DRB-Hicom F.C.

DRB-HICOM Football Club is a football club established to compete in Malaysia football league. The team played in the Malaysia Premier League (the second tier of the country's professional league - Liga M) since 2010 until 2016 before they withdrew from the league. It was simultaneously decided that the club's 2nd team (previously known as DRB-HICOM 2) to remain competing in an amateur league. Therefore, DRB-HICOM FC remained competing in the Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) League, where they have played since 2014. This team is composed of employees of DRB-HICOM Group of Companies and experienced local players.

DRB-HICOM FC
Full nameDRB-HICOM Football Club
Nickname(s)The Great Bees (D'gReatBees)
Founded2008 (2008)
GroundGlenmarie, Shah Alam
CapacityUnterraced free seating
OwnerDRB-HICOM
PresidentMahmood Abdul Razak
CoachFisol Abdul Razak
LeagueKLFA Super League
2019KLFA Super League Champions
WebsiteClub website

The club is commonly known as The Great Bees (D'GreatBees), and previously used Proton City Stadium in Tanjung Malim as their official home ground. The well-facilitated stadium currently has a capacity for 3,000 fans. However, since it now plays in a league in the Klang Valley, DRB-HICOM FC is now based in Glenmarie, Shah Alam; the PROTON Casting Plant field is about 3 km away from the headquarters of DRB-HICOM Berhad. The conglomerate owns 50.1% of national carmaker PROTON.[1]

Club's Names
  • 2008-2013 : Pos Football Club (Pos FC)
  • 2014–present : DRB-HICOM Football Club (DRB-HICOM FC)[2]

Official Team Attire
Period Manufacturer
2010 Lotto
2011 Lotto
2012 Eider
2013 Kappa
2014 Custom made
2015 Mizuno
2016 Mizuno
2017 Mizuno
2017-2018 Skyhawk[3]
2019-2020 Skyhawk[3]

History

The club was established in 2008 as Pos Malaysia Football Club, by the national postal company Pos Malaysia Berhad . Then in 2011, DRB-HICOM acquired the business from the government's investment arm, Khazanah Nasional,[4] and in 2012, efforts began to take root to adopt the DRB-HICOM brand as the club's name. This was finalised in 2014, and the club's current name was formalised.

A year after its formation, Pos Malaysia FC played in the FAM Cup[5], the third-tier of the Malaysian Football League. The debut season was a successful one, emerging as champions of the 8-team tournament.

En route, they recorded a W-D-L record of 11-3-2, scoring 29 goals and letting in 11. Promotion to the second tier Malaysia Premier League in 2010 was approved after Football Association of Malaysia's Local Competitions Committee approved the promotion. Their debut season in the league saw Pos FC finishing the season in eighth place in the 12-team competition. Subsequently, their performance was as follows:

2011 - 9th place

2012 - 7th place

2013 - 6th place

2014 (as DRB-HICOM FC) - 7th place

2015 - 10th place

2016 (final professional season) - 7th place

The company sees the existence of the club as an internal corporate social responsibility effort. It presents employees with a platform to showcase their other talents, which can potentially become an important avenue to uncover and nurture talents within the Group. These players can go on to become stars in the local as well as regional football arena in the future.

Since its inception, as a professional club, DRB-HICOM FC attracted local players and international footballers from Nigeria, Japan, Croatia, Ghana, Denmark and South Korea to don DRB-HICOM FC's colours and to continue building the club's reputation in the domestic league. Now as an amateur club, more locals are signed as players. In the 2017/18 season, it only had one foreign player.

[6] List of players - 2019/20
Name Position
Hasrol Nizam Bin Muhamat Goal Keeper
Nor Andy Putra Bin Jasmi Goal Keeper
Ahmad Akmal Fikri Bin Ahmad Sabri Defender
Mohd Syahlan Bin Zakaria Defender
Mohd Zul Adli Fahmy Bin Rejab Defender
Muhammad Fikri Bin Mohamad Yusof Defender
Muhammad Syakir Bin Harun Defender
Muhammad Shazlan Bin Abu Samah Defender
Muhammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Ali Defender
Wan Azwari Defender
Alyy Imran Samarkhan Bin Ismail Midfielder
Azizi Bin Mohd Zakaria Midfielder
Mohamad Azizy Bin Askaran Midfielder
Mohammad Syafiq Bin Mohd Mokhtar Midfielder
Mohd Afiq Amsyar Bin A Salamat Midfielder
Mohd Airi Mukmin Bin Abd Rahman Midfielder
Muhammad Nur Hakim Bin Md Adzhar Midfielder
Asrul Basri Striker
Mohamad Azhar Bin Jamil Striker
Mohamad Syafiq Bin Roslan Striker
Muhammad Asyraf Bin Abdul Majid Striker
Muhammad Zulhairy Bin Zulhaimi Striker
Muhammad Syazwan Bin Nasaruddin Striker

Club Officials - 2019/20
PositionName
President Mahmood Abdul Razak
Vice President David Azzuddin Buxton
Secretary General Mohamad Rofizan Abdul Rahman
Treasurer Tengku Nu' Aim Aiman t Mad Ameen
Team Manager Noorhardly Muhamad
Administration Officer Mohd Muzamir Nordin
Administration Officer Saiful Azam Sharifuddin
Head Coach Fisol Abdul Razak
Assistant Coach Mohd Amirul Hisham Bin Ismail
Assistant Coach Mohd Farkhis Bin Fisol
Goal Keeper Coach Saharuddin Marzuki
Physiotherapist Mohd Adib Bin Abd Rahim
Logistic Officer Mohd Razib Mohd Nor

Head Coaches - M-League (2009–2016)
Year Coach
2009 Mohd Anizam Daud
2010–2010 Lim Kok Onn
2010–2011 Mat Zan Mat Aris
2012–2014 G. Torairaju
Dec 2014 – Feb 2015 Marshall Soper
Feb 2015 – 2016 Chong Yee Fatt

Head Coaches - KLFA League (2014-now)
Year Coach
2014 Hamdan Mohamad
2015- 2018 Razak A Majid
2019 - now Fisol Abdul Razak

Honours

Domestic competitions

Team Achievement - Malaysia Premier League

Team Achievement - KLFA Div 1 League
  • 2014 Kuala Lumpur League Division 1 - 10th
  • 2015 Kuala Lumpur League Division 1 -
  • 2016 Kuala Lumpur League Division 1 - Quarter Final
  • 2017/2018 Kuala Lumpur League FA Cup - Quarter Final
  • 2017/2018 Kuala Lumpur League Division 1A - Top of League (qualified for playoffs against Division 1B)
  • 2017/2018 Kuala Lumpur League Division 1 - Champions (won final playoffs 2-1 against PULAPOL FC)
  • 2019/2020 Kuala Lumpur Super League Division - Champions (won final playoffs against IMIGRESEN FC)

Official Partners

2014

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

2015

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- Altel Communications

2016

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions (DHAS)

2017/18

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Bank Muamalat (Official Bank)

- DRB-HICOM Environmental Services (Official Facility Management Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

- Glenmarie Golf & Country Club (Official Facilities Services Provider)[7]

2019/20

- DRB-HICOM

- Composites Technology Research Malaysia - CTRM (Official Partner)

- Bank Muamalat (Official Bank)

- Pos Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Liberty Insurance (Official Partner)

- PROTON Holdings (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Environmental Services (Official Facility Management Partner)

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

- Glenmarie Golf & Country Club (Official Facilities Services Provider)[7]

See also

References
  1. https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/06/24/geely-acquires-stake-for-rm460mil-strategic-partnership-with-china-firm-will-turn-proton-around-says/
  2. "KL Pos Malaysia FC tukar nama". Teka Skor. 2 October 2013. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  3. https://www.facebook.com/SkyhawkApparels/
  4. https://www.thestar.com.my/business/business-news/2011/04/23/khazanah-sells-pos-malaysia-stake-to-drbhicom/
  5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Malaysia_FAM_League
  6. Ibrahim, Siti Nurkhadijah Aishah; Selamat, Ali; Selamat, Mohd Hafiz (November 2008). "E-Business Social Network Optimization and Visualization". 2008 Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. IEEE. doi:10.1109/isda.2008.184. ISBN 978-0-7695-3382-7.
  7. http://www.glenmariegolf.my/
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