Sri Pahang Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Sri Pahang) is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. Founded in 1959 and has traditionally worn a yellow home kit since. At the beginning, club's home matches were held around the city public fields and outside Kuantan, predominantly around districts of Pahang.
Led by the legendary Jamal Nasir, Pahang FA won the first cup in 1983, Piala Malaysia after a win over Selangor FA, breaking the long duopoly of them and Singapore FA. Nonetheless, the most successful era was in the 1990s, when the association reached the final of Piala Malaysia 4 times. 1992 was the year when the association won the double, the Piala Malaysia and the league. Sri Pahang year was touted as the Dream Team, when several high-profile players played for them (Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Ahmad Yusof, Khairul Azman Mohamed, Abdul Mubin Mokhtar, Australian football legend, Alan Davidson and Fandi Ahmad). The association defeated Kedah FA in final stage to win the Piala Malaysia, thanks to the fastest goal in Piala's history, scored by Zulhamizan Zakaria.[vague]
Pahang FA was also the winner of the inaugural Malaysia Super League in 2004, winning 14 matches with 5 draws and 2 losses in 21 league games. Pahang was invited to the 2005 ASEAN Club Championship in which they ended as runners-up, losing the final to Singaporean side Tampines Rovers. In 2008, many players from talented young Shahzan Muda were absorbed into Pahang FA.
Inconsistency (2009–2012)
In the 2011, Pahang played their worst ever season, finishing in 13th place with 5 wins, 7 draws and 14 losses. They were relegated to the Malaysia Premier League. While in the Malaysia Premier League, Pahang showed improvements in the 2012 Malaysia FA Cup, making it to the quarter-finals. The club was also the 2012 Malaysia Premier League runner-up, 8 points behind ATM FA, qualifying for the promotion "play-off" matches to the Malaysia Super League. Pahang than beat Kedah FA 3–2 on penalties in the final, winning promotion to the 2013 Malaysia Super League.
In 2021, Pahang FA was rebranded as Sri Pahang Football Club. Sri Pahang sees hope during the 2024–25 Malaysia Cup where they defeated Selangor 4–3 on aggregate in the round of 16. During the second leg of the quarter-final match on 22 December 2024, Manuel Hidalgo scored a hat-trick against Perak in a 3–3 draw which saw Sri Pahang advance to the semi-final with a 4–3 aggregate. In the semi-finals second leg, Kpah Sherman scored in extra time to bring the aggregate to 3–2 which saw Sri Pahang advance to the 2025 Malaysia Cup final.
Darul Makmur Stadium has been the home ground of the club since 1970.
Sri Pahang are currently based at Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan, Pahang. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a running track.[1] The stadium has a running track, in addition to the football field. It was opened in 1970, while capacity was increased after renovations in 1995 in conjunction with Kuantan hosting the Sukma Games in 1996 and 2012.
In 2012, the association had to play in Temerloh Mini Stadium as the home ground for the first time after the Darul Makmur Stadium was put under renovation for the 2012 Sukma Games. A year later, the club returned to the newly renovated Darul Makmur Stadium and in the same year, they lifted the Piala Malaysia for the third time, ending a 21-year cup drought.
Players
First-team squad
As of 1 May 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
↑ Pahang was deducted 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports 2013 season, Mohamed Borji.
↑ Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.
↑ Fujioka, Atsushi; Lee, Seungsoo; Stokkermans, Karel; Visser, Eric. "Asian Club Competitions 1995/96". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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