Sri Pahang Football Club () is a

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n professional

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club based in

Kuantan Kuantan ( Jawi: ) is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the 18th largest city in Malaysia based on 2010 population, and the largest city in the East Coast of Penin ...

Pahang Pahang (;Jawi alphabet, Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a ...

. 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

, 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 Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

. The club came back from the abyss to the

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after winning the play-off match against

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Club licensing regulations

2018 season

* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the

2018 Malaysia Super League The 2018 Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia 2018), known as 2018 unifi Malaysia Super League ( ms, unifi Liga Super Malaysia 2018) for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional f ...

season. * This club had obtained the AFC Club License and is eligible to played either

2018 AFC Champions League The 2018 AFC Champions League was the 37th edition of Asia's premier club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 16th under the current AFC Champions League title. Kashima Antlers won the title for the f ...

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if qualified on merit.

2019 season

* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the

2019 Malaysia Super League The 2019 Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia 2019) is the 16th season of the Malaysia Super League, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia. Johor Darul Ta'zim are the current defending champions from the 2018 Malaysia ...

season.

History

Sri Pahang was established by Sultan Abu Bakar in 1959 to represent the state of

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 Darul Makmur Stadium ( ms, Stadium Darul Makmur) is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. It is mostly use for football matches, with a capacity of 40,000 people. The stadium has a running track, in addition to the footb ...

, was completed by the Council of

in 1970. Led by the legendary

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, Pahang FA won the first cup in 1983 when they won the Piala Malaysia, the most prestigious tournament in

football after a win over

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in the tournament, breaking the long duopoly of Selangor FA and

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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

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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

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and Singaporean football legend,

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. The association defeated

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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

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. As one of the most successful football teams in

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,

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who played in

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in Germany and

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who also played for the 4th division of

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club,

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. In

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, 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

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

was put under renovation for the 2012

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. 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

Sri Pahang are currently based at

. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a running track.

Players

First-team squad

Out on loan

Under-21s

Under-19s

Continental record

Honours

Domestic

League * Division 1/ Liga Super :* Winners (5): 1987,

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:* Runners-up (6): 1984,

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* Division 2/ Premier League :* Runner-up:

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Cup *

:* Winners (4): 1983, 1992,

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::* Runners-up (4): 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997 *

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:* Winners (3): 2006,

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::* Runners-up (2): 1995,

Piala Sumbangsih Piala Sumbangsih (English: Malaysia Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah ( en, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup), is the Malaysian super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pitting ...

:* Winners (3): 1992, 1993,

::* Runners-up (5): 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007,

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Continental

ASEAN Club Championship The ASEAN Club Championship or ACC is an international club football competition organised by the ASEAN Football Federation between domestic champion clubs. The competition is backed by AFC and FIFA. The first edition was sponsored by LG Electro ...

** Runner-up (1):

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship

Head coaches

Team managers

Management team

Club personnel

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

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 Source:

AFC Club ranking

References

External links

* {{Malaysia football champions Malaysia Super League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia Malaysia Cup winners 1959 establishments in Malaya Association football clubs established in 1959