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Terengganu Football Club is a professional
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based in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu,
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, that competes in the
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, the first division of
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. The club had won major trophies in Malaysian football. Domestically they had won 1
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, 2
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, 1
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, 2
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titles and 1
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title. Terengganu remains the only state team that has not won the top flight league since the introduction of the league in 1982 up until now.


History

On 22 November 1956, the club was founded as the Terengganu Football Association. Terengganu FA did not have much success in the 1970s with only a single appearance in the
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final led by Harun Jusoh, losing to Selangor 2–1 in a match played at the
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. It was the same in the 1980s with another final appearance in 1982, ironically also against Selangor. It was the same outcome with Selangor winning 1–0 after extra-time. When the semi-professional League was introduced in 1989, Terengganu were in the second division based on their final position in the previous season. They recruited giant Dutch defender, Marlon Ricardo van der Sander and Singaporean duo,
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and
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to boost their squad and finished the season in a credible fourth place but ultimately failed to win promotion. In the 1990 season, they went all the way to emerge as the second division champion under the guidance of head coach, Abdullah Mohamed with German striker
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finding the back of the net on regular basis aided by midfield duo
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and
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. They lost only once in the league all season to finish three points clear of East Coast rival,
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. In the 1992 season, Terengganu recorded their highest ever finish in the league when they finished as runner-up to
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. The Elephants broke The Turtles hearts again in the semi-finals of the
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competition after neither side scored in 180 minutes of play, the match went into sudden-death extra-time. For the next few seasons, Terengganu struggled and their lowest moment came in the 1997 season when they finished bottom of the table, resulting in them being in the second division when the Malaysian League changed into a two-tier competition again in 1998. In that season, with
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at the helm, Terengganu emerged as second division champion and went all the way to the final of the
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, the first one held at the newly opened Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
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were the opponents and both teams entertained the 100,000 capacity crowd with exciting football. However both teams could not be separated after 120 minutes of play with the result stood at 1–1. The lottery of the penalty shootout was used to determine the winner and in the end it was third time unlucky for Terengganu in a
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final, losing the shootouts 5–3. In 1999, Che Mat Jusoh, who was the Terengganu President at that time, was appointed to lead the team. He successfully guiding the team Terengganu champion in 2000 and 2011 season and runner-up in the 2004 season of the
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. The team won first title in the
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in the 2001 season and runner-up in 2011 season. Terengganu won the
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in the 2001 season. The team succeed to improve position in 2005/2006 Premier League season. The team ended in runner-up place during the season. In the 2010 season, Terengganu ended at third place in
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. In the 2011 season, Terengganu had won
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, runner-up
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and
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by the guidance of Irfan Bakti. Terengganu won the title of
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for the second time. Therefore, they qualified to compete in
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. Nordin Alias became the hero for the team. He scored the winning goal in
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. During the
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, Terengganu lost to Negeri Sembilan F.A. during the final match that was held at
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. In the quarter-final, Terengganu overcame their rival, Kelantan F.A.. In the semi-final, Selangor F.A. also become prey to The Turtles when beaten 2–0 at home by two goals by
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. While in the second leg, Terengganu won 2–1 (Agg Terengganu 4–1 Selangor). In the final, Terengganu opened the scoring with
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in the 59th minute. In the 81st minute,
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equalised through S. Kunalan. But,
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disappointed Terengganu with his
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in the 86th minute. Terengganu lost to Negeri Sembilan 1–2. At the end of the season, the coach of Terengganu, Irfan Bakti announced that he will move to another team for the next season. At the end of the 2013 season, Che Mat Jusoh eventually withdrew from the presidency Terengganu after he failed to bring silverwares to the team as required by Terengganu fans. As Datuk Wan Ahmad Nizam take over Terengganu in 2013, he want to change Terengganu in the upcoming seasons to be a title contender in Malaysian League. In 2018, the club changed its name to Terengganu Football Club, Terengganu reached the final of the
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after beating
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in the semi-finals after 120 chaotic minutes, but lost to
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4–1 on penalties.


2020 pandemic period

In the 2020 season, Terengganu had performed well to finish third in the
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. At least 30,000 people came to
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to watch the first match of the league between Terengganu and
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. However, Terengganu lost 1–3 in the match. Terengganu went on to win 4–3 against
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as the away team and draws 3–3 against
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. However, the
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was then postponed for 159 days due to
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. Terengganu's first game after a long time Malaysian football is put to rest is against Petaling Jaya City in
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where Terengganu won 2–0. Terengganu's 2–1 victory against
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which is the final match of the league confirms the club's final position in the league. Terengganu went on to play Petaling Jaya City again in the 2020 Malaysia Cup and won 1–0 to advance to the quarter-finals to face
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which is the same team who defeated Terengganu in the
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in the epic final match where Perak defeated Terengganu via penalty shootout after the match ended 3–3 after extra time. However, the competition was cancelled following the government's rejection of MFL's appeal due to the
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.


Return to AFC Cup

Due to the
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, the
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was cancelled and declared null and void by the
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which originally would see the champion gaining the slot for the
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group stage so it were determined only by the results of the
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in which Terengganu finished in the third place in the league that season. By finishing in the third place, Terengganu will automatically gain a slot in the
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which see them being placed in Group I with
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,
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and
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but backed out from the tournament later on. Terengganu returned to the
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group stage as
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runners-up being drawn in Group G with
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,
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and Stallion Laguna. On 20 September 2023, Terengganu gained media attention for their 1–0 home win against Australian side, Central Coast Mariners who then went on to win the AFC Cup. Terengganu then finished as group runners-up with 12 points just 1 point behind Central Coast Mariners. Terengganu then participate in the recently revived tournament, the
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being placed alongside Indonesian club
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, Vietnamese club Đông Á Thanh Hóa, Thailand club BG Pathum United, Cambodian club Preah Khan Reach Svay Rieng and Myanmar Shan United.


Club licensing regulations


2018 season

* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the
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season.


2019 season

* This club had obtained the FAM Club License to play in the
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season. * This club had obtained the AFC Club License and is eligible to play either
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or
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if qualified on merit.


2020 season

* Terengganu Football Club is now a professional football club managed by a corporate company. Ab Rasid Jusoh was appointed as the
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meanwhile Mohd Sabri Abas was appointed as the COO of Terengganu Football Club Sdn.Bhd


Rivalries

Terengganu had a long-standing rivalry with
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, the two east coast clubs involved in what is known as the
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, starting in the mid-1980s. The only time the East Coast derby was ever contested with a title in stake was in the
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final, which saw Terengganu winning the match 2–1.


Stadium


Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Terengganu main home ground is currently the
Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium () is a Association football, football stadium in Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia. Together with the adjacent Mini Stadium, it forms the centrepiece of Terengganu Sports Complex. It was used for association ...
. The stadium holds 50,000 seating capacity and is named after the reigning Terengganu Ruler, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. It is the biggest stadium in the East Coast region of
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and it was built to replace
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as the state's main stadium. Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was built when Terengganu was awarded the right to host the Sukma Games 2008 and was completed in April that year.
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himself, who was then the 13th
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officiated the stadium on 10 May 2008. Terengganu began using the stadium as their home venue in July 2008 with
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having the honour of being the first opponent of The Turtles for the match played on 15 July 2008.


First collapse of the roof

However, the roof structure of the stadium collapsed on 2 June 2009 forcing Terengganu to move back to the
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, which at the time was in process of being torn down. The upper sections which expanded the original capacity of the stadium to 20,000 spectators had been taken down and the pitch was in a bad state due to the heavy vehicles being driven on it. Due to the urgent state of affairs at that time, the stadium was quickly fixed and was restored to meet the minimum requirement of the
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(FAM) and Terengganu were spared from playing the home matches somewhere else but with a reduced capacity of just 15,000. Further upgrades were installed at the stadium in 2012 when Terengganu qualified for the
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tournament after winning the
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the previous season. In May 2015, the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was given the green light by FAM to hold competitive matches again after their competition committee members were satisfied with the repairs and upgrades carried out at the stadium which Terengganu returned to the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium but Terengganu II decided to stay at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium.


Crowd trouble

However, the first match played there after the re-opening ended with crowd trouble after Terengganu fans rioted after Terengganu were knocked out of the semi-finals of the
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by the
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on Away goals rules due to their dissatisfaction with match officials decisions. Terengganu were fined by FAM and were ordered to play two matches without any spectators. The original capacity of the stadium was 51,000 but due to safety reasons the upper tier of the main stand is closed thus reducing the capacity of the stadium to just 35,000 spectators at any one time.


Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Previously, Terengganu used the compact
Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium The Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The stadium is named after Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, the fourth Sultan of Terengganu. The stadium has the capacity to acco ...
as their home venue since the stadium was completed in the late 1960s and serves as the home ground of Terengganu II, a feeder team of Terengganu. For the
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season, Terengganu will use the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium as their home venue as the
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is being renovated once again to improve the quality of the stadium's pitch.


Sponsorship

At the beginning of 2013, a local textile company called Desa Murni Batik agreed to sponsor Terengganu for a year worth RM400,000 and it was the biggest investment the company had ever made. AL became the club's apparel sponsor from 2019 to 2021. In 2022,
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Malaysia through Al Ikhsan once again agreed to be the official sponsor and supplier of Terengganu kits for the 2022 and 2023 seasons with a sponsorship value of RM1.8 million and this is the biggest value the brand has ever offered to a club in Malaysia at this time. The last time Umbro sponsored Terengganu was in the 2014 and 2015 seasons. On 18 January 2022, TDC Holdings Sdn Bhd signed a two-year contract as the main sponsor for the 2022 and 2023 seasons and became the new platinum sponsor for Terengganu replacing
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Malaysia and redONE. They agreed to give RM4 million in cash and RM500,000 in goods making a total of RM4.5 million for the two seasons.


Players


First-team squad


Other players under contract


Development squad


Terengganu III (U-21)

Terengganu III competes in
Malaysia President Cup The Piala Presiden () is a developmental football competition in Malaysia for under-21 players. The cup consists of developmental squads from clubs competing in the top two divisions of Malaysian football league system. The president in the ti ...
.


Terengganu IV (U-19)

Terengganu IV competes in Malaysia Youth Cup.


Coaching staff


Head coach history


Management


Honours


Domestic competitions


League

* Division 1/Super League ** Runner-up (4):
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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...
,
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
,
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...
* Division 2/Premier League ** Winners (2): 1990, 1998 *** Runner-up (1):
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 ...
* Division 3/FAM League/M3 League ** Winners (1): 1969


Cups

*
Charity Cup The Charity Cup, also referred to as the NZF Charity Cup (previously known as the ASB Charity Cup for sponsorship reasons), is New Zealand's association football super cup, which takes place on annual basis. The competition was founded in 19 ...
** Winners (1): 2001 *** Runner-up (2): 2002,
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
*
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 ...
** Winners (1): 2001 *** Runner-up (6): 1973, 1982, 1998,
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
,
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 ...
,
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...
*
FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout association football, football competition in domestic Football in England, English football. First played during ...
** Winners (2): 2000,
2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...
*** Runner-up (3): 1999, 2004,
2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...


Foreign competitions

*
Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup Sheikh Kamal International Club Cup (), also known as Sheikh Kamal Gold Cup, is a biennial international club association football, football tournament held in Bangladesh. The inaugural edition took place in 2015. It is hosted by the Chittagong Ab ...
** Winners (1):
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 ...


AFC competitions

*
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** Round of 16 (1):
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 ...
** Group Stage (2):
2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...


Preseason competitions

*Terengganu Chief Minister's Cup ** Winners (1): 2018


Club records

Updated on 18 December 2023. ''Note'': *Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position Source:


Performance in AFC club competitions


Performance in AFF club competitions


Individual player awards

Malaysia Super League Golden Boots – Top Goalscorer Overall


References


External links

* {{Football in Malaysia Malaysia Super League clubs Football clubs in Malaysia Football clubs in Terengganu Malaysia Cup winners 1956 establishments in British Malaya Association football clubs established in 1956