Selangor FA

Selangor

Full name	Persatuan Bolasepak Selangor (Football Association of Selangor)
Nickname(s)	Gergasi Merah (The Red Giants)
Founded	22 February 1936 (77 years ago)
Ground	Shah Alam Stadium
Ground Capacity	80,372
President	Azmin Ali
Coach	Mehmet Durakovic
League	Malaysia Super League
2014	Malaysia Super League, 2nd
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The Football Association of Selangor (Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Selangor), also simply known as Selangor, is a Malaysian association football club representing the state of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The team currently playing in Malaysia Super League, the top division of Malaysian football league and the 80,372-capacity Stadium Shah Alam has been the home ground since 1994.^[1]

Selangor FA is the most successful club in Malaysia, in terms of overall titles won. Domestically, Selangor FA won a record 32 Malaysia Cup, 6 first division titles, 5 FA Cup, 8 Charity Shield, 13 King's Gold Cups and 1 Agong's Cup.

Selangor FA have completed treble in 1997, 2005 and 2009. In 1984 the treble covered the Malaysia Cup, League Champion and Charity Shield. Both 1997 and 2005 trebles covered the Domestic Cup Double (Malaysia Cup and FA Cup) while the 2009 treble covered the Double (Super League and FA Cup). 1997 was the most successful year for them as they won 4 trophies (Malaysia Cup, FA Cup, Charity Cup and King's Gold Cup) and runners-up for Agong's Cup.

History

Prior to the Football Association of Selangor formally established, there were only association that manages the internal state league, known as the AFL (Selangor Association Football League) was formed in 1905. The first trophy at stake is sponsored by the British residents of Selangor state when then R.G. Watson. Even previously reported, the association led by British residents at that time.

In 1926, the internal political crisis led to some association officials withdrew separately and then formed an association called Selangor Football Association (SFA).

Dispute between the AFL and the SFA continued almost ten years before the two sides back to the negotiating table for the betterment of football country. Finally both associations joined officially on February 22, 1936, under the name of the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) or the Football Association of Selangor.

But the outbreak of the Second World War have hamper FAS efforts to develop domestic football. Efforts began aggressively once the war ended, with the first official presidential FAS is none other than the Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj.

FAS original headquarter was at the old MCA building in Jalan Ampang, before the construction of Wisma FAS in 1973 at the Merdeka Stadium on Datuk Harun Idris own efforts (also Chief Minister of Selangor at the time) and team manager, Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah. In the mid-1990s, FAS moved again to Wisma FAS in Kelana Jaya until now.

Between those responsible for the success of the Red Yellow team are the likes of the presidents: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj, Datuk Harun Idris, Datuk Aini Taib, Tan Sri Muhammad Haji Muhammad Taib, Tengku Ahmad Shah; team managers: Tan Sri Hamzah Abu Samah, Mohd Noor Thursday, Mazlan Harun, Dr Nordin Selat, Datuk Mokhtar Ahmad; coaches: M Chandran, Khaidir Buyong, Ken Worden and many other characters that are not mentioned here.

The state also has many football stars who brought glory to the country and the nation as Abdul Ghani Minhat, the legend of the late Mokhtar Dahari, Santokh Singh, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Wong Choon Wah, Khan Hung Meng, Azman Adnan and many more.^[2]

Stadium

Shah Alam Stadium

Location	Section 13, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
Owner	Shah Alam City Council
Operator	Selangor FA
Capacity	80,372
Surface	Grass pitch Track
Construction
Broke ground	1 January 1990
Opened	16 July 1994
Construction cost	RM460 million
Architect	Hijjaz Kasturi
Tenants
Selangor FA (1994–present)

Football Association of Selangor's stadium is the Shah Alam Stadium. The stadium is situated in the state capital of Selangor, Shah Alam. The stadium has been Selangor's home since July 1994, when the club moved from Merdeka Stadium.^[3]

Selangor have used several grounds during their history: after playing home matches at Selangor Club Padang (now known as Dataran Merdeka), the club settled at Merdeka Stadium during the era of Tunku Abdul Rahman as the club's president, its home for 38 years, before moving to Shah Alam Stadium after its completion in 1994.

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Division 1/Malaysia Super League
  • Winners (7): 1980, 1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2009, 2010
• Division 2/Malaysia Premier League
  • Winners (2): 1993, 2005
• Division 3/Malaysia FAM League
  • Winners (7): 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972

Cups

• Malaysia Cup
  • Winners (32): 1922, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1949, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2005
• FA Cup
  • Winners (5): 1991, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009
• Charity Shield
  • Winners (8): 1984, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2009, 2010

Performance in AFC competitions

AFC Champions League

• 1967: Final (lost to Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2)
• 1970: Group stage (Group A)
• 1986: Group stage – 2nd Round (Group D)
• 1997–98: 1st Round (East Asia – lost to South China 0–2 on aggregate)
• 1998–99: 2nd Round (East Asia – lost to Pohang Steelers 1–10 on aggregate)
• 2001–02: 1st Round (East Asia – lost to Dalian Shide 0–7 on aggregate)

AFC Cup

• 2006: Quarter-final (lost to Al-Nejmeh 0–1 on aggregate)
• 2010: Group stage (Group F)
• 2013: Round of 16 (lost to New Radiant 0–2 on aggregate)
• 2014: Group stage (Group F)

Players

Current squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)
Goalkeepers
1	Muhd Syamim Othman		GK
21	Mohd Hamsani Ahmad		GK
22	Norazlan Razali		GK
Defenders
2	Robert Cornthwaite		CB / RB
3	Mohd Azmi Muslim		LB / LW
4	Mohd Shazlan Alias		RB
5	Muhd Shahrom Abdul Kalam (Captain)		CB / RB
6	S. Subramaniam		CB / RB / DM
12	Mohd Bunyamin Umar		RB / CB / DM
15	Mohd Raimi Mohd Nor		LW / LB
17	Mohd Rizal Fahmi Abdul Rosid		CB
Midfielders
7	Andik Vermansyah		RW / LW / AM
8	Leandro Dos Santos		AM / ST
10	Nazmi Faiz		CM
16	Saiful Ridzuan Selamat		DM / CM
18	K. Thanaraj		LW / RW
20	Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq		RB / RW
23	S. Veenod		DM / CM
24	Mohd Fitri Shazwan Raduwan		RW
25	K. Gurusamy		CM / DM
Forwards
9	Thamil Arasu Ambumamee		ST
11	Ahmad Hazwan Bakri		ST / LW
13	Guilherme de Paula Lucrécio		ST
14	Abdul Hadi Yahya		ST
19	Mohd Afiq Azmi		ST

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015

President's Cup squad (U-21)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohd Aniis Ismail 2 MF Zain Azraai Sulaiman 3 DF Mohd Shafiq Imran Omar 4 DF Zaiful Abdul Hakim 5 MF Muhd Hardee Shamsuri 6 DF Mohd Nor Iqbal Zulklifli Bin Mohd Noor 7 MF Muhd Hafiz Mohd Johar 8 MF Muhd Haziq Rezal 9 FW Sugunthan a/l Maniam 10 FW K. Satish 11 DF Muhammad Fares Bin Ahmad 12 MF Mohd Ridhwan Johan 13 FW Mohamad Azamudin Che Rusli

No. Position Player 14 DF Salamon Raj a/l Adaickalam 15 DF Jayrao a/l Sathia Seelan 16 MF Abdul Raqib Abdul Razak 17 MF Mohammad Amir Shafiz Mohd Anuar 18 DF Kannan a/l Kalaiselvan 19 MF Naven a/l Devarajoo 20 DF Mohd Azrul Razman 21 MF Muhammad Hazim Mohd Azmi 22 GK Mohd Faiz Abdul Khalid 23 DF Nurariff Daniel Zulkahar 24 MF Mohamad Azman Mohamad Nor 25 MF Zhafri Yahya

Youth Cup squad (U-19)

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Muhammad Hazeq Nordin 2 DF Muhammad Syahir Ahram 3 DF Muhammad Syukri Azman 4 MF K. Sarkunan 5 DF N. Dhinesh 6 MF 7 MF Muhammad Rahmat Zainol 8 MF Kesavan a/l Loganathan 9 FW Mohammad Shazwan Shah Mohd Rahim 10 FW Muhammad Alif Saiddatul Azman 11 MF Mohd Faizuddin Mohd Abidin 12 MF Abdul Haziq 13 MF Mohd Asraff Hayqal Kamal

No. Position Player 14 FW Mohamad Afiq Mohd Azam 15 DF 16 DF Ainol Iskadar Mahsun 17 MF Kugan a/l Dhevarajoo 18 DF 19 MF Mohd Amirul Syafieq Muhd Isa Sham 20 DF C. Vasuthevan 21 MF Muhammad Nor Iman Mazlan 22 GK Amirul Aiman Amran 23 GK Nor Eqram Azray Suzhaimi 24 DF Mohd Iskandar Azma 25 FW Mohd Fazrul Fahriz 41 FW S. Linggeswaran

Source:^[4]

Kit manufacturers & shirt sponsors

Selangor's shirts have been made by manufacturers by Admiral (1978), Puma (from the 1982 until 1986), Adidas (1988)(2002)(2005–2010), Lotto (1993-2001), Kronos (2003-2004) and Kappa (2011- ). Like those of most other clubs, Selangor's shirts have featured sponsors since the 1980s; sponsors include Dunhill (1985–2004) Eon (1993), Courts (1998), Talam (2004), Celcom (2005), TM (2006-2008), Gapurna (2006-2008), Datum Corp (2010-2012), KDEB (2006-2009), Syabas (2006-2007), and MBI Group {Menteri Besar Incorporated} (2010-2012)(2014-2015).

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Azmin Ali[5]
General Manager	Amirudin Shari[6]
Assistant manager	Noor Hisham Mohd Ghouth[7]
Head coach	Mehmet Durakovic
Assistant coach	Anuar Abu Bakar
Assistant coach	P. Maniam
Fitness coach	Mashiedee Sulaiman
Goalkeeping coach	Abdul Rashid Hassan
Physiotherapist	Khidir Abd Karim Alfadli Ali
Kitman	Zurshydee Abu Samah
U21 Head coach	Nor Suhaimi Bahauddin
U21 Assistant coach	Muhd Nazliazmi Mohd Nasir
U21/U19 Fitness coach	Khairulanwar Mohd Isa
U21 Goalkeeper coach	Shuhaimi Abdul Hamid
U21 Physio	Mohd Fikri Hakim
U19 Head coach	Noor Zaidi Rohmat
U19 Assistant coach
U19 Goalkeeper coach

Coaches information

There have been 18 head coaches Selangor's first team since the appointment of the club's first professional coach, Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat in 1970. The longest-running coaches were Chow Kwai Lam (1979–83) & Dollah Salleh (2005–08).

Coaches since 1970–^[8]

Dates	Name	Notes
1970–1973	Abdul Ghani Minhat
1975–1978	M. Chandran
1979–1983	Chow Kwai Lam
1983–1985	Abdul Ghani Minhat
1986–1988	M. Chandran
1989	Stevan Bena
1989–1990	Khaidir Buyong
1991	Ken Worden
1992	M. Chandran
1993	Bernhard Schumm
1994–1996	Ken Worden
1997–1998	Steve Wicks
1998	Ismail Zakaria
1999	Mike Pejic
1999–2000	K. Rajagobal
2001–2002	Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2002–2004	Ken Worden
2004	Ruben Omar Larrosa
2004	Ismail Ibrahim
2005–2008	Dollah Salleh
2008–2011	K. Devan
2011–2013	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
2014–	Mehmet Durakovic

References

1. ↑ "Selangor FA history". www.vexil.my. 
2. ↑ "http://www.selangor.gov.my/english.php/pages/view/158". Official Portal Selangor State Government.  Missing or empty |url= (help)
3. ↑ "http://www.selangor.gov.my/english.php/pages/view/158". Official Portal Selangor State Government.  Missing or empty |url= (help)
4. ↑ "Pemain Pasukan Piala Belia". FAS. Retrieved 19 August 2014. 
5. ↑ "FAS Exco agrees for Mohamed Azmin to be the new President". selangorkini. Retrieved 20 November 2014. 
6. ↑ "Amirudin is the manager of Selangor football team". selangorkini. Retrieved 29 January 2015. 
7. ↑ "Amirudin is the manager of Selangor football team". selangorkini. Retrieved 29 January 2015. 
8. ↑ "Sejarah Pengurus & Jurulatih". FAS Official website (in Malay). Retrieved 29 January 2015. 

External links

• Selangor's Football Association Official Website

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