Sarawak United FC

Sarawak United Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Sarawak. The club currently play in the First-tier division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League.

Sarawak United FC
Full nameSarawak United Football Club
Nickname(s)The Golden Hornbill
Short nameSUFC
Founded1974 (1974) as PB Melayu Malaysia

2017 (2017) as PB Melayu Selangor

2018 (2018) as Selangor United

2020 (2020) as Sarawak United
GroundSarawak Stadium
Capacity40,000
OwnerFootball Association of Sarawak
ChairmanPosa Majais
Head coachB. Sathianathan
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2022Malaysia Super League
WebsiteClub website

History

Founded in 1974 as the Malaysia Malays' Football Association football team, the club changed its name to Selangor Malays' Football Association football team when competing in the 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 the team faced financial difficulties. In 2019, the club was bought over by the FAS and the new owners subsequently rebranded the club as Sarawak United.

With FAS buying and rebranding the team, the move was a win-win situation for FAS, because thanks to the move, FAS has made sure that a team representing the Malaysian state of Sarawak is playing in the 2020 Malaysia Premier League. All that happened after the main football team run by FAS to compete in the Malaysia Premier League at the time, known as the Sarawak FA state football team, were relegated to the Malaysian third-tier division, the Malaysia M3 League in 2019.[3][4] In 2020, the Malaysia Premier League however saw the participation of two Sarawak-based football clubs with Kuching City being promoted to the Malaysia Premier League that year.

2016 season

  • Malaysia Malays' Football Association (MMFA) entered the Malaysian football league competition in 2016 season.[5]
  • 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.[6][7]
  • However, they were knocked out from the tournament after a defeat of 0-3 against Perak.[8]

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.
A line-up of the team seen wearing their home colours, during the time when they participated in the Malaysia football league as Selangor United in 2018.

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.[9]

2020 season

The 2020 season was Sarawak United's 1st year in their history and also first season in the Malaysia Premier League. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup but was cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic. On 13 March, it was announced that the 2020 Malaysia Premier League would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 May, it was announced that the league would resume in September dependent on the situation at the time. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams played each other only once. Sarawak United FC finished their 2020 Malaysia Premier League campaign with 3 Win, 2 Draw and 6 Loss after 11 match.

2021 season

Sarawak United FC Current 2021 Season Photo by Facebook Page Sarawak Team
SUFC TEAM current 2021 season by FB Page Sarawak Team

For the 2021 season the club was strengthened with several well -known players. Among them are Malaysian National player, Norshahrul Idlan and Australian National player, Taylor Regan. The club seen as strong in every position and was selected as the team of choice to be a Champion of 2021 Malaysia Premier League. Sarawak United started the 2021 Malaysia Premier League campaign with a 2-0 victory over Kelantan United. For the 2021 season, Sarawak United team is also the most difficult team to beat by the opposing team. Sarawak United's fort is controlled by an experienced Goalkeeper, Sharbinee Allawee which is not easy to beat. Imported striker from Nigeria, Uche Agba , on the other hand, emerged as the top scorer for Sarawak United.

After 17 matches in the Malaysian Premier League 2021 have been played, Sarawak United was officially promoted and eligible to play in the highest tier of the Malaysian Football League, the 2022 Malaysia Super League.

Crest and colours

Since the club's foundation in 1974, the club have had five main crests. The first, adopted when the team was founded, its backgrounds colours of the club crest were green and red. For the 2021 Malaysia Premier League season, the team's outfield players wear black shirts, red shorts and red socks for the club's home matches.

Crest

Sarawak United uses a crest which was seen as a modified version of the Football Association of Sarawak (FAS) crest for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season. However, in 2021, Sarawak United changed the team's crest to the current one which was more reflective of the ethnic characteristics of Sarawak although the Golden Hornbill remains the team's symbol of choice.


Kit manufacturers

Year(s) Manufacturer
2020– Joma

Stadium and locations

Location Stadium Capacity Year
Kuching State Stadium 26,000 1989
Kuching Sarawak Stadium 40,000 1997
Sarawak Stadium and Sarawak State Stadium are located adjacent to each other.

Players

First-team Squad

Sharbinee

As of July 2021

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF  MAS Raja Imran Shah
6 DF  MAS Norman Angkun
7 MF  MAS Shamie Iszuan
8 MF  MAS Khairil Anuar
9 FW  TOG Francis Koné
11 FW  MAS Ashri Chuchu
14 DF  MAS Kalaiharasan Letchumanan
15 MF  KOR Lee Chang-hoon
16 MF  MAS Stuart Wark
17 MF  MAS Nor Azizi Ramlee
19 MF  MAS Christie Jayaseelan
20 MF  MAS Abang Azri Fikri
21 FW  NGA Uche Agba
22 GK  MAS Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF  MAS Veenod Subramaniam
24 MF  MAS Gopi Rizqi
25 GK  MAS Haziq Aris
27 FW  MAS Chanthuru Suppiah
28 DF  ARG Gonzalo Soto
29 MF  CAM Boris Kok
36 DF  MAS Tasnim Fitri
44 MF  MAS Dzul Ikram
54 GK  MAS Sharbinee Allawee
69 GK  MAS Aquila Abdul Rahman
71 FW  MAS Alan Lagang
77 FW  MAS Rahim Razak
97 MF  MAS Azman Chuchu

Season-by-season records

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
2020 Malaysia Premier League 11 3 2 6 14 16 -2 11 10th Cancelled Cancelled
2021 Malaysia Premier League 20 11 5 4 37 14 23 38 2nd Quarter-Final Cancelled
2022 Malaysia Super League - - - - - - - - - - -

Club top scorer (since professional era)

Players who scored 5 or more goals are listed.

Season Player Goals
2018 Yusaini Hafiz 11
2019 Hywang Sin-young 5
2020 Patrick Wleh 5
2021 Uche Agba 19

Foreign players

Season Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5
2020 Malaysia Premier League Demerson Gabriel Guerra Patrick Wleh Milad Zanidpour Nicolás Marotta
2021 Malaysia Premier League Taylor Regan Sandro Lee Chang-hoon Uche Agba

Managers/Head Coach

Managers/Head Coach by years (2016–present)

Name From To Honours
Ali Khan Abdullah 2016 2016  
Zulakbal Abdul Karim 2017 2017  
Abdul Talib Sulaiman 2018 2019 2018 Malaysia FAM League
runner-up
Juan Carlos Magro December 2019 March 2020  
E. Elavarasan March 2020 2021 Malaysia Premier League

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:[10]

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:[11]


Management team

Club personnel

As of 18 March 2020[12]

PositionName
President Posa Majais
Manager Hamzah Brahim[13]
Assistant Manager Abang Fomay Abang Sa'adeli
Technical Director B. Sathianathan
Head Coach B. Sathianathan
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
Runners-up (1): 2021

References

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  8. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3889/main/2017/02/16/32732612/pbms-not-perturbed-by-defeat-to-perak-as-they-switches-over PBMS tried their level best but were undone against far stronger opposition in Perak as they exit the 2017 FA Cup.
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