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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 Stadium
Capacity40,000
Co-ownerFazzrudin Abdul Rahman
Kamaludin Akil
CEOIswandi Ali Hassan[1]
Head coachAidil Sharin Sahak
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023MSL, 13th of 14
Websitehttps://kuchingcityfc.com/index.php
Current season

Kuching City Football Club, simply known as Kuching City, is a professional football club based in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia that plays in the Malaysia Super League. It is also the youngest club to join the highest level of the Malaysian football league system, having been founded in 2015.[2] It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak.

History

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In 2015, with the commencement of the People's 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

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In the 2015–16 Liga Bolasepak Rakyat, Kuching won the inaugural edition[5] 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.[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

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Kuching City reach promotion to 2023 Malaysia Super League for the first time in history after the MFL License have been approved for the 2023 season. On 2 August 2023, former Singaporean legend, Aidil Sharin Sahak was announced as the new head coach of the club signing Namibia captain, Petrus Shitembi and Tajikistani midfielder Nuriddin Davronov. Aidil Sharin guided the club to a great run in the 2023 MFL Challenge Cup winning 4–0 on aggregate against his former club, Kedah Darul Aman in the quarter-finals, a 3–1 on aggregate against Kelantan United in the semi-finals which saw the club first ever cup final in their history.

Crest and colours

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Kuching's crest has a yellow shield and the flag of Sarawak where the club originated from, and a green-white stripped tiger. "City of Unity" is written in the middle of the crest.

Crest

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  • 2019–2021 crest
    2019–2021 crest

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

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

Players

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First-team squad

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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[8]
2 DF Malaysia MAS Jimmy Raymond[9]
3 DF Malaysia MAS Rodney Celvin[10]
6 DF Malaysia MAS Arif Fadzilah (on loan from Terengganu[11])
7 FW Ivory Coast CIV Kipré Tchétché[12]
9 DF Malaysia MAS Adam Shreen[13]
10 MF Namibia NAM Petrus Shitembi[14]
11 FW Malaysia MAS Shamie Iszuan[15]
12 MF Malaysia MAS Abang Azri[16]
13 DF Malaysia MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim[17]
14 FW Malaysia MAS Amir Amri[18]
17 MF Malaysia MAS Alauddin Farid[19]
18 FW Malaysia MAS Zahrul Nizwan[20]
19 DF Malaysia MAS Arham Khussyairi[21]
20 GK Malaysia MAS Shaiful Wazizi[22]
21 MF Malaysia MAS Danial Amier (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim[23])
22 DF Malaysia MAS Hariz Mansor[24]
23 FW Malaysia MAS Amirrul Iqmal[25]
25 MF Bahrain BHR Moses Atede
27 DF Malaysia MAS Filemon Anyie[26]
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 FW Ghana GHA Jordan Mintah[27]
29 FW East Timor TLS Pedro Henrique Gois[28]
33 FW Malaysia MAS Hazwan Bakri
35 DF Nigeria NGA James Okwuosa[29]
37 FW Malaysia MAS Ramadhan Saifullah (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
38 GK Malaysia MAS Wan Azraie[30]
40 DF Malaysia MAS Iskandar Shah
41 DF Malaysia MAS Aiman Joanny
44 MF Malaysia MAS Alif Hassan (captain[31])
50 MF Malaysia MAS Diego Baggio[32]
55 GK Malaysia MAS Shahril Saa'ri[33]
64 DF Malaysia MAS Badrul Hisham
71 FW Malaysia MAS Rahim Razak[34]
77 DF Japan JPN Yuki Tanigawa[35]
88 FW Malaysia MAS Zharmein Ashraf[36]
91 MF Brazil BRA Luis Fernando Welter
99 FW Guyana GUY Keanu Marsh-Brown[37]

Other players under contract

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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
— MF Malaysia MAS Nor Azizi Ramlee
— FW Malaysia MAS Wan Faiz Sulaiman

Development squads

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Kuching City B (U23)

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Head coach: Belarus Oleg Kuzmianok

As of 6 April 2024[38]

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

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Updated on 30 November 2024.

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysia Challenge 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 – – – Malaysia Alif Hassan (6)
2022 Premier League 3rd Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – – - Liberia Abu Kamara (12)
2023 Super League 13th Round 16 Second Round 2nd – – Liberia Abu Kamara (16)
2024-25 Super League Quarter-finals - – –

Foreign players (since 2019)

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Season Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 Former Player
2019 Japan Yuta Suzuki
2020 Brazil Hudson Jesus Brazil Bryan Jones Anicézio Japan Yuta Suzuki Japan Yuki Tanigawa
2021 Brazil Hudson Jesus Brazil Aylton Alemão Nigeria Ijezie Michael Japan Yuta Suzuki Brazil Bryan Jones
2022 Brazil Gabryel Brazil Aylton Alemão Liberia Abu Kamara Japan Yuki Tanigawa Guyana Keanu Marsh-Brown
2023 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

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As of 3 April 2024[39]

Team Management (Senior)
Role Person
President vacant
Technical director Malaysia Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
Manager Malaysia Irwanshah Mohamad[40]
Assistant manager Malaysia Ismail Haji Hamdin
Head coach Singapore Aidil Sharin Sahak[41]
Assistant coach Malaysia Firdaus Morshidi
Goalkeeping coach Malaysia Khairul Azman Mohamed[42]
Fitness coach Malaysia Mohd Aidil Idham Fadzil Halmi
Video analyst Malaysia Ahmad Mundir
Team doctor Malaysia Muhamad Karbela Reza Ramlan
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

Malaysia Azarul Nazriq

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Team Management (Youth)
Manager

Malaysia Ahmad Zaki Zaidi U23 [44]

Assistant manager Malaysia Awang Azami Awang Idris U23
Head coach Belarus Oleg Kuzmianok U23 [45]
Assistant coach Malaysia Joseph Kalang Tie U23 [46]

Malaysia Nizam Mahmud U23

Goalkeeping coach

Malaysia Abdul Gani Anuar U23 [47] Malaysia Roslan Madilan

Fitness coach

Malaysia Michael Wong U23 [48]

Team admin

Malaysia Roja James U23 [49]

Media officer

Malaysia Mohd Adib Marsat U23 [50]

Physiotherapist Malaysia Gary Nyelang U23 [51]
Masseur

Malaysia Padil Abet U23

Kitman

Malaysia Saiful Abdullah U23 [52]

Honours

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League

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Cup

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