DRB-Hicom F.C. explained

Nickname:The Great Bees (D'gReatBees)
Ground:Glenmarie, Shah Alam
Capacity:Unterraced free seating
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Clubname:DRB-HICOM FC
Fullname:DRB-HICOM Football Club
Owner:DRB-HICOM
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Mahmood Abdul Razak
Coach:Fisol Abdul Razak
League:KLFA Super League
Season:2023/2024
Position:Semi-finalist
Website:http://www.drb-hicom.com

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.

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

Official team attire

PeriodManufacturer
2010Lotto
2011Lotto
2012Eider
2013Kappa
2014Custom made
2015Mizuno
2016Mizuno
2017Mizuno
2017-2018Skyhawk[3]
2019-2020Skyhawk
2022Skyhawk
2023/24Skyhawk

History

The club was established in 2008 as Pos Malaysia Football Club, by the national postal company Pos Malaysia Berhad https://www.pos.com.my. 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 season 1st team compete in professional league) - 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.

Club officials as at 2024

!Position!Name
President Mahmood Razak Bahman
Vice President David Azzuddin Buxton
Secretary General Mohamad Rofizan Abdul Rahman
Treasurer
Manager Noorhardly Muhamad
Administration Officer Mohd Muzamir Nordin
Administration Assistant Saiful Azam Sharifuddin
Administration Assistant Nor Zaidy Md Shah

List of players - 2024/25 season

NameNo JersiPosition
Goal Keeper
Goal Keeper
Goal Keeper
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Defender
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Midfielder
Striker
Striker
Striker
Striker
Striker
Striker
Striker

Team staff - 2024/25

Position Name
Team Manager Noorhardly Muhamad
Head coach Fisol Abdul Razak
Assistant coach Mohammad Firdaus Abdul Ghani
Goal Keeper Coach Saharuddin Marzuki
Physiotherapist Muhammad Faizal Ghazali
Equipment Officer Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Ali

List of Head Coaches - M-League Team (2009–2016)

YearCoach
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

List of Head Coaches - KLFA League (2014-now)

SeasonCoach
2014 Hamdan Mohamad
2016 Razak A Majid
2017/18 Razak A Majid
2019/20 Fisol Abdul Razak
2020 Fisol Abdul Razak
2021 Fisol Abdul Razak
2022 Fisol Abdul Razak
2023 Fisol Abdul Razak
2024 Fisol Abdul Razak

Honours

Domestic competitions

Team achievement - Malaysia Premier League

Team achievement - Kuala Lumpur (KLFA) League

Official partners

2014

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia2015

2015

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- Altel Communications2016

2016

- DRB-HICOM

- Pos Malaysia

- PROTON

- Bank Muamalat

- Mizuno

- DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions (DHAS)2017/18

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)[6] 2019/20

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)

2022

- DRB-HICOM

- HICOM HBPO

- PROTON Holdings (Official Partner)

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

2023/24

- DRB-HICOM

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- CoffeeBot (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Auto Solutions (Official Partner)

- DRB-HICOM Commercial Vehicle (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

2024/25

- DRB-HICOM

- Isuzu HICOM Malaysia Sdn. Bhd (Official Partner)

- CoffeeBot (Official Partner)

- Sky Hawk Apparel (Official Attire Supplier)

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geely acquires Proton stake for RM460mil The Star.
  2. Web site: KL Pos Malaysia FC tukar nama . Teka Skor . 2 October 2013 . 8 November 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011948/http://tekaskor.com/warta/kl-pos-malaysia-fc-tukar-nama#sthash.ZOuIh7Wb.dpbs . 3 December 2013 . dead .
  3. https://www.facebook.com/SkyhawkApparels/
  4. Web site: Khazanah sells Pos Malaysia stake to DRB-HICOM The Star.
  5. [2009 Malaysia FAM League]
  6. Web site: Glenmarie Golf & Country Club.