MISC-MIFA

Malaysian Indian Football Association

Malaysian Indian Football Association was established on 26 April 2004 by the founder and former president, M.S. Maniam. In 2003, the idea of having an Indian based Football Association was brought upon to MIFA's pioneer members S. Pathy, S. Rajamanikam and M.S. Maniam. They travelled around the nation, forming various State Indian Football Associations to be affiliated with the Malaysian Indian Football Association. MIFA serves as a springboard for young Indian football players who harbour the desire to elevate their skills.

The first tournament organised by MIFA was the inaugural Samy Vellu competition which was won by Selangor. In 2006, under the leadership of Vel Paari, MIFA expended the competitions to include Dato’ K. Pathmanaban Cup and Dato' M.S. Maniam Cup, which was one of the key factors in the growth of Malaysian Indian football community. MIFA participated in the 59th & 60th Coppa Carnival in Italy in 2007 and 2008. In 2008, T. Mohan took over the presidency of MIFA and had introduced a few more competitions? such as Tan Sri Dato’ S. Subramaniam Cup and Inter Media Tournaments.

Malaysian Indian Sports Council - Malaysian Indian Football Association

In 2014, the Malaysian Indian Sports Council and Malaysian Indian Football Association have joined forces to field a team in the Malaysia FAM League competition. The team was approved to participate in 2014 Malaysia FAM League, the third division of Malaysian football.

The club was created as an effort by the Malaysian Indian Football Association to elevate Indian community involvement in sports and produce more Indian players in Malaysian football as a whole. In 2013, the U-23 team has managed to become champion in the France International Indian tournament.

In preparations for the club participation in Malaysia FAM League, the club had RM 1.3 million budget. In the first season in national competition, the club only managed to finish at ninth place. The club nearly got promoted to the second division after finishing second in group B of 2015 Malaysia FAM League. After two years without silverware, the club has increased their budget for the 2016 Malaysia FAM League, setting it to RM 800,000 in their bid to win the third division.

On 10 October 2016, the club finally qualified to get promoted to 2017 Malaysia Premier League. The club has set aside a decent budget of RM 3.5 million for their maiden season in 2017 Malaysia Premier League. MISC-MIFA ended their 2017 Malaysia FA Cup campaign in second round after a defeat of 6–3 against Negeri Sembilan FA.

In the 2018 Malaysia Premier League season, MISC-MIFA improved their standings by finishing third in the league, and also delivering shock in 2018 Malaysia Cup season by beating defending champions Johor Darul Ta'zim FC in the group stage, although they failed to advance. In December 2018 it was announced by Malaysia Football League that MISC-MIFA will be promoted to 2019 Malaysia Super League as the next best placed team in the 2018 Malaysia Premier League, replacing Felcra FC who pulled out of the league. Also the management has announced possibilities to change the team name.

Rebranding process

The MISC-MIFA was rebranded as Petaling Jaya City FC on 16 January 2019.