Kuala Lumpur United F.C.

Kuala Lumpur United
Full name	Kuala Lumpur United Football Club
Nickname(s)	The City Boys; The Hawks
Short name	KLUFC
Founded	1974;47 years ago; (as Federal Territory); 2020;1 year ago; (as Kuala Lumpur United)
Ground	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Capacity	18,000
CEO	Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel
Coach	Bojan Hodak
League	Malaysia Super League
2020	Malaysia Premier League, 3rd of 12 (promoted)
Home colours	Away colours

Last updated March 06, 2021

Kuala Lumpur United Football Club or simply KL United 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. It was founded in 1974 as Federal Territory by the Kuala Lumpur Football Association, and was later named Kuala Lumpur FA. In 2020, the team was privatized and renamed to its current name.

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 after being crowned the league champions twice, in 1986 and 1988.^[2] They also won the Malaysia Cup for three consecutive years (1987, 1988 and 1989).^[3] The team enjoyed considerable success in cup competitions in the 1990s, winning the Malaysian FA Cup in 1993, 1994 and 1999.^[3] Kuala Lumpur won the Malaysian Charity Shield on three occasions, in 1988, 1995 and 2000.^[3]

In September 2020, the club was privatized in accordance to the privatization process by the Football Association of Malaysia, and was renamed to Kuala Lumpur United.^[4]^[5] In December 2020, Stanley Bernard Stephen Samuel was named as the new CEO of the club.^[6]

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Bojan Hodak ^[7]
Assistant head coach	Muhammad Nidzam Adzha ^[8]

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	JL99 Group / Al-Bukhary Foundation / DBKL / Ekovest / MRCB
2018	SkyHawk	JL99 Group / Al-Bukhary Foundation / DBKL / Ekovest / MRCB
2019	SkyHawk	JL99 Group / DBKL / Visit Kuala Lumpur
2020	Puma	DBKL / KL Baca 2020 / Active Sports
2021	Puma	DBKL / Active Sports

Honours

Domestic

League

Malaysian First Division

Winners: 1986, 1988

Runners-up: 1982, 1987, 1989

Malaysian Second Division

Winners: 2017

Malaysian Third Division

Runners-up: 2014

U21 team

President's Cup

Winners: 1989, 1992, 1998

Runners-up: 1995, 2010

Cups

Charity Shield

Winners: 1988, 1995, 2000

Runners-up: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994

Malaysia Cup

Winners: 1987, 1988, 1989

Runners-up: 1985

FA Cup

Winners: 1993, 1994, 1999

Runners-up: 1992

Piala Prihatin Menteri Wilayah

Winners: 2021^[9]

Continental

Asian Club Championship

1987: Group stage (2nd in Group B)

1989–90: Group stage (2nd in Group A)

Asian Cup Winners' Cup

1994–95: Quarterfinals

Coaches

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

Seasons

Season	Division	Position	Malaysia Cup	Malaysian FA Cup	Malaysian Charity Shield	Regional	Top Scorer (All Competitions)
As Federal Territory
1979	Preliminary	16th of 17	DNQ	—	—	—	N/A
1980	Preliminary	17th of 17	DNQ	—	—	—	Syed Harun (3)
1981	Preliminary	14th of 17	DNQ	—	—	—	Syed Harun (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	Runner-up	—	—	—	Saidin Osman (11)
1986	League Cup	1st of 16	QF	—	—	—	Fandi Ahmad (14)
As Kuala Lumpur
1987	League Cup	2nd of 17	Winner	—	Runner-up	ACC – Group stage (2nd of 4)	N/A
1988	League Cup	1st of 17	Winner	—	Winner	—	Fandi Ahmad (21)
1989	Division 1	2nd of 9	Winner	—	Runner-up	ACC – Group stage (2nd of 3)	K. Kannan (20)
1990	Division 1	4th of 10	QF Group A (3rd of 4)	R1	Runner-up	—	Fandi Ahmad (8) K. Kannan (8)
1991	Division 1	4th of 10	SF	SF	—	—	Miladin Kuc (10)
1992	Division 1	5th of 10	SF	Runner-up	—	—	Azman Adnan (22)
1993	Division 1	9th of 10	DNQ	Winner	—	—	T. Gopinath Naidu (14)
1994	Liga Perdana	11th of 16	DNQ	Winner	Runner-up	ACWC – QF	Shahrin Abdul Majid (16)
1995	Liga Perdana	11th of 15	DNQ	R1 Group E (3rd of 4)	Winner	—	Liew Kim Tu (8)
1996	Liga Perdana	14th of 15	DNQ	R1	—	—	Chow Siew Yai (4) Steven Paul Stott (4)
1997	Liga Perdana	9th of 15	QF Group A (4th of 5)	QF	—	—	Liew Kim Tu (15)
1998	Perdana 1	8th of 12	QF Group A (4th of 5)	SF	—	—	Meor Nor Syamsul Kamal Meor Azizi (10)
1999	Perdana 1	5th of 10	QF Group B (5th of 6)	Winner	—	—	Mohd Farid Dewan (9)
2000	Perdana 1	8th of 12	QF Group B (3rd of 4)	SF	Winner	—	Mohd Farid Dewan (5)
2001 Details	Perdana 1	10th of 12	QF Group A (4th of 4)	R2	—	—	Liew Kim Tu (13)
2002	Perdana 1	13th of 14	DNQ	R2	—	—	Roslisham Mohd Nor (6)
2003	Perdana 2	5th of 12	DNQ	R1	—	—	Emerson Mariano Panigutti (12)
2004	Liga Premier Group B	3rd of 13	R1 Group C (4th of 4)	R2	—	—	Marcelo Padilha da Rocha (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	—	—	Carlos Augusto Quinonez (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	—	—	Badrul Hisyam Azmi (9)
2011 Details	Super League	12th of 14	R1 Group D (3rd of 4)	QF	—	—	Badrul Hisyam Azmi (9)
2012 Details	Super League	14th of 14	DNQ	R2	—	—	Syahrudin Abdul Rahman "Acok" (5)
2013	Premier League	11th of 12	DNQ	R1	—	—	Khairul Anuar Shafie (5)
2014	FAM League	2nd of 12	DNQ	R1	—	—	Romdhizat Jamian (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	—	—	Anselmo 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	Premier League	3rd of 12	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic		—	—
As Kuala Lumpur United
2021	Super League				—	—

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.

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[2] "Malaysia – List of Champions". rsssf.com. Retrieved 21 February 2021.

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v t e Malaysian League top division champions
7 titles	Johor Darul Ta'zim (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
6 titles	Selangor (1984, 1989, 1990, 2000, 2009, 2010)
5 titles	Pahang (1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004)
4 titles	Kedah (1993, 2006-07, 2007-08) Penang (1982, 1998, 2001)
2 titles	Perak (2002, 2003) Kelantan (2011, 2012) Kuala Lumpur (1986, 1988) Singapore (1985, 1994)
1 title	Johor (1991) LionsXII (2013) Negeri Sembilan (2005-06) Perlis (2005) Sarawak (1997) Malacca (1983) Sabah (1996)