Kelantan Darul Naim F.C.

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Kelantan Darul Naim
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Full nameKelantan Darul Naim Football Club
Nickname(s)The Golden Deers
Short nameKDNFC
Founded2016;8 years ago (2016), as MPKB-BRI FC
2019;5 years ago (2019), as Kelantan United FC
2024;0 years ago (2024), as Kelantan Darul Naim FC
Ground Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Capacity22,000
PresidentRozi Muhamad
League Malaysia Super League
2023 Malaysia Super League, 12th of 14
Website Club website
Soccerball current event.svg Current season

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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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]

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

Stadium Sultan Muhammad IV

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship

YearsKit manufacturerFinancial 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

SeasonLeagueCupAsia
DivisionPldWDLFADPtsPosCharityMalaysia [lower-alpha 1] FACompetitionResult
2016 FAM 142481223-11108th Group BNot qualified
2017 145632116-5215th Group ANot qualified Second round
2018 122281321-887th Group ANot qualified
2019 M3 2621329320+73661stTBD Third round
2020 MPL 114071319-6128thQualified Second round
2021 2082102528-3277thQualified
2022 186752319+4255thQualified
2023 MSL 2125142254-321112thQualified Second round
ChampionsRunners-upThird place Promoted Relegated

Club top scorer

SeasonPlayerGoals
2017 Flag of Malaysia.svg Raim Azmi 4
2018 Flag of Malaysia.svg Masri Asyraf 5
2019 Flag of Malaysia.svg Fakhrul Zaman 35
2020 Flag of The Gambia.svg Gassama Alfussainey 6
2021 Flag of The Gambia.svg Gassama Alfussainey 12
2022 Flag of Nigeria.svg 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.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Alfaiz Zula'amin
3 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Kim Ri-Gwan
4 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Ghaffar Rahman
5 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Muhammad Faudzi
6 MF Flag of Palestine.svg  PLE Oday Kharoub
7 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Asraff Aliffuddin
8 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Syed Sobri
9 FW Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg  GNB Valdu Té
10 MF Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  COD Chadrack Lukombe
11 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Afzal Akbar
12 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Amirul Shafik Che Soh
13 FW Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Wan Fazli Ghazali
14 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Nasrol Amri
15 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Zuasyraf Zulkiefle (on loan from Terengganu FC)
No.Pos.NationPlayer
16 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Jasmir Mehat
17 FW Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Fazrul Amir
18 DF Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE Michal Jeřábek
19 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Irwan Syazmin
20 FW Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Faizal Talib
21 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Umeir Aznan
22 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Khatul Anuar
23 FW Flag of Bolivia.svg  BOL David Ribera
24 FW Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Bae Kyeong-hwan
25 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Syahir Rashid
26 DF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Goo Ah-hwoi
27 MF Flag of South Korea.svg  KOR Jung Byung-ju
28 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Mior Dani
29 DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Hafizal Mohamad
30 GK Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Muhaimin Mohamad
31 MF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Fakhrul Ramli
DF Flag of Malaysia.svg  MAS Arip Amiruddin

Coaches

Coaching staff

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

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

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