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Kuching City Football Club or simply known as Kuching City is a professional football club based in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia that participates in the Malaysia Premier League.[1] It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak.

Kuching City FC

Full name	Kuching City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Il Gatto (The Cats)
Short name	KCFC
Founded	2015; 7 years ago (2015), as Kuching Football Association
Ground	Sarawak Stadium
Capacity	40,000
Co-owner	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman Kamaludin Akil
Head coach	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
League	Malaysia Premier League
2022	Malaysia Premier League, 3th of 10
Website	Club website
Current season

History

In 2015, with the commencement of the People Football League introduced by the Football Association of Malaysia, the purpose of the league was to transform lower leagues in Malaysia and promote amateur football in all districts and states across Malaysia.[2][3] Consequently, Kuching F.A. was founded alongside it to represent the district of Kuching in Sarawak.

FAM Cup

In the 2015–16 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Kuching won the inaugural edition[4] after beating Padang Besar 3-1 at the Selayang Stadium. With the championship, Kuching got an automatic promotion into the 2017 Piala FAM.

In their first season in FAM League, Kuching achieved 4th place in Group B, qualifying the team for the play-offs. They were knocked out in the quarter-final stage by UKM F.C., which later gained promotion to 2018 Malaysia Premier League as finalist of the play-offs. Kuching's second season in the FAM League saw them in the 4th place in Group A, the same as previous season. Unfortunately, changes in the play-off qualifying saw them miss out on the knock-out stage as only top two teams of each group chosen. Kuching were registered to play in the 2019 Malaysia FAM Cup, but were also invited by FAM to play in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League, as a number of teams pull out from the league.[5]

Crest And Colours

Kuching's Crest has a Yellow shield and on it is the flag of Sarawak where the club originated from, and a Green White stripped Tiger on it. "City of Unity" is written in the middle of the crest.

After announcing their promotion to the Malaysia Premier League. Kuching changed their kit to a new one to kick start their new journey, the colours are green with white stripes and "City of Unity" is written in the middle of the kit.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2017-2021	Starsport	LSC & Kuching City of Unity
		LSC, Yakult & Kuching City of Unity
		Serba Dinamik, LSC & Yakult

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 August 2021.[6]

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  MAS Andy Nicholas Nipen 2 DF  MAS Jimmy Raymond 4 DF  BRA Aylton Alemão 5 DF  MAS Sahran Abdul Samad 8 FW  MAS Joseph Kalang Tie (captain) 9 DF  MAS Adam Shreen 11 MF  MAS Hafis Saperi 12 DF  MAS Ramesh Lai 13 DF  MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim 15 DF  MAS Izray Iffarul 17 MF  MAS Rafiezan Razali 18 MF  MAS Rafiq Shah 19 DF  MAS Irwan Syazmin 22 MF  MAS Zainuddin Bohri 23 GK  MAS Hafiezulhisyam Roslee 25 GK  MAS Iqbal Suhimi 27 GK  MAS Wan Azraie 28 MF  MAS Samsu Alam Samad 39 DF  MAS Nazrul Abdul Samad 44 MF  MAS Alif Hassan

No. Pos. Nation Player 51 FW  MAS Amirrul Iqmal 52 MF  MAS Amir Amri 59 FW  MAS Wan Badzreen 89 DF  MAS Mazwandi Zekeria 99 MF  BRA Gabryel — MF  GUY Keanu Marsh-Brown 7 FW  LBR Abu Kamara — GK  MAS Shaiful Wazizi — MF  MAS Hidhir Idris (on loan from Kedah Darul Aman) 77 DF  JPN Yuki Tanigawa — MF  MAS Wan Faiz — DF  MAS Azuanie Jasman — DF  MAS Badrul Hisham — DF  MAS Azzam Marzuki — MF  MAS Nur Raziman — MF  MAS Zulikhsan Salleh — MF  MAS Alauddin Farid — MF  MAS Syamim Yahya — FW  MAS Safee Sali — MF  SGP Adam Swandi

Development squads

As of 9 June 2020

Under-21s

As of 9 June 2020.[7]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Ericson Lichu		GK	1999
23	Qaaiman Rizqi Jofri		GK	2000
25	Edward Nilson Likau		GK	1999
Defenders
2	Muhamad Azim Fikri Ismail		RB / RWB	2000
3	Shafiq Shamsul		LB / LWB	2000
4	Azzamuddin Saffriy		CB	2000
5	Azuanie Qornie		CB	1999
6	Jonathan Elyass		LB / LWB	2000
20	Chong Ka Hui		CB	1999
21	Cedric Tueanego		CB	20/10/99
24	Abednego Tendot		RB / RWB	1999
Midfielders
7	Mohd Alauddin Atan		RW / RM	2000
8	Diego Baggio Test		CM	1999
9	Raul Flantino		RW / RM	2000
12	Zulikhsan Salleh		CM	2001
13	Gabriel Kho Seng		AM / CM	1999
15	Yusfarizal Hanafi		LW /LM	2000
16	Daineleffino Aiho		LW /LM	2000
17	Xavier Amelton		DM /CM	2000
18	Muhammad Adam Yusuf		AM /CM	2000
19	Sergio Anelvin		CM	1999
23	Irfan Syahmi Abdullah		CM	2000
Forwards
10	Alaunuddin Bolhi		ST	1999
11	Zulyusran Madeli		ST	2000
14	Andreas Fernandez		ST	2000
29	Felipe Tiago		ST	1999

Season by season record

Updated on 1 November 2022.

Season	Division	Position	Malaysia Cup	Malaysian FA Cup	Malaysian Charity Shield	Regional	Top Scorer (All Competitions)
2015–16	Liga LBR	Champions	DNQ	–	–	–
2017	FAM League	4th of 7 Group B	DNQ	–	–	–
2018	FAM League	4th of 7 Group A	DNQ	Second round	–	–	Shafitri Salim (4)
2019	Liga M3	2nd	DNQ	Second round	–	–	Joseph Kalang Tie (18)
2020	Premier League	4th	Cancelled	Cancelled	–	–	Bryan Jones (4)
2021	Premier League	5th	3rd of 4th Group stage B	Not held	–	–
2022	Premier League	3th		Quarter-finals	–	–

Club staff

As of 1 November 2022^[update] [8]

Team Management
Role	Person
President	Jack Sullivan
Technical Director	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
Manager	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman
Asst.Manager	Iswandi Ali Hassan
Head Coach	Gustavo Adrián López
Asst. Coach	Irfan Bakti
Asst. Coach	Bruno Saltor Grau
Asst. Coach	Ideris Untong
GK Coach	Mohd Azley Abdullah
Fitness Coach	Endrew Lawadin
Team Doctor	Abang Mohd Nurfarhan Abang Samatan
Physio	Ferdinand Lisa
Masseur	Mohamed Zawawi Ali Hassan
Masseur	Mohd Shahrizan Sahari
Kitman	Mohammad Hysham Adenan
U21 Manager	Westley Nathan Morgan
U21 Asst. Manager	Awang Azami Awang Idris
U21 Head Coach	Mohd Aiyyman Shah Johny Abdullah
U21 Asst. Coach	Firdaus Morshidi
U21 Coach	Nizam Mahmud
U21 GK Coach	Abdul Gani Anuar
U21 Fitness Coach	Zulkarnien Poasa
U21 Physio	Gary Nyelang
U21 Masseur	Padil Abet
U21 Kitman	Mohd Hezan Andy Mohd Sait
U21 Kitman	Awang Mahathir Awang Idris
U21 Kitman	Sepul Gemok

Honours

League

• Malaysia Premier League

Promotion: 2022

• Malaysia M3 League

Play-offs winners: 2019

• Liga Bolasepak Rakyat

Winners: 2015–16

References

External links

• Official Facebook Page
• Sarawak Football News website

На других языках

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[de] Kuching FA

Kuching Football Association ist ein Fußballverein aus Kuching. Aktuell spielt die Fußballmannschaft in der zweithöchsten Liga des Landes, der Malaysia Premier League.

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- [en] Kuching City F.C.

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