 The club's first ground was the Selangor Club Field (now known as Dataran Merdeka) where they played from their founding in 1936 until the independence of Malaya in 1957.In September 1956, the club president, and also Malaysia's first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman, ordered the construction of the Merdeka Stadium to celebrate the country's upcoming independence as well as to be used as the new home stadium for the "Red Giants".The stadium finished construction on 21 August 1957 and was inaugurated on 31 August 1957, the day Malaya declared independence from British rule.