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SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW

CREST, THE TEAM MONIKER NOW IS

“Helang Merah”.

The Kedah FA are a professional foot- The ideas of the previous Kedah FA crest also
ball team in Malaysian that represent came from Ahmad Basri Akil after he announced
the state of Kedah and under the super- the then-new Kedah FA official colours of green
and yellow in 1988. But Kedah FA change their
vision of Kedah Football Association. crest during 2014 season as part of a transforma-
Kedah FA currently play in the Malaysia tion after Dato Seri Mukhriz Mahathir elected as
Super League after became the Premier President.
League champion, and they are the only
team in the history of Malaysian football The football team was founded in 1924 by Tunku
Yaacob Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim
to ever achieved a double treble titles in Shah as a president, though they only had limited
2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons. success until the appointment of the late Dato’
Paduka Ahmad Basri Akil as manager in 1985.
Kedah FA’s traditional colours are red and black, Under Ahmad Basri Akil, Kedah FA qualified for
but currently the home kit has been in the colours six Malaysia Cup final matches in a seven-year
of green and yellow since 1988. This idea was period between 1987 to 1993; and won 2 Malay-
suggested by Dato’ Shukri Hashim after Kedah sia Cup titles, 1 league title and 1 FA Cup title.
FA Deputy President, Ahmad Basri Akil asked for The club experienced a lean period in the 1980s
a different set of colours for the home kit. Howev- and
er, Ahmad Basri changed Shukri’s idea to ‘green
and yellow’ which fits the Kedah state’s nickname The team experienced a lean period in the 1980s
Jelapang Padi. and 1990s, but enjoyed a revival in the new mil-
lennium by winning the treble in 2007 and 2008.
The Kedah FA kit is currently manufactured by After the glorious double treble achievement
Warrix. Their previous kit manufacturers were under the guidance of Azraai Khor, Kedah start
Line 7, Lotto and Puma. Kedah FA’s first team to have a dip in their performance. This is mainly
sponsor was Sharp, from 1989 to 2000. Following because of the loss of their influential import play-
that, the club was sponsored by Modenas. Their ers likes Nelson San Martín, Bernard Huggins
current shirt sponsor is PKNK which had been and Marlon James, who had been The Canaries
the main team sponsor of Kedah FA since 2005. peripheral figures in their double treble glory .

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