Inter DPP Mini Soccer Carnival

UUM Sports Center will be organizing a mini soccer carnival among the Student Residential Halls (DPP) on July 28th 2009 at the UUM Sports Complex. The tournament is aimed towards selecting new players expecially from the new intakes and Semester 1 to form a respectable team for future tournaments. Each SRH is required to send 2 teams into the tournament where each team shall represents the Semester 1 & 2 and Semester 3 and above. The organizer is hoping to identify some new good talents from this tournament. A total of 28 teams will compete in this one day event and hope that the tournament is well received and enjoyed by all participants.

UUM Champions Cup 2009

UUM Sports Center with the collaboration of the Students Residential Hall (DPP) will be organizing its inaugural UUM Champions Cup 2009 scheduled to be officially kicks off in October. A total of 15 SRHs and a team representing UUM staffs will be competing to be the champion of its first edition. The idea of having this championship was first mooted by UUM soccer coach, Azman Hj Eusoff, with the aim of exposing the students to organize, manage and market professional soccer among the university's community.

The championship will have the participating teams to name their respective team using the names of top European clubs ie Barcelona, Manchester United, Inter Milan, Ajax Amsterdam, Marseille etc. In the event of 2 teams intend to use the same clubs, a draw will be conducted to determine which team carries the name. The teams are required to wear the official team jerseys throughout the championship. The competition shall run in a league format within the duration of 3 months and cash prizes are proposed to the winners. Prior to participating in this league, each club will have to meet several requirements set by the organizer :-

1. The teams will have to set up their supporting/cheering groups

2. The teams need to have a website or a blog that promotes their activities, fixtures and results

3. The teams will have to do promotional events that introduce the team to the residents

4. The teams are required to wear the official clubs jerseys throughout the league

5. Each team will have to provide 2 assistant referees

The names of the European clubs that are up for grabs by the participating teams are :-

1. Manchester United

2. Chelsea

3. Liverpool

4. Arsenal

5. Barcelona

6. Real Madrid

7. Valencia

8. Inter Milan

9. AC Milan

10. Juventus

11. Marseille

12. Paris St Germain

13. Bayern Munich

14. Bayer Leverkusen

15. Ajax Amsterdam

16. PSV Eindhoven

** List of teams subject to availabilities of club's jerseys in the market

Training For The New Semester Kicks Off

Training for the new semester has kicked off last Tuesday. Apart from the previous team, there were 6 new players who turned up. 3 players are from semester 3 and 5 while the other 3 are freshies. The training was conducted by chief coach, Azman Hj Eusoff (pic) at the stadium. The coaching staffs however, are expecting more new players from semester one to turn up as the management had targeted to set two teams. The management was also being informed that there are several potential players that had reported to UUM during the new intake.

"We hope that we are able to identify some new players to beef up our current team which will be preparing for the Invitational Quadrangular hosted by UiTM Shah Alam in August and PRIMA Cup to be played in Songkhla, Thailand in October" said coach Azman. To faciliate with the identifying process, the management will be organizing a mini tournament opened to all residential colleges on July 21st 2009.