BAKES FC

Back in 2005, a few coworkers who were employed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) got together to play some casual football. Only ten years later did casual football grow into a serious sport. Weekly friendlies were played, and although coming from all departments, there was a strong relationship between the participants. Only seven players from the initial pool survived after activities and stats were recorded starting in 2010.[1]

In 2015, they changed their name to PSUT-KHEDN, and effective organizational structures were put in place for the management.[2] For MoHA, it was intended to establish a sports council akin to the ones for the MS PDB and MS ABDB. The acronym BAKES stood for Badan Kemajuan Keagamaan Sukan. They initially joined the district league under the name BAKES FT, and it wasn't until 2016 that BAKES FC was officially registered as Bahtera Kemudi Sekawan.[1]

In 2017, one of the Najip I-Team committee members approached by the owner of BAKES FC, Awang Hj Yuslan bin Awang Hj Ahmad, with an offer to purchase Najip FC a year later. After a brief meeting, they decided to purchase it, taking on 40% of the players. The acquisition made it possible for BAKES to join the Super League. Given that the deadline fell right before the beginning of the season, it was a short one. Before BAKES was legalized last year, they played under the Najip FC name for two seasons. Although they were briefly allowed to rename to Najip-BAKES FC, the name change was not approved until 2020.[1]

On 21 July 2021, the club suffered one of the biggest defeats going against DPMM FC which resulted 16–1 during the Super League at Jerudong Park Mini Stadium.[3] Though BAKES participated in the 2022 FA Cup, they did not qualify after being placed 3rd in Group B of the group stage.[4]

As of 30 June 2023[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  BRU Abdul Matin Ramli 2 DF  BRU Abdul Azim Hassan 4 MF  BRU Razi Lamit (captain) 5 DF  BRU Waqiuddin Yusri 6 DF  BRU Fikri Noor 7 MF  BRU Abdul Qawi Ramli 8 MF  BRU Hamdillah Elmiee Sharbini 9 FW  BRU Nor Alifullah Zaini 10 FW  BRU Nur Fikri Kamaluddin 11 FW  MAR Mohcine El Araichi 12 DF  BRU Arif Adam 13 MF  BRU Iradatul Qudus Abu Talip 14 MF  BRU Afif Hadi Roshidi 15 DF  BRU Rafi Abdul Aziz 16 FW  BRU Abdul Muiz Waliyuddin Ramlee 17 DF  BRU Fazziuddin Soliman 18 DF  BRU Khairol Nazrin Zamhari

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  BRU Ariff Abu Samah 20 DF  BRU Syafiq Waqiuddin Rino Wira Karno 21 FW  BRU Iqbal Safwan Roshidi 22 DF  BRU Azrin Shahnizam Mahadhir 23 MF  BRU Aqiel Rizwan Aliuddin 24 GK  BRU Alaisa Fadillah Rosli 25 GK  BRU Shah Mirzan Roslan 26 MF  BRU Kamarul Ariffin Zaini 27 FW  BRU Raziman Abdul Rahman 28 DF  BRU Asri Ali Hashim 29 FW  BRU Abubakar Ash-Shiddiq Mahmud 30 DF  BRU Fadzrin Iskandar Muslin — DF  BRU Ashaari Maidin — MF  IDN Indra Kurniawan — DF  BRU Fitri Yassin — FW  BRU Wafiyuddin Jefry — MF  BRU Zul Harun Jamil

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