Dato’ Mohktar Dahari Cup 2017
3 May 2017 : The Dato’ Mokhtar Dahari Cup Football Championship witnessed a total of 576 players representing 32 teams from nine districts throughout Selangor to contest for the fourth edition of the championship.
The opening ceremony was officiated by Selangor State Education Deputy Director, Shashim Shah Harun and attended by Chairman of the Championship, Datuk Emran Kadir and Board of Director of Perangsang Selangor, Mustaffa Kamil Ayub at SMK USJ 23, Subang Jaya.
“The main objective of the tournament is to identify and unearth young football talents so that they can be featured as state players and restore the glory of Selangor football team and Malaysia one day”, said Datuk Emran.
A total of 43 players have been tied up by under 19 state and football clubs including Selangor, PKNS, Johor Darul Takzim (JDT), Kuala Lumpur, Perak, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan. The 2017 edition involved students under the age of 18 years old from 10 district education offices throughout Selangor selected by District Schools Sports Council (MSSD).
Perangsang Selangor became the tournament’s main sponsor for the fourth consecutive year with a sponsorship of RM150,000 and 8 team jerseys for all quarter-finalists. The tournament champion will receive a cash prize of RM10,000 as well as medals, certificates, championship trophy while the runners-up will receive RM7,000, medals and certificates. Third and fourth place winners will receive RM5,000 and RM3,000 respectively with medals and certificates. In addition, there are also other awards given such as Best Player, Top Scorer, Best Goalkeeper and Best Supporting Team.
In conjunction with this year’s tournament, the organisers also conducted a Malaysian Professional Footballers’ Self-Management and Career Management Seminar to give an early exposure to Selangor youth footballers about the career and future of the sport.