harga pindah Yusri RM1 - Syarat Perlis kepada MPPJ". Utusan Malaysia. 19 November 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
2. "Yusri Che Lah letak jawatan". Sinar Harian. 15 October 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
3. "FELCRA FC pecat Yusri". Harian Metro. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
4. "Yusri Che Lah hampir pasti sertai Kelantan". Utusan Malaysia. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
5. "Kafa appoints Sathit Bensoh Kelantan head coach". Malay Mail Online. 7 December 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
6. "Temp coach till appointment of new coach". 11 September 2022.
7. Bernama (5 June 2018). "Yusri Replaces Fajr As Kelantan Coach". Malaysian Digest. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
8. "KAFA keep faith with Yusri | New Straits Times". 20 November 2018.
9. "Yusri agrees to leave Kelantan to take over as KL coach".
10. "KL coach 'sacks' himself for poor results | New Straits Times". 11 March 2019.
11. "Fox Sports".
12. Bernama (18 November 2020). "Kelantan FC tidak sambung kontrak Yusri". hmetro.com.my (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
13. Hashim, Firdaus (16 December 2020). "FAM pertahan pelantikan Yusri". hmetro.com.my (in Malay). Harian Metro. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
14. Farah Azharie (11 December 2021). "Yusri steps down as FAM-NSC coach". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
15. "Perak will only shop for players later". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. 27 February 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
16. Farah Azharie (27 March 2022). "Perak troubles taking a toll on coach Yusri". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
17. TIMESPORT (13 September 2022). "Teong Kim to coach Perak FC". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
18. Malaysia First Level ("Premier One") 2000 - RSSSF
19. Malaysia 2001 - RSSSF
20. Malaysia 2002 - RSSSF
21. Malaysia 2002 - RSSSF
22. Malaysia 2003 - RSSSF
23. Malaysia 2004 - RSSSF
24. Malaysia 2005 - RSSSF

External links

• Yusri Che Lah at National-Football-Teams.com