1990s Negeri Sembilan FA seasons


Negeri Sembilan Football Club, commonly referred to as Negeri Sembilan FC or simply NSFC, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
From 1990 to 1999, Negeri Sembilan played in the Semi-Pro League 1, Semi-Pro League 2, Premier League and the Premier 1. During that period, the team has won the Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2 in 1991 and Kings Gold Cup in 1992.
This article displays Negeri Sembilan's squads, competitions, transfers, statistics, and achievements for the period 1990–1999.

Events (1990–1999)

1991 was the year of the revival of the Negeri Sembilan team, which in previous years had been an underdog. That was also the last year the Negeri Sembilan team used the Majlis Perbandaran Seremban Stadium before the Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi was used as their home ground until now. On 18 August 1991, the team met Sarawak in the final match of the Division 2 League at the Majlis Perbandaran Seremban Stadium. Negeri Sembilan, who was in first place at the time, only needed a draw while Sarawak, who was in second place, needed a win to get the top spot in the league table. The match of that day went to Negeri Sembilan with a result of 2–2, and they managed to collect one point. It was the last year that led to the success of winning the Semi-Pro League Division 2, then qualifying for Division 1 in 1992. Among the star players at that time were the import trio, the Bozik Brothers, and the powerful striker Marian Vazquez. Local players include Richard Scully, Mansor Sulaiman, and Nazari Hussein.
In 1992 the construction of Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium was completed and inaugurated to be used as a multipurpose stadium. The stadium initially held a capacity of 20,000 people, and since then, the Negeri Sembilan team has officially made the stadium their home ground for the Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 1 tournament in that year.
On 12 April 1992 the Negeri Sembilan team won the 1992 Kings' Gold Cup after beating Terengganu FA, 2–1, at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi. The coaches and players shared a cash reward of RM20,000 from the Negeri Sembilan Malay Football Association. Negeri Sembilan's coach at that time was Haji Mohd Zaki Shaikh Ahmad. Earlier, the last time Negeri Sembilan FA participated in the final of the trophy was in 1953, when they lost 1–2 to Pulau Pinang.
In the 1996 season Negeri Sembilan became one of the contenders for the league title. Even though it was not given much attention at first, the team starring two former import players from Argentina, Pahang FA's Gus Cerro and Jose Iriarte, surprised many when they gave great competition to other selected teams such as Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak, Kedah, [Sri Pahang FA|Pahang FC|Pahang], and Brunei. Othman Katmon, Faizal Zainal, Khairil Zainal, Rosli Omar, B. Rajinikandh, A. Ganeson, V. Arumugham, Idris Kadir, Azmi Mohamed, and Ching Hong Aik have put up a good fight, giving great hope to their loyal supporters. However, this squad failed to maintain the momentum when it was finally overtaken by Sabah FA, who emerged as the Premier League champion, as well as Kedah FA, who became the runner-up.

1990 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: Ruslan Yaakob
Goalkeeper
  • Mohamed Najib Abdul Hamid
Defender
  • Miroslav Bozik
  • K. Sathiaselvam
  • Aminuddin Hussin
  • Taufik Ismail
  • Nordin Ahmad
Midfielder
  • Hisham Jani
  • Mansor Sulaiman
  • Yeo Swee Hock
  • Shaarani Mohamed Said
  • Nazari Hussain
  • L. Selvakumaran
  • Azwan Ibrahim
  • Shaimee Harun
  • Sebastian Liew
Attacker
  • Srdjan Delibasic
  • Juan Manuel Rodrigues Olsson
  • M. Mahendran
Source:

Competitions

Semi-Pro League 2

League Table:-
1.Terengganu - 23 PTS
2.Kelantan - 20 PTS
3.Negeri Sembilan - 18 PTS
4.Armed Forces - 15 PTS
5.Malacca - 13 PTS
6.Penang - 10 PTS
7.Brunei - 8 PTS
8.Police - 5 PTS

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1991 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: Ruslan Yaakob
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
  • Miroslav Bozik
  • K. Sathiaselvam
  • M. Magendran
  • Nordin Ahmad
  • Mohamad Shaari Said
  • Taufik Ismail
Midfielder:
  • Shaarani Mohamed Said
  • Yeo Swee Hock
  • Mansor Sulaiman
  • Hisham Jani
  • Hisham Ghani
  • Halim Zaiton
  • Robert Bozik
  • Nazari Hussin
  • Sebastian Liew
  • George Pauls
  • Shaimee Harun
  • Abd Latif Mohd Amin
Attacker:
  • Sharil Salleh
  • M. Mahendran
  • Marian Valach
Source:

Competition

Semi-Pro League 2

League Table:-
1.Negeri Sembilan - 19 PTS
2.Sarawak - 18 PTS
3.Penang - 18 PTS
4.Police - 16 PTS
5.Perlis - 15 PTS
6.Malacca - 10 PTS
7.Brunei - 10 PTS
8.Armed Forces - 6 PTS

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Semi-Pro League 2: Winner
Top Scorer:

1992 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: Joseph Herel
Goalkeeper:
  • Khairuddin Idris
  • Asbullah Mahamad
  • K. Loganathan
Defender:
  • Miroslav Bozik
  • Milan Hanko
  • Serbegeth Singh
  • Mohamad Shaari Said
  • Abdul Ghani Hassan
  • Aminuddin Husin
  • Taufik Ismail
  • K. Sathiaselvam
  • Naina Mohamad
  • M. Magendran
  • Shahril Salleh
Midfielder:
  • Robert Bozik
  • Yeo Swee Hock
  • Lim Teong Kim
  • Hisham Ghani
  • Mansor Sulaiman
  • Nordin Ahmad
  • Hisham Jani
  • Norhaizan Baijuri
Attacker:
  • Mohamad Nor Yaacob
  • M. Mahendran
  • Isham Shahruddin
  • K. Vadiveloo
Source:

Competition

Semi-Pro League 1

League Table:-
1.Pahang - 27 PTS
2.Terengganu - 21 PTS
3.Negeri Sembilan - 20 PTS
4.Sarawak - 19 PTS
5.Kuala Lumpur - 18 PTS
6.Perak - 17 PTS
7.Johor - 17 PTS
8.Sabah - 16 PTS
9.Singapore - 13 PTS
10.Selangor - 12 PTS

Malaysia Cup

Group B
1.Pahang 6 3 3 0 8- 4 9
2.Kedah 6 3 2 1 13- 8 8
3.Negri Sembilan 6 2 1 3 6- 8 5
4.Perak 6 0 2 4 7-14 2
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Pahang3–1Negri Sembilan
Dollah Salleh 50, 56
Mubin Mokhtar 85		3–1Isham Shahruddin 24

Round 4
Round 5
Negri Sembilan4–1Perak
M.Mahendran 8
Robert Bozik 49
Yeoh Swee Hock 55
Lim Teong Kim 89		4–1Azizol Abu Haniffah 70

Round 6
Kedah3–0Negri Sembilan
Faridzuan Che Hamid 26, 75,
Peter Nieketien 80		3–0

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1993 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: Joseph Herel
Goalkeeper:
  • Khairuddin Idris
  • Asbullah Mahamad
Defender:
Midfielder:
  • Robert Bozik
  • 17. Jelani Wilastra
  • Naina Mohamad
Attacker:
Source:

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1994 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: M. Karathu
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
Midfielder:
  • 14. Aminuddin Hussein
  • 16. Idris Kadir
  • 20. Robert Bozik
  • 21. Naina Mohammad
Attacker:
  • 7. Wong Kah Loon
  • 11. Sazali Nasir
  • 18. Marian Valach
Source:

Competition

Premier League

Table standing:
1. Singapore - 59 PTS
2. Kedah - 57 PTS
3. Sarawak - 55 PTS
4. Sabah - 49 PTS
5. Pahang - 46 PTS
6. Selangor - 44 PTS
7. Terengganu - 43 PTS
8. Johor - 41 PTS
9. Kelantan - 40 PTS
10. Perak - 35 PTS
11. Kuala Lumpur - 33 PTS
12. Negeri Sembilan - 31 PTS
13. Malacca - 31 PTS
14. Perlis - 20 PTS
15. Pulau Pinang - 19 PTS
16. Brunei - 13 PTS

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1995 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: M. Karathu
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
Midfielder:
  • 19. J. Killan
  • Rosli Omar
  • 16. Idris Kadir
Attacker:
Source:

Competition

Premier League

League Table:-
1.Pahang - 65 PTS
2.Selangor - 54 PTS
3.Sarawak - 54 PTS
4.Kedah - 45 PTS
5.Sabah - 44 PTS
6.Johor - 42 PTS
7.Perak - 40 PTS
8.Terengganu - 39 PTS
9.Brunei - 36 PTS
10.Perlis - 32 PTS
11.Negeri Sembilan - 30 PTS
12.Kuala Lumpur - 28 PTS
13.Malacca - 26 PTS
14.Pulau Pinang - 24 PTS
15.Kelantan - 23 PTS

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1996 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: M. Karathu
Goalkeeper:
  • 1. S. Rajkumar
  • 21. Othman Katmon
  • 22. Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin
Defender:
  • 2. Shamsul Akmar Japperi
  • 3. Faizal Zainal
  • 4. B. Rajinikandh
  • 11. Mohd Faris Ahmad
  • 15. Khairil Zainal
  • 17. A. Ganeson
Midfielder:
Attacker:
Source:

Competition

Premier League

League Table:-
1.Sabah - 58 PTS
2.Kedah - 57 PTS
3.Negeri Sembilan - 57 PTS
4.Selangor - 49 PTS
5.Brunei - 44 PTS
6.Pulau Pinang - 41 PTS
7.Sarawak - 40 PTS
8.Perak - 40 PTS
9.Johor - 37 PTS
10.Perlis - 36 PTS
11.Pahang - 33 PTS
12.Malacca - 27 PTS
13.Terengganu - 20 PTS
14.Kuala Lumpur - 18 PTS
15.Kelantan - 17 PTS

Malaysia Cup

Group B
Sarawak 8 6 0 2 16- 6 18
Brunei 8 4 1 3 10-14 13
Kedah 8 4 0 4 17-13 12
Johor 8 2 2 4 5-10 8
Negri Sembilan 8 2 1 5 6-11 7
Round 1
Sarawak 5-0 Negri Sembilan
Round 2
Negri Sembilan 4-0 Brunei
Round 3
Johor 1-0 Negri Sembilan
Round 4
Negri Sembilan 2-1 Kedah
Round 5
No match for Negri Sembilan
Round 6
Negri Sembilan 0-1 Sarawak
Round 7
Brunei 2-0 Negri Sembilan
Round 8
Negri Sembilan 0-0 Johor
Round 9
Kedah 1-0 Negri Sembilan
Round 10
No match for Negri Sembilan

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1997 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: M. Karathu
Goalkeeper:
  • 1. V. Murugan
  • 21. Othman Katmon
  • 22. Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin
  • Mohd Halim Napi
Defender:
  • 3. Faizal Zainal
  • 4. B. Rajinikandh
  • 5. Ching Hong Aik
  • 13. Mohd Nor Sheikh Ismail
  • 15. Khairil Zainal
  • 17. A. Ganeson
  • Mohd Zaidi Mohd Hafiah
Midfielder:
Attacker:
  • 11. Julio Hector Ceballos
  • 18. Jose Iriarte
  • 10. Tristam Morgan
Source:

Competition

Premier League

League Table:-
1.Sarawak - 54 PTS
2.Kedah - 50 PTS
3.Sabah - 49 PTS
4.Selangor - 46 PTS
5.Brunei - 45 PTS
6.Perlis - 45 PTS
7.Negeri Sembilan - 44 PTS
8.Perak - 41 PTS
9.Kuala Lumpur - 38 PTS
10.Pahang - 37 PTS
11.Pulau Pinang - 33 PTS
12.Johor - 32 PTS
13.Kelantan - 28 PTS
14.Malacca - 24 PTS
15.Terengganu - 22 PTS

Malaysia Cup

Group A
1.Selangor 8 5 1 2 13- 6 16
2.Brunei 8 4 1 3 11-12 13
3.Negri Sembilan 8 3 1 4 12-14 10
4.Kuala Lumpur 8 3 1 4 10-12 10
5.Kedah 8 3 0 5 13-15 9
Round 1
No match for Negeri Sembilan
Round 2
Negri Sembilan 2-0 Kedah
Round 3
Negri Sembilan 0-2 Selangor
Round 4
Kuala Lumpur 0-0 Negri Sembilan
Round 5
Brunei 3-1 Negri Sembilan
Round 6
No match for Negeri Sembilan
Round 7
Kedah 4-3 Negri Sembilan
Round 8
Selangor 1-2 Negri Sembilan
Round 9
Negri Sembilan 3-2 Kuala Lumpur
Round 10
Negri Sembilan 1-2 Brunei

FA Cup

1st round= bye
2nd round
Negri Sembilan 2-0 Sabah
Negri Sembilan 1-1 Sabah
Quarterfinals
Selangor 1-1 Negri Sembilan
Selangor 4-2 Negri Sembilan

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1998 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: M. Karathu
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
Midfielder:
Attacker:
Source:

Competition

Premier 1

League Table:-
1.Penang - 41 PTS
2.Pahang - 40 PTS
3.Brunei - 35 PTS
4.Kedah - 34 PTS
5.Sabah - 31 PTS
6.Sarawak - 30 PTS
7.Perak - 29 PTS
8.Kuala Lumpur - 29 PTS
9.Negeri Sembilan - 27 PTS
10.Selangor - 25 PTS
11.Perlis - 25 PTS
12.Olympic 2000 - 18 PTS

Malaysia Cup

Group A
Negeri Sembilan 8 6 1 1 17- 8 19
Terengganu 8 4 1 3 9- 6 13
Penang 8 4 1 3 11-10 13
Kuala Lumpur 8 2 1 5 5-11 7
Kedah 8 1 2 5 5-12 5
Semi Finals
1st Legs
Perak 2-2 Negeri Sembilan
2nd Legs
Perak 1-0 Negeri Sembilan

FA Cup

First round= bye
2nd round

Negeri Sembilan 1-1 Malacca
Negeri Sembilan 1-4 Malacca

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer:

1999 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Squad

Coach: Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
Goalkeeper:
Defender:
Midfielder:
Attacker:
Source:

Competition

Premier 1

League Table:-
1.Pahang - 34 PTS
2.Penang - 31 PTS
3.Negeri Sembilan - 29 PTS
4.Sabah - 29 PTS
5.Kuala Lumpur - 28 PTS
6.Sarawak - 27 PTS
7.Brunei - 25 PTS
8.Terengganu - 23 PTS
9.Perak - 23 PTS
10.Kedah - 21 PTS

Malaysia Cup

Group A
1.Terengganu 10 6 1/0 3 14-12 20 Qualified
2.Negeri Sembilan 10 5 1/0 4 16-13 17 Qualified
3.Perak 10 5 0/1 4 19-13 16
4.Perlis 10 4 1/1 5 10-15 15
5.Selangor 10 3 1/1 5 14-19 12
6.Pinang 10 3 0/1 6 14-15 10
Round 1
Terengganu 1-0 Negeri Sembilan
Round 2
Negeri Sembilan 0-0 Perlis
Round 3
Selangor 1-2 Negeri Sembilan
Round 4
Perak 2-1 Negeri Sembilan
Round 5
Negeri Sembilan 1-0 Pinang
Round 6
Negeri Sembilan 2-3 Terengganu
Round 7
Perlis 3-2 Negeri Sembilan
Round 8
Perlis 3-2 Negeri Sembilan
Round 9
Negeri Sembilan 2-1 Perak
Round 10
Pinang 1-4 Negeri Sembilan
Semifinals
First Legs
Brunei 3-0 Negeri Sembilan
Second Legs
Negeri Sembilan 3-1 Brunei

FA Cup

First round= bye
2nd round
1st Legs
Negeri Sembilan 2-2 NS Chempaka
2nd Legs
Negeri Sembilan 1-0 NS Chempaka
Quarterfinals
1st Legs
Negeri Sembilan 3-0 Pahang
2nd Legs
Negeri Sembilan 3-1 Pahang
Semifinals
1st Legs
Terengganu 2-0 Negeri Sembilan
2nd Legs
Terengganu 1-0 Negeri Sembilan

Statistic

Note:Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Achievement

Top scorer: