Sri Pahang Football Club () is a Malaysian professional

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club based in

Kuantan Kuantan (Pahang Malay: ''Kontaeng''; Terengganu Malay: ''Kuatang/Kuantang'') is a city and the state capital of Pahang, Malaysia. It is located near the mouth of the Kuantan River. Kuantan is the Largest cities in Malaysia, 12th largest city ...

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. They currently play in the

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, the top tier of Malaysian football. Founded in 1959, it 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 club was relegated to the

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, but came back to the Malaysia Super League in

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after winning the play-off match against Kedah Darul Aman. Sri Pahang has won 5

title, 1

title, 3

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, 4

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and 3

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History

Early years (1959–1979)

Pahang FA Sri Pahang Football Club () is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kuantan, Pahang. They currently play in the Malaysia Super League, the top tier of Malaysian football. Founded in 1959, it has traditionally worn a yellow home kit s ...

was established by Sultan Abu Bakar in 1959 to represent the state of

in the HMS Beagle Cup. Construction of their home ground,

Darul Makmur Stadium Darul Makmur Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. It is mostly used for football (soccer), football matches, with a capacity of 40,000 people. The stadium has a running track, in addition to the football ...

, was completed by the Council of

in 1970.

Rise to prominence (1980–2008)

Led by the legendary Jamal Nasir, Pahang FA won the first cup in 1983,

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after a win over

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, breaking the long duopoly of them and

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. 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 (

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, Abdul Mubin Mokhtar, Australian football legend, Alan Davidson and

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). The association defeated

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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

in 2004, winning 14 matches with 5 draws and 2 losses in 21 league games. Pahang was invited to the

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in which they ended as runners-up, losing the final to Singaporean side

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. 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

. While in the Malaysia Premier League, Pahang showed improvements in the

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, making it to the quarter-finals. The club was also the

2012 Malaysia Premier League The 2012 Liga Premier (), also known as the Astro Liga Premier for sponsorship reasons, is the ninth season of the Liga Premier, the second-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

runner-up, 8 points behind

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, qualifying for the promotion "play-off" matches to the Malaysia Super League. Pahang than beat

3–2 on penalties in the final, winning promotion to the

2013 Malaysia Super League The 2013 Liga Super () also known as the Astro Liga Super for sponsorship reasons, is the 10th season of the Liga Super, the top-tier professional football league in Malaysia.

Rise of The Elephants (2013–2018)

Pahang had a great run in the

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, reaching all the way to the final where they won against

Kelantan FA Kelantan Football Club () was a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Founded in 1946, the club had a long-standing rivalry with Terengganu. The two east coast clubs were involved in the East Coast Derby. Their ...

1–0. Azamuddin Akil won the Best Player award, while

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become the joint top scorer. In the

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, Pahang made it all the way to the

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in which they successfully defended it against

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, winning 5–3. Dickson Nwakaeme became the cup top scorer with eight goals. Pahang also won the 2014 Piala Sumbangsih against

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, and the

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

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in which they won 2–0 against

in the

after losing 2–3 to

in the

of the

2017 Malaysia FA Cup The 2017 Malaysia FA Cup was the 28th season of the Malaysia FA Cup a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs. The final was played between Pahang and Kedah at the Shah Alam Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor. Kedah bea ...

Ups and downs (2019–)

In 2021, Pahang FA was rebranded as Sri Pahang Football Club. Sri Pahang sees hope during the

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where they defeated

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4–3 on aggregate in the round of 16. During the second leg of the quarter-final match on 22 December 2024,

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scored a hat-trick against

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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

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, which they eventually lost.

Kit suppliers and shirt sponsors

Stadium

Sri Pahang was based at

. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000 and also has a

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. It was opened in 1970, while capacity was increased in conjunction with Kuantan hosting the

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in 1996 and 2012.

Players (2025)

From Under-23s

Club officials (2025)

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

Team managers

Club records

*Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, D = Goal difference, Pts= Points, Pos = Position Source:

AFC Club ranking

Continental record

Honours

Domestic

League * Division 1/Liga Super ** Winners (5): 1987,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1995 1995 was designated as: * United Nations Year for Tolerance * World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War This was the first year that the Internet was entirely privatized, with the United States government ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

** Runners-up (6): 1984,

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

* Division 2/Premier League ** Runner-up:

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

Cup *

** Winners (4): 1983, 1992,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

** Runners-up (5): 1984, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2024–25 *

** Winners (3): 2006,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

** Runners-up (2): 1995,

Piala Sumbangsih The Malaysian Charity Shield (English: Charity Cup), also known as Piala Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah () or Piala Sumbangsih, is a Malaysian football super cup competition. It is the curtain raiser match to the new Malaysian football season, pittin ...

** Winners (3): 1992, 1993,

** Runners-up (5): 1985, 1988, 1995, 2007,

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

Others * eMFL Malaysia Cup ** Winners (1): 2024–25

Continental

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** Runner-up (1):

References

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