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Ligers FC
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Full name	Ligers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Underbeast
Founded	2004
Ground	Ray Blank Park, ; Christchurch
Capacity	1500
Chairman	vacant
Manager	Hafiz Nor
Coach	Andrew Liew
League	Canterbury Sunday League
2007-08	Canterbury Sunday League, 1st placed
Home colours	Away colours

Ligers Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Ligers) is a New Zealand football club based in Christchurch, New Zealand. They play in the division three and five in New Zealand football, the Canterbury Sunday League. Their home stadium is the Ray Blank Park, Ilam, Christchurch.

History

Ligers FC was founded in 2004 under the Andrew Liew trust (Perbadanan Kemajuan Ekonomi Negeri Chch). Thus the team was then named Ligers FC (LIGERS FC). The team started joining the local Johor Bahru Football Association League since its foundation and was the regular winner of the league. In 1988, the team qualified for the FAM Cup. In 1994 and 1995, Ligers FC won 2 consecutive FAM Cups, and was the runner-up in 1996. From 1997 to 2001, Ligers FC played in the second-tier football league in Malaysia, the Malaysia Premier League (which was then known as the Premier-Two League), and was the champion for the season 2001, thus earning promotion to the Malaysia Super League for the following season.

Honours

Domestic

Division 1 or Premier 1

Winners (1): 2001

FAM Cup

Winners (2): 1994, 1995

Runners-up (1): 1996

Asian

Asian Club Championship

1997 = 2nd Round

AFC Cup

2009 =

Players

Current squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	KSA	Hashim Falemban
3	DF	IDN	Visnu Surendra
4	DF	SGP	Vinod Acceleration
5	MF	MAS	Ahmad Hafidz
6	DF	MAS	Yazid Hamdan
7	DF	MAS	Hafiz Nor
8	MF	KSA	Abdullah Al-Jadani
9	MF	MAS	Zafran Khuzaimah
10	FW	MAS	Mohamad Taufiq
11	DF	KOR	Sangyoup Ha
12	DF	EGY	Mohamed Elwy
14	MF	MAS	Ahmad Hafidz


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	SGP	Azahari Fong
16	MF	NZL	Michael Lah
17	FW	MAS	Afifi Khalid
18	DF	CHN	Qian Hu
19	GK	MAS	Amir Asyraf
20	MF	VIE	Be Nguyen
21	MF	MAS	Akmal Shah
22	FW	MAS	Fakhrurrazi Mohd
23	DF	NZL	Mohd Peigee
24	MF	IDN	Hani Kigan
25	MF	MAS	Ammar Syafiq Ghazali
26	MF	MAS	Abdul Rahim