UKM F.C.

For other uses, see UKM (disambiguation).

UKM

Full name	Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Varsity Boys
Short name	UKMFC
Founded	2013;11 years ago (2013)
Ground	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Capacity	18,000
Owner	National University of Malaysia
Chairman	Noor Azlan Ghazali

Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Football Club is a football club based in Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. ^{[1] [2]} The club represents the National University of Malaysia.

History

Early years

The club was founded in 2013. ^[2] They have been competing in Malaysian Institutes of Higher Education Football League and has won several college football competitions. ^[1] UKM who won the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup and runners-up of Division One University Football League in 2014, was automatically eligible to join the 2015 Malaysia FAM League. Their place in Minister of Higher Education Ministry League was taken over by the MMU, 2014 Minister of Higher Education Division Two University Football League champion. ^{[3] [4]}

In 2015, the club has been accepted by Football Association of Malaysia to compete in Malaysia FAM League, the third-tier of Malaysian football. ^{[2] [5]} The club also collaborated with Sime Darby to provide a youth players for the Sime Darby youth team which competed in Malaysia President's Cup. ^{[6] [7]}

2015 season

After successfully bringing UKM to be the champion of the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup and the runner-up of the University Football League Division 1, Sulaiman Hussin moved to Sime Darby and joined the President's Cup squad coaching. Asnan Mohamad Zuki, who led University of Malaya to become the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup 2013 champion after beating UKM, was appointed as the UKM FC coach. On their first season in Malaysia FAM League, they finished in fourth place behind Perlis, Real Mulia and Megah Murni. Only one team from each league promoted into 2016 Malaysia Premier League, and Perlis became runners-up of Malaysia FAM League that season after lost into Melaka United.

UKM FC vice captain, Hafizuddin Sulaiman became top goalscorers of the club after scoring 8 goals - even he played as the defender.

2016 season

UKM FC appointed Lim Kim Liang, ex Kuala Lumpur head coach and brought back Sulaiman Hussin as assistant head coach. They missed the spot into knock-out stage, as they finished fifth place. On this season, only top 4 of each league qualify into knock-out stage, and two teams into the finals automatically qualify into Malaysia Premier League.

UKM FC also qualified into Malaysia FA Cup for the first time. In the first round, they defeated Hanelang by penalty shout-out after draw 1–1 in UKM Bangi Stadium, their home base. Azri Zulkiflee scored in this match before Mohd Safix from Hanelang equalized. This match also the only UKM FC match at home in FA Cup history. In the second round, they lost into Kelantan at Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium.

2017 season

Sulaiman Hussin promoted into UKM FC head coach, and they managed to finish in the top of the league - only lost twice with FELCRA and MOF by 1–0 at home. In knock-out stage, UKM FC defeated Kuching 2–1 on quarter-final, before qualified into final stage after beating Shahzan Muda 1–0 on semi-final. UKM FC lost 2-3 into Sime Darby, but both of them already qualified into 2018 Malaysia Premier League. But one month after final, Sime Darby decided to withdraw from the Premier League next season and focused into develop youth football, ending their involvement as a professional club. The club now competes in the KLFA First Division state league as an amateur club. ^{[8] [9]}

On 2017 Malaysia FA Cup, they received the bye in the first round and defeated by Sabah at Likas Stadium in the second round.

2018 season

The club has been promoted to Malaysia Premier League despite losing in the 2017 Malaysia FAM League Finals against Sime Darby. At the beginning of the 2018 season, the club signed four foreign players including one player from Asia. They were Waheed Oseni, Redouane Zerzouri, Atuheire Kipson and Nam Se-in. Due to poor performance, Atuheire Kipson was dropped by the club during mid-season and he was replaced by former MISC-MIFA forward, Michael Chukwubunna.

The change galvanized UKM, as they finished the league season in 8th place, and were runners-up of the inaugural Malaysia Challenge Cup. ^[10] Michael Chukwubunna also finished as top scorer in the latter competition with 13 goals.

2019 season

Despite the team good performance in the league and cup, UKM FC were barred to participate in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League by Malaysia Football League on 28 November 2018, after the club failed to submit their registration paperwork on time, and the paperwork sent to MFL after they are given 7 days grace period are incomplete. ^[11] However, on 10 December 2018, they are given a second chance by MFL to appeal for reinstatement to Premier League, ^[12] which they do successfully, although MFL served UKM with a fine and warning for their initial failure. ^[13]

In this season, UKM recorded the biggest win in their Premier League history, as they demolished Sarawak 4–0 on March 2, 2019. They are also recorded the first ever win on Malaysia FA Cup history, won 5–1 after beating Protap at UKM Bangi Stadium on April 2, 2019.

2020 season and end of involvement in Malaysian League

In the truncated 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic, UKM FC managed to finish in the 9th position out of 12 teams. But the pandemic hit the football community hard on the finances, including the team. After the university management has pulled the full financial support and the team was re-registered under a new private entity, they failed to give FAM concrete proof they have financial backing for the 2021 season. As a consequence, FAM expelled the team from the Premier League. ^[14]

Although UKM FC can apply for registration in the M3 League or below, ^[15] as of 2022, they have not involved in any of the leagues.

Stadium and locations

Coordinates	Location	Stadium	Capacity	Year
2°55′55″N101°47′04″E / 2.932°N 101.7845°E / 2.932; 101.7845	Bangi	UKM Bangi Stadium	500	2015–2017, 2019
3°15′18″N101°39′26″E / 3.254932°N 101.657202°E / 3.254932; 101.657202	Selayang	MP Selayang Stadium	16,000	2018
3°06′02″N101°43′17″E / 3.100535°N 101.721371°E / 3.100535; 101.721371	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur Stadium	18,000	2019–Present

Sponsors

Period	Sportswear	Shirt sponsor
2015	Kika	Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
2016	Ultron	Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia (Soaring Upwards)
2017	Warrix Sports	Kopi Pak Belalang and Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia (Soaring Upwards)
2018	Skyhawk	Kopi Pak Belalang and Fusionet
2019		Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2020	Line 7

Season by season record

Update on 12 October 2019.

• Note :
• Pld = Played, W = Win, D = Draw, L= Loss, F = Goal for, A = Goal against, D = Goal difference, Pts = Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions  2nd or Runner-up  3rd place  Promotion  Relegation

Season	Domestic League									Domestic Cup			Overall Top Goalscorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Challenge Cup	Name	Goals
2015	Malaysia FAM League	18	6	7	5	26	20	25	4th	did not participate	did not qualify	Not yet held	Hafizudin Sulaiman	8
2016	Malaysia FAM League	14	4	4	6	13	16	16	5th	Second round			Hadzirun Che Hamid, Faiz Bandong, Gusti Ishak, Azri Zulkiflee	2
2017	Malaysia FAM League	14	8	4	2	24	11	28	1st1(promoted)	Second round			Hasrul Nurkholis Hasim	10
2018	Malaysia Premier League	20	6	4	10	26	32	22	7th	Third round		Runners-up	Michael Ijezie	16
2019	Malaysia Premier League	20	6	4	10	28	32	22	8th	Third round		Runners-up	Mateo Roskam	16
2020	Malaysia Premier League	11	3	3	5	11	17	12	9th	Second round 2(cancelled)		Did not held2

• ¹ : They finished first in the league and qualified for knockout stage, ended as runners-up as they lost 2–3 on aggregate by Sime Darby.
• ² : Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled.

Current squad

As of 11 June 2020. ^[16]

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 DF   MAS Syed Irfan Syafiq 2 DF   GHA Ignatius Adukor 3 DF   MAS Kalaiharasan Letchumanan 4 MF   MAS Asnan Ahmad(captain) 5 DF   MAS Hafizudin Sulaiman 6 MF   MAS Saiful Hasnol 7 MF   MAS Azri Zulkiflee 8 FW   MAS Nor Farhan Muhammad 10 MF   MAS Hafizi Amiruddin 11 DF   MAS Irwan Syazmin 12 DF   MAS K. Reuben 13 DF   MAS Zairul Fitree Ishak 14 DF   MAS Zubair Kamarulzaman 15 DF   KOR Lee Seung-woo 16 FW   MAS Zarul Aidiel

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF   MAS Terence Marieselvam 18 GK   MAS Amin Faisal 19 MF   MAS Baqiuddin Shamsudin 20 FW   MAS Faiz Hanif 21 DF   MAS Rafiq Shah Zaim 22 GK   MAS Remezey Che Ros 23 DF   MAS Imran Azizi 24 MF   MAS Syed Sobri 25 DF   MAS Tuan Ahmad Muqris 27 DF   MAS Rafizi Hamdan 28 DF   MAS Talhah Rosli 29 DF   MAS Syafiq Azri 30 FW   MAS Badrul Amin Hamid 33 FW   ARG Julián Bottaro 35 FW   NGA Akanni-Sunday Wasiu

Development squads

As of 11 June 2020

Under-21s

As of 11 June 2020. ^[17]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhammad Aiman Hakim Mat Tarmizi		GK	2000
20	Rishi Kumar a/l Agilan		GK	2000
22	Melvin Thiloshen Dass Michal Dass		GK	1999
25	Mohammad Ezan Aiman Mohd Ridzuan		GK	1999
Defenders
2	Muhammad Ashraf Mohd Zahir		RB/RWB	1999
4	Muhammad Syaiful Adha Kamaruzaman		CB	2000
5	Muhammad Afif Rafiqin Mohd Yusof		CB	2000
12	Ameer Hafiz Mokhtar		RB/RWB	2000
15	Muhammad Amierul Aiman Hasani		LB/LWB	1999
17	Mohd Danish Affan Mohd Nasir		CB	2000
24	Abdul Muiz Saifulzaman		LB/LWB	2000
Midfielders
3	Muhammad Zawir Zakwan Hasman		RW/RM	2000
6	Muhammad Izham Nor Alizan		CM	2000
8	Abdul Qayyum Sarkini		RW/RM	2000
9	Faris Akmal Azza Haslija		DM/CB	2001
10	Muhammad Zikri Fakhrul Zafran		AM/CM	6/6/99
11	Alif Danial Abu Kassim		LW /LM	2000
16	Harith Iskandar Hafinizam		CM	2000
18	Muhammad Alif Fikri Zainal Abidin		CM	2000
21	Ahmad Zaimulzikri Ibrahim		LW /LM	7/10/99
Forwards
7	Mohd Arfan Hafizi Mohd Nasaruddin		ST	2000
13	Mohd Danish Iskandar Khairudin		ST	2000
14	Ahmad Dzikri Radzuan		ST	2000
19	Muhammad Afiq Samsuddin		ST	2000
23	Ezzat Daniel Zahir		ST	2000

Under-19s

As of 11 June 2020. ^[18]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Mohd Firdaus Amin Zairol Azhar		GK	2003
20	Hasbi Hasani Mohd Fauzi		GK	2001
22	Amirul Aqasha Shaharudin		GK	2002
Defenders
2	Mikael Danish Mohd Adlan		RB / RWB	2002
4	Muhammad Hirzi Diniy Mohd Zaki		CB	2002
11	Muhammad Adam Iman Nazril		CB / LB / RB	2002
12	Fauzan Asnomi		LB / LWB	2002
15	Ilhan Hakim Razmat		RB / RWB	2002
21	Akmal Hakiem Ibrahim		CB / RB	2002
23	Muhammad Aizzat Hakimi Zaini		CB	2002
25	Maiyurran a/l Ganesan		LB / LWB	2002
Midfielders
3	Muhammad Asyraaf Rifqi Rosli		CM	2002
6	Aidil Haikal Azizan		RW /RM	2002
8	Muhammad Aliff Aiman Mohd Aznam		LW / LM	2002
14	Muhammad Zulkarnain Zainorin		CM	2001
17	Muhammad Danial Hakimi Salehudin		RW /RM	2002
18	Mohd Aidil Faris Abdul Malek		LW /LM	2002
19	Muhammad Nazarul Ikram Mohd Nizam		CM	2002
24	Muhammad Arif Najmi Mohd Khalid		CM	2002
Forwards
5	Muhammad Aiman Daniel Mazlan		ST	2002
7	Afdal Shahryll Nizam		ST	2002
9	Muhammad Amir Zakwan Mohd Asrani Ramu		ST	2002
10	Sidhata Gautam a/l Selvam		ST	2002
13	Fehriz Hakim Tadjul Hakma		ST	2002
16	Muhammad Adam Syafiq Ahmad Faizal		ST	2001

Management team

Club personnel

Position	Name
Team manager	Zach Gillan
Assistant manager	Suhaimi Suliman
Head coach	Sulaiman Hussin
Assistant head coach	Kamarudin Anuar
Coach	Yusrizal Yusoff
Coach	Rezal Zambery Yahya
Goalkeeping coach	Abdul Rahman Baba
Fitness coach	Ashadi Mohd Yusoff
Team Doctor	Muhamad Karbela Reza Ramlan
	Nik Alif Azriq Nik Abdullah
Physiotherapist	Mohd Tasnim Abu Mansor
Masseur	Kamal Hassan
Kitman	Mohd Raffiq Roslan
U21 Team manager	Ku Besry Ku Aziz
U21 Head coach	Radzali Embi
U21 Assistant head coach	Muhd Zamri Hassan
U19 Team manager	Abdul Fatah Shadan@Ahahadan
U19 Head coach	Zach Gillan
U19 Assistant head coach	Zainal Noordin
U19 Goalkeeping coach	Reza Iqrimal Redzawan
U19 Fitness coach	Muhammad Iftiqarbin Ahmad Termizi
U19 Physiotherapist	Ibrahim Kasan

Managerial history

Head coaches by years (2015–present)

Update on 12 October 2019.

Years	Name	Nationality	Games	Win	Draw	Lose	Win %	Honours
2015	Asnan Mohamad Zuki	Malaysia	18	6	7	5	33.33%
2016	Lim Kim Lian	Malaysia	16	4	5	7	25%
2017–2020	Sulaiman Hussin	Malaysia	97	40	24	33	41.23%	Runners-up of FAM League (2017) Runners-up of Challenge Cup (2018, 2019)

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Malaysia FAM League
  • Runners-up (1): 2017

Cup

• Malaysia Challenge Cup
  • Runners-up (2): 2018, 2019

Affiliated clubs

• Sime Darby ^[19]

References

1. "UKM Sports Awards 2013 And Launch Of UKM FC". www.ukm.my. 2014-04-28.
2. "Majlis Anugerah Sukan Ke-24 UKM Dan Pelancaran UKM FC" [UKM's 24th Sports Awards Ceremony And UKM FC Launch]. www.ukm.my (in Malay). 2014-04-28.
3. "Tugas getir nanti MMU". Harian Metro Online. 6 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
4. "AWAS UITM PERLIS!". Planet Bola. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
5. "UKM FC sasar tiga teratas Liga FAM 2015" [UKM FC targets the top three in the 2015 FAM League] (in Malay). 2015-03-25.
6. "Sime Darby Jalin Kerjasama Dengan UKM FC" [Sime Darby Collaborates With UKM FC] (in Malay). Archived from the original on 2018-07-20.
7. "Ismail Fokus Asah Bakat". Sime Darby Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
8. "Sime Darby FC tarik diri Liga Perdana 2018". Utusan Malaysia. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
9. "Community Sports: YSD ends support for club, to focus on developing junior football talent next - The Star Online". The Star. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
10. "Football: TFC II emerge victorious in inaugural Challenge Cup | The Star".
11. "UKM FC disingkirkan daripada Liga Perdana". 28 November 2018.
12. "Terima kasih MFL". 11 December 2018.
13. "MIFA for Super League | New Straits Times". 28 December 2018.
14. "FAM throws Felda and UKM out of the 2021 Premier League season | Goal.com Malaysia". www.goal.com. October 31, 2020.
15. "Pintu sudah tertutup buat FELDA United, UKM FC | Berita Harian".
16. "UKM FC 2020". FAM. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
17. "UKM FC U21". FAM. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
18. "UKM FC U19". FAM. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
19. "Ismail Fokus Asah Bakat". Sime Darby Football Club. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2014.

External links

• UKM F.C. on Facebook