Early years The club was founded in 2013. In 2015, the club has been accepted by
Football Association of Malaysia to compete in
Malaysia FAM League, the third-tier of Malaysian football. The club also collaborated with
Sime Darby to provide a youth players for the Sime Darby youth team which competed in
Malaysia President's Cup.
2015 season After successfully bringing UKM to be the champion of the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup and the runner-up of the University Football League Division 1, Sulaiman Hussin moved to Sime Darby and joined the President's Cup squad coaching. Asnan Mohamad Zuki, who led
University of Malaya to become the Minister of Higher Education Ministry Cup 2013 champion after beating UKM, was appointed as the UKM FC coach. On their first season in Malaysia FAM League, they finished in fourth place behind
Perlis,
Real Mulia and
Megah Murni. Only one team from each league promoted into
2016 Malaysia Premier League, and
Perlis became runners-up of
Malaysia FAM League that season after lost into
Melaka United. UKM FC vice captain, Hafizuddin Sulaiman became top goalscorers of the club after scoring 8 goals - even he played as the defender.
2016 season UKM FC appointed Lim Kim Liang, ex
Kuala Lumpur head coach and brought back Sulaiman Hussin as assistant head coach. They missed the spot into knock-out stage, as they finished fifth place. On this season, only top 4 of each league qualify into knock-out stage, and two teams into the finals automatically qualify into
Malaysia Premier League. UKM FC also qualified into
Malaysia FA Cup for the first time. In the first round, they defeated
Hanelang by penalty shout-out after draw 1–1 in
UKM Bangi Stadium, their home base. Azri Zulkiflee scored in this match before Mohd Safix from Hanelang equalized. This match also the only UKM FC match at home in FA Cup history. In the second round, they lost into
Kelantan at
Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium.
2017 season Sulaiman Hussin promoted into UKM FC head coach, and they managed to finish in the top of the league - only lost twice with
FELCRA and
MOF by 1–0 at home. In knock-out stage, UKM FC defeated
Kuching 2–1 on quarter-final, before qualified into final stage after beating
Shahzan Muda 1–0 on semi-final. UKM FC lost 2-3 into
Sime Darby, but both of them already qualified into
2018 Malaysia Premier League. But one month after final, Sime Darby decided to withdraw from the
Premier League next season and focused into develop youth football, ending their involvement as a professional club. The club now competes in the KLFA First Division state league as an amateur club. On
2017 Malaysia FA Cup, they received the bye in the first round and defeated by
Sabah at
Likas Stadium in the second round.
2018 season The club has been promoted to
Malaysia Premier League despite losing in the
2017 Malaysia FAM League Finals against
Sime Darby. At the beginning of the 2018 season, the club signed four foreign players including one player from Asia. They were
Waheed Oseni,
Redouane Zerzouri,
Atuheire Kipson and
Nam Se-in. Due to poor performance,
Atuheire Kipson was dropped by the club during mid-season and he was replaced by former
MISC-MIFA forward, Michael Chukwubunna. The change galvanized UKM, as they finished
the league season in 8th place, and were runners-up of the inaugural
Malaysia Challenge Cup. Michael Chukwubunna also finished as top scorer in the latter competition with 13 goals.
2019 season Despite the team good performance in the league and cup, UKM FC were barred to participate in the
2019 Malaysia Premier League by
Malaysia Football League on 28 November 2018, after the club failed to submit their registration paperwork on time, and the paperwork sent to MFL after they are given 7 days grace period are incomplete. However, on 10 December 2018, they are given a second chance by MFL to appeal for reinstatement to Premier League, which they do successfully, although MFL served UKM with a fine and warning for their initial failure. In this season, UKM recorded the biggest win in their Premier League history, as they demolished
Sarawak 4–0 on March 2, 2019. They are also recorded the first ever win on
Malaysia FA Cup history, won 5–1 after beating
Protap at
UKM Bangi Stadium on April 2, 2019.
2020 season and end of involvement in Malaysian League In the truncated 2020 season due to COVID-19 pandemic, UKM FC managed to finish in the 9th position out of 12 teams. But the pandemic hit the football community hard on the finances, including the team. After the university management has pulled the full financial support and the team was re-registered under a new private entity, they failed to give FAM concrete proof they have financial backing for the 2021 season. As a consequence, FAM expelled the team from the Premier League. Although UKM FC can apply for registration in the M3 League or below, as of 2022, they have not involved in any of the leagues. ==Stadium and locations==