Kelantan Darul Naim F.C.

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]

This article is about the Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club. For Kelantan Football Club, see Kelantan F.C.

Kelantan Darul Naim
Full nameKelantan Darul Naim Football Club
Nickname(s)The Golden Deers
Short nameKDNFC
Founded2016 (2016), as MPKB-BRI FC
2019 (2019), as Kelantan United
GroundSultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Capacity22,000
PresidentRozi Muhamad
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023Malaysia Super League, 12th of 14
WebsiteClub website

History

Kelantan 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

Crest

Kelantan 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]

  • 2016 crest
  • 2017–2018 crest
  • 2019—2022 crest
  • 2023 crest
  • 2024—present crest

Colours

Kelantan 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

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship
Years Kit manufacturer Financial sponsors
2016 Sala Minyak Mestika, SH Prima Trading
2017 GomoGi MPKB-BRI
2018 Kronos Gelumbang Jaya
2019 Sky Hawk 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
Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia[lower-alpha 1] 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 – –
  1. The Malaysia Cup, Challenge and FAM Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Club top scorer
Season Player Goals
2017 Raim Azmi 4
2018 Masri Asyraf 5
2019 Fakhrul Zaman 35
2020 Gassama Alfussainey 6
2021 Gassama Alfussainey 12
2022 Jacob Njoku 10

Players

First-team squad

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  MAS Alfaiz Zula'amin
3 DF  KOR Kim Ri-Gwan
4 DF  MAS Ghaffar Rahman
5 DF  MAS Muhammad Faudzi
6 MF  PLE Oday Kharoub
7 MF  MAS Asraff Aliffuddin
8 MF  MAS Syed Sobri
9 FW  GNB Valdu Té
10 MF  COD Chadrack Lukombe
11 DF  MAS Afzal Akbar
12 MF  MAS Amirul Shafik Che Soh
13 FW  MAS Wan Fazli Ghazali
14 DF  MAS Nasrol Amri
15 MF  MAS Zuasyraf Zulkiefle (on loan from Terengganu FC)
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  MAS Jasmir Mehat
17 FW  MAS Fazrul Amir
18 DF  CZE Michal Jeřábek
19 MF  MAS Irwan Syazmin
20 FW  MAS Faizal Talib
21 DF  MAS Umeir Aznan
22 GK  MAS Khatul Anuar
23 FW  BOL David Ribera
24 FW  KOR Bae Kyeong-hwan
25 MF  MAS Syahir Rashid
26 DF  KOR Goo Ah-hwoi
27 MF  KOR Jung Byung-ju
28 MF  MAS Mior Dani
29 DF  MAS Hafizal Mohamad
30 GK  MAS Muhaimin Mohamad
31 MF  MAS Fakhrul Ramli
— DF  MAS Arip Amiruddin

Coaches

Coaching staff
Position Staff
CEO Wan Mohd Zul Ikman Wan Abdul Aziz
Technical director Sazami Shafii
Head coach Park Jae-hong
Assistant coach Rezal Zambery Yahya
Ashadi Yusoff
Goalkeeping coach Abdul Rahman Baba
Fitness coach Mohd Fazrul Jafar
Team doctor Dr. Zairuddin
Physiotherapist Muhammad Amir Fadzlan
Media officer Ahmad Fadhli Sukardi
Photographer Tarmizi Nafi
Masseur Wan Muhamad Afif
Kitman Fadhli Ikram

Honours

League

References
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  4. "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.
  5. Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2016
  6. Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017
  7. MPKB BRI-UBeS FC kekal patuh syariah
  8. MPKB-BRI Ubes Fc bawa elemen patuh syariah dalam saingan Piala FAM 2017
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