Petaling Jaya City Football Club, simply known as PJ City FC or Kelab Bola Sepak Bandaraya Petaling Jaya in Malay, is a

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n professional football club based in

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, currently owned by

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. The club was established to represent the community living in Petaling Jaya city. In 2016, the club won the

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title and was promoted to the second division of Malaysian football, the

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. Since 2019, Petaling Jaya City FC participates in the

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History

Malaysian Indian Football Association

Malaysian Indian Football Association was established on 26 April 2004 by the founder and former president, M.S. Maniam. In 2003, the idea of having an

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based

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was an idea brought upon to MIFA's pioneer members such as S. Pathy, S. Rajamanikam and M.S. Maniam. They then travelled around the nation forming various State Indian Football Associations to be affiliated with the national body known as the Malaysian Indian Football Association. MIFA serves as a springboard for young Indian talented football players who harbour the desire to elevate their football skills and to unveil young talented Indian footballers in the country. The first tournament organised by MIFA was the inaugural

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competition which was won by

. In 2006, under the leadership of Vel Paari, MIFA expended the competitions to include Dato’ K. Pathmanaban Cup and Dato' M.S. Maniam Cup which was one of the key factors in the growth of Malaysian Indian football. MIFA participated in the 59th & 60th Coppa Carnival in

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in 2007 and 2008, an International Football Tournaments. In 2008, T. Mohan took over the presidency of MIFA and had introduced a few more competitions such as Tan Sri Dato’ S. Subramaniam Cup and Inter Media Tournaments.

Malaysian Indian Sports Council and Malaysian Indian Football Association

In 2014, the Malaysian Indian Sports Council and Malaysian Indian Football Association have joined forces to field a team in the Malaysia FAM League competition. The team was approved to participate in

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, the third division of Malaysian football competition. The club was created as an effort by Malaysian Indian Football Association to elevate Indian community involvement in sports and also to produce more Indian players in Malaysian football as a whole. The club is sponsored by Malaysian Indian Football Association. In 2013, the Under-23 team has managed to become champion in the France International Indian tournament. In preparation for the club participation in Malaysia FAM League, the club has been prepared with RM 1.3 Million budget and the preparation has started six months before the season begins. In the first season in national competition, the club only managed to finish at ninth place. The club nearly promoted to the second division after finished second place in Group B of 2015 Malaysia FAM League. After two years without silverware in their campaign, the club has increased their budget for the 2016 Malaysia FAM League. They set a budget of RM 800,000 for their bid to win the third division.http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/misc-mifa-and-pknp-confident-matching-professional-peers#WcBqQJysCPP31K3I.01 MISC-MIFA and PKNP confident of matching professional peers On 10 October 2016, the club finally qualified to be promoted for

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.http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v8/sp/newssports.php?id=1290273 PKNP FC, MISC-MIFA Qualify For Liga Premierhttp://www.nst.com.my/news/2016/10/183944/football-misc-mifa-bag-first-fam-cup-title/ (Football) MISC-MIFA bag first FAM Cup title The club has set aside a decent budget of RM3.5 Million for their maiden season in 2017 Malaysia Premier League. MISC-MIFA ended their

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campaign in second round after a defeat of 6–3 against

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season by beating defending champions

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in the group stage, although they failed to advance past that stage. In December 2018, it was announced by Malaysia Football League that MISC-MIFA will be promoted to

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as the next best placed team in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League, replacing

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who pulled out of the league. Also the management of the team has announced for of possibilities to change the team name, amid discussions of change of management.

Rebranding process

The MISC-MIFA was rebranded as Petaling Jaya City FC on 16 January 2019.

Colours and badge

Image:MIFA FA.png, Image:PJ City FC logo.png,

Stadium

Petaling Jaya City FC are currently based at

MBPJ Stadium The Petaling Jaya Stadium, also known as the MBPJ Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in the suburb of Kelana Jaya in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. The stadium was opened in 1996 and has a capacity of 25,000. It was built in time for the 1998 ...

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. The capacity of the stadium is 25,000. The club has previously using the USIM Mini Stadium in

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as their homeground for 2016 season before moving to current stadium.

Sponsorship

Petaling Jaya City FC is owned by

. The club's kit has been manufactured by

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since 2016 season which is contracted to supply the club's kit. In the 2018 season, the club switched to Puma (under formerly known team MISC-MIFA). The club's current main shirt sponsor is

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Season by season record

''Note'': *Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

Club officials

Head coaches

* K. Thaiyananthan (2014) *

Jacob Joseph Jacob Joseph ( he, יעקב יוסף 1840 –July 28, 1902) served as chief rabbi of New York City's Association of American Orthodox Hebrew Congregations, a federation of Eastern European Jewish synagogues. Born in Krozhe, a province of Kovn ...

(2015–2017) * Devan E. Kuppusamy (2017–2020) * Maniam Pachaiappan (2020–2022)

Managers

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

: Winners (1): 2016

Cups

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: Winners: - *;

Malaysia FA Cup The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football (soccer), football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before bein ...

: Winners: - *;

Malaysia Charity Shield Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

: Winners: -

Youth

*; Malaysia Youth Cup : Winners: - *;

Malaysia President Cup The Piala Presiden ( en, President Cup) is a developmental football competition in Malaysia for Under-21 players. The cup consists of developmental squad from clubs competing in the top and second division of Malaysian football league system, ...

: Winners: -

International competitions

AFC

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: Winners: -

Youth

*;France International Indian Tournament : Winners (1): 2014

Feeder clubs

* MISC-MIFA

References

External links

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