Selangor League

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FA Selangor League
Founded1935;89 years ago (1935)
CountryMalaysia
Confederation AFC
DivisionsFAS Super League
FAS Premier League
FAS League Division 1
FAS League Division 2
Number of teams73 (men)
14 (women)
Level on pyramid5–8
Feeder to Malaysia M5 League
Promotion to Malaysia M4 League via
Selangor Champions League
Domestic cup(s) Malaysia FA Cup
League cup(s)FAS Charity Cup [lower-alpha 1]
Selangor Champions League
FAS FA Cup
Website FA Selangor.my
Current: 2023

The FA Selangor League is the state-level football league in Selangor. [1] It is one of the 23 other concurrent fifth-tier level leagues in the Malaysian football league system and a fifth to eight-tier league in the national level. The league is managed by the Football Association of Selangor (FAS). The league was established a long time ago where the earliest known records was in 1935. [2]

Contents

The league has undergone multiple iterations of structures until its current structure took place. The current top-tier division in the FA Selangor League is the FA Selangor Super League, followed by the second-tier FA Selangor Premier League, the third-tier FA Selangor Division 1 and the fourth-tier FA Selangor League Division 2 which forms the four-division league structure. [3] [4]

History

Origin

The Selangor Football League or FA Selangor League has been held for a long time. The league started as the Selangor Amateur Football League in 1905. [5] The first known records of the league was in 1935 where the champion for that year were Rangers. [2]

Even though the league was relatively unknown to outsiders, the Selangor state has been a source of clubs for the national league for years. Some of the recent teams from Selangor that are currently or have competed in the national-tier league are PKNS and Megah Murni among others.

Football Selangor

Tengku Amir Shah, Raja Muda of Selangor created the Selangor Youth Community (SAY) which aims to help the development of youth in Selangor in the fields of entrepreneurship, art & creativity, sports and community service.In 2016, SAY introduced the Selangor Champions League (SCL) which brought together champions from various state amateur leagues to compete for the title of the best amateur team in Selangor. [6]

In 2017, the idea to establish Football Selangor (FS) was born; an organization created to unite the amateur football community in Selangor. FS also launched the Affiliate League Program which was joined by 27 social & amateur leagues throughout Selangor. This program has paved the way to SCL for more teams in the Darul Ehsan state.

The organization of the SCL, driven by the grassroots football community itself, has proven that the social & amateur league scene can be raised to a more prestigious level. And in 2017 was also the first year that the 2017 SCL final was held at the Shah Alam Stadium, which became the highest motivation for every amateur team to perform at the sacred stadium of the Selangor Darul Ehsan team.In addition, the amateur football scene went to a new level when for the first time in the history of the Malaysian Amateur Cup competition was held. The collaboration between the Terengganu Amateur League & Selangor Champions League saw the best players from their respective leagues clash at the Shah Alam Stadium to win the first Malaysian Amateur Cup title. TAL All Stars successfully lifted the Malaysian Amateur Cup after defeating SCL All Stars 2-0.

Year after year, champion after champion has been crowned. The sacred stadium of Shah Alam Stadium saw the championship won by Puchong Fuerza FC for 2018 defeating KRU FC in front of thousands of fans accompanied by the beating of "Ultras" drums, even though the match only involved amateur teams, it felt like being in a professional team match. The match saw the Puchong Fuerza FC team overcome the KRU FC team 3 to 0 to take home the Selangor Champions League title for the 2018 season.

In 2019, Football Selangor managed the competition unit of the Selangor Football Association (FAS) which witnessed the restructuring of the FAS League for the 2019 season. In addition to that, the FAS Junior League was also conducted involving teams for the Under-14 and Under-17 categories that participated by Tunas Academy and District Training Centers around the Klang Valley.

The competition continues with the 2019 Selangor Champions League which sees the line-up of the 16 best teams with the best performances and players in the amateur football scene in the state of Selangor. The intense competition throughout the campaign saw improved organization from various aspects including live broadcasts with three camera angles and additional video content such as the Off The Field series for all teams along with content involving professional players from the Selangor FC team.

All the football development efforts carried out were initiated by the initiative of His Highness the Young Ruler of Selangor who created an entity called Football Selangor which is under the non-governmental body Selangor Youth Community (SAY) which is chaired by the Young Ruler himself. And now until the future, FAS will be the entity responsible for ensuring that all football development efforts in the state of Selangor are always at the best level.

Competition

Men

Starting from 2019, The FA Selangor League consists of competitions run and organised by Football Association of Selangor in collaboration with Football Selangor which are listed below:

The structure of the league competition is as below:

LevelTotal teamsLeague(s) / division(s)
1 (5)18FAS Super League
↓ 2 relegation spots
2 (6)19FAS Premier League
↑ 2 promotion spots
↓ 2 relegation spots
3 (7)16FAS League Division 1
↑ 2 promotion spots
↓ 2 relegation spots
4 (8)20FAS League Division 2
↑ 2 promotion spots

Women

Starting from 2021, The FA Selangor League consists of competitions run and organised by Football Association of Selangor in collaboration with Football Selangor which are listed below:

The structure of the league competition is as below

LevelTotal teamsLeague(s) / division(s)
114 FAS Women's Super League

Current member teams

Below are listed the member teams of the FA Selangor League.

FAS Super League

FAS Premier League

FAS League Division 1

FAS League Division 2

Past league winners

No.SeasonFAS Super LeagueFAS Premier LeagueFAS League Division 1FAS League Division 2
12019NPNG3 teams [lower-alpha 2] Not exists
–2020Competitions abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
–2021Not held [lower-alpha 3]
22022NPNGMP SepangKelana UnitedPuchong Hunters
32023MBSAKelana UnitedKRUKKB Brotherhood

Titles by team

TeamFirst tierSecond tierThird tierFouth tierTotal titles
NPNG22
MBSA11
Kelana United112
PIB11
MBPJ11
Kingstown Klang11
MP Sepang11
KRU11
Puchong Hunters11
KKB Brotherhood11

Record

Team

Titles

  • Most League titles: 2, NPNG
  • Most consecutive League titles: 2, NPNG: 2019, 2022

Individual

List of top scorers by season
SeasonFAS Super LeagueGoalsFAS Premier LeagueGoalsFAS League Division 1GoalsFAS League Division 2Goals
2019Asare Patrick
(NPNG)		122 players [lower-alpha 4] 14Not exists
2020Competitions abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021Not held
2022Firdaus Musa
(MPKJ)		10Ahsan Hamdani
(Malaysia Airports)		9 Razman Roslan (Kelana United)19Partheban Jaganathan
(Puchong Hunters)		18
20234 players [lower-alpha 5] 82 players [lower-alpha 6] 9Nuriskandar Hamid
(KRU)		20Shahriman Shafii
(KKB Brotherhood)		17

Notes

  1. ↑ A cup match between FAS Super League winners against Selangor Champions League winners
  2. ↑ In 2019, the FAS Premier League was divided into 3 leagues. The champions are PIB, MBPJ and Kingstown Klang.
  3. ↑ In 2021, the FAS League has been replaced by the FAS Return To Play, which is a series of pre-season matches that will be participated by 56 teams from three divisions in preparation for the 2022 FAS League competition and will take place from 30 October to 19 December 2021.The champions are PIB, UITM and Puchong Hunters.
  4. ↑ Ismail Mamat (MP Klang), Nuriskandar Hamid (Kingstown Klang).
  5. ↑ Rizzham Norman (Gombak), Firdaus Musa (MPKJ), Terrence Marieselvam (MPKJ), Faiz Laidin (Sun Riders).
  6. ↑ Radzi Pilus (Bukit Kapar), Fakri Saarani (Kelana United)

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References

  1. ↑ "Liga FAS". FA Selangor.
  2. 1 2 http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malayregchamp.html#Selangor Selangor League Champions History
  3. ↑ http://www.thestar.com.my/metro/scoreboard/2016/04/01/impressive-emkay-run-riot-former-champions-on-course-for-quarterfinal-berth-in-fas-league/ Royal Selangor Club continue winning ways in FAS league after big win
  4. ↑ https://selangorkini.my/2014/06/pnsb-fc-juara-piala-liga-super-fas-2014/ PNSB FC juara Piala Liga Super FAS 2014
  5. ↑ http://www.fam.org.my/history History of FAM
  6. ↑ "SAYxFAS – FA Selangor" . Retrieved 2023-08-24.
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