Selangor Futsal
Full nameSelangor Football Club Futsal
Nickname(s)Gergasi Merah (The Red Giants)
King of Malaya
Short nameSFC
SEL
Founded2005 (2005)
as Selangor
2 November 2019 (2019-11-02)
as Selangor MAC (merge with MAC FC)
10 December 2023 (2023-12-10)
as Selangor F.C. (futsal)
GroundPanasonic National Sport Complex
Shah Alam, Selangor
OwnerRed Giants FC Sdn. Bhd.
ChairmanTengku Amir Shah
Head coachEdgar Eder Baldasso
LeagueMalaysia Premier Futsal League
2023Group B: 2nd
Knockouts: Semi-finals
WebsiteClub website

Selangor F.C., formerly known as Selangor MAC is a Malaysian professional futsal club based in the city of Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. It is a part of the Selangor F.C. sports club.[1] The club is currently competes in the Malaysia Premier Futsal League. The club is nicknamed the Red Giants. The Red Giants play home games at Panasonic National Sport Complex in Shah Alam, Selangor. The club is owned by Red Giants Sdn. Bhd, with Tengku Amir Shah as Chairman.

The Red Giants hold the records for most Malaysia Premier Futsal League titles (3). Selangor F.C. were the third Malaysian club to qualify and enter AFF Futsal Club Championship where the club finished third place both in 2021 and 2022 season.

History

Rebranding to Selangor F.C.

On 10 December 2023, Selangor MAC will officially change the team name to Selangor F.C. after announcing it on all their social media accounts.[2] On 18 December 2023, the team announced that they will participate in the Ho Chi Minh City Futsal Open 2023 from 23 December to 29 December 2023.

Brand and identity

Crest and colours

Selangor F.C. (futsal) uses the same crest as Selangor F.C. use. The crest is shaped like a shield, while the emblem on the upper part of the crest is derived from the Selangor State Council coat of arms. The colour characteristics on the crest is the main colour of the state of Selangor which symbolizes Bravery for red and Royalty for yellow.[3] Both of these colors are linked to the state flag which follows the identity of Selangor. The logo is then completed by featuring the state's blazon on the top of it.

Kits

Since 2019, the Selangor Futsal team kit was manufactured by Joma.

Period Kit manufacturer Front of shirt sponsors Back of shirt sponsors Shoulder sponsors
2019 Joma Fancy Futsal Vizione Lynas
2020 PKNS, Fancy Futsal and Vizione — ANF Logistic
2021 Lynas
2022 Fancy Futsal, Wing Hin Group of Companies and Lynas D'Aurora
2023 MSU Medical Centre and Wing Hin Group of Companies — Fancy Futsal

Stadium

Since 2019, the Red Giants have been playing their home games in an indoor stadium at the Panasonic National Sports Complex in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Period Venue Location
2019– Panasonic National Sports Complex Shah Alam, Selangor

Players

First team squad[4]

As of 2 December 2023
No. Position Player Nationality
1 Goalkeeper Affiq Miswan  Malaysia
18 Goalkeeper Syaifuddin Ibrahim  Malaysia
21 Goalkeeper Syawal Sabaruddin  Malaysia
Goalkeeper Helmi Imran  Malaysia
2 Defender Fariq Mohammad  Malaysia
6 Defender Ali Imran Hasan  Malaysia
Defender Farikh Khabibor  Malaysia
7 Winger Faris Johan  Malaysia
10 Winger Aizad Daniel  Malaysia
14 Winger Aidil Shahril  Malaysia
19 Winger Aidil Izwan  Malaysia
20 Winger Matheus Vasconcelos Silva  Brazil
24 Winger Syahir Iqbal  Malaysia
25 Winger Haziq Haikal  Malaysia
Winger Imran Samsudin  Malaysia
Winger Firdaus Zulkefli  Malaysia
9 Pivot Khairul Effendy  Malaysia
11 Pivot Bukhari Samsudin  Malaysia
17 Pivot Azamuddin Hasan  Malaysia
Pivot Khaiyum Khaimi  Malaysia

Former players

The table shown below lists all the players who left the club after the 2023 season ended.

Club captains

Period Player Nationality
2019– Fariq Mohammad[5]  Malaysia

Management & coaching staff

Management

As of 27 June 2023[6]
Position Name
Chairman Malaysia Tengku Amir Shah
Board of directors Malaysia Shahril Mokhtar
Malaysia Siti Zubaidah Abdul Jabar
Malaysia Norita Mohd Sidek
Chief executive officer Malaysia Johan Kamal Hamidon
Chief operation officer Malaysia Aladdin Mostafa

Technical staff

As of 27 June 2023
Position Name
Team Manager Malaysia Mimi Afzan Azfa
Head Coach Brazil Edgar Eder Baldasso
Assistant Coach Malaysia Yao Eoh Shao
Malaysia Ahmad Khairi Aswad Ishak
Goalkeeper Coach Malaysia Mohd Firdaus Razali
Fitness Coach Malaysia Luqman Mat Nur Abd Razak
Physiotherapist Malaysia Serlaa Ramanarajoo Betharajoo
Team Admin Malaysia Qaiser Heshaam Abdul Kadir
Malaysia Irien Natasha Zulkifli
Team Media Malaysia Aimullah Abdul Halim
Kitman Malaysia Ahmad Faris Hazman Azman

Head coaches

Record

Information correct as of 10 September 2023. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name Nationality From To Pld W D L GF GA Win% Ref
Addy Shairullyzam  Malaysia 17 February 2019 8 August 2022 41 33 4 4 165 82 80.49 [7]
Beto Aranha  Brazil 8 August 2022 12 November 2022 4 1 1 2 11 10 25.00 [8]
Edgar Eder Baldasso  Brazil 20 November 2022 Present 21 14 2 5 96 50 71.43 [9]

Honours

Name Nationality From To Honours
Addy Shairullyzam  Malaysia 17 February 2019 8 August 2022 2 – Malaysia Premier Futsal League (2019, 2022)
1 – Malaysia Futsal Cup (2022)
Beto Aranha  Brazil 8 August 2022 12 November 2022
Edgar Eder Baldasso  Brazil 20 November 2022 Present

Youth development

Selangor MAC Junior (Under-19)

Selangor MAC Junior is an under 19 team that was established on 9 January 2020, to provide early exposure and act as a feeder club & development program for the Selangor MAC & Malaysian team. For the beginning of 2020, Selangor MAC Junior will start playing competitively in the Republic of Futsal league for early exposure. Selangor MAC is the first team to provide a backup squad.[10]

Here, more advanced tactics are applied so that this young talent will take the name of Selangor & Malaysia to a higher level. Outstanding players will join the Selangor MAC senior squad and all Selangor MAC Junior players automatically become members of the MAC club where many of them are now national players.[11]

Red Galacticos MAC (Under-17)

Red Galacticos MAC focuses on teenagers under 17 where the exposure is more focused on the more intense and tactical game situations of Fifa Court. Players who stand out will join Selangor MAC Junior. Apart from that, consistent and outstanding players from the U18 league organized by Selangor MAC will be selected to join Selangor MAC Junior.

MAC Junior (Under-12)

Players from the SJYA Futsal Academy together select talent from an open trial session to be trained by former futsal players and certified coaches.

SJYA Futsal Academy (4-12 years old)

Starting from the roots as early as 4 years old, SJYA Futsal Academy MAC will focus on children aged 4-12 years, for early exposure to the basics of futsal.

Records

List of seasons

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Red Giants. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Selangor F.C. (futsal) seasons.

Selangor F.C. (futsal) last five seasons
Season League Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Pos MFC AFF Top goalscorers Goals[lower-alpha 1]
2019 MPFL 16 13 2 1 62 25 37 41 1st — — Malaysia Fariq Mohammad 18
2020 MPFL 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3 6th[lower-alpha 2] — — Malaysia Aizad Daniel 3
2021 MPFL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 —[lower-alpha 3] — 3rd Malaysia Ekmal Shahrin 3
2022 MPFL 14 12 1 1 66 32 34 37 1st W 3rd Brazil Silva Matheus 22
2023 MPFL 16 12 2 2 78 33 45 38 SF[lower-alpha 4] 3rd — Iran Ali Ebrahimi 22

Continental record

The debut of Selangor in continental competitions took place in the 2021 season as a participant in that season's AFF Futsal Cup. Selangor's best position in the competition was 3rd place, achieved in both the 2021 and 2022 seasons. Italic in the competition indicates that it was non-competitive competition.

Summary

Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD Win%
AFF Futsal Club Championship[lower-alpha 5] 8 3 1 4 23 20 +3 37.50
Ho Chi Minh City Futsal Open 5 3 1 1 18 15 +3 60.00

Results

All results list Selangor's goal tally first.

Season Competition Round Club Result Position
2021 AFF Futsal Cup Round-robin Thailand Chonburi Bluewave 0–3 3rd out of 4
Malaysia Pahang Rangers 5–1
Thailand Port 0–4
Cambodia Mohahang All Star 7–2
2022 AFF Futsal Cup Group B East Timor Ramelau 6–0 2nd out of 3
Vietnam Sahako 1–2
Semi-final Thailand Hongyen Thakam 2–6 3rd place
Third place Vietnam Sahako 2–2 (a.e.t.)
(8–7p)
2023 Ho Chi Minh City Futsal Open Group B Vietnam Savinest Khánh Hòa 3–0 1st out of 3
Thailand Blackpearl United 5–2
Vietnam Thai Son Nam 3–0
Semi-final Vietnam Sahako 2–9 3rd place
Third place Vietnam Thai Son Nam 4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–3p)

Honours

Club

In 2019, Selangor won their first MPFL title and also became the league's inaugural champions. In 2022, Selangor successfully defended their MPFL title. In the same season, Selangor became the inaugural winner of the Malaysia Futsal Cup and thus became the first club to achieve the Double.

Continental
Competitions Titles Seasons
AFC Futsal Club Championship 0
AFF Futsal Club Championship[lower-alpha 6] 0
Domestic
Competitions Titles Seasons
Malaysia Premier Futsal League[lower-alpha 7] 3 2010–11, 2019, 2022
Malaysia Futsal Cup 1s 2022
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Players

Honour Player Nationality Season
MPFL Top Scorer Fariq Mohammad  Malaysia 2019
Ekmal Shahrin  Malaysia 2022
Silva Matheus Vasconcelos  Brazil 2022
Ali Ebrahimi  Iran 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ Only competitive matches are counted.
  2. ↑ The 2020 MPFL season was cancelled after only one game played due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  3. ↑ The 2021 MPFL season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  4. ↑ The 2023 MPFL season use the group and knockout stage format. There is no third place match.
  5. ↑ Previously known as AFF Futsal Cup.
  6. ↑ Previously known as AFF Futsal Cup.
  7. ↑ Previously known as Liga Futsal Kebangsaan.

References

  1. ↑ "Selangor Football Club". selangorfc.com. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Selangor F.C.", Wikipedia, 26 June 2023, retrieved 28 June 2023
  4. ↑ "FAM - CMS". cms.fam.org.my. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Muhammad Fariq Mohammad – Arena Futsal Malaysia". arenafutsal.my. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Zainal, Zulhilmi (2 October 2020). "Selangor reveal 'new' crest and name following privatisation approval". goal.com. Goal. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. ↑ "Selangor MAC Futsal on Instagram: "Barisan 93.3333% Team @selangormac Note : yg baju hitam tu bukan head coach. #redgiants #mouldingachampion #macisred 📸 by @aimullerart"". Instagram. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  8. ↑ Ammar Hakim (7 August 2022). "Selangor MAC ambil khidmat pengendali dari Brazil". www.stadiumastro.com (in Malay). Archived from the original on 27 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "Edgar Baldasso dilantik Ketua Jurulatih Selangor MAC". www.stadiumastro.com (in Malay). Archived from the original on 30 January 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  10. ↑ "Selangor MAC Jr on Instagram: "@selangormac jr team, @selangormacjr adalah satu team bawah 19 yang ditubuhkan pada 2020, bagi memberi pendedahan awal dan bertindak sebagai feeder club & development program bagi pasukan @selangormac & Malaysia... Bagi permulaan 2020, @selangormacjr akan bermula bermain secara kompetetif di liga @republicoffutsal bagi pendedahan awal.. dan @selangormac adalah team pertama yang menyediakan squad pelapis.. ♥️💛 Jumpa malam ni guys!"". Instagram. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Login • Instagram". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 29 June 2023. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
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