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=== Return to AFC club competition ===
=== Return to AFC club competition ===
Sabah finished in third place of the [[2022 Malaysia Super League]], which saw them returning to AFC club competition since 1995–96 and making their debut in the [[2023–24 AFC Cup]], being drawn in Group H with [[Haiphong FC|Haiphong]], [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] and [[PSM Makassar]]. On 21 September 2023, they played their first fixtures in a heavy downpour against Singaporean club, Hougang United in a 3–1 home win. In the next fixture, Sabah faced PSM Makassar in Indonesia where they won 5–0 with [[Saddil Ramdani]] bagging a hat-trick of assists in the match.
Sabah finished in third place of the [[2022 Malaysia Super League]], which saw them returning to AFC club competition since 1995–96 and making their debut in the [[2023–24 AFC Cup]], being drawn in Group H with [[Haiphong FC|Haiphong]], [[Hougang United FC|Hougang United]] and [[PSM Makassar]]. On 21 September 2023, they played their first fixtures in a heavy downpour against Singaporean club, Hougang United in a 3–1 home win. In the next fixture, Sabah faced PSM Makassar in Indonesia where they won 5–0 with [[Saddil Ramdani]] bagging a hat-trick of assists in the match. Their journey ended in the ASEAN Zonal semi-finals, where they faced a tough match against [[Macarthur FC]] and were ultimately defeated 3-0.


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Revision as of 08:15, 9 September 2024

This article is about the Malaysian professional football club. For the Azerbaijan professional football club, see Sabah FC (Azerbaijan).

Sabah FC
Kelab Bola Sepak Sabah
Full nameSabah Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rhinos
The Hawks (former)
Tambadau (former)
Founded1950; 74 years ago (1950), as North Borneo Football Association
2021; 3 years ago (2021), as Sabah Football Club (officially owned by Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd.)[1]
GroundLikas Stadium
Capacity35,000[2]
Owner companySabah Football Club Sdn Bhd[1]
(Company Reg No. :1383683U)[3]
CEOvacant
ManagerOng Kim Swee
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023Malaysia Super League, 3rd of 14
Websitehttps://sabah-fc.com/
Current season

Active departments of
Sabah FC


Football
Football (Women's)
Football U-20 (Men's)

Football U-18
(Men's)
Football U-16
(Men's)

Sabah Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bolasepak Sabah) is a Malaysian professional football club owned by Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd. The club represents the state of Sabah in Borneo, Malaysia, and competes in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian professional football. Their home matches are played at the 35,000-capacity Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah.

Sabah FA (at that time) won the Malaysia FA Cup in 1995, the Malaysian Premier League (top tier) in 1996, and the Malaysia Premier League (second tier) in 2019. In 1995, Sabah FA also advanced to the second round of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup after defeating An Giang of V. League 3–1 on aggregate. They lost to Bellmare Hiratsuka (now Shonan Bellmare) of J1 League 1–7 on aggregate.

Until 2021, Sabah FA, also known as Sabah FA State Football Team, was one of the 14 state teams in the Malaysian football system. It was funded and managed by the Sabah Football Association (SaFA) and relied mostly on state government grants. However, the Malaysian football league mandated that all teams in the top two leagues must be professional clubs by 2021, leading to the privatisation of SAFA.

History

A photo of the North Borneo football team who were winners of the first edition of Borneo Cup tournament in 1962, just one year before the formation of the Federation of Malaysia in which the team's homeland North Borneo became a part of the country in 1963. The North Borneo territory also changed its name to the Malaysian region of Sabah after the formation of the country and the team followed suit by changing its name to the Sabah FA State Football Team.

From the 1950s until 1963, Sabah competed as North Borneo football team in the Borneo Cup together with Sarawak football team and Brunei national football team.[4] Following the formation of the Federation of Malaysia, the North Borneo Football Association (NBFA) changed its name to Sabah Football Association (Sabah FA). Sabah qualify into the Malaysia Cup for the first time in 1977 and enter the competition in 1978.[5]

Amateur and semi-pro era

A friendly match poster between Sabah Invitation and Manchester United on 10 June 1981 in Likas Stadium, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. Manchester United win with 2 goals.[6]

Sabah was a well known team during the Malaysian football amateur and semi-pro era as state team produced many quality players namely the trio of James Wong, Hassan Sani and Peter Rajah.[7][8] These players during their time led Sabah to become one of Malaysian football's most feared teams during the 80's. One fine example was during the 1979 Malaysian League where Sabah started slowly. After a run of 8 matches, they stood with 3 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses but, during the later stages they stepped up a gear or five by winning all their remaining 8 matches with most of them by huge margins, including an incredible 8–0 thrashing of Sarawak, 11–0 hammering of Perak and the 6–1 beating of Terengganu. At the end of the season, Sabah finished as runners-up behind Singapore and became the highest scoring team with 49 goals in 12 games, which is an average of 3 goals per game.[9] In 1991, Sabah striker Matlan Marjan became the first Malaysian to score a double against England in 'A' international matches on 12 June 1991.[10]

Professional era

When professional football was introduced by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), Sabah also made a reputation of being one of the Malaysian League's most competitive teams. Quality professional players were produced from the ranks during the 1990s, most notably Matlan who helped Sabah finish as runners-up during 1993 and 1994 Malaysia FA Cup, and who at one time was appointed as the national team captain by the then Malaysian national team coach Claude Le Roy. The positive results gained from the beginning of professional era however was cut short by the match fixing scandal that rocked Malaysian football in 1994. The scandal almost destroyed Sabah and Malaysian football in general. Matlan was the one of several players found guilty for being involved in the scandal. As a punishment for their involvement in match fixing, he and the other players were banned for life by FIFA from being involved in football and banished from the state of Sabah by the state government under the Restricted Residence Act.[11] After the scandal, Sabah began its rebuilding process to regain their reputation in Malaysian football. Sabah won their first professional trophy, the Malaysia FA Cup in 1995. In the 1996 season, Sabah won their first league title and went through to the final of the Malaysia Cup for the first time but were beaten by Selangor on penalties. Sabah reached the final of the 1998 Malaysia FA Cup.[12] The 2000 season could be considered as Sabah's worst since joining the Malaysian professional league as they were relegated to the second division, and could not get past the group stages of the Malaysia Cup. However, Sabah quickly regained its performance in the 2001 season where they finished as runners-up behind Johor FC.[13] In the 2002 season, Sabah lining up players of calibre such as Zainizam Marjan, Khairul Azman Mohamed and foreign striker Josiah Seton, finished third in the league and again managed to get through to the final of Malaysia Cup by beating Selangor Public Bank and Perak. Sabah however finished as runners-up yet again by losing to the same team that beat them in 1996 final, Selangor. This time, Sabah lost by 'golden goal' scored by Amri Yahyah.[14] In 2003, Sabah again finished third in Liga Premier One. Sabah again reached the final of Malaysia Cup. This time they lost to club-side Selangor MPPJ by 0–3, with hat-trick from Juan Manuel Arostegui.[15]

Early years in the Malaysian Super League

When the Malaysia Super League (MSL) was introduced in 2004, Sabah struggled to be competitive against other teams in the top league. Sabah only managed to stay in Super League for two seasons as they were relegated to Malaysia Premier League (MPL) for the 2005/06 season. After the relegation to 2nd tier league, Sabah continued to struggle for promotion to get back into the top division. They lost to Pahang in the 2006/07 season play-off for a place in 2007/08 Malaysia Super League.[16]

All local players seasons

After 6 years playing in the 2nd tier MPL, Australian coach Gary Phillips was able to guide Sabah to promotion in 2010 – his first season in charge.[17] After poor results which have affected Sabah's performance in the 2011 league and also the cup, Gary Phillips was replaced by Justin Ganai to save Sabah from relegation zone.[18] Justin improved Sabah performance in 2011 Malaysia Cup where the team reached the quarterfinals. He was retained as head coach for the 2012 MSL season but step down as the league game were 2 games left. Sabah also relegated back to MPL after lose to Kedah in play-off match by which Pahang (was MPL side) won the play-off. Salt was added to the wound as the relegation was followed by them failing to qualify to the group stage of the 2012 Malaysia Cup.

Foreign players returns

Sabah started their 2013 season back in MPL as their main defenders, Sipitang duo Ronny Harun and Mafry Balang left for Borneo rival Sarawak and Bongawan young striker Rozaimi Abdul Rahman was loaned out to Harimau Muda A. 2013 season was led by Northern Irishman, David McCreery and they end up in 5th place but still available for Malaysia Cup play-off by which they lose heavily 0–4 to Negeri Sembilan at Shah Alam Stadium. McCreery left at the end of the season with disappointment. The year 2014 saw a major changes in the team's sponsorship by which local brand Carino was signed as their kit supplier and Ararat Sports plus BSA as their sponsors. During this season, former Sabah player Milomir Šešlija become their head coach, replacing McCreery in the hot seat.[19] National striker, Rozaimi and winger/midfielder Maxsius Musa also returned after their loan to Harimau Muda A and Harimau Muda B respectively finished. But to no avail, they finished 8th out of 12 in the MPL, missed the Malaysia Cup group stage for third consecutive seasons and also kicked out from FA Cup in the early stage. This was worse than the 2013 season. Milomir's contract was not renewed at the end of the season.

Former Liverpool and Senegal player, El Hadji Diouf played for Sabah from 2014 to 2015.

Just after 2014 season finished, another major changes was made by which George O'Callaghan was signed as their Technical Director and Justin is back as temporary head coach. Sabah FA chief executive officer TC Goh also came as team manager by which he and O'Callaghan makes a big signings. Carino remained as their kit supplier but only for the women team, futsal team, President Cup and U19 team. Adidas, Globaltech, UZMA, Grace One, BSA and Ararat Sports are their current sponsors. Sabah FA successfully signed twice African Player of The Year, El Hadji Diouf and his compatriot Abdoulaye Faye followed by Irish-born Libyan footballer, Éamon Zayed and Singaporean striker Fazrul Nawaz.[20][21][22][23] Fazrul and O'Callaghan were released early in the season few weeks before Malaysia Premier League kick off.[24][25] Fazrul was replaced with Joel Chianese during the mid-season transfer window in April and O'Callaghan was replaced with Brisbane Roar ex-head coach Mike Mulvey in February 2015.[26][27] Both Chianese and Mulvey are Australian. After 3 games working as technical director, Mulvey was appointed as the new head coach while Justin went back to the President Cup team. During this current season, fans began to return and fill the home stadium. But as the seasons passing by, Sabah lose mostly of their matches during the second half of the season. Diouf's dissatisfaction with Sabah FA management plans,[28] along with his dismissal during few of Sabah's matches thus allowing youngster Leopold Alphonso and Rawilson Batuil respectively to skip the team.[29] Promising start of 2015 season end with huge disappointment for the team as they sit at 7th place, missing Malaysia Cup automatic slot and also the play-off. TC Goh, Mulvey and big name players such as Diouf, Zayed, Faye and Chianese plus local golden boy, Rozaimi Abdul Rahman left at the end of the season due to no contract renewal.[30]

Asian and ASEAN player quota introduced

Following much efforts and various reorganisation made on the team, Sabah FA was crowned as the champion of the 2019 Malaysia Premier League for the first time since they last lifted the old first division title back in 1996.[31] Having early secured various imports such as Brazilian Luiz Júnior, South Korean defender Park Tae-soo and Serbian midfielder Luka Milunović in the 1st leg transfer before securing another two important players such as Angolan striker Aguinaldo da Veiga together with Turkmenistan midfielder Ahmet Ataýew in the 2nd leg transfer that was combined with Serbian striker Rodoljub Paunović and various local talents, the team able to won thirteen matches from a total of 19 matches thus qualifying the 2020 Malaysia Super League.[32][33][34]

Malaysian Football League privatisation era

Starting from the 2021 season, all clubs competing in the 2021 Malaysia Super League and the Malaysia Premier League, must be privatised as required by the FAM.[1] Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd was formed in order to fulfill the condition in order to compete in the 2021 season of Malaysia Super League. Local Businessman Verdon Bahanda was official appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the football club on 12 November 2020.[35] Therefore, Sabah FA was renamed to Sabah F.C. as the new club name and Rhino once again became the official mascot of the club.[36]

Return to AFC club competition

Sabah finished in third place of the 2022 Malaysia Super League, which saw them returning to AFC club competition since 1995–96 and making their debut in the 2023–24 AFC Cup, being drawn in Group H with Haiphong, Hougang United and PSM Makassar. On 21 September 2023, they played their first fixtures in a heavy downpour against Singaporean club, Hougang United in a 3–1 home win. In the next fixture, Sabah faced PSM Makassar in Indonesia where they won 5–0 with Saddil Ramdani bagging a hat-trick of assists in the match. Their journey ended in the ASEAN Zonal semi-finals, where they faced a tough match against Macarthur FC and were ultimately defeated 3-0.

Club licensing regulations

Eligibility

Players

First-team squad

As of 11 May 2024[37]

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 Ramzi Mustakim
2 DF Malaysia MAS Hanafie Tokyo Hasim
3 DF Malaysia MAS Rawilson Batuil
4 DF Brazil BRA Gabriel Peres
5 DF Malaysia MAS Daniel Ting
6 MF South Korea KOR Park Tae-Soo (Captain)
7 MF Spain ESP Cifu
8 FW Malaysia MAS Farhan Roslan
10 MF Portugal POR Telmo Castanheira
11 FW Malaysia MAS Jafri Firdaus Chew
12 FW Malaysia MAS Kumaahran Sathasivam
13 DF Malaysia MAS Dinesh Rajasingam
17 MF Malaysia MAS Hamran Peter
18 MF Greece GRE Haris Stamboulidis
19 GK Malaysia MAS Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
20 MF Malaysia MAS Gary Steven Robbat
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF Malaysia MAS Danial Haqim Draman
22 MF Malaysia MAS Stuart Wilkin
24 MF Malaysia MAS Nureizkhan Isa
27 DF South Korea KOR Ko Kwang-min
28 FW Malaysia MAS Darren Lok
29 MF Malaysia MAS Ummareng Bacok
30 MF Malaysia MAS Shahrol Nizam Abdul Rahman
31 GK Malaysia MAS Damien Lim
33 DF Malaysia MAS Dominic Tan
40 MF Malaysia MAS Sahrizan Saidin
43 MF Malaysia MAS Naaim Firdaus
50 FW Malaysia MAS Azhad Harraz Arman
66 MF Malaysia MAS Rozaimi Rahman
72 FW Malaysia MAS Harith Naem
77 DF Malaysia MAS Irfan Fazail
— MF Indonesia IDN Saddil Ramdani

Current coaching staff

Position Name
CEO Malaysia vacant
Deputy President Malaysia Juil Nuatim

Malaysia Abdul Rahman Mohd Zakaria

Director Of Football Malaysia Jelani Hamdan
Technical Director Australia Scott Ollerenshaw
Head Scout 1

Malaysia Matlan Marjan

Head Scout 2

Malaysia Rozaimi Abdul Rahman

Manager & Head Coach Malaysia Ong Kim Swee
Asst. Head Coach

Malaysia Alto Linus

Asst. Coach

Malaysia Faisal Ahmad

GK coach Malaysia Irwan Jamil
Fitness Coach

Slovakia Martin Stano

Team Doctor Malaysia Wan Sherhan Wan Ilias
Physio Netherlands Norbert Christiaan Hubert Mohnen
Malaysia Maxson Michael George
Masseur Malaysia Madlin Saman
Malaysia Bonaventure Michael
Kitman Malaysia Azree Rosli
Malaysia Zamri Jamli

Current coaching staff

Position Name
U21 Manager Malaysia Juil Nuatim
U21 Head coach Malaysia Jelius Ating
U21 Assistant Coach Malaysia Burhan Ajui
U21 GK coach Malaysia Dante S Tipay
U21 Fitness coach Malaysia Handly Sekukut
U21 Physio Malaysia Halmond Ting Kai Soon

Crest and colours

Being a Malaysian state football team competing in the Malaysian football league system before 2021, the team wore kits with the crest of the Sabah Football Association (SaFA) on them, whenever they play any competitive match. In November 2020 and following the privatisation of the club, Sabah FC displayed the club's new official logo on its Facebook page which was chosen following a competition to create the Sabah FC's logo. During the time, Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd in its statement informed that the logo was created by an individual named Firzaruddin Zainal Abiddin. Apart from fulfilling the design requirements, the logo was chosen in the competition based on the one voted by the most fans as fans at the time get to vote on which logo they like on the team's Facebook page.[38]

Stadiums

Likas Stadium, the home stadium for Sabah F.C.
  • Likas Stadium - (Official Home Stadium)
  • Penampang Stadium - (Sometimes, when Likas stadium renovated or floodlights require maintenance)
  • Tawau Stadium - (Sometimes, just in Malaysia Premier League)

Likas Stadium is the current official main home ground for Sabah FC. It has a capacity of 22,000, making it the 8th largest football stadium in Malaysia in terms of seating capacity. It has been the home stadium of Sabah FC since its opening in 1983 and renovated in 2001, and then secondary renovation in 2023 with a set of brand new seats and including a Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology for the 2022 AFC Cup preparation usage.

Others usage

Penampang Stadium is occasionally used for afternoon matches, usually when Likas Stadium is getting renovated or if floodlights require maintenance. Tawau Sports Complex is a regular venue that is only used sometimes for the Malaysia Premier League.

Kit manufacturers and main sponsors

Season Manufacturer Main Sponsor
2004 France Line 7 Dunhill
2005 TM
2005–06 TM Net
2006–07 Celcom, TMnet
2007–08 Celcom
2009 Streamyx
2010 Malaysia Carino TM
2011 Germany Adidas nil
2012
2013 Grace One Sports
2014 Malaysia Carino BSA
2015 Germany Adidas Globaltec
2016 Sabah Energy and Asian Supply Base
2017 Malaysia Carino
2018
2019 nil
2020 nil
2021 Italy Lotto Warisan Harta Sabah and Sabah Net
2022 RedOne
2023 Sawit Kinabalu and RedOne (AFC Cup)
2024 Jetama

Club culture

Supporters

  • Bola Sepak Sabah
  • Football Fans of Sabah
  • Kelab Penyokong Sabah Rhino
  • North Borneo Ultras (NBU)
  • Sabah Football Fans Club
  • SabahRhinos.com since 1997
  • Tawau City Hoodlum (TCH)
  • The Rhinos Troops
  • Sabah Diehard
  • The Voice of Rhinos#12
  • RedBois City (RBC)
  • Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
  • Bola Rhinos Fans Club

Mascot

Sabah FA first mascot was the Rhino since mid-1990s. In 2010 SAFA rebranded the struggling team mascot to Hawk[39] which was controversial as Kuala Lumpur FA at that time was also known as the Hawks.[40] Sabah FA reinstated its name as the Rhinos starting from 2015.[20] In 2019, Sabah FA once again rebranded as Tambadau.[41]

During 2021 privatisation process, Sabah FC was chosen as the new club name and Rhino once again became the official mascot.[36]

Rivalry

Sabah FC neighbouring rival is Sarawak United with both claiming the title of 'the best in Borneo' and referred to as the Borneo Derby.

Broadcasting

Radio coverage of regular season matches are broadcast on Sabah FM 89.9 in Malay language.

Honours

Titles
 Winners
Runners-up
Liga Perdana/Malaysia Super League
1996
Malaysia Premier League
2019
2001, 2010
Malaysia FA Cup
1995
1993, 1994, 1998
Malaysia Cup
1996, 2002, 2003
Malaysian Charity Shield
1996
Borneo Cup (13×)
1962, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972
1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985
1987

Club records

As of 28 May 2023

Note:

  • Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Relegation

Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result
1995 Liga Perdana 28 13 5 10 60 45 +15 44 5th – Semi-finals Champions Asian Cup Winners' Cup Round of 16
1996 Liga Perdana 28 17 7 4 49 21 +28 58 1st Runner-up Runner-up Quarter-finals – –
1997 Liga Perdana 28 14 7 7 42 28 +14 49 3rd – Group stage 2nd round – –
1998 Perdana 1 22 8 7 7 22 26 –4 31 5th – Semi-finals Runner-up – –
1999 Perdana 1 18 6 7[a] 5 20 20 +0 29 4th – Group stage Semi-finals – –
2000 Perdana 1 22 4 4 14 22 41 –19 16 11th – Group stage 1st round – –
2001 Perdana 2 22 14 3 5 41 22 +19 45 2nd – Group stage Semi-finals – –
2002 Perdana 1 26 13 8 5 48 30 +18 47 3rd – Runner-up Quarter-finals – –
2003 Perdana 1 24 10 8 6 34 22 +12 38 4th – Runner-up Semi-finals – –
2004 Super League 21 4 5 12 22 35 –13 17 6th – Semi-finals Quarter-finals – –
2005 Super League 21 6 4 11 25 39 –14 22 8th – Group stage Quarter-finals – –
2005–06 Premier League 21 7 7 7 32 31 +1 28 4th – Group stage 1st round – –
2006–07 Premier League 20 6 9 5 26 21 +5 27 5th – Semi-finals Quarter-finals – –
2007–08 Premier League 24 13 5 6 48 27 +21 44 4th – Group stage Quarter-finals – –
2009 Premier League 24 5 7 12 18 31 –13 22 9th – Group stage 1st round – –
2010 Premier League 22 15 3 4 42 14 +28 48 2nd – Group stage 1st round – –
2011 Super League 26 7 7 12 24 32 –8 28 10th – Quarter-finals 1st round – –
2012 Super League 26 7 7 12 33 52 –19 28 13th – Not qualified 1st round – –
2013 Premier League 22 9 3 10 42 46 –4 30 5th – Not qualified 2nd round – –
2014 Premier League 22 6 6 10 21 30 –9 24 7th – Not qualified 2nd round – –
2015 Premier League 22 8 3 11 37 42 –5 27 7th – Not qualified 1st round – –
2016 Premier League 22 5 5 12 26 41 –15 20 9th – Not qualified 3rd round – –
2017 Premier League 22 9 3 10 33 38 –5 30 7th – Not qualified Quarter-finals – –
2018 Premier League 20 7 7 6 35 26 +9 28 6th – Semi-finals 2nd round – –
2019 Premier League 20 13 4 3 33 17 +16 43 1st – Group Stage 2nd round – –
2020 Super League 11 2 3 6 12 24 –12 9 10th – Cancelled Cancelled – –
2021 Super League 22 4 7 11 21 38 –17 19 9th – – Not held – –
2022 Super League 22 13 3 6 36 26 +10 42 3rd – Semi-finals Quarter-finals – –
2023 Super League 26 17 3 6 64 33 31 54 3rd – Quarter-finals Quarter-finals AFC Cup Zonal semi-finals

Source:[42][43]

  1. ^ Draw were followed by penalty shootouts for an additional point.

Performances in AFC competitions

1995: Round of 16
2023–24: ASEAN Zonal semi-finals
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
1995 Asian Cup Winners' Cup First round Vietnam An Giang 3–0 0–1 3–1
Second round Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka 1–2 0–5 1–7
2023–24 AFC Cup Group H Singapore Hougang United 3–1 4–1 1st out of 4
Indonesia PSM Makassar 1–3 5–0
Vietnam Hải Phòng 4–1 2–3
ASEAN Zonal semi-finals Australia Macarthur 0–3

Development squad

U23 squad

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth
Goalkeepers
1 Joslan Aping Malaysia GK 1999
25 Mohd Ramzi Mustakim Malaysia GK 1999
30 Fahmi Ikhwan Muhd Azmi Malaysia GK 2000
Defenders
2 Abdul Rahim Razali Malaysia RB / RWB 1999
3 Gerald Gadit Malaysia CB 16/5/99
5 Mohd Faqrul Idris Malaysia RB / RWB 2000
6 Abdul Hanafie Tokyo Malaysia CB 2000
12 Mohd Izzat Aziz Malaysia LB / CB 2/1/99
13 Fyellonarllye Mcaxora Jappri Malaysia RB / RWB 2000
17 Xsevier Xcico Felex Malaysia CB / DM 5/3/00
23 Muhd Rozaily Akhmad Malaysia CB 2000
Midfielders
8 Muhammad Rusydi Musa Malaysia CM 1999
10 Muhammad Syahryl Aiman Saiddin Malaysia AM / CM 1999
14 Mohd Jasren Abdul Jamel Malaysia DM / CM 2000
15 Mohd Naaim Firdaus Stibin Malaysia RW / LW 1999
16 Leonardo Lisua Malaysia RM / RW 1999
18 Owen Piou Piyau Malaysia CM 2000
20 Erick Odo Malaysia AM / CM 1999
21 Hazrul Ahmad Malaysia CM 2000
22 Nard Cylasto Christopher Malaysia LM / LW 2000
Forwards
7 Sahrizan Saidin Malaysia ST 1999
9 Mohd Hizaz Mohd Lokman Malaysia ST 2000
11 Muhammad Faqhrurazi Ahmad Malaysia ST 1999
19 Ronelson Madus Malaysia ST 2000
24 Eric Junior George Malaysia ST 1999
As of 8 March 2020:[44]

U20 squad

No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth
Goalkeepers
1 Mohd Azlizan Mohd Azlan Malaysia GK 2001
25 Joffy John Malaysia GK 2002
30 Muhammad Azrin Paiting Malaysia GK 1998
Defenders
2 Mohd Faiz Danial Ag Hussin Malaysia RB / RWB 2002
4 Ervin Ebin Malaysia CB 2001
5 Mohd Syahmi Idris Malaysia CB 2002
6 Ritchie Svenson Fred Donny Malaysia CB 2001
12 Dani Adli Saiful Azuan Malaysia LB / LWB 2002
15 Seherry Aladin Malaysia CB 2001
16 Mohd Ferhan Mohd Johar Malaysia RB / RWB 2002
28 Jemslee Cheng Malaysia CB / LB / RB 2001
29 Armind Muhd Nunung Malaysia CB 2002
Midfielders
7 S.A. Radzee Eqmal S.A. Ramli Malaysia RW / RM 2001
8 Rusdi Roslan Malaysia CM 2002
10 Yuseril Yusekil Malaysia AM / CM 2001
11 Rozacklye Yanam Malaysia LW / LM 2002
17 Mohd Nasip Mohd Zain Malaysia LW / LM 2001
18 Mohd Syukri Suaimi Malaysia RM / RW 2002
20 Fadhli Dzil Ikram Rujin Malaysia CM 2002
22 Muhd Shahfiq Isra Yusof Malaysia CM 2001
24 Mohd Zakisadruddin Jumaad Malaysia AM / LW / RW 2002
Forwards
9 Mohd Ezaidi Jurimo Malaysia ST 2002
13 Mohd Nazemizan Naslon Malaysia ST 2001
19 Mohd Syaril Abdullah Malaysia ST 2001
23 Jeckelly Manir Malaysia ST 2002

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Former managers and coaches

Managers

  • Malaysia Goh Thian Chuan (1999, 2015)
  • Malaysia Osman Jamal (2000–2001)
  • Malaysia Mohd Joehari Mohd Ayub (2004–2005)
  • Malaysia Abdul Rahman Zakaria (2006–2009, 2014)
  • Malaysia Mohd Asyraaf Fong Abdullah (2009)
  • Australia Gary Phillips (2010–2011)
  • Malaysia Shahriman Abdullah (2011–2012)
  • Malaysia Alijus Sipil (2013–2014)
  • Algeria Adlane Messelem (2017)
  • Malaysia Juil Nuatim (2018)
  • Malaysia Peter Anthony (2018–2020)
  • Malaysia Jelius Ating (2020–2022)
  • Malaysia Ong Kim Swee (2023–present)

Head Coach

Coach history

The following coaches won at least one trophy when in charge of Sabah:

Name Period Trophies
Malaysia Kelly Tham 1995–1996 1995 Malaysia FA Cup
AustraliaEngland Ron Smith 1996–1998 1996 Premier League
Malaysia Jelius Ating 2017–2019 2019 Malaysia Premier League

Notable players

Notable former players of Sabah F.C., who have earned senior international caps for their respective nations:

Football clubs

Affiliated clubs with Sabah F.C.

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