Kuala Lumpur have ap­­pointed former international Razip Ismail as the chief coach of their team for next season’s Premier League.

Razip, a member of the KL side who won the Malaysia Cup for three consecutive seasons from 1987, was the caretaker coach of the team last season. He replaces Gede Heinz Jurgen of Germany, who was released after the Premier League campaign in which KL finished second from bottom of the 13-team competition.