Public Bank F.C.

Public Bank Football Club or Public Bank FC was a football club from Malaysia, based in Selayang, Selangor. The club home ground was the Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium. The club formerly play in Malaysia Super League before pulled from the league after the end of 2005 season.

For other uses, see Public bank.

Public Bank
Full namePublic Bank Football Club
Nickname(s)The Bankers
No Bankers (after withdraw)
Founded2003 (2003)
Dissolved2006 (2006)
GroundMajlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium, Selayang, Selangor
Capacity10,000

History

Public Bank Football Club was owned by Public Bank Berhad. The club managed to win the Malaysia Premier League 2 title in 2003 and was promoted to the newly formed top division, the Malaysia Super League for 2004 season.

The club competed in the top division for two years, the 2004 and 2005 season.[1][2][3] In their first season in the Super League, the club finished runners-up to Pahang. However, in the following year, the club finished 7th out of 8 clubs and were to be relegated to the second division, the Premier League.[4]

At the end of 2005 season, the club decided to withdraw from the Malaysian League, citing financial difficulties. As a result, the club were then banned from entering all competitions organised by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) for 5 years.[5][6]

Honours

Coaches
Period Coach
2002–05 Malaysia E. Elavarasan

See also

References
  1. Malaysia 2003
  2. Malaysia 2004
  3. http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2004&dt=1003&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=su_01.htm Archived 22 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine Public Bank hampiri separuh akhir
  4. Malaysia 2005
  5. http://www.hmetro.com.my/node/191423 Bola sepak negara kian suram!
  6. http://www.asianfootballbusiness.com/2005/10/malaysia-slaps-5-year-bans-on-five-m.html Asian Football Business Review


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