| Full name | Sabah Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Rhinos The Hawks (former) Tambadau (former) | |||
| Founded | 1950, as North Borneo Football Association 2021, as Sabah Football Club (officially owned by Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd.)[1] | |||
| Ground | Likas Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 35,000[2] | |||
| Owner company | Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd[1] (Company Reg No. :1383683U)[3] | |||
| CEO | vacant | |||
| Manager | Ong Kim Swee | |||
| League | Malaysia Super League | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League, 3rd of 14 | |||
| Website | Club website | |||
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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.
- ^ a b Zainal, Zulhilmi (6 October 2020). "All Malaysian league clubs complete initial privatisation process, seven receive conditional licence". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
- ^ "Football stadiums of the world – Stadiums in Asia [Likas Stadium]". Fussball Tempel. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ^ "SABAH FOOTBALL CLUB SDN BHD CTOS". CTOS. Retrieved 9 September 2020.