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Gender:Male

Est:1963

Players:6

Sabah

Also known as: Sabah Football Association, Persatuan Bolasepak Sabah FC

📍 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Malaysia•Malaysian Super League

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Sabah Football Association (Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Sabah) is a football club that supervises football in the state of Sabah. The association's football team competes in Malaysia's football league representing the state of Sabah in Borneo. It is one of the 14 state teams of the Malaysian football structure. They currently compete in Malaysia's top division professional football league, the Malaysia Super League. The team's home matches are played at the 35,000 capacity Likas Stadium in Kota Kinabalu, the capital city of Sabah. The team has 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, 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, only to crashing out later to Bellmare Hiratsuka (current Shonan Bellmare) of J-League by 1–7 on aggregate.

City:Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Country:Malaysia

Stadium:Likas Stadium

Capacity:35,000

Stadium

Likas Stadium

Capacity:35,000

Location:Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia

Likas Stadium (Malay: Stadium Likas) is a stadium in Likas, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. It is mainly used for association football and athletics and it is located within Likas Sports Complex. Likas Stadium has a capacity of 35,000, making it the 8th largest football stadium in Malaysia in terms of seating capacity. Likas stadium is also located not far from the Kota Kinabalu city which is about 10 minutes drive or 40 minutes walk. The stadium itself is a walking distant to the nearest sport complex centre, 2km open space jogging trek which has a beautiful lake view, wall climbing facilities, skate boarding and roller blading court, tennis court and sport hostel. This stadium was originally an all-standing venue with a small grandstand that seated 200 people. A major renovation of the stadium was finished in 2001 for the hosting of the Sukma Games in 2002. It is the home stadium for Sabah FA. It is also the start and end point of the Borneo International Marathon held annually in Kota Kinabalu. IRB Borneo Sevens Rugby is also a regularly held event here. Some big event such as music concert are also held in this stadium.