Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Kelantan Darul Naim), previously known as Kelantan United, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.[1][2][3] The club currently plays in the Malaysia Super League.[4]
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| Full name | Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club | |||
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| Nickname(s) | The Golden Deers | |||
| Short name | KDN | |||
| Founded | 2016, as MPKB-BRI 2019, as Kelantan United 2024, as Kelantan Darul Naim | |||
| Ground | Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium | |||
| Capacity | 22,000 | |||
| President | Rozi Muhamad | |||
| Head coach | Park Jae-hong | |||
| League | Malaysia Super League | |||
| 2023 | Malaysia Super League, 12th of 14 | |||
| Website | https://kelantanunited.com/ | |||
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History
editKelantan Darul Naim Football Club is a professional football club founded in 2016. Previously knows as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Urusetia Belia dan Sukan Negeri Kelantan Football Club (MPKB-BRI UBeS FC) and also as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Football Club (MPKB-BRI FC) enter the Malaysian football competition in 2016 when the club was accepted to compete in 2016 Malaysia FAM League.[5] The club finished the season at the eight place.
For the 2017 season, the club will compete in Malaysia FAM League and participated in 2017 Malaysia FA Cup.[6][7][8] Starting from 2019 season, the club has been rebranded to Kelantan United Football Club as an effort to bring in support in the local area. In 2023, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League for the first time in their history. On 2 June 2023, Kelantan United recorded their first ever win in the top flight against city rivals, Kelantan winning 4–1.
In the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League season, Kelantan United will be rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim for the Malaysia League competition. Club president Rozi Muhammad said the rebranding of name and logo of the club is the desire of the management to unite all Kelantan football supporters under one proud banner and flag for the state. He said the name and logo change is not aimed at replacing the main team, "Kelantan" but it is a change made to see the club as being more competitive and is able to compete in the highest hierarchy of the Malaysian League with other major clubs.[9]
Crest and colours
editCrest
editKelantan Darul Naim has used one primary crest since the club participation in the national level football league competition before the club introduce a new crest starting in 2017 season to solidify its new branding.[10][11]
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2016 crest -
2017–2018 crest -
2019—2022 crest -
2023 crest -
2024—present crest
Colours
editKelantan Darul Naim have always worn black with mixture of red for shirts as their home kit.[12] For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit.[11]
Kelantan Darul Naim's away colours are usually white with green trim. For 2017 season, the club play in white with a trim of red for away kit while the white with a green trim for the third kit.[11]
Grounds
editStadium Sultan Muhammad IV
editOwnership and finances
editSponsorship
edit| Years | Kit manufacturer | Financial sponsors |
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| 2016 | Sala | Minyak Mestika, SH Prima Trading |
| 2017 | GomoGi | MPKB-BRI |
| 2018 | Kronos | Gelumbang Jaya |
| 2019 | SkyHawk | U-Shop, MySports Station |
| 2020 | Visit Kelantan 2020, Jaya Mas Mining | |
| 2021 | Umbro | Kelantan Melangkah Kehadapan, Yakult |
| 2022 | Gatti | |
| 2023 | IAM | Kelantan Melangkah Kehadapan, Nasken Coffee |
| 2024–25 | PUC Sport | Visit Kelantan 2024 |
Season by season record
edit| Season | League | Cup | Asia | ||||||||||||
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| Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | D | Pts | Pos | Charity | Malaysia[a] | FA | Competition | Result | |
| 2016 | FAM | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -11 | 10 | 8th Group B | – | Not qualified | – | – | – |
| 2017 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | -5 | 21 | 5th Group A | – | Not qualified | Second round | – | – | |
| 2018 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 21 | -8 | 8 | 7th Group A | – | Not qualified | – | – | – | |
| 2019 | M3 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 93 | 20 | +73 | 66 | 1st | – | TBD | Third round | – | – |
| 2020 | MPL | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 19 | -6 | 12 | 8th | – | Qualified | Second round | – | – |
| 2021 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 27 | 7th | – | Qualified | – | – | – | |
| 2022 | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 25 | 5th | – | Qualified | – | – | – | |
| 2023 | MSL | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 22 | 54 | -32 | 11 | 12th | – | Qualified | Second round | – | – |
- ^ The Malaysia Cup, Challenge and FAM Cup
| Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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Club top scorer
edit| Season | Player | Goals |
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| 2017 |  Raim Azmi
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4 |
| 2018 | Masri Asyraf
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5 |
| 2019 | Fakhrul Zaman
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35 |
| 2020 |  Gassama Alfussainey
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6 |
| 2021 | Gassama Alfussainey
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12 |
| 2022 |  Jacob Njoku
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10 |
Players
editFirst-team squad
editNote: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Coaches
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Mahadi Yusof (2015–2016)- Abdullah Muhammad (2016)
- Mohd Azli Mahmood (2016)
- Kamarudin Muhamad (2017)
- Abdullah Muhammad (2018)
- Zahasmi Ismail (2019–2020)
- Nazrulerwan Makmor (2020, 2023)
Akira Higashiyama (2021)- Syamsul Saad (2022)
Tomáš Trucha (2023)
Ailton Silva (2023)
Park Jae-hong (2024)
Coaching staff
edit| Position | Staff |
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| CEO | Wan Mohd Zul Ikman Wan Abdul Aziz
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| Technical director | Sazami Shafii
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| Head coach |  Park Jae-hong
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| Assistant coach | Rezal Zambery Yahya
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| Ashadi Yusoff
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| Goalkeeping coach | Abdul Rahman Baba
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| Fitness coach | Mohd Fazrul Jafar
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| Team doctor | Dr. Zairuddin
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| Physiotherapist | Muhammad Amir Fadzlan
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| Media officer | Ahmad Fadhli Sukardi
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| Photographer | Tarmizi Nafi
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| Masseur | Wan Muhamad Afif
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| Kitman | Fadhli Ikram
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Honours
editDomestic competitions
editLeague
edit- Malaysia M3 League
- Champions (1): 2019
References
edit- ^ Felda United And Kuala Lumpur Draw Tough Opponents In FA Cup Competition
- ^ Felda, KL berdepan laluan getir di pusingan kedua
- ^ azmi. "U-BeS FC rebut Piala FAM musim ini". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
- ^ "five new teams make it to FAM League". FootballSentral.com. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
- ^ Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2016
- ^ Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017
- ^ MPKB BRI-UBeS FC kekal patuh syariah
- ^ MPKB-BRI Ubes Fc bawa elemen patuh syariah dalam saingan Piala FAM 2017
- ^ "KUFC rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim this season". nst.com.my. NST. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ MPKB-BRI UBES FC Merekodkan Nama Kelab Kedua Terpanjang di Dunia
- ^ a b c "MPKB BRI-UBes FC duta promosi Negeri Kelantan – Ahmad Yakob | Stadium Astro". Archived from the original on 6 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017. MPKB BRI-UBes FC duta promosi Negeri Kelantan – Ahmad Yakob
- ^ MPKB-BRI UBeS FC perlu bangkit