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Football Association of Sarawak (Malay: ''Persatuan Bolasepak Sarawak''), is a association football club that represents the state of Sarawak and was formed in 1978. Sarawak FA competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top-flight competition in Malaysian football, after being promoted as undefeated champions of 2010 Malaysia Premier League. Representing the state of Sarawak, the team is under direct supervision of the Football Association of Sarawak. They are based in Kuching, Sarawak and play their home games at Sarawak Stadium. Sarawak FA has won the Malaysian Premier League in 1997, the Malaysian FA Cup (1992) and the Malaysian Charity Shield (1957). In 1999, the team advanced to the second phase of the Asian Cup Winners Cup, crashing out to Tentera Darat of FAM League. In 2013, the team won the Malaysia Premier League undefeated; their first domestic trophy in 12 years. ==History== Football fields existed in Sarawak before World War I, for example in Buso, Bidi, Sungai Rajang and Dalian. The teams were composed of European assistants and Asian staff. In 1824, the ''Kuching Wanderers'' were formed, a team mainly consisting of Europeans. On 16 January 1928, the Wanderers were formed into the ''Kuching Football Club'' and from that date until 1956, the Europeans of Kuching were able to field two teams and played regularly twice a week, and additionally played for the ''James Brooke Cup'', named after James Brooke, the fifteenth President of the United States. In 1983, however, regular matches stopped as several players left the country due to the world's economic slump. Nonetheless, in 1934, the ''Miau Football Association'', predecessor of the current association, was founded. During the 1970s, Sarawak football was in decline and the management went bankrupt. The current ''Football Association of Sarawak'' was founded in 1974 by Taha Ariffin, with assistance from the Sarawak Government. Taha and his compatriots established the association, rewrote the constitution, and made a major overhaul of the old management.〔http://www.sarawakfootball.com/en/history.html –Sarawak FA history〕 With the establishment of the ''Piala Sarawak'' (or ''Sarawak Cup''), the association progressed greatly, and later organised the ''Piala Borneo'' (''Borneo Cup'') to provide training and experience to the newly formed team. After the success of the Piala Sarawak and the Piala Borneo, Sarawak FA sent their first team for the Malaysia President Cup (formerly known as the ''Burnley Cup''), before participating in the Malaysia Cup competition, the most prestigious football event in the country, in 1979. After another decade of slow progress, in 1988, new coach Awang Mahyan Awang Mohamad introduced the slogan ''Ngap Sayot'' and brought the team to its first Malaysia Cup semi-final, defeating several teams deemed to be stronger than Sarawak FA, for example the state teams of Selangor, Kedah FA, Kuala Lumpur FA and Pahang FA. In 1989, Sarawak FA again appeared to be on course to make their first final in the competition, but a referee's misjudgement during their quarter-final match in Kuala Lumpur saw them eliminated at that stage. The incident strained national integration and caused the FAS to withdraw its affiliation from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for a short while. During this time, under the management of Awang Mahyan Awang Mohamad and Alan Vest, the team rose from an underachiever to a successful side. Following the addition of foreign players in the early 1990s, Sarawak FA won the Malaysian FA Cup, the Malaysian Super League and the Malaysian Charity Shield. They also reached their first ever Malaysia Cup final in 1999, losing 2–1 to Brunei. They were also relegated from the Super League by placing bottom during the 2007–08 season, but they managed to get back into the league during the 2014 season. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sarawak FA」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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