Frenz United

Frenz United
Full name Frenz United Football Club
Nickname(s) Young Tigers
Founded 2012
(Year of foundation)
Ground Hang Tuah Stadium, Melaka
Frenz Stadium, Janda Baik, Pahang
Ground Capacity 14,000
Chairman Rashid Maidin

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]

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

Main article(s): Hang Tuah 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]

Current squad

As of 12 January 2016

Under-19 Squad

Head coach: Netherlands Erik Van De Meer

No. Nationality Name Position Birth Date
1 Indonesia Azman Barran Muhammad Siagin GK 9/5/97
30 Iran Ali Akhbar GK
2 Aleksandr Kutyroy
3 Brazil Rildo Rafael Ribeiro De Jesus CB 1/3/97
4 Malaysia Mohammad Amirul Bin Muhamad RB 9/4/97
8 Indonesia Muhammad Aep Maulana MC
10 Brazil Ronald Santana Rodrigues ST
11 Malaysia Mohd Aizat Mukhlis Bin Mohamad Yazir ST 15/8/97
12 Malaysia Yugan a/l Poobathy RM, RW 30/11/97
13 Indonesia Fridolin Kristof Yoku MF
19 Indonesia Muhamad Sadam (Captain) DF
23 Malaysia Muhammad Izaffiq Bin Ruzi LB 2/4/97
5 Malaysia Muhammad Azrul Haziq Bin Aminuddin CB
6 Malaysia Muhammad Faiz Bin Mazlan CB 20/1/97
7 Indonesia Ade Ivan Hafilah ST
15 Indonesia Riswan Yusman MF
21 Malaysia Muhammad Danial Amier Bin Norhisham MC 27/3/97
27 Indonesia Dody Al-Fayed CM
28 Iran Sajjad Karimzaddeh Ghassem
Malaysia Muhd Shahrul Akmal Mohd Adnan MC 13/3/98
Malaysia Muhammad Ghaffar Abdul Rahman CB 25/4/98
Malaysia Muhd Najmuddin Samat RW 21/9/98

Under-17 Squad

Head Coach: Malaysia S Balachandran [6]

No. Name Position Birth Date
40 Ade Candra Sena GK
20 Adam Zairi Fitri Bin Zaini GK 30/1/98
30 Shaheeswaran a/l Thavakumar GK
2 Mohammad Syafiq Bin Abdul Halim
4 Muhammad Hidayat Bin Ruzi 18/2/98
5 Abdul Rahman Bin Ismawi 13/4/98
12 Mohammad Syafiq Heelmi Bin Zainol Fikri (Captain) 15/3/98
28 Mohd Ruzaini Bin Rusli
7 Aidiel Nur Iman Bin Nekmat 6/4/98
9 Muhammad Hadi Fayyadh Bin Abdul Razak ST 22/1/2000
15 Mohammad Haziq Bin Hossain 30/5/98
25 Javabilaarivin a/l Nyanasegar
27 Thivendran a/l Karnan
26 Reva Adi Utama
29 Amin Rais Ohorella
3 Hamed Aghaei Karigh Ebrahim
8 Arash Ghafour Shahamatinezad
32 Dandi Maulana Abdulhak
6 Imanes Novanrianto
10 Zidane Aldrin Constant Pulanda
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):

Affiliated Club

See also

External links

References

  1. http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3883/features/2012/05/15/3097303/rizal-hashim-rashid-maidin-owner-of-frenz-united-football 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
  2. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/04/21/10973692/malacca-united-and-frenz-united-sign-mou 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.
  3. http://www.bharian.com.my/node/112948 JDT bakal ambil alih Frenz United
  4. http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2015/04/20/frenz-united-make-malacca-their-new-home/ Frenz United make Malacca their new home
  5. http://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2015/07/30/samba-powered-frenz-united-for-asian-champions-trophy-this-year/ Frenz United to get some Brazilian flavour in Champions Trophy challenge
  6. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2014/12/04/6739882/balachandran-leaves-malaysia-u16-teams-up-with-frenz-united Balachandran leaves Malaysia U16, teams up with Frenz United
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