Kelantan United F.C.

Kelantan United Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Bersatu Kelantan) is a Malaysian professional association football club based in Kota Bharu.[1][2][3] The club plays in Malaysia Super League.[4]

This article is about the Kelantan United Football Club. For Kelantan Football Club, see Kelantan F.C.
Kelantan United
Full nameKelantan United Football Club
Nickname(s)Kijang Hijau (The Green Deers)
Short nameKUFC
Founded2016 (2016), as MPKB-BRI FC
GroundSultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Capacity22,000
PresidentRozi Muhamad
Head coachTomáš Trucha
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2022Malaysia Premier League, 5th of 10 (promoted)
WebsiteClub website

History

Kelantan United Football Club is a professional football club founded in 2016. Previously knows as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Urusetia Belia dan Sukan Negeri Kelantan Football Club (MPKB-BRI UBeS FC) and also as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Football Club (MPKB-BRI FC) enter the Malaysian football competition in 2016 when the club was accepted to compete in 2016 Malaysia FAM League.[5] The club finished the season at the eight place.

For 2017 season, the club will compete in Malaysia FAM League and participated in 2017 Malaysia FA Cup.[6][7][8] Starting from 2019 season, the club has been rebranded to Kelantan United Football Club as an effort to bring in local area support. In 2023, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League for the first time.

Crest and colours

Crest

Kelantan United has utilised one primary crest since the club participation in the national level football league competition before the club introduce a new crest starting in 2017 season in order to solidify its new branding.[9][10]

  • 2016 crest
  • 2017–2018 crest
  • 2019–2022 crest

Colours

Kelantan United have always worn black with mixture of red for shirts as their home kit.[11] For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit.[10]

Kelantan United's away colours are usually white with green trim. For 2017 season, the club play in white with a trim of red for away kit while the white with a green trim for the third kit.[10]

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship
Years Kit manufacturer Financial sponsors
2016 Sala Minyak Mestika, SH Prima Trading
2017 GomoGi MPKB-BRI
2018 Kronos Gelumbang Jaya
2019 Sky Hawk U-Shop, MySports Station
2020 Visit Kelantan 2020, Jaya Mas Mining
2021 Umbro Kelantan Melangkah Kehadapan, Yakult
2022 Gatti

Season by season record
Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia[lower-alpha 1] FA Competition Result
2016 FAM 14 2 4 8 12 23 -11 10 8th Group B – Not qualified – – –
2017 14 5 6 3 21 16 -5 21 5th Group A – Not qualified Second round – –
2018 12 2 2 8 13 21 -8 8 7th Group A – Not qualified – – –
2019 M3 26 21 3 2 93 20 +73 66 1st – TBD Third round – –
2020 MPL 11 4 0 7 13 19 -6 12 8th – Qualified Second round – –
2021 20 8 2 10 25 28 -3 27 7th – Qualified - – –
2022 18 6 7 5 23 19 +4 25 5th – Qualified - – –
2023 MSL – Qualified - – –
  1. The Malaysia Cup, Challenge and FAM Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated

Club top scorer
Season Player Goals
2017 Raim Azmi 4
2018 Masri Asyraf 5
2019 Fakhrul Zaman 35
2020 Gassama Alfussainey 6
2021 Gassama Alfussainey 12
2022 Jacob Njoku 10

Players

First-team squad

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 Asyraaf Omar
2 DF  MAS Fauzan Fauzi
3 DF  MAS Nazri Muhammad
5 DF  BRA Yan Victor
6 DF  MAS Tasnim Fitri
7 MF  SEN Morgaro Gomis
8 MF  MAS Khairu Azrin Khazali
9 FW  KGZ Ernist Batyrkanov
10 MF  PHI OJ Porteria
11 MF  MAS Haziq Subri
13 DF  MAS Latiff Suhaimi
14 DF  MAS Hafiy Haikal
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 MF  MAS Royizzat Daud
17 DF  MAS Fandi Othman
20 MF  MAS Syazwan Salihin
21 MF  MAS S. Sharvin
22 MF  MAS Syazwan Zainon
— FW  BRA Devid Santana
23 FW  MAS Indra Putra
25 GK  MAS Ilham Amirullah Razali
26 FW  MAS Nik Azli
27 FW  MAS Aqil Hilman
28 DF  MAS Ariff Ar-Rasyid
29 GK  MAS Jason Tew
30 FW  MAS Asraff Aliffuddin

Under-23s
No. Name Nationality Position D.O.B
Goalkeepers
Muhammad Nor Amin GK 2000
Satthyvel GK 2002
Muhammad Atiq GK 2001
Defenders
Muhamad Zulfahmi RB / RWB 2001
Aqil Asyraaf CB 2002
Mohammad Idham CB 2003
Aikal Daniel CB 2001
Zulkefli Adli LB / LWB 2000
Fahrurrodzi RB / RWB 2002
Muhammad Adam Shaari LB / LWB 2001
Aqil Hussni CB 2002
Fakhrul Izumi CB 2003
Midfielders
Abdul Halim LM / RM 2001
Fakhrul Che Ramli CM 2001
Mohammad Sabri RW / RM 2002
Muhammad Aniq Arami CM 2000
Danial Aiman AM / CM 2001
Faris Akmal RW /RM 2001
Adam Danial LW /LM 2004
Raja Kifaratullah DM /CM 2003
Muhammad Rizuan AM /CM 2002
Muhammad Aiman Hakim DM /CM 2001
Forwards
Khairul Hafizuddin ST 2001
Hariz Roslan ST 2001
Thaanush ST 2001

Coaches

Coaches by Years (2010–present)

Coaching staff
Position Staff
Team manager Zamri Ismail
Assistant manager Nik Khuzaimi Nudinb
Technical director Akira Higashiyama
Head coach Tomáš Trucha
Assistant coaches Nazrulerwan Makmor
Tengku Hazman
Goalkeeping coach Jamsari Sabian
Fitness coach Azizan Ghazali
Team doctor Dr Zairuddin
Physiotherapist Muhammad Amir Fadzlan
Media officer Ahmad Fadhli Sukardi
Official photographer Normeezan Nordin
Masseur Wan Muhamad Afif Wan Kamaruddin
Kitman Fadhli Ikram

Honours

League
Champions (1): 2019

References
  1. Felda United And Kuala Lumpur Draw Tough Opponents In FA Cup Competition
  2. Felda, KL berdepan laluan getir di pusingan kedua
  3. azmi. "U-BeS FC rebut Piala FAM musim ini". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2016-02-26.
  4. "five new teams make it to FAM League". FootballSentral.com. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  5. Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2016
  6. Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017
  7. MPKB BRI-UBeS FC kekal patuh syariah
  8. MPKB-BRI Ubes Fc bawa elemen patuh syariah dalam saingan Piala FAM 2017
  9. MPKB-BRI UBES FC Merekodkan Nama Kelab Kedua Terpanjang di Dunia
  10. "MPKB BRI-UBes FC duta promosi Negeri Kelantan – Ahmad Yakob | Stadium Astro". Archived from the original on 2017-02-06. Retrieved 2017-02-05. MPKB BRI-UBes FC duta promosi Negeri Kelantan – Ahmad Yakob
  11. MPKB-BRI UBeS FC perlu bangkit
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