PerakFootball Association II', also named Perak FA II or Perak II, is the reserve team of Perak FA, based in Ipoh, in the state of Perak. Founded in 30 July 2015 as part of the sports and recreation club for the Perak StateDevelopment CorporationFootball Club . The club was combined with Perak FA at end of 2019 as one club and was re-branded as a football club to be known as Perak FA. The team formerly known PKNP FC was then converted into a reserve team as part of the feeder club regulations and will begin the 2020 season as a reserve team of Perak F.C. and will play in Premier League, holding home games at Manjung Municipal Council Stadium, with a 15,000-seat capacity. Unlike in England, reserve teams in Malaysia play in the same football pyramid as their first team rather than a separate league. However, reserve teams cannot play in the same division as their first team. Therefore, the team is ineligible for promotion to Malaysia Super League, the division in which their parent side competes. Reserve teams are also no longer permitted to enter the cup competitions. The team is officially will known as Perak II''', for 2020 Malaysia League seasons, on the club's official promotion and website, but Malaysia League, the governing body of Malaysian football league system rules prohibit reserve teams from having different names than their parent team.
Kelab Bolasepak Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Perak, or simply PKNP FC is a Malaysian professional football club based in Ipoh, Perak. The club currently plays in the Malaysia Super League. The club also participated in the state and district competitions in the Perak League, Ipoh League and the Malaysia People's Football League as Batang Padang. The modern-day club was formed on 30 July 2015 by Perak State Development Corporation Group as part of its effort to bring back the legacy of PKNP's sport involvement in the 1980s and 1990s. It also served as a platform by the group bring a positive image to its brand in the state of Perak. As part of having a stable amount of grassroots players within the club, the club also send its other feeder squads to compete in the district, state and national level competitions. The club was an obscure local amateur side began playing in the third division Malaysia FAM League. They steadily improved and by 2017 were competing in the Malaysia Premier League and by 2018 in Malaysia Super League.
