Malaysia FAM League

FAM League

Founded	September 1951;67 years ago (1951-09) (as knock-out cup tournament) 2008;10 years ago (2008) (as League)
Country	Malaysia
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	3
Promotion to	Malaysia Premier League
Relegation to	Malaysia M4 League
Domestic cup(s)	Piala FA
Current champions	Terengganu City (1st title) (2018)
Most championships	Selangor (7th title)
TV partners	Astro Arena
2019 FAM League

The FAM League is the third-tier football league in Malaysia. The tournament used to be a cup format, but it changed 2008 as it was held as a league tournament and changing to its current name. ^[1]

The competition was first held in September 1951. ^{[2] [1]} The defending champion is Sime Darby currently not joining the main league in Malaysia.

Clubs which earns their promotion will be promoted to the second level league, the Liga Premier. Currently, there are no official relegation for the Liga FAM as they are the lowest level in the national level competition. Although clubs which decided to pulled from the league may pulled from the competition altogether or return to their respective state leagues. ^[3]

Format

• 1951–1973: as a secondary knockout competition between state teams only after Piala Malaysia.
• 1974–1989: as a secondary knockout competition between club teams only after Piala Malaysia.
• 1990–2007: as a third-tier knockout competition.
• 2008–present : as a third-tier league competition.

History

Piala FAM was established in August 1951 as a secondary knockout competition to the more prestigious Malaya Cup. ^[4] The competition were held between the state teams including Singapore, Police, Army, and Prisons Department of Malaysia in its early days. The inaugural season started in September 1951 after the Malaya Cup final concluded. ^{[2] [5]} The final match was held on 26 April 1952 between Penang and Selangor which was won by Penang. ^{[6] [7]} Starting in 1974, the state teams were barred from entering the competition and only the club sides could enter. ^[1]

With the advent of two-league Semi-Pro League in 1989, FAM Cup becomes the third-tier competition. In 1993, the format of the competition was changed to include a two-group league followed by the traditional knockout format. Promotion to the professional M-League were introduced for the first time in 1997, Johor FC and NS Chempaka were the first two sides to be promoted that year. ^[1]

The final knockout competition format was played for 2007 season where four clubs were promoted including the champions, runner-up and the losing semi-finalists. ^{[8] [9]} In 2008, a further changes were made when the knockout stages were abolished and double round-robin league format was introduced. The tournament now known as Liga FAM. ^{[10] [11]}

In 2016, FAM decided to rename the competition again from Liga FAM back to its original name, the Piala FAM. ^[12] However, the format of the competition still be competed as a league tournament as before. The final match for 2016 season has been broadcast by Astro Arena. ^[13]

A total of 16 clubs will compete in the competition for 2017 season and was divided into two groups. ^[14] On 15 February 2017, Sungai Ara withdrew from the league and left the competition with 15 clubs in total. ^{[15] [16] [17]}

Logo evolution

Since the inception of the competition in 1951, numerous logo has been introduced to reflect the sponsorship. During the introduction of 2017 season a new logo has been unveiled. ^[14]

• 
  The logo was used from 2013 until the end of 2015 Liga FAM season.
• 
  The current logo will be used from 2017 Piala FAM season.

Clubs

Below are the list of clubs competing in 2018 season.

Club Name	Year Joined	First Season in Liga FAM	Seasons in Liga FAM	Current Spell in Liga FAM	Last Spell in Liga FAM
MPKB-BRI U-Bes	2016	2016	2	2016–	–
Felcra	2015	2015	3	2016–	–
MOF	2014	2014	4	2014–	–
PBMS	2016	2016	2	2016–	–
Sime Darby	2010	2010	2	2017–	2016
UKM	2015	2015	3	2015–	–
SAMB	2016	2016	2	2016–	–
Penjara	2015	2015	3	2015–	–
Shahzan Muda	2005	2005	8	2011–	2010
Sungai Ara	2014	2014	4	2014–	–
KDMM	2016	2016	2	2016–	–
Kuching	2015	2017	1	2017–	–
Petaling Jaya Rangers	2015	2015	3	2015–	–
Hanelang	2014	2014	4	2014–	–
Terengganu City	2016	2017	1	2017–	–

Champions

No.	Season [1]	Champions	Runners-up	Score in final
1	1952	Penang	Selangor	5–0
2	1953	Kelantan	Selangor	1–1 (Trophy shared)
3	1954	Kelantan	Combined Services @ ATM FA	2–1
4	1955	Penang	Selangor	2–1
5	1956	Penang	Negeri Sembilan FA	5–1
6	1957	Penang	Malacca FA	8–1
7	1958	Combined Services @ ATM FA	Malacca FA	3–1
8	1959	Perak	Johor FA	1–0
9	1960	Selangor	Perak	5–0
10	1961	Selangor	Penang	5–3
11	1962	Selangor	Penang	4-3 ( a.e.t. )
12	1963	Singapore FA	Kelantan	7–0
13	1964	Perak	Selangor	7–1
14	1965	Perak	Singapore FA	3–2
15	1966	Selangor	Johor FA	3–0
16	1967	Singapore FA	Selangor	2–1
17	1968	Selangor	Penang	3–2
18	1969	Terengganu	Selangor	3–1
19	1970	Penjara F.C.	Selangor	3–2
20	1971	Penjara F.C.	Kelantan	5–2
21	1972	Selangor	Kelantan	2–1
22	1973	Penjara F.C.	Johor FA	1–0
23	1974	UMNO Selangor F.C.	Kuantan	2–1
24	1975	Kuantan	LKPP Kelantan F.C.	1–0
25	1976	Kelab Sukan Adabi	Kuantan	1–0
26	1977	Kuantan	Kelab Kilat Kota Bharu	2–2 (Trophy shared)
27	1978	NS Indians F.C.	PKNS F.C.	0–0 (Trophy shared)
28	1979	PKNS F.C.	Hong Chin F.C.	2–1
29	1980	Darulmakmur F.C.	NS Indians F.C.	4–1
30	1981	SPPP FC	UMBC F.C.	4–2
31	1982	Kelab Sultan Sulaiman	MARA F.C.	2–0
32	1983	SPPP FC	???	-
33	1984	Johor Bahru FA	Faizar Haris F.C.	2–1
34	1985	KL Cheqpoint F.C.	DBKL F.C.	1–0
35	1986	PDC F.C.	???	-
36	1987	DBKL F.C.	Kinta Indians F.C.	1–0
37	1988	DBKL F.C.	???	-
38	1989	PKNK FC	DBKL F.C.	1–0
39	1990	DBKL F.C.	???	-
40	1990-91	DBKL F.C.	Public Bank F.C.	1–0
41	1991-92	PKNK F.C.	Intel F.C.	2–1 ( a.e.t. )
42	1993	Intel F.C.	PKNP F.C.	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) 5–4 (PSO)
43	1994	PKENJ F.C.	Intel F.C.	PKENJ F.C. won 1–0 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 0–0
44	1995	PKENJ F.C.	LKPP Pahang F.C.	PKENJ F.C. won 2–0 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 0–1
45	19961	TM F.C.	PKENJ F.C.	TM FC won 4–3 on penalty 1st leg 2–1; 2nd leg 0–1
46	1997	ATM	NS Chempaka F.C.	ATM FA won 3–0 on aggregate 1st leg 2–0; 2nd leg 1–0
47	1998	TM FC	TNB F.C.	TM FC won 5–1 on aggregate 1st leg 4–0; 2nd leg 1–1
48	1999	JKR F.C.	Malay Mail F.C.	4–2
49	2000	JKR F.C.	PDRM FA	1–1 ( a.e.t. ) 6–5 (PSO)
50	2001	MPPJ FC	SAJ Holdings F.C.	3–1
51	2002	JPS F.C.	TKN F.C.	5–0
52	2003	PKNS F.C.	MK Land F.C.	3–1
53	2004	Suria NTFA F.C.	UPB Jendarata F.C.	2–1
54	2005	Kelantan	Shahzan Muda S.C.	2–0
55	2006	Pasir Gudang United F.C.	ATM	3–0
56	2007	Proton F.C.	Beverly F.C.	4–2
57	2008	T-Team	MBJB F.C.	Held as league tournament
58	2009	Pos Malaysia F.C.	USM FC	Held as league tournament
59	2010	Sime Darby F.C.	SDM Navy Kepala Batas F.C.	Held as league tournament
60	2011	NS Betaria FC	MBJB F.C.	Held as league tournament
61	2012	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Shahzan Muda S.C.	Held as league tournament
62	2013	Penang	PBAPP F.C.	Held as league tournament
63	2014	Kuantan	Kuala Lumpur	Held as league tournament
64	2015	Melaka United	Perlis FA	3–2
65	2016	MISC-MIFA	PKNP F.C.	MIFA won 3–1 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 1–2
66	2017	Sime Darby F.C.	UKM F.C.	Sime Darby won 3–2 on aggregate 1st leg 1–0; 2nd leg 2–2
67	2018	Terengganu City	Selangor United	2–0

Performance by club (1952–present)

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Selangor	7	6
Penang	5	3
Kelantan	3	3
Kuantan	3	2
PKNS FC	3	-
Perak	3	-
Penjara F.C.	3	-
Singapore FA	2	-
JKR FC	2	-
PKENJ FC	2	-
PKNK FC	2	-
SPPP FC	2	-
DBKL FC	2	-
TM F.C.	2	-
Sime Darby F.C.	2	-
Melaka United	1	2
Intel FC	1	2
Combined Services	1	1
ATM	1	1
Terengganu	1	-
UMNO FC	1	-
Kelab Sukan Adabi	1	-
NS Indians FC	1	-
Darul Makmur FC	1	-
Kelab Sultan Sulaiman	1	-
Johor Bahru FA	1	-
KL Cheq Point FC	1	-
MPPJ F.C.	1	-
JPS FC	1	-
Suria NTFA F.C.	1	-
Pasir Gudang United	1	-
Proton F.C.	1	-
T-Team	1	-
Pos Malaysia F.C.	1	-
NS Betaria F.C.	1	-
Putrajaya SPA F.C.	1	-
MIFA	1	-
Terengganu City	1	-
Shahzan Muda S.C.	-	2
PKNP F.C.	-	2
Kuala Lumpur	-	1
UKM F.C.	-	1
Selangor United	-	1

Performance by states (1952–present)

Club	Winners	Runners-up
Selangor	13	13
Penang	9	7
Kelantan	7	4
Kuala Lumpur	6	6
Johor	4	7
Pahang	3	5
Malacca	3	2
Perak	3	2
Terengganu	3	1
Negeri Sembilan	2	2
Singapore	2	1
Kedah	2	-
Others	1	1

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External links

• Official website