SAMB F.C.

Not to be confused with Stade Africain Menzel Bourguiba.

Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club is a football club based in Malacca, Malaysia.^[1] The club was formerly known as the Perbadanan Air Melaka (PAM).

SAMB Football Club

Full name	Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blue Warrior
Founded	2010; 15 years ago (2010)
Ground	Hang Tuah Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium
Capacity	1,000 40,000
Owner	Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad
President	Mohd. Khalid bin Nasir
League	Malaysia A2 Amateur League
2024–25	Quarter-finalist

History

Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad Football Club had their first major success in the 2011 season, when they won the 2011 Liga Melaka. Domestically, SAMB FC has won the Malaysia football tournament, lastly in the 2018, and been eligible to compete in the Malaysia M3 League.

They have played in the previous incarnation of third-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia FAM League from 2016 until 2017. In 2018, they withdrew from the FAM League and played in the Liga Melaka Division 1. They earned promotion into the third-tier division, the Malaysia M3 League in 2019. However, for the 2020 season, they withdrew due to financial reasons. Their slot in the M3 League was given to Melaka City.

After a break of several years, SAMB returned to join the 2024–25 Malaysia A2 Amateur League, the third-tier league organised by the Amateur Football League (AFL).^[2][3][4]

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Season	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
2016	Kronos	Syarikat Air Melaka Berhad
2017
2018	Warrix Sports
2019	Heat
2024–	ZeroFour

Season by season record

Season	Division	Position	Malaysia Cup	Malaysian FA Cup	Malaysian Charity Shield	Regional	Top scorer (all competitions)
2016	Liga FAM	Quarter Final	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2017	Liga FAM	Group B, Fifth position	DNQ	First Round	DNQ	DNQ
2018	Liga Melaka	Winner	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
2019	Liga M3	9th place	DNQ	First Round	DNQ	DNQ	Farderin Kadir (10)
2020, 20211	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2024	Liga A2	Quarter-finalist	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Shamerul Abd Aziz (8)

Players

As of 17 July 2024^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Syafiq Mokhtar 3 DF  MAS Shahrul Azhar 4 DF  MAS Mohd Ikhmal Roslan 5 DF  MAS Al-Hafiz Alwi 6 DF  MAS Adib Aiman 7 DF  MAS Syafiq Samad (captain) 8 MF  MAS Ahmad Fahmy Yahya 9 FW  MAS Shamerul Abd Aziz 10 FW  MAS Zamree Jani 12 FW  MAS Azfar Salehudin 13 DF  MAS Hakimi Helmi 14 MF  MAS Nazmee Ari

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  MAS Iskandar Hanapiah 16 MF  MAS Ahmad Khusaini Piee 17 DF  MAS Syafiq Idris 18 MF  MAS Rais Rahim 19 GK  MAS Ezrie Haikal Azri 20 FW  MAS Aqil Hazwan 21 MF  MAS Syakir Baba 22 GK  MAS Fahmie Hanapiah 23 MF  MAS Awang Ku Mohd Hamirullizam 24 DF  MAS Wan Zulfahmi 25 DF  MAS Wan Muhammad Aiman Adham 26 MF  MAS Muhammad Nazirul 30 FW  MAS Muhammad Arif Hafiz

Coaches

Period	Name	Nationality
January 2014–October 2016	Remeli Junit	Malaysia
November 2016–October 2017	G. Torayraju	Malaysia
January 2018–December 2019	Hamdan Mohamad	Malaysia
January 2020	Mohd Azizan Baba	Malaysia
May–November 2024	Rahim Abu Bakar	Malaysia

Management team

Club personnel

Position	Name
Team manager	Fairullizam Isahak
Assistant manager	Saiful Bakhtiar Bin Samsuri
Head coach	Rahim Abu Bakar
Assistant coach	Mohd Saiful Mustafa, Hafizuddin Said
Goalkeeper coach	Zaidi Hassan
Assistant GK coach	Mohd Rizal Ibrahim
Fitness coach	Fauzi Mokhtar
Physio	Najmi Hashim
Kit manager	Nurhadisham Mehat
Media officer	Noor Azhar Bin Tahir

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Melaka League

• Division 1
  • Winners (5): 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018

Kuala Lumpur League

• Division 1
  • Winners (1): 2014