Kelantan Darul Naim F.C.

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

Kelantan Darul Naim

Full name	Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Golden Deers
Short name	KDN
Founded	2016;8 years ago (2016), as MPKB-BRI FC 2019;5 years ago (2019), as Kelantan United (change again to 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, 12h of 14 (promoted)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours
Current season

Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club (Malay : Kelab Bola Sepak Kelantan Darul Naim) previously known as Kelantan United is a Malaysian professional association football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The club currently plays in the Malaysia Super League. ^[4]

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]}

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  2016 crest
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  2017–2018 crest
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  2019—2022 crest
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  2023 crest
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  2024—Now 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]

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

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

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position N/A = No answer

FAM = FAM League M3 = Malaysia M3 League MPL = Malaysia Premier League MSL = Malaysia Super League

QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3

R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 GR = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up S = Shared W = Winners

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 — GK   MAS Khatul Anuar — DF   MAS Muhammad Faudzi — DF   MAS Arip Amiruddin — DF   MAS Afzal Akbar — MF   MAS Syed Sobri — DF   MAS Nasrol Amri — MF   MAS Irwan Syazmin — DF   MAS Ghaffar Rahman — MF   MAS Syahir Rashid — GK   MAS Alfaiz Zula'amin — MF   COD Chadrack Lukombe — FW   BOL David Ribera

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF   MAS Asraff Aliffuddin — GK   MAS Muhaimin Mohamad — MF   PLE Oday Kharoub — FW   MAS Fazrul Amir — FW   MAS Fazli Ghazali — MF   MAS Jasmir Mehat — DF   MAS Hafizal Mohamad — MF   MAS Zuasyraf Zulkiefle (on loan from Terengganu FC) — DF   MAS Umeir Aznan — FW   MAS Faizal Talib — DF   CZE Michal Jeřábek — DF   KOR Kim Ri-gwan — DF   KOR Goo Ah-hwoi — MF   KOR Jung Byung-ju — FW   KOR Bae Kyeong-hwan — FW   GNB Valdu Té

Under-23s

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
	Muhammad Nor Amin		GK	2000
	Satthyvel		GK	2002
	Muhammad Atiq		GK	2001
Defenders
	Muhamad Zulfahmi		RB / RWB	2001
	Aqil Asyraaf		CB	2002
	Mohammad Idham		CB	2003
	Aikal Daniel		CB	2001
	Zulkefli Adli		LB / LWB	2000
	Fahrurrodzi		RB / RWB	2002
	Muhammad Adam Shaari		LB / LWB	2001
	Aqil Hussni		CB	2002
	Fakhrul Izumi		CB	2003
Midfielders
	Abdul Halim		LM / RM	2001
	Fakhrul Che Ramli		CM	2001
	Mohammad Sabri		RW / RM	2002
	Muhammad Aniq Arami		CM	2000
	Danial Aiman		AM / CM	2001
	Faris Akmal		RW /RM	2001
	Adam Danial		LW /LM	2004
	Raja Kifaratullah		DM /CM	2003
	Muhammad Rizuan		AM /CM	2002
	Muhammad Aiman Hakim		DM /CM	2001
Forwards
	Khairul Hafizuddin		ST	2001
	Hariz Roslan		ST	2001
	Thaanush		ST	2001

Coaches

Coaches by Years (2010–present)

• 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

Position	Staff
CEO	Wan Mohd Zul Ikman Wan Abdul Aziz
Team manager	Zamri Ismail
Assistant team manager	Nik Khuzaimi Nudin
Technical director	Akira Higashiyama
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
Official photographer	Normeezan Nordin
Masseur	Wan Muhamad Afif Wan Kamaruddin
Kitman	Fadhli Ikram

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Malaysia M3 League
  • Champions (1): 2019

References

1. Felda United And Kuala Lumpur Draw Tough Opponents In FA Cup Competition
2. Felda, KL berdepan laluan getir di pusingan kedua
3. azmi. "U-BeS FC rebut Piala FAM musim ini". Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
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
9. "KUFC rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim this season". nst.com.my. NST. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
10. MPKB-BRI UBES FC Merekodkan Nama Kelab Kedua Terpanjang di Dunia
11. "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
12. MPKB-BRI UBeS FC perlu bangkit

External links

• Kelantan Darul Naim F.C. on Facebook