Sri Pahang FC

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Sri Pahang
Full nameSri Pahang Football Club
Nickname(s)Tok Gajah (The Elephants)
Short nameSPFC
Founded1959; 65 years ago (1959) (as Pahang FA)
GroundDarul Makmur Stadium
(due to stadium renovation, temporarily moved to Temerloh Mini Stadium, since May 2024)
Capacity10,000
President/OwnerTengku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum
Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah
Head coachFandi Ahmad
LeagueMalaysia Super League
20232023 Malaysia Super League, 5th of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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.

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 title, 1 Malaysia Premier League title, 3 Malaysia FA Cup, 4 Malaysia Cup and 3 Malaysian Charity Shield.

History[edit]

Early years (1959–1979)[edit]

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.

Rise to prominence (1980–2008)[edit]

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 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.[vague]

Pahang FA was also the first winner of the inaugural Malaysia Super League in its new format in 2004 winning 14 matches, 5 draws and 2 losses in 21 league games.

As one of the most successful football teams in Malaysia from 1980 to 2007, Pahang FA 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 2005, Pahang FA was invited to the 2005 ASEAN Club Championship in which they ended up as runners-up losing the final to Singaporean side, Tampines Rovers.

In 2008, many players from talented young Shahzan Muda were absorbed into Pahang FA.

The yo-yo years(2009–2012)[edit]

In the 2011, Pahang FA played in their worst ever season in the club history finishing in 13th place with 5 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses as they were relegated to the 2nd tier of Malaysia football, the Malaysia Premier League. While in the Malaysia Premier League, Pahang FA showed great improvement in the 2012 season as they had a great run in the 2012 Malaysia FA Cup making it to the quarter-finals of the cup. The club was also the 2012 Malaysia Premier League runner-up in 2012 sitting 8 points behind first place ATM FA, qualifying the association to play in the promotion "play-off" matches to the Malaysia Super League. Pahang FA than beat Kedah FA 3–2 on penalties shootout in the final of the "play-off", winning promotion to the 2013 Malaysia Super League.

Glory years (2013–2018)[edit]

Back-to-back Malaysia Cup winners and Cup double[edit]

Pahang FA than had a great run in the 2013 Malaysia Cup reaching all the way to the final where they won against Kelantan FA 1–0. Azamuddin Akil won the 'Best Player' award while Matías Conti become the joint top scorer. In the 2014 Malaysia Cup, Pahang FA make it all the way to the final in which they successfully defended it against Johor Darul Ta'zim with Nigerian striker, Dickson Nwakaeme scoring both goal in the 2–2 draw which send eventually ended up with Pahang FA winning it 5–3 on penalties shootout. Nwakaeme also became the cup top scorer with eight goals.

Pahang FA also won the 2014 Piala Sumbangsih in which Matías Conti scored the only goal against LionsXII. Pahang FA also won the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup facing Felda United in the final in which the club were losing 1–0 in the process before Faizol Hussien levelled the match at 1–1 in the 80th minute. Nwakaeme than scored in the 89th minute to sealed the win for Pahang FA in which resulted the club to win a cup double in 2014.

In 2018, Pahang FA had another great run in the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup in which they won 2–0 Selangor FA in the final.

Ups and downs (2019–present)[edit]

In 2021, Pahang FA was rebranded as Sri Pahang Football Club.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors[edit]

Sponsorship[edit]

Period Manufacturer Main Sponsor Other Sponsor
1989–1990 Germany Schwarzenbach United Kingdom Dunhill Malaysia Genting
1991 Germany Puma
1992–1998 Italy Diadora
1999–2000 Japan Mikasa
2001–2003 Italy Kronos
2004–2005 Germany Adidas
2006–2007 Malaysia TM
2008 Denmark Hummel
2009–2010 Italy Lotto
2011 Malaysia 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

Stadium[edit]

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.

In 2012, the association had to play in Temerloh Mini Stadium as the home ground 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.

Players[edit]

First-team squad[edit]

As of 7 March 2024

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 Hashimuddin
3 DF Malaysia MAS Adam Nor Azlin
4 MF Malaysia MAS Asnan Ahmad
5 DF Serbia SRB Aleksandar Cvetković
6 DF Malaysia MAS Syazwan Andik
7 MF Malaysia MAS Sean Selvaraj
9 FW Liberia LBR Kpah Sherman
10 MF Uzbekistan UZB Kuvondik Ruziev
11 FW Ukraine UKR Mykola Ahapov
12 MF Malaysia MAS Baqiuddin Shamsudin
13 DF Malaysia MAS Ashar Al Aafiz Abdullah
15 DF Argentina ARG Stefano Brundo
16 FW Malaysia MAS Ezequiel Agüero
18 GK Malaysia MAS Azfar Arif
20 MF Malaysia MAS Nor Azam Azih
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 DF Malaysia MAS Azwan Aripin
24 GK Malaysia MAS Izham Tarmizi Roslan (on loan from Johor Darul Takzim)
26 MF Malaysia MAS T. Saravanan
27 DF Malaysia MAS Fadhli Shas
29 DF Malaysia MAS Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul Hisham
30 FW Malaysia MAS Ibrahim Manusi
33 MF Malaysia MAS Saiful Jamaluddin
35 FW Malaysia MAS Syaahir Saiful Nizam
44 DF Malaysia MAS Hasnul Zaim
55 MF Malaysia MAS David Rowley
88 MF Argentina ARG Manuel Hidalgo (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)

Under-23s[edit]

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

Club official[edit]

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
Malaysia Jalaluddin Jaafar
Opposition / Tactical Analyst Singapore Rudie Imran Masih
Goalkeeper coach Malaysia Omar Salim
Fitness Coach Malaysia Azmi Ibrahim
Team doctor Malaysia Shah Rezal Sujit
Physiotherapist Malaysia Adam Zuhairy Zafri
Masseur Malaysia Mohd Riduan Amin
Security officer Malaysia Muhammad Keny Anyie
Kit man Malaysia Ahmad Faizal Ibrahim
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 Azeri Bin Adnan
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[edit]

Sri Pahang Football Club Sdn. Bhd. is the company which owns Sri Pahang Football Club.[2]

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[2]

List of head coaches[edit]

Years Nat Name Achievements
1994–1996 Malaysia Yunus Alif – 1995 Liga Perdana

– 1999 Liga Perdana 1

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 – 2004 Malaysia Super League
2007 Malaysia Ahmad Yusof
2008 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan
2009 Malaysia Tajuddin Noor
2010–2013 Malaysia Dollah Salleh – 2013 Malaysia Cup
December 2013–March 2014 England Ron Smith – 2014 Piala Sumbangsih
March 2014–December 2015 Malaysia Zainal Abidin Hassan – 2014 Malaysia FA Cup

– 2014 Malaysia Cup

December 2015–March 2016 Malaysia Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
March 2016–December 2016 Malaysia Razip Ismail
December 2016–December 2020 Malaysia Dollah Salleh (2) – 2018 Malaysia FA Cup
December 2020–March 2021 United States Thomas Dooley
March 2021–December 2021 Malaysia Dollah Salleh (3)
January 2022–July 2022 France Christophe Gamel
July 2022–January 2023 Malaysia Dollah Salleh [interim] (4)
January 2023– Singapore Fandi Ahmad

Team managers[edit]

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

Club record[edit]

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[a] 3rd Runner-up Semi-finals Semi-finals AFC Cup Quarter-finals
2016 Liga Super 22 6 6 10 25 40 −15 24[b] 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:[3][4]

  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[edit]

As of 2 July 2017[5]
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

Continental record[edit]

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1988–89 Asian Club Championship[6] Qualifying Round
Group 5 		Thailand Royal Thai Air Force 1–2 2nd out of 5
Indonesia Niac Mitra 0–0
Brunei Bandaran KB 5–1
Singapore Geylang International 2–1
Semi Final League
Group B 		Qatar Al-Sadd 0–2 5th out of 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittifaq 1–4
Bangladesh Mohammedan SC 2–1
North Korea April 25 0–2
1993–94 Asian Club Championship[7] Preliminary Round Thailand Thai Farmers Bank FC Withdrew
1995 Asian Club Championship[8] First Round Vietnam Cảng Sài Gòn Walkover
Second Round South Korea Ilhwa Chunma 2–3 0–2 2–5
2005 AFC Cup[9] Group E Singapore Home United 3–3 1–2 3rd out of 4
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 out of 4
East Timor FC Zebra 8–0
Cambodia Nagacorp 3–0
Semi Final Brunei DPMM FC 1–0
Final Singapore Tampines Rovers 2–4 Runner-up
2007 AFC Cup[10] Group F Thailand Osotsapa 0–4 0–4 4th out of 4
India Mohun Bagan 1–2 0–2
Singapore Tampines Rovers 1–4 0–2
2015 AFC Cup[11] Group G Myanmar Yadanarbon 7–4 3–2 2nd out of 4
Philippines Global 0–0 0–0
Hong Kong South China 0–1 1–3
Round of 16 Indonesia Persipura Jayapura Forfeited, 3–0 win awarded to Pahang
Quarter Final Tajikistan Istiklol 3–1 0–4 3–5

Honours[edit]

Domestic[edit]

League

Cup

Continental[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Home Venue". Pahang FA. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Ini Senarai 'Owner', Nama Syarikat Dan Pengarah 21 Buah Kelab Dalam Saingan Liga Super Dan Liga Premier Malaysia". Vocket FC. 6 October 2020. Archived from the original on 13 September 2021. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Summary - Liga Super - Malaysia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". Archived from the original on 5 August 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Malaysia 2016". Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
  5. ^ "AFC Club Ranking ( 1st January 2020 ) - Global Football Ranks". Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  6. ^ King, Ian; Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian Club Competitions 1988/89". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 27 October 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  7. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian Club Competitions 1993/94". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 May 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  8. ^ Fujioka, Atsushi; Lee, Seungsoo; Stokkermans, Karel; Visser, Eric. "Asian Club Competitions 1995/96". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  9. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian Club Competitions 2005". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  10. ^ Saaid, Hamdan; Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian Club Competitions 2007". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 30 July 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
  11. ^ Stokkermans, Karel. "Asian Club Competitions 2015". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2022. Retrieved 21 February 2020.

External links[edit]

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