Langkawi City F.C.

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Langkawi City Football Club
Full nameLangkawi City Football Club
Nickname(s)The Island Boys
Short nameLCFC
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017), as Glory United
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Players (2020)[edit]

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

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

Season by season record[edit]

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 Malaysia Haikal Nazri (8)
Malaysia Hattaphon Bun An (8)
20201 Liga M3 Season abandoned DNQ DNQ None

Notes:'

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

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor[edit]

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

Club officials[edit]

Senior official[edit]

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

Team officials[edit]

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

Head coaches[edit]

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

Honours[edit]

Domestic competitions[edit]

League[edit]

1st place, gold medalist(s) Winners (1): 2018

References[edit]

  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.