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| Full name | Selangor Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Gergasi Merah (The Red Giants) | |||
| Short name | SFC SEL | |||
| Founded | 1905 (unofficial) as Selangor Association Football League 22 February 1936, as Football Association of Selangor 2 October 2020, as Selangor Football Club (merge with PKNS FC) | |||
| Ground | Shah Alam Stadium (due to stadium renovation, temporarily moved to Petaling Jaya Stadium since 2020) | |||
| Capacity | 10,661 | |||
| Owner | Red Giant Sdn Bhd | |||
| Chairman | Tengku Amir Shah | |||
| Head coach | Katsuhito Kinoshi | |||
| League | Malaysia Super League | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League, 2nd of 14 | |||
| Website | selangorfc.com | |||
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Selangor Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor) is a professional football club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The club currently competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football. The club is nicknamed the Red Giants. Officially founded in 1936 by the Football Association of Selangor (FAS), the association built its football development as a result of a merger with the Selangor Association Football League (SAFL - established in 1905) and forming the professional football team known as Selangor. On 2 October 2020, the club officially made its privatization under a new entity as Selangor Football Club after it was officially approved by the Football Association of Malaysia on 29 September 2020.[1] The club currently plays its home games at the Petaling Jaya Stadium after the club's original home ground, the Shah Alam Stadium, was closed to undergo major renovation and rebuilding work which was prolonged for an extended period of time.[2][3][4][5][6]
Selangor are the most successful and most decorated club in Malaysia, in terms of overall honours won with 52 top-qualifying trophies and 61 trophies collectively. Domestically, Selangor have won a total of 6 Malaysia top division league titles which includes 2 Malaysia Super League titles (the league that the club currently plays in), 1 Premier League 1 title, 2 Semi-Pro League Division 1 titles and 1 Malaysian League title.[7] In cup competitions, the club have a record of 33 Malaysia Cups, a joint-best 5 Malaysia FA Cups and a record of 8 Malaysia Charity Shields.[8] In addition, the club have also won 2 second-division titles, 1 Malaysia Premier League title and 1 Semi-Pro League Division 2 title[9] and between 1951 and 1973, 7 Malaysia FAM Cups where the Malaysia FAM Cup acted as a secondary knockout cup competition between state teams after the Malaysia Cup.
Selangor were also the first Malaysian club to qualify and enter an Asian continental club tournament, the Asian Champion Club Tournament where the club finished as runners-up in 1967, the first edition of the Asian top-flight continental club tournament, which was later rebranded as the AFC Champions League in 2002. The club were also the first team in Malaysian football history to achieve a league and cup double by winning the Malaysian Amateur League and Malaysia Cup in 1984.
The club also gave rise to many Malaysian football stars who brought success to both club and country such as Mokhtar Dahari, R. Arumugam, Abdul Ghani Minhat, Wong Choon Wah, Santokh Singh, Soh Chin Aun, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Azman Adnan, Rusdi Suparman, Amri Yahyah, and Safee Sali and many others.[10] The club is also one of the best supported clubs in Malaysia and across the Asian continent[11] and holds several rivalries, most notably with Singapore, Kuala Lumpur City and Johor Darul Ta'zim.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Selangor FC Privatization Approved". selangorfc.com. Selangor FC. 2 October 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ Farid, Md (6 August 2020). "Fan-tastic time to return in 2022". nst.com.my. New Straits Times. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
- ^ "Selangor mungkin 'kempunan' main di Stadium Shah Alam". bharian.com.my. Berita Harian. 8 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ Hashim, Firdaus (22 August 2021). "Stadium Shah Alam berwajah baharu musim depan". hmetro.com.my. Harian Metro. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ Mohamad Idris, Mohamad Naufal (24 October 2021). "Stadium Shah Alam akan segera dibaik pulih". kosmo.com.my. Kosmo. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Nor Azwan, Nabil Aiman (8 June 2022). "Penyokong Gergasi Merah rindukan aura keramat, apakah nasib Stadium Shah Alam?". majoriti.com.my. Majoriti. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia - List of Champions". Rsssf.com. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ "Malaysia – List of Cup Winners". Rsssf.com. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Malaysia - List of Second Level Champions". Rsssf.com. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Portal Kerajaan Negeri Selangor Darul Ehsan Bola Sepak". Selangor.gov.my. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "The most popular football clubs: Malaysia". the-afc.com. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2021.