Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club or Royal Malaysian Police Football Club (), well known as PDRM FC (After ''PDRM FC Sdn Bhd'' established in 2020, formerly known as ''PDRM FA''), is a Malaysian professional

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club associated with the entity of the

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and with official ownership by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd, that participates in the

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. The club is based in Selangor Darul Ehsan. Domestically, the club has won the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League () was the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia. It replaced the Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The Malaysia Premier League was contested by 12 clubs. The season usually ra ...

, the second tier of Malaysian football in 2006–07 and

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. They also won the People of Maldives Invitational Cup in

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History

During 2006–07 season, PDRM won the league title and were promoted to

in 2007–08. The club managed to keep up in the league as they finished their debut in the Malaysia's top flight at the seventh position.

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was unfortunate for the club, the team failed to keep their in the

as they ended the league at the last spot and was relegated to

. In 2014, the club named Malaysian football legend,

Dollah Salleh Dollah Salleh (born 10 October 1963) is a Malaysian Association football, football head coach, coach and former player. He is well-known to Malaysia Super League, MSL fans as Pablo Dollah. One of Malaysia's most decorated players, he has also ...

as their head coach and brought quality foreign and local players to strengthen the squad and made their target to win the Malaysia Premier League once again that year. With much hard work and dedication, PDRM managed to finish at the top of the table and promoted to the Malaysia Super League as the champions of

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. Though, Dollah Salleh left the club as

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decided to appoint him as the head coach of Malaysia national team and

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, who had been the assistant for him during the time took his place.

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from

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, who played a vital on PDRM's road to Super league won the Best Foreign Player Award in Malaysia national football awards in 2014. The club camped at

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in late December 2014 and also participated and won the 2015 People of Maldives Invitational Cup held in Maldives in January 2015. In

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, the club edged the defending champions of Malaysia Super League, Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Darul Ta'zim and

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in their first games of the league. However, with several problems came up from the squad, they finished the league at the 6th position in the first year after promotion in 2014. The

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an striker, Dramane Traore had been the main man scoring the goals for the club in 2015 season. Yet,

was nominated among the best three players for the Best Foreign Player Award in 2015. On 15 January 2016, PDRM camped at

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with the new foreign signings, former Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Darul Ta'zim, Andrezinho and

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an international,

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. PDRM sees themselves qualified back to the

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after finishing 6th place in the 2nd tier of the

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. This promotion occurred because of the top tier restructuring from 12 teams to 14 teams (firstly planned 18 teams).Throughout the 2023 season, PDRM is known as the 'Giant Killer' for seeing them upsetting bigger team in the league. They managed to hold a 1–0 defeat to 9 time consecutive league champions, Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Johor Darul Ta'zim, won against Kedah Darul Aman,

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and a goalless draw against

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Stadium

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Players

First-team squad (2024)

Development squad

Under-23s

Under-20s

Club officials

Senior officials

Coaching staff

Former coaches

Club record

;Note : *P = Played, W = Win, D = Draw, L= Loss, F = Goal For, A = Goal Against, Pts = Points, Pos = Position Source:

Individual player awards

M-League The Malaysian League, also known as the M-League ( Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M''), is a terminology used to describe the professional football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and its divisions ...
Golden boot winners

M-League The Malaysian League, also known as the M-League ( Malay: ''Liga Malaysia'' or ''Liga-M''), is a terminology used to describe the professional football league in Malaysia. The terminology was mainly used to describe the league and its divisions ...
Top goalscorers

Records and statistics

Goalscorers

By competition

*Most goals scored in all competitions: 47 – Khairul Izuan Abdullah, 2009–''present'' *Most goals scored in

: 20 – Dramane Traoré, 2015 *Most goals scored in

Malaysia Cup The Malaysia Cup (), formerly known as Malaya Cup, is an annual football tournament in Malaysia, held at the end of the calendar year. The cup was first held in 1921. Despite its prestige and popularity as the country's oldest cup tournament, i ...

: 9 –

, 2014–''present'' *Most goals scored in

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: 3 ** Dramane Traoré, 2015 ** Charles Chad, 2014

In a single season

*Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 29 – Dramane Traoré, 2015 *Most goals scored in a single

season: 20 – Dramane Traoré, 2015 *Most goals scored in a single

season: 6 –

, 2014 *Most goals scored in a single

season: 3 ** Dramane Traoré, 2015 ** Charles Chad, 2014

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

: Winners (2): 2007,

:: Runners-up (1): 2019 *

Malaysia FAM League The FAM Cup ( Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out football tournament for the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysia. From 2008 to 2018 it was held as a third-tier league and used the FAM League (Liga FAM) name. The competit ...

:: Runners-up (1): 2000

Cups

MFL Challenge Cup The MFL Challenge Cup ( Malay: ''Piala Cabaran MFL''), which was previously referred to as the Malaysia Challenge Cup, is a prestigious football tournament in Malaysia that is organized under the joint supervision and management of the Malaysian ...

: Winners (1):

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Other

* People's Cup : Winners (1):

* Malaysia Premier Futsal League : Winners (1): 2004 * eMFL Super League :Winners (1): 2023

Foreign players

Affiliated clubs

* Armed Forces F.C.

References

External links

Official Website

PDRM FC
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