Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C.
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Full name | Petaling Jaya Rangers Football Club |
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Nickname(s) | Rangers |
Short name | PJR |
Founded | 9 August 2011 6 December 2016 as Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C. | as AirAsia Allstars F.C.
Ground | AirAsia Stadium |
Capacity | 25,000 |
Owner | AirAsia Group |
Chairman | Tony Fernandes |
Manager | Halim Mu’azzam Ayob |
Coach | Hassan Sazali Waras |
League | Malaysia FAM League |
2017 | Malaysia FAM League, QF |
Website | Club website |
Petaling Jaya Rangers Football Club or PJ Rangers is a professional football club based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor that currently competes in Malaysia FAM League.[1] Founded in 2011, the club's home ground has been in multiple different stadiums before moving to AirAsia Stadium in Petaling Jaya.[2]
They currently play in the third division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia FAM League after been promoted as top four from 2014 Selangor Super League.[2]
The club was formerly known as AirAsia Allstars before being rebranded in December 2016 as Petaling Jaya Rangers which will be used for 2017 season onwards.[2][3][4]
The initial uses the nickname Red Jets, which signify the clubs connection with the AirAsia Group. However they are known as Rangers after the rebranding of club name.
PJ Rangers regular kit colours are red and white for shirts, shorts and socks. The club's current crest has been used since the club rebranding effort for 2017 season.
History
Origins
Petaling Jaya Rangers Football Club was formed in 9 August 2011 as its former name AirAsia Allstars Football Club and compete in Selangor state league.[2][1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] The initial purpose of the club was to encourage AirAsia staff to excel in sports, besides being committed to their daily work in keeping AirAsia as the best low cost airline in the world.[2] The club won the league and reached promotion to play in the national league, Malaysia FAM League.
Promotion to Malaysia FAM League
The club was promoted to the Malaysia FAM League for the 2015 season from Selangor Super League.[2][1][12] For their first season in the national league, the club appointed Mohd Nidzam Jamil as the new head coach.[13][14] The club ends its first season in the national league in 7th place. After just four matches through 2016 season, the club replaced Nidzam Jamil with P. Maniam for the remaining matches of the season.[15][16] The club managed to reach the playoff for the Malaysia Premier League after finished the season in 3rd place although did not managed to be promoted.
Rebrands as Petaling Jaya Rangers
In November 2016, the club has announced the appointment of Mat Zan Mat Aris as the new head coach with a contract of two years as the club prepare for the new season.[17][18][19][20] Mat Zan Mat Aris is the former head coach of Melaka United which has achieved a back-to-back promotion from third division to the top division and this has been a quality which Petaling Jaya Rangers looked for in order to bring glory to the club in near future.[17]
As part of the club vision moving forwards, the club has unveil plans for 2017 season with a rebranding from AirAsia F.C. to Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C. in order to bring more fans and promote local community support.[1][5][6][11] The club has also revealed its plans for 2017 with the focus on engaging communities.[21] The club aims to actively engage with and serve football fans in the area.[1][5][7]
In an effort to support football development in Malaysia and in the region, Petaling Jaya Rangers unveiled an exclusive partnership with Queens Park Rangers (QPR) to start a football academy.[1][5][6][11] The academy aims to nurture and train the next generation of renowned footballers to play in the top flight of Malaysian football.[1][5] Working together with the team, QPR will lend their expertise in training the players, local coaches and staff.[1][5][7][11] The club has also will trained a professional groundsmen and stadium marshals to work at its stadium which will recruited among local community.[11]
PJ Rangers has been put in Group B for 2017 Malaysia FAM League with seven others club.[22] The club has been knockout from the 2017 Malaysia FA Cup in second round after a defeat 1-2 against UiTM.[23][21]
Stadium
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PJ Rangers are currently based in their new home stadium, the Petaling Jaya Stadium in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.[5][6] The capacity of the stadium is 25,000.
The club has previously play in various stadium before moved into Petaling Jaya Stadium as their current stadium from 2017 season.[5][6][7][9] During the early season of their first season in FAM League, the club play in MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya before moving to UPM Mini Stadium, Serdang for the remainder of the season. For the second season in FAM League, the club once again move to different stadium, the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor where they play for the whole 2016 season.
As the previous and current stadium are rent, the club has planned to build a permanent stadium owned by them in near future as part of club expansion plan.[6] The location will still be near the current homeground in Petaling Jaya.[6]
Crest and colours
Crest
PJ Rangers has historically utilised one primary crest since the club participation in Malaysian football. The current crest, adopted when the club was founded in 2011 features the logo of AirAsia brand as the main theme with the Allstars prefix to signify the club first objective as a football club, which the players were selected from the best football players among AirAsia staffs.[2]
The wording of established since 2001 was used as an homage to the establishment of current incarnation of the AirAsia low-cost carrier company after the Tune Air, led by Tony Fernandes bought AirAsia from a Malaysian government-owned company in September 2001 for a mere MYR 1 and transform it to the successful low-cost carrier in Asia and world.[24][25] The crest has been replaced with a new design to reflect the current club branding where the club adopt a crest with colours theme of maroon and gold which will be used for 2017 season onwards.
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2011–2016 crest
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2017–present crest
Colours
PJ Rangers have always worn red and white shirts as their home kit as it is an iconic colour for the club.
PJ Rangers away colours are usually blue and white or various combination colours such as black.
Supporters
As part of rebranding effort, the club will be known as Petaling Jaya Rangers with the emphasis on engaging the Petaling Jaya community for local area support.[5][6] As of 2016[update], Petaling Jaya has a population of 619,925 which the club intends engage via community programs.[26] The club will use the marketing power of AirAsia as part of its promotional efforts to gather further support for the Rangers.
The club are also looking at establishing a youth football academy for the club with the support from QPR which will be a landmark project among the local community.[5][6]
Ownership and finances
The club were founded in 2011 and owned by the AirAsia Group, a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered in Sepang, Malaysia which is spearhead by Tony Fernandes who is also the chairman for the Queens Park Rangers.[5][2][6][7][11][21] As part of ownership, the company provide all necessary budget and sponsorship for the club. The management is keen to move the club to be near their headquarters in future but not as near future as they currently focus on engaging with local community in Petaling Jaya for now to create a club with a local community support.[6][7]
The club also owns an amateur feeder team that currently competes in the Selangor Super League which is primarily made up of AirAsia staff.
The club aims to be a sustainable self-funding football club in near future and reduce its dependency on AirAsia via financial funding through other methods of corporate sponsorship, gate receipt, and merchandise.[11]
Sponsorship
The PJ Rangers kit is supplied by Line 7 for 2016, which is contracted to supply the club's kit for current season.[21]
The club shirt sponsor has always been AirAsia as part of ownership deal.[21] The club also has other shared shirt sponsors as they has been previously sponsored by GE Aviation in 2015 season.
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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2015 | EGO SPORT[27] | AirAsia / GE Aviation |
2016 – present | Line 7 | AirAsia |
Season by season record
Season | League | Top goalscorer | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | |||||||||
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Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Name | Goals | |||
2015 | Malaysia FAM League | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 7th Group B | DNQ | DNQ | ||
2016 | Malaysia FAM League | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 3rd Group A | Second round | DNQ | ||
2017 | Malaysia FAM League | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 23 | Quarter-finals | Second round | DNQ |
Players
Current squad
- As of 6 December 2017
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2018 and List of Malaysian football transfers 2017
Head Coaches
Year | Name |
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2014 | ![]() |
January 2015–28 March 2016 | ![]() |
30 March–October 2016 | ![]() |
November 2016–20 October 2017 | ![]() |
20 October 2017– | ![]() |
Management
- Updated 7 December 2016.
Position | Name |
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Founder | ![]() |
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President | ![]() |
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Community Manager | ![]() |
Coordinator Officer | ![]() |
Current coaching staff
- Updated 7 December 2016.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.fourthofficial.com/2016/41082/airasia-fc-unveil-plans-for-2017-set-to-be-renamed-as-petaling-jaya-rangers/ AirAsia FC unveil plans for 2017, set to be renamed as Petaling Jaya Rangers
- ^ a b c d e f g h http://www.fourfourtwo.com/my/features/airasia-allstars-stand-what-we-believe-football-says-datuk-kamarudin AirAsia Allstars stand for what we believe in football, says Datuk Kamarudin
- ^ http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/187319 Belum layak jadi Presiden FAM
- ^ https://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/tony-kekal-pendirian-enggan-tanding-presiden-fam-1.417064 Tony kekal pendirian enggan tanding Presiden FAM
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2016/12/07/airasia-fc-change-name-to-petaling-jaya-rangers/ AirAsia FC change name to Petaling Jaya Rangers
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2016/12/07/30228752/new-name-and-targets-petaling-jaya-rangers-fc-aims-to-build AirAsia FC revamps to Petaling Jaya Rangers FC as Tony Fernandes hopes to kickstart a community-based club following
- ^ a b c d e f http://www.bharian.com.my/node/220952 AirAsia FC kini dikenali Petaling Jaya Rangers
- ^ https://www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my/pasukan/pialafam2016 SENARAI PASUKAN PIALA FAM 2016
- ^ a b http://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2016/12/06/red-jets-ganti-aa-fc/ AirAsia FC Kini Dikenali Petaling Jaya Rangers FC
- ^ https://www.thesukan.com/air-asia-fc-kini-dengan-nama-barunya-petaling-jaya-rangers/ Air Asia FC Kini Dengan Nama Barunya, Petaling Jaya Rangers
- ^ a b c d e f g http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2017/01/01/31024822/pj-rangers-aim-to-grow-with-petaling-jaya-communitys-help PJ Rangers aim to grow with Petaling Jaya community's help
- ^ http://www.bharian.com.my/node/45479 Liga FAM: Skuad AirAsia Allstars berhajat 'terbang tinggi'
- ^ a b http://www.sinarharian.com.my/edisi/utara/mohd-nidzam-ketua-jurulatih-airasia-all-stars-1.358602 Mohd Nidzam ketua jurulatih AirAsia All Stars
- ^ a b "Mohd Nidzam Is New Head Coach Of AirAsia All Stars FC". Mynewshub. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
- ^ a b http://www.duniasukan.com/air-asia-allstars-hilang-pengendali/ Air Asia AllStars Hilang Pengendali
- ^ http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/article/2016/12/23/air-asia-fc-diarah-bayar-baki-gaji-kepada-nidzam-jamil AirAsia FC diarah bayar baki gaji Nidzam Jamil
- ^ a b c http://www.stadiumastro.com/ms/article/2016/11/05/matzan-mat-aris-sah-ke-airasia-fc Tak perlulah Melaka, Mat Zan Mat Aris sah ke AirAsia FC
- ^ a b http://english.astroawani.com/sports-news/mat-zan-wants-take-airasia-allstars-premier-league-2018-121633 Mat Zan wants to take AirAsia Allstars to Premier League in 2018
- ^ a b https://www.malaysiakini.com/sukan/361773 Mat Zan kini kemudi AirAsia Allstars FC
- ^ a b http://www.bharian.com.my/node/209607 Mat Zan sasar bawa AirAsia Allstars ke Liga Perdana
- ^ a b c d e http://www.fourthofficial.com/2017/43418/pjrangers-tony-fernandes-plans-revolutionise-football-petaling-jaya/ PJRangers-How Tony Fernandes plans to revolutionise football in Petaling Jaya
- ^ http://www.fam.org.my/news/keputusan-penuh-undian-piala-fam-piala-presiden-piala-belia-2017 Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017
- ^ http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2017/02/15/32695572/uitms-only-advantage-was-their-foreign-players-pj-rangers 'UiTM's only advantage was their foreign players' - PJ Rangers' Mat Zan
- ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/business-11647205 How Air Asia founder Tony Fernandes' dream came true
- ^ http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=0907&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Korporat&pg=ko_01.htm DRB-HICOM jual AirAsia
- ^ http://www.mbpj.gov.my/en/mbpj/profile/background Official Portal of Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ)
- ^ http://www.my-soccer.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=1114
- ^ "PJ Rangers 2018". www.pengurusanbolasepakfam.org.my. Retrieved 1 March 2018.