Kuching City F.C.

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.[1] It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak.

Kuching City FC
Full nameKuching City Football Club
Nickname(s)Il Gatto (The Cats)
Short nameKCFC
Founded2015 (2015), as Kuching FA
GroundSarawak State Stadium
Capacity40,000
Co-ownerFazzrudin Abdul Rahman
Kamaludin Akil
CEOIswandi Ali Hassan
Head coachIrfan Bakti Abu Salim
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2022Malaysia Premier League, 3rd of 10 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

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.

Kuching City reach promotion to Super League for the first time in history after MFL License have been approved from 2023 season.

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 6 January 2023.

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 Philippines PHI Julian Schwarzer
2 DF Malaysia MAS Jimmy Raymond
5 DF Brazil BRA Célio Santos
6 MF Uzbekistan UZB Sirojiddin Kuziev
7 FW Liberia LBR Abu Kamara
8 MF Malaysia MAS Joseph Kalang Tie (captain)
9 MF Malaysia MAS Adam Shreen
10 MF Nigeria NGA Michael Ijezie
11 MF Malaysia MAS Hidhir Idris
12 DF Malaysia MAS Ramesh Lai
13 DF Malaysia MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim
14 MF Malaysia MAS Amir Amri
15 DF Malaysia MAS Izray Iffarul
16 DF Malaysia MAS Che Mat Arif
17 MF Malaysia MAS Rafiezan Razali
18 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Shafik
20 GK Malaysia MAS Shaiful Wazizi
21 GK Malaysia MAS Norazlan Razali
22 MF Malaysia MAS Zahrul Nizwan
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Malaysia MAS Qayyum Marjoni
25 MF Malaysia MAS Azriddin Rosli
28 MF Malaysia MAS Wan Faiz Sulaiman
29 DF Malaysia MAS Arham Khusshairi
30 GK Malaysia MAS Andy Nicholas Nipen
31 DF Malaysia MAS Badrul Affendy
32 DF Serbia SRB Mihailo Jovanović
33 DF Brazil BRA Aylton Alemão
37 GK Malaysia MAS Wan Azraie
39 DF Malaysia MAS Nazrul Abdul Samad
41 DF Malaysia MAS Aiman Joanny
44 MF Malaysia MAS Alif Hassan
50 MF Malaysia MAS Diego Baggio
51 FW Malaysia MAS Amirrul Iqmal
59 FW Malaysia MAS Wan Badzreen
64 DF Malaysia MAS Badrul Hisham
70 FW Burundi BDI Sudi Abdallah
77 MF Japan JPN Yuki Tanigawa
89 DF Malaysia MAS Mazwandi Zekeria

Development squads
As of 9 June 2020

Under-21s
As of 9 June 2020.[6]
No. Name Nationality Position D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Ericson Lichu Malaysia GK 1999
23 Qaaiman Rizqi Jofri Malaysia GK 2000
25 Edward Nilson Likau Malaysia GK 1999
Defenders
2 Muhamad Azim Fikri Ismail Malaysia RB / RWB 2000
3 Shafiq Shamsul Malaysia LB / LWB 2000
4 Azzamuddin Saffriy Malaysia CB 2000
5 Azuanie Qornie Malaysia CB 1999
6 Jonathan Elyass Malaysia LB / LWB 2000
20 Chong Ka Hui Malaysia CB 1999
21 Cedric Tueanego Malaysia CB 20/10/99
24 Abednego Tendot Malaysia RB / RWB 1999
Midfielders
7 Mohd Alauddin Atan Malaysia RW / RM 2000
8 Diego Baggio Test Malaysia CM 1999
9 Raul Flantino Malaysia RW / RM 2000
12 Zulikhsan Salleh Malaysia CM 2001
13 Gabriel Kho Seng Malaysia AM / CM 1999
15 Yusfarizal Hanafi Malaysia LW /LM 2000
16 Daineleffino Aiho Malaysia LW /LM 2000
17 Xavier Amelton Malaysia DM /CM 2000
18 Muhammad Adam Yusuf Malaysia AM /CM 2000
19 Sergio Anelvin Malaysia CM 1999
23 Irfan Syahmi Abdullah Malaysia CM 2000
Forwards
10 Alaunuddin Bolhi Malaysia ST 1999
11 Zulyusran Madeli Malaysia ST 2000
14 Andreas Fernandez Malaysia ST 2000
29 Felipe Tiago Malaysia ST 1999

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 – – Brazil 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 Former Player
2019 Malaysia M3 League Japan Yuta Suzuki
2020 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Hudson Jesus Brazil Bryan Jones Anicézio Japan Yuta Suzuki Japan Yuki Tanigawa
2021 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Hudson Jesus Brazil Aylton Alemão Nigeria Ijezie Michael Japan Yuta Suzuki Brazil Bryan Jones Anicézio
2022 Malaysia Premier League Brazil Gabryel Brazil Aylton Alemão Liberia Abu Kamara Japan Yuki Tanigawa Guyana Keanu Marsh-Brown

Club staff

As of 1 December 2022 [7]

Team Management
RolePerson
President
Technical DirectorMalaysia Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
ManagerMalaysia Kamaludin Akil
Assistant ManagerMalaysia Iswandi Ali Hassan
Head CoachMalaysia Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
Assistant Head CoachMalaysia Suhaimi Hussin
Assistant CoachMalaysia Firdaus Morshidi
GK CoachMalaysia Mohd Azley Abdullah
Fitness CoachMalaysia Edward Jamid Unting
Team DoctorMalaysia Abang Mohd Nurfarhan Abang Samatan
PhysiotherapistMalaysia Mohd Khairul Nizam Suhaimi

Malaysia Ferdinand Lisa

MasseurMalaysia Mohamed Zawawi Ali Hassan
MasseurMalaysia Mohd Shahrizan Sahari
KitmanMalaysia Mohammad Hysham Adenan
U21 Manager
U21 Asst. ManagerMalaysia Awang Azami Awang Idris
U21 Head CoachMalaysia Mohd Aiyyman Shah Johny Abdullah
U21 Asst. CoachMalaysia Firdaus Morshidi
U21 CoachMalaysia Nizam Mahmud
U21 GK CoachMalaysia Abdul Gani Anuar
U21 Fitness CoachMalaysia Zulkarnien Poasa
U21 PhysioMalaysia Gary Nyelang
U21 MasseurMalaysia Padil Abet
U21 KitmanMalaysia Mohd Hezan Andy Mohd Sait
U21 KitmanMalaysia Awang Mahathir Awang Idris
U21 KitmanMalaysia Sepul Gemok

Honours

League
Promotion Play-offs Winners: 2019
Winners: 2015–16

References
  1. "Kuching Joins Liga FAM". SarawakCrocs.com – Sarawak's No.1 Football Site. 2 January 2017.
  2. "Liga Bola Sepak Rakyat (LBR) to revive interest at district level". SPORTS247.MY – The Ultimate Malaysian Sports Channel. 13 June 2015.
  3. http://www.fourthofficial.com/2015/20837/liga-bolasepak-rakyat-will-unearth-more-talent-najib-razak/ Liga Bolasepak Rakyat will unearth more talent – Najib Razak
  4. "Kuching FA Juara Sulung Liga Bolasepak Rakyat". SarawakCrocs.com – Sarawak's No.1 Football Site. 28 May 2016.
  5. "Liga Premier: Kuching FA masih tunggu lampu hijau daripada FAM". 30 November 2018.
  6. "Kuching FA U21". FAM. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  7. lbr.my. "Coaching Staff". Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
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