Selangor F.C. Under-23
| Full name | Selangor Football Club II | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Red Giants Young Giants Gergasi Merah King of Malaya | |||
| Short name | SFC II | |||
| Founded | 1967, as Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Football Club 2 October 2020, as Selangor Football Club II | |||
| Dissolved | from 2022 | |||
| Ground | UiTM Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Owner | Red Giants F.C. Sdn. Bhd. | |||
| Chairman | Tengku Amir Shah | |||
| Head coach | Rusdi Suparman | |||
| League | Malaysia Premier League | |||
| 2021 | Malaysia Premier League, 9th of 11 | |||
| Website | https://www.selangorfc.com | |||
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Selangor Football Club II (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor 2), commonly referred to as Selangor F.C. II, is a professional Malaysian football reserve team club of Selangor F.C., based in Shah Alam, in the state of Selangor. The club are nicknamed the Young Giants. Founded in 1967 as part of the sports and recreation club for the Selangor State Development Corporation (Template:Lang-ms) (KSR PKNS). The club were formerly known as PKNS F.C. when the club was merged with the Football Association of Selangor, then converted into a reserve team (as part of the Malaysian Football League's feeder club regulations) under Selangor F.C. and were rebranded as Selangor F.C. II. The club are currently playing in the Malaysia Premier League and play their home games at UiTM Stadium with a 10,000-seater capacity.
Unlike in England, reserve teams in Malaysia play in the same football pyramid as their first team rather than a separate system. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their first team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to the Malaysia Super League, the division in which their parent side competes in. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter cup competitions other than the Malaysia Challenge Cup.
The team is officially known as Selangor F.C. II on the club's official promotion and website, as the Malaysian Football League, the governing body of the top two divisions in the Malaysian football league system has rules that prohibits reserve teams from having different names than their parent team.
History
1967–2003: Beginnings
The Selangor State Development Corporation (Template:Lang-ms) (PKNS) have been involved in the sporting arena since 1967 through the establishment of its Sports and Recreation Club within the organization for their staff to be involved in sports and recreational activities. The PKNS Sports and Recreation Club football team had its own staff as footballers in the early stages. The football team made its name between the 1970s to 1980s as one of the forces in the state of Selangor that competed in the Selangor League at state-level and the Malaysia FAM Cup at the national level with famous players like Mokhtar Dahari, R. Arumugam, K. Rajagopal, Reduan Abdullah and Santokh Singh, who also served as PKNS' staff. The Malaysia FAM Cup was opened to club teams from 1974 onwards while the Malaysia Cup was restricted to state teams, but some PKNS players appeared in both competitions.[1]
The club's involvement in football has seen many achievements. The club has produced a number of football players that not only succeeded at club level but also at state, national and international levels. Their routine was to work in the day and in the evening to practice for the company football club to play in state league and Malaysia FAM Cup games, with the possibility of also playing for the state of Selangor in the Malaysia Cup. PKNS' Sport and Recreational Club first won the Malaysia FAM Cup together with Negeri Sembilan Indians in 1978 after both teams were tied 0-0. The following year, the club beat Hong Chin 2-1 to win the Malaysia FAM Cup. Among the players that made up this squad were K. Rajagobal, Mokhtar Dahari, Santokh Singh and R. Arumugam who were also regular fixtures of the Selangor state team.
2004–2015: As PKNS FC
After winning the Malaysia FAM Cup in 2003, the club was formed as a professional football team known as PKNS Football Club (PKNS FC) in 2004 to compete in the newly-formed Malaysia Premier League which was organized by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The club became a regular in the league after they achieved promotion to the league in 2004 as champions of the Malaysia FAM Cup the previous year, staying in the division for the rest of the 2000s.[2]
In 2012, PKNS FC extended its wings to the Malaysia Super League after winning the Malaysia Premier League in the 2011 season. The organization had allocated a sum of money to PKNS FC in order to support all age level teams that are under the PKNS FC banner. These included the first team in the Malaysia Super League, the Under-21 team in the President Cup, an amateur team in the Selangor League, as well as the Under-17 team in the KPM-FAM Youth Cup. The club played in the country's top division league, the Malaysia Super League for several seasons before being relegated to the Malaysia Premier League in the 2014 season. But after spending two years in the Malaysia Premier League, the club achieved promotion back to the Malaysia Super League after finishing second in 2016.
2016-2019: Privatization of PKNS F.C.
As part of the privatization effort by the Malaysian Football League (MFL), the organization body and company that operates and runs the Malaysian League, to transform and move Malaysian football forward.[3][4] Every club in the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League were required to obtain a Football Association of Malaysia Club Licensing Regulations (FAM CLR) license in order to compete in the Malaysian League. The team was incorporated as a private company under the name of PKNS Sports Sdn. Bhd.
In 2016, PKNS F.C. left its affiliation with the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) in order to comply with the licensing requirement.[5] The club however chose to affiliate itself with the Selangor Malays Football Association in order to secure its future and along with its nine other youth teams during the conflict between itself and the FAS when the FAS decided to halt PKNS F.C.'s participation in the 2017 Malaysia Super League.[3][6] It was clarified by the FAM that PKNS F.C. did not need to affiliate itself with any other FAM affiliates to compete in any competition managed by the MFL.[4]
The club obtained the FAM CLR License to play in the 2018 Malaysia Super League and also obtained the AFC Club License and was eligible to play in either the 2018 AFC Champions League or the 2018 AFC Cup if the club qualified on merit. In 2019, the club were also able to obtain all club licenses as the previous season. At the end of the 2019 season, PKNS F.C. were then converted as a reserve team (as part of the feeder club regulations in the Malaysian Football League) under Selangor F.C. and were rebranded as Selangor F.C. II.
2020: Merging with Selangor F.C.
The team is now officially known as Selangor F.C. II as part of Selangor F.C.'s project to create a new DNA for football in Selangor as well as a developmental path for the other reserve sides under the Selangor F.C. banner, with the guidance of Michael Feichtenbeiner who also acts as the parent club's technical director. Starting from 2020 season, as part of the restructuring and rebranding as Selangor F.C. II, the team kits will be the same as first team. The kits are produced by the Spanish sportswear company, Joma and are officially sponsored by Joma Malaysia.
Brand and identity
Crest and colours
The original emblem that was first created in 1936 was a result of the merger between the Selangor Football Association (SFA) and Selangor Association Football League (SAFL) that contained the symbol of the wildebeest (gaurus). In the early-1970s, the FA of Selangor's symbol, the head of the wildebeest, was replaced with the Flag and coat of arms of Selangor and the English lettering in the FA of Selangor emblem was written in Malay.
The crest is shaped like a shield, while the emblem on the upper part of the crest is derived from the Selangor State Council coat of arms. The colour characteristics on the crest is the main colour of the state of Selangor which symbolizes Bravery for red and Royalty for yellow.[7] Both of these colors are linked to the state flag which follows the identity of Selangor. The crest is then completed by featuring the state's blazon on the top of it.
Main team
Reserve Teams
• Selangor F.C. III • Selangor F.C. IV
Kits
From the 2000s, the team kit was manufactured by various companies including Nike, Adidas, Lotto and Kappa.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2004 | Adidas | Dunhill |
| 2005 | TM Net | |
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| 2006–07 | ||
| 2007-08 | Celcom | |
| 2009 | Nike | Streamyx |
| 2010 | wanga | TM |
| 2011 | Kappa | PKNS |
| 2012–2014 | Lotto | |
| 2015–2018 | Kappa | |
| 2019 | Lotto | |
| 2020–2023 | Joma[8] | PKNS & Vizione |
Social media
The online presence is believed to be one of the strongest amongst the clubs in Malaysia. Official sites selangorfc.com run by the club include Facebook (Selangor FC), YouTube (Selangor FC), Instagram (@selangorfc) (@rgphysioclinic), Twitter (@selangorfc), TikTok (@selangor_fc), Non-fungible token (selangorfc.com/nft[9]) and Discord (software) (Template:Discord) pages which fans can follow and receive the latest information about the club news, match, etc.
Grounds
Stadium
Training Centre
Players
Current squad
- As of 2 March 2022[10]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Recent transfer
Management & Coaching Staff
Red Giants F.C. Sdn. Bhd.[11]
| Position | Name |
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| Chairman |  Tengku Amir Shah
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| Board of Directors | Shahril Mokhtar Siti Zubaidah Abdul Jabar Norita Mohd Sidek |
| Chief Executive Officer | Johan Kamal Hamidon
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Selangor Football Club
| Position | Name |
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| Technical Director |  Michael Feichtenbeiner
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| First-team Manager | Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
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| First-team Assistant Manager | Nazzab Hidzan
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| Head Coach | Michael Feichtenbeiner
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| Assistant Coach | Karsten Neitzel
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| Mohd Nidzam Jamil
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Mike Andrea Kost
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| Team Doctor | Dr. Vijayan Munusamy
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| Physiotherapist |  Helber Richard
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| Marco Grimm
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| Strength & Conditioning Coach | Mohd Khairul Anwar Md Isa
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| Fitness Assistant | Amirol Azmi
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| Sport Psychologist | Bryan Win
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| Masseur | Halimee Yusoff
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| Fadhli Zahari
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| Team Analyst | Norasrudin Sulaiman
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| Team Coordinator | Mohd Faiz Ruslan
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| Team Security | Mohd Hasni Hussin
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| Media Officer | Mohd Ridwuan Mahamud
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| Kitman | Azman Ahmad
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Technical Staff
- As of 6 June 2020
| Position | Name |
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| Team Manager | Sugumaran Parthasarathy
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| Assistant Manager | Md Adi Harmizi Ariffin
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| Head Coach | Rusdi Suparman
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| Assistant Coach | Nazliazmi Mohd Nasir
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Shuhaimi Abdul Hamid
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| Team doctor | S.M. Wazien Wafa
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| Physiotherapist | Muhd Nur Syaheer Rahmat
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| Mohd Nor Ashraf Amran
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| Seerla Ramanarajoo
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| Fitness Coach | Mashidee Sulaiman
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| Rehabilitation Coach | - |
| Psychologist | - |
| Nutritionst | - |
| Masseur | Saiful Nizam Zakaria
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| Mohd Faizwan Abdul Malek
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| Team Analyst | Gugan Ramulu
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| Match Analyst | - |
| Team Coordinator | Raja Fazureen Raja Restam Azhar
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| Team Security | Mohamed Jasman Osman
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| Media Officer | Nurfasihah Izni Malik
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| Kitman | Adzrin Rashid
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Managerial history
Manager
| Years | Name | Notes |
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| 2003–2006 | Azmi Adnan
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| 2007–2012 | Yaacob Jailani
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| 2013 | Azmi Adnan
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| 2014–2019 | Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
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| 2020–present | Sugumaran Parthasarathy
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Head coach
| Years | Name | Notes |
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| 2003–2008 | Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad
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| 2006–2008 | Ismail Ibrahim
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| 2008 | K. Gunalan
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| 2009–2013 | Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
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| 2014 | Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
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| 2015–2017 | E. Elavarasan
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Until 7 July 2017 |
| 2017 | Adam Abdullah
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As a caretaker from 8 July 2017 until 16 July 2017 |
| 2017 | Sven Gartung
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From 17 July 2017 until 21 November 2017 |
| 2017–2019 | K. Rajagopal[12]
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From 22 November 2017 |
| 2019–present | Michael Feichtenbeiner
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Season by season record
1st or Champions 2nd or Runner-up 3rd place Promotion Relegation
- ^ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Honours
Domestic
League
- Malaysia Premier League
- Malaysia FAM League
- Winners (3): 1978, 1979, 2003
Cups
- Malaysia FA Cup
- Runners-up (1): 2016
Source:[13]
References
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Malaysia - List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "PKNS Tidak Bernaung Di Bawah FAS". Stadiumastro.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Latar Belakang Jata Negara & Bendera Negeri Malaysia: Latar Belakang Bendera dan Lambang Negeri-Negeri Malaysia". Sivik2010.blogspot.com. 14 July 2010. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "SFC Extended Partnership With Joma Until 2023". selangorfc.com. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
- ^ "RGNFC". Retrieved 13 December 2021.
{{cite web}}:|archive-date=requires|archive-url=(help) - ^ "Selangor 2". cms.fam.org.my. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ Zainal, Zulhilmi (2 October 2020). "Selangor reveal 'new' crest and name following privatisation approval". goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ^ "'King Gobal' Diumumkan Sebagai Jurulatih Baharu PKNS FC". Semuanyabola.com. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "Sejarah Pencapaian PKNS FC". Selangorpknsfc.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
External links
- FA Selangor (official website)
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