Bunga Raya Damansara F.C.

Bunga Raya Damansara Football Club, simply known as Bunga Raya Damansara, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Damansara, Selangor. It plays in the second-tier Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. The club's home ground is the PKNS Football Field, Kelana Jaya.

Bunga Raya Damansara
Full nameBunga Raya Damansara Football Club
Short nameBRDFC
Founded2002 (2002) as Bunga Raya FC
2024 (2024) as Bunga Raya Damansara
GroundPKNS Football Field, Kelana Jaya
Head coachPadathan Gunalan
LeagueMalaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2023Quarter-finalist

History

Founded in 2021, Bunga Raya made club debut into 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] As the Amateur Football League announced the expansion of Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League, the current second tier of Malaysian league, Bunga Raya FC was promoted for 2024–25 season despite not finishing in the semifinal or final of 2023 M4 League.[2]

Crest
  • 2002–2023 crest

Players

First-team squad
As of 30 May 2024[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS M. Satthyvel
2 DF  MAS K. Reuben
3 DF  MAS Kannan Kalaiselvan
4 DF  MAS Rafael Shahzari Foo
5 DF  MAS Tamilmaran Manimaran
6 DF  MAS Brandon Liew
7 FW  ARG Ignacio Agustín Sequeira
8 MF  MAS Kugan Dhevarajan
9 FW  MAS Sunil Chandran
10 FW  MAS Kogileswaran Raj
11 MF  MAS Gurusamy Kandasamy
12 DF  MAS Safik Suaidi
14 DF  MAS Ilham Syukri Jamaluddin
15 DF  MAS Keerthan Saravanan
16 MF  MAS Taha M Khalid
17 MF  MAS Thivandaran Karnan
18 FW  MAS Khyril Muhymeen
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 FW  MAS Sachin Samuel
20 DF  MAS Prabakaran Kanadasan
21 DF  MAS Raja Imran Shah
22 GK  MAS Muhd Daniel Akmal
23 FW  MAS Devekumaran Muniswaran
24 MF  MAS Ryan Ong Venking
28 FW  MAS M. Kumareassh
30 MF  MAS Mathias Mansor
43 GK  MAS Farhan Abdul Majid
53 MF  MAS Muhammad Aris
77 FW  MAS Farid Khazali
79 FW  ARG Nicolas Vargas Valinotti
80 MF  MAS Daniel Phoon

Technical staff
  • Team manager: Luis Pablo Pozzuto
  • Head coach: Padathan Gunalan
  • Goalkeeper coach: Ng Wei Xian
  • Fitness coach: Ranieal Hassan Rozhan
  • Physio: Loke Hoe Yuen
  • Team staff: Adam Mohamed Azman, Ganesen Aree Sammy
  • Team coordinator: Mohd Yazid Md Din
  • Team media: Haseef Harzan Hazmi
  • Kitman: 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 – – K. Ravindran (10)
2024–25 Liga A1 Semi-Pro TBD DNQ DNQ – –

Honours

League
  • Nogori M5 League
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.
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