# Melaka F.C.

Melaka Football Club, simply known as the Melaka FC, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Malacca City, Malacca. The club is set to play in the top tier of the Malaysian football league system, the Malaysia Super League, after promotion from the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League 2024–25.

## History

Following the dissolution of Melaka United, Melaka FC was founded as a continuation of the previous club, though they did not inherit the honours and titles won by Melaka United. Melaka F.C. participated in the 2023 Malaysia M3 League in their debut season.
In 2024, the club competed in the Malaysia Cup for the first time in their history. They faced Malaysia Super League club Terengganu but ultimately fell to a 4–1 aggregate defeat.
Melaka secure champions of A1 League in 2024–25 and promotion to Malaysia Super League for the first time in their history from next season.

## Crests and colours
### Crests

* 2022
* 2023
* 2024
Melaka FC keep changing their crest before joining 2023 Malaysia M3 League and decide changing again in 2024–25 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.

### Colours

Melaka FC have worn red with mixture of blue for shirts as their home kit. While away colours are usually white with blue trim.

### Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

| Season | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor | Other sponsor |
| 2023 | Puma | Activesports / MBSB Bank | Extra Joss |
| 2024 | Puma | Activesports / Zahara / MBSB Bank / Malacca City Council | HLRB / Extra Joss |

## Grounds

Melaka FC played at Hang Jebat Stadium. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000. In addition to the football field, the stadium also consists of a running track.
The club has previously been using the Hang Tuah Stadium as their home ground in 2023. It was still used as a training ground and home stadium for development and youth squad, which mostly competed in Piala Presiden and Piala Belia.

## Players

    As of 2025
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 | Shaheeswaran Thavakumar |
| 4 | MF | MAS | Nasir Basharudin (captain) |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Firdaus Ya'akub |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Faizal Talib |
| 9 | FW | MAS | Hadi Mohamad |
| 10 | FW | MAS | Zulkiffli Zakaria |
| 11 | FW | GHA | Fuseini Issah $^I$ |
| 12 | FW | MAS | Azim Rahim |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Jeremy Lim |
| 14 | MF | MAS | Fakhrullah Rosli |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Royizzat Daud |
| 16 | MF | NGA | Michael Onyekachi Ozor $^I$ |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply |
| 18 | GK | MAS | Solehin Mamat |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Durrkeswaran Ganasan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Muhammad Luqmanul Hakeem |
| 21 | FW | GUI | Oumar Bangoura $^I$ |
| 23 | FW | MAS | Muhammad Hakimy Mohd Khairol |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Khairul Anwar Shahrudin |
| 27 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Hafiz Mohd Johar |
| 29 | GK | MAS | Ameerul Eqhwan Mohd Fauzi |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Haziq Puad |
| 39 | DF | MAS | Thaanush Sithiravelu |
| 47 | DF | MAS | Farid Nezal |
| 50 | FW | IDN | Johan Muliadi $^S$ |
| 69 | MF | MAS | Muhammad Fikri Mohamed Shah |
| 77 | MF | MAS | Mohammad Fahmi Faizal |
| 80 | MF | MAS | Muhammad Nizaruddin Jazi |
| 95 | DF | FRA | Rodrigue Nanitelamio $^I$ |
| — | FW | JPN | Taiki Kagayama $^A$ |

## Technical staff

| Position | Name |
| Team manager | Muhammad Najmi Nordin |
| Assistant team manager | Mohd Hafiz Karim |
| Technical director | Sapian Abdul Wahid |
| Head coach | K. Devan |
| Assistant coaches | Musaffar Shah Dawood Shah S. Subramaniam |
| Goalkeeping coach | Zulkarnain Osman |
| Fitness coach | Poobathy Detchanan |
| Physio | Aiman Ab Rahman |
| Team coordinator | Al Qayyum Farhan Azlan |
| Media officer | Muhammad Irsyad Hairuddin |
| Kitman | Ahmad Syukri Oth |

## Head coaches

| Coach | Years | Honours |
| Pedro Hipólito | 2023 | |
| K. Devan | 2024 | Winner 2024–25 A1 Semi-Pro League |

## Team managers

| Year | Manager |
| 2023– | Muhammad Najmi bin Mohd Nordin |

## Season by season record

| Season | Division | Position | Malaysia Cup | Malaysian FA Cup | MFL Challenge Cup | Regional | Top scorer (all competitions) |
| 2023 | M3 League | 10th | DNQ | Second Round | – | – | Muhammad Fakrul Aiman (8) |
| 2024–25 | A1 Semi-Pro League | 1st | Round of 16 | DNQ | Quarter-finals | – | Azim Rahim (22) |
| 2025–26 | Super League | | TBD | | TBD | – | |

## Honours
### Domestic competitions
#### League

* Division 3/M3 League/A1 League
    Champions (1): 2024–25