However, those familiar with the sport simply refer to the club as Sabah.Ĭlub licensing regulations Eligibility However, in 2021, the Malaysian football league mandated that all teams in the top two leagues must be professional clubs, leading to the privatisation of Sabah FC.īoth fans and non-fans of Malaysian football may know the club as Sabah FA, as it was run by SaFA. It was funded and managed by the Sabah Football Association (SaFA) and relied mostly on state government grants. In 1995, the team also advanced to the second round of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup after beating An Giang of V-League by 3–1 on aggregate, subsequently losing to Bellmare Hiratsuka (now Shonan Bellmare) of J-League by an aggregate score of 1–7.īefore 2021, the club was one of the 14 state teams in the Malaysian football system and was known as Sabah FA or Sabah FA State Football Team. The team won and become a champions for the Malaysia FA Cup in 1995, the Malaysian Premier League (top tier) in 1996, and the Malaysia Premier League (second tier) in 2019. The team's home matches are played at the 35,000 capacity Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah. They currently compete in Malaysia's top division professional football league, the Malaysia Super League.
The football club competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo, Malaysia. Sabah Football Club ( Malay: Kelab Bolasepak Sabah) is a Malaysian professional football club with ownership by Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd.
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