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It is a ‘D’ for Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia have been given a ‘D’, the lowest grade used by the AFC Pro-League Ad-Hoc Committee in rating the eligibility of countries for the 2009 AFC Champions League, after a comprehensive assessment of the AEAN country’s league and clubs.

A ‘D’ means the committee is of the opinion that Malaysia, whose teams currently play in the AFC Cup, do not meet the criteria for the revised AFC Champions League.

Malaysia have received ‘Ds’ in the below areas:

1) Association should have a minimum number of eight International Assistant Referees by 2009
2) The league governing body should be a legal entity governed by its football association
3) The league governing body should have a management structure which controls competition, marketing, media and finance
4) Club representatives, ii) representatives of football association and iii) representatives from the league’s top management should be members of the highest decision making body (executive committee) of the league
5) The position of CEO should be full-time
6) The league should have an audited Profit and Loss Statement and Balance Sheet
7) The league should have an auditor
8) The league should have a centralised marketing system of the elements such as media rights, certain sponsorships and merchandise
9) Each club should have a media officer
10) Match reports should be distributed to media
11) All the clubs should be commercial entities under its national law
12) Submission of an audited Profit and Loss statement and Balance Sheet to the League governing body
13) Clubs should not have overdue payments
14) All clubs have youth development programmes with youth teams in the clubs or affiliated to the clubs
15) All clubs’ head coaches should possess AFC Professional License Diploma or an equivalent licence approved by AFC
16) All clubs conduct activities contributing to the local community of the hometowns

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