Kuala Lumpur FA

Kuala Lumpur FA

Full name	Kuala Lumpur Football Association
Nickname(s)	City Squad City Boys The Hawks
Founded	1974 as Federal Territory Football Association
Ground	KLFA Stadium Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ground Capacity	18,000
Chairman	Astaman Abdul Aziz
Manager
Coach	Tang Siew Seng
League	Malaysia FAM League
2013	11th (R)

The Kuala Lumpur Football Association (Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Kuala Lumpur), are an football association who supervising the football activities in the Federal Territory of Malaysia areas, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan.

Kuala Lumpur Football Association was formed in 1974 to oversee footballing activities throughout the Federal Territory of Malaysia areas, namely Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan. The association was founded by K. Rasalingam and Goh Ah Chai as the Federal Territory Football Association in 1974 and entered Malaysian football competitions in 1979 before being renamed Kuala Lumpur Football Association in 1986. The Kuala Lumpur Team currently plays in the Malaysia FAM League.

Kuala Lumpur Team were one of the most successful Malaysian teams 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 Super League. KL were relegated to the second-tier Premier League in 2012 and the following year, in 2013, Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the third-tier FAM League for the first time in its history.

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 F.A. Selangor. Led by former F.A. 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.

FTFA was officially formed in 1975 with Tan Sri 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, Tan Sri 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 Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub taking over. Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz is the current president and Datuk George Frederick and Zaharen Zakaria 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 FA Cup three times in 1993, 1994 and 1999, which remains Kuala Lumpur's last major trophy. Relegation from the then-Premier 1 followed in 2002 and it took seven years before KL returned to the top-flight, finishing fourth in the 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.

On 26 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur confirmed its relegation to the Premier League after three years in the top flight.

On Monday 24 June 2013, Kuala Lumpur again relegated to the FAM League with 2 games of the season to play after only one season in the Premier League.

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.

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.

The KLFA Academy Football Centre is set to be among the top in the country. The Kuala Lumpur Football Association (KLFA) will be working with renowned English Premier League football club, Liverpool F.C. to bring excellence to the academy. KLFA President, Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz said, KLFA had received a letter of intent from Liverpool F.C. to work with the KLFA Academy Football Centre. "This is part of a long-term plan as KLFA is to have its own local league in Kuala Lumpur as well as other development programmes," he said at the launch of tickets sales for the friendly match between the national team and Liverpool F.C. in Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

He said training sessions would be held at the 3.28 hectare KLFA Academy Football Centre site in Taman Melawati, Hulu Klang. The Academy will soon have a hostel for students. Astaman said according to the agreement, the joint effort at the academy would kick off in August this year. "They (Liverpool F.C.) have fixed Aug 1, to start action at the academy and will be sending one of their coaching staff from the Liverpool F.C. Football Academy on a permanent basis," he said.

Kits

Seasons	Kit Manufacturers	Sponsor
1988–1995	Lotto	Dunhill
1996–1997	Nike	Dunhill
1999–2000	Admiral	Dunhill
2000	Ascot	Ascot
2001	New Balance	New Balance
2003	Cheetah	Dunhill
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-	Kronos	Kronos

Honours

Domestic

Title	Winners	Runners-up
Malaysia Cup (3x)	1987, 1988, 1989	1985
Division 1/ Premier 1/ Super League (2x)	1986, 1988	1982, 1987, 1989
Division 2/ Premier 2/ Premier League
Malaysian FA Cup (3x)	1993, 1994, 1999	1992
Malaysia Charity Shield (3x)	1988, 1995, 2000	1987, 1989, 1990, 1994

Regional

• Asian Club Championship/AFC Champions League: 2

1987: Semifinals group stage (2nd in Group B on goal difference to Yomiuri of Japan)

1989: Semifinals group stage (2nd in Group A to Nissan of Japan)

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup: 1

1994: Quarterfinals (lost to Telephone Organisation of Thailand 3-5 on aggregate after extra-time in the second leg)

Team officials

Kuala Lumpur FA

• Patron: Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
• President: Astaman Abdul Aziz
• Deputy president: George Frederick, Zaharen Zakaria
• Vice-presidents: Mohamad Sidek Khalid, Johari Abdul Ghani, Theng Book, Nordin Abdul Ghani
• General secretary: Nokman Mustaffa

Club officials

Position	Name
Patron	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Chairman	Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz
Manager	Kamaruddin Hassan
Head Coach	Tang Siew Seng
Assistant Coach	Azri Abdul Aziz
Fitness Coach	Norlizu Ab Rahman
Goalkeeping Coach	Kamarulzaman Hassan
Physiotherapist	Ismauddin Md Ali
Kitman	Harun Osman
U21 Head Coach	Shafirul Hisham Ibrahim
U21 Goalkeeping Coach	Hanim Tahir

Current squad

First Team

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeeper
22	Hafiz Abu Bakar		GK
1	Hafiz Arbaen		GK
25	Ilyaf Abdullah Sani		GK
Defenders
4	Benedict Martin		CB,RB
28	Chairi Emmir Solehaddin		RB
23	Ahmad Jihad Ismail		CB,RB
2	Shah Riezal Ramli		LB
6	Nabil Fikri Ilias		LB
21	Taufiq Shukor		CB,DM
14	Hasnol Hamzah		CB
11	Syazwan Rani		CB,RB
Midfielders
12	J. Mughilan Kartik		DM,CB
20	Zulkifli Affendi Zakri (captain)		CM,AM
18	Naufal Naim Tony Rosdin		RM,RW
26	S. Sumindran		AM,CM
3	Noor Azizi Azman		LW,LM
7	Syafiq Johari		CM
9	S. Harivarman		LW,LM
17	B. Prabaharan		CM
10	S. Shanmuganathan		RW,RM
8	Fitri Kamal		AM,CM
19	Fariz Ismail		CM
Forwards
32	Hadzirun Che Hamid		ST
21	Lukhman Noor Hakim Jaafar		ST
15	Ridhwan Zainal		ST
13	Syafiq Zahari		ST,RW,LW
30	Amin Asraf Yaakob		ST

President's Cup Team

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohd Noor Hafis Che Haron 2 DF Muhammad Syafiq Mohd Yusni 3 DF Divagen Daniel a/l Nowar 4 DF Mohd Farhan Azmi 5 DF Mohd Azrul Razman 6 MF Muhammad Amirul Abas 7 MF Mohd Azri Zulkifli 8 FW Muhammad Akeemi Nazreen Farizuan 9 FW Muhd Hadzirun Che Hamid 10 FW Khairilnizam Jamaludin 11 FW Mohd Amin Asraf Yaakob 12 MF Gusti Ishak Fitri Shah Said 13 DF Mohd Shamirul Rani

No. Position Player 14 DF Chairi Emmir Solehaddin Abu Bakar 15 MF Mohd Amirul Asyraf Jamalydin 16 DF Syed Ismail Syed Ibrahim 17 DF Nur Fahmi Mohd Pauzee 18 DF Megat Muhammad Faiz bin Tameem 19 MF Muhd Saiful Safaiz Abdul Rahman 20 MF Muhd Arfan Aziz 21 DF Helmi Hariri Ibrahim 22 FW Mohd Syafiq Redzuan 23 MF Mohd Helmi Mohd Rafi 24 GK Wan Ahmad Hababa Wan Sharifuldin 25 GK -

U19

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Mohd Aliff Mazlan 2 DF M. Kaaviinkumaar 3 DF Mohd Irfan Mohd Noor 4 DF Amirul Harith Nor Radhi 5 DF Mohd Syahril Puteh 6 MF Izaaq Izhan Yuswandi 7 MF Lee Yong Cheng 8 MF Muhammad Amirul Razali 9 FW Mohd Salehin Zubir 10 FW - 11 FW Mohd Amin Asraf Yaakob 12 FW Khairul Azri Khalid 13 DF Chandramohan a/l Rajesuran 14 MF Mohd Helmi Mohd Rafi

No. Position Player 15 MF Mohd Amirul Asyraf Jamalydin 16 DF Mohd Azrul Razman 17 DF Mohd Rafiq Zikrie Abdul Rahman 18 MF Mohd Ridhwan Johan 19 MF Muhammad Fazli Mazlan 20 FW Mohd Nurikwan Ismail 21 DF Shaifful Hakim Kadir 22 MF Muhd Sazwan Said 23 MF Muhammad Amirul Abas 24 DF Mohd Aliff Nasriq Zaki 25 GK Mohamad Aizat Burhanudin 26 FW Nur Rizzmie Norman 27 MF M. Deva

Transfers

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2014

Transfers (In)

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

No. Position Player GK Hafiz Abu Bakar from Sime Darby F.C. (on loan) DF Chairi Emmir Solehaddin from Sime Darby F.C. (on loan) MF Fitri Kamal from Sime Darby F.C. (on loan) FW Hadzirun Che Hamid from Sime Darby F.C. (on loan) FW Syafiq Zahari from DRB-Hicom F.C. MF S. Sumindran from DRB-Hicom F.C. MF Nabil Fikri Ilias from Putrajaya SPA F.C. MF Noor Azizi Azman from Putrajaya SPA F.C. MF Zulkifli Affendi Zakri from Putrajaya SPA F.C. MF Naufal Naim Tony Rosdin from Negeri Sembilan F.C. GK Hafiz Arbaen from DBKL F.C. DF Hasnol Hamzah from DBKL F.C. FW Ridhwan Zainal from DBKL F.C. MF Fariz Ismail from DBKL F.C. DF Shah Riezal Ramli from CIMB F.C. FW Lukhman Noor Hakim Jaafar from RHB Bank F.C.

Transfers (Out)

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

No. Position Player GK Phoo Kai Lun to released DF Hishamuddin Othman to released MF Munir Amran to PDRM F.C. FW Kalle Sone to released FW Badrul Hisyam Azmi to released MF Khairul Anuar Shafie to released DF Jeremy Mathew Danker to released FW Ar' Ra'uf Roslee to released FW S. Sivaraj to released MF Hanis Mokhtar to released MF Azwan Jatin to released GK Azizon Abdul Kadir to PDRM F.C. GK Amirul Asraf Noor to released DF Hafizi Roslee to released FW Rafef Raya to released DF Ahmad Dashila Tajudin to released DF Fadhlullah Yunsifar to released

Managers

Year	Manager
1999-04	Mohd Hilmi Ismail
2005-06	Mat Zan Mat Aris
2007-08	Izzudin Ishak
2009–2011	Nokman Mustaffa
2012	Rusli Baba
2013	George Frederick
2014	Kamaruddin Hassan

Coaches

Year	Coach
1979-81	Yunus Tasman
1982-84	S. Subramaniam
1985-86	Josef Venglos
1987-89	Chow Kwai Lam
1990	Jozef Jankech
1991	Milous Kvacek
1992	Chow Kwai Lam
1993	S. Subramaniam
1994	Ken Shellito
1995-98	Chow Kwai Lam
1998-00	Mat Zan Mat Aris
2000	Lim Kin Lian
2001-02	Wathiq Naji Jasim/ Lim Kin Lian
2003	Igor Novak
2004-07	Mat Zan Mat Aris
2007-08	Hans-Jürgen Gede
2008-2012	Razip Ismail
2013	Stanislav Lieskovsky
2013–present	Tang Siew Seng

Seasons

Season	Division	Position	Malaysia Cup	Malaysian FA Cup	Malaysian Charity Shield	Regional	Top Scorer (All Competitions)
1979	Preliminary	16th of 17	DNQ	–	–	–	N/A
1980	Preliminary	17th of 17	DNQ	–	–	–	N/A
1981	Preliminary	10th of 17	DNQ	–	–	–	N/A
1982	League Cup	2nd of 16	QF	–	–	–	N/A
1983	League Cup	8th of 16	QF	–	–	–	N/A
1984	League Cup	4th of 16	QF	–	–	–	N/A
1985	League Cup	5th of 16	Runner-up	–	–	–	Saidin Osman (11)
1986	League Cup	Champions of 16	QF	–	–	–	Fandi Ahmad (14)
1987	League Cup	2nd of 17	Winner	–	Runner-up	ACC - SF Group B (2nd of 4)	N/A
1988	League Cup	Champions of 17	Winner	–	Winner	–	Fandi Ahmad (21)
1989	Division 1	2nd of 9	Winner	–	Runner-up	ACC - SF Group A (2nd of 3)	K. Kannan (20)
1990	Division 1	4th of 10	QF Group A (3rd of 4)	Rd 1	Runner-up	–	Fandi Ahmad (8) K. Kannan (8)
1991 Details	Division 1	4th of 10	SF	SF	–	–	/ Miladin Kuc (10)
1992 Details	Division 1	5th of 10	SF	Runner-up	–	–	Azman Adnan (22)
1993 Details	Division 1	9th of 10	DNQ	Winner	–	–	T. Gopinath Naidu (14)
1994	Premier League	11th of 16	DNQ	Winner	Runner-up	ACWC - QF	Shahrin Abdul Majid (16)
1995	Premier League	11th of 15	DNQ	Rd 1 Group E (3rd of 4)	Winner	–	Liew Kim Tu (8)
1996	Premier League	14th of 15	DNQ	Rd 1	–	–	Chow Siew Yai (4) Steven Paul Stott (4)
1997	Premier League	9th of 15	QF Group A (4th of 5)	QF	–	–	Liew Kim Tu (15)
1998 Details	Premier 1	8th of 12	QF Group A (4th of 5)	SF	–	–	Meor Nor Syamsul Kamal Meor Azizi (10)
1999	Premier 1	5th of 10	QF Group B (5th of 6)	Winner	–	–	Mohd Farid Dewan (9)
2000	Premier 1	8th of 12	QF Group B (3rd of 4)	SF	Winner	–	Mohd Farid Dewan (5)
2001 Details	Premier 1	10th of 12	QF Group A (4th of 4)	Rd 2	–	–	Liew Kim Tu (13)
2002 Details	Premier 1	13th of 14	DNQ	Rd 2	–	–	Roslisham Mohd Nor (6)
2003 Details	Premier 2	5th of 12	DNQ	Rd 1	–	–	Emerson Mariano Panigutti (12)
2004 Details	Premier League Group B	3rd of 13	Rd 1 Group C (4th of 4)	Rd 2	–	–	Marcelo Padilha da Rocha (30)
2005 Details	Premier League Group A	4th of 8	Rd 1 Group C (4th of 4)	SF	–	–	Safee Sali (11)
2006 Details	Premier League Group B	5th of 8	DNQ	Rd 1	–	–	Carlos Augusto Quinonez (7)
2007 Details	Premier League	7th of 11	Rd 1 Group A (3rd of 6)	Rd 1	–	–	Kevin Lamey (12)
2008 Details	Premier League	12th of 13	Rd 1 Group B (4th of 6)	Rd 2	–	–	Cofie Bekoe (6) Impraim Godfred Attah (6)
2009 Details	Premier League	4th of 13	Rd 1 Group C (3rd of 4)	Rd 2	–	–	Abdul Hadi Yahya (14)
2010 Details	Super League	9th of 14	Rd 1 Group B (4th of 4th)	Rd 2	–	–	Badrul Hisyam Azmi (9)
2011 Details	Super League	12th of 14	Rd 1 Group D (3rd of 4th)	QF	–	–	Badrul Hisyam Azmi (9)
2012 Details	Super League	14th of 14	DNQ	Rd 2	–	–	Afiq Azmi (5)
2013 Details	Premier League	11th of 12	DNQ	Rd 1	–	–	Khairul Anuar Shafie (5)
2014	FAM League		DNQ	Rd 1	–	–

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 main stream 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

• KL League
• KLFA FA Cup

Football Clubs

Direct Clubs under supervision of the Association

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Affiliated Clubs within the Association

• / Sime Darby F.C.
• / Felda United F.C.
• / DRB-Hicom F.C.
• / Putrajaya SPA F.C.
• / PLUS F.C.
• / Rapid KL F.C.
• / DBKL F.C.
• / Cheq Point F.C.
• / Malay Mail F.C.
• / RHB Bank F.C.
• / Bintang Muda-YFA F.C.
• / KDN R-TEN F.C.
• / Nadi KL F.C.
• / KTM F.C.
• / Tasaja F.C.
• / Gerakan KL F.C.
• / MSN F.C.
• / Sime Darby Plantation F.C.
• / Sime Darby Industrial F.C.
• / Arslan F.C.
• / Bomba KL F.C.
• / Cochrane Hunters F.C.
• / Kg. Ku F.C.
• / Goldvalley F.C.
• / Hospital KL F.C.
• / Felcra F.C.
• / MBF Cards F.C.
• / Goldhill F.C.
• / Universiti Malaya F.C.
• / CK2 F.C.
• / Kelab Aman
• / Malay Mail F.C.
• / FAMA F.C.
• / Pemuda Cheras F.C.
• / PPUKM F.C.
• / Celcom F.C.
• / Marcerra United F.C.
• / PFKA Batu Caves F.C.
• / JPPH F.C.
• / Starex Ten F.C.
• / CCCP F.C.
• / Sentul Youngsters F.C.
• / UPNM F.C.
• / Nouvelles F.C.
• / Era Pembela F.C.
• / KL City F.C.
• / FT Chinese F.C.
• / Petaling Putera F.C.
• / JLJ Diraja F.C.
• / Wangsterdam F.C.
• / GMI F.C.
• / Putera Bandar F.C.
• / Kilat KL F.C.
• / MARA F.C.
• / KPKT United F.C.
• / Fatul Karib F.C.
• / USTT F.C.
• / CIMB Bank F.C.
• / Pulapol F.C.
• / Diamond F.C.
• / JPA F.C.
• / Hornet F.C.
• / Titiwangsa F.C.
• / Maybank F.C.
• / Kelab KPKK
• / Revolution F.C.
• / IPIK F.C.
• / KWSP F.C.
• / Kosas Bersatu F.C.
• / KL Air Base F.C.
• / Mardi F.C.
• / Bank Rakyat F.C.
• / Risda F.C.
• / Estaletta F.C.
• / Kesupen F.C.
• / KL Hawk Wangsa Maju F.C.

Affiliated Clubs outside the Association

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Football Structures

League System

References