Ahmad Basri Akil


Dato' Paduka Haji Ahmad Basri bin Mohd Akil was a Malaysian football manager who was the team manager for Kedah FA and for the Malaysia national team.

Biography

Born in Alor Setar, he had 8 children and 11 grandchildren. He managed Kedah Football Team Kedah FA for the first time in 1986. He was considered the 'father' of football development in Kedah. He built the state team to become a force in local football culminating in their winning the Malaysia Cup in 1990 by beating Singapore 3-1 in the final. The former Kedah Football Association Vice President was a personality who criticised FAM and was suspended for four years and had to relinquish all posts in the national association and also for any posts KFA. His quest to take the Kedah team to the pinnacle of football success began when he launched a five-year plan to wrest the Malaysia Cup when he was KFA vice-president. The late Ahmad Basri was also the national team's manager in the 1989 SEA Games when he led the national team for winning SEA Games Gold Medal and Kedah manager from 1986 till 1996 and 2006-2007. He was suspended again by FAM in 2007 for another three years when he criticised FAM again for failing to develop Malaysian football at national level.
He was buried at the Alor Merah Muslim Cemetery.

Careers

Kedah Administrative and Kedah Civil Servant

Football

Others

Achievements

  • 1989 - Managed Malaysia national football team to swoop Gold Medal in SEA games
  • 1990 - Managed Kedah for the 1st time to clinch Malaysia Cup title
  • 1993 - Managed Kedah to win double of Division 1/Premier 1/Super League and Malaysia Cup
  • 1996 - Managed Kedah to sweep the Malaysia FA Cup, the only title of the Malaysian football that Kedah had never won
  • Person who idealized the identity of Kedah football with the green and yellow as the tradition colours
  • Who creates the current Kedah FA crest and its motto, "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan"
  • Wrote the lyrics for Kedah football anthem - "Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan"