| Club: | Negeri Sembilan |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Manager: | K. Devan |
| Mgrtitle: | Head Coach |
| Chairman: | Tunku Syed Razman ibni al-Marhum Tunku Syed 'Idrus al-Qadri |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium |
| League: | Super League |
| League Result: | 9th |
| Cup1: | Malaysia FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | Malaysia Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Round of 16 |
| League Topscorer: | (6 goals) Shahrel Fikri |
| Season Topscorer: | (7 goals) Shahrel Fikri & Casagrande |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,427 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 March 2023 |
| Lowest Attendance: | 452 vs Kuala Lumpur 14 May 2023 |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
| Pattern La1: | _nsfc23H |
| Pattern B1: | _nsfc23H |
| Pattern Ra1: | _nsfc23H |
| Pattern Sh1: | _nsfc23H |
| Pattern So1: | _nsfc23H |
| Leftarm1: | FF0000 |
| Body1: | FF0000 |
| Rightarm1: | FF0000 |
| Shorts1: | FF0000 |
| Socks1: | FF0000 |
| Pattern B2: | _nsfc23A |
| Pattern La2: | _nsfc23A |
| Pattern Ra2: | _nsfc23A |
| Pattern Sh2: | _nsfc23A |
| Pattern So2: | _nsfc23A |
| Leftarm2: | FBF134 |
| Body2: | FBF134 |
| Rightarm2: | FBF134 |
| Shorts2: | 000 |
| Socks2: | FBF134 |
The 2023 season is Negeri Sembilan's 100th year in their history and 11th season in Malaysia Super League since it was first introduced in 2004. Also it was the 2nd season in the Malaysia Super League since promoted from Malaysia Premier League in 2021. Along with the league, the club also compete in the Malaysia Cup and Malaysia FA Cup in 2023.
On 7 January 2023, NSFC announced a new sponsor for 2023. The new sponsor is the clothing brand company Kelme. It has been informed that Kelme will sponsor NSFC for 2 years with a sponsorship value of RM1.7 million. Kelme will provide kits for the Super League, Under-23 League, President cup and Youth Cup teams starting this year.[1]
On 8 January, the club officially announced several new signing players. Among them were Shahrel Fikri,[2] Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar,[3] Tommy Mawat Bada, Farid Nezal,[4] Mahalli Jasuli,[5] Sikh Izhan Nazrel,[6] Firdaus Irman, Hafiz Ramdan,[7] and Filemon Anyie. The club also signed brothers from Petaling Jaya City FC, Barathkumar Ramaloo and Aroon Kumar.[8] In addition, the club retained one import player, Hérold Goulon, and added four new import players to the squad: Casagrande, Vinicius Leonel, [9] Safuwan Baharudin, [10] and Levy Madinda. [11]
On March 6, 2023, Negeri Sembilan lost to JDT 7-0 at home. This defeat was witnessed by tens of thousands of NSFC fans, and it was the worst defeat of the 2023 season. The last time the team lost badly to JDT was in the 2022 season with a 5-0 defeat at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium. [12]
On May 27, the club lost to Selangor in the FA Cup quarterfinals for 2023. The 3-1 defeat ended the club's journey in the FA Cup. The match took place at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium in Paroi. [13]
[14] Remarks:
| Position | Staff |
|---|---|
| Chief executive officer | Satwant Singh |
| Chief operating officer | Firdaus Bahri |
| Technical director | Ishak Kunju |
| Manager | Devan E. Kuppusamy |
| Head coach | |
| Assistant head coach | Nantha Kumar Kalliappan |
| Assistant coach | Ahmad Osman |
| Goalkeeper coach | Megat Amir Faisal |
| Fitness coach | Nor Ikhmar Madarsa |
| Team doctor |  Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim |
| Dr. Zakwan Ahmad | |
| Physiotherapist | Fakhrusy Syakirin Bin Yaacob |
| Team admin | Muhammad Adib Fikri Lukman |
| Media Officer | Muhammad Suffi Zharith Sahar |
| Team security | Anuar Abd Rahman |
| Team analyst | Muhammad Aiman Danial Mat Aris |
| Masseur | Mohd Khalid bin Mohamed Sain |
| Zahari Mazlan | |
| Kitman | Muhamad Firdaus Kamaruzli |
| Sharizal Mat Shah |
| 8 January 2023 | FW | Shahrel Fikri | Selangor | Free | ||
| 9 January 2023 | MF | Barathkumar Ramaloo | Petaling Jaya City | Free | ||
| DF | Aroon Kumar | Petaling Jaya City | Free | |||
| 10 January 2023 | GK | Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar | Sarawak United | Free | ||
| 12 January 2023 | MF | Tommy Mawat Bada | Sabah | Free | ||
| FW | Mahalli Jasuli | Petaling Jaya City | Free | |||
| 13 January 2023 | DF | Zainal Abidin Jamil | Petaling Jaya City | Free | ||
| MF | Hasbullah Abu Bakar | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Free | |||
| 14 January 2023 | GK | Firdaus Irman | PDRM FC | Free | ||
| MF | Hafiz Ramdan | Sri Pahang | Free | |||
| 15 January 2023 | DF | Filemon Anyie | Petaling Jaya City | Free | ||
| GK | T. Shaheeswaran | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Free | |||
| 17 January 2023 | DF | Farid Nezal | Perak | Free | ||
| 21 February 2023 | FW | Casagrande | Penang | Free | ||
| MF | Vinicius Leonel | CEOV Operário | Free | |||
| 22 February 2023 | DF | Safuwan Baharudin | Selangor | Free | ||
| Transferred in mid-season | ||||||
| 1 August 2023 | FW | Youssef Ezzejjari | Khon Kaen United | Free | [16] | |
| 1 December 2022 | MF | Adib Faris | KL City Extension | Free | ||
| GK | Syihan Hazmi | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Free | |||
| DF | Khuzaimi Piee | Selangor | Free | |||
| FW | Matheus Alves | Released | ||||
| 29 December 2022 | DF | A. Namathevan | Penang | Free | ||
| 1 January 2023 | DF | Khair Jones | Kuala Lumpur City | Free | ||
| DF | Zulkhairi Zulkeply | KSR SAINS | Free | |||
| 13 January 2023 | DF | Izaffiq Ruzi | PDRM FC | Free | ||
| 19 January 2023 | FW | Gustavo | Al-Nasr SC | Free | ||
| 3 February 2023 | MF | Yashir Pinto | Universidad de Concepción | Free | ||
| 23 February 2023 | MF | Omid Nazari | Terengganu | Free | ||
| Transferred out mid-season | ||||||
| 20 June 2023 | MF | Vinicius Leonel | Released | |||
| 13 July 2023 | MF | Safuwan Baharudin | Selangor | Free | [17] | |
| 17 January 2023 | End of season | GK | Sikh Izhan Nazrel | Selangor | ||
| 1 February 2023 | 19 July 2023 | MF | Lévy Madinda | Johor Darul Ta'zim | [18] [19] | |
| Loan in mid-season | ||||||
| 1 August 2023 | End of season | FW | Hein Htet Aung | Selangor | [20] | |
| 1 February 2023 | End of season | GK | T. Shaheeswaran | Perak | |
| 7 February 2023 | End of season | GK | Kaharuddin Rahman | KSR SAINS | |
| Loan out mid-season | |||||
| 8 August 2023 | End of season | FW | N. Javabilaarivin | Immigration | |
| 11 August 2023 | End of season | GK | Khairul Fahmi Jamariza | PIB FC | |
| DF | Muhammad Kama Edyka Azhar | BRM FC | |||
| DF | Muhammad Ilham Syukri Jamalluddin | ||||
| MF | Mohamad Norazizi Mohd Khalid | SAINS | |||
| MF | Muhammad Rusydan Wahid Anuar | ||||
See main article: 2023 Malaysia Super League.
Match schedule source:[21]
See main article: 2023 Malaysia Cup.
See main article: 2023 Malaysia FA Cup.
Key: (1) = Super League; (3) = M3 League
|-! colspan="16" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center"| Players transferred out during the season|-|}
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia FA Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23 | GK | Sikh Izhan Nazrel | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 29 | GK | Muhaimin Mohamad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 1 | GK | Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 31 | GK | Firdaus Irman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
Currently plays in the MFL Cup tournament. This reserve league dedicated to players under the age of 23. The MFL has also allowed a quota of 5 over-age players, including 3 foreign players in each team with only 2 players allowed to play for each match.[22]
Remarks:
Currently plays in the President Cup tournament.