Langkawi City F.C.

Langkawi City Football Club
Full nameLangkawi City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Island Boys
Short nameLCFC
Founded2017 (2017), as Glory United
2019 (2019), as Langkawi Glory United
2020 (2020), as Langkawi City
Dissolved2023
GroundLangkawi Stadium
Capacity10,000
OwnerLangkawi City Sdn. Bhd.
PresidentAizat Rohizan
Head coachAbdullah Hassan

Langkawi City Football Club is a Malaysian professional football club based in Langkawi, Kedah.[1] The club's homeground has been the 10,000-seater Langkawi Stadium.

History

Glory United was a club founded in 2017 in Shah Alam, Selangor and participated in several competitions in the Klang Valley.

In 2018, the club has won the Subang M5 League and become eligible to compete in the Malaysia M3 League.

Langkawi Glory United era

In 2019, the owner of Glory United was planning to set up a Langkawi-based club. An agreement was reached that Glory United FC officially moves to Langkawi, and gets renamed as Langkawi Glory United FC.

Langkawi Glory United FC failed to show impressive performance in the first season of the Malaysia M3 League when they finished 12th out of 14 teams competing.

Langkawi City FC era

After the 2019 season, Glory United owner agrees to sell the team, which was renamed again as Langkawi City F.C.

Players (2020)

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS Mohd Nasril Nourdin
2 DF  MAS Azrul Azhar
4 DF  MAS Aliff Jamaluddin
5 DF  MAS Zaide Zain
6 DF  MAS Akmal Afizan
7 MF  MAS Zulhairi Aiman
8 DF  MAS K.Sathis
9 MF  MAS Mohd Syukur Saidin (captain)
10 MF  MAS Hasif Khalid
11 MF  MAS Shahrul Akmal (vice captain)
12 MF  MAS Shah Mustaqim
13 DF  MAS Daniel Aiman
14 MF  MAS Nor Hafizz
15 DF  MAS Zainudin Abidin
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  MAS Khairuddin Salleh
17 DF  MAS Akeemi Nazreen
20 DF  MAS Hasrul Che Halim
21 MF  MAS Akid Aiman
22 FW  MAS Afzal Nazri
23 GK  MAS Aiman Akwa
25 GK  MAS Mohd Firdaus Muhamad
27 FW  MAS Shazwan Salahuddin
29 FW  MAS Faizal Yusob
32 FW  MAS Mazlan Yahya
77 FW  MAS Akmal Azmi

Season by season record

Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup Malaysian Charity Shield Regional Top scorer (all competitions)
2019 Liga M3 12th of 14 DNQ Preliminary round Haikal Nazri (8)
Hattaphon Bun An (8)
20201 Liga M3 Season abandoned DNQ Round 2 (FA2) Michael Ijezie (2)
2022 Liga M3 8th of 10 (Group A)
Relegated
DNQ First round Mohd Faizal Yusob (4)

Notes:'

^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no promotion or league title was awarded.

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Season Manufacturer Sponsor
2019 Lotto Mai Langkawi
2020 Kaki Jersi Berkat Hasrat Enterprise
2022 Fitech LGK Sports International

Club officials

Senior official

Position Name
Honorary president Mahathir Mohamad
President Aizat Rohizan
Deputy president Uwais Rohizan
Chief Executive Officer Rohizan Abdullah

Team officials

Position Name
Manager Dato' Armishah Siraj
Assistant manager Kapten (PA) Ahmad Shahfikri Darus
Head coach Abdullah Hassan
Assistant coach Abdul Ghani Long
GK coach Mohd Nasril Nourdin
Physiotherapist Mohd Idzham Siedeh
Media officer Amirul Syazuan Ibrahim
Kitman Norhizam Lazim
Seta Abidin Saad
Team coordinator Basri Ismail

Head coaches

Years Name
2019 Manja Man
2019 Mohamad Ramlee
2020 Nelson San Martin
2022- Abdullah Hassan

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Winners (1): 2018

References

  1. ^ Syafiq Aznan (24 November 2018). "FAM Cup to undergo a facelift". nst.com.my. Retrieved 27 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Senarai Pemain Langkawi City 2020". Football Association of Malaysia.