UPB-MyTeam F.C.

For information about the reality TV series, see MyTeam (Malaysian TV series).

UPB MyTeam FC
Full name MyTeam Football Club
Nickname(s) "The Revolution"
Founded 2006
Ground Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
Ground Capacity 25,000
League Malaysia Super League

UPB MyTeam Football Club is a defunct Malaysian football club which formerly competed in the top tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League. The team's home stadium was the Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

The club as it exists today was the result of a merger of UPB Football Club and MyTeam (a football team created through the Malaysian reality TV show MyTeam) prior to the 2006-07 Malaysian football season.

History

Launched in 2006, the TV3 reality TV series MyTeam brought together a squad of soccer players from around Malaysia with no professional playing experience known as "MyTeam". The show followed the team as it was selected through trials and then trained and coached by the former Malaysian international footballer Shebby Singh, before taking on the Malaysia national football team in an exhibition match. MyTeam lost 2-1 to the national team in the exhibition game on 28 May 2006. The show generated considerable interest. MyTeam was subsequently invited to join the Malaysia Premier League for the 2006-07 season.

UPB FC was an ailing football club sponsored by the Malaysian United Plantations Berhad (UPB) company, based in Teluk Intan, Perak. (When it was first formed, the club had been known as Jenderata FC.) The club was poised to "go the way of the dinosaur" before the politician Khairy Jamaluddin, who along with radio DJ Jason Lo was the co-creator and Executive Producer of the MyTeam series, decided to take over the club and form a base for MyTeam to become a professional competitive team. The name UPB-MyTeam FC was adopted upon UPB FC's management's request (however it has been speculated that the "UPB" will be dropped from the club's name at some point in the future). Khairy Jamaluddin and Jason Lo became the club's President and Deputy President, and Bojan Hodak of Croatia was hired to become the team's coach.

UPB MyTeam FC finished the 2006-07 Malaysia Premier League season as runners-up behind PDRM FA, and as a result were promoted to the Malaysia Super League 2007-08 season.

A second season of the reality TV show, MyTeam2, was broadcast in 2007 (MyTeam2 took on the Indonesian national football team, losing 2-0). Three players from MyTeam2 (Muhamad Noor Hassan, Mohan a/l R. Azmi and Mohd Hisham Hashim) have joined the UPB MyTeam FC squad for the 2007-08 Malaysian Super League season.

UPB MyTeam FC held a trial on 1 and 2 November 2008 at Stadium Bukit Jalil to select 17 players for the 2008 President Cup.Unfortunately, the club was dissolved in year 2009. Currently, the club management has decided rebuilt the club with the same name and reported to join the Selangor FAS State League in 2013.

Honours

Title Winners Runners-up
Division 1/Premier 1/Premier League 2007 (1x)

Pool

Malaysian football is looking forward to naturalise some half-blood players to become Malaysian citizen. This option is taken as an effort to strengthen the national football team with another football DNA that is expected from the half-blood players who rise from other country football system. However, they are not necessarily included to the national team. They still have to fight for their places with the other local players. To this date, three half-blood players have donned Malaysian colours and did fantastic job. Junior Eldstål already have senior caps meanwhile Brendan Gan and Matthew Davies have playing for Malaysia U-23 squad. Matthew Davies has his debut in Malaysia national football team against Saudi Arabia national football team in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round and played very well and fully commitment every minutes. Unfortunately, his cap won't be count because the match abandoned as a result of fans riot. The initiative is taken by Malaysian club for bring them back to local league before gaining attraction from national coach. Junior Eldstål was brought back by Sarawak FA, Brendan Gan (Kelantan FA) and Matthew Davies (Pahang FA). Brendan Gan has played in 2012 Malaysia Super League with Sabah FA as a foreign player.

On 9 September 2015, Sabah FA legend, Scott Ollerenshaw has revealed that another 6 half-blood are taking their interview to get their Malaysian passport. They are Curran Ferns, Shazalee Ramlee, Nick Swirad, Daniel Ting, Sam Somerville and Kevin Gunter. Curran Ferns, Sam Somerville and Kevin Gunter already have their training stint with Malaysia Super League champion, Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.. Elsewhere, Sarawak FA also has given training stint for Daniel Ting. All the 6 players has expressed their desire to play in Malaysia league and some clubs already showed their interest to get their signature.

Apart from those players, Darren Lok also will be naturalise later with another unnamed Eurasian striker as Scott Ollerenshaw state in his Twitter. However, there is a player who is declined to Scott Ollerenshaw's invitation. He is Ben King. He has two unsuccessful trials with Sarawak FA and Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. before back to England. Currently, he is Free agent.

Meanwhile, Dion Cools is suggested as the best Malaysian half-blood abroad. He is the key player for Belgium U-19 though they failed to qualify for 2014 UEFA European Under-19 Championship. On 2014–15 Belgian Second Division season, he helped his club, Oud-Heverlee Leuven promoted to 2015–16 Belgian Pro League, the top tier football league in Belgium. For 2015-16 season, he has signed for Belgian Pro League giant, Club Brugge KV. Dion Cools has say it would be an honour for him to represent Malaysia.

Players

Name Club Age
Belgium Malaysia Dion Cools Belgium Club Brugge KV 4 June 1996
England Malaysia Ben King England Corinthian-Casuals F.C. 1 May 1993
Malaysia England Darren Lok England Eastbourne Borough F.C. 18 September 1991
Malaysia Malaysia Tam Sheang Tsung Japan Gainare Tottori 24 May 1995
Malaysia Malaysia Ernest Wong Wen Hao New Zealand Eastern Suburbs AFC 10 November 1990
Sweden Malaysia Junior Eldstål Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 16 September 1991
Australia Malaysia Curran Ferns Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 6 July 1993
England Malaysia Nick Swirad Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 28 May 1991
England Malaysia Samuel Somerville Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 1 March 1994
Malaysia Australia Shazalee Ramlee Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 2 July 1994
Malaysia Malaysia Dominic Tan Jun Jin Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 12 March 1997
Scotland Malaysia Stuart Wark Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 31 August 1989
Malaysia Australia Brendan Gan Malaysia Kelantan FA 3 June 1988
Australia Malaysia Stefan Petrovski Malaysia Melaka United 2 June 1997
Wales Malaysia Khair Jefri Jones Malaysia Melaka United 29 September 1989
Malaysia Malaysia Syed Adney Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA 29 November 1986
Malaysia England Daniel Ting Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 1 December 1992
Switzerland Malaysia Kevin Gunter Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 19 September 1992
Australia Malaysia Matthew Davies Malaysia Pahang F.C. 7 February 1995
Italy Malaysia Sean Gan Giannelli Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. U21 31 October 1996
England Malaysia Peter Frank Brown Malaysia PDRM FA U21 16 February 1996
Ghana Malaysia Rodney Celvin Akwensivie Malaysia Sarawak FA U21 25 November 1996
England England Samuel Bone England Charlton Athletic F.C. U18
Australia Malaysia Jordan Ollerenshaw Brazil Cruzeiro Esporte Clube U20 trial 27 February 1998
Malaysia Bosnia and Herzegovina Sajrul Amat Ngadi Bosnia and Herzegovina FK Rudar Prijedor last club

Coaches

Period Coach
2006-09 Croatia Bojan Hodak

See also

Notes

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