Kuching FA

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Kuching City FC
Full nameKuching City Football Club
Short nameKCFC
Founded2015;5 years ago (2015)
Ground Stadium Sarawak
Capacity40,000
ChairmanRakawi Ibrahim
ManagerFazzrudin Abdul Rahman
CoachMohammad Nazri Zainal Ariffin
League Malaysia Premier League
2019 Malaysia M3 League 2nd of 14 (promoted via play-offs)
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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

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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


Players

First-team squad

As of 9 June 2020. [6]

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

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Andy Nicholas Nipen
2 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Jimmy Raymond
3 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Hairol Mokhtar
4 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Ramenor Pit
5 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Shahran Abdul Samad
6 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Mohd Azri Razali
7 FW Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Sufizal Ismail
8 FW Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Joseph Kalang Tie
9 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Affyshahrul Affendy
11 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Hafis Saperi
12 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Ramesh Lai
13 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim
14 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Paul Sambang
15 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Izray Iffarul
No.Pos.NationPlayer
17 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Rafiezan Razali
20 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Mohd Nur Aliff Kepli
21 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Razziman Razali
22 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Zainuddin Bohri
23 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Hafiezulhisyam Roslee
25 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Iqbal Suhaimi
26 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Tommy Mawat
28 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Samsu Alam Samad
30 MF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuta Suzuki
33 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Bryan Jones Anicézio
77 DF Flag of Japan.svg  JPN Yuki Tanigawa
89 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Mazwandi Zekeria
91 MF Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Hudson Dias De Jesus

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2019

Development squads

As of 9 June 2020

Under-21s

As of 9 June 2020. [7]
No.NameNationalityPositionD.O.B
Goalkeepers
1Ericson Lichu Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 1999
23Qaaiman Rizqi Jofri Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 2000
25Nur Ariff Azman Flag of Malaysia.svg GK 1999
Defenders
2Muhamad Azim Fikri Ismail Flag of Malaysia.svg RB / RWB 2000
3Shafiq Aqimie Shamsul Flag of Malaysia.svg LB / LWB 2000
4Azzam Marzuk Saffriy Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 2000
5Azuanie Jasman Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 1999
6Mohd Faezwan Ashwandie Ahmad Flag of Malaysia.svg LB / LWB 2000
20Chong Ka Hui Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 1999
21Haziq Rahimi Iskandar Flag of Malaysia.svg CB 20/10/99
24Mohd Badrul Hisham Mohd Hussein Flag of Malaysia.svg RB / RWB 1999
Midfielders
7Mohd Alauddin Farid Atan Flag of Malaysia.svg RW / RM 2000
8Diego Baggio Test Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 1999
9Abang Mohd Haiqal Binabang Mohd Za'afari Flag of Malaysia.svg RW / RM 2000
12Zulikhsan Salleh Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 2001
13Mohamad Nur Raziman Razali Flag of Malaysia.svg AM / CM 1999
15Muhamad Haiqall Yusfarizal Hanafi Flag of Malaysia.svg LW /LM 2000
16Daineleffino Aiho Flag of Malaysia.svg LW /LM 2000
17Atif Irsyad Iskandar Flag of Malaysia.svg DM /CM 2000
18Muhammad Zaim Maslan Flag of Malaysia.svg AM /CM 2000
19Azrullah Hizami Rosandi Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 1999
23Mohamad Irfan Syahmi Abdullah Flag of Malaysia.svg CM 2000
Forwards
10Amirul Iqmal Bolhi Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 1999
11Mohammad Syukri Madeli Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 2000
14Amir Amri Salleh Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 2000
29Wan Badzreen Wan Yusuf Flag of Malaysia.svg ST 1999

Season by season record

Updated on 26 November 2019.

SeasonDivisionPosition Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top Scorer (All Competitions)
2015–16 Liga LBR ChampionsDNQ
2017 FAM League 4th of 7 Group BDNQ
2018 FAM League 4th of 7 Group ADNQ Second round
2019 Liga M3 2nd of 14DNQ Second round Flag of Malaysia.svg Joseph Kalang Tie (18)

Club staff

As of 31 January 2016 [8]

Team Management
RolePerson
President Flag of Malaysia.svg Rakawi Ibrahim
Manager Flag of Malaysia.svg Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman
Asst.Manager Flag of Malaysia.svg Iswandi Ali Hassan
Head Coach Flag of Japan.svg Akira Higashiyama
Asst. Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Ahmad Nurfaizal Patrick Abdullah
Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Ideris Untong
GK Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Azley Abdullah
Fitness Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Endrew Lawadin
Team Doctor Flag of Malaysia.svg Abang Mohd Nurfarhan Abang Samatan
Physio Flag of Malaysia.svg Ferdinand Lisa
Masseur Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohamed Zawawi Ali Hassan
Masseur Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Shahrizan Sahari
Kitman Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohammad Hysham Adenan
U21 Manager Flag of Malaysia.svg Awang Azami Awang Idris
U21 Head Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Aiyyman Shah Johny Abdullah
U21 Asst. Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Firdaus Morshidi
U21 Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Nizam Mahmud
U21 GK Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Abdul Gani Anuar
U21 Fitness Coach Flag of Malaysia.svg Zulkarnien Poasa
U21 Physio Flag of Malaysia.svg Gary Nyelang
U21 Masseur Flag of Malaysia.svg Padil Abet
U21 Kitman Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Hezan Andy Mohd Sait
U21 Kitman Flag of Malaysia.svg Awang Mahathir Awang Idris

Honours

League

Gold medal icon.svgWinners (1): 2015–16
Gold medal icon.svgPlay off Winners (1): 2019

Cups

Winners: -

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