Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd

Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd
(Company registration number: 1383683U)^[1]

Company type	Private company[2]
Industry	Professional sports, football association, entertainment and real-estate development
Founded	2021; 3 years ago (2021)[2]
Founder	Member of Sabah Football Association (SAFA) Verdon Bahanda (Founding member and 1st CEO) Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan (1st Company Co-owner)
Headquarters	Kota Kinabalu , Malaysia
Area served	Sabah[3]
Key people	Verdon Bahanda (first CEO and first owner) Marzuki Nasir Ong Kim Swee Jelius Ating Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan Scott Ollerenshaw Alto Linus
Products	Kit Football jersey Football matches tickets Football sport shoes Players fans cards
Parent	Sabah Football Association (SAFA) (formerly, from 1993 until 2021)
Subsidiaries	Sports teams Sabah F.C. Sabah Football Club Company Real estate Likas Stadium Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd office Sabah FC Training Centre Sabah Sport Kit Company Sabah Ball Arena Media Sabah Football Club Official - @SabahFCofficial (Youtube Channel) My Sabah Fans (organised by My Football Apps - Play Store) Sabah Football Club Facebook Page Sabah Football Club Official Media
Website	sabah-fc.com

Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd (Sabah FC Sdn Bhd) is a Sabahan limited liability sports and club holding company based in Sabah, Malaysia with a Company Registration Number 1383683U.^[1][2][3] (Sdn Bhd stands for Sendirian Berhad or private company in English). Formerly known as the North Borneo Football Association and then the Sabah Football Association (SAFA) by the Sabah government, The Sabah Football Club Sendirian Berhad (Sdn Bhd) being separated from the football state association and it became a private independent company in 2021 by the Sabahan sports organisation holder to become an individual company that holds Sabah youth and sports clubs different than the football state association.^[2][3] Today, the company has control over a football club that has two teams namely Sabah F.C. and Sabah Youth FC (U18/U23), a stadium and also websites.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Former company and association managers

Association Managers (until 2022)

• Goh Thian Chuan (1999, 2015)
• Osman Jamal (2000–2001)
• Mohd Joehari Mohd Ayub (2004–2005)
• Abdul Rahman Zakaria (2006–2009, 2014)
• Mohd Asyraaf Fong Abdullah (2009)
• Gary Phillips (2010–2011)
• Shahriman Abdullah (2011–2012)
• Alijus Sipil (2013–2014)
• Adlane Messelem (2017)
• Juil Nuatim (2018)
• Peter Anthony (2018–2020)
• Jelius Ating (2020–2022)

Company's Club Managers (established in 2021)

• Ong Kim Swee
• Rafie Robert

See also

• Sabah Football Association (SAFA) - State Football Association
• Sabah F.C. (Malaysia) - Malaysian professional football club
• Verdon Bahanda - Company founding member (Politician and Entrepreneur)

References

1. "SABAH FOOTBALL CLUB SDN BHD". CTOS. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
2. Zainal, Zulhilmi (6 October 2020). "All Malaysian league clubs complete initial privatisation process, seven receive conditional licence". Goal.com. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
3. "Verdon Bahanda Appointed Sabah Football Club CEO". Borneo Today. 14 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
4. "Malaysia 1978". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 29 February 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
5. Hamdan Saaid (31 July 2008). "Malaysia 2006". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
6. GL Oh (10 July 2019). "Sabah crowned champs". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
7. GL Oh (7 July 2019). "Tambadaus promoted to Super League". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
8. "Sabah Premier League 2019 champs". The Borneo Post. Bernama. 10 July 2019. Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2019.
9. GL Oh (14 July 2019). "Sabah celebrate title with win". Daily Express. Archived from the original on 14 July 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.