Terengganu FC II

Terengganu II

Full name	Terengganu Football Club II
Nickname(s)	The Turtles
Short name	TFCII
Founded	2006;15 years ago (2006)
Ground	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Capacity	15,000
President	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Head Coach	Badrul Afzan
League	Malaysia Premier League
2020	2nd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Terengganu Football Club II (Malay : Kelab Bola Sepak Terengganu II) is a professional football club based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The club currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League, the second division of the Malaysian League.

The club was founded as T-Team on 14 July 2006, changed its name to Terengganu II in 2017 and become the reserve team of Terengganu Football Club. The club is widely known as The Turtles.

History

Early years (as T-Team)

The club was founded on 14 July 2006 as T-Team. The club was formed after Football Association of Kuala Terengganu District decided to send a football team to compete in Malaysian League as T-Team. They competed in 2008 Malaysia FAM League and achieved promotion to Malaysia Premier League for 2009 season. ^[1] The club was then also promoted to Malaysia Super League after just one season in second division and then competed in 2010 Malaysia Super League. The club was further rebranded as T-Team Titans to gather local support.

The team quickly gained popularity among the local football fans as everyone's favourite underdog. As the team kept surpassing the pundits' and supporters' expectations season after season they also showed that they were more than capable of competing and beating Malaysia's heavyweights (JDT, Pahang and Kedah) even with their tight budget and often young squad.

Merging with Terengganu FA to become Terengganu FC

On 21 November 2017, T-Team management announced the club had been absorbed into Terengganu F.C., and the team status was changed to a reserve team of the newly restructured first team of Terengganu. As part of the change, T-Team changed its name to Terengganu II, and were automatically relegated to the 2018 Malaysia Premier League, despite finishing the season outside of the 2017 Malaysia Super League relegation zone. ^[2]

This was a controversial decision among Terengganu and Malaysia football fans as they felt that the decision was very unfair towards the club and the players of T-Team (currently Terengganu F.C II) at that time. As the club worked hard until the last day of the season to avoid relegation to the Malaysia Premier League but still ended up getting relegated due to the decision of the board. The fans felt that there was no need for the two clubs to merge as they would have preferred T-Team to exist as their club and management and be able to watch a Terengganu Derby in the Malaysia Super League between Terengganu F.C. versus T-Team. Coach Rahmad Darmawan openly criticized the decision of the Terengganu F.C. board as he felt that he and his players were betrayed. He stated that had the decision of merging the two clubs been announced before the start of the season, he and his players would not have wasted their time and energy to avoid relegation. He then resigned as the coach of Terengganu F.C. II with the reason that he was not interested in managing a reserve side.

Under new head coach, Mustafa Kamal, Terengganu II performed badly in the league, and finished 11th, in the automatic relegation to Malaysia FAM League zone. As a result of the poor performance, Mustafa Kamal resigned as head coach, and the head coach role were temporarily held by Tengku Hazman, his assistant, for the inaugural Malaysia Challenge Cup. Tengku Hazman succeeded in leading his charges to win the tournament, beating UKM F.C. 4-2 on aggregate in the final.

In December 2018, Terengganu II were granted a reprieve by Malaysia Football League and retained their place for the 2019 Malaysia Premier League, after 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup champions Terengganu City F.C. were denied promotion due to unpaid player and staff wages issues. ^[3]

Stadium

Main article: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

The club currently use the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia as their home venue.

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

The capacity of the stadium is 25,000. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2007	Admiral	No Sponsor
2008		No Sponsor
2009		Streamyx & Admiral
2010		TM & Admiral
2011		Admiral
2012
2013	Kappa	EPIC
2014	Line 7
2015	Eutag
2016–2017	Kobert	Terengganu Incorporated
2017	Mizuno	Chicken Cottage
2018	Kobert
2019 - recent	aL by Al-Ikhsan	Terengganu Incorporated

Players

Current squad

As of 9 June 2020

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 Shafawi Mohamad 2 DF   JPN Masaki Watanabe 3 FW   MAS Amir Ashraf Hussin 4 MF   CIV Dechi Marcel N'Guessan 5 DF   MAS Alif Zakaria 6 MF   MAS Dhiyaulrahman Hasry 7 DF   MAS Che Mohd Arif 8 FW   MAS Aliff Fitri Jefri 9 DF   MAS Wan Mohd Fazli 11 MF   MAS Ridzuan Razali 13 FW   MAS Firas Tarmizi 14 MF   MAS Zuasyraf Zulkiefle 15 MF   MAS Takhiyuddin Roslan 16 MF   MAS Izaman Solehin Rohadi 17 FW   MAS Ramzi Sufian 18 MF   MAS Azrean Aziz 19 GK   MAS Nik Mohd Amin Ahmad

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF   MAS Amirul Syazwan Nor Azmi 21 MF   MAS Fakrul Wahid 22 MF   MAS Engku Muhd Nur Shakir 23 DF   MAS Aqil Irfanuddin 24 GK   MAS Suhaimi Hussin 26 DF   MNE Argzim Redžović 27 DF   MAS Amirul Hafizul Samsol 28 FW   GHA Jordan Mintah 29 MF   MAS Shaziran Sapien 30 FW   MAS Izzan Syahmi Mustapa 31 MF   MAS Haidhir Suhaini

Source: ^[7]

Head coaches

Main article: List of Liga Super managers

Year	Head Coach
2006–2007	Hasnan Ahmad
2007–2010	Che Ku Marzuki
2011–2012	Yunus Alif
2013	Peter Butler
2013	Eduardo Almeida (caretaker)
2013	Che Ku Marzuki (caretaker)
2013–2014	Azraai Khor (resign)
2014	Anuar Abu Bakar (caretaker)
2015	Tomislav Steinbruckner
2016–2017	Rahmad Darmawan [8] (resign)
2017–2018	Mustafa Kamal
2018–2019	Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan [9]
2020–2021	Roshaidi Wahab
2021-	Badrul Afzan

Team managers

Year	Manager
2007–10	Abdul Rasid Jusoh
2010–15	Dato' Haji Rozi
2016–	Dato' Haji Mohammad Kamil

Club personnel

Position	Name
Chairman	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
General Manager	Che Wan Mohd Azlizan Che Wan Abu Bakar
Assistant Manager	Mohd Syahrizan Mohd Zain
Head coach	Roshaidi Wahab
Assistant coach	Sapian Wahid
Goalkeeping Coach	Syed Mohd Nasir Mat Akih
Fitness Coach	Mohd Efindy Mohd Salleh
Team Doctor	Marzuki Abdullah
Team Doctor	Mohd Shahrul Faiz Mohd Noor
Physiotherapist	Mark Lee Soong Keen
Masseur	Asyraf Naim Ying
Kitman	Sukri Embong

Honours

Domestic Competitions

League

• Malaysia Premier League
  • Runners-up (1): 2009

• Malaysia FAM League
  • Winners (1): 2008

Cups

• Malaysia Challenge Cup
  • Winners (1): 2018

• Shah Alam City Cup
  • Winners (1): 2021

Club record

As of 7 March 2020

Season	League									FA Cup	Malaysia Cup /Challenge Cup	Asia	Top scorer
	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos				Name	Goals
2015	MPL	22	12	6	4	50	27	42	3rd	R2	GR	–	Farhod Tadjiyev	18
2016	MSL	22	7	6	9	30	34	27	7th	R2	SF	–	Patrick Cruz	13
2017	MSL	22	7	5	10	30	45	23	9th	R3	GR	–	Farhod Tadjiyev / Dilshod Sharofetdinov / Nor Hakim	6
2018	MPL	20	4	5	11	22	34	17	11th	DNQ	Champions	–	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	20
2019	MPL	20	8	6	16	21	24	30	4th	DNQ	Semi-finals	–	Bruno Suzuki	13

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

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

Affiliate clubs

• Terengganu
• Hanelang
• Terengganu City

References

1. http://www.rsssf.com/tablesm/malay08.html Malaysia 2008
2. http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/t-team-fc-bid-farewell-m-league-10-years/1p1b2crstk7pq1vgss118nbvg8
3. https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/mifa-get-super-league-spot-perlis-the-same-for-premier/klljftolri1k19e610f22gt2r
4. "Kapasiti stadium 2012". ammboi (in Malay). 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
5. "T-Team FC in Soccerway". Soccerway. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
6. "T-Team beraksi di Stadium Sultan Ismail". teganukite.net. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
7. "Terengganu II 2020". FAM. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
8. "T-Team signs new coach and announces new imports". sarawakcrocs.com. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
9. https://www.bharian.com.my/sukan/bola/2018/08/457389/mustaffa-akui-gagal-bimbing-tfc-ii

External links

• Official Website ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• Official Facebook Page
• T-Team FC Soccerway