Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Football Club is a

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club based in

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. The club represents the

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History

Early years

The club was founded in 2013. They have been competing in Malaysian Institutes of Higher Education Football League and has won several college football competitions. UKM who won the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup and runners-up of Division One University Football League in 2014, was automatically eligible to join the 2015 Malaysia FAM League. Their place in Minister of Higher Education Ministry League was taken over by the MMU, 2014 Minister of Higher Education Division Two University Football League champion. In 2015, the club has been accepted by

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to compete in

Malaysia FAM League The FAM Cup ( Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out football tournament for the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia. From 2008 to 2018 it was held as a third-tier league and used the FAM League (Liga FAM) name. The competit ...

, the third-tier of Malaysian football. The club also collaborated with

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to provide a youth players for the Sime Darby youth team which competed in Malaysia President's Cup.

2015 season

After successfully bringing UKM to be the champion of the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup and the runner-up of the University Football League Division 1, Sulaiman Hussin moved to Sime Darby and joined the President's Cup squad coaching. Asnan Mohamad Zuki, who led

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to become the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup 2013 champion after beating UKM, was appointed as the UKM FC coach. On their first season in Malaysia FAM League, they finished in fourth place behind

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, Real Mulia and Megah Murni. Only one team from each league promoted into

2016 Malaysia Premier League The 2016 Liga Premier (), also known as the 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, was the 13th season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional association football, football league in Malaysia.

, and

became runners-up of

that season after lost into Melaka United. UKM FC vice captain, Hafizuddin Sulaiman became top goalscorers of the club after scoring 8 goals - even he played as the defender.

2016 season

UKM FC appointed Lim Kim Liang, ex

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head coach and brought back Sulaiman Hussin as assistant head coach. They missed the spot into knock-out stage, as they finished fifth place. On this season, only top 4 of each league qualify into knock-out stage, and two teams into the finals automatically qualify into

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. UKM FC also qualified into

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for the first time. In the first round, they defeated Hanelang by penalty shout-out after draw 1–1 in UKM Bangi Stadium, their home base. Azri Zulkiflee scored in this match before Mohd Safix from Hanelang equalized. This match also the only UKM FC match at home in FA Cup history. In the second round, they lost into

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2017 season

Sulaiman Hussin promoted into UKM FC head coach, and they managed to finish in the top of the league - only lost twice with FELCRA and MOF by 1–0 at home. In knock-out stage, UKM FC defeated

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2–1 on quarter-final, before qualified into final stage after beating Shahzan Muda 1–0 on semi-final. UKM FC lost 2-3 into

, but both of them already qualified into

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. But one month after final, Sime Darby decided to withdraw from the

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next season and focused into develop youth football, ending their involvement as a professional club. The club now competes in the KLFA First Division state league as an amateur club. On 2017 Malaysia FA Cup, they received the bye in the first round and defeated by

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in the second round.

2018 season

The club has been promoted to

despite losing in the 2017 Malaysia FAM League Finals against

. At the beginning of the 2018 season, the club signed four foreign players including one player from Asia. They were Waheed Oseni, Redouane Zerzouri, Atuheire Kipson and Nam Se-in. Due to poor performance, Atuheire Kipson was dropped by the club during mid-season and he was replaced by former MISC-MIFA forward, Michael Chukwubunna. The change galvanized UKM, as they finished the league season in 8th place, and were runners-up of the inaugural

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. Michael Chukwubunna also finished as top scorer in the latter competition with 13 goals.

2019 season

Despite the team good performance in the league and cup, UKM FC were barred to participate in the 2019 Malaysia Premier League by Malaysia Football League on 28 November 2018, after the club failed to submit their registration paperwork on time, and the paperwork sent to MFL after they are given 7 days grace period are incomplete. However, on 10 December 2018, they are given a second chance by MFL to appeal for reinstatement to Premier League, which they do successfully, although MFL served UKM with a fine and warning for their initial failure. In this season, UKM recorded the biggest win in their Premier League history, as they demolished

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4–0 on March 2, 2019. They are also recorded the first ever win on

history, won 5–1 after beating Protap at UKM Bangi Stadium on April 2, 2019.

2020 season and end of involvement in Malaysian League

In the truncated 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic, UKM FC managed to finish in the 9th position out of 12 teams. But the pandemic hit the football community hard on the finances, including the team. After the university management has pulled the full financial support and the team was re-registered under a new private entity, they failed to give FAM concrete proof they have financial backing for the 2021 season. As a consequence, FAM expelled the team from the Premier League. Although UKM FC can apply for registration in the M3 League or below, as of 2022, they have not involved in any of the leagues.

Stadium and locations

Season by season record

* ¹ : They finished first in the league and qualified for knockout stage, ended as runners-up as they lost 2–3 on aggregate by

. * ² : Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was cancelled.

2020 squad

Development squads

Under-21s (2020)

Under-19s (2020)

Management team (2020)

Club personnel

Managerial history

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

** Runners-up (1):

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Cup

** Runners-up (2):

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Affiliated clubs

* Malaysian University F.T.

References

External links

* {{Malaysia Premier League, state=expanded Defunct football clubs in Malaysia Malaysia Premier League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia Football clubs in Selangor National University of Malaysia University and college association football clubs