The Royal Selangor Club (RSC) Dato’ Chu Ah Nge International Junior Soccer Tournament 2025 returns for its 19th edition this weekend (Dec 5-7) at the grounds of the RSC Bukit Kiara Sports Annexe in Kuala Lumpur.
Organised by the Junior Soccer Development Programme (JSDP) of RSC Soccer Section, the tournament is one of the main events in the club’s annual events calendar. It is also dubbed the battle of the ‘Creme de la crème’ event where rising stars are discovered and legends created.
The tournament is named after one of the past presidents of the club, the late Dato’ Chu Ah Nge, who sponsored the Challenge Trophy as well as provided financial support when the tournament was inaugurated in 2005.
Datuk Gerald Rakish Kumar, the chairman of the organising committee, said in his welcoming address that the tournament was introduced to provide a competitive environment for all age groups in the RSC Soccer Development programme that eventually grew rapidly.
“The RSC Dato’ Chu Ah Nge tournament gradually attracted the attention of many regional clubs and hence it necessitated us to invite them to participate to justify the tournament’s international tag,” he added.
This year’s edition will see 100 teams participating in the five age groups. The teams are from Singapore, the Maldives, Indonesia, Nepal and Malaysia.
The teams will feature in five categories – Under-8, Under-10, Under-12, Under-14 and Under-16. All the teams will be awarded points during matches in their respective age group categories.
Teams with the highest cumulative points score will be presented with the Dato’ Chu Ah Nge Challenge Trophy. The playing time for each match is 18 minutes.
- Present at today’s Press Conference were former internationals Dato Dollah Salleh, who is also the Vice-President of the FA of Malaysia, Dato Santokh Singh, K. Gunalan, A. Jayakanthan, Fareex prem, Reman Ragunthan and several other former internationals and state players.
“The main objective of the tournament is to foster fellowship through a friendly competitive spirit among the soccer fraternity within Malaysia and neighbouring countries with clubs and academies that place emphasis on grassroots development.
As an additional incentive for teams play to the best of their abilities, all age group winners in the Cup category of the tournament will be given free entry to the JSSL Singapore Professional Academy 7s tournament, which will be held on April 2-5, 2026 in Sinagpore.
“We would like to thank our partner from across the causeway, JSSL Singapore Professional Academy, for this offer, and we look forward to our continued collaboration for the coming editions of our tournaments,” added Gerald.
On behalf of RSC, he also extended his appreciation to their major sponsors, Southern Score Builders Berhad, the GPL Group, Damansara Specialist Hospital, Triterra Sdn Bhd, Etika Holdings Sdn Bhd, Huls Engineering Sdn Bhd, Landmarks Films Sdn Bhd, Asia Film Equipment Sdn Bhd, GS Gill Sdn Bhd, Maha Partners & Co, Truvea Technics Engineering Sdn Bhd, and SK Gas Sdn Bhd.
At the conclusion of the press conference, a friendly soccer match was held between a combined RSC Under-12 and Under-14 players against veteran Malaysian former internationals and State players.
