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| Full name | Penang Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Harimau Kumbang (The Black Panthers)[1] | |||
| Founded | 1920 (unofficial)[2] 21 October 1921 as FAP[3] 2020 as Penang FC | |||
| Ground | City Stadium[4] | |||
| Capacity | 20,000 | |||
| Owner | Penang Football Club Sdn Bhd | |||
| Chairman | Daniel Gooi | |||
| Head coach | Akmal Rizal | |||
| League | Malaysia Super League | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League, 10th of 14 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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Penang Football Club (simply known as Penang FC) is a Malaysian professional football club based in George Town, Penang, that competes in the Malaysia Super League.
Unofficially founded in 1920, officially as Football Association of Penang on 21 October 1921, the club represents the state of Penang in football tournaments.[5] The team has traditionally worn a blue home kit.
They have a long-standing rivalry with Kedah; the two teams from the northern region of Malaysia being engaged in what has been collectively known as the "Northern Region Derby".[6]
The state football team play their home matches at the 20,000 capacity City Stadium in George Town.
Penang had established itself as a major force in Malaysian football between the 1950s to the 1970s.[7] Domestically, Penang has won a record of 3 Malaysia Super League titles, 1 Malaysia Premier League title, 4 Malaysia Cup, 5 Malaysia FAM League titles, 1 Malaysia FA Cup title and 1 Malaysia Charity Shield. At present, it is one of the 12 teams competing in the Malaysian Super League and the first club from Malaysia to win an Asian title, Aga Khan Gold Cup, which was the early version of AFC Champions League in 1976.[8]
On 16 February 2016, Faiz Subri scored a free kick in a 4–1 win over Pahang FA at the City Stadium in George Town. Videos of his free kick soon went viral on social media, and he was nominated by the Football Association of Malaysia for the FIFA Puskás Award later that year. In 2017, Faiz was awarded the FIFA Puskás Award for the free kick goal, becoming the first-ever Asian to have won the international award for the best goal of the year.
- ^ "Penang FC optimistic about 2021 Super League". Malaymail. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ "FAP History". FA Penang. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Malaysia – Penang FA – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Penang's legends 'return' to City Stadium". Free Malaysia Today. 23 December 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
- ^ "Penang Vs Perak Prediction, Head-To-Head, Live Stream Time, Date, Team News, Lineup News, Odds, Stats, Betting Tips Trends, Where To Watch Live Score Malaysian Super League 2023 Telecast Today Match Details – March 31". Sportsunfold. 31 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
- ^ "Late Goal Rescues Kedah Point in Northern Malaysia Derby". Football Tribe. 13 March 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Penang relegated to second-tier Malaysia League". Football Tribe. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Aga Khan Gold Cup. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation at Wayback Machine.