Kuala Lumpur FA

Kuala Lumpur FA

Full name	Kuala Lumpur Football Association Persatuan Bola Sepak Kuala Lumpur
Nickname(s)	The City Boys The Hawks
Short name	KLFA
Founded	1975 (1975) as Federal Territory Football Association
Ground	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Capacity	18,000
President	Adnan Md. Ikhsan
Manager	Kamaruddin Hassan
Head Coach	Fabio Maciel
League	Malaysia Super League
2018	Malaysia Super League, 10th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Kuala Lumpur Football Association is a football association who supervising the football activities in the Federal Territory of Malaysia of Kuala Lumpur.

Kuala Lumpur Football Association was formed in 1975 to oversee footballing in Kuala Lumpur. The association was founded by K. Rasalingam and Goh Ah Chai as the Federal Territory Football Association in 1975 and entered Malaysian football competitions in 1979 before being renamed Kuala Lumpur Football Association in 1986.

Kuala Lumpur had its most successful period in the late 1980s after being crowned the league champions twice in 1986 and 1988. They also won the Malaysia Cup for three consecutive years in 1987, 1988 and 1989. The team enjoyed considerable success in cup competitions in the 1990s, winning the Malaysian FA Cup in 1993, 1994 and 1999. Kuala Lumpur won the Malaysian Charity Shield, also known as the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup on three occasions, in 1988, 1995 and 2000.

Following its founding, a fierce rivalry developed between Kuala Lumpur and Selangor mainly due to their geographical location. The battle between these two teams is often referred to as the Klang Valley Derby which was renewed in the 2010 season after KL ended a seven-year spell in the second-tier with promotion to the Malaysia Super League. KL were relegated to the second-tier Malaysia Premier League in 2012 and the following year, in 2013, Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the third-tier Malaysia FAM League for the first time in its history.

Club licensing regulations

• The club obtained the FAM Club License to play in 2018 Malaysia Super League season.

History

Kuala Lumpur Football Association may be the youngest state association having been formed in 1975, but their achievements during the short period makes them veterans in the game. Formed as Federal Territory Football Association (FTFA), the association was actually a breakaway group from the FA Selangor. Led by former FA of Selangor secretary K. Rasalingam together with other members Goh Ah Chai, Hamzah Muhammad, M.J. Vincent, Shariff Mustafa, Jeswant Singh and Manickarajah, they saw the need for another association in the Klang Valley due to the growing numbers of clubs.^[1]

FTFA was officially formed in 1975 with Hamzah Abu Samah elected as their first president. Hamzah went on to become the F.A. of Malaysia president in 1977 and FTFA deputy president Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen took over at the helm. It was that year too that FTFA organised their first league with 30 clubs. Then it was just one division with the clubs being divided into the Dunhill League, Bandaraya (City) League, First Division, Second Division, Third Division, Reserve League and Government Departments and Business House League.

The following year FTFA was first represented at the national level when they competed in the Razak Cup (Under-18). It was in 1979, that the Federal Territory made their debut in the Malaysia Cup. They then started off as whipping boys but by 1982 were already making waves to be among the top teams in the league although they failed to win any titles. In 1984, Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen stepped down as president and the Lord Mayor, Elyas Omar was elected the third president of the association.

The election of Elyas was about the best thing that happened to FTFA due to his dedication to the association. Elyas played a major role in raising the standard of football in Kuala Lumpur by introducing professionalism when he recruited players from other states and Singapore. He made available better training and playing facilities. In 1985, Federal Territory reached their first Malaysia Cup final after only competing in the tournament for seven seasons while other states, who have been in the competition since it was inaugurated in 1921, are still trying to reach the final. FTFA officially changed its name to Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) in 1987 to better identify itself with the city. Kuala Lumpur joined the ranks of the heavyweights in the Malaysian soccer competition which saw them win the Charity Shield once (1987) in the four appearances, the League twice and the Malaysia Cup three years in a row (1987–1989). Kuala Lumpur also supplied a good number of players for the national team over the years.

Leadership in the KLFA kept changing hands after Elyas bin Omar stepped down with Megat Junid Megat Ayub taking over. In the 2014 Congress, Astaman Abdul Aziz stepped down and Federal Territories Ministry secretary general Adnan Md Ikhsan was elected the president while Astaman and Izudin Ishak are the deputy presidents. Kuala Lumpur are also known internationally having hosted the Inter-City Tournament for several years. Among the participating countries were Czechoslovakia, England, Austria, Australia, Germany, Turkey and Indonesia. To improve football quality, exposure programmes to countries like Czechoslovakia were often organised.

The post-Elyas years saw lean pickings for Kuala Lumpur although they did win the Malaysia FA Cup three times in 1993, 1994 and 1999, which remains Kuala Lumpur's last major trophy. Relegation from the then-Perdana 1 followed in 2002 and it took seven years before KL returned to the top-flight, finishing fourth in the Malaysia Premier League in 2009.

At present about 70 clubs are affiliated members of KLFA and are currently competing in the KL League and FA Cup (knock out). These clubs are divided into three divisions namely the Premier, Division 1, and Division 2.^[2]

KLFA Academy Football Centre

KLFA Academy Football Centre is the training ground and Academy base of Malaysian football association, Kuala Lumpur. It is located in the township of Taman Melawati, Kuala Lumpur, the site covers 3.28 hectares. It is also houses the main headquarters for the Kuala Lumpur Football Association. The facility is founded by the Kuala Lumpur Football Association to serve as the team's main training ground and also serves as an academy for the Kuala Lumpur football teams. The facility also serves as a meeting point and has a futsal court, a gymnassium, a cafeteria and dormitories for the youth players. The RM5.4 million academy opened in March 2012.^[3]

KLFA Academy Football Centre, a premier football facility is located in Desa Melawati. With top class facilities, KLFA Academy Football Centre are one of the best football facility in Kuala Lumpur. KLFA Academy Football Centre facilities are:-

• Full-size football field
• FIFA-standard Futsal court
• Cafe
• Gym
• Retail outlets
• Changing room.

Kits and sponsors

Season	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
1988–1995	Lotto	Dunhill
1996–1998	Nike
1999	Admiral
2000	Ascot
2001	New Balance
2002–2003	Cheetah
2004–2005	Eutag	Celcom
2006	Lotto	TM Net
2007	Line 7	Line 7
2008	Eutag	Celcom
2009	Sportzone	Streamyx
2010–2011	Kika	KL Ancom
2012–2014	Kronos	Kronos
2015	Warrix / Kappa	DBKL
2016–Present	SkyHawk	JL99 Group / Al-Bukhary Foundation / DBKL / Ekovest / MRCB

Honours

Club officials

• Patron: Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
• President: Adnan Md Ikshan^[4]
• Deputy president: Astaman Abdul Aziz
• Vice-presidents: Mohamad Sidek Khalid, Johari Abdul Ghani, Theng Book, Nordin Abdul Ghani
• General secretary: Nokman Mustaffa

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Kamaruddin Hassan
Head coach	Fabio Maciel
Assistant head coach	Chong Yee Fatt
Goalkeeper coach	Albert Chung
Fitness coach	Marshiedee Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Fadli Kamarulzaman
	Aimie Mohamed
Under-21 manager	Syed Yazid Syed Omar
Under-21 assistant manager	Muhammad Shahrir Mois
Under-21 head coach	Khalid Shahdan
Under-21 assistant coach	Azlan Ahmad
Under-21 goalkeeper coach	Ehsam Abdul Hamid
Under-21 physiotherapist	Faiz Mohktar
Under-19 manager	Afeeq Adnan
Under-19 assistant manager	Shariful Hisham
Under-19 head coach	Shukri Ismail
Under-19 assistant coach	Shariful Hisham
Under-19 goalkeeper coach	Zaki Tumpang@Ma'arof
Under-19 fitness coach	Zulkarnain Ali
Under-19 physiotherapist	Rusell Banyang
Under-19 masseur	Hamzah Zakaria

Players

Current squad

As of 30 December 2017

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Kamarul Effandi 2 DF Farid Ramli 3 DF Saifulnizam Miswan 4 DF Zaiful Abdul Hakim 5 MF Hardee Shamsuri 6 MF Syazwan Andik 7 MF Juninho 8 FW Zaquan Adha 9 FW Ibrahim Syaihul 10 FW Guilherme de Paula 11 MF Ashri Chuchu 12 DF Bobirjon Akbarov 13 FW Afiq Razali 14 MF Syafwan Syahlan

No. Position Player 16 DF Achmad Jufriyanto 17 MF Irfan Zakaria 18 GK Solehin Mamat 19 DF Firdaus Faudzi 20 MF Zhafri Yahya 21 MF Na'im Nazmi 22 GK Sharbinee Allawee 23 FW Indra Putra Mahayuddin (captain) 24 DF Hisyamudin Sha'ari 25 DF Azmeer Yusof 26 DF Hazwan Rahman 27 DF Hafiz Johar 28 MF Paulo Josué 29 GK Khatul Anuar

For recent transfers, see 2018 Kuala Lumpur FA season.

Development squad

U21 team

As of 23 June 2018^[5]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhamad Aizuddin Ahmad		GK	1998
22	Jamalulail Hassan		GK	1998
26	Ameerul Eqhwan Mohd Fauzi		GK	3/10/97
30	Ku Muhd Firdaus Ku Zulkhairi		GK	14/8/98
Defenders
2	Muhd Izzuddin Razali		LB / LWB / LM	21/8/97
4	Mohd Nor Ghazali Arban		CB	1998
5	Muhammad Yusri Yuhasmadi		CB	1998
6	Nabil Hakim Bokhari		LB / LWB	1999
7	Tan Yung Hong		CB	19/1/97
8	Meer Adam Shah Mahmood Shah		CB	22/8/97
14	Muhammad Nazrul Ezzrien Nasharuddin		LB / LWB	1998
18	Anwarul Iqmal Zaidi		RB / RWB	1999
25	Muhd Azhar Apandi		RB / RWB / RW / RM	16/5/99
	Muhammad Haziq Azizi Jasini		CB	1997
	Qamarul Ariffin Norhisham		RB / RWB	1999
	Muhammad Shahril Hissham		CB / RB / LB	1997
Midfielders
9	Muhammad Shahwal Fitri Mat Rodzi		AM / CM	1998
10	Muhd Alif Aiman Mohd Rashid		RW / RM	1998
11	Muhammad Afzal Akbar		CM	20/1/98
15	Muhd Rizalul Azuwan Supandri		CM / AM	26/4/97
16	David a/l John Baptist		RW / RM	9/10/97
17	Thipanraj a/l Subramaniam		RW / RM	1/2/97
19	Arvind Vhignesh a/l A. Ganesh		LW / LM	1997
21	Muhd Talhah Rosli		CM / DM	14/1/98
24	Mohamad Luqman Abdullah		AM / CM	1999
27	Mohd Hafizi Mohd Shari		DM / CM	1998
29	Azman Chuchu		CM	4/12/97
Forwards
13	Mazlan Mohamad		ST	11/1/98
20	Mohd Hafifi Mohd Salleh		ST	11/1/97
23	Hafizzulkurnain Hafizamuddin		ST	5/9/98
	Mohd Afiq Che Osman		ST / RW	1997
	Muhd Nazrul Hakim Azmi		ST	1997

U19 team

As of 24 June 2018^[6]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Aieman Abdul Jalil		GK	1999
22	Muhamad Iqmal Syazuane Jummali		GK	1999
25	Hazrul Aiman Md Rasmadi		GK	1999
30	Muhammad Iqbal Abdullah		GK	2000
Defenders
2	Che Ahmad Rabbani Che Mahmood		RB / RWB	1999
3	Ahmad Idham Ahmad Mazlan		LB / LWB	1999
4	Muhammad Arash Nin Mazlan		CB / RB / LB / DM	1999
5	Muhammad Yassin Maimathu		CB	2000
6	Mohd Fadhil Janudin		CB	13/6/99
12	Muhammad Syafiq Tony Rosdin		RB / RWB	1999
17	Muhammad Hafizuddin Bustaman		CB / CM	1999
29	Wan Muhd Izzat Wan Zaidi		CB	1999
Midfielders
7	Muhammad Faizal Hafiq Omar		LW / LM	1999
9	Mohd Izzuddin Mohd Roslan		AM / CM	1999
13	Muhd Hariez Yazid		CM	1999
14	Muhammad Aiman Naief Boskori		DM / CM	3/1/99
16	Furqan Azri		DM / CM	1999
18	Muhammad Afiq Azhad Ramdzan		RW / RM	1999
19	Muhammad Alif Haikal Adzrin		RW / LW	2000
21	Muhd Fikri Mohd Shah		LW / LM	2000
24	Mohd Faizz Abu Bakar		CM	1999
Forwards
8	Muhammad Idham Azizan		ST	8/2/99
10	Royizzat Daud		ST	1999
11	Muhammad Hadi Mizei@Termizi		ST / CB	1999
15	Haily Azuan Azmi		ST	2000
20	Muhammad Azreen Abdul Rahim		ST	1999
23	Muhammad Amirul Nizam Mohd Azmi		ST	1999

Managerial history

Managers by years (1999–present)

Years	Nat	Name
1999–2004		Hilmi Ismail
2005–2006		Mat Zan Mat Aris
2007–2008		Izudin Ishak
2009–2011		Nokman Mustaffa
2012		Rusli Baba
2013		George Frederick
2014		Kamaruddin Hassan
2015		Izudin Ishak / Mohd Hisamudin Yahaya
2016–2017		Hisamudin Yahaya
2018		Kamaruddin Hassan

Coaches

Coaches by years (1979–present)

Years	Nat	Name	Achievement
1979–1981		Yunus Tasman
1982–1984		S. Subramaniam
1985–1986		Josef Venglos	1986 League Championship
1987–1989		Chow Kwai Lam	1987 Malaysia Cup 1988 Malaysia Cup 1989 Malaysia Cup 1988 League Championship 1988 Charity Shield 1989 ASEAN Club Championship
1990		Jozef Jankech
1991		Milous Kvacek
1992		Chow Kwai Lam
1993		S. Subramaniam	1993 Malaysia FA Cup
1994		Ken Shellito	1994 Malaysia FA Cup
1995–May 1998		Chow Kwai Lam	1995 Charity Shield
May 1998–June 2000		Mat Zan Mat Aris	1999 Malaysia FA Cup 2000 Charity Shield
June 2000–December 2000		Lim Kim Lian
2001–2002		Wathiq Naji
2001–2002		Lim Kim Lian
2003		Igor Novak
2004–2007		Mat Zan Mat Aris
January 2008		Hans Jurgen Gede
April 2008 – 2012		Razip Ismail
2013		Stanislav Leiskovsky
2014		Tang Siew Seng
January 2015		Ricardo Formosinho
April 2015		Tang Siew Seng
December 2015–November 2016		Ismail Zakaria
December 2016–March 2017		Wanderley Junior
March 2017–present		Fabio Maciel	2017 Malaysia Premier League

Seasons

DNQ=Did not qualify N/A=Not Available

Note: A single round-robin league system was instituted in 1979 following the entry of Brunei FA, Kuala Lumpur FA, Sabah FA and Sarawak FA into mainstream Malaysian football. For three years until 1981, the league remained no more than a preliminary round for the knock-out stages of the Malaysia Cup. In 1982, a League Cup was introduced to differentiate the league winners from the Malaysia Cup champions.

Football League managed by the Association

• KLFA Division 1 League
• KLFA FA Cup

References

External links

• Official Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook page