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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = Melaka United Football Club
| image =
| image size = 200px
| fullname = Melaka United Football Club
| nickname = ''Hang Tuah''
<br /> Pelanduk (
| short name = MUFC
| founded = {{start date and age|df=yes|1924}}, as MAFA
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| ground = [[Hang Jebat Stadium]]
| capacity = 40,000
| chrtitle =
| chairman = [[Melaka Football Association]]
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| manager =
| league = [[Malaysia
| season = [[
| position = [[Malaysia
| current =
| website =
}}
'''Melaka United Football Club''' ({{IPAc-en|m|ə|ˈ|l|ɑː|k|ə}}) was a
The club was formerly referred to as ''Malacca'' or officially as ''Malacca Amateur FA'' and ''Malacca FA''. Malacca FA biggest achievement in Malaysia football was becoming the [[Malaysian League (1982–1988)|Malaysian League]] champion in [[Liga Malaysia (1982–1988)#1983 season|1983]], led by [[Asian Football Hall of Fame]], [[Soh Chin Ann]].
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==History==
===Origins===
Malacca has sent a football team to play in [[Malaya Cup]] since its inaugural season in [[1921 Malaya Cup|1921]].<ref name="MCup1921">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay21.html
===The era of amateur football league===
{{Main|Malaysian League}}
In 1979, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) changed the format of [[Piala Malaysia]] when they introduced the league stage that acts as the qualifying round for the knockout stage of Piala Malaysia.<ref name="MalaysiaCup1979">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay79.html
The football league in Malaysia has only officially started in 1982, after the introduction of league winners trophy. The league has been known as [[Liga Malaysia (1982-1988)|Liga Malaysia]].<ref name="MalaysiaCup1981">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay81.html
===The era of semi-pro football league===
{{Main|Liga Semi-Pro}}
Over the years, the league competition has gained important stature in its own right. From 1982 until 1988 the league has an amateur status and continues its purpose as qualifying round for Piala Malaysia. Only in 1989 it is changed to a new format as [[Liga Semi-Pro]] (MSPFL), introduced by FAM as a way towards fully professional status. The inaugural season of MSPFL consisted of nine teams in Division I and eight teams in Division II.<ref name="MSPFL89">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay89.html
===Era of professional football===
{{Main|Liga Perdana (1994–97)|Liga Perdana 1|Liga Perdana 2}}
MSPFL was the nation's top-tier league until it was succeeded by the Liga Perdana (1994–97). In its inaugural season, 16 teams competed. The teams were based from all states in Malaysia including Malacca, Kuala Lumpur and addition of two teams from [[Singapore]] and [[Brunei]].<ref name="MLeague94">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay94.html
In 1998, Liga Perdana was divided into two divisions consist of [[Liga Perdana 1]] and [[Liga Perdana 2]].<ref name="mpl1and2">http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0111&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=sp_01.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302113751/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0111&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=sp_01.htm |date=2 March 2018 }} Pemain Malaysia bebas ke Brunei</ref><ref>http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0613&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=sp_03.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302112509/http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0613&pub=Utusan_Malaysia&sec=Sukan&pg=sp_03.htm |date=2 March 2018 }} Demam Piala Dunia rasuk Liga Perdana</ref> During 1998, Liga Perdana 1 consist of 12 teams while Liga Perdana 2 had 8 teams.<ref name="mpl1and2"/> Malacca competed in Liga Perdana 2 from 1998 until 2000, before achieving promotion to Liga Perdana 1 for 2001 season.<ref name="MLeague98">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay98.html
At this time the league still consisted of semi-pro team where each team was allowed to register 25 players (minimum of 12 professionals for Liga Perdana 1 and 6 professional for Liga Perdana 2).<ref name="mpl1and2"/>
Malacca competed in Liga Perdana 1 from 2001 until 2003.<ref name="MLeague2001">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay01.html
Teams in Liga Perdana 1 and Liga Perdana 2 were put through a qualification and playoffs to be promoted into the Liga Super. Malacca failed to qualify and was put into a new second-tier [[Liga Premier]] for the 2004 season.<ref name="MLeague2003">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay03.html
===Playing in Malaysia Premier League===
The club has been in an up and down performance in Malaysia Premier League since the league inception. They played for three seasons and were promoted to the top-tier Malaysia Super League.<ref name="MLeague2004">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay04.html
===Brief year in Malaysia Super League===
After a successful season in second division, the club has been promoted to the top-tier division, the Liga Super for [[2006–07 Liga Super|2006-07 season]].<ref name="MLeague2007">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay07.html
===Back to second division===
A slump in performance has caused the club struggling and fighting for relegation in their three seasons of Malaysia Premier League, from [[2007–08 Liga Premier|2008]] until [[2010 Liga Premier|2010]], before the dark era. The club has been relegated to the Malaysia FAM League for [[2011 Malaysia FAM League|2011 season]].<ref name="MLeague2008">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay08.html
===Years of struggle in Malaysia FAM League===
The club has been relegated from [[2010 Malaysia Premier League]] to the Malaysia FAM League, despite being one of the bigger clubs within it.<ref name="MLeague2011">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay2011.html
===A comeback from lower league===
The club made a comeback to second-tier league, Malaysia Premier League, in 2016 after being promoted as champions of 2015 Malaysia FAM League. Before winning the FAM League, the club had experienced a 32-year trophy drought, where the last time Melaka United won the Malaysian top-tier league was in 1983. It was the league stage that served as the qualifying round for the Malaysian Cup.<ref name="Malaysia1983">[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/malay83.html
The club has achieved promotion to Liga Super after becoming the champion of the Malaysia Premier League just one year after winning the Malaysia FAM League.<ref name="MUFC2015FAMLeagueChampion"/><ref name="MUFC2016PremierLeagueChampion"/>
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Melaka United last played at Hang Jebat Stadium. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000. In addition to the football field, the stadium also consists of a [[running]] track.
The club has previously been using the
==Crest and colours==
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===Domestic competitions===
===League===
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▲*; [[Liga Semi-Pro Divisyen 2]] / [[Liga Perdana 2]] / [[Liga Premier]]
▲: {{Gold1}} '''Winners (1):''' [[2016 Liga Premier|2016]]
▲:: {{Silver2}} Runners-up (2): [[2000 Liga Perdana 2|2000]], [[2005–06 Liga Premier|2005–06]]
▲*; [[Malaysia FAM League|Piala FAM]] / [[Malaysia FAM League|Liga FAM]]
▲: {{Gold1}} '''Winners (1):''' [[2015 Malaysia FAM League|2015]]
▲:: {{Silver2}} Runners-up (2): 1957, 1958
▲===Cups===
*;[[Piala FA]]
: '''Winners:''' -
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This list of prominent former players includes those who received international caps while playing for the team, made significant contribution in terms of appearances or goals, or to the sport either before they played for the team, or after they left. It is not complete or all inclusive, additions and refinements will continue to be made over time.
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*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Soh Chin Ann]]
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Lim Teong Kim]]
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Lim Teong Kim]]
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Ong Kim Swee]]
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Shamsurin Abdul Rahman (Malaysian footballer)|Shamsurin Abdul Rahman]]
*{{flagicon|MYS}} [[Muhammad Shukor Adan|Shukor Adan]]
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*{{flagicon|INA}} [[Ilija Spasojević]]
*{{flagicon|Croatia}} [[Marko Šimić (footballer, born 1988)|Marko Šimić]]
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==External links==
* [http://footballmalaysia.com/portal/index.php/club/melaka-united/ Melaka United] at Football Malaysia
{{Melaka United F.C.}}
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