Wikipedia - USM F.C.
Kelab Bolasepak Staff Universiti Sains Malaysia (KBSUSM) or USM Staff FC or USM FC was a Malaysia football club team, formerly competing in Malaysia Premier League.
The team was under the jurisdiction of Universiti Sains Malaysia, a Malaysian public university based in Georgetown, Penang.
History
KBSUSM was selected to the 2010 Malaysia Premier League based on the team's excellent performance in FAM Cup 2009, where they finished third in the league.
In the 2010 Malaysia Premier League, KBSUSM was officially named as Pulau Pinang, Kepala Batas, Staf USM. This differs from when KBSUSM was in 2009 FAM Cup. In 2009 KBSUSM were named officially as Pulau Pinang, Kelab Bolasepak Staf Universiti Sains Malaysia.
For the 2011 Malaysia Premier League, they were officially named as Pulau Pinang, Kelab Bolasepak USM.
This USM team were one of two 'university' teams participating in eight-team FAM Cup (held for the first time in league format). While its counterpart UiTM FC have students as their line-ups, USM have their own staff as line-ups.
USM FC pulled out of the 2013 Malaysia Premier League, despite finishing the previous season in sixth place. The club's management cited financial difficulties as the reason for the decision.
El club fue fundado en 1981 como el Penang State FA, y jugó en la Superliga de Malasia hasta 1994, cuando fue relegado a la Primera División de Malasia. El equipo regresó a la Superliga en 1998, y ha estado jugando en la primera división desde entonces.
El USM FC ha ganado la Copa de Malasia en dos ocasiones, en 1995 y 1996. También ha ganado la Copa de la Federación de Malasia en dos ocasiones, en 1992 y 2001.
El equipo juega sus partidos en casa en el Estadio USM, que tiene una capacidad de 20.000 personas. El USM FC es uno de los equipos más populares de Malasia, y tiene una gran base de aficionados.
Algunos de los jugadores más notables que han jugado para el USM FC incluyen a:
Abdul Halim Saad
Ahmad Yusof
Azmi Mohamed
Badrul Bakhtiar
Chang Hong Guan
Chow Chee Keong
D. Surendran
Dollah Salleh
E. Elavarasan
Fandi Ahmad
Hasnul Suboh
Indra Putra Mahayuddin
Jafri Ibrahim
Jamal Nasir
K. Devan
K. Rajagobal
Khalid Ali
Lim Teong Kim
Liew Kit Kong
Matlan Marjan
Mohd Firdaus Zulkefli
Mohd Noor Derus
Mohamad Azhari Salim
Mohd Faizal Subri
Mohd Faizol Hussien
Mohd Johari Yaakob
Mohd Nizam Jamil
Mukhliz Mustafa
N. Thanabalan
N. Thanaraj
Ong Kim Swee
P. Vengadasalam
R. Arumugam
Radhi Mat Din
Rosdi Talib
Rosli Dahlan
S. Balachandran
S. Gopala Krishnan
S. Saravanan
S. Subramaniam
Santokh Singh
Shukor Salleh
Stanley Bernard
T. Subramani
V. Elangovan
V. Gunasekaran
V. Murugan
W. Subramaniam
Yakob Hashim
Yuvaraj Rajoo