UiTM United Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Shah Alam, Selangor. The club last played in the Malaysia A2 Amateur League. Founded in 2008, their home ground is 10,000-seater UiTM Stadium. The club is widely known as The Lion Troops. It is under the jurisdiction of the Universiti Teknologi MARA, a Malaysian public university based in Shah Alam, Selangor. For the 2026–27 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League season, their senior team merged with Malaysian University F.T. to Malaysian University-UiTM.
History Founded in 2008, UiTM FC made club debut into Malaysian football by joining the third-tier league Malaysia FAM League in 2009. The club finishes third place in 2012 Malaysia FAM League and was promoted to the second-tier league, Malaysia Premier League in 2013 to replace USM FC, who were withdrawing from Malaysia Premier League due to financial difficulties.
On 25 July 2010, the club won the first edition of IPT League tournament by beating UKM FC 3–0 in the final at UiTM Stadium. UiTM FC's first goal was scored by Amirizdwan Taj before Fahrul Razi scored the second goal in the 37th minute. The third goal was an own goal by the UKM FC's Muhammed Suffian. Fahrul Razi was selected as the man of the match in the final.
During 2017 season, UiTM FC managed to qualify for the Malaysia Cup for the first time since the club's establishment. UiTM became the fifth teams from the Malaysia Premier League to qualify for the 2017 Malaysia Cup competition after the completion of the final fixtures in the first half of the season.
For 2019 season, UiTM FC managed to gain the fifth spot in the league. However, due to the status change of PKNS FC to the reserve team of Selangor FA, UiTM FC gains its promotion to play in the 2020 Malaysia Super League by default since Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. and Terengganu F.C. II were not allowed to play in the Malaysia Super League together with its parents club, Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and Terengganu F.C. It is the first time UiTM FC will play in the nation's top division league since its establishment.
UiTM's selection of players is somewhat unique in that the players, including import players, must undertake undergraduate courses in UiTM in order to be selected to the squad.
Crest
Former players For details on former players, see :Category:UiTM United players.
Club officials (2024) President: Azizan Abdullah Deputy president: Mohd Bahrin Othman Secretary: Mustaza Ahmad Treasurer: Poazi Rosdi
Coaching history Years Nationality Name 2009–2011 Omar Ali 2012–2013 Azman Hj Eusoff 2013–2014 Mohd Azuan Muhd Zain 2015–2016 Raja Isa Raja Akram Shah 2016–2018 Wan Mustaffa Wan Ismail 2018–2019 Ismail Zakaria 2020–2022 Frank Bernhardt 2023–2026 Yazli Yahaya
Achievements Year Position League Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup\Malaysia Challenge Cup Top scorer (M-League) 2012 3rd (Promoted) Malaysia FAM League Round of 32 DNQ 2013 9th Malaysia Premier League First round DNQ Afham Zulkipli (4 goals) 2014 9th Malaysia Premier League First round DNQ Obi Ikechukwu Charles (10 goals) 2015 8th Malaysia Premier League First round DNQ Dao Bakary (10 goals) 2016 10th Malaysia Premier League Second round DNQ Pavel Purishkin (8 goals) 2017 6th Malaysia Premier League Second round Group Stage Akanni-Sunday Wasiu (19 goals) 2018 9th Malaysia Premier League Third round Group stage Lucas Pugh (8 goals) 2019 5th (Promoted) Malaysia Premier League Second round Group Stage Žarko Korać (13 goals) 2020 6th Malaysia Super League Round 2 Quarter-finals Gustavo Almeida (6 goals) 2021 12th (Relegated) Malaysia Super League not held DNQ Yong-hyun Kwon (4 goals) 2022 7th (Relegated) Malaysia Premier League First round Round of 16 Zafri Zakaria (3 goals) 2023 1st (Champion) Malaysia M4 League DNQ DNQ Muhammad Fakhrur Razi (10 goals) 2024–25 13th of 15 Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League DNQ DNQ Mohammad Arif Imran Abdul Rahim (7 goals) 2025–26 5th (Group B) Malaysia A2 Amateur League DNQ DNQ Shazril Uzair (2 goals) Putra Daniel Danies (2 goals)
ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated
Sponsorship PeriodSportswearMain sponsor 2012Umbro None 2013 Kementerian Pengajian Tinggi 2014Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia 2015 2016Soaring Upwords 2017 2018Puma Soaring Upwords, UiTM Holdings 2019 Master Halal, Active Sports 2020 Adidas, Fitech (Third kit) Sukipt, Malaysia Airlines (third kit) 2021 Puma, Fitech MBSA 2022 Let's Play None 2023 Extra Joss, Finvalet Consultancy 2024–2026 MBSB Bank
Honours League Division 4/A2 League Winners (1): 2023
Division 3/FAM League Third place (1): 2012
References
External links UiTM F.C. at Soccerway