Thursday 20 September 2012

The History of Selangor FC

The current official logo for Selangor Football Club

Selangor Football Club fans' badge

Founded in 22 February 1936. For most of the 20th century, Singapore was Selangor's fierce rival since 1921 before they withdrew from Malaysian competitions after 1994 campaign. As part of reviving their traditional rivalry, both teams square off in Sultan of Selangor Cup tournament which is held annually since its introduction in 2002.

With a record of 32 Malaysia Cups, 5 Division, 1 Premier, 1 Super League titles, 2 Division, 2 Premier 2/Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 8 Charity Cups, Selangor is the most successful team in Malaysian football. The team has won the treble twice in 2005 and 2009. The first treble consists of Premier League, Malaysia Cup and FA Cup, while the second consists of Super League, FA Cup and Charity Cup. In 2010, they retained the Super League title and Charity Cup.

The history of this great club that represent the name of Malaysia also have been made into the mini-drama on television of Astro Citra 




 
Mini-drama of Selangor Football Club




List of Sources -
1) Video credit to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ykw4DkVcoQ
2) First picture credit to royalarsenalfc.blogspot.com
3) Second picture credit to gempak.org