Bunga Raya F.C.

Not to be confused with Bunga Raya United F.C..
BUNGA RAYA FC
Full nameBunga Raya Football Club
Short nameBRFC
Founded2002 (2002) as Bunga Raya FC
9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) as Bunga Raya Damansara FC
GroundArena IRC Bandar Sri Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan
Capacity500
ChairmanBunga Raya Group of Football
LeagueMalaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2024–25A1 Semi-Pro League, 4th of 15
WebsiteBunga Raya.com
Active departments of
Bunga Raya
Football
Men's		Football II
(Reserves)		Football
(U-21)		Futsal

Bunga Raya Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. They currently compete in the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League, the second tier of Malaysian football. The club's home ground is Arena IRC Negeri Sembilan at Bandar Sri Sendayan.

History

Founded in 2002, Bunga Raya made club debut in the Malaysian Football League by joining the third-tier league Malaysia M5 League in 2022 Nogori M5 League. Bunga Raya FC was promoted to the Malaysia M4 League and finished in the quarter-final stage.[1]

Damansara Sports Group and Bunga Raya Football Club reached an agreement to have a separate ownership and establish a new club in Damansara named as Bunga Raya Damansara from the 2024–25 season.[2]

For the 2025–26 season, Bunga Raya Damansara split and formed another team, Bunga Raya FC returned to its original name while the other team used the new name UM-Damansara United.

Crest

  • Original club crest, still used by the amateur section
  • 2024

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Season Manufacturer Sponsor
2022 Kimicom Jersey Sakti Sari Sdn. Bhd.
2023
2024– Kovra MBSB Bank

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 October 2024[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS M. Satthyvel
2 DF  MAS K. Reuben
3 DF  MAS Kannan Kalaiselvan
5 DF  MAS Tamilmaran Manimaran
6 DF  MAS Brandon Liew
7 FW  ARG Ignacio Agustín Sequeira
8 MF  MAS Kugan Dhevarajan
9 FW  MAS Sunil Chandran
10 FW  MAS Kogileswaran Raj
11 MF  MAS Gurusamy Kandasamy (captain)
12 DF  MAS Safik Suaidi
13 FW  MAS Alifh Aiman
14 DF  MAS Ilham Syukri Jamaluddin
16 MF  MAS Taha M Khalid
17 MF  MAS Thivandaran Karnan
18 FW  MAS Khyril Muhymeen
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  MAS Sachin Samuel
20 DF  MAS Prabakaran Kanadasan
21 DF  MAS Raja Imran Shah
22 GK  MAS Muhd Daniel Akmal
24 MF  MAS Ryan Ong Venking
26 DF  MAS Khair Jones
30 MF  MAS Mathias Mansor
33 FW  MAS Wan Fazli Ghazali
43 GK  MAS Farhan Abdul Majid
53 MF  MAS Muhammad Aris
77 FW  MAS Farid Khazali
79 FW  ARG Nicolas Vargas Valinotti

Technical staff

Position Name
Technical director Luis Pablo Pozzuto
Team manager Ganesen Aree Sammy
Head Coach Federico Ezequiel Hernandez
Assistant Coach Padathan Gunalan
Michael Evan Booroff
Goalkeeping coach Ng Wei Xian
Fitness coach Ranieal Hassan Rozhan
Physio Loke Hoe Yuen
Media officer Haseef Harzan Hazmi
Kitman Nanthakumar Panisalbon

Season by season record

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top scorer (all competitions)
2022 Nogori M5 League Runner-up DNQ DNQ – –
2023 Liga M4 Quarter-finalist DNQ DNQ – – K. Ravindran (10)
2024–25 Liga A1 Semi-Pro 4th of 15 DNQ DNQ – – Kogileswaran Raj (12)
2025–26 TBD of 16 DNQ DNQ – –
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Honours

League

Runners-up (1): 2022

References

  1. ^ "AFL lakukan saringan ketat untuk pasukan yang sertai Liga M4". Harimau Malaya. 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ "16 pasukan meriahkan MBSB Bank Championship 2024/25". Flash Sukan. 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Bunga Raya 2024 Player list". Football Association of Malaysia.
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