Sri Pahang FC

Sri Pahang Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Sri Pahang) is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. Founded in 1959 and has traditionally worn a yellow home kit since. At the beginning, club's home matches were held around the city public fields and outside Kuantan, predominantly around districts of Pahang.

Sri Pahang
Full nameSri Pahang Football Club
Nickname(s)Tok Gajah (The Elephants)
Short nameSPFC
Founded1959 (1959) as Pahang FA
GroundDarul Makmur Stadium
Capacity40,000
President/OwnerTengku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah
Head coachFandi Ahmad
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2022Malaysia Super League, 7th of 12
WebsiteClub website

The lowest point of the club was in 2012, when KBS Sri Pahang were relegated to the Malaysia Premier League. The club came back from the abyss to the Malaysia Super League in 2013 after winning the play-off match against Kedah Darul Aman.


Sri Pahang has won 5 Malaysia Super League titles, 3 Malaysia FA Cup, 4 Malaysia Cup and 3 Malaysian Charity Shield.

Club licensing regulations

2018 season

2019 season

History

Pahang FA was established by Sultan Abu Bakar in 1959 to represent the state of Pahang in the HMS Beagle Cup. In the next year, the association begins with the preparation against another states before taking part for the first time in the HMS Beagle Cup. Construction of their current home ground, Darul Makmur Stadium, was completed by the Council of Kuantan in 1970.

Led by the legendary Jamal Nasir, Pahang FA won the first cup in 1983 when they won the Piala Malaysia, the most prestigious tournament in Malaysia football after a win over Selangor FA in the tournament, breaking the long duopoly of Selangor FA and Singapore FA and also became the first East Coast team to win it. Nonetheless, the most successful era was in the 1990s, when the association reached the final of Piala Malaysia 4 times even though they only succeeded once in 1992. 1992 was the best year when the association won the double, the Piala Malaysia and the league. Sri Pahang in that year was touted as the Dream Team when several high-profile players played for the association with the like of Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Ahmad Yusof, Khairul Azman Mohamed, Abdul Mubin Mokhtar, Australian football legend, Alan Edward Davidson and Singaporean football legend, Fandi Ahmad. The association defeated Kedah FA in final stage to win the Piala Malaysia, thanks to the fastest goal ever in Piala Malaysia history by Zulhamizan Zakaria.

Sri Pahang was also the first winner of the M-League in its new format in 2004.

As one of the most successful football teams in Malaysia from 1980 to 2007, Sri Pahang had produced many talented local players from the academy such as Khairul Azman Mohamed, one of the best goalkeepers in Asia in the 1990s, the prolific striker, Azizul Kamaluddin, Mohd Fadzli Saari who played in SV Wehen Wiesbaden in Germany and Muhammad Juzaili Samion who also played for the 4th division of Ligue 1 club, FCSR Haguenau in 2000.

In 2008, many players from talented young Shahzan Muda F.C. were absorbed into Sri Pahang.

In 2012, Sri Pahang was playing in the 2nd division of M-League. While in the Premier League, Sri Pahang showed great improvement in the 2012 season as they qualified for the Piala Malaysia quarter-finals. Sri Pahang was also Premier League runner-up in 2012, qualifying the association to play in the promotion "play-off" matches to the Liga Super. Sri Pahang beat Kedah FA in the final of the "play-off", winning promotion to the 2013 Liga Super.

In 2012, the association had to play in Temerloh Mini Stadium as the homeground for the first time after the Darul Makmur Stadium was put under renovation for the 2012 Sukma Games. A year later, the club returned to the newly-renovated Darul Makmur Stadium and in the same year, they lifted the Piala Malaysia for the third time, ending a 21-year cup drought.

Stadium
Darul Makmur Stadium has been the home ground of the club since 1970.

Sri Pahang are currently based at Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan, Pahang. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a running track.[1] The stadium has a running track, in addition to the football field. It was opened in 1970, while capacity was increased after renovations in 1995 in conjunction with Kuantan hosting the Sukma Games in 1996 and 2012.

Players

First-team squad
As of 18 January 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 Malaysia MAS Zarif Irfan
5 DF Australia AUS Michael Glassock
6 MF Philippines PHI Kevin Ingreso
7 FW Brazil BRA Lucas Silva
8 MF Uzbekistan UZB Kuvondik Ruziev
9 FW Liberia LBR Kpah Sherman
10 FW Malaysia MAS Malik Ariff
11 FW Malaysia MAS Shamie Iszuan
12 MF Malaysia MAS Baqiuddin Shamsudin
13 DF Malaysia MAS Ashar Al Aafiz
15 DF Argentina ARG Stefano Brundo
16 FW Malaysia MAS Ezequiel Agüero (captain)
17 MF Malaysia MAS Zuhair Aizat
19 MF Malaysia MAS Sharul Nizam
20 MF Malaysia MAS Azam Azih (vice-captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 DF Malaysia MAS Syazwan Andik (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
22 FW Brazil BRA Rafael Silva
23 DF Malaysia MAS Azwan Aripin
24 GK Malaysia MAS Izham Tarmizi (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
25 GK Malaysia MAS Wan Syazmin
27 DF Malaysia MAS Fadhli Shas (vice-captain)
29 DF Malaysia MAS Azrif Nasrulhaq (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
30 FW Malaysia MAS Ibrahim Manusi
31 DF Uzbekistan UZB Sherzod Fayziev
35 FW Malaysia MAS Syaahir Saiful
36 MF Malaysia MAS Saiful Jamaluddin
55 MF Malaysia MAS David Rowley
58 DF Malaysia MAS Muslim Ahmad
61 DF England ENG Nicholas Swirad

Under-23s

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF Malaysia MAS Nasyrullah Zaki
— MF Malaysia MAS Adam Malique
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Malaysia MAS Aqil Arazi
— FW Malaysia MAS Lokman Bah Din

Under-21s
As of 4 June 2020[2]
No. Name Nat Position(s) D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Muhammad Riezman Irfan Mustafah Malaysia GK 2000
22 Muhammad Ikmal Pakkuky Malaysia GK 1999
25 Kamal Amirul Afiq Kamalazman Malaysia GK 1999
Defenders
2 Muhammad Danial Maznor Arash Malaysia RB, RWB 2000
3 Ahmad Wafiyuddin Rozilah@Muhamad Malaysia LB, LWB 2000
4 Muhd Zuhairi Ahamad Dormad Malaysia CB 1999
5 Ruzaini Ikhwan Ramli Malaysia CB 1999
7 Muhammad Aliff Izuan Mohd Yusri Malaysia LB, LWB 1999
11 Muhammad Shah Farkhan Mohd Roop Malaysia CB 1999
15 Mohamad Adam Mohamed Malaysia RB, RWB 1999
26 Wan Muhd Akmal Hakim Wan Abdul Wahab Malaysia CB, RB 1999
27 Hasnul Zaim Zafri Malaysia LB, LM, LWB 1999
Midfielders
8 Muhammad Fakhrul Azim Moh Zulphatah Malaysia AM, CM 1999
9 Muhammad Fikri Mohd Latapi Malaysia AM, CM 2000
10 Che Khairul Syafiq Che Juhan Malaysia RW 1999
12 Muhamad Nasyrullah Mohd Zaki Malaysia CM 1999
13 Arfan Fiqrin Ramlee Malaysia LW, LM 1999
14 Azwan Mustafa Malaysia LW, LM 2000
16 Muhammad Syaqir Iman Ahmad Nazari Malaysia CM 2000
21 Shazlan Zaidin Malaysia LW, LM, RW, RM 26/7/96
17 Muhammad Arsyad Asyraf Yusri Malaysia DM, CM 2000
19 Muhammad Adam Danial Fiqrin Rokman Malaysia RW, LW 2000
20 Mohammad Amierul Akin Ismail Malaysia LW 9/7/1999
21 Ikmal Zulhaika Mazlan Malaysia LW 2000
24 Muhammad Jadulhaq Saiful Fauzi Malaysia CM 2000
Forwards
6 Ahmad Nursyahmi Norhisham Malaysia ST 2000
18 Muhammad Badrul Amin Jesmi Malaysia ST 1999
23 Mohamad Zazrir Naim Abdul Rani Malaysia ST 1999

Under-19s
As of 4 June 2020[3]
No. Name Nat Position(s) D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Nazul Izamil Zulkifli Malaysia GK 2002
22 Mohamad Zul Hafiz Abdullah Taib Malaysia GK 2002
25 Amirul Ilham Yaakob Malaysia GK 2002
Defenders
2 Muhammad Kama Edyka Azhar Malaysia RB, RWB 2002
3 Muhammad Zaid Hasnan Malaysia LB, LWB 2002
4 Muhammad Fakhrusy Syakirin Mohd Fairoh Malaysia CB 2002
6 Nik Ahmad Rifqi Alif Rosmadi Malaysia CB 2002
7 Norshaifullah Shah Zulkefly Malaysia RB, RWB 2002
12 Ziyan Syaikiran Zakhli Malaysia LB, LWB, LM 2002
14 Muhamamd Fakhrul Haziq Hishamuddin Malaysia RB, RWB 2002
16 Muhammad Akmal Hariz Mohd Nasuha Malaysia CB 2002
17 Ahmad Azim Aniq Ahmad Aknul Malaysia CB 2002
21 Muhammad Farhan Faiz Afrizal Malaysia CB 2002
23 Afif Hasan Suhaimi Malaysia CB 2002
Midfielders
5 Ahmad Raziq Zikry Razali Malaysia CM 2002
9 Muhammad Afiq Aiman Muhammad Yusman Malaysia AM, CM 2002
10 Wan Amirul Izzuddin Wan Mohd Razali Malaysia AM, CM 2002
11 Muhammad Ashraf Daniel Md Ali Malaysia LW, LM 2002
13 Shahrul Danish Shahrulnizam Malaysia RW, RM 2002
15 Muhammad Nazarulnaim Mohammad Yusoff Malaysia LW, LM 2002
18 Muhammad Faris Ikmal Mahadi Malaysia DM, CM 2002
19 Ahmad Jazmi Hanif Jamaluddin Malaysia CM 2002
Forwards
8 Muhammad Amirul Safri Malaysia ST 2002
20 Lokman a/l Bah Din Malaysia ST 2002
24 Muhammad Syukur Aiman Ramly Malaysia ST 2002

Continental record
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1988–89 Asian Club Championship[4] Qualifying Round
Group 5		 Thailand Royal Thai Air Force 2–1 2nd
Indonesia Niac Mitra 0–0
Brunei Bandaran 5–1
Singapore Geylang International 2–1
Semi Final League
Group B		 Qatar Al-Sadd 0–2 5th
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittifaq 1–4
Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 2–1
North Korea April 25 0–2
1993–94 Asian Club Championship[5] Preliminary Round Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC Withdrew
1995 Asian Club Championship[6] First Round Vietnam Cảng Sài Gòn Walkover
Second Round South Korea Ilhwa Chunma 2–3 2–0 2–5
2005 AFC Cup[7] Group E Singapore Home United 3–3 2–1 3rd
Maldives New Radiant 1–0 1–1
Hong Kong Happy Valley 3–1 1–1
2005 ASEAN Club Championship Group A Vietnam Hoàng Anh Gia Lai 4–0 1st
East Timor FC Zebra 8–0
Cambodia Nagacorp 0–3
Semi Final Brunei DPMM FC 1–0
Final Singapore Tampines Rovers 2–4 Runner-up
2007 AFC Cup[8] Group F Thailand Osotsapa 0–4 4–0 4th
India Mohun Bagan 1–2 2–0
Singapore Tampines Rovers 1–4 2–0
2015 AFC Cup[9] Group G Myanmar Yadanarbon 7–4 2–3 2nd
Philippines Global 0–0 0–0
Hong Kong South China 0–1 3–1
Round of 16 Indonesia Persipura Jayapura Forfeited, 3–0 win awarded to Pahang
Quarter Final Tajikistan Istiklol 3–1 4–0 3–4

Honours

Domestic

League

Cup

  • Runners-up (4): 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997
  • Runners-up (2): 1995, 2017
  • Winners (3): 1992, 1993, 2014
  • Runners-up (5): 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007, 2015

Continental

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship
Period Manufacturer Main Sponsor Other Sponsor
1989–1990 Germany Schwarzenbach United KingdomDunhill MalaysiaGenting
1991 Germany Puma
1992–1998 Italy Diadora
1999–2000 Japan Mikasa
2001–2003 Italy Kronos
2004–2005 Germany Adidas
2006–2007 MalaysiaTM
2008 Denmark Hummel
2009–2010 Italy Lotto
2011 Malaysia the ZON Hotel
2012 Malaysia Resorts World Genting Malaysia Aras Kuasa
2013 Australia Stobi United States Chili's
2014–2016 Germany Puma Malaysia Aras Kuasa Malaysia Resorts World Genting
2017 Germany Jako
July 2017 – 2018 ItalySouth Korea Fila
2019–2020 United Kingdom Umbro Malaysia

Football Republic

2021–Present Malaysia Hakka.Clo Malaysia Visit Pahang (home), Malaysia Invest Pahang (away) Indonesia Extra Joss

Head coaches
Years Nat Name
1994–1996 Malaysia Yunus Alif
1997–1998 Denmark Jorgen Erik Larsen
1999 Australia Alan Davidson
1999–2000 Malaysia Fuzzeimi Ibrahim
2001–2002 Malaysia Yunus Alif
2003 Brazil Ralf Borges Ferreira
2004–2006 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
2007 Malaysia Ahmad Yusof
2008 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
2009 Malaysia Tajuddin Noor
2010–2013 Malaysia Dollah Salleh
December 2013–March 2014 England Ron Smith
March 2014–December 2015 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
December 2015–March 2016 Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
March 2016–December 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail
December 2016–December 2020 Malaysia Dollah Salleh
December 2020–March 2021 United States Thomas Dooley
March 2021–December 2021 Malaysia Dollah Salleh
January 2022–July 2022 France Christophe Gamel
July 2022–January 2023 Malaysia Dollah Salleh (interim)
January 2023– Singapore Fandi Ahmad

Team managers
Years Nat Name
1999 Malaysia Talib Sulaiman
2000–2003 Malaysia Jamal Nasir Abdul Nasir Ismail
2004–2005 Malaysia Shahiruddin Abdul Moin
2006–2007 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
2008 Malaysia Omar Othman
2009–2017 Malaysia Che Nasir Salleh
2018–2021 Malaysia Suffian Awang
2021–2022 Malaysia Che Nasir Salleh
2023– Malaysia Dollah Salleh

Management team
Position Nat Staff
Technical director Malaysia Tajuddin Noor
Team manager Malaysia Dollah Salleh
Technical advisor Singapore Fandi Ahmad
Head coach Singapore Fandi Ahmad
Assistant head coach Malaysia Ahmad Yusof
Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin
Goalkeeper coach
Team doctor Malaysia Shah Rezal Sujit
Physiotherapist Malaysia Adam Zuhairy Zafri
Masseur Malaysia Mohd Riduan Amin
Security officer Malaysia Muhammaf Keny Anyie
Kit man Malaysia Abdul Razak B Akil
Malaysia Suffian Sulaiman
Under-21's team manager Malaysia Jalaluddin Mohd Deli
Under-21's head coach Malaysia
Under-21's assistant coach Malaysia Shahrizan Salleh
Under-21's coach Malaysia Mohd Yazeed Hamzah
Under-21's goalkeeper coach Malaysia Rais Dermawan Kamarudin
Under-21's fitness coach Malaysia Mohd Kaizai Zainuddin
Under-21's physiotherapist Malaysia Mohd Riduan Amin
Under-19's team manager Malaysia YM Raja Mustafa Shah
Under-19's head coach Malaysia Bahazenan Othman
Under-19's assistant coach Malaysia Ali Tahar
Under-19's coach Malaysia Rusly Ghazali
Under-19's goalkeeper coach Malaysia Zakaria Abu Bakar
Under-19's fitness coach Malaysia Mohd Rosidi Mohamad@Abdullah
Under-19's physiotherapist Malaysia

Club personnel

Sri Pahang Football Club Sdn. Bhd. is the company which owns Sri Pahang Football Club.[10]

Sri Pahang Football Club Sdn. Bhd. Owners

YAM Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Mustafi Billah
Raja Dato' Shaharudin bin Raja Jalil Shah
Rizal bin Che Hashim

President

YAM Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Mustafi Billah

Deputy president

Muhammad Safian Ismail

Board of Directors

Raja Dato' Shaharudin bin Raja Jalil Shah
Rizal bin Che Hashim

Chief Executive Officer

Suffian Awang[10]

Club record

Updated on 24 October 2019.

Note:

  • Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result
2004 Liga Super 21 14 5 2 48 29 +19 47 1st  – Semi-finals Semi-finals
2005 Liga Super 21 10 5 6 37 29 +8 35 2nd  – Quarter-finals 1st round AFC Cup Group stage
2005–06 Liga Super 21 7 6 8 21 24 −3 27 7th  – Group stage Champions  –  –
2006–07 Liga Super 24 7 6 11 32 41 −9 27 9th  – Group stage 2nd round AFC Cup Group stage
2007–08 Liga Super 24 8 6 10 26 31 −5 30 8th  – Group stage Semi-finals  –  –
2009 Liga Super 26 5 2 19 32 63 −31 17 13th  – Group stage 1st round  –  –
2010 Liga Super 26 10 3 13 31 50 −19 33 8th  – Quarter-finals 1st round  –  –
2011 Liga Super 26 5 7 14 19 36 −17 22 13th  – Play-off Semi-finals  –  –
2012 Premier League 22 14 4 4 60 29 +31 46 2nd  – Quarter-finals 2nd round  –  –
2013 Liga Super 22 10 5 7 36 32 +4 35 5th  – Champions Semi-finals  –  –
2014 Liga Super 22 11 4 7 36 30 +6 37 3rd Champions Champions Champions  –  –
2015 Liga Super 22 13 5 4 43 29 +14 38[lower-alpha 1] 3rd Runner-up Semi-finals Semi-finals AFC Cup Quarter-finals
2016 Liga Super 22 6 6 10 25 40 −15 24[lower-alpha 2] 9th  – Group stage 3rd round  –  –
2017 Liga Super 22 12 4 6 44 26 +18 40 2nd  – Quarter-finals Runner-up  –  –
2018 Liga Super 22 9 7 6 35 21 +14 34 4th  – Quarter-finals Champions  –  –
2019 Liga Super 22 12 7 3 37 21 +16 43 2nd  – Semi-finals Semi-finals  –  –
2020 Liga Super 11 4 2 5 18 18 0 14 8th  – not held not held  –  –
2021 Liga Super 22 4 6 12 23 37 -14 18 10th  – Group Stage not held  –  –
2022 Liga Super 22 8 4 10 33 31 +2 28 7th  – Quarter Final  –  –

Source:[11][12]

  1. Pahang was deducted 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports 2013 season, Mohamed Borji.
  2. Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.

AFC Club ranking
As of 2 July 2017[13]
Current Ranking Team Points
94 Malaysia Selangor FA 9.951
95 Myanmar Ayeyawady United 9.878
96 Iraq Naft Al-Wasat 9.704
97 Oman Al-Suwaiq 9.643
98 Malaysia Pahang FA 9.617

See also

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