Petaling Jaya City FC

Petaling Jaya City

Full name	Petaling Jaya City Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Phoenix
Short name	PJ City FC, PJC
Founded	26 April 2004; 17 years ago (2004-04-26), as MISC-MIFA 16 January 2019; 2 years ago (2019-01-16), as Petaling Jaya City FC
Ground	MBPJ Stadium[1]
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Vijay Eswaran
President	Subahan Kamal
Head coach	Maniam Pachaiappan
League	Malaysia Super League
2021	Malaysia Super League, 7th of 12
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Petaling Jaya City Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and is managed by QI Group. The club were established to represent Petaling Jaya community. In 2016, the club has won the Malaysia FAM League title and has been promoted to the second division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Premier League. Petaling Jaya City FC participates in the Malaysia Super League since 2019.

History[]

Malaysian Indian Football Association[]

Malaysian Indian Football Association was established on 26 April 2004 by the founder and former president, M.S. Maniam. In 2003, the idea of having an Indian based Football Association was an idea brought upon to MIFA's pioneer members such as S. Pathy, S. Rajamanikam and M.S. Maniam. They then travelled around the nation forming various State Indian Football Associations to be affiliated with the national body known as the Malaysian Indian Football Association. MIFA serves as a springboard for young Indian talented football players who harbour the desire to elevate their football skills and to unveil young talented Indian footballers in the country.

The first tournament organised by MIFA was the inaugural Samy Vellu competition which was won by Selangor. In 2006, under the leadership of Vel Paari, MIFA expended the competitions to include Dato’ K. Pathmanaban Cup and Dato' M.S. Maniam Cup which was one of the key factors in the growth of Malaysian Indian football. MIFA participated in the 59th & 60th Coppa Carnival in Italy in 2007 and 2008, an International Football Tournaments. In 2008, T. Mohan took over the presidency of MIFA and had introduced a few more competitions such as Tan Sri Dato’ S. Subramaniam Cup and Inter Media Tournaments.

Malaysian Indian Sports Council and Malaysian Indian Football Association[]

In 2014, the Malaysian Indian Sports Council and Malaysian Indian Football Association have joined forces to field a team in the Malaysia FAM League competition. The team was approved to participate in 2014 Malaysia FAM League, the third division of Malaysian football competition.^[2][3]

The club was created as an effort by Malaysian Indian Football Association to elevate Indian community involvement in sports and also to produce more Indian players in Malaysian football as a whole. The club is sponsored by Malaysian Indian Football Association.^[4] In 2013, the Under-23 team has managed to become champion in the France International Indian tournament.^[5]

In preparation for the club participation in Malaysia FAM League, the club has been prepared with RM 1.3 Million budget and the preparation has started six months before the season begins.^[2] In the first season in national competition, the club only managed to finished in ninth place.^[6] The club nearly promoted to the second division after finished second place in Group B of 2015 Malaysia FAM League. After two years without silverware in their campaign, the club has increased their budget for the 2016 season. For 2016 Malaysia FAM League, the club has set a budget of RM 800,000 for their bid to win the third division.^[7]

On 10 October 2016, the club has finally qualify to be promoted for 2017 Malaysia Premier League.^[8][4][9] The club has set aside a decent budget of RM3.5 Million for their maiden season in 2017 Malaysia Premier League.^[7] MISC-MIFA ended their 2017 Malaysia FA Cup campaign in second round after a defeat of 6–3 against Negeri Sembilan FA.^[10]

In the 2018 Malaysia Premier League season, MISC-MIFA improved on their standings by finishing third in the league, and also delivering shocks in their maiden 2018 Malaysia Cup season by beating defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the group stage,^[11] although they failed to advance past that stage. In December 2018, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that MISC-MIFA will be promoted to 2019 Malaysia Super League as the next best placed team in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League, replacing Felcra FC who pulled out of the league.^[12] Also the management of the team has announced for of possibilities to change the team name, amid discussions of change of management.^[13]

Rebranding process[]

The MISC-MIFA was rebranded as Petaling Jaya City FC and was launched on 16 January 2019.^[14]

Colours and badge[]

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  2004–2018
  
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  2019–present

Stadium[]

Petaling Jaya City FC are currently based at MBPJ Stadium in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.^[15] The capacity of the stadium is 25,000.^[16] The club has previously using the USIM Mini Stadium in Nilai as their homeground for 2016 season before moving to current stadium.^[17][18]

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year
3°5′55.35″N 101°35′37.57″E / 3.0987083°N 101.5937694°E / 3.0987083; 101.5937694	Petaling Jaya	MBPJ Stadium	25,000	2017–

Sponsorship[]

Petaling Jaya City FC is owned by QI Group. The club's kit has been manufactured by Umbro since 2016 season which is contracted to supply the club's kit. In the 2018 season, the club switched to Puma (under formerly known team MISC-MIFA). The club's current main shirt sponsor is QNet.

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2014	Kappa	ABNXcess / NAAM[19]
2015		NAAM / Megatech[20]
2016–2017	Umbro	Mifa
2018	PUMA	MAHSA University
2019–2021		QNet

Season by season record[]

Note:

• Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

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

Season	League										Cup			Asia
	Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	D	Pts	Pos	Charity	Malaysia	FA	Competition	Result
2014	FAM League	22	6	5	11	28	37	-9	23	9th	–	Not qualified	–	–	–
2015	FAM League	16	11	3	2	33	17	+16	36	2nd Group B	–	Not qualified	Second round	–	–
2016	FAM League	22	15	4	3	41	18	+13	48	Champions	–	Not qualified	First round	–	–
2017	Premier League	22	4	2	16	36	51	-15	16	10th	–	Not qualified	Second round	–	–
2018	Premier League	20	9	5	6	36	26	+10	32	3rd	–	Group stage	Second round	–	–
2019	Super League	22	8	2	12	22	29	−7	26	8th	–	Group stage	Third round	–	–
2020	Super League	11	3	5	3	17	16	+1	14	7th	–	Cancelled	Cancelled	–	–
2021	Super League	22	6	6	10	16	28	-12	24	7th	–	Group stage	Cancelled	–	–

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 18 January 2021

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 Aqil Razak 2 DF  MAS Sukri Hamid 3 DF  MAS Subramaniam Sooryapparad 4 DF  MAS Raffi Nagoorgani 5 DF  MAS Kannan Kalaiselvan 6 MF  MAS Faiz Mazlan 7 FW  MAS Kogileswaran Raj 8 MF  MAS Khairil Anuar 9 MF  MAS Sunil Chandran 10 DF  MAS Mahalli Jasuli 11 DF  MAS Kugan Dhevarajan 13 MF  MAS Thivandaran Karnan 14 DF  MAS Jeremy Lim 15 DF  MAS Youwarasan Maniom 17 DF  MAS Rajes Perumal

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  MAS Khyril Muhymeen 19 DF  MAS Prabakaran Kanadasan 21 MF  MAS Ruventhiran Vengadesan 22 GK  MAS Kalamullah Al-Hafiz 23 MF  MAS Salamon Raj (vice-captain) 27 DF  MAS Filemon Anyie 28 FW  MAS Darren Lok 33 GK  MAS Syihan Hazmi 36 MF  MAS Leslee Jesunathan 55 DF  MAS Tamilmaran Manimaran 66 DF  MAS Nabil Hakim 69 FW  MAS Syahmi Zamri 77 MF  MAS Gurusamy Kandasamy (captain)

Under-21s[]

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhd Rezwan Mohd Hamdan		GK	1999
20	Aidilmirza Darwisy Mazhisam		GK	20/1/00
24	Ravinesh a/l Shalesh		GK	1999
Defenders
2	Vinesh Naiko a/l Bis Kessan		RB, RWB	1999
3	Devraj a/l Mogan		CB	1999
5	Qamarul Ariffin Norhisham		RB, RWB	1999
11	Muhammad Faris Mohd Zabri		LB, LWB	12/1/00
12	Muhammad Jameel Mujibur Rahman		CB	1999
21	Surya Prakash a/l Gunahlan		CB	1999
22	Mugilan a/l Vartharajoo		LB, LM	2000
Midfielders
4	Mathan Raj a/l Sugumaran		DM, CM	1999
6	Muhamad Shahril Mohd Sari		CM	1999
7	Reganraj a/l Selvaraj		RW, RM	2000
8	Mohd Shaiful Saharuddin		CM	2000
9	Ruventhiran a/l Vengadesan		LW, LM	2000
14	Loogeswaran a/l Manivannan		DM, CM	2000
17	Mohd Hafizam Zullkifli		RW, RM	1999
23	Nabil Hakim Bokhari		LW, LM, LB	9/2/99
Forwards
10	Anushan a/l Sivaselvarajoo		ST	2000
13	Muhammad Hariez Yazid		ST	1999
15	Muhammad Najmi Idham Johan		ST	16/9/00
16	Adib Faris Zulamri		ST	1999
18	Aiman Syafiq Zakaria		ST	3/7/99
19	Muhammad Luqman Hakim Zamanhuri		ST	28/5/98

Source:^[21]

Under-19s[]

No.	Name	Nat.	Position(s)	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Satthyvel a/l Murugiah		GK	2001
29	Mohammad Adam Haikal Rudiman		GK	2002
30	Ay Naveenkumar a/l Arichandran		GK	2002
Defenders
2	Taaran a/l Sinnapan		RB, RWB	2002
5	Muhammad Noor Ezuwan Marhakim		CB	2001
6	Naviinraj a/l Manimaran		CB	2002
14	Livan a/l Chanderan		LB, LWB	2002
15	Shasivarman a/l Balamurugan		CB	2001
16	Muhammad Jibril Abdul Karim		RB, RWB	2001
18	Nathaneal Maren David		LB, LWB	2002
20	Muhamad Faris Akmal Azman		CB	2002
25	Avinash a/l Ravinthren		CB, RB, LB	2001
26	Muhammad Nazafee Jamal Ludin		CB	2002
Midfielders
4	Magendaran a/l Paandiyan		DM, CM	2002
7	Gobintheran Nair a/l Domadran Premkumar		CM	2002
8	Muhammad Faqrul Hafizi Asmadi		CM, AM	2001
10	Amirul Zul Aiman Asmaly		RW, RM	2002
12	Pravinswaran a/l Nathan		LW, LM	2002
19	Muhammad Adel Wajdi Abdul Razak		RW, RM	2001
21	Navieentharan a/l Jaya Balakrishnan		CM	2002
22	Kartik a/l Murugan		LW, LM	2002
23	Muhammad Nur Fitri Mohd Halmi		RW, LW	2002
24	Vimal Nair a/l Sugu		AM, LW, RW	2002
27	Tishane a/l Rajandran		CM	2001
Forwards
9	Vicnesvar a/l Ganesan		ST	2002
11	Nesmani Chettiar a/l Manimaran		ST	2001
13	Hariharan a/l Kartheyges		ST	2002
17	Shoban a/l Malarvannan		ST	2002
28	Vinod Kumar a/l Selvamani		ST	2001

Source:^[22]

Club officials[]

Technical staff[]

As of 6 June 2020

Role	Name
Team manager	Rajendran Y. Kanhiah
Assistant team manager	Chandragesan Suppiah
	William Arasaratnam Savarimuthu
Technical director	Steven Jackson
Head coach	Maniam Pachaiappan
Assistant head coach	Somasundram Periasamy
Assistant coach	Lingeswaran Muniyani
Goalkeeper coach	Murugan Veerappan
Fitness coach	Radzi Salleh Raibi
Team doctor	Vikneswaran Sabramani
Physiotherapist	Dervan V.R. Ramachandran
Masseur	Vivinesh Menon Paramesvran
Team analyst	Syed Muhd Khairi Syed Khaidzir
Team media officer	Raja Khugan Nadarajah
Under-21s team manager	Raman L. Muniandy
Under-21s assistant team manager	Kalithass Govendan
Under-21s head coach	K. Gunalan
Under-21s assistant head coach	Ramachandran Krishnan
Under-21s goalkeeper coach	Jeevananthan Gunasekaran
Under-21s fitness coach	Mahathevan Gengatharan
Under-21s physiotherapist	Muhd Shadiduddin Sehat
Under-19s head coach	Gurulu Thirupiah
Under-19s assistant head coach	Lingeswaran Muniyani
Under-19s goalkeeper coach	Lam Chee Khan
Under-19s fitness coach	Poobathy Dhetchanan
Under-19s physiotherapist	Ahmad Muiz Noor Esa

Head coaches[]

• K. Thaiyananthan (2014)
• Jacob Joseph (2015–2017)
• Devan E. Kuppusamy (4 December 2017–December 2020)
• Maniam Pachaiappan (15 December 2020–)

Managers[]

• S. Chandrasekaran (2014)
• J. Dhinagaran (2015)
• S. Arumugam (2016)
• K. Rajendran (2017–)

Honours[]

Domestic competitions[]

League[]

• Malaysia FAM League

Winners (1): 2016

Cups[]

• Malaysia FA Cup

Winners: -

Worldwide competitions[]

Cups[]

• France International Indian Tournament

Winners (1): 2014

Feeder clubs[]

• MISC-MIFA

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website
• Official Facebook Page