Full name | Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Golden Deers | |||
Short name | KDN | |||
Founded | 2016 2019 , as Kelantan United 2024 , as Kelantan Darul Naim | , as MPKB-BRI|||
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 | |||
Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club (Malay : Kelab Bola Sepak Kelantan Darul Naim) is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. [1] [2] [3] The club currently plays in the Malaysia Super League. [4]
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 club's brand and logo rebranding is the management's desire 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 can compete in the highest hierarchy of the Malaysian League with other major clubs. [9]
In November 2024, the club travelled to India and took part in the 2024 edition of Sikkim Gold Cup. [10] [11]
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. [12] [13]
Kelantan Darul Naim have always worn black with mixture of red for shirts as their home kit. [14] For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit. [13]
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. [13]
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 | 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 | – | – |
Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Promoted | Relegated |
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Season | Player | Goals |
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2017 | Raim Azmi | 4 |
2018 | Masri Asyraf | 5 |
2019 | Fakhrul Zaman | 35 |
2020 | Gassama Alfussainey | 6 |
2021 | Gassama Alfussainey | 12 |
2022 | Jacob Njoku | 10 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Position | Staff |
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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 |
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