Kuala Lumpur Rovers F.C.

Kuala Lumpur Rovers

Full name	Kuala Lumpur Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Rovers
Short name	KLR
Founded	2020;4 years ago (2020)
Ground	UPM Stadium, Serdang
Capacity	1,000
Owner	Kuala Lumpur Rovers Sdn Bhd
Head coach	Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail
League	Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2023	M3 League, 2nd

Kuala Lumpur Rovers Football Club, simply known as the KL Rovers, ^[1] is a professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team plays in the second division of the Malaysian football league system, the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League. ^{[2] [3]}

History

Kuala Lumpur Rovers was founded in 2020 where they compete in the 2020 Malaysia M3 League.

In 2023, the club competes in the Malaysia Cup for the first time in their history where they faced against Malaysia Super League club Terengganu but was fall to a 7–0 aggregate defeat.

In 2024, the club competes in the Malaysia FA Cup for the first time but suffered a 7–0 hammering from Sabah in the Round of 16.

Season by season record

Season	Division	Position	Malaysia Cup	Malaysian FA Cup	MFL Challenge Cup	Regional	Top scorer (all competitions)
2020 1	Liga M3	Season abandoned	DNQ	Round 2	–	–	Davy Angan (4)
20211	Liga M3	Season abandoned	DNQ	DNQ	–	–
2022	Liga M3	Runners-up	DNQ	DNQ	–	–	Shafiq Shaharudin (12)
2023	Liga M3	Runners-up	Round of 16	DNQ	Quarter-finals	–	Amer Saidin (12)
2024–25	Liga A1 Semi-Pro	TBD	Round of 16	Round of 16	–	–

^1 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Players

First-team squad

As of 29 May 2024 ^[4]

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 Asyraaf Omar 2 DF   MAS Amirul Asyraf 3 DF   MAS Naqib Sharipuddin 4 DF   MAS Raffi Nagoorgani 5 FW   MAS Zainul Arifin 6 MF   MAS Faiz Mazlan 7 FW   MAS Sharul Amin 8 MF   MAS Syamim Yahya 9 FW   MAS Faizal Hafiq 10 FW   MAS Rafie Yaacob 11 FW   MAS Fahmi Sabri 12 DF   MAS Faizal Mohd Arif 14 MF   MAS Amirul Husaini 16 FW   MAS Izreen Izwandy 17 FW   MAS Gopi Rizqi 20 DF   MAS Faris Zabri

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF   MAS Nazirul Hasif 22 DF   MAS Firdaus Faudzi (captain) 23 FW   MAS Amirul Nizam 24 MF   MAS Zahril Azri 25 DF   MAS Nukman Mohd Fatimi 26 DF   MAS Amer Saidin 27 DF   MAS Haritz Rifaee 28 GK   MAS Aquila Abdul Rhaman 29 GK   MAS Faisal Saidi 30 FW   MAS Fakrul Aiman

Club personnel

• Chairman: Ashraf Mazlan
• CEO: Mohd Zulfadzlie Ahmad
• Director: Aznor Dzulkarnain Aziz
• Team manager: Shahrir Mois
• Head coach: Wan Mustafa Wan Ismail
• Assistant head coach: Rashmizan Rasid
• Assistant coach: Daniel Chow Wai Keen
• Goalkeeping coach: Mohd Zaidi Md Zainol
• Fitness coach: Mohd Zahidibudiman Ibrahim
• Physio: Fadli Kamarulzaman
• Team security: Raja Munawir Raja Baharuddin, Airul Azly Jaafar
• Kitman: Muhammad Danish Razarin

Honours

Domestic competitions

• M3 League/A1 League

Runners-up (2): 2022, 2023

References

1. "We are not feeder clubs". Goal.com.
2. "Kelayakan Piala FA 2020: Klasiko FC Waspada Ancaman KL Rovers". Semuanyabola.com.
3. "KL Rovers". GSA.
4. "2024 KL Rovers player list". Football Association of Malaysia.