| Full name | Selangor Football Club Under 23 | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Young Giants Gergasi Merah (The Red Giants) | |||
| Short name | SFC U-23 SEL U-23 | |||
| Founded | 1967 as PKNS FC 2 October 2020, as Selangor Football Club (merge with FAS) | |||
| Ground | UiTM Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 10,000 | |||
| Owner | Red Giants FC Sdn Bhd | |||
| Chairman | Tengku Amir Shah | |||
| Head coach | Abdifitaah Hassan | |||
| League | MFL Cup | |||
| 2023 | MFL Cup, 4th of 7th (Round 1, Group B) | |||
| Website | https://www.selangorfc.com/ | |||
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Selangor Football Club Under 23 (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Selangor Bawah 23), commonly referred to as Selangor U-23 (who formerly known as Selangor F.C. II), is a professional Malaysian football reserve team club of Selangor, based in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. The club are nicknamed the Young Giants. Founded in 1967 as part of the sports and recreation club for the Selangor State Development Corporation (Malay: Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor) (KSR PKNS). The club were formerly known as PKNS FC when the club was merged with the Football Association of Selangor, then converted into a reserve team (as part of the Malaysian Football League's feeder club regulations) under Selangor first team and were rebranded as Selangor II before later than known as a Selangor U-23. The club are currently playing in the MFL Cup and play their home games at UiTM Stadium with a 10,000-seater capacity.
Unlike in England, reserve teams in Malaysia play in the same football pyramid as their first team rather than a separate system. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their first team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to the Malaysia Super League, the division in which their parent side competes in. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter cup competitions other than the Malaysia Challenge Cup.
The team is officially known as Selangor U-23 on the club's official promotion and website, as the Malaysian Football League, the governing body of the top two divisions in the Malaysian football league system has rules that prohibits reserve teams from having different names than their parent team.