Sri Pahang Football Club () is a
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
n professional
football 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: , 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 sultanate and ...
. 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
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 ...
, 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 football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system.
The Malaysia Premier Leagu ...
. The club came back from the abyss to the
Malaysia Super League
The Malaysia Super League ( ms, Liga Super Malaysia) is the men's top professional football division of the Malaysian football league system. Administered by the Football Malaysia Limited Liability Partnership (FMLLP), now known as the Malay ...
in
2013
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after winning the play-off match against
Kedah Darul Aman.
Club licensing regulations
2018 season
* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the
2018 Malaysia Super League season.
* This club had obtained the AFC Club License and is eligible to played either
2018 AFC Champions League
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Kashima Antlers won the title for the ...
or
2018 AFC Cup
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Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya won the title for the third consecutive year, defeating Altyn Asyr in the fi ...
if qualified on merit.
2019 season
* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the
2019 Malaysia Super League
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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
Pahang
Pahang (; 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 sultanate and ...
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 (soccer), football matches, with a capacity of 40,000 people. The stadium has a running track, in ad ...
, was completed by the Council of
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 ...
in 1970.
Led by the legendary
Jamal Nasir
Jamal Nasir is a former Malaysian footballer who plays for Pahang and Malaysia national team as a right back in the 1970s and in the 1980s. He also a football critic.
International career
Jamal Nasir represented Malaysia from 1975 to 1984. ...
, Pahang FA won the first cup in 1983 when they won the Piala Malaysia, the most prestigious tournament in
Malaysia
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football after a win over
Selangor FA
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in the tournament, breaking the long duopoly of Selangor FA and
Singapore FA
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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
Piala Malaysia
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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
Dollah Salleh
Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian football coach and former player. He is well-known to MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. One of Malaysia's most decorated players, he has also been manager of Malaysia's national team.
Playing car ...
,
Zainal Abidin Hassan,
Ahmad Yusof
Ahmad Yusof is a Malaysian footballer who plays for Penang and Pahang as a midfielder. He also a football manager.
Career
With the Malaysia national team, he won the 1989 SEA Games gold medal. He also former national team captain. In Febru ...
,
Khairul Azman Mohamed, Abdul Mubin Mokhtar, Australian football legend,
Alan Edward Davidson and Singaporean football legend,
Fandi Ahmad
Fandi bin Ahmad (born 29 May 1962) is a Singaporean professional Manager (association football), football manager and former Association football, player. During his professional career, he mainly played as a Forward (association football), st ...
. The association defeated
Kedah FA
Kedah Darul Aman Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman) is a football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to have won two tre ...
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
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Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
.
As one of the most successful football teams in
Malaysia
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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
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in Germany and
Muhammad Juzaili Samion who also played for the 4th division of
Ligue 1
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club,
FCSR Haguenau in
2000
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.
In
2008
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, many players from talented young
Shahzan Muda F.C.
Shahzan Muda Football Club is a Malaysian football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. The club currently plays at the Malaysia FAM League, the third tier of the Malaysian football league.
Achievements
Management and coaching staff
* Manager: ...
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
Kedah Darul Aman Football Club ( ms, Kelab Bola Sepak Kedah Darul Aman) is a football club based in Alor Setar, Kedah, that competes in the Malaysia Super League. They are the only team in the history of Malaysian football to have won two tre ...
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
Stadium Majlis Perbandaran Temerloh or well known as Stadium Temerloh is a multi-purpose stadium located in Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia. It is currently used mostly for football matches, with a capacity of 10,000 people. The stadium has a runni ...
as the homeground for the first time after the
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 (soccer), football matches, with a capacity of 40,000 people. The stadium has a running track, in ad ...
was put under renovation for the 2012
Sukma Games
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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
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 (soccer), football matches, with a capacity of 40,000 people. The stadium has a running track, in ad ...
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: , 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 sultanate and ...
. 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,
1992
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,
1995
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,
1999
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,
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
:* Runners-up (6): 1984,
1991
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,
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
,
2005
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,
2017
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,
2019
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*
Division 2/ Premier League
:* Runner-up:
2012
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Cup
*
Piala Malaysia
The Malaysia Cup ( ms, Piala Malaysia), formerly known as ''Malaya Cup'', is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the nation's ol ...
:* Winners (4): 1983, 1992,
2013
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,
2014
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::* Runners-up (4): 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997
*
Piala FA
The Malaysia FA Cup ( ms, Piala FA) is an annual national knock-out football (soccer), football tournament in Malaysia. The cup was first held in 1990. The competition was previously managed by Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), before bein ...
:* Winners (3): 2006,
2014
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,
2018
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::* Runners-up (2): 1995,
2017
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*
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,
2014
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::* Runners-up (5): 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007,
2015
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Continental
*
ASEAN Club Championship
** Runner-up (1):
2005
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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
See also
*
List of Malaysia Football Chairman
The Malaysia Super League is a professional football league in Malaysia which is at the top of the Malaysian football league system. The league was formed in 2004 as a replacement for the original First Division.
Up to 2021, most managers only ...
References
External links
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{{Malaysia football champions
Malaysia Super League clubs
Football clubs in Malaysia
Malaysia Cup winners
1959 establishments in Malaya
Association football clubs established in 1959