Kuala Lumpur FA

Kuala Lumpur

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 (Capacity: 18,000)
Chairman	Astaman Abdul Aziz
Manager	Rusli Baba
Coach	Razip Ismail
League	Malaysian Super League
2011	12th
Home colours Away colours

The Kuala Lumpur Football Association is a Malaysian professional football association based in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. The association was founded as the Federal Territory Football Association in 1974 and entered Malaysian football competitions in 1979 before being renamed Kuala Lumpur in 1986. The team currently plays in the Malaysian Super League.

Kuala Lumpur 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. Besides Selangor, there is also a fledgling city derby developing with Felda United FC.

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: 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)

Players

Current Squad

First-team squad

As of 26 Janaury 2011

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 Zahid Ahmad 3 DF Hishamuddin Othman 4 DF Ahmad Jihad Ismail 5 FW Khairrulanuar Jamil (on loan from Felda United FC) 6 DF Hazwan Rahman 7 MF Syafiq Johari 8 DF Zameer Zainun 9 FW Afiq Azmi 10 MF Khairul Anuar Shafie 11 MF Pritam Singh 12 GK Rozaimie Rohim 13 DF Aslam Najumudeen (captain) 14 FW Badrul Hisyam Azmi

No. Position Player 16 DF Arman Fareez Ali 18 DF Azrul Azmi (on loan from Felda United FC) 19 FW Stanley Bernard 20 FW Fazuan Abdullah 21 GK Amirul Abu Seman 23 FW S. Sivaraj 24 MF Nur Hakim Adzhar 25 DF Ahmad Dashila Tajuddin (vice-captain) 26 MF Saddam Hussein Abdul Rahman * 27 MF Dzurrun Salam Ismail * 28 FW Syafwan Syahlan * 29 DF Aiman Syazwan Abdullah * FW Zakaria Charara (on loan from Kelantan FA)

^*Registered with President's Cup team

For recent transfers, see Kuala Lumpur FA season 2012.

Out on loan

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 FW Ahmad Hazwan Bakri (to Young Tigers A)

President's Cup Team

For the president's cup squad, see Kuala Lumpur President's Cup.

Former Players

Local Players

Azman Adnan Khalid Ali Mat Zan Mat Aris Ramlan Askolani Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz Subadron Aziz Meor Nor Syamsul Kamal Meor Azizi Azrul Amri Burhan Yap Kam Choon Mohd Farid Dewan Abdul Rashid Hassan Chen Wooi Haw Mohd Nor Ismail Mohd Razip Ismail

Mohd Zaid Jamil Lim Teong Kim Yap Wai Loon Shahrin Majid Abdul Ghani Malik K.Gunalan T. Gopinath Naidu Saidin Osman M. Pavalamani S. Paidiya Rau Jamsari Sabian Mohd Safee Mohd Sali See Kim Seng Tang Siew Seng

Ho Hon Seong Serbegeth Singh Selver Sunder Liew Kim Tu Chow Siew Yai Mohd Nizaruddin Yusof Ahmad Fairus Yunus

Foreign Players

Héctor Federico Carballo (2005) Juan Marcello Cirelli (2008) Norberto Dario Decoud (1997) Emerson Mariano Panigutti (2003) Carlos Augusto Quiñonez (2005–06) Vasilios Kalogeracos (1995) Tommy Maras (1995) Dean Milner (1995) Scott O'Donell (1994) Michael Roki (1994) Adilson Roque (1996–98) Luis Rodrigo Vieira (2004), (2006) Marcelo Padilha da Rocha (2004), (2006) Rafael Rodrigues (2004)

Atanas Dimitrov Pashev (1993) Kamsi Joel (2005) Emile Mbouh Mbouh (1997) Steven Paul Stott (1996) Impraim Godfred Attah (2008) Cofie Bekoe (2008) Kevin Lamey (2007) Neil Warren Jones (2005–06) Onyema Ikechukwu (2002) Abu Bakar Ballarade Mallam (1998) Adebisi Ogunsanya (1997–98) Facundo Martin Arguello (2006) Hugo Daniel Lucena (2007) Jorge Armando Rodriguez Arguello (2006–07)

Chris Dawson (2002) Fandi Ahmad (1986–90) Abdul Malek Awab (1987–90) K. Kannan (1985–87), (1989–91) George Lee (1982–84) Martin Filipak (2003) Lubomir Horochonic (2003) Viktor Makarov (1993) / Anto Grabo (1992) / Miladin Kuc (1991) / Seslija Milomir (1992) / Zoran Nikolic (1991–94)

World Cup appearances

• Atanas Pashev (Mexico 1986)

• Emile Mbouh (Italy 1990), (USA 1994)

Managers

Year	Manager
1999-04	Datuk Mohd Hilmi Ismail
2005-06	Mat Zan Mat Aris
2007-08	Datuk Izzudin Ishak
2009-2011	Nokman Mustaffa
2012-	Rusli Baba

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-	Razip Ismail

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	–	–	–	N/A
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	–	–	Mohd Safee Mohd 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				–	–

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.

References

External links

• Unofficial Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook fan page
• Malaysian Super League
• Kuala Lumpur FA