Sarawak United F.C.

Sarawak United Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Kuching, Sarawak. The club currently play in the second-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Premier League. Founded in 1974 as Malaysia Malays' Football Association, the club has been renamed to Selangor Malays' Football Association starting 2017 Malaysia FAM League season.[1] They were rebranded again as Selangor United for the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup season.[2] Unfortunately, Selangor United did not last long in the game as they faced financial difficulties, then to be bought over by FAS.[3] The new owners demanded for a new name to rebrand their newly bought club and was named Sarawak United. This move was a win-win situation as Sarawak United filled up Selangor United's slot in the 2020 Malaysia Premier League, instead of playing for the Malaysia M3 League, which is played by the original state team.[3]

Sarawak United
Full nameSarawak United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Golden Hornbill
Founded1974 (1974)
GroundSarawak Stadium
Capacity40,000
OwnerFootball Association of Sarawak
ManagerHamzah Brahim
Head coachE. Elavarasan
LeagueMalaysia Premier League
202010th

History

2016 season
  • Malaysia Malays' Football Association (MMFA) entered the Malaysian football league competition in 2016 season.[4]
  • The team is managed by the Selangor Malays' Football Association, an affiliate of Malaysia Malays' Football Association. The team finished 2016 season in seventh place.

2017 season
  • Starting from 2017 season, the team has been rebranded to Selangor Malays' Football Association as an effort to bring in local area support.[1] The club has managed advanced to second round of 2017 Malaysia FA Cup after defeating SAMB.[5][6]
  • However, they were knocked out from the tournament after a defeat of 0-3 against Perak.[7]

2018 season
  • They were re-branded again as Selangor United in 2018.[2] The club succeeded in winning the semi-final in the knock-out stage of the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup, and were promoted to Premier League as finalists, even though they were beaten in the final 0-2 by Terengganu City.

2019 season
  • The club made their debut into professional football for the 2019 Malaysia Premier League, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. They finished 9th in the league by the end of the season.
  • In the December 2019, the club were bought over by the Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) after the Selangor Malays Football Association stop receiving fund from the Selangor State government and were forced to get rid of the team.[8]

2020 season
  • After Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) took over the club ownership at the end of 2019, the club was renamed to Sarawak United Football Club (SUFC) for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season and relocated their management operations to Kuching, Sarawak.[9]

Crest and colours

Crest

Sarawak United has utilised one primary crest since the club participation in the national level football league competition before the club introduce a new crest starting in 2017 season in order to solidify its new branding.[1]

Stadium and locations
Coordinates Location Stadium Capacity Year
4°39′54.73″N 100°59′27.39″E Sungai Besar Sungai Besar Stadium 15,000 2017
3°15′17.76″N 101°39′25.93″E Selayang Selayang Stadium 11,098 2018 - 2019
Kuching State Stadium 26,000 2020

Club records

Updated on 27 September 2019.

Note:

  • Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia Challenge FA Competition Result
2016 FAM League 14 3 3 8 12 25 -13 12 7th Group B – Not qualified – – – –
2017 FAM League 12 2 2 8 11 19 -8 8 6th Group – Not qualified – First round – –
2018 FAM League 15 8 3 4 26 18 -8 26 2nd – Not qualified – First round – –
2019 Malaysia Premier League 20 6 3 11 24 37 -13 21 9th – Not qualified Group stage Second round – –

Club top scorer (since professional era)

Players who scored 5 or more goals are listed.

Season Player Goals
2018 Yusaini Hafiz 7
2019 Hywang Sin-young 5

Players

First-team squad

Source:[10]

As of 10 June 2020

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS Visnu Ruban Nair
2 DF  MAS K. Reuben
3 DF  MAS Farid Azmi
4 DF  AUS Taylor Regan
5 DF  MAS Abdul Rahman Ismawi
6 MF  MAS Muzaimir Abdul Hadi
7 MF  MAS Shamie Iszuan
8 FW  BRA Sandro
9 FW  MAS Alan Lagang
11 FW  MAS Ashri Chuchu
12 DF  MAS Azreen Zulkafali
13 DF  MAS Badrul Affendy
14 FW  MAS Yusaini Hafiz
15 MF  KOR Lee Chang-hoon
17 FW  MAS Amri Yahyah (captain)
18 DF  MAS Syukri Azman
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  MAS Christie Jayaseelan
20 GK  MAS Haziq Aris
21 GK  MAS Aquila Abdul Rahman
22 FW  MAS Zahrul Nizwan
23 FW  MAS Chanthuru Suppiah
24 DF  MAS Ali Imran Alimi
25 DF  MAS Farid Ramli
26 MF  MAS Tommy Mawat Bada
27 DF  MAS Amer Saidin
29 MF  MAS Nor Azizi Ramlee
32 MF  MAS Veenod Subramaniam
42 MF  MAS Gopi Rizqi
50 DF  MAS Sanjef Dinesh Baskeran
61 MF  MAS Aiman Harith Faruk
77 FW  MAS Rahim Razak
99 FW  MAS Norshahrul Idlan

Development squads
As of 10 June 2020

U21 squad
No. Name Nationality Position(s) D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Aquila Abdul Rhaman GK 2000
18 Anthony Ibong Bauk GK 27/3/01
19 Mohd Shahyudin Mohd Salehin GK 19/4/00
23 Khairul Lukman Hakim Hairudin GK 2000
Defenders
2 Sebatian Darvin Jemat RB, RWB 2000
3 Porni Sanat LB, LWB 2000
5 Muhammad Fareez Aiman Omar Ali CB 2000
22 Darius Maidonny Tingang CB 2000
24 Asnawi Ishak RB, LWB 2000
25 Dicky Vester Ngindang LB, LWB 2000
26 Joehansen Ambas Ambun CB 2001
29 Gibson Billy CB 13/1/00
30 Abbel Akwensivie CB 2000
Midfielders
4 Iskandar Shah Mohd Jamil Kilin CM 2000
6 Abang Azri Fikri Abang Saufee DM/CM 2000
8 Muhammad Yusry Haziq Idris RW/RM 18/1/02
12 Norman Angkun LW/LM 2001
15 Abang Ahmad Eizhan Abang Kassim CM 2000
16 Aiman Joanny LW/LM 2001
17 Hazroy Abdullah AM/CM 2000
20 Hidayathullah Hasli RW/RM 2000
27 Rosziele Roba CM 2000
Forwards
7 Mohd Firdaus Sajali ST 2000
9 Muhammad Dzul Ikram Rajeli ST 2000
10 Alphonsus Joseph Willie ST 2000
11 Hamirul Haidi Haida ST/LW 2000
13 Muhammad Faris Abdul Manaf ST 5/11/99
21 Mohd Amahrol Haili ST 2000

Source:[11]

U19 squad
No. Name Nationality Position(s) D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Bellynie Allister Balawan GK 2001
22 Awang Nur Amirul Taqwa Awang Nor Azeman GK 2002
25 Elvison Pedari GK 2001
30 Vincent Sigar Yahaya GK 2002
Defenders
2 Steve Selutan Sakai RB/RWB 23/1/01
3 Glady Ester George LB/LWB 2002
4 Nail As'ad Nadzar CB 2002
5 Andrye Joe Austine CB 2001
7 Albertine Indera LB, LWB 2001
14 Mirza Aiman Salleh CB 2002
15 Gabriel Batistuta Durling CB 2001
16 Nicky Flockhart Sempuh RB, RWB 2002
23 Nasrull Zikri Nadzar LB, LWB 2001
Midfielders
8 Gideon Apoi Ganang CM 2002
9 Mohd Hazazi Harsi LW/LM 2002
10 Muhammad Fahmi Aimanuddin Taip AM/CM 2002
13 Shane Thomas Baru RW/RM 2001
18 Samuel Kuta Antas LW/LM 2002
19 David Sepetok CM 17/5/02
28 Chong Aik King RW/RM 2001
29 Robie Uvat Robert CM 2002
Forwards
6 Azkaharridhi Farhan Hasnan ST 2001
11 Hilary Henry ST 2002
17 Hazrey Abdullah ST 2002
20 Calvin Chong Jen Yek ST 2002
21 Clement Ajai Michael Sap ST 2001
24 Harith Danielle Abdullah ST 2002
27 Hudson Osa ST 2002

Source:[12]

Coaches
Years Name Achievement
2016 Mohd Ali Khan Abdullah
2017 Zulakbal Abdul Karim
2018–2019 Abdul Talib Sulaiman 2018 Malaysia FAM League
runner-up
2020– E. Elavarasan

Management team

Club personnel

As of 18 March 2020[13]

PositionName
President vacant
Vice President vacant
Manager Hamzah Brahim[14]
Assistant Manager Abang Fomay Abang Sa'adeli
Technical Director B. Sathianathan
Head Coach E. Elavarasan
Assistant Coach Mohamad Safri Amit
Fitness Coach Edward Jamid Junting
Team Doctor Mohd Asri Mohd Rais
Goalkeeper Coach Omar Salim
Zailani Abu Bakar
Physiotherapist Khairul Nizam Suhaimi
Mohd Safuan Abdul Halim
U21 Manager Phillip Jabu
U21 Assistant Manager Abdilah Majid
U21 Head Coach Ahmad Fairuz Mohd Yunus
U21 Assistant Coach Faroukh Othman
U21 Fitness Coach Jefry Lana
U21 Goalkeeper Coach Jahar Nor
U21 Physiotherapist Carlvin Stakeith Gary
U19 Manager Arbi Lai
U19 Assistant Manager Sonei Sekan
U19 Head Coach David Usop
U19 Assistant Coach Pengiran Bala
U19 Coach Hamri Ali
Mohamad Ishya Sabu
Ismail Lumut
U19 Fitness Coach Fadillah Ibrahim
U19 Goalkeeper Coach Saller Ampulig
U19 Physiotherapist Valentino Joummy

Honours

League
Runners-up (1): 2018

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