Selangor F.C. Under-23

This article is about the men's professional reserve team football club based in Selangor, Malaysia. For the men's first team football club, see Selangor F.C.

Selangor U-23
Full nameSelangor Football Club Under 23
Nickname(s)The Young Giants
Gergasi Merah (The Red Giants)
Short nameSFC U-23
SEL U-23
Founded1967 (1967) as PKNS FC
2 October 2020 (2 October 2020), as Selangor Football Club (merge with FAS)
GroundUiTM Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerRed Giants FC Sdn Bhd
ChairmanTengku Amir Shah
Head coachAbdifitaah Hassan
LeagueMFL Cup
2024–25MFL Cup, 2nd of 13th
Websiteselangorfc.com
Active departments of
Selangor F.C.
Football
(Men's)		 Football U20 & U18
(Men's)
Football
(Women's)		 Futsal
(Men's)		 Futsal U18
(Men's)

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.

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.

History

1967–2003: Beginnings

The Selangor State Development Corporation (Malay: Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Selangor) (PKNS) have been involved in the sporting arena since 1967 through the establishment of its Sports and Recreation Club within the organization for their staff to be involved in sports and recreational activities. The PKNS Sports and Recreation Club football team had its own staff as footballers in the early stages. The football team made its name between the 1970s to 1980s as one of the forces in the state of Selangor that competed in the Selangor League at state-level and the Malaysia FAM Cup at the national level with famous players like Mokhtar Dahari, R. Arumugam, K. Rajagopal, Reduan Abdullah and Santokh Singh, who also served as PKNS' staff. The Malaysia FAM Cup was opened to club teams from 1974 onwards while the Malaysia Cup was restricted to state teams, but some PKNS players appeared in both competitions.[1]

The club's involvement in football has seen many achievements. The club has produced a number of football players that not only succeeded at club level but also at state, national and international levels. Their routine was to work in the day and in the evening to practice for the company football club to play in state league and Malaysia FAM Cup games, with the possibility of also playing for the state of Selangor in the Malaysia Cup. PKNS' Sport and Recreational Club first won the Malaysia FAM Cup together with Negeri Sembilan Indians in 1978 after both teams were tied 0-0. The following year, the club beat Hong Chin 2–1 to win the Malaysia FAM Cup. Among the players that made up this squad were K. Rajagobal, Mokhtar Dahari, Santokh Singh and R. Arumugam who were also regular fixtures of the Selangor state team.

2004–2015: As PKNS Football Club

After winning the Malaysia FAM Cup in 2003, the club was formed as a professional football team known as PKNS Football Club (PKNS FC) in 2004 to compete in the newly formed Malaysia Premier League which was organized by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The club became a regular in the league after they achieved promotion to the league in 2004 as champions of the Malaysia FAM Cup the previous year, staying in the division for the rest of the 2000s.[2]

In 2012, PKNS extended its wings to the Malaysia Super League after winning the Malaysia Premier League in the 2011 season. The organization had allocated a sum of money to PKNS in order to support all age level teams that are under the PKNS banner. These included the first team in the Malaysia Super League, the Under-21 team in the President Cup, an amateur team in the Selangor League, as well as the Under-17 team in the KPM-FAM Youth Cup. The club played in the country's top division league, the Malaysia Super League for several seasons before being relegated to the Malaysia Premier League in the 2014 season. But after spending two years in the Malaysia Premier League, the club achieved promotion back to the Malaysia Super League after finishing second in 2016.

2016–2019: Privatization of PKNS Football Club

As part of the privatization effort by the Malaysian Football League (MFL), the organization body and company that operates and runs the Malaysian League, to transform and move Malaysian football forward.[3][4] Every club in the Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League were required to obtain a Football Association of Malaysia Club Licensing Regulations (FAM CLR) license in order to compete in the Malaysian League. The team was incorporated as a private company under the name of PKNS Sports Sdn Bhd.

In 2016, PKNS left its affiliation with the Football Association of Selangor (FAS) in order to comply with the licensing requirement.[5] The club however chose to affiliate itself with the Selangor Malays Football Association in order to secure its future and along with its nine other youth teams during the conflict between itself and the FAS when the FAS decided to halt PKNS's participation in the 2017 Malaysia Super League.[3][6] It was clarified by the FAM that PKNS did not need to affiliate itself with any other FAM affiliates to compete in any competition managed by the MFL.[4]

The club obtained the FAM CLR License to play in the 2018 Malaysia Super League and also obtained the AFC Club License and was eligible to play in either the 2018 AFC Champions League or the 2018 AFC Cup if the club qualified on merit. In 2019, the club were also able to obtain all club licenses as the previous season. At the end of the 2019 season, PKNS FC were then converted as a reserve team (as part of the feeder club regulations in the Malaysian Football League) under Selangor first team and were rebranded as Selangor II.

2020: Merging with Selangor Football Club

The team is now officially known as Selangor II (before later than known as a Selangor U-23) as part of the first team's project to create a new DNA for football in Selangor as well as a developmental path for the other reserve sides under the Selangor first team banner, with the guidance of Michael Feichtenbeiner who also acts as the parent club's technical director. Starting from the 2020 season, as part of the restructuring and rebranding as Selangor II, the team kits will be the same as first team. The kits are produced by the Spanish sportswear company, Joma and are officially sponsored by Joma Malaysia.

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Under-23s

Current squad (2024–25 season)

As of 31 May 2025[7]

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 Aizul Hakim
2 DF  MAS Amir Farhan
5 DF  MAS Nur Zharif Zaini
7 FW  MAS Devesshraja Sathiamoorthy
9 FW  MAS Abdul Rahman Daud
10 MF  MAS Haykal Danish
11 MF  MAS Harry Danish
12 DF  MAS Raimi Shamsul
13 MF  MAS Syahmir Norhisham
14 MF  MAS Rohisham Haiqal
15 DF  MAS Akmal Izzuddin
16 MF  MAS Amirul Haziq
17 MF  MAS Adam Haikal
18 MF  MAS Niammulhasan Alias
19 MF  MAS Izrin Ibrahim
20 MF  MAS Nabil Qayyum
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  MAS Haiqal Haqeemi
24 MF  MAS Fakhri Azri
25 GK  MAS Ahmad Azeem Izhar
27 DF  MAS Yasser Sariffudin
30 DF  MAS Faiz Amer
31 DF  MAS Aiman Hakimi
33 GK  MAS Azim Al-Amin
40 DF  MAS Ryan Zulfarhan
41 MF  MAS Afiq Danish
42 DF  MAS Danish Irfan
44 DF  MAS Nazmi Azzahari Fariq
46 DF  MAS Alif Farhan
47 DF  MAS Aiman Yusuf
48 FW  AFG Omid Musawi
51 GK  MAS Farish Farhan
53 MF  MAS Danish Iskandar

Management team

As of 6 July 2025[7]
Position Name
Head Coach Abdifitaah Hassan
Assistant Head Coach Shaiful Nizam
Fariq Abd Rahman
Goalkeeping Coach Nasril Nourdin
Fitness Coach Raja Mohammed Firhad
Assistant Fitness Coach Khairal Afiq Jamal
Team doctor M. Pravana Singham
Aston Ngai
Physiotherapist Afiq Jamarudin
Team Coordinator Felicia Adele Ng
Team Analyst Rafiudin Sa'ari
Kitman Afif Fahmi
Masseur Ikhram Abdul Ghani
Nutritionist Nurin Irdiena Ifqan

Managerial history

Manager

Years Name Notes
2003–2006 Azmi Adnan
2007–2012 Yaacob Jailani
2013 Azmi Adnan
2014–2019 Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
2020–present Sugumaran Parthasarathy

Head coach

Years Name Notes
2003–2008 Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad
2006–2008 Ismail Ibrahim
2008 K. Gunalan
2009–2013 Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2014 Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
2015–2017 E. Elavarasan Until 7 July 2017
2017 Adam Abdullah As a caretaker from 8 July 2017 until 16 July 2017
2017 Sven Gartung From 17 July 2017 until 21 November 2017
2017–2019 K. Rajagopal[8] From 22 November 2017
2019–2022 Michael Feichtenbeiner
2023– Abdifitaah Hassan

Under-21s

Current squad

As of 6 July 2025[9][10]

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
3 DF  MAS Shakir Nasir
4 DF  MAS Mulia Hairi
7 FW  MAS Zamirul Hakim
9 FW  MAS Izzat Syahir
10 FW  MAS Syahir Sukri
11 FW  MAS Adam Fitri
14 DF  MAS Ariz Zuhayr
16 DF  MAS Nazwan Abdullah
18 DF  MAS Ryan Fahreen
19 DF  MAS Danial Razali
20 MF  MAS Harith Safuan
21 MF  MAS Airiel Nazrin
22 GK  MAS Nazmi Roslan
24 DF  MAS Ryan Zulfarhan
25 GK  MAS Parid Hidayatulloh
30 MF  MAS Adam Mikaeel
31 GK  MAS Farish Farhan
32 MF  MAS Amirul Izwan
No. Pos. Nation Player
35 DF  MAS Airel Husainy
38 FW  MAS Dainei Mat Disa
40 MF  MAS Nabil Fitri
42 FW  MAS Anjasmirza Sharudin
43 DF  MAS Zainurhakimi Zain
44 DF  MAS Irfan Afif
46 MF  MAS Syahmi Zufayri
47 MF  MAS Rusyaidi Fahmi
49 DF  MAS Hafifi Muhtadee
70 MF  MAS Zamil Zaqwan
80 DF  MAS Nazwie Hakimi
84 FW  MAS Aiman Amsyar
85 GK  MAS Alif Aiman
81 MF  MAS Irfan Zakwan
86 MF  MAS Hakim Hassan
87 FW  MAS Harif Irfan
91 MF  MAS Abrisham Fadzir

Management team

As of 6 July 2025[10]
Position Name
Manager Saharom Mohni
Assistant Manager Azree Izuan
Head Coach Firdaus Tan Aziz
Assistant Head Coach Izzat Nazari
Goalkeeping Coach Sani Anuar Kamsani
Fitness Coach Azmi Isaik
Physiotherapist Zhariff Ismail
Masseur Zunur Ain
Kitman Vadivelu Rethinam

Under-18s

Current squad

As of 6 July 2025[11][12]

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 Iman Faiz
2 DF  MAS Helmi Ismail
5 DF  MAS Aqil Qhuzaikel
6 DF  MAS Faiz Danial
8 MF  MAS Ryady Raziq
12 MF  MAS Danial Hqzeiry
17 MF  MAS Mikail Hamidi
23 MF  MAS Adib Endy
26 DF  MAS Isyraf Rizal
27 MF  MAS Aniq Qhushainie
28 MF  MAS Rayyan Danial
29 DF  MAS Tuan Amirul Daniel
33 DF  MAS Airil Izzan
37 MF  MAS Ivan Chua Wei Leh
No. Pos. Nation Player
39 DF  MAS Wan Raif Muqriz
41 FW  MAS Ting Tze Yong
45 MF  MAS Muayyad Daud
48 DF  MAS Aidiel Zacharia
55 FW  MAS Fahrin Danny
70 MF  MAS Ahmad Zamil Zaqwan
77 GK  MAS Adam Danish
78 GK  MAS Naufal Sukiman
82 DF  MAS Ahmad Danish Ashraf
83 MF  MAS Wan Ahmad Farhan
88 MF  MAS Putera Haikal
89 GK  MAS Irfan Azzrai
90 FW  MAS Zarul Aidid
99 FW  MAS Sean Fareez

Management team

As of 6 July 2025[12]
Position Name
Manager Simon Lim
Assistant Manager Nadzri Bakar
Head Coach Khushairi Abdul Wahab
Assistant Head Coach Syahid Zaidon
Goalkeeping Coach Badrul Zaman Halim
Fitness Coach Ahmad Azra'e Rishal
Physiotherapist Gary Tan Sean Huey
Team Admin Faiq Dzihny
Team Analyst Arman Manar
Masseur Fua-ad Zohdi
Kitman Farhan Sulaiman

Affiliated

The club affiliated and collaborates to the Football Association of Selangor.

Season by season record

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

Season League Cup Top goalscorer(s)
League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos CC FA MC Player(s) Goals
PKNS Football Club
2003 FAM League ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1st — ? ? Unknown ?
2004 Premier League 24 13 4 7 47 35 +12 43 6th — ? ? Roman Chmelo 10[a]
2005 Premier League 21 13 2 6 46 25 +21 41 6th — ? ? Roman Chmelo & Rudie Ramli 13[a]
2005–06 Premier League 21 11 6 4 39 25 +14 39 4th — ? ? Unknown ?
2006–07 Premier League 20 9 5 6 29 27 +2 32 3rd — QF — Unknown ?
2007–08 Premier League 24 5 7 12 27 38 -11 22 11th — 1R — Unknown ?
2009 Premier League 24 8 7 9 20 24 -4 31 7th — 1R — Unknown ?
2010 Premier League 22 14 3 5 56 18 +38 45 3rd — 2R GS Zamri Hassan 20
2011 Premier League 22 18 3 1 51 7 +44 57 1st — 2R GS Khairul Akhyar 11
2012 Super League 26 8 11 7 35 35 0 35 7th — 1R GS Michaël Niçoise 7
2013 Super League 22 8 4 10 34 34 0 28 8th — 2R QF Patrick Wleh 14
2014 Super League 22 4 6 12 24 40 -16 18 12th — QF — Patrick Wleh 11
2015 Premier League 22 11 8 3 41 22 +19 41 4th — 1R QF Gabriel Guerra 16
2016 Premier League 22 15 3 4 49 25 +74 48 2nd — RU QF Gabriel Guerra & Juan Cobelli 15
2017 Super League 22 6 7 9 33 38 -5 25 7th — 2R GS Patrick Wleh 8
2018 Super League 22 10 5 7 37 29 +8 35 3rd — SF QF Bruno Matos & Rafael Ramazotti 7
2019 Super League 22 5 6 11 37 28 +9 21 9th — QF GS Kpah Sherman 17
Selangor Football Club Under-23
2020 Premier League 11 4 1 6 17 23 -6 13 7th — CXL[b] CXL[b] Danial Asri 6
2021 Premier League 20 5 9 6 27 26 +1 24 9th — — — George Attram 9
2022 Premier League 18 4 4 10 14 25 -11 16 9th — — — Nik Sharif 4
2023 MFL Cup 19 9 5 5 28 15 13 32 4th — — — Aliff Izwan 4
2024–25 MFL Cup 24 16 4 4 61 24 +37 52 2nd — — — Abdul Rahman Daud 12
  1. ^ a b Goals count not include domestics cup competition.
  2. ^ a b Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia.


Honours

Domestic

League

Cups

Source: [13]

References

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