UPB-MyTeam FC
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| Full name | United Plantations Berhad-MyTeam Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) | "The revolution of Malaysian football", Jaguh Kampung |
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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ground | MBPJ Stadium, Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor (Capacity 25,000) |
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| Chairman |  YB Khairy Jamaluddin |
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| Manager |  Bojan Hodak |
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| League | Malaysian Super League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UPB-MyTeam Football Club is a Malaysian soccer club which competes in the top tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League. The team's home stadium is the MBPJ Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The club as it exists today is the result of a merger of Perak UPB Football Club and MyTeam (a football team created through the Malaysian reality TV show MyTeam) prior to the 2006-07 Malaysian football season.
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[edit] History
Launched in 2006, the TV3 reality TV series MyTeam brought together a squad of soccer players from around Malaysia with no professional playing experience known as "MyTeam". The show followed the team as it was selected through trails and then trained and coached by the former Malaysian international footballer Shebby Singh, before taking on the Malaysia national football team in an exhibition match. MyTeam lost 2-1 to the national team in the exhibition game on May 28 2006. The show generated considerable interest. MyTeam was subsequently invited to join the Malaysia Premier League for the 2006-07 season.
Perak UPB FC was an ailing football club sponsored by the Malaysian United Plantations Board (UPB), based in Teluk Intan, Perak. (When it was first formed, the club had been known as Perak Jenderata FC.) The club was poised to "go the way of the dinosaur" before the politician Khairy Jamaluddin, who along with radio DJ Jason Lo was the co-creator and Executive Producer of the MyTeam series, decided to take over the club and form a base for MyTeam to became a professional competive team. The name UPB-MyTeam FC was adopted upon Perak UPB FC's management's request (however it has been speculated that the "UPB" will be dropped from the club's name at some point in the future). Khairy Jamaluddin and Jason Lo became the club's President and Deputy President, and Bojan Hodak of Croatia was hired to become the team's coach.
UPB-MyTeam FC finished the 2006-07 Malaysia Premier League season as as runners-up behind PDRM FA, and as a result were promoted to the Malaysia Super League 2007-08 season.
A second season of the reality TV show, MyTeam2, was broadcast in 2007 (MyTeam2 took on the Indonesian national football team, losing 2-0). Three players from MyTeam2 (Muhamad Noor Hassan, Mohan a/l R. Azmi and Mohd Hisham Hashim) have joined the UPB-MyTeam FC squad for the 2007-08 Malaysian Super League season.
[edit] Officials
Club Management (2007-08)
| Name | Nationality | Role |
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| Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar | |
President/Chairman |
| Jason Lo | |
Deputy President/Vice Chairman & Team Manager |
| Ruben Emir Gnanalingam | |
Vice President |
| Martin Bek-Nielsen |  / |
Vice President |
| Muhammad Yakub Hussaini | |
Vice President & Assistant Manager |
| Dax Muhamad | |
General Secetary |
| Al-Naliq Hasmi | |
Assistant General Secetary |
| T. Kunaseelan | |
General Secetary (Presidents Cup Team) |
| Aqliff Shane Casey | |
Honorary Treasurer |
| Safirul Azli Abu Bakar | |
Media Officer |
| Ismail Ibrahim | |
Inventory Manager |
| Shamim Imran | |
Match Analyst |
| Herman Antoni |  |
Kit Man |
Technical Staff (2007-08)
| Name | Nationality | Role |
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| Jason Lo | |
Team Manager |
| Bojan Hodak | |
Head Coach |
| Khan Hung Meng | |
Assistant Head Coach |
| Abdul Rashid Hassan | |
Goalkeepers Coach |
| Luiz Pablo Pozzuto |  |
Trainer/Motivator/Analyst |
| Jacob Joseph | |
Presidents Cup Team Coach |
| Mohd Azrilreza Azman | |
Physiotherapist |
[edit] Achievements
| Title | Winners | Runners-up |
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| Malaysia Cup | — | — |
| Malaysia Super League | — | — |
| Malaysia Premier League | — | 2007 |
| Malaysia FA Cup | — | — |
| Malaysia Charity Shield | — | — |
[edit] 2007-08 Squad
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[edit] Transfers (Season 2007-08)
In
Mohd Bunyamin Omar from Kedah FA
Syed Adney Syed Hussein from Selangor FA
Muhd Juzaili Sameon from Pahang FA
Irwan Fadly Idrus from Pahang FA
Norshahrul Idlan Talaha from Negeri Sembilan FA
Azamuddin Mohd Akil from Shahzan Muda FC
Muhd Zamri Chin from Kuala Muda NAZA
Mohd Noor Hassan from MyTeam 2
Mohan R. Azmi from MyTeam 2
Mohd Hisham Hashim from MyTeam 2
Andres Sebastian Romano from Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy
Miljan Radovic from unknown
Sasa Branezac from Deltras Sidoarjo
Edvaldo Goncalves Pereira from unknown
Out
Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof to Perlis FA
Yosri Dermaraju to PDRM FA
Mohd Fairuz Mohd Noor to Proton FC
Mohd Sollahuddin Mohd Said released
Junaidi Daud to Kelantan FA
Mohd Azril Abd Hamid to Felda United FC
K. Thiruventhan released
Dejan Miljanic released
Syed Mohd Abdul Ghafar Syed Amir to PKNS FC
Khairul Izwan Jamaluddin to Malacca FA
Matej Bogdanovic released
Mohd Fairus Alias released
Marin Mikac released
Miljan Radovic released
[edit] Former players
Import Players
- Dejan Miljanovic
- Matej Bogdanovic
- Marin Mikac
- Miljan Radovic
Local Players
- Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof
- Yosri Dermaraju
- Mohd Fairuz Mohd Noor
- Syed Mohd Abdul Ghafar Syed Amir
- Mohd Sollahuddin Mohd Said
- Junaidi Daud
- Md Azril Abd Hamid
- K. Thiruventhan
- Mohd Fairus Alias
- Khairul Izwan Jamaluddin
Players with dual-nationalities
- / Martin Bek Nielsen
[edit] Coaches
Coaches since entering the Malaysia Premier League in 2006-07 season.
| Period | Coach |
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| 2006 - present | Bojan Hodak |
[edit] Home stadium
The MBPJ Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia. It is used mostly for soccer matches, and it also has facilities for athletics. The stadium was also once the home venue of Selangor MPPJ FC, and has a capacity of 25,000.
The stadium is situated in eastern part of Petaling Jaya (in the area of Kelana Jaya).
The stadium has around 5,500 parking lots which are located surrounding the stadium. The stadium has become the major landmark in Kelana Jaya because of its scale and magnificent architecture.
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