Kuching City Football Club, simply known as Kuching City, is a professional

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club based in

Kuching Kuching ( , ), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak Ri ...

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that plays in the

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. It was the youngest club to join the highest level of the

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, having been founded in 2015. It is the third professional football club based in the state of Sarawak. Kuching City FC use the

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for home games.

History

In 2015, with the commencement of the People's Football League introduced by the

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, 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

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

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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. Kuching City F

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 Aidil Sharin Sahak (born 9 July 1977) is a former Singaporean football player and professional football head coach. He is the currently head coach for the Malaysia Super League club Kuching City. Personal life Aidil is the younger brother of ...

was announced as the new head coach of the club signing

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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

Kuching_FA.png, 2019–2021 crest

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Players

First-team squad

Development squads

Kuching City B (U23)

Head coach: Oleg Kuzmianok

Season by season record

Updated on 30 November 2024.

Foreign players (since 2019)

Club staff

Honours

League

* Division 3/M3 League **Promotion

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Winners:

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* Liga Bolasepak Rakyat **Winners: 2015–16

Cup

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

References

External links

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Sarawak Football News websiteCurrent results of Kuching City matches
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