The Perak Football Association (Pafa) will receive almost RM7.8 million in sponsorship from 44 agencies and companies in the state to strengthen the ‘Bos Gaurus’ team for the 2016 Super League season.

Among the agencies and companies sponsoring the Perak state team are the Perak Water Board (LAP) which is sponsoring RM3 million and sports equipment company, Al-Ikhsan sponsoring RM500,000.

Pafa president Abdul Puhat Mat Nayan said the sponsorships would inspire the Perak state team to work harder to ensure success for the team this year.

“The Perak team will always endeavour to improve its performance especially in facing the matches during the current Super League season beginning in Feburary,” he said at the Pafa dinner in Ipoh last night.

Also present were Perak Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir and Pafa deputy president Shahrul Zaman Yahya, who is also the manager of the Bos Gaurus.

At the function, Pafa also introduced the 22 players for the Perak squad for this season, including three new imports, two of whom were from Uzbekistan namely Vokhid Shodiev and Oybek Kiliche as well as Elias Fernandes de Oliveira from Brazil.

- Bernama