Kuala Lumpur City Football Club, known simply as KL City FC, is a Malaysian professional

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club based in

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

. The club competes in the

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, the top level of Malaysian football, and was founded in 1974 as Federal Territory by the

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(KLFA). It was later renamed Kuala Lumpur FA and Kuala Lumpur United, before renaming to its current name in 2021. Kuala Lumpur City have won two Malaysian league titles, four

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s, three

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s, and three Malaysian Charity Shields. It also played in the group stages of the

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on two occasions. Following its founding, a fierce rivalry developed between Kuala Lumpur and

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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 Kuala Lumpur ended a seven-year spell in the second-tier with promotion to the Malaysia Super League. Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the second-tier

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in 2012 and the following year, in 2013, Kuala Lumpur were relegated to the third-tier

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for the first time in its history.

History

Kuala Lumpur had its most successful period in the late 1980s when they won the national league twice, in 1986 and 1988. They also won the

for three consecutive years (1987, 1988 and 1989). The team enjoyed considerable success in cup competitions in the 1990s, winning the

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in 1993, 1994 and 1999. Kuala Lumpur won the

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on three occasions, in 1988, 1995 and 2000. In September 2020, the club was privatized in accordance to the privatization process by the

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and was renamed as Kuala Lumpur United. In December 2020, Stanley Bernard was named the new CEO of the club. In March 2021, prior to the

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season, the team changed its name to Kuala Lumpur City. During the same season, Kuala Lumpur City defeated

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2–0 in the final of the

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, winning the cup for the first time in 32 years. In February 2023, Rinani Group Berhad acquired a majority stake in the club.

Players

Current squad

Management and coaching staff

List of head coaches

Honours

Domestic

League * Malaysian First Division ** Winners (2): 1986, 1988 **Runners-up (3): 1982, 1987, 1989 * Malaysian Second Division ** Winners (1):

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

* Malaysian Third Division **Runners-up (1):

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

Cup *

** Winners (4): 1987, 1988, 1989,

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

**Runners-up (1): 1985 *

** Winners (3): 1993, 1994, 1999 **Runners-up (2): 1992,

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

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** Winners (3): 1988, 1995, 2000 **Runners-up (5): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994, 2022 * Federal Territory Minister Cup ** Winners (2): 2021, 2023 **Runners-up (1): 2022

Continental

1987 Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader ...

: Group stage (2nd in Group B) :: 1989–90: Group stage (2nd in Group A) *

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:: 1994–95: Quarter-finals *

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**Runners-up (1):

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* ASEAN Champions' Cup ** Winners (2): 1987, 1989

U21 team

* Malaysian President's Cup ** Winners (3): 1989, 1992, 1998 **Runners-up (2): 1995, 2010

Season-by-season record

:''Note: A single round-robin league system was instituted in 1979 following the entry of Brunei FA, Kuala Lumpur FA,

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and

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into mainstream Malaysian football. For three years until 1981, the league remained no more than a preliminary round for the knock-out stages of the

. In 1982, a League Cup was introduced to differentiate the league winners from the Malaysia Cup champions.''

Continental record

All results list Kuala Lumpur's goal tally first.

References

External links

* {{Malaysia football champions Football clubs in Malaysia Football clubs in Kuala Lumpur 1974 establishments in Malaysia Malaysia Cup winners Malaysia Premier League clubs Malaysia Super League clubs Malaysia FAM League clubs Association football clubs established in 1974