DRB-Hicom F.C.

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DRB-HICOM FC
DRB-HICOM Football Club.png
Full nameDRB-HICOM Football Club
Nickname(s)The Great Bees (D'gReatBees)
Founded2008;16 years ago (2008)
GroundGlenmarie, Shah Alam
CapacityUnterraced free seating
Owner DRB-HICOM
PresidentMahmood Abdul Razak
CoachFisol Abdul Razak
League KLFA Super League
20224th of 10
Website Club website

DRB-HICOM Football Club is a football club established to compete in Malaysia football league. The team played in the Malaysia Premier League (the second tier of the country's professional league - Liga M) since 2010 until 2016 before they withdrew from the league. It was simultaneously decided that the club's 2nd team (previously known as DRB-HICOM 2) to remain competing in an amateur league. Therefore, DRB-HICOM FC remained competing in the Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) League, where they have played since 2014. This team is composed of employees of DRB-HICOM Group of Companies and experienced local players.

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The club is commonly known as The Great Bees (D'GreatBees), and previously used Proton City Stadium in Tanjung Malim as their official home ground. The well-facilitated stadium currently has a capacity for 3,000 fans. However, since it now plays in a league in the Klang Valley, DRB-HICOM FC is now based in Glenmarie, Shah Alam; the PROTON Casting Plant field is about 3 km away from the headquarters of DRB-HICOM Berhad. The conglomerate owns 50.1% of national carmaker PROTON. [1]

Club's names

Official team attire

PeriodManufacturer
2010Lotto
2011Lotto
2012Eider
2013Kappa
2014Custom made
2015 Mizuno
2016 Mizuno
2017 Mizuno
2017-2018Skyhawk [3]
2019-2020Skyhawk [3]
2022Skyhawk [3]
2023/24Skyhawk [3]

History

The club was established in 2008 as Pos Malaysia Football Club, by the national postal company Pos Malaysia Berhad . Then in 2011, DRB-HICOM acquired the business from the government's investment arm, Khazanah Nasional, [4] and in 2012, efforts began to take root to adopt the DRB-HICOM brand as the club's name. This was finalised in 2014, and the club's current name was formalised. A year after its formation, Pos Malaysia FC played in the FAM Cup [5] [ circular reference ], the third-tier of the Malaysian Football League. The debut season was a successful one, emerging as champions of the 8-team tournament. En route, they recorded a W-D-L record of 11-3-2, scoring 29 goals and letting in 11. Promotion to the second tier Malaysia Premier League in 2010 was approved after Football Association of Malaysia's Local Competitions Committee approved the promotion. Their debut season in the league saw Pos FC finishing the season in eighth place in the 12-team competition. Subsequently, their performance was as follows: -

2011 - 9th place

2012 - 7th place

2013 - 6th place

2014 (as DRB-HICOM FC) - 7th place

2015 - 10th place

2016 (Final season 1st team compete in professional league) - 7th place


The company sees the existence of the club as an internal corporate social responsibility effort. It presents employees with a platform to showcase their other talents, which can potentially become an important avenue to uncover and nurture talents within the Group. These players can go on to become stars in the local as well as regional football arena in the future.

Since its inception, as a professional club, DRB-HICOM FC attracted local players and international footballers from Nigeria, Japan, Croatia, Ghana, Denmark and South Korea to don DRB-HICOM FC's colours and to continue building the club's reputation in the domestic league. Now as an amateur club, more locals are signed as players. In the 2017/18 season, it only had one foreign player.

Club officials as at 2024

PositionName
President Flag of Malaysia.svg Mahmood Abdul Razak
Vice President Flag of Malaysia.svg David Azzuddin Buxton
Secretary General Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Rofizan Abdul Rahman
Treasurer Flag of Malaysia.svg Tengku Nu' Aim Aiman Tg Mad Ameen
Manager Flag of Malaysia.svg Noorhardly Muhamad
Administration Officer Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Muzamir Nordin
Administration Assistant Flag of Malaysia.svg Saiful Azam Sharifuddin
Administration Assistant Flag of Malaysia.svg Nor Zaidy Md Shah

List of players - 2023/24 season

NameNo JersiPosition
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Arzran bin JohaGoal Keeper
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Naqiuddin bin Mohd NoorGoal Keeper
Flag of Malaysia.svg Aiman Hafeez bin FahizalGoal Keeper
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ahmad Akmal Fikri bin Ahamad SabriDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Wan Amirul Syakir bin Wan MazlanDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Zul Aiman NasarudinDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Zul Adli Fahmy bin RejabDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Fikri bin Mohamad YusofDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Sritaran A/L Ravi ChandanDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Syafham Ikmal bin Mohamad SyakerDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamad Azizy bin AskaranDefender
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohammad Syafiq bin Mohd MokhtarMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Amin Mohd KharnainMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Airi Mukmin bin Abd RahmanMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Afiq Haikal bin Samsul BahrinMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Ahmad Salman bin Ahmad JaafarMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Zaiful bin Abdul HakimMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Yhew SiongMidfielder
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Asyraf bin Abdul MajidStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Asrul bin BasriStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Rahizi Mohd RasibStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Helmi Farhakim Mat NoorStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Syahlan bin ZakariaStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Syazwan bin NasaruddinStriker
Flag of Malaysia.svg Wan Amirul Faiz Wan MuhamadStriker

Team staff - 2023/24

PositionName
Team Manager Flag of Malaysia.svg Noorhardly Muhamad
Head coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak
Assistant coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohammad Firdaus Abdul Ghani
Goal Keeper Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Saharuddin Marzuki
Physiotherapist Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Faizal Ghazali
Equipment Officer Flag of Malaysia.svg Muhammad Syafid Mohd Ali

List of Head Coaches - M-League Team (2009–2016)

YearCoachAssistant Coach
2009 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Anizam Daud
2010–2010 Flag of Malaysia.svg Lim Kok Onn
2010–2011 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mat Zan Mat Aris
2012–2014 Flag of Malaysia.svg G. Torairaju Flag of Italy.svg Paolo Tirinnanzi
Dec 2014 – Feb 2015 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marshall Soper
Feb 2015 – 2016 Flag of Malaysia.svg Chong Yee Fatt

List of Head Coaches - KLFA League (2014-now)

SeasonCoach
2014 Flag of Malaysia.svg Hamdan Mohamad
2016 Flag of Malaysia.svg Razak A Majid
2017/18 Flag of Malaysia.svg Razak A Majid
2019/20 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak
2020 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak
2021 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak
2022 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak
2023 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fisol Abdul Razak

Honours

Domestic competitions

Team achievement - Malaysia Premier League

Team achievement - Kuala Lumpur (KLFA) League

Official partners

2014

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia 2015

2015

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- Altel Communications 2016

2016

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions (DHAS) 2017/18

2017/18

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Bank Muamalat (Official Bank)

- DRB-HICOM Environmental Services (Official Facility Management Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

- Glenmarie Golf & Country Club (Official Facilities Services Provider) [6] 2019/20

2019/20

- DRB-HICOM

- Composites Technology Research Malaysia - CTRM (Official Partner)

- Bank Muamalat (Official Bank)

- Pos Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Liberty Insurance (Official Partner)

- PROTON Holdings (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Environmental Services (Official Facility Management Partner)

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

- Glenmarie Golf & Country Club (Official Facilities Services Provider) [6]


2022

- DRB-HICOM

- HICOM HBPO

- PROTON Holdings (Official Partner)

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)


2023/24

- DRB-HICOM

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- CoffeeBot (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Commercial Vehicle (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

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