Kuching City F.C.

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Kuching City
Full nameKuching City Football Club
Nickname(s)Il Gatto (The Cats)
Short nameKCC
Founded2015; 9 years ago (2015), as Kuching FA
2021; 3 years ago (2021), as Kuching City
GroundSarawak State Stadium
Capacity40,000
Co-ownerFazzrudin Abdul Rahman
Kamaludin Akil
CEOIswandi Ali Hassan[1]
Head coachAidil Sharin Sahak
LeagueMalaysia Super League
202313th of 14
WebsiteClub website
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 Super League. It is also the youngest club ever to join the highest level of the Malaysian football league system, having been founded in 2015 as a small club.[2] It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak.

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.[3][4] 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

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

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.[6]

After announcing their promotion to the 2020 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. The following season, they added ''City'' to back of Kuching.

First cup final

Kuching City reach promotion to

Kelantan United
in the semi-finals which saw the club first ever cup final in their history.

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.

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Season Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2017–2023 Starsport LSC & Kuching City of Unity
LSC, Yakult & Kuching City of Unity
Serba Dinamik, LSC & Yakult

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 March 2024.[7]

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 Malaysia MAS Ahmad Uzair Zaidil
2 DF Malaysia MAS Jimmy Raymond
3 DF Malaysia MAS
Rodney Celvin
6 DF Malaysia MAS
Terengganu
)
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Kipré Tchétché
9 MF Malaysia MAS Adam Shreen
10 MF Namibia NAM Petrus Shitembi
11 FW Malaysia MAS Shamie Iszuan
12 MF Malaysia MAS Abang Azri
13 DF Malaysia MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim
14 MF Malaysia MAS Amir Amri
17 DF Malaysia MAS Nor Azizi Ramlee
18 MF Malaysia MAS Zahrul Nizwan
19 DF Malaysia MAS Arham Khussyairi
20 GK Malaysia MAS Shaiful Wazizi
21 MF Malaysia MAS Danial Amier (on loan from Johor DT)
22 DF Malaysia MAS Hariz Mansor
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Iqmal
27 DF Malaysia MAS Filemon Anyie
28 FW Ghana GHA Jordan Mintah
29 FW East Timor TLS Pedro Henrique
35 DF Nigeria NGA James Okwuosa
38 GK Malaysia MAS Wan Azraie
40 DF Malaysia MAS Iskandar Shah
41 DF Malaysia MAS Aiman Joanny
44 MF Malaysia MAS Alif Hassan (captain)
50 MF Malaysia MAS Diego Baggio
55 GK Malaysia MAS Shahril Saa'ri
64 DF Malaysia MAS Badrul Hisham
71 FW Malaysia MAS Rahim Razak
77 MF Japan JPN Yuki Tanigawa
88 MF Malaysia MAS Zharmein Ashraf
99 FW Guyana GUY Keanu Marsh-Brown
— MF Malaysia MAS Wan Faiz Sulaiman

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Ivory Coast CIV Dechi Marcel N'Guessan

Development squads

Kuching City B (U23)

Head Coach: Belarus Oleg Kuzmianok

As of 6 April 2024.[8]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Malaysia MAS Syafie Mursalim
— GK Malaysia MAS Naim Ramadhan Narawi
— DF Malaysia MAS Abang Haikal Za'afari
— DF Malaysia MAS Haddad Aiman Sufian
— DF Malaysia MAS Fadzly Shauqie Jeffry
— DF Malaysia MAS Mohd Hazazi Harsi
— DF Malaysia MAS Nasharuddin Jaapar Sidik
— DF Malaysia MAS Nur Hasbullah Rahman
— DF Malaysia MAS Josef Charsel Setom
— DF Malaysia MAS Awang Nazmi Shamel
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Malaysia MAS Gabriel Batistuta Durling
— MF Malaysia MAS Faris Mohd Faidillah
— MF Malaysia MAS Adifbadri Ariffin
— MF Malaysia MAS Syahryl Aiman Saidin
— MF Malaysia MAS Mohd Khuzairi Abdullah
— MF Malaysia MAS Azkaharridhi Farhan Hasnan
— FW Malaysia MAS Cornelius Ornley Jina
— FW Malaysia MAS Mohammad Rahiimin Roslan
— FW Malaysia MAS Jeckelly Manir
— FW Malaysia MAS Shane Thomas

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 – – Malaysia Shafitri Salim (4)
2019
Liga M3
 2nd DNQ Second round – – Malaysia 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 3rd Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – Liberia Abu Kamara (12)
2023 Super League – –

Foreign players (Since 2019 Era)

Season Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Former Player
2019 Malaysia M3 League Japan Yuta Suzuki
2020 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Hudson Jesus
Bryan Jones Anicézio
 Japan Yuta Suzuki Japan Yuki Tanigawa
2021 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Hudson Jesus Brazil Aylton Alemão
Ijezie Michael
 Japan Yuta Suzuki
Bryan Jones
2022 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Gabryel Brazil Aylton Alemão Liberia Abu Kamara Japan Yuki Tanigawa Guyana Keanu Marsh-Brown
2023 Malaysia Super League Brazil Célio Santos Brazil Aylton Alemão Brazil Bruno Dybal Japan Yuki Tanigawa Serbia Mihailo Jovanović Liberia Abu Kamara Ivory Coast Dechi Marcel Namibia Petrus Shitembi East Timor Pedro Henrique Burundi Sudi Abdallah

Philippines Julian Schwarzer

Nigeria Michael Ijezie

Uzbekistan Sirojiddin Kuziev

Club staff

As of 3 April 2024.[9]

Team Management
Role Person
President vacant
Technical Director Malaysia Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
Manager Malaysia Irwanshah Mohamad[10]
Assistant Manager Malaysia Iswandi Ali Hassan
Head Coach Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak[11]
Assistant Coach Malaysia Firdaus Morshidi

Malaysia Zulkarnien Poasa

GK Coach Malaysia Khairul Azman Mohamed[12]
Fitness Coach Malaysia Edward Jamid Unting
Team Doctor Malaysia Abang Mohd Nurfarhan Abang Samatan
Physiotherapist Malaysia Mohd Khairul Nizam Suhaimi

Malaysia Ferdinand Lisa

Media Officer Malaysia Darul Imran Azmi
Masseur Malaysia Mohamed Zawawi Ali Hassan

Malaysia Mohd Shahrizan Sahari

Kitman Malaysia Mohammad Hysham Adenan
Manager (U23)

Malaysia Ahmad Zaki Zaidi[13]

Asst. Manager (U23) Malaysia Awang Azami Awang Idris
Head Coach (U23) Belarus Oleg Kuzmianok[14]
Asst. Coach (U23) Malaysia Joseph Kalang Tie[15]

Malaysia Nizam Mahmud

GK Coach (U23) Malaysia Abdul Gani Anuar[16]

Malaysia Roslan Madilan

Fitness Coach (U23)

Malaysia Michael Wong[17]

Team Admin (U23)

Malaysia Roja James[18]

Media Officer (U23)

Malaysia Mohd Adib Marsat[19]

Physio (U23) Malaysia Gary Nyelang[20]
Masseur (U23) Malaysia Padil Abet
Kitman (U23) Malaysia Saiful Abdullah[21]

Honours

League

Cup

References

  1. ^ "New imports set to bolster Kuching City's Super League 2023 campaign". The Borneo Post. 6 January 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
  2. ^ "Kuching Joins Liga FAM". SarawakCrocs.com – Sarawak's No.1 Football Site. 2 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Liga Bola Sepak Rakyat (LBR) to revive interest at district level". SPORTS247.MY – The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel. 13 June 2015.
  4. ^ http://www.fourthofficial.com/2015/20837/liga-bolasepak-rakyat-will-unearth-more-talent-najib-razak/ Liga Bolasepak Rakyat will unearth more talent – Najib Razak
  5. ^ "Kuching FA Juara Sulung Liga Bolasepak Rakyat". SarawakCrocs.com – Sarawak's No.1 Football Site. 28 May 2016.
  6. ^ "Liga Premier: Kuching FA masih tunggu lampu hijau daripada FAM". 30 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Terima Kasih & Selamat Maju Jaya". Facebook Kuching City FC. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
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  9. ^ "Kuching City FC Team Staff for 2024/2025 Season". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Former Sarawak footballer to be appointed as team manager". Facebook Kuching City FC. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Kuching City FC melantik Aidil Shahrin menggantikan Irfan Bakti". Facebook HarimauMalaya. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Former Malaysian legendary appointed as goalkeeping coach". Facebook Kuching City FC. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  13. ^ "New head coach for U23 team appointed". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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  17. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  18. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  19. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  20. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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