Selangor F.C. II

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., and 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 Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor (Malay: Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor) (KSR PKNS). The club formerly known as "PKNS F.C." was merged with Football Association of Selangor, then converted into a reserve team in part of the feeder club regulations for Selangor F.C. and rebranded to be known as Selangor F.C. II, which is currently playing in the Premier League season and holding home games at UiTM Stadium with a 10,000-seat capacity.

Selangor F.C. II
Full nameSelangor Football Club II
Nickname(s)Red Giants
Young Giants
Gergasi Merah
King of Malaya
Short nameSFC II
Founded1967 (1967), as Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor Football Club
2 October 2020 (2 October 2020), as Selangor Football Club II
GroundUiTM Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerRed Giants F.C. Sdn. Bhd.
ChairmanTengku Amir Shah
Head coachRusdi Suparman
LeagueMalaysia Premier League
2021Malaysia Premier League, 9th of 11
WebsiteClub website

Unlike in England, reserve teams in Malaysia play in the same football pyramid as their first team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their first team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to Malaysia Super League, the division in which their parent side competes. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the cup competitions.

The team is officially known as Selangor F.C. II on the club's official promotion and website, as Malaysian Football League, the governing body of Malaysia football League football system rules prohibit reserve teams from having different names than their parent team.

History

1967–2003: Beginnings

Selangor State Development Corporation, (Malay: Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor) (PKNS) has been involved in the sports arena since 1967 through the establishment of Sports and Recreation Club within the organization for their staff involved in sports and recreational activities. The PKNS Sports and Recreation Club has its own staff as a football player in the early stages. The club football team made its name between the 1970s to 1980s as one of the forces in the state of Selangor state that competes in the Selangor League in state-level and FAM League at the national level with famous players like Mokhtar Dahari, R. Arumugam, K. Rajagopal, Reduan Abdullah and Santokh Singh when the club played under the Selangor League competition and also serve as PKNS staff. At that time the FAM League only for the club team and Malaysia Cup for the state team.[1]

The club involvement in football has achieved many achievements. The club has produced a number of football players that not only succeed at the club level but also for the state, national and international levels. Their routine is to work and in the evening to practice for the company and the state of Selangor. PKNS sport and recreational club first won the FAM Cup together with Negeri Sembilan Indians in 1978 after both teams were tied 0-0. The following year, the club beat Hong Chin by a 2-1 decision to win the FAM Cup. Among the players that make up, this squad are K.Rajagobal and Mokhtar Dahari.

2004–2015: As PKNS FC

After winning the FAM Cup in 2003, the club formed a professional football team known PKNS Football Club (PKNS FC) in 2004 to compete in the Malaysia Premier League organized by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The club has been a regular to the domestics league when they achieved promotion to Premier League in 2004 season after became the champion of Malaysia FAM League the previous year.[2]

In 2012, PKNS FC extended its wings to the Malaysia Super League after winning the Premier League in 2011 season. The organization has allocated a sum of money to PKNS FC to support all age level teams that are under PKNS FC. These include first-team in Super League, under-21s team in President Cup, an amateur team in Selangor Super League, as well as under-17s team in KPM-FAM Youth Cup. The club has played in the country top division league, the Super League for several seasons before being relegated to the second division in 2014 season. But after spending two years in Premier League, the club achieved promotion back to the first division again after finish second in 2016 Malaysia Premier League season.

2016-2019: Privatization of PKNS F.C.

As part of privatization effort by Malaysian Football League (MFL), the organization body and company that operates and runs the Malaysian League to transform and move Malaysian football forward.[6][7]every club in Malaysia Super League and Malaysia Premier League will be required to obtain Football Association of Malaysia Club Licensing Regulations (FAM CLR) license in order to compete in Malaysian League. The team has been incorporated as a private company under the name PKNS Sports Sdn. Bhd.

In 2016 and has left its affiliation with Football Association of Selangor (FAS) in order to comply with the licensing requirement.[3] However, the club has chosen to affiliate itself with Selangor Malays Football Association in order to secure future fate for itself and its nine other youth teams during the conflict between itself and FAS when FAS decided to halt PKNS F.C. participation in 2017 Malaysia Super League.[4][5] It has been clarified by FAM that PKNS F.C. has not been needed to affiliate itself with any other FAM affiliates to compete in competition managed by MFL.[6]

This club had obtained the FAM CLR License to play in 2018 Malaysia Super League season and also obtained the AFC Club License and is eligible to play in either the 2018 AFC Champions League or 2018 AFC Cup if qualified on merit. In 2019 season also, the club able to obtain all club licensing as the previous season. At the end of 2019 season, the club "PKNS F.C." was then converted as a reserve team in part of the feeder club regulations for Selangor F.C. and rebranded to be known as Selangor F.C. II.

2020: Merging with Selangor F.C.

The team is officially known as Selangor F.C. II as part of Selangor F.C. project to create a new DNA of Selangor football for the all team age group under the guidance of Michael Feichtenbeiner which also will act as Technical Director and currently as head coach for Selangor F.C. (first team).

Start from 2020 season, as part of restructuring and rebranding as Selangor F.C. II the team kits will be the same as Selangor F.C. team. The kits been produced by the Spanish leading sportswear company, Joma and sponsored by official 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) contained the symbol of the wildebeest (gaurus). In the early-1970s, the FA of Selangor 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 logo is then completed by featuring the state's blazon on the top of it.

Main team

Selangor F.C.

Reserve Teams

Selangor F.C. IIISelangor F.C. IV

Kits

From the 2005s, the team kit was manufactured by various companies including Nike, Adidas, Lotto and Kappa.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2004 Adidas Dunhill
2005 TM Net
2005–06
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) (https://discord.com/invite/JT6ThGN3sp) 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.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS Syahmi Adib Haikal Shukri
6 MF  MAS Ikhwan Hafizo
7 MF  MAS Sharvin Selvakumaran
8 MF  MAS Khairu Anwar Khazali
9 MF  MAS Abdul Rahman Daud
11 FW  GHA George Attram (on loan from Accra Lions)
13 FW  MAS Nazrin Nasir
16 MF  MAS Saiful Iskandar Adha Saiful Azlan
20 GK  MAS Aqil Fadhly Yusop
23 DF  MAS Aidil Azuan
24 MF  GHA Alex Agyarkwa (on loan from Accra Lions)
28 DF  MAS Devesshraja Sathiahmoorthy
29 DF  MAS Faiz Amer Runnizar
30 MF  MYA Hein Htet Aung
No. Pos. Nation Player
38 DF  MAS Brandon Liew Jun Yuen
47 FW  MAS Khairi Suffian Khaineyusri
48 MF  MAS Azannis Adzri Halim
55 DF  MAS Iqmal Ramlan
56 MF  MAS Adib Hakimi Sabri
57 MF  MAS Khairul Naim Zainal Abidin
59 DF  MAS Izzul Adham Suhaimi
61 GK  MAS Alim Al Amri Ali
66 MF  MAS Haziq Zaki
68 DF  MAS Syaizwan Irfan Saide
75 DF  MAS Nik Umar Nik Azizi
77 MF  MAS Fahmi Daniel Zaaim
80 MF  MAS Saravanan Thirumurugan
88 MF  MAS Syazwan Salihin

Recent transfer

Management & Coaching Staff

Red Giants F.C. Sdn. Bhd.[11]

Position Name
Chairman Tengku Amir Shah
Board of Directors Shahril Mokhtar
Siti Zubaidah Abdul Jabar
Norita Mohd Sidek
Chief Executive Officer Johan Kamal Hamidon

Selangor Football Club

Position Name
Technical Director Michael Feichtenbeiner
First-team Manager Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
First-team Assistant Manager Nazzab Hidzan
Head Coach Michael Feichtenbeiner
Assistant Coach Karsten Neitzel
Mohd Nidzam Jamil
Goalkeeping Coach Mike Andrea Kost
Team Doctor Dr. Vijayan Munusamy
Physiotherapist Helber Richard
Marco Grimm
Strength & Conditioning Coach Mohd Khairul Anwar Md Isa
Fitness Assistant Amirol Azmi
Sport Psychologist Bryan Win
Masseur Halimee Yusoff
Fadhli Zahari
Team Analyst Norasrudin Sulaiman
Team Coordinator Mohd Faiz Ruslan
Team Security Mohd Hasni Hussin
Media Officer Mohd Ridwuan Mahamud
Kitman Azman Ahmad

Technical Staff

As of 6 June 2020
Position Name
Team Manager Sugumaran Parthasarathy
Assistant Manager Md Adi Harmizi Ariffin
Head Coach Rusdi Suparman
Assistant Coach Nazliazmi Mohd Nasir
Goalkeeping Coach Shuhaimi Abdul Hamid
Team doctor S.M. Wazien Wafa
Physiotherapist Muhd Nur Syaheer Rahmat
Mohd Nor Ashraf Amran
Seerla Ramanarajoo
Fitness Coach Mashidee Sulaiman
Rehabilitation Coach -
Psychologist -
Nutritionst -
Masseur Saiful Nizam Zakaria
Mohd Faizwan Abdul Malek
Team Analyst Gugan Ramulu
Match Analyst -
Team Coordinator Raja Fazureen Raja Restam Azhar
Team Security Mohamed Jasman Osman
Media Officer Nurfasihah Izni Malik
Kitman Adzrin Rashid

Manager

Years Name Notes
2003–2006 Azmi Adnan
2007–2012 Yaacob Jailani
2013 Azmi Adnan
2014–2019 Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
2020–present Sugumaran Parthasarathy

Head coach

Years Name Notes
2003–2008 Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad
2006–2008 Ismail Ibrahim
2008 K. Gunalan
2009–2013 Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2014 Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
2015–2017 E. Elavarasan Until 7 July 2017
2017 Adam Abdullah As a caretaker from 8 July 2017 until 16 July 2017
2017 Sven Gartung From 17 July 2017 until 21 November 2017
2017–2019 K. Rajagopal[12] From 22 November 2017
2019–present Michael Feichtenbeiner

Season by season record

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Season Domestics League Domestics Cup Top goalscorer
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos FA Cup
Founded: 1990
Malaysia Cup / Challenge Cup Name Goals Notes
2003 Malaysia FAM League 1st
2004 Malaysia Premier League 24 13 4 7 47 35 +12 43 6th Roman Chmelo 10 Goals count not include domestics cup competition
2005 Malaysia Premier League 21 13 2 6 46 25 +21 41 6th Roman Chmelo / Rudie Ramli 13 Goals count not include domestics cup competition
2006 Malaysia Premier League 21 11 6 4 39 25 +14 39 4th
2007 Malaysia Premier League 20 9 5 6 29 27 +2 32 3rd Quarter-finals
2008 Malaysia Premier League 24 5 7 12 27 38 -11 22 11th First round
2009 Malaysia Premier League 24 8 7 9 20 24 -4 31 7th First round Not qualified
2010 Malaysia Premier League 22 14 3 5 56 18 45 3rd Second round Group stage Zamri Hassan 20
2011 Malaysia Premier League 22 18 3 1 51 7 57 1st Second round Group stage Khairul Akhyar 11
2012 Malaysia Super League 26 8 11 7 35 35 35 7th First round Group stage Michaël Niçoise 7
2013 Malaysia Super League 22 8 4 10 34 34 28 8th Second round Quarter-finals Patrick Wleh 14
2014 Malaysia Super League 22 4 6 12 24 40 18 12th Quarter-finals Not qualified Patrick Wleh 4
2015 Malaysia Premier League 22 11 8 3 41 22 41 4th First round Quarter-finals Gabriel Guerra 16
2016 Malaysia Premier League 22 15 3 4 49 25 48 2nd Runners-up Quarter-finals Gabriel Guerra / Juan Cobelli 15
2017 Malaysia Super League 22 6 7 9 33 38 25 7th Second round Group stage Patrick Wleh 8
2018 Malaysia Super League 22 10 5 7 37 29 35 3rd Semi-finals Quarter-finals Bruno Matos / Rafael Ramazotti 7
2019 Malaysia Super League 22 5 6 11 37 28 -1 21 9th Quarte-finals Group stage Kpah Sherman 17
2020 Malaysia Premier League 11 4 1 6 17 23 -6 13 7th Cancelled[lower-alpha 1] Danial Asri 6
  1. Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honours

League

Cups

Source:[13]

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