Petaling Jaya Rangers F.C.

Petaling Jaya Rangers Football Club was formed on 9 August 2011 as its former name AirAsia Allstars Football Club and the team competed in the Selangor state league.[2][1][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] According to AirAsia Allstars FC founder Datuk Kamarudin Meranun the initial purpose of the club was to "encourage AirAsia’s staff to excel in sports – football in particular – 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 were promoted to play in the national league, Malaysia FAM League.

The club was promoted to the Malaysia FAM League for the 2015 season after moving up 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 ended its first season in the national league in 7th place. After the first four matches of the 2016 season, the club replaced Nidzam Jamil with P. Maniam for the remainder of the season.[15][16] The club managed to reach the playoff for the Malaysia Premier League after finishing the season in 3rd place although did not manage to be promoted.

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 prepared for the new season.[17][18][19][20] Mat Zan Mat Aris was the former head coach of Melaka United who achieved a back-to-back promotion from the third division to the top division. This was the sort of quality which Petaling Jaya Rangers were looking for.[17]

As part of the club vision moving forwards, the club unveiled plans for the 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 also revealed its plans for 2017 with the focus on engaging communities.[21] The club aimed 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 announced an exclusive partnership with Queens Park Rangers (QPR) to start a football academy.[1][5][6][11] The academy aimed 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 lent their expertise in training the players, local coaches and staff.[1][5][7][11] The club has also trained a professional groundsmen and stadium marshals too.[11]

PJ Rangers was put in Group B for the 2017 Malaysia FAM League with seven other clubs.[22] The club was knocked out from the 2017 Malaysia FA Cup in the second round after a 2–1 defeat by UiTM.[23][21] At the end of the season, PJ Rangers finished second in the league's Group B and were defeated by Shahzan Muda FC 3–1 in the quarter-finals of the knock out stage.

In the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup season, the team again achieved second place in Group B, and qualified for the knock-out stage. PJ Rangers failed again at the penultimate stage, when they were defeated 4–3 on aggregate to Selangor United in the semi-finals. At the end of the season, the team's management announced on social media that they would not participate in the next FAM Cup season, instead rejoining the Selangor Super League state league beginning in 2019.[24]

The original crest, adopted when the club was founded in 2011 features the logo of AirAsia as the main theme with the Allstars suffix.

Despite the club being founded in 2011, the words "EST 2001" featured on the crest. This was reference to the establishment of the AirAsia low-cost carrier company after Tune Air, led by Tony Fernandes, bought AirAsia from a Malaysian government-owned company in September 2001.[25][26] The crest was replaced with a new design to reflect the club's rebranding where the club adopted a colour theme of maroon and gold which was first used for the 2017 season.

Home Kit: Red and white shirts as it is an iconic colour for the club.

Away Kit: Usually blue and white or various combination colours such as black.

In 2016 The PJ Rangers kit was supplied by Line 7.[21]

The club shirt sponsor has always been AirAsia as part of ownership deal.[21] The club also has had other shared shirt sponsors as they has been previously sponsored by GE Aviation in 2015 season.

As of 03 March 2019.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Amirul Ashraf Rahman 2 DF  MAS Firdaus Rahmat 3 MF  MAS Abdul Jalil Rauf 4 DF  MAS Mohd Mahathir 5 DF  MAS Mohd Naim Hashim 6 MF  MAS Rahmat Zainol 7 FW  MAS Amirul Afiq Asri 8 FW  MAS Ahmed Fadzil 9 MF  MAS Izzudin Mat 10 FW  MAS Khairul Azahar 11 MF  MAS Syamsol Sabtu 12 MF  MAS Nurariff Daniel Zulkahar 14 FW  MAS Amirul Mat Amin

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 FW  MAS Hezree Syafiq 16 DF  MAS Tuah Iskandar 17 MF  MAS Reeshafiq Alwi 18 MF  MAS Salahuddin Zambri 19 MF  MAS Abd Rahman Ghani 20 DF  MAS Mohd Firdaus Afandi 21 MF  MAS Rosli Muda 21 DF  MAS Wan Mohd Aminuddin 23 MF  MAS Shahril Izwan Abdullah 24 GK  MAS Noor Hafis Che Haron 25 DF  MAS Premanathan Karisnan 26 MF  MAS Nor Syafiq Syazwan 29 MF  MAS Hariri

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2018 and List of Malaysian football transfers 2017