The 2023 season is

Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan (, Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Nogoghi Sombilan'', ''Nismilan''), historically spelled as Negri Sembilan, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state in Malaysia which lies on the Peninsular Malaysia#Other features, wes ...

's 100th year in their history and 11th season in

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since it was first introduced in

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. Also it was the 2nd season in the

since promoted from

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. Along with the league, the club also compete in the

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and

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in 2023.

Events

On 7 January 2023, NSFC announced a new sponsor for 2023. The new sponsor is the clothing brand company Kelme. It has been informed that Kelme will sponsor NSFC for 2 years with a sponsorship value of RM1.7 million. Kelme will provide kits for the

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, Under-23 League, President cup and Youth Cup teams starting this year. On 8 January, the club officially announced several new signing players. Among them were

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, Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar, Tommy Mawat Bada, Farid Nezal,

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, Sikh Izhan Nazrel,

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, and

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. The club also signed brothers from

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, Barathkumar Ramaloo and

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. In addition, the club retained one import player,

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, and added four new import players to the squad:

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, Vinicius Leonel,

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, and Levy Madinda. On March 6, 2023,

lost to JDT 7-0 at home. This defeat was witnessed by tens of thousands of NSFC fans, and it was the worst defeat of the 2023 season. The last time the team lost badly to JDT was in the 2022 season with a 5-0 defeat at

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. On May 27, the club lost to

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in the FA Cup quarterfinals for 2023. The 3-1 defeat ended the club's journey in the

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. The match took place at

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Players

Current squad

Remarks:
^I International player. ^A Asian player. ^S ASEAN player. ^U23 Under-23 player. ^U20 Under-20 player. ^U18 Under-18 player.

Out on loan

Management Team

Source:

Transfers

In

Out

Loan in

Loan out

Pre-season

Friendly matches

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Results by round

Matches

Match schedule source:

Malaysia Cup

Round of 16

Malaysia FA Cup

Second round

Key: (1) =

; (3) = M3 League

Quarter-finals

Statistics

Appearances and goals

, - ! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center", Players transferred out during the season , -

Clean sheets

Development Squads

U-23 Squad

Currently plays in the

MFL Cup The MFL Cup () is the reserve team football league for the Malaysia Super League members. It is organized by Malaysian Football League (MFL). It was founded in 2023 and is the only reserve team league under the Malaysian football league system. ...

tournament for

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. This reserve league dedicated to players under the age of 23. The MFL has also allowed a quota of 5 over-age players, including 3 foreign players in each team with only 2 players allowed to play for each match. Remarks:
^I International player. ^A Asian player. ^S ASEAN player. ^U23 Under-23 player. ^U20 Under-20 player. ^U18 Under-18 player.

Out on loan

U-20 Squad

Currently plays in the President Cup tournament for

References

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