Perak Football Club (Perak FC) was a professional football team based in

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. Founded in 1921, it was one of the oldest football clubs in the country and last competed in the

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. Formerly overseen by the Perak Football Association, the club turned professional in 1989 and was privatised in 2021 . Known as The Bos Gaurushttp://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/02/125172/pafa-receives-almost-rm8-million-sponsorship PAFA receives almost RM8 million in sponsorshiphttp://peraktoday.com.my/2016/02/the-bos-gaurus-terima-tajaan-bernilai-rm7-8j/ The Bos Gaurus Terima Tajaan Bernilai RM7.8jhttp://www.sinarharian.com.my/zambry-yakin-skuad-perak-mampu-beraksi-cemerlang-1.240068 Zambry yakin skuad Perak mampu beraksi cemerlang , Perak FC played its home matches at

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until its dissolution in 2025

History

Perak has been represented by a team in

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since its inaugural season in

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.
Malaysia 1921 They were also one of the founding members of the British Malaya, Malayan Football Association (the predecessor to the modern

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) in 1926.http://www.fam.org.my/history/ History of FAM However, the team was not officially registered until 18 April 1951, when the newly formed governing body of Perak football, the Perak Amateur Football Association (PAFA), took over its management.
Malaysia 1952 Perak is the third most successful club in

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history, having won the competition a total of 8 times, with the last of those coming in

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. It also won the inaugural

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in 1990, a feat it repeated in 2004. Since

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competition was introduced in 1982, the team has emerged league winners twice (in 2002 and 2003) and was the last state team to have never been demoted to a lower division. However, in 2021, Perak had suffered their first relegation from the Malaysian top flight football and will be playing in the

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for the first time since 1989. Perak has yet to win the

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since its foundation in 2004, with its best showing coming in the 2006–07 and 2018 seasons where they finished runners-up. It made its continental competition debut as a professional team at the

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, making it to the Quarter-Final stage before being eliminated by Safa.

Stability and Malaysia Cup success (2016–2020)

In February 2016, the club rebranded as Perak The Bos Gaurus, or Perak TBG, as part of its privatisation plan to play in

2016 Malaysia Super League The 2016 Malaysia Super League () was the 13th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional association football, football league in Malaysia. Perak subsequently acquired its club license in 2017, in accordance with FMLLP's (currently known as Malaysia Football League) (MFL) requirement for all M-League clubs to acquire their licenses by the start of the 2018 season. The team won the 2018 Malaysia Cup, Malaysia Cup in 2018, its first silverware in 12 years. The team also finished second in the

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season thus qualifying for the following season's 2019 AFC Champions League qualifying round. In order to be eligible for participation, Perak successfully acquired an AFC Club License in 2019. Perak TBG made its

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debut on 12 February 2019 in the preliminary round 2 against Hong Kong club,

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which the game ended at 1–1 after extra time which saw the game moved on to penalties shoot out. Goalkeeper,

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manage to save two penalties and

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to scored the winning penalty to send Perak TBG to the third playoff round where it was defeated 1–5 by Korean club,

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. In 2020, the team was successfully privatised as Perak FC to meet the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) requirement for state football associations (FA) to be separated from their clubs.

Financial struggles and relegation (2021–2022)

Due to change of government administration and lack of funding from the state .After the abrupt departure of head coach

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prior to the start of the 2021 season, it was revealed the team was suffering from serious financial difficulties from RM35mill budget to RM5 mill, with players having gone unpaid for months. By May, the players were said to be refusing to train as a result of unpaid wages. As a result of poor performances caused by the off-pitch turmoil, Perak's slid towards its first-ever relegation to the Premier League, which was finally confirmed in September. In November 2021, it was announced that a private broker company called IMC becoming the caretaker of the Perak FC . In January 2022,

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, a former Perak player, was appointed the team's fourth head coach in less than a year.

XOX takeover and 2025 closure

In August 2022 XOX Bhd completed its 100% stake take over of the club through its

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XOX Pro Sport Sdn Bhd. Perak officially withdraw from

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, after they have serious financial problems and therefore they decide to not apply a national club licence for 2025–26 season.

Rivalries

Perak has a historical derby with

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known as the Malayan El Clasico and their rivalry dated back as early as the establishment of the Malaya Cup (now Malaysia Cup) in the 1920s. Perak also had its main rivalry with its northern region's counterpart, known as the Northern Region Derby. Perak's main rivals are

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and

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. Although Perak's main rivals mostly are from the northern region of Malaysia, especially Kedah, but there is also a strong supporter of friendship with Kedah and there are good relations with the fans of Penang and Perlis. "This is Utara” or in English “This is the northern region", is a slogan which shows their good friendships.

Players (2025)

Club personnel (2023)

Coaching staff (2025)

Stadium

Perak FC's home ground was the

. Perak TBG used the alternative Lumut Stadium. In September 2017, the construction of a new training ground was announced. Originally scheduled for completion in February 2018, the training ground dubbed the Perak Football Complex, was eventually completed in 2020.

Coat of arms and colours

Coat of Arms of Perak FA (1921–2015)

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, where it is famous in

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and remained for more than half-century. In 2015, in effort to modernise the club, a new coat of arms was introduced to replace the old arms as the club main coat of arms. The club replaced the old coat of arms with new logo and adopted the image Seladang which is more synonym with the Perak football team. After being criticized for the lack of quality for the logo, Perak The Bos Gaurus launched a new version of the logo chosen from the logo competition held by the team for 2016 season onwards. Perak reused previous coat of arms for 2019 season for all competitions until 2020 season.

Coat of Arms of Perak The Bos Gaurus (2016–2018)

Perak The Bos Gaurus have always worn yellow with a bit of black or white colour shirts as their home kit as it is an iconic colour for the club. Perak The Bos Gaurus's away colours are usually white and black or various combination colours of white, yellow and black as it represent the colour of Perak's Flag.

Supporters

Perak TBG was one of the most widely supported football clubs in Perak. Perak TBG's traditional fanbase come from 11 districts in Perak.http://www.yob4ever.com/v2/ Yob4ever Community Silver State Ultras (SSU) was a supporter club founded in April 2009.http://www.bharian.com.my/node/27708 Ultras Malaya cetus kebangkitanhttp://www.sinarharian.com.my/ultras/liga-malaysia/ssu-tetap-aktif-1.331592 SSU Tetap Aktif

Head coaches

There have been 16 coaches of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association since the appointment of the club's first professional coach, Dato' M. Karathu in 1989. The most successful coach of Perak Darul Ridzuan Football Association is Toni Netto from Brazil who had achieved 4 trophies.

Managers

Continental record

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

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/ Malaysian Semi-Pro Football League Division I /

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**Winners (2):

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**''Runners-up (2):'' 2006–07,

* Malaysian Semi-Pro Football League Division II / Malaysia Premier League 2 /

**''Runners-up (1):''

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Cup

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**Winners (2): 1990, 2004 **''Runners-up (4):'' 1991, 2002, 2005,

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**Winners (8): 1926, 1931, 1957, 1967, 1970, 1998, 2000,

**''Runners-up (11):'' 1923, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1972, 1974, 2001, 2007 *

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**Winners (3): 1999, 2005, 2006 **''Runners-up (2):'' 2001, 2019

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competitions

*Unity Shield **Winners (1): 2020 **''Runners-up (1):'' 2019 *Federal Territory Minister Cup **''Runners-up (1):'' 2023

Club records

Updated on 19 October 2023 (Malaysian football league was established in 1982). Note: Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position Source:

Individual player awards

Favourite Striker Award Overall Favourite Player Award

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Golden Boots – Top Goalscorer Overall

Perak FA's League Top Goalscorer

All-time top goalscorer

Club captains history

Presidential history

Notes

References

External links

*
The Bos Gaurus PAFA Academy website
(archived 20 December 2016) * {{Malaysia football champions Malaysia Super League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia Football clubs in Perak Malaysia Cup winners Football associations in Malaysia Association football clubs established in 1951 Sports organizations established in 1951 Association football clubs disestablished in 2025 Sports organizations disestablished in 2025