UPB-MyTeam F.C.

For information about the reality TV series, see MyTeam (Malaysian TV series).

UPB MyTeam FC
Full name MyTeam Football Club
Nickname(s) "The Revolution"
Founded 2006
Ground Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
Capacity 25,000
Chairman Tan Chee Yioun
Manager Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah
League Malaysia Super League

UPB MyTeam Football Club is a defunct Malaysian football club which formerly competed in the top tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League. The team's home stadium was the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

The club as it exists today was the result of a merger of UPB Football Club and MyTeam (a football team created through the Malaysian reality TV show MyTeam) prior to the 2006-07 Malaysian football season.

History

Launched in 2006, the TV3 reality TV series MyTeam brought together a squad of soccer players from around Malaysia with no professional playing experience known as "MyTeam". The show followed the team as it was selected through trials and then trained and coached by the former Malaysian international footballer Shebby Singh, before taking on the Malaysia national football team in an exhibition match. MyTeam lost 2-1 to the national team in the exhibition game on 28 May 2006. The show generated considerable interest. MyTeam was subsequently invited to join the Malaysia Premier League for the 2006-07 season.

UPB FC was an ailing football club sponsored by the Malaysian United Plantations Berhad (UPB) company, based in Teluk Intan, Perak. (When it was first formed, the club had been known as Jenderata FC.) The club was poised to "go the way of the dinosaur" before the politician Khairy Jamaluddin, who along with radio DJ Jason Lo was the co-creator and Executive Producer of the MyTeam series, decided to take over the club and form a base for MyTeam to became a professional competitive team. The name UPB-MyTeam FC was adopted upon UPB FC's management's request (however it has been speculated that the "UPB" will be dropped from the club's name at some point in the future). Khairy Jamaluddin and Jason Lo became the club's President and Deputy President, and Bojan Hodak of Croatia was hired to become the team's coach.

UPB MyTeam FC finished the 2006-07 Malaysia Premier League season as runners-up behind PDRM FA, and as a result were promoted to the Malaysia Super League 2007-08 season.

A second season of the reality TV show, MyTeam2, was broadcast in 2007 (MyTeam2 took on the Indonesian national football team, losing 2-0). Three players from MyTeam2 (Muhamad Noor Hassan, Mohan a/l R. Azmi and Mohd Hisham Hashim) have joined the UPB MyTeam FC squad for the 2007-08 Malaysian Super League season.

UPB MyTeam FC held a trial on 1 and 2 November 2008 at Stadium Bukit Jalil to select 17 players for the 2008 President Cup.Unfortunately, the club was dissolved in year 2009. Currently, the club management has decided rebuilt the club with the same name and reported to join the Selangor FAS State League in 2013.

Honours

Title Winners Runners-up
Division 1/Premier 1/Premier League 2007 (1x)

Selangor XII

No. Position(s) Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Last Club
Goalkeepers
22 GK Norazlan Razali Malaysia Johor 19 December 1985 Selangor Selangor FA
21 GK Hamsani Ahmad Malaysia Negeri Sembilan 25 February 1976 Selangor Selangor FA
1 GK Syamim Othman Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 6 January 1990 Selangor Selangor FA
Defenders
12 RB, CB, DM Bunyamin Umar Malaysia Kedah 7 January 1988 Selangor Selangor FA
20 RB, RM Azrif Nasrulhaq Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 27 May 1991 Selangor Selangor FA
3 LB, LM Azmi Muslim Malaysia Penang 17 October 1986 Selangor Selangor FA
4 LB, LM Zameer Zainun Malaysia Selangor 29 August 1990 Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur FA
2 CB Javier Cohene State of Palestine Paraguay 3 June 1987 Serbia FK Borac Cacak
5 CB, RB Shahrom Kalam Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 15 September 1985 Selangor Selangor FA
17 CB Rizal Fahmi Rosid Malaysia Kelantan 1 May 1986 Selangor Selangor FA
6 CB Subramaniam Sooryapparad Malaysia Perak 31 August 1985 Selangor Selangor FA
Midfielders
25 CM, DM Gurusamy Kandasamy Malaysia Selangor 11 January 1989 Selangor Selangor FA
16 CM, DM Saiful Ridzuan Selamat Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 16 March 1992 Selangor Selangor FA
23 CM, AM, RB Gan Seng Ling Malaysia Australia 3 June 1988 Kelantan Kelantan FA
10 CM Nazmi Faiz Mansor Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 16 August 1994 Selangor Selangor FA
8 AM, CM Hendrik Helmke Germany 27 July 1987 Egypt Al Ahly SC
9 AM, CF Sivanesan Shanmugam Malaysia Selangor 28 December 1990 Negeri Sembilan NS Matrix F.C.
7 RM, LM Andik Vermansyah Indonesia 23 November 1991 Selangor Selangor FA
26 RM, LM Christie Jayaseelan Malaysia Selangor 18 August 1986 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
24 RM, LM Fitri Shazwan Raduwan Malaysia Selangor 8 December 1987 Selangor Selangor FA
18 LM, LB, CF Fitri Omar Malaysia Selangor 25 June 1985 Kelantan Kelantan FA
15 LM, LB Raimi Nor Malaysia Selangor 4 April 1986 Selangor Selangor FA
Forwards
13 CF Frédéric Mendy France 18 November 1988 Portugal C.F. União
11 CF, LM Hazwan Bakri Malaysia Labuan 19 June 1991 Selangor Selangor FA
14 CF, RM Hadi Yahya Malaysia Selangor 6 March 1985 Selangor Selangor FA
19 CF Afiq Azmi Malaysia Perlis 5 January 1989 Selangor Selangor FA

Pool

No. Position(s) Name Nationality Date of Birth (Age) Club
LB, CB Asraruddin Putra Omar Malaysia Selangor 26 March 1988 Johor Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
AM, CM Safiq Rahim Malaysia Selangor 5 July 1987 Johor Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
RB, RM Mahalli Jasuli Malaysia Selangor 2 April 1989 Johor Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
LM, RB Kunanlan Subramaniam Malaysia Selangor 15 April 1986 Johor Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
CF, RM Zaquan Adha Radzak Malaysia Negeri Sembilan 3 August 1987 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.
CB, RB Nasriq Baharom Malaysia Selangor 8 February 1987 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
CM Fauzan Dzulkifli Malaysia Selangor 13 October 1987 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
GK Fairul Azwan Shahrullai Malaysia Selangor 20 March 1987 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
CF Nazrul Kamaruzaman Malaysia Selangor 29 March 1993 Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby F.C.
CF Aminuddin Shaharudin Malaysia Selangor 21 March 1989 Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom F.C.
RB, CB Reuben Kathiripillai Malaysia Selangor 2 April 1990 ATM FA
RM, LM, CF Shahurain Abu Samah Malaysia Selangor 23 December 1986 PDRM FA
AM Shazuan Ashraf Mathews Malaysia Selangor 12 May 1992 Kedah Kedah FA
RM, LM, CF Yong Kuong Yong Malaysia Negeri Sembilan 18 September 1988 Penang Penang FA
RB Muszaki Abu Bakar Malaysia Selangor 15 March 1989 Pahang Kuantan FA
CF, RM Thamil Arasu Ambumamee Malaysia Selangor 4 July 1991 Selangor Selangor FA

Foreign List

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Coaches

Period Coach
2006-09 Croatia Bojan Hodak
2015–present Malaysia Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah

See also

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