Insufficient avenue of talent discovery
Decline in interest in the local football league and the national football team
Lack of excitement for the local football scene
Drop in stadium attendances
No structured sources of funding
Malaysia’s presence at the international level is fast diminishing

MyTeam Objectives:

To creates excitement in and towards the local football
To gives Malaysians an entertaining local football show that can compete with the popularity of the English Premier League
To promotes healthy living amongst youth
To discover new football talent
To provides a dream opportunity for many Malaysians to play the national team
To generate sources of funding for local football (e.g. attracting sponsorship for the football programme, the players and the sport itself)
To help profile Malaysia football globally and regionally with innovative ideas such as MyTeam

Show Concept:

To address the prevalent issues, Maya Team Sdn. Bhd. have formulated a reality TV series based on football. The show will be entitled: MyTeam
MyTeam will feature trials held in each state which will be open to all Malaysians for selection to MyTeam.
The trials will be featured as the first few episodes of MyTeam where the focus will be on unearthing hidden football talent in Malaysia.
The final squad selected by our expert panel of coaches will then be trained and this will be the focus of the second part of the series.
The final episode of MyTeam will be the final squad playing the Malaysian national team at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.
The challenge trophy will be presented by The Prime Minister of Malaysia Y.A.B Dato Seri Abdullah Badawi
MyTeam will adopt the “Contender” style of elimination, which will ensure the selection of the best amateur players for the final squad.
A public SMS feature as seen in other talent programs such as “Akademi Fantasia” would also be featured in the program but not for squad selection which is determined by our panel of coaches.
There will also be an interactive website featuring a voting system database and a fantasy football alternative.
The series will be handled by Maya Team Sdn. Bhd. in partnership with a major television network and all aspects of work including selection, merchandising, marketing, advertising and promotions, media relations will be conducted in a professional manner.

MyTeam Format:

1st Phase: Qualifying round - the trials
(13 States over 7 weekends, 3 finalist per state for a total of 39 Players)

2nd Phase: Final Round Elimination - squad selection
(4 Weeks of camp training. The group will be halved from 39 players)

3rd Phase: Final training camp - preparation for the big game
(Final Training – 2 Weeks of training and the picking of the first eleven)

4th Phase: Live telecast of MyTeam vs Malaysian national team

Appendix 2: Shooting – Phase 1 (7 Weeks)
Trial in 13 States. 2 States per weekend.
Coaching panel (headed by Serbegeth “Shebby” Singh) will pick 3 finalists per state
39 Finalists plus 3 Goalkeepers
Field will be divided into:
Time Trial
Ball Skills
Physical Challenge
Warm Up Match
Team Match
All 7 Cameras to shoot Sat and Sun trials
Profile of 6 finalists per week to be shot on Mon and Tues following week
Wednesday shoot post-trial commentary with coaching panel
Thursday setup team in for next venue

Appendix 2: Shooting – Phase 2 (4 Weeks)
Camp Training and Selection of MyTeam
39 Players will split into 3 teams of 13 i.e. Biru, Merah, Kuning
In camp, the teams will play each other twice a week
After each round the leading team can swap with 1 player of their choice from each team. The second team can swap 1 with the lowest team. This will create alliances, drama and result in 1 team consistently getting stronger
The 3rd team will eventually be eliminated to leave a squad of 26 players

Appendix 2: Shooting – Phase 3 (2 Weeks)
Camp Training and Selection of MyTeam
This is the final training stretch and the selection of the stating line-up by the coaching panel
Still plenty of drama as at least 10 players will be left out and not end up playing in the final
Intense training and games and challenges which will select the first 11

Appendix 2: Shooting – Phase 4 (1 Week)
1-hr pre-match build up to final game
Live shoot both before and during half time to keep audience with the team all the way
MyTeam vs Malaysian national team

Appendix 3: Show Format
13 Episodes 1 hour each
Final episode is a 2-Hour special including final game
Phase 1 Trails will be presented in first 4 episodes
Phase 2 Camp, episodes 5-10
Phase 3 Final Training Episodes 11-12
Episode 13 is the 1-hr pre-match special and final game live