Bunga Raya Damansara F.C.

Bunga Raya Damansara
Full nameBunga Raya Damansara Football Club
Short nameBRDFC
Founded2002; 22 years ago (2002) as Bunga Raya
GroundUiTM Stadium
Capacity10,000
ChairmanAdam Azman
Head coachFederico Ezequiel Hernandez
LeagueMalaysia A1 Semi-Pro League

Bunga Raya Damansara Football Club, also known as Bungaraya Damansara, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Damansara, Selangor. They play in the second division, in the Malaysian football league system. They currently compete in the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. They currently are in the 2024-25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. The club's home ground is UiTM Stadium.

History

Founded in 2002, Bunga Raya made club debut in the Malaysian Football League by joining the third-tier league Malaysia M5 League in 2022 Nogori M5 League. Bunga Raya FC was promoted to Malaysia M4 League (currently Malaysia A2 League) and finish in Quarter-final stage.[1]

Damansara Sports Group and Bunga Raya Football Club reached an agreement, to have a separate ownership and establish a new club in Damansara. Bunga Raya Damansara was promoted to the 2024–25 season.[2]

Crest

  • Original club crest, still used by the amateur section
    Original club crest, still used by the amateur section

Players

First-team squad

As of 13 October 2024[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Malaysia MAS M. Satthyvel
2 DF Malaysia MAS K. Reuben
3 DF Malaysia MAS Kannan Kalaiselvan
5 DF Malaysia MAS Tamilmaran Manimaran
6 DF Malaysia MAS Brandon Liew
7 FW Argentina ARG Ignacio Agustín Sequeira
8 MF Malaysia MAS Kugan Dhevarajan
9 FW Malaysia MAS Sunil Chandran
10 FW Malaysia MAS Kogileswaran Raj
11 MF Malaysia MAS Gurusamy Kandasamy (captain)
12 DF Malaysia MAS Safik Suaidi
13 FW Malaysia MAS Alifh Aiman
14 DF Malaysia MAS Ilham Syukri Jamaluddin
16 MF Malaysia MAS Taha M Khalid
17 MF Malaysia MAS Thivandaran Karnan
18 FW Malaysia MAS Khyril Muhymeen
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW Malaysia MAS Sachin Samuel
20 DF Malaysia MAS Prabakaran Kanadasan
21 DF Malaysia MAS Raja Imran Shah
22 GK Malaysia MAS Muhd Daniel Akmal
24 MF Malaysia MAS Ryan Ong Venking
26 DF Malaysia MAS Khair Jones
30 MF Malaysia MAS Mathias Mansor
33 FW Malaysia MAS Wan Fazli Ghazali
43 GK Malaysia MAS Farhan Abdul Majid
53 MF Malaysia MAS Muhammad Aris
77 FW Malaysia MAS Farid Khazali
79 FW Argentina ARG Nicolas Vargas Valinotti

Technical staff

  • Technical Director: Argentina Luis Pablo Pozzuto
  • Head coach: Argentina Federico Ezequiel Hernandez
  • Assistant Head coach: Malaysia Padathan Gunalan
  • Assistant coach: England Michael Evan Booroff
  • Goalkeeper coach: Malaysia Ng Wei Xian
  • Fitness coach: Malaysia Ranieal Hassan Rozhan
  • Physio: Malaysia Loke Hoe Yuen
  • Team staff: Malaysia Ganesen Aree Sammy
  • Team media: Malaysia Haseef Harzan Hazmi
  • Kitman: Malaysia Nanthakumar Panisalbon

Season by season record

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top scorer (all competitions)
2022 Nogori M5 League Runner-up DNQ DNQ – –
2023 Liga M4 Quarter-finalist DNQ DNQ – – Malaysia K. Ravindran (10)
2024–25 Liga A1 Semi-Pro TBD DNQ DNQ – –

Honours

League

2nd place, silver medalist(s)Runners-up (1): 2022

References

  1. ^ "AFL lakukan saringan ketat untuk pasukan yang sertai Liga M4". Harimau Malaya. 24 May 2023.
  2. ^ "16 pasukan meriahkan MBSB Bank Championship 2024/25". Flash Sukan. 9 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Bunga Raya 2024 Player list". Football Association of Malaysia.