Pahang F.A
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| Full name | Pahang Football Association (Persatuan Bola Sepak Pahang) |
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| Nickname(s) | The Elephants (Tok Gajah) |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Ground | Darul Makmur Stadium |
| Capacity | 40,000 |
| Owner | Football Association of Malaysia |
| President | Tengku Abdul Rahman Al-Haj Ibni Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Al-Musta'in Billah |
| Coach | Zainal Abidin Hassan |
| League | Malaysia Super League |
| 2015 | Malaysia Super League, 3rd |
| Website | http://www.pahangfa.com/main/en/ |
Pahang Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Pahang) is a Malaysian 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 FA is one of the great powers in Malaysian football history. Known as the "The Elephant", Pahang FA 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 FA 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 FA. 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 FA 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 FA 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 FA 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 FA 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 FA. In 2012, Pahang FA was playing in 2nd division of M-League. While in Premier League, Pahang FA showed great improvement in the 2012 season as they qualified for the Malaysia Cup quarter-finals. Pahang FA 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 FA 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.
Club records
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Update on 9 November 2015
Note:
Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts = Points, Pos = Position
| Season | League | Cup | Asia | ||||||||||||
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| Division | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Pos | Charity | Malaysia | FA | Competition | Result | ||
| 2015 | MSL | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | 44 | 3rd | Runner-Up | Semi-Finals | Semi-Finals | AFC Cup | Quarter-Finals | |
| 2016 | MSL | ||||||||||||||
Honours
Domestic
League
- Winners (5): 1987, 1992, 1995, 1999, 2004
Cups
- Winners (4): 1983, 1992, 2013, 2014
- Winners (2): 2006, 2014
- 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
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 FA 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 : Zainal Abidin Hassan
- Assistant Head Coach : Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
- Goalkeeper Coach : Muadzar Mohamad
- Fitness Coach : Abdul Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu
- Physio : Adam Zuhairy Zafri
- Kit Man : Abdul Razak B Akil
- U21 Manager : Halimi Kamaruzzaman
- U21 Head Coach : Azaruddin Aziz
- U21 Assistant Coach : Muhd Fahim Kow Abdullah
- U21 Goalkeeper Coach : Syed Mohd Nasir Mat Akil
- U21 Physio : Mohd Mahyuddin Mohd Idris
- U19 Head Coach : Shahrulnizam Sahat
- U19 Assistant Coach : Ali Tahar
- U19 Goalkeeper Coach : Zureymi Majid
- U19 Physio : Mohd Nor Hafizan Abdul Hamit
First Team Squad
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| Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
| 1 | Khairul Azhan Khalid | 
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| 22 | Muhd Saufi Mohamad |
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| 23 | Mohd Nasril Nourdin |
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| 2 | Mohd Hazri Rozali |
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| 3 | Mohd Saiful Nizam Miswan |
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CB, RB, LB | |||||||
| 4 | Damion Stewart | 
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CB | |||||||
| 5 | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail |
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LB, RB | |||||||
| 6 | Zesh Rehman | 
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CB, DM | |||||||
| 13 | Mohd Razman Roslan 
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CB, RB, LB | |||||||
| 14 | Mohd Faisal Mohd Rosli |
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LB,LWB | |||||||
| 17 | Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin |
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CB, ST | |||||||
| 18 | Muhammad Syawal Norsam |
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CB | |||||||
| 20 | Mohd Shahrizan Salleh |
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LB,LWB,LM,CM | |||||||
| 41 | Matthew Davies | 
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| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | R. Surendran |
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RM, RW | |||||||
| 8 | Azidan Sarudin |
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CM | |||||||
| 12 | Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil |
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RM,LM, RW,LW, ST | |||||||
| 15 | D. Saarvindran |
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AM,CM,LM,LW | |||||||
| 21 | Mohd Hafiz Kamal |
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CM, DM | |||||||
| 24 | R. Gopinathan |
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LM, LW | |||||||
| 25 | Mohd Rizua Shafiqi Kamarulzaman |
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RM,, RW | |||||||
| 33 | Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih |
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CM | |||||||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 19 | Mohd Fauzi Roslan |
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ST, LW | |||||||
| 9 | Matias Conti | 
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ST | |||||||
| 10 | Dickson Nwakaeme | 
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ST | |||||||
| 26 | Mohd Shafie Zahari |
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ST | |||||||
For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2015
Transfers
- 2015 Transfers (In)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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- 2015 Transfers (Out)
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out On Loan
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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
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.
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Team managers
| Year | Manager |
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| 1999 | Tok Muda Talib Sulaiman |
| 2000–03 | Datuk Jamal Nasir Abdul Nasir Ismail |
| 2004–05 | Dato' Hajji Shahiruddin Abdul Moin |
| 2006–07 | Zainal Abidin Hassan |
| 2008 | Dato' Omar Othman |
| 2009–now | Dato' Che Nasir Salleh |
Coaches
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| Year | Head Coach |
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| 1994–96 | Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
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| 1997–98 |  Jorgen Erik Larsen
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| 1999 | Alan Davidson
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| 1999–00 | Fuzzeimi Ibrahim
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| 2001–02 | Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
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| 2003 |  Ralf Borges Ferreira
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| 2004 | Ahmad Yunus Mohd Alif
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| 2005–06 | Zainal Abidin Hassan
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| 2007 | Haji Ahmad Yusof
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| 2008 | Zainal Abidin Hassan
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| 2009 | Tajuddin Noor
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| 2010–13 | Dollah Salleh
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| Dec 2013 – March 14 |  Ron Smith
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| March 2014– | Zainal Abidin Hassan
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Kit manufacturers and sponsors
Current kit manufacturers and sponsors
| Corporation | |
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| Kits manufacturers | |
| Puma | |
| Financial sponsors | |
| Resorts World Genting | |
| Chili's | |
| Aras Kuasa | |
| Allianz Malaysia | |
| DRB-HICOM | |
| THR.fm | |
Previous Kit Supplier and Sponsor
| Period | Manufacturer | Shirt Sponsor |
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| 1989–90 | Schwarzenbach | Dunhill |
| 1991 | Puma | |
| 1992–98 | Diadora | |
| 1999–00 | Mikasa | |
| 2001–03 | Kronos | |
| 2004–05 | Adidas | |
| 2006–07 | TM | |
| 2008 | Hummel | |
| 2009 | Lotto | |
| 2010 | the ZON hotel | |
| 2011–12 | Resorts World Genting | |
| 2013 | Stobi | |
| 2014-2016 | Puma | Aras Kuasa |
See also
References
- ^ "Stadium Darul Makmur". pahangfa.com. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ "PAHANG FA U21 – Skuad Piala Presiden". Pahang Piala Presiden. Retrieved 22 January 2015.