Kedah Darul Aman F.C.

On 8 October 2018, Kedah appointed Singaporean head coach, Aidil Sharin Sahak for the 2019 Malaysia Super League season. On his first match as head coach on 2 February 2019, Kedah won 2–0 against PKNP with goals coming from Shakir Hamzah and Jonathan Bauman goal. On 8 March 2019, Aidil Sharin experienced his first defeat in charge of Kedah as the club fell to a 1–0 defeat at the hands of Pahang. Kedah finished in fourth position in the Malaysia Super League in Aidil Sharin first season in charge, one position higher than the previous season. On 27 July 2019, Aidil Sharin led Kedah to win the 2019 Malaysia FA Cup as Fadzrul Danel scored in the dying minute in extra time securing a 1–0 win over Perak in the final. On 26 October 2019, Kedah reached the final of the 2019 Malaysia Cup following a massive 8–8 aggregate against Sri Pahang seeing Kedah through on away goals rules, However Kedah was beaten 3–0 by Johor Darul Ta'zim in the decisive game at the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.

Aidil Sharin also became the first Singaporean head coach to manage a non-Singaporean team in the AFC Champions League when he guided Kedah into the 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs round in which they thrash Hong Kong club, Tai Po 5–1 in the preliminary round 2 and thus seeing them advance to face FC Seoul in the play-off round which subsequently ended up as a 4–1 defeat at the Seoul World Cup Stadium.

Prior to the 2021 season, the club changed its name from Kedah FA to Kedah Darul Aman[5] On 25 November 2021, Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar has been appointed by the President of the Kedah Football Association, Dato' Seri Haji Muhammad Sanusi Md. Nor as the chairman of Kedah Darul Aman. Tan Sri Dr. Mohd Daud Bakar is an entrepreneur in various fields as well as leading several large national agencies and in time to develop financial sustainability, governance and governance, facilities, infrastructure as well as the quality of players and coaching as a more dynamic strategy to attract more business opportunities in the modern era of football. As the majority shareholder, Mohd Daud Bakar wants to develop a world-class training center recognized by the World Football Federation (FIFA) with a RM20 Million budget expressed by Mohd Daud Bakar during the press conference after the Ceremony to Introduce Official Sponsors and Partners of Kedah Darul Aman on 9 February 2022. In addition to being a training center, it will also become one of the new tourist attractions in Kedah.

On 17 October 2022, it was announced that Kedah Darul Aman had parted ways with Aidil Sharin. He departed Kedah Darul Aman with a record of 55 wins, 20 draws, and 35 defeats in 110 games with a win percentage of 50%. During the four years tenure as head coach, Aidil Sharin guided Kedah to several highs, including emerging as 2019 Malaysia FA Cup champions, 2019 Malaysia Cup runners-up, 2020 and 2021 Malaysia Super League runners-up as well as reaching the 2022 AFC Cup ASEAN Zone semi-finals. On the same day, his assistant and also Kedah legend, Victor Andrag was named as interim coach guiding the club in the upcoming 2022 Malaysia Cup which commence on 26 October 2022.

On 6 December 2022, former Terengganu head coach, Nafuzi Zain was appointed to guide Kedah Darul Aman for the upcoming 2023 Malaysia Super League season. In January 2023, Kedah Darul Aman started their 2023 season heading to Turkey for a week pre-season training camp in Antalya playing a couple of friendlies match against FC Nasaf, Shakhter Karagandy, FC Maktaaral and Metalist Kharkiv before returning home. On 26 August 2023, Kedah Darul Aman ended Johor Darul Ta'zim winning streak in the league with goals from Ifedayo Olusegun and Manuel Ott to take the 2–0 lead for Kedah Darul Aman before the opposition come back to take the lead to 2–3 however in the dying minute in the game, Amirbek Juraboev scored the equaliser to settled for a draw which is consider a huge upset for the away side.

Northern Region Derby is the name given to football matches that involves Kedah Darul Aman and Penang.[9] Both them are located in the north of Malaysia. Bandaraya Stadium and Darul Aman Stadium are packed by fans from both clubs during the derby matches. The match usually creates a lively atmosphere, with numerous banners unfolded before the start of the game.

Although the club's main rivals mostly are from the northern region of Malaysia, especially Penang, but there is also a strong supporter of friendship with Perlis and there are good relations with the fans of Penang and Perak "This is Utara", which means "This is the north", is a slogan which shows their good friendships among the clubs.

During the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, A Malaysian man was denied entry to Al-Bayt Stadium while wearing a 2021 Kedah Darul Aman away jersey with Chenang Bay written on it and a colourful checkered design. The man named, Zulfadli Ahmad Tajudin, told Dari Tepi Padang that he flew all the way from Muar, Johor, to experience the World Cup but was left disappointed by the ordeal he had to face with security. Zulfadli was detained for over 30 minutes who initially had no idea why he was being questioned by the stadium's security officials which suspect him of supporting the LGBTQ+ community due to the jersey he was wearing. Zulfadli went on to say that the officials photographed his jersey before sending the images to the stadium's management to interrogate him further. After seeing the photos Zulfadli had shown, security was still unsatisfied with his answer and asked him to wait for a response from stadium management, later the management let him off and gave him the permission to watch the football game that night.

As of 25 February 2023

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  MAS Ifwat Akmal 2 DF  MAS Akmal Zahir (vice-captain) 3 DF  MAS Rodney Celvin 4 DF  SRB Bojan Ciger 5 DF  RSA Alan Robertson 6 MF  TJK Amirbek Juraboev 8 MF  PHI Manny Ott (captain) 12 FW  NGA Ifedayo Olusegun 13 DF  MAS Loqman Hakim 15 DF  MAS Heshamudin Ahmad 16 MF  MAS Partiban Janasekaran 17 MF  MAS Faizal Talib 18 DF  MAS Wan Amirul Afiq 19 MF  MAS Aiman Afif 20 MF  MAS Fadzrul Danel

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 MF  MAS Fayadh Zulkifli 22 GK  MAS Kalamullah Al-Hafiz 25 MF  BHR Moses Atede 27 DF  MAS Ariff Farhan 29 MF  MAS Mior Dani (on loan from Kelantan) 31 DF  MAS Azrin Afiq (on loan from Selangor) 33 GK  MAS Fikri Che Soh 66 DF  MAS Kamil Akmal 77 MF  MAS Amirul Hisyam 79 MF  MAS Zharmein Ashraf 80 FW  GHA Ebenezer Assifuah 81 MF  MAS Abdul Halim Saari 88 FW  ARG Manuel Hidalgo 89 FW  BRA Jonathan Balotelli

As of 1 March 2023[11]

	Name	Nat.	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Muhammad Syakir Danial Ma'amal Hajri		GK	(2000-03-30) 30 March 2000
18	Muhammad Hafizy Mohd Hajazy		GK	(2003-09-17) 17 September 2003
21	Abdul Alim Al-Amri Ali		GK	(2002-01-28) 28 January 2002
Defenders
2	Muhammad Hariz Mansor		CB	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002
3	Mohamad Fareez Amirul Fadzil		CB	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000
4	Muhammad Na'qib Sharipuddin		RB	(2000-12-06) 6 December 2000
5	Norasyraf Aiman Norlizam		CB	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002
9	Ahmad Alfi Syahrin Rasid		LB	(2001-12-15) 15 December 2001
12	Muhammad Nabil Ahmad Nizam		RB	(2001-02-26) 26 February 2001
13	Muhammad Aiman Farhan Muhammad Fauzi		RB, RWB	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001
16	Muhammad Iqmal Hazim Muhamed Supian		CB	(2002-04-01) 1 April 2002
20	Muhammad Amirul Zainudin		CB	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000
Midfielders
6	Muhammad Azim Anuar		DM, CM	(2002-09-30) 30 September 2002
8	Mohamad Faiz Mohamad Khairi		CM	(2002-09-22) 22 September 2002
10	Ahmad Azraf Ahmad Azam		DM, CM	(2000-01-08) 8 January 2000
14	Muhammad Firdaus Muhamad Kaironnisam Sahabudin		DM, CM	(2002-12-10) 10 December 2002
15	Muhammad Ismat Imran Zainal		AMC, CM	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002
22	Muhammad Hafiz Izzudin Azhar		LW	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002
23	Zakaria Abdellillah Lounis		LW	(2002-07-15) 15 July 2002
27	Muhammad Iman Fakhrullah Zamri		AML	(2002-02-27) 27 February 2002
29	Muhammad Syabani Mohd Saberi		AMC	(2000-09-28) 28 September 2000
Forwards
7	Muhammad Ad'dha Nazman		ST, AMR	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002
11	Mohamad Mustakim Mustapha		ST	(2001-05-29) 29 May 2001
17	Aiman Haikhal Azman		ST	(2002-02-07) 7 February 2002
19	Muhammad Adam Mukhriz Syamsul Ariffin		ST	df=yes
28	Muhammad Rafieq Al Amzar Zulkifeli		ST	(2003-04-16) 16 April 2003
80	Ebenezer Assifuah		ST	(1993-07-03) 3 July 1993

Kedah Darul Aman lineup in 2008

The song Biar Jasa Jadi Kenangan, once again idealised and written by Ahmad Basri Akil and famously recorded by a Malaysian musician Freddie Fernandez, is the anthem of the club, and has been sung by the crowd since 9 September 1987 after the club reached their first Malaysia Cup semi-final match since 1940. This famous song is sung by the club's fanatic fans to boost their beloved players' morale. The well-known and popular chants among the club supporters is Pulun Kedah Pulun. It is use since late 80's as "words of spirit" during and off the game, and as the slogan among supporters. It was inspired by the idea from Abdul Rashid Fadzil, the former Head of Kedah Fan Club.

• Division 1/Premier 1/Super League (3): 1993, 2006–07, 2007–08
  • Runners-up (6): 1994, 1996, 1997, 2003, 2020, 2021
• Division 2/Premier 2/Premier League (4): 1992, 2002, 2005–06, 2015
  • Runners-up (1): 2005

• Malaysia FA Cup (5): 1996, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2019
  • Runners-up (1): 2010
• Malaysia Cup (5): 1990, 1993, 2007, 2008, 2016
  • Runners-up (9): 1940, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 2004, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Piala Sumbangsih (3): 1991, 1994, 2017
  • Runners-up (6): 1997, 2008, 2009, 2018, 2020, 2021

• Malaysian President's Cup (3): 1991, 2000, 2003
  • Runners-up (1): 2018
• Malaysian Youth Cup (1): 2017

Kedah Darul Aman's former assistant coach Muhamad Radhi Mat Din said,[19]

To achieve the treble in two consecutive seasons will take another 100 years or more to come by! It takes a Herculean effort to achieve a double treble. The path to the pinnacle required a lot of sacrifices and commitment from the players, team management and the club.

• AFC Champions League: 1 appearance
  • 2020: Play-off round
• AFC Cup: 2 appearances
  • 2008: Quarter-final
  • 2009: Round of 16