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Kuching City F.C.

Kuching City F.C.

Malaysian football club


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.

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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.[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[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

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

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.

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Players

First-team squad

As of 8 March 2024.[7]

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Other players under contract

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Development squads

Kuching City B (U23)

Head Coach: Belarus Oleg Kuzmianok

As of 6 April 2024.[8]

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Season by season record

Updated on 1 November 2022.

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Foreign players (Since 2019 Era)

Club staff

As of 3 April 2024.[9]

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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. "Kuching FA Juara Sulung Liga Bolasepak Rakyat". SarawakCrocs.com – Sarawak's No.1 Football Site. 28 May 2016.
  5. "Terima Kasih & Selamat Maju Jaya". Facebook Kuching City FC. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  6. "Kuching City Under-23 team squad for 2024/2025 season announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. "Kuching City FC Team Staff for 2024/2025 Season". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. "Former Sarawak footballer to be appointed as team manager". Facebook Kuching City FC. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  9. "Kuching City FC melantik Aidil Shahrin menggantikan Irfan Bakti". Facebook HarimauMalaya. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  10. "Former Malaysian legendary appointed as goalkeeping coach". Facebook Kuching City FC. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.
  11. "New head coach for U23 team appointed". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  12. "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
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  19. "Kuching City Under-23 Team announced". Facebook Kuching City FC. 3 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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