# Sri Pahang FC

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.
The lowest point of the club was in 2012, when Pahang FA were relegated to the Malaysia Premier League. The club came back from the abyss to the Malaysia Super League in 2013 after winning the play-off match against Kedah Darul Aman.
Sri Pahang has won 5 Malaysia Super League title, 1 Malaysia Premier League title, 3 Malaysia FA Cup, 4 Malaysia Cup and 3 Malaysian Charity Shield.

## History
### Early years (1959–1979)

Pahang FA was established by Sultan Abu Bakar in 1959 to represent the state of Pahang in the HMS Beagle Cup. Construction of their home ground, Darul Makmur Stadium, was completed by the Council of Kuantan in 1970.

### Rise to prominence (1980–2008)

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.
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.

### Rise of The Elephants (2013–2018)

Pahang had a great run in the 2013 Malaysia Cup, reaching all the way to the final where they won against Kelantan FA 1–0. Azamuddin Akil won the Best Player award, while Matías Conti become the joint top scorer. In the 2014 Malaysia Cup, Pahang made it all the way to the final in which they successfully defended it against Johor, winning 5–3. Dickson Nwakaeme became the cup top scorer with eight goals. Pahang also won the 2014 Piala Sumbangsih against LionsXII, and the final in which Faizol Hussien levelled at 1–1, before Nwakaeme scored to seal the win for Pahang and win the cup double.
In 2018 Pahang had another great run in the FA Cup in which they won 2–0 against Selangor FA in the final after losing 2–3 to Kedah FA in the final of the 2017 Malaysia FA Cup.

### Ups and downs (2019–present)

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. During March 2025 , there are rumour from HRH Crown Prince of Johor that this club will be withdraw from Malaysia League starting from 2025-26 Malaysia Super League

## Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

| Period | Manufacturer | Main sponsor | Other sponsors |
| 1989–1990 | Schwarzenbach | Dunhill | Genting |
| 1991 | Puma | Dunhill | Genting |
| 1992–1998 | Diadora | Dunhill | Genting |
| 1999–2000 | Mikasa | Dunhill | Genting |
| 2001–2003 | Kronos | Dunhill | Genting |
| 2004–2005 | Adidas | Dunhill | Genting |
| 2006–2007 | Adidas | TM | Genting |
| 2008 | Hummel | TM | Genting |
| 2009–2010 | Lotto | TM | Genting |
| 2011 | Lotto | ZON Hotel | Genting |
| 2012 | Lotto | Resorts World Genting | Aras Kuasa |
| 2013 | Stobi | Resorts World Genting | Chili's |
| 2014–2016 | Puma | Aras Kuasa | Resorts World Genting |
| 2017 | Jako | Aras Kuasa | Resorts World Genting |
| July 2017 – 2018 | Fila | Aras Kuasa | Resorts World Genting |
| 2019–2020 | Umbro | Aras Kuasa | Football Republic |
| 2021–2023 | Hakka.Clo | Visit Pahang, Invest Pahang | Extra Joss |
| 2024–present | Voltra Pro | Invest Pahang | Arwana Ekspres |

## Stadium

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. 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.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Zarif Irfan |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Adam Nor Azlin |
| 4 | MF | MAS | Asnan Ahmad |
| 5 | DF | SRB | Aleksandar Cvetković |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Syazwan Andik |
| 7 | DF | MAS | Aiman Asyraf |
| 9 | FW | LBR | Kpah Sherman |
| 10 | MF | UZB | Kuvondik Ruziev |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Mykola Ahapov |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Baqiuddin Shamsudin |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Ashar Al Aafiz Abdullah |
| 15 | DF | ARG | Stefano Brundo |
| 16 | FW | MAS | Ezequiel Agüero |
| 18 | GK | MAS | Azfar Arif |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Azam Azih |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Azwan Aripin |
| 25 | GK | MAS | Wan Mohd Syazmin (on loan from Kedah Darul Aman) |
| 26 | MF | MAS | T. Saravanan |
| 27 | DF | MAS | Fadhli Shas |
| 29 | DF | MAS | Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul Hisham |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Ibrahim Manusi |
| 33 | MF | MAS | Saiful Jamaluddin |
| 35 | FW | MAS | Syaahir Saiful Nizam |
| 38 | MF | MAS | Adam Alif Mustapa |
| 44 | DF | MAS | Hasnul Zaim |
| 55 | MF | MAS | David Rowley |
| 88 | MF | MAS | Manuel Hidalgo (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
| — | FW | BRA | Rafael Silva |

### From Under-23s

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | MAS | Nasyrullah Zaki |
| — | MF | MAS | Adam Malique |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | MAS | Aqil Arazi |
| — | FW | MAS | Lokman Bah Din |

## Club officials

| Position | Staff |
| Technical director | Tajuddin Noor |
| Team manager | Dollah Salleh |
| Head coach | Fandi Ahmad |
| Assistant coach | Ahmad Yusof |
| Assistant coach | Ahmad Shaharuddin |
| Team coordinator | Jalaluddin Jaafar |
| Analyst | Rudie Imran Masih |
| Goalkeeper coach | Omar Salim |
| Fitness coach | Azmi Ibrahim |
| Team doctor | Shah Rezal Sujit |
| Physiotherapist | Adam Zuhairy Zafri |
| Physiotherapist | Mohd Riduan Amin |
| Masseur | Muhd Hazeem Mustafar Kamal |
| Masseur | Mohd Suhaimi Ramli |
| Security officer | Muhammad Keny Anyie |
| Kitman | Ahmad Faizal Ibrahim |
| Kitman | Suffian Sulaiman |
| Under-23's team manager | Jalaluddin Mohd Deli |
| Under-23's head coach | Mohd Yazeed Hamzah |
| Under-23's assistant coach | Shahrizan Salleh |
| Under-20's head coach | Mohd Shukri ismail |
| Under-20's assistant coach | Mohd Ali Tahar |
| Under-20's goalkeeper coach | Zakaria Abu Bakar |
| Under-20's fitness coach | Mohd Kaizai Zainulddin |
| Under-20's physiotherapist | Amirul Afiq Lokiman |
| Under-20's masseur | Muhd Azrie Amirudin |
| Under-18's head coach | Hamdan Mohamad |
| Under-18's assistant coach | Mohd Hazrani Hazim |
| Under-18's goalkeeper coach | Muhd Zyuraimi Abdul majid |
| Under-18's fitness coach | Mohd Rosidi Mohamad Abdullah |
| Under-18's physiotherapist | Mumtazah Putra |

## Management

Owners: YAM Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Mustafi Billah, Raja Dato' Shaharudin bin Raja Jalil Shah, Rizal bin Che Hashim
President: YAM Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah Al-Mustafi Billah
Deputy president: Muhammad Safian Ismail
Board of directors: Raja Dato' Shaharudin bin Raja Jalil Shah, Rizal bin Che Hashim
Chief executive officer: Suffian Awang

## List of head coaches

| Years | Name | Achievements |
| 1994–1996 | Yunus Alif | – 1995 Liga Perdana – 1999 Liga Perdana 1 |
| 1997–1998 | Jorgen Erik Larsen | |
| 1999 | Alan Davidson | |
| 1999–2000 | Fuzzeimi Ibrahim | |
| 2001–2002 | Yunus Alif | |
| 2003 | Ralf Borges Ferreira | |
| 2004–2006 | Zainal Abidin Hassan | – 2004 Malaysia Super League |
| 2007 | Ahmad Yusof | |
| 2008 | Zainal Abidin Hassan | |
| 2009 | Tajuddin Noor | |
| 2010–2013 | Dollah Salleh | – 2013 Malaysia Cup |
| December 2013–March 2014 | Ron Smith | – 2014 Piala Sumbangsih |
| March 2014–December 2015 | Zainal Abidin Hassan | – 2014 Malaysia FA Cup – 2014 Malaysia Cup |
| December 2015–March 2016 | Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi | |
| March 2016–December 2016 | Razip Ismail | |
| December 2016–December 2020 | Dollah Salleh (2) | – 2018 Malaysia FA Cup |
| December 2020–March 2021 | Thomas Dooley | |
| March 2021–December 2021 | Dollah Salleh (3) | |
| January 2022–July 2022 | Christophe Gamel | |
| July 2022–January 2023 | Dollah Salleh [interim] (4) | |
| January 2023– | Fandi Ahmad | |

### Team managers

| Years | Name |
| 1999 | Talib Sulaiman |
| 2000–2003 | Jamal Nasir Abdul Nasir Ismail |
| 2004–2005 | Shahiruddin Abdul Moin |
| 2006–2007 | Zainal Abidin Hassan |
| 2008 | Omar Othman |
| 2009–2017 | Che Nasir Salleh |
| 2018–2021 | Suffian Awang |
| 2021–2022 | Che Nasir Salleh |
| 2023– | Dollah Salleh |

## Club records

* Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position
1st or Champions  2nd or Runner-up  3rd place  Promotion  Relegation
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Cup | Cup | Cup | Asia | Asia |
| Season | Division | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | D | Pts | Pos | Charity | Malaysia | FA | Competition | Result |
| 2004 | Liga Super | 21 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 47 | 1st | – | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | |
| 2005 | Liga Super | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 35 | 2nd | – | Quarter-finals | 1st round | AFC Cup | Group stage |
| 2005–06 | Liga Super | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 27 | 7th | – | Group stage | Champions | – | – |
| 2006–07 | Liga Super | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 27 | 9th | – | Group stage | 2nd round | AFC Cup | Group stage |
| 2007–08 | Liga Super | 24 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 30 | 8th | – | Group stage | Semi-finals | – | – |
| 2009 | Liga Super | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 32 | 63 | −31 | 17 | 13th | – | Group stage | 1st round | | |
| 2010 | Liga Super | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 50 | −19 | 33 | 8th | – | Quarter-finals | 1st round | | |
| 2011 | Liga Super | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 22 | 13th | | Play-off | Semi-finals | | |
| 2012 | Premier League | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 29 | +31 | 46 | 2nd | – | Quarter-finals | 2nd round | | |
| 2013 | Liga Super | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 35 | 5th | | Champions | Semi-finals | – | – |
| 2014 | Liga Super | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 37 | 3rd | Champions | Champions | Champions | | |
| 2015 | Liga Super | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 38 | 3rd | Runner-up | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | AFC Cup | Quarter-finals |
| 2016 | Liga Super | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 40 | −15 | 24 | 9th | – | Group stage | 3rd round | – | – |
| 2017 | Liga Super | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 40 | 2nd | – | Quarter-finals | Runner-up | – | – |
| 2018 | Liga Super | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 34 | 4th | – | Quarter-finals | Champions | – | – |
| 2019 | Liga Super | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 43 | 2nd | – | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | |
| 2020 | Liga Super | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 14 | 8th | – | not held | not held | | |
| 2021 | Liga Super | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 37 | -14 | 18 | 10th | – | Group Stage | not held | | |
| 2022 | Liga Super | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 28 | 7th | | | Quarter Final | | |
Source:
* ↑ 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.

### AFC Club ranking

    As of 2 July 2017
| Current Ranking | Team | Points |
| 94 | Selangor FA | 9.951 |
| 95 | Ayeyawady United | 9.878 |
| 96 | Naft Al-Wasat | 9.704 |
| 97 | Al-Suwaiq | 9.643 |
| 98 | Pahang FA | 9.617 |

## Continental record

| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round group 5 | Royal Thai Air Force | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2nd out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round group 5 | Niac Mitra | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 2nd out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round group 5 | Bandaran KB | 5–1 | 5–1 | | 2nd out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Qualifying round group 5 | Geylang International | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2nd out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Semifinal League group B | Al-Sadd | 0–2 | 0–2 | 5th out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Semifinal League group B | Al-Ittifaq | 1–4 | 1–4 | | 5th out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Semifinal League group B | Mohammedan SC | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 5th out of 5 |
| 1988–89 | Asian Club Championship | Semifinal League group B | April 25 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 5th out of 5 |
| 1993–94 | Asian Club Championship | Preliminary Round | Thai Farmers Bank FC | Withdrew | Withdrew | Withdrew |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | First Round | Cảng Sài Gòn | Walkover | Walkover | Walkover |
| 1995 | Asian Club Championship | Second Round | Ilhwa Chunma | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–5 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group E | Home United | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3rd out of 4 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group E | New Radiant | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3rd out of 4 |
| 2005 | AFC Cup | Group E | Happy Valley | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3rd out of 4 |
| 2005 | ASEAN Club Championship | Group A | Hoàng Anh Gia Lai | 4–0 | 4–0 | 1st out of 4 |
| 2005 | ASEAN Club Championship | Group A | FC Zebra | 8–0 | 8–0 | | 1st out of 4 |
| 2005 | ASEAN Club Championship | Group A | Nagacorp | 3–0 | 3–0 | | 1st out of 4 |
| 2005 | ASEAN Club Championship | Semi Final | DPMM FC | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2005 | ASEAN Club Championship | Final | Tampines Rovers | 2–4 | Runners-up |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group F | Osotsapa | 0–4 | 0–4 | 4th out of 4 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group F | Mohun Bagan | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4th out of 4 |
| 2007 | AFC Cup | Group F | Tampines Rovers | 1–4 | 0–2 | 4th out of 4 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group G | Yadanarbon | 7–4 | 3–2 | 2nd out of 4 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group G | Global | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2nd out of 4 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Group G | South China | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2nd out of 4 |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Round of 16 | Persipura Jayapura | Forfeited, 3–0 win awarded to Pahang | Forfeited, 3–0 win awarded to Pahang | Forfeited, 3–0 win awarded to Pahang |
| 2015 | AFC Cup | Quarterfinal | Istiklol | 3–1 | 0–4 | 3–5 |

## Honours
### Domestic

League
* Division 1/Liga Super
** Winners (5): 1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004
** Runners-up (6): 1984, 1991, 1998, 2005, 2017, 2019
* Division 2/Premier League
** Runner-up: 2012
Cup
* Malaysia Cup
** Winners (4): 1983, 1992, 2013, 2014
** Runners-up (4): 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997
* Malaysia FA Cup
** Winners (3): 2006, 2014, 2018
** Runners-up (2): 1995, 2017
* Piala Sumbangsih
** Winners (3): 1992, 1993, 2014
** Runners-up (5): 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007, 2015

### Continental

* ASEAN Club Championship
** Runner-up (1): 2005