Majlis Perbandaran Muar Football Club or commonly known MP Muar FC was a Malaysian

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club based in Muar,

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. The club home ground was the Sultan Ibrahim Mini Stadium in Muar. The club had formerly played in the

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's second division as well as second-tier professional

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

for three consecutive

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and

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seasons; before the new direction of

Johor Football Association Johore Football Association (JFA; ms, Persatuan Bolasepak Negeri Johor (PBNJ)) is the governing body of football for the state of Johor, Malaysia. JFA is responsible for coordinating and developing football in the state of Johor and has teame ...

(JFA) for all clubs from Johor including MP Muar FC to pull out from the Malaysia Premier League at the end of 2012 season to join

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, the PBNJ State League only.

History

MP Muar FC was formed in 2008 and owned by the

Muar Municipal Council Muar Municipal Council ( ms, Majlis Perbandaran Muar, abbreviated MPM) is a local authority which administrates Muar Town of Muar District, Johor, Malaysia. This agency is under Johor state government. MPM are responsible for public health and s ...

(

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: ''Majlis Perbandaran Muar'', MPM). Its earlier achievements originally started through its participation and 10 consecutive wins in the district locality league ''Liga Muar'' along with success in the PBNJ State League as the winner in 2008 season triggering its promotion to the

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. It subsequent managed to finished third place in the 2009 season; which set for it to be promoted to Malaysia Premier League and saw the club shifted their home ground to the

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in Larkin,

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in 2010 season. For the 2011 season, the club has changed to use the

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, Johor Bahru but they returned to Sultan Ibrahim Mini Stadium in Muar as their home ground again for the 2012 season. At the end of 2012 league season, MP Muar FC finished in ninth place and had to play relegation play-off match with Betaria F.C., the tenth place team. Despite MP Muar FC won the match 3-0 and qualifying it to stay in the 2013 season, but the team later had to pull out of the league as a result of the re-structuring plan by JFA, along with another club from Johor,

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Controversy

When the Malaysia Premier League in 2012 was just three matches into the season, one of the

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player was called up by the

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(MACC) to assist investigation of an evidence-inadequate match-fixing and corruption allegation involving the player after Perlis had been badly beaten 2-7 by MP Muar FC in earlier opening match. The incident had also caught attention and response of

Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim Major General Tunku Ismail Idris Abdul Majid Abu Bakar Iskandar ibni Sultan Ibrahim Ismail ( Jawi: تونكو إسماعيل إدريس عبدالمجيد أبو بكر إسكندر ابن سلطان إبراهيم إسماعيل; born 30 June 19 ...

then, the President of PBNJ and Crown Prince of Johor.

Acquisitions, takeovers, merger and dissolution

In 2012, Tunku Ismail, the JFA's Royal Patron, announced that JFA would take over all football clubs and associations in the state of Johor which compete in any national level football cup competitions in Malaysia. Hence, MP Muar FC had withdrawn from 2012 Malaysia Premier League and was technically pulled out from

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(FAM). All selected players and managers were then transferred to JFA under a club

Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club or simply JDT is a professional Association football, football club based in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. The club was founded in 1972 as PKENJ FC and currently competes in the top division of Malaysian football ...

based on ability and experiences. MP Muar FC's under-21 President Cup team had in the season 2011 became the runner-up after losing the final match 1–2 to Kelantan U21. Meanwhile, albeit its achievement, the club's youth squad was also absorbed into JDT II in season 2014 and later to JDT IV in season 2015 for the President Cup competition. Under Mutual of Understanding and Agreements, MP Muar FC would only compete in state level competition, the PBNJ State League and served a purpose of creating talent pool for local football scene. As of 2013, the team played in the Johor state league before being dissolved.

Honours

* PBNJ State League **: Winner:: 2008 *

**: 3rd place::

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* President Cup **: Runner-up::

Head coaches

Managers

Notable players

* Mohd Fitri Omar - the top scorer and Golden Boot winner of 2011 Malaysia Premier League with 16 goals as the striker of MP Muar. * Sani Anuar Kamsani *

Ching Hong Aik Ching Hong Aik (; born 30 November 1973) is a Malaysian former Association football, footballer. Ching is one of the veterans and surviving players since the semi-professional era and fully fledged with Negeri Sembilan FA ever since. The har ...

References

External links

MP Muar FC Official Site

Soccerway profile
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