PLUS Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Projek Lebuhraya Usaha Sama Malaysia Berhad) is a
football
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club of
PLUS Expressways Berhad
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, the main toll highway operator company of the
Malaysian Expressway System
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. The club currently plays in the fourth Division of
Malaysia
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n football, the
Kuala Lumpur League
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. Their home stadium is the
MBPJ Stadium
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,
Kelana Jaya
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,
Petaling Jaya
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Selangor
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. Starts in an amateur KLFA Division 2 League in 2000. After 2 years be promoted to KLFA Division 1 League and become KLFA Cup champion in 2004 subsequently qualify to
FAM Cup
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in 2005. Promoted to the 2nd Division of Malaysian league,
Premier League Malaysia
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in 2007 and a year later becomes Runner-Up of this division and automatically promoted to
Super League Malaysia 2009
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in 2009. The club finished a commendable 7th place in its first season of the
Super League Malaysia
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and reached the quarter-finals stage of the 2009
Malaysia Cup
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.
PLUS FC withdrew from the
2011 Super League Malaysia
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following a corporate exercise of PLUS Expressways. They were replaced by
Harimau Muda A
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for the spot at the
2011 Super League Malaysia
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.
PLUS FC came back in
Kuala Lumpur League
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Division 1 in year 2013 and also want rejoin to the
M-League
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after 4 years hiatus.
Honours
Achievements (2006–2010)
Former player
;Local players
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Bobby Gonzales
Bobby Gonzales (born 15 February 1984 in Beaufort) is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Malaysian Super League club Sabah as forward. He currently hold the all-time top scorer of Malaysia Premier League with 90 goals.
Personal life
Bobby wa ...
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Irwan Fadzli Idrus
Irwan Fadzli bin Idrus (born 2 June 1981) is Malaysian former footballer who played as a defender. He is a former member of the Malaysian national team.
He has played for the Malaysian under 23 squad for the 2001 and 2003 SEA Games, 2002 As ...
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Fadzli Saari
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Nazrulerwan Makmor
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Raimi Mohd Nor
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Safiq Rahim
Safiq bin Rahim (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: صفيق بن رحيم; born 5 July 1987) is a Malaysian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Malaysian Super League club Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Darul Ta'zim. He has represented th ...
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Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
Norhafiz Zamani bin Misbah (born 15 July 1981) is a Malaysian professional football coach and former player who played as a centre-back. He is a former member of the Malaysia national team. With a calm character and good at controlling the si ...
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Ramesh Lai
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Mohd Rozul Harris Mohd Nasir
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Razi Effendi Suhit
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Nizaruddin Yusof
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Shahazriz Redwan
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Reeshafiq Alwi
; Foreign players
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Alex Agbo
Alex Agbo (born 1 July 1977) is a Nigerian professional footballer. He currently plays for Sharks FC in the Nigerian Premier League after playing for years in Malaysia
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Adrian Trinidad
Adrian Trinidad (born 18 October 1982) is an Argentina, Argentine football (soccer), football Midfielder (football), midfielder who plays for Persik Kediri in the Liga Indonesia.
Biography Perth Glory
Trinidad played his first game for Perth ...
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Tércio Nunes Machado
Team managers
Team coaches
References
External links
KL PLUS FC blog
Football clubs in Malaysia
2000 establishments in Malaysia
2010 disestablishments in Malaysia
PLUS Expressways
Association football clubs established in 2000
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