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Barnama
21-05-2025
- Sport
- Barnama
Brunei's DPMM FC Confirms Malaysia Super League Challenge
KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 (Bernama) -- Brunei-based club DPMM FC has confirmed its participation in the 2025/2026 Malaysia Super League (MSL) season, even as the Malaysian Football League (MFL) remains tight-lipped on the official number of teams for the upcoming campaign. The club made the announcement in a statement on the signing of Penang FC defender Mohammad Fairuz Zakaria. In the same statement, DPMM also confirmed that both Bruneian and Malaysian players will be regarded as local players in the team's roster for the new MSL season. bootstrap slideshow 'Fairuz Zakaria has agreed to join DPMM FC for the upcoming Malaysia Super League season 2025/2026. Bruneian players as well as Malaysian players are considered local players for DPMM FC for this MSL season, which is very good news for us. 'He is the first Malaysian player that will be in the DPMM roster. Fairuz Zakaria 27, has been a regular in the team for Penang FC last season and DPMM is hoping that he would do well with the team in the upcoming season,' according to a statement on the club's official website. Last Friday, the First Instance Body (FIB), an independent licensing authority, stated that the document review process for clubs applying for the National License to compete in the 2025/2026 season is still ongoing. This follows media reports suggesting several teams may withdraw from the competition. DPMM, Brunei's most established football club and currently the only professional team in the country, is still completing its remaining fixtures in the Singapore Premier League. -- BERNAMA
New Straits Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Penang slam MFL for extending deadline
KUALA LUMPUR: Penang FC have slammed the Malaysian Football League's (MFL) move to extend the club licensing deadline (for 2025-2026) and warned of long-term damage to the sport here. In a strongly worded statement today. Penang expressed dismay over an MFL announcement that clubs now have until May 10 to submit their documents, an extension from the original deadline (yesterday. While Penang acknowledged MFL's flexibility, they see the extension as a dangerous precedent that undermines the principles of professional football. "This kind of leniency enables financially irresponsible clubs to delay crucial restructuring measures. Without strict deadlines, issues will snowball and could ultimately threaten a club's very survival. "It's not just the clubs that suffer, the players, staff, sponsors, and fans are left to deal with the instability that results from poor governance," Penang said in a statement on their Facebook. Penang stressed that they had worked tirelessly to meet the original deadline and slammed the extension as a blow to clubs that had done things the right way. "There is no recognition, no incentive for those who played by the rules. Instead, the message being sent is loud and clear — that deadlines and discipline are optional," said Penang. They warned that the decision would deepen competitive imbalance in the league and erode MFL's credibility as a governing body. "When clubs that fail to meet basic financial and administrative standards are still allowed to compete, it creates an uneven playing field. T "Those of us who follow the rules are put at a disadvantage, and this undermines the entire system." Penang said that frequent extensions will breed a culture of non-compliance, one that could damage Malaysian football's reputation in the region and the AFC's trust in the local licensing process.
Malay Mail
01-05-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
Don't make deadline delays a habit, Penang FC tells MFL over club licensing
GEORGE TOWN, May 1 — The Penang FC management team has voiced its concern over the decision by the Malaysian Football League (MFL) to extend the club licensing documentation submissions for the 2024-2025 Club Licensing Cycle for the National Licence under the AFC CLAS system to May 10. It said in a statement that while it accepted the decision of the First Instance Body (FIB) Committee and appreciated the flexibility afforded to clubs facing challenges, it was, nonetheless, worried about the negative implications should this become the norm. It added that the flexibility afforded could lead to clubs facing financial constraints to shelve immediate measures aimed at overcoming issues related to restructuring or problem-solving. 'Without the pressures of a strict deadline, there is a risk of the financial constraint issue prolonging and becoming more acute, thus affecting the continuity of the club's operations. 'This can also negatively impact the players, officials and stakeholders, such as sponsors and supporters, who expect stability and accountability from club management,' it said in a statement today. It added that frequent extensions could create a culture where compliance with regulations will be considered unimportant or can be compromised. 'This not only lowers the domestic football industry standards but can also affect Malaysia's reputation at the regional and international levels, particularly in terms of club licensing under the auspices of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC),' it added. Yesterday, FIB chairman Sheikh Mohd Nasir Sheikh Mohd Sharif announced that a decision to extend the deadline was made following requests from several clubs seeking more time to complete their licensing documentation. — Bernama
