Kuala Lumpur Rovers F.C.

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Kuala Lumpur Rovers
Full nameKuala Lumpur Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rovers
Short nameKLR
Founded2020; 4 years ago (2020)
GroundUPM Stadium, Serdang
Capacity1,000
OwnerKuala Lumpur Rovers Sdn Bhd
Head coachWan Mustaffa Wan Ismail
LeagueMalaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2023M3 League, 2nd

Kuala Lumpur Rovers Football Club, simply known as the KL Rovers,[1] is a professional football club based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The team plays in the second division of the Malaysian football league system, the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.[2][3]

History

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Kuala Lumpur Rovers was founded in 2020 where they compete in the 2020 Malaysia M3 League.

In 2023, the club competes in the Malaysia Cup for the first time in their history where they faced against Malaysia Super League club Terengganu but was fall to a 7–0 aggregate defeat.

In 2024, the club competes in the Malaysia FA Cup for the first time but suffered a 7–0 hammering from Sabah in the Round of 16.

Season by season record

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Season Division Position Malaysia Cup Malaysian FA Cup MFL Challenge Cup Regional Top scorer (all competitions)
20201 Liga M3 Season abandoned DNQ Round 2 – – Ivory Coast Davy Angan (4)
20211 Liga M3 Season abandoned DNQ DNQ – –
2022 Liga M3 Runners-up DNQ DNQ – – Malaysia Shafiq Shaharudin (12)
2023 Liga M3 Runners-up Round of 16 DNQ Quarter-finals – Malaysia Amer Saidin (12)
2024–25 Liga A1 Semi-Pro TBD Round of 16 Round of 16 – –

^1 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Players

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First-team squad

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As of 10 October 2024[4]

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 Asyraaf Omar
2 DF Malaysia MAS Amirul Asyraf
3 DF Malaysia MAS Naqib Sharipuddin
4 DF Malaysia MAS Raffi Nagoorgani
5 FW Malaysia MAS Zainul Arifin
6 MF Malaysia MAS Faiz Mazlan
7 FW Malaysia MAS Sharul Amin
8 MF Malaysia MAS Syamim Yahya
9 FW Malaysia MAS Faizal Hafiq
10 FW Malaysia MAS Rafie Yaacob
11 FW Malaysia MAS Fahmi Sabri
12 DF Malaysia MAS Faizal Mohd Arif
13 DF Malaysia MAS Muhammad Aiman Najwan
14 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Husaini
16 FW Malaysia MAS Izreen Izwandy
17 FW Malaysia MAS Gopi Rizqi
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW South Korea KOR Lee Ju Hang
19 MF South Korea KOR Moon Si-Hyun
20 DF Malaysia MAS Faris Zabri
21 MF Malaysia MAS Nazirul Hasif
22 DF Malaysia MAS Firdaus Faudzi (captain)
23 FW Malaysia MAS Amirul Nizam
24 MF Malaysia MAS Zahril Azri
25 DF Malaysia MAS Nukman Mohd Fatimi
26 DF Malaysia MAS Amer Saidin
27 DF Malaysia MAS Haritz Rifaee
28 GK Malaysia MAS Aquila Abdul Rhaman
29 GK Malaysia MAS Faisal Saidi
30 FW Malaysia MAS Fakrul Aiman

Club personnel

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  • Chairman: Ashraf Mazlan
  • CEO: Mohd Zulfadzlie Ahmad
  • Director: Aznor Dzulkarnain Aziz
  • Team manager: Shahrir Mois
  • Head coach: Wan Mustafa Wan Ismail
  • Assistant head coach: Rashmizan Rasid
  • Assistant coach: Daniel Chow Wai Keen
  • Goalkeeping coach: Mohd Zaidi Md Zainol
  • Fitness coach: Mohd Zahidibudiman Ibrahim
  • Physio: Fadli Kamarulzaman
  • Team security: Raja Munawir Raja Baharuddin, Airul Azly Jaafar
  • Kitman: Muhammad Danish Razarin

Honours

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Domestic competitions

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2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runners-up (2): 2022, 2023

References

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  1. ^ "We are not feeder clubs". Goal.com.
  2. ^ "Kelayakan Piala FA 2020: Klasiko FC Waspada Ancaman KL Rovers". Semuanyabola.com.
  3. ^ "KL Rovers". GSA.
  4. ^ "2024 KL Rovers player list". Football Association of Malaysia.
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