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. They were rebranded again as Selangor United for the 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup season. Unfortunately, Selangor United did not last long in the game as they faced financial difficulties, then to be bought over by Sarawak FA. 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.
History
2016 Season
- Malaysia Malays' Football Association entered the Malaysian football league competition in 2016 season.
- 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. The club has managed advanced to second round of 2017 Malaysia FA Cup after defeating SAMB.
- However, they were knocked out from the tournament after a defeat of 0-3 against Perak.
2018 Season
- They were re-branded again as Selangor United in 2018. 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 after the Selangor Malays Football Association stop receiving fund from the Selangor State government and were forced to get rid of the team.
2020 Season
- After Football Association of Sarawak took over the club ownership at the end of 2019, the club was renamed to Sarawak United Football Club for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season and relocated their management operations to Kuching, Sarawak.
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.Stadium and locations
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
Club top scorer (since professional era)
Season | Player | Goals |
2018 | Yusaini Hafiz | 7 |
2019 | Hywang Sin-young | 5 |
Players
First-team squad
Development squads
U21 squad
U19 squad
Coaches
Management team
Club personnel
Position | Name |
President | vacant |
Vice President | vacant |
Manager | Hamzah Brahim |
Assistant Manager | Abang Fomay Abang Sa'adeli |
Technical Director | vacant'' |
Head Coach | Elavarasan Elangowan |
Assistant Coach | Mohamad Safri Amit |
Fitness Coach | Edward Jamid Junting |
Team Doctor | Mohd Asri Mohd Rais |
Goalkeeper Coach | Omar Salim |
Goalkeeper Coach | Zailani Abu Bakar |
Physiotherapist | Khairul Nizam Suhaimi |
Physiotherapist | 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 |
U19 Coach | Mohamad Ishya Sabu |
U19 Coach | Ismail Lumut |
U19 Fitness Coach | Fadillah Ibrahim |
U19 Goalkeeper Coach | Saller Ampulig |
U19 Physiotherapist | Valentino Joummy |
Honours
League
- ;Malaysia FAM League