Pahang F.C.

Pahang FC

Full name	Pahang Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Elephants
Short name	Pahang
Founded	1959 (1959) as Pahang FA 2016 (2016) as Pahang FC
Ground	Darul Makmur Stadium
Ground Capacity	40,000
Coach	Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
League	Malaysia Super League
2015	Malaysia Super League, 3rd
Website	Club home page

Pahang Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Pahang) is a Malaysia professional football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. The club was founded in 1959 to represent the state itself and has traditionally worn a yellow home kit since. In the beginning, their early home match is being held around the city public fields and outside Kuantan, predominantly around districts of Pahang.

Pahang FC is one of the great powers in Malaysian football history. Known as the The Elephant, Pahang FC is considers as the East Coast giant as they possessed greater histories of football in the country than its neighbours, Kelantan FA and Terengganu FA.

The lowest point of the club was in 2012, as the club had been relegated to the 2nd division in M-League. With the collective morale support from the players and the fans, Pahang FC came back from the abysmal to the 1st division of M-League in 2013 after winning the play-off match against Kedah FA, just one season after being relegated.

History

The club has been established after the great support from locals who require a football team to represent Pahang in HMS Beagle. As the initiatives to the request, Sultan Abu Bakar has established a club known as Pahang FC. In the next year, the club begins with the preparation against another states before taking part for the first time in the HMS Beagle Cup. After a long time looking for the homeground, the Council of Kuantan announced the construction of a new stadium, Darul Makmur Stadium in 1970.

Led by legendary Jamal Nasir, Pahang FC won the first cup in 1983 when they won the Malaysia Cup, the most prestigious tournament in Malaysia football after a win over Selangor FA in the tournament, breaking the long duopoly of Selangor FA and Singapore FA and also became the first East Coast team to win it. Nonetheless, the most successful era was in 90s, when the club successfully entered the final of Malaysia Cup 4 times eventhough they only succeed once in 1992. The 1992 was the best year when the club won the double, the Malaysia Cup and the league. Pahang FC in that year was touted as the Dream Team when several high profile players played for the club with the like of Dollah Salleh, Zainal Abidin Hassan, Khairul Azman Mohamed, Abdul Mubin Mokhtar, Ahmad Yusof, Australian football legend, Alan Edward Davidson and Singapore football legend, Fandi Ahmad. The club successfully defeated Kedah FA in final stage to win the Malaysia Cup, thanks to the fastest goal ever in Malaysia Cup history by Zulhamizan Zakaria. Pahang FC was also the first winner of the newly formatted M-League in 2004. As one of the most successful football team in Malaysia from 1980–2007, Pahang FC had successfully produced many talented local players from the academy such as Khairul Azman Mohamed, one of the best goal keeper in Asia in 1990s, the prolific striker, Azizul Kamaluddin, Mohd Fadzli Saari who played in SV Wehen Wiesbaden in Germany and Muhammad Juzaili Samion who was also played for the 4th division of Ligue 1 club, FCSR Haguenau in 2000.

In 2008, many players from talented young Shahzan Muda F.C. were absorbed into Pahang FC. In 2012, Pahang FC was playing in 2nd division of M-League. While in Premier League, Pahang FC showed great improvement in the 2012 season as they qualified for the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals. Pahang FC was also a Premier League runner-up in 2012, thus enable the club to play in the "play-off" matches for the promotion to the Super League. Pahang FC beat Kedah FA in the final of the "play-off" and had been promoted to Super League in 2013. In the year 2012, the club had to play in Temerloh Mini Stadium as the homeground for the first time after the Darul Makmur Stadium was put under renovation for the organisation of Sukma 2012. A year later, the club returned to Kuantan to play in newly renovated Darul Makmur Stadium and in the same year the lifted the Malaysia Cup for third time. Led by loyal serving captain, Jalaluddin Jaafar, they ended 21 years cup drought. By winning the cup, Zainal Abidin Hassan and Dollah Salleh had cemented their status as central figure of club history, as they won it as a player and as manager and coach respectively.

Honours

Domestic

League

• Division 1/ Super League

• Winners (5): 1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004

Cups

• Malaysia Cup

• Winners (4): 1983, 1992, 2013, 2014

• Malaysian FA Cup

• Winners (2): 2006, 2014

• Malaysia Charity Shield

• Winners (3): 1992, 1993, 2014

Performance in AFC competitions

• AFC Champions League: 3 appearances

AFC Champions League : 1989: Semi-final League (Group B)

AFC Champions League : 1994: withdrew in qualifying – 1st round

AFC Champions League : 1996: Round of 16 ( lost to Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2–5 on Argegate )

• AFC Cup: 3 appearances

AFC Cup 2005: Group stage ( Group E )

AFC Cup 2007: Group stage ( Group F )

AFC Cup 2015: Quarter Final

Administration

The President of the association is held by Y.A.M. Tengku Muda Pahang Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah, who replaced his brother K.D.Y.T.M Tengku Mahkota Pahang Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah for 2007–10 session. Meanwhile, Pahang State Finance Officer, YB Datuk Ahmad Suffian was elected to the vice-president position. Both the president and his deputy won their posts uncontested, after the previous president, K.D.Y.T.M Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah decided not to run for re-election.

The general secretary, Mr. Fuzzemi Ibrahim (2010–present), was appointed by committee.

Stadium

Pahang FC are currently based at Darul Makmur Stadium in Kuantan, Pahang. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a running track, in addition to the football field.^[1]

Current coaching staff

• Team Manager : Dato' Che Nasir B Salleh
• Assistant Team Manager : Fahrizal Hassan
• Head Coach : Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
• Assistant Head Coach : Azaruddin Aziz
• Goalkeeper Coach : Muadzar Mohamad
• Fitness Coach : Abdul Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu
• Physio : Adam Zuhairy Zafri
• Coach : Jalaluddin Jaafar
• Kit Man : Abdul Razak B Akil
• U21 Manager : Halimi Kamaruzzaman
• U21 Head Coach : Shahrulnizam Sahat
• U21 Assistant Coach :
• U21 Goalkeeper Coach : Syed Mohd Nasir Mat Akil
• U21 Physio : Mohd Mahyuddin Mohd Idris
• U19 Head Coach : Muhd Fahim Kow Abdullah
• U19 Assistant Coach : Ali Tahar
• U19 Goalkeeper Coach : Zureymi Majid
• U19 Physio : Mohd Nor Hafizan Abdul Hamit

First Team Squad

No.	Name	Nat.	Pos.
Goalkeeper
1	Mohd Nasril Nourdin		GK
22	Saufi Mohamad		GK
	Daniel Wafiuddin Sadun		GK
Defenders
3	Saiful Nizam Miswan		CB,RB,LB
20	Mohd Shahrizan Salleh		LB,LWB,LM,CM
4	Ridhwan Maidin		CB,DM
2	Matthew Davies		RB,RWB
30	Ashar Al-Aafiz		RB,RWB,RM
6	Zesh Rehman		CB,DM
23	Nejc Potokar		CB
14	Faisal Mohd Rosli		LB,LWB
Midfielders
5	D. Saarvindran		AM,CM,LM,LW
11	Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih		CM
17	Rizua Shafiqi		RM, RW
18	Shah Amirul Mohd Zamri		RM, RW
7	Faisal Halim		ST
8	Salomon Raj		CM,DMC
	M. Kogileswaran Raj		AMC,ST
	R. Dinesh		LM,LW,LB
	Hariz Fazrin Mohd Nazri		LM,LW
21	Helmi Abdullah		AM,ST
Forwards
19	Mohd Fauzi Roslan		ST, LW
13	Faizal Abdul Rani		ST
	Amirul Kasmuri		ST
9	Dalibor Volaš		ST
26	Mohd Shafie Zahari		ST
10	German Pacheco		LW,AMC, ST

In

Pos.	Name	From
	Nejc Potokar	NK Slaven Belupo
	Germán Pacheco	Juan Aurich
	Dalibor Volaš	NK Maribor
	M. Kogileswaran Raj	Harimau Muda C
	Muhd Shah Amirul Mohd Zamri	Harimau Muda C
	R. Dinesh	Harimau Muda C
	Muhammad Hariz Fazrin Mohd Nazri	Shahzan Muda F.C.
	Muhd Helmi Abdullah	Shahzan Muda F.C.
	Mohd Daniel Wafiuddin Sadun	Pahang U21
	Mohd Faizal Abdul Rani	Pahang U21
	Mohd Ridhwan Maidin	Pahang U21
	Muhd Amirul Kasmuri	Pahang U21
	Muhd Ashar Al-Aafiz Abdullah	Pahang U21
	Mohd Faisal Abdul Halim	Penang FA U21
	A. Salomon Raj	Selangor FA U21

Out

Pos.	Name	To
	Matías Conti	C.D. Universidad de Concepción
	Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil	Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
	Azidan Sarudin	Kuala Lumpur FA
	Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail	Melaka United
	Mohd Hazri Rozali	Melaka United
	Muhammad Syawal Norsam	Melaka United
	R. Surendran	Melaka United
	Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin	PKNS F.C.
	Khairul Azhan Khalid	Selangor FA
	Mohd Hafiz Kamal	Selangor FA
	Mohd Razman Roslan	Selangor FA
	R. Gopinathan	Selangor FA
	Damion Stewart
	Dickson Nwakaeme
	Jalaluddin Jaafar	RETIRED

President's cup squad (under-21)

The Pahang President's cup team or Young Elephant is a part of the President Cup Malaysia league team. The President Cup Malaysia is the football competitions in Malaysia for under-21 players. Since its inception, the President Cup Malaysia has been the major tournament for under-21 and under-23 players. In 2009, the format of the competition changes which only under-21 players are eligible for the tournament.

U21

As of 22 January 2015

Jersey	Name	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
			GK
			GK
	Muhammad Nur Kamarullah Khairul Saidi		GK	9/3/95
Defenders
	Khairul Annnas Ibrahim		RB	4/5/95
	Muhammad Hariz Irffan Mohd Nazri		CB, RB, DM	21/11/95
	Muhammad Faizul Mat Lazin		CB, RB	30/7/95
			CB
			CB
	Shazlan Zaidin		LB	26/7/96
	Muhammad Rusydi Shahriz Ahmad Kamal		CB, RB, LB	21/6/97
	Muhammad Suqry bin Jaafar Sidek		CB	21/1/96
	Mohd Zalanie Zakaria		LB, RB	2/12/97
Midfielders
			LM, LW, RM, RW
	(c)		DM, CM
			CM
	Mohd Hilmi Husaini Asmadii		LW, LM, RW, RM	16/3/95
	Amirul Hafizzudin Ahmad		CM	27/8/96
			RW, RM
			AM, CM
	Muhammad Shahrul Nizam Mohd Nadzir		LW, LM, RW, RM	15/6/96
Forwards
	Muhammad Sharmin Izwan Mohd Suffian		ST	13/11/97
			ST
			ST
	Nik Muhammad Sharif Haseefy Mohd Lazim		ST	30/5/97
	Muhammad Zuhair Aizat Mohd Nazri		ST	1/10/96

Source:^[2]

U19

As of 22 January 2015

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK 2 DF Che Khairul Syafiq 3 MF Muhammad Amirul Izzudin 4 DF Mohd Azreen 5 DF Syed Muhammad Nazaruddin 6 MF 7 DF Mohamad Amirul Hamedon 8 MF 9 FW Mohd Zul Fakhri 10 FW Muhammad Nur Amirul Mohd Nizam 11 MF Muhamad Rafiuddin Jemail 12 DF Ahmad Sahir Manan 13 MF Muhammad Amirul Izwan Rosmadi 14 MF Mohd Hafifi Mohd Salleh 15 MF Mohd Rafizi Dannil Zulkifli

No. Position Player 16 FW Syahmir Ezzat Rauzan 17 DF Muhammad Fakrul Kadarisman 18 MF Muhammad Hannan Ikhwan 19 DF Danial Syakir Ahmad Shuhor 20 FW Muhammad Hairul Iqmal 21 DF Iqmal Asyraf Azlan 22 GK Muhammad Amin Aiman Mohd Saufie 23 DF Muhammad Aliff Amin Basri 24 GK Mohd Asraf Mohd Sabri 25 MF Muhammad Zikri Zainal Abidin 42 MF Muhammad Shazlan Wahab 45 DF Mohd Ikmal Ahwamuddin 44 FW Muhammad Adam 46 FW Muhammad Haziq Hamidun 47 DF Zairul Zakwan Arnain

Team managers

Coaches

Year	Head Coach
1994–96	Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
1997–98	Jorgen Erik Larsen
1999	Alan Davidson
1999–00	Fuzzeimi Ibrahim
2001–02	Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
2003	Ralf Borges Ferreira
2004	Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
2005–06	Zainal Abidin Hassan
2007	Haji Ahmad Yusof
2008	Zainal Abidin Hassan
2009	Tajuddin Noor
2010–13	Dollah Salleh
Dec 2013 – March 14	Ron Smith
March 2014 – Dec 2015	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Dec 2015—now	Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

Current kit manufacturers and sponsors

Previous Kit Supplier and Sponsor

See also

• List of Malaysia Football Chairman

References

External links

• Official website