Frenz United
Frenz United or in full Frenz United Football Club (FUFC) is a Malaysian football club located in Malacca City. Frenz United is the country's first Professional Football Club with Academy for professional footballers. The club trying to conceive, promote and implementing game-changing excellence in football that is enabling an entire generation of highly skilled, disciplined and competent individuals.[1]
Full name | Frenz United Football Club | ||
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Nickname(s) | Black Dragons | ||
Founded | 2012 (Year of foundation) | ||
Ground | Hang Tuah Stadium, Melaka Frenz Stadium, Janda Baik, Pahang | ||
Capacity | 14,000 | ||
Chairman | Datuk Noor Ihsan Abdul Hamid | ||
Manager | S. Balachandran | ||
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History
Frenz United was founded in 2012 and committed to strengthening the Football culture in Malaysia, to ensure that various stakeholders understand the football potential has to offer as a means to achieve their own objectives. Their first base is in Janda Baik, Pahang before move to Malacca as another based for their academy.[2]
In January 2016, Johor Darul Ta'zim football club bought a 50 percent stake in the club in order to strengthen the youth development program.[3]
Colours and badge
Frenz United's colours are black, white and a bit of red.
The Frenz United badge has a dragon symbol.
Stadium
Frenz United plays their home matches currently in Hang Tuah Stadium located in Malacca City.[4]
Supporters
Frenz United fans are generally considered as casual as the team is mostly an academy team where most fans will support during the tournament held by the club.[5]
Management & coaching staff
- Owner: Rashid Maidin
- President: Datuk Noor Ihsan Abdul Hamid
- Technical Director: Jita Singh
- Head coach U17: Mohd Shaipul bin Abd Kadir
- Assistant head coach:
- Goalkeeping coach:
- Fitness Coach:
- Physio: Muhammad Shafie bin Mohd Suhaimi (sapa'at)
Current squad
As of 12 June 2016
Under-19 Squad
Head coach:
No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Birth Date |
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Dandi Maulana Abdulhak | LB/LWB | 17/6/98 | ||
Muhammad Aep Maulana | MC | 1997 | ||
Fridolin Kristof Yoku | MC | 1998 | ||
Mohammad Syafiq Abdul Halim | RB/RWB | 1998 | ||
Ade Ivan Hafilah | ST | 23/1/97 | ||
Riswan Yusman | DM/MC | 1997 | ||
Dody Al-Fayed | DM/CM | 30/8/98 | ||
Reva Adi Utama | DM/CM | 2/5/1999 | ||
Amin Rais Ohorella | RW/RM | 25/4/98 | ||
Under-17 Squad
Head Coach:
No. | Nationality | Name | Position | Birth Date |
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40 | Ade Candra Sena | GK | ||
30 | Shaheeswaran a/l Thavakumar | GK | ||
28 | Mohd Ruzaini Rusli | |||
25 | Javabilaarivin a/l Nyanasegar | |||
27 | Thivendran a/l Karnan | |||
3 | Hamed Aghaei Karigh Ebrahim | |||
8 | Arash Ghafour Shahamatinezad | |||
6 | Imanes Novanrianto | |||
10 | Zidane Aldrin Constant Pulanda | 12/5/99 | ||
13 | Rachmat Irianto | |||
21 | Risman Tahir | |||
Noted players
Listed according to when they debuted for Frenz United (year in parentheses):
Noted managers
Listed according to when they became managers for Frenz United (year in parentheses):
Achievements
Records
Affiliated Club
See also
- Statistics of Frenz United
- FAM-FRENZ Asia Under 18 Champions Trophy
External links
- Frenz United – official site
- Frenz United – official Facebook
References
- Frenz United Football Academy or FUFA for short was recently introduced to the Malaysian public in conjunction with the launch of its tournament, the Frenz Trophy 2012
- Melaka United Soccer Association (MUSA) and Frenz United Football Club signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards the improvement in the standards of the game in the state.
- JDT bakal ambil alih Frenz United
- Frenz United make Malacca their new home
- Frenz United to get some Brazilian flavour in Champions Trophy challenge
- Balachandran leaves Malaysia U16, teams up with Frenz United