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Kuching City

Full name	Kuching City Football Club
Nickname(s)	Il Gatto (The Cats)
Short name	KCC
Founded	2015; 10 years ago (2015), as Kuching FA 2021; 4 years ago (2021), as Kuching City
Ground	Sarawak Stadium
Capacity	40,000
Co-owner	Fazzrudin Abdul Rahman Kamaludin Akil
CEO	Iswandi Ali Hassan
Head coach	Aidil Sharin Sahak
Coach	Sabah Football Club
League	Malaysia Super League
2023	MSL, 13th of 14
Website	https://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. It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak.

History

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. 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 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.

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 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

• 2019–2021 crest

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Players

First-team squad

As of 8 March 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Ahmad Uzair Zaidil 2 DF  MAS Jimmy Raymond 3 DF  MAS Rodney Celvin 6 DF  MAS Arif Fadzilah (on loan from Terengganu) 7 FW  CIV Kipré Tchétché 9 DF  MAS Adam Shreen 10 MF  NAM Petrus Shitembi 11 FW  MAS Shamie Iszuan 12 MF  MAS Abang Azri 13 DF  MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim 14 FW  MAS Amir Amri 17 MF  MAS Alauddin Farid 18 FW  MAS Zahrul Nizwan 19 DF  MAS Arham Khussyairi 20 GK  MAS Shaiful Wazizi 21 MF  MAS Danial Amier (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) 22 DF  MAS Hariz Mansor 23 FW  MAS Amirrul Iqmal 25 MF  BHR Moses Atede 27 DF  MAS Filemon Anyie

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  GHA Jordan Mintah 29 FW  TLS Pedro Henrique Gois 33 FW  MAS Hazwan Bakri 35 DF  NGA James Okwuosa 37 FW  MAS Ramadhan Saifullah (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) 38 GK  MAS Wan Azraie 40 DF  MAS Iskandar Shah 41 DF  MAS Aiman Joanny 44 MF  MAS Alif Hassan (captain) 50 MF  MAS Diego Baggio 55 GK  MAS Shahril Saa'ri 64 DF  MAS Badrul Hisham 71 FW  MAS Rahim Razak 77 DF  JPN Yuki Tanigawa 88 FW  MAS Zharmein Ashraf 91 MF  BRA Luis Fernando Welter 99 FW  GUY Keanu Marsh-Brown

Other players under contract

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  CIV Dechi Marcel N'Guessan — MF  MAS Nor Azizi Ramlee — FW  MAS Wan Faiz Sulaiman

Development squads

Kuching City B (U23)

Head coach: Oleg Kuzmianok

As of 6 April 2024

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  MAS Syafie Mursalim — GK  MAS Naim Ramadhan Narawi — DF  MAS Abang Haikal Za'afari — DF  MAS Haddad Aiman Sufian — DF  MAS Fadzly Shauqie Jeffry — DF  MAS Mohd Hazazi Harsi — DF  MAS Nasharuddin Jaapar Sidik — DF  MAS Nur Hasbullah Rahman — DF  MAS Josef Charsel Setom — DF  MAS Awang Nazmi Shamel

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF  MAS Gabriel Batistuta Durling — MF  MAS Faris Mohd Faidillah — MF  MAS Adifbadri Ariffin — MF  MAS Syahryl Aiman Saidin — MF  MAS Mohd Khuzairi Abdullah — MF  MAS Azkaharridhi Farhan Hasnan — FW  MAS Cornelius Ornley Jina — FW  MAS Mohammad Rahiimin Roslan — FW  MAS Jeckelly Manir — FW  MAS Shane Thomas

Season by season record

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	–	–	–	Shafitri Salim (4)
2019	Liga M3	2nd	DNQ	Second round	–	–	–	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	–	–	–	Alif Hassan (6)
2022	Premier League	3rd	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	–	–	-	Abu Kamara (12)
2023	Super League	13th	Round 16	Second Round	2nd	–	–	Abu Kamara (16)
2024-25	Super League			Quarter-finals	-	–	–

Foreign players (since 2019)

Season	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Player 5	Player 6	Player 7	Player 8	Player 9	Former Player
2019	Yuta Suzuki
2020	Hudson Jesus	Bryan Jones Anicézio	Yuta Suzuki	Yuki Tanigawa
2021	Hudson Jesus	Aylton Alemão	Ijezie Michael	Yuta Suzuki						Bryan Jones
2022	Gabryel	Aylton Alemão	Abu Kamara	Yuki Tanigawa						Keanu Marsh-Brown
2023	Célio Santos	Aylton Alemão	Bruno Dybal	Yuki Tanigawa	Mihailo Jovanović	Abu Kamara	Dechi Marcel	Petrus Shitembi	Pedro Henrique	Sudi Abdallah Julian Schwarzer Michael Ijezie Sirojiddin Kuziev
2024–25	Yuki Tanigawa	Pedro Henrique	Petrus Shitembi	Jordan Mintah	James Okwuosa	Kipré Tchétché	Nando Walter	Moses Atede	Keanu Marsh-Brown

Club staff

As of 3 April 2024

Team Management (Senior)
Role	Person
President	vacant
Technical director	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
Manager	Irwanshah Mohamad
Assistant manager	Ismail Haji Hamdin
Head coach	Aidil Sharin Sahak
Assistant coach	Firdaus Morshidi
Goalkeeping coach	Khairul Azman Mohamed
Fitness coach	Mohd Aidil Idham Fadzil Halmi
Video analyst	Ahmad Mundir
Team doctor	Muhamad Karbela Reza Ramlan
Physiotherapist	Mohd Khairul Nizam Suhaimi Ferdinand Lisa
Media officer	Darul Imran Azmi
Masseur	Mohamed Zawawi Ali Hassan Mohd Shahrizan Sahari
Kitman	Mohammad Hysham Adenan Azarul Nazriq

Team Management (Youth)
Manager	Ahmad Zaki Zaidi
Assistant manager	Awang Azami Awang Idris
Head coach	Oleg Kuzmianok
Assistant coach	Joseph Kalang Tie Nizam Mahmud
Goalkeeping coach	Abdul Gani Anuar Roslan Madilan
Fitness coach	Michael Wong
Team admin	Roja James
Media officer	Mohd Adib Marsat
Physiotherapist	Gary Nyelang
Masseur	Padil Abet
Kitman	Saiful Abdullah

Honours

League

• Malaysia M3 League
  • Promotion Play-offs Winners: 2019
• Liga Bolasepak Rakyat
  • Winners: 2015–16

Cup

• MFL Challenge Cup
  • Runner-up (1): 2023

References

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External links

• Official website
• Kuching City F.C. on Facebook
• Sarawak Football News website
• Current results of Kuching City matches at Flashscore

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