ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC Launch New Jersey and Introduce New Players for Season 2020
By Aini Hidayah Abdul Hadi
Pictures Ikhwan Hashim
BANGI, February 26, 2020 – The National University Football Team Malaysia (ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC) launched a new jersey for the 2020 season and introduced their new players.
For this season, ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC’s jersey come in three designs; home jersey in red for main players and green for goalkeepers, away jersey in blue for main players and yellow for goalkeepers and alternative jersey kit in black for main players and orange for goalkeepers.
The ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp Chairman, Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar hopes that the ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC team will continue to succeed and remain as one of the top five teams in the Premier League and become an independent team in the financial context.
He said, the purpose of ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp sending their football team to the Premier League was to highlight a football team made up of students to produce highly educated athletes.
“ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp also wants to produce 100 per cent of players from its own students, but to be a competitive and sustainable team, ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC needs some help from professional players including imported players to compete in this competitive league,” he said.
A total of 28 ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC players were introduced at the event and four of them are imported players, two from Sweden, one from France and Korea each.
ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC is currently ranked 8th in the Premier League 2019 and together with the imported players, it is hoped to strengthen the team to start its first match on February 29 against Sarawak.
This ceremony was also attended by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Affairs and Alumni), Pro Dato ‘Ir Dr Othman A. Karim, Former Vice Chancellor of ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp, Prof Tan Sri Dr. Noor Azlan Ghazali and ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC Management.
ÿÈÕ´óÈüapp FC has received sponsorship from the Ministry of Education Malaysia (KPM), NLFC- MAHSA, Kiffah Group of Company, Line 7 and personal sponsorship from Prof Dr Kamaruddin and Prof Tan Sri Dato ‘Seri Dr Noor Azlan.
