UiTM Football Club is a

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n professional

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club based in

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, Malaysia. The club plays in the Malaysia Super League. Founded in 2008, their home ground is 10,000-seater

UiTM Stadium Stadium UiTM is a stadium located at Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Its capacity is 10,000. The stadium was built for Universiti Teknologi MARA and the UiTM Football Club. SPA FC and Selangor F.C. also had used the stadium as their interim hom ...

. The club widely known as The Lion Troops. The team is under the jurisdiction of Universiti Teknologi MARA, a Malaysian public university based in

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History

Founded in 2008, UiTM FC made club debut into Malaysian football by joining the third-tier league

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in 2009. The club finishes third place in

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and was promoted to the second-tier league, Malaysia Premier League in 2013 to replace USM FC, who were withdrawing from Malaysia Premier League due to financial difficulties. On 25 July 2010, the club won the first edition of IPT League tournament by beating UKM FC 3–0 in the final at

. UiTM FC's first goal was scored by

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before Fahrul Razi scored the second goal in the 37th minute. The third goal was an own goal by the UKM FC's Muhammed Suffian. Fahrul Razi was selected as the man of the match in the final. During 2017 season, UiTM FC managed to qualify for the

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for the first time since the club's establishment. UiTM became the fifth teams from the Malaysia Premier League to qualify for the

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competition after the completion of the final fixtures in the first half of the season. For

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season, UiTM FC managed to gain the fifth spot in the league. However, due to the status change of

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to the reserve team of

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, UiTM FC gains its promotion to play in the

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by default since

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and Terengganu F.C. II were not allowed to play in the Malaysia Super League together with its parents club,

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and

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It is the first time UiTM FC will play in the nation's top division league since its establishment. UiTM's selection of players is somewhat unique in that the players, including import players, must undertake

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courses in UiTM in order to be selected to the squad.

Players

First team squad

Former players

''For details on former players, see :UiTM FC players.''

U21

U19

Club officials

Exco Member

* President: Prof Dr Azizan Abdullah * Deputy President: Dr Mohd Bahrin Othman * Secretary: Mustaza Ahmad * Treasurer: Poazi Rosdi

Coaching staff

Coaches

''Head coaches by years (2009–present)''

Managerial history

''Manager by years (2008–present)''

Captain history

''Captain by years (2010–present)''

Achievements

Sponsorship

References

External links

UiTM F.C.
at Soccerway

– Official website {{Football in Malaysia Malaysia Premier League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia University and college association football clubs 2008 establishments in Malaysia Universiti Teknologi MARA Association football clubs established in 2008