Kuala Lumpur City F.C.

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Kuala Lumpur City
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Full nameKuala Lumpur City Football Club
Nickname(s)The City Boys[1][2]
Short nameKL City FC, KLCFC
Founded1974; 48 years ago (1974)
(as Federal Territory)[3]
GroundKuala Lumpur Stadium
Capacity18,000
OwnerKuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA)[4]
PresidentAnnuar Musa[5]
ManagerBojan Hodak
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2021Malaysia Super League, 6th of 12
WebsiteClub website
Away colours

Kuala Lumpur City Football Club or simply KL City FC is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur. The club competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top level of Malaysian football, and was founded in 1974 as Federal Territory by the Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA). It was later renamed Kuala Lumpur FA and Kuala Lumpur United, before renaming to its current name in 2021.

Kuala Lumpur City won two Malaysian league titles, four Malaysian Cups, three Malaysian FA Cups, and three Malaysian Charity Shields. It also played in the group stages of the Asian Club Championship on two occasions.

Following its founding, a fierce rivalry developed between Kuala Lumpur and Selangor mainly due to their geographical location. The battle between these two teams is often referred to as the Klang Valley Derby, which was renewed in the 2010 season after Kuala Lumpur ended a seven-year spell in the second-tier with promotion to the Malaysia Super League. Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the second-tier Malaysia Premier League in 2012 and the following year, in 2013, Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the third-tier Malaysia FAM League for the first time in its history.

History[]

Kuala Lumpur had its most successful period in the late 1980s when they won the national league twice, in 1986 and 1988.[6] They also won the Malaysia Cup for three consecutive years (1987, 1988 and 1989).[7] The team enjoyed considerable success in cup competitions in the 1990s, winning the Malaysian FA Cup in 1993, 1994 and 1999.[7] Kuala Lumpur won the Malaysian Charity Shield on three occasions, in 1988, 1995 and 2000.[7]

In September 2020, the club was privatized in accordance to the privatization process by the Football Association of Malaysia and was renamed as Kuala Lumpur United.[8][9] In December 2020, Stanley Bernard was named the new CEO of the club.[10]

In March 2021, prior to the 2021 Malaysia Super League season, the team changed its name to Kuala Lumpur City.[11] During the same season, Kuala Lumpur City defeated Johor Darul Ta'zim 2–0 in the final of the 2021 Malaysia Cup, winning the cup for the first time in 32 years.[12]

Players[]

Current squad[]

As of 15 January 2022[13]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Philippines PHI Kevin Ray Mendoza
3 DF Malaysia MAS Daniel Ting
4 DF Malaysia MAS Kamal Azizi
6 DF Malaysia MAS Ryan Lambert
7 MF Colombia COL Romel Morales
8 MF Malaysia MAS Zhafri Yahya
9 DF Australia AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco
10 FW Malaysia MAS Safee Sali
14 MF Malaysia MAS Akram Mahinan
16 MF Malaysia MAS Izreen Izwandy
17 DF Malaysia MAS Irfan Zakaria
19 MF Malaysia MAS Partiban Janasekaran
21 MF Malaysia MAS Kenny Pallraj
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 FW Malaysia MAS Indra Putra (vice-captain)
24 DF Malaysia MAS Nik Shahrul
25 DF Malaysia MAS Anwar Ibrahim
26 GK Malaysia MAS Azim Al-Amin
27 MF Malaysia MAS Hadin Azman
28 MF Brazil BRA Paulo Josué (captain)
29 MF Malaysia MAS Arif Shaqirin
30 MF Malaysia MAS Fakrul Aiman
— GK Malaysia MAS Azri Ghani
— DF Malaysia MAS Muhammad Faudzi
— DF Malaysia MAS Nabil Hakim
— DF Malaysia MAS Nik Umar

Management team[]

Position Staff[13]
Head coach Croatia Bojan Hodak
Technical director Malaysia Nidzam Adzha Yusoff[14]
Assistant head coach Croatia Nenad Baćina[15]
Assistant coach Malaysia Rosle Md Derus
Goalkeeper coach Brazil Guilherme Azevedo
Fitness coach Malaysia Afeeq Aqmal Noorazimi
Team doctor Malaysia Hannan Haziq Elias
Malaysia Adzlan Mohd Amin
Physiotherapist Malaysia Khidir Abdelakrim Elfdl Ali
Malaysia Renesh Prabaharan
Team admin Malaysia Sheikh Muhammad Haris Abdullah
Team media Malaysia Syafiq Khir Anuar
Masseur Malaysia Iqbal Afiq Azmi
Malaysia Hamzah Zakaria
Kitman Malaysia Shahrulnizan Idris
Malaysia Harun Osman

Kits and sponsors[]

Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1988–1995 Lotto Dunhill
1996–1998 Nike
1999 Admiral
2000 Ascot
2001 New Balance
2002–2003 Cheetah
2004–2005 Eutag Celcom
2006 Lotto TM Net
2007 Line 7 Line 7
2008 Eutag Celcom
2009 Sportzone Streamyx
2010–2011 Kika KL Ancom
2012–2014 Kronos Kronos
2015 Warrix / Kappa DBKL
2016 SkyHawk JL99 Group / Al-Bukhary Foundation / DBKL / Ekovest / MRCB
2017 FAWZ
2018 SkyHawk
2019 JL99 Group / DBKL / Visit Kuala Lumpur
2020 Puma DBKL / KL Baca 2020 / Active Sports
2021 DBKL / Kuala Lumpur City / Active Sports

Honours[]

Domestic[]

League
Cup
  • Malaysia Charity Shield
    • Winners (3): 1988, 1995, 2000
    • Runners-up (4): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994
  • Piala Prihatin Menteri Wilayah
    • Winners (1): 2021[16]

Continental[]

  • Asian Club Championship
1987: Group stage (2nd in Group B)
1989–90: Group stage (2nd in Group A)
1994–95: Quarterfinals
  • ASEAN Champions' Cup
    • Winners (2): 1985, 1989[17]

U21 team[]

Managers[]

Years Nat. Name Achievement
1979–1981 Malaysia Yunus Tasman
1982–1984 Malaysia S. Subramaniam
1985–1986 Czech Republic Josef Venglos 1986 League Championship
1987–1989 Malaysia Chow Kwai Lam 1987 Malaysia Cup
1988 Malaysia Cup
1989 Malaysia Cup
1988 League Championship
1988 Charity Shield Cup
1989 ASEAN Club Championship
1990 Czech Republic Jozef Jankech
1991 Czech Republic Milous Kvacek
1992 Malaysia Chow Kwai Lam
1993 Malaysia S. Subramaniam 1993 Malaysia FA Cup
1994 England Ken Shellito 1994 Malaysia FA Cup
1995–May 1998 Malaysia Chow Kwai Lam 1995 Charity Shield Cup
May 1998–June 2000 Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris 1999 Malaysia FA Cup
2000 Charity Shield Cup
June 2000–December 2000 Malaysia Lim Kim Lian
2001–2002 Iraq Wathiq Naji
2001–2002 Malaysia Lim Kim Lian
2003 Slovakia Igor Novak
2004–2007 Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris
January 2008 Germany Hans Jurgen Gede
April 2008 – 2012 Malaysia Razip Ismail
2013 Slovakia Stanislav Leiskovsky
2014 Malaysia Tang Siew Seng
January 2015 Portugal Ricardo Formosinho
April 2015 Malaysia Tang Siew Seng
December 2015–November 2016 Malaysia Ismail Zakaria
December 2016–March 2017 Brazil Wanderley Junior
March 2017–September 2018 Brazil Fabio Maciel 2017 Malaysia Premier League
December 2018–March 2019 Malaysia Yusri Che Lah
March 2019–June 2019 Malaysia Chong Yee Fatt
July 2019–November 2019 Malaysia Rosle Md Derus
January 2020–November 2020 Malaysia Nidzam Adzha
January 2021–present Croatia Bojan Hodak 2021 Malaysia Cup

Seasons[]

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Continental Top Scorer (all competitions)
As Federal Territory
1979 Preliminary 16th of 17 DNQ — — — N/A
1980 Preliminary 17th of 17 DNQ — — — (3)
1981 Preliminary 14th of 17 DNQ — — — (7)
1982 League Cup 2nd of 16 QF — — — N/A
1983 League Cup 8th of 16 QF — — — N/A
1984 League Cup 4th of 16 QF — — —
1985 League Cup 5th of 16 Runners-up — — — (11)
1986 League Cup 1st of 16 QF — — — Fandi Ahmad (14)
As Kuala Lumpur
1987 League Cup 2nd of 17 Winners — Runners-up ACC – Group stage (2nd of 4) N/A
1988 League Cup 1st of 17 Winners — Winners — Fandi Ahmad (21)
1989 Division 1 2nd of 9 Winners — Runners-up ACC – Group stage (2nd of 3) K. Kannan (20)
1990 Division 1 4th of 10 QF Group A (3rd of 4) R1 Runners-up — Fandi Ahmad (8)
K. Kannan (8)
1991 Division 1 4th of 10 SF SF — — (10)
1992 Division 1 5th of 10 SF Runners-up — — Azman Adnan (22)
1993 Division 1 9th of 10 DNQ Winners — — T. Gopinath Naidu (14)
1994 Liga Perdana 11th of 16 DNQ Winners Runners-up ACWC – QF (16)
1995 Liga Perdana 11th of 15 DNQ R1 Group E (3rd of 4) Winners — (8)
1996 Liga Perdana 14th of 15 DNQ R1 — — (4)
(4)
1997 Liga Perdana 9th of 15 QF Group A (4th of 5) QF — — (15)
1998 Perdana 1 8th of 12 QF Group A (4th of 5) SF — — (10)
1999 Perdana 1 5th of 10 QF Group B (5th of 6) Winners — — (9)
2000 Perdana 1 8th of 12 QF Group B (3rd of 4) SF Winners — (5)
2001
Details 		Perdana 1 10th of 12 QF Group A (4th of 4) R2 — — (13)
2002 Perdana 1 13th of 14 DNQ R2 — — (6)
2003 Perdana 2 5th of 12 DNQ R1 — — (12)
2004 Liga Premier Group B 3rd of 13 R1 Group C (4th of 4) R2 — — (30)
2005 Liga Premier Group A 4th of 8 R1 Group C (4th of 4) SF — — Safee Sali (11)
2006 Liga Premier Group B 5th of 8 DNQ R1 — — (7)
2007 Liga Premier 7th of 11 R1 Group A (3rd of 6) R1 — — Kevin Lamey (12)
2008 Liga Premier 12th of 13 R1 Group B (4th of 6) R2 — — Cofie Bekoe (6)
Impraim Godfred Attah (6)
2009 Liga Premier 4th of 13 R1 Group C (3rd of 4) R2 — — Abdul Hadi Yahya (14)
2010
Details 		Super League 9th of 14 R1 Group B (4th of 4) R2 — — (9)
2011
Details 		Super League 12th of 14 R1 Group D (3rd of 4) QF — — (9)
2012
Details 		Super League 14th of 14 DNQ R2 — — (5)
2013 Premier League 11th of 12 DNQ R1 — — (5)
2014 FAM League 2nd of 12 DNQ R1 — — (6)
2015 Premier League 11th of 12 DNQ R3 — — Kalle Sone (4)
2016 Premier League 5th of 12 R1 Group B (4th of 4) QF — — Casagrande (9)
2017
Details 		Premier League 1st of 12 Group Stage R2 — — Guilherme (30)
2018
Details 		Super League 10th of 12 Group Stage QF — — Guilherme (27)
2019
Details 		Super League 12th of 12 DNQ QF — — Guilherme (11)
2020
Details 		Premier League 3rd of 12 Cancelled[a] — — Francis Koné (7)
As Kuala Lumpur City
2021
Details 		Super League 6th of 12 Winners Not held — — Romel Morales (15)
  1. ^ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
DNQ = Did not qualify; N/A = Not available; R1 = First round; R2 = Second round; R3 = Third round; QF = Quarter-final; SF = Semi-final
Note: A single round-robin league system was instituted in 1979 following the entry of Brunei FA, Kuala Lumpur FA, Sabah FA and Sarawak FA into mainstream Malaysian football. For three years until 1981, the league remained no more than a preliminary round for the knock-out stages of the Malaysia Cup. In 1982, a League Cup was introduced to differentiate the league winners from the Malaysia Cup champions.

References[]

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  7. ^ a b c "Malaysia – List of Cup Winners". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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