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club based in the

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. The club is a member of the

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, the third tier football in South Korea, and it started to join

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in the

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season until promotion to the third tier in 2020 as runner-up.

History

KBSUSM was selected to the

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based on the team's excellent performance in

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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

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, 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

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have students as their line-ups, USM have their own staff as line-ups. USM FC pulled out of the

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, despite finishing the previous season in sixth place. The club's management cited financial difficulties as the reason for the decision.

Achievements

Transfers

''For recent transfers, see

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Squad

Current squad

Managers

Coaches

2010 season results

References

External links

Malaysia Super League

USMFC

Kelab Penyokong USM FC

USM FC Soccerway
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