"liga bolasepak rakyat" is a joint idea of football association of malaysia (fam) president tengku abdullah sultan ahmad shah and tengku mahkota pahang, with an objective of developing football systematically, besides functioning as an institute to produce talented players for the national side. a total of 111 clubs from all around the country will be joining the amateur-level competition for 2015-16 season, which is divided to 8 zones where 520 matches to be played. the competition is open to under-28 players, including five under-21 boys.