Polis Diraja Malaysia FC

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Royal Police FC
Full nameRoyal Malaysia Police Football Club
Nickname(s)The Cops
Sang Saka Biru
Short namePDRM
Founded1990; 32 years ago (1990), as Royal Malaysia Police Football Association
GroundKuala Lumpur Stadium
Capacity18,000
PresidentAcryl Sani
CEOMohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Head coachWan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
LeagueMalaysia Premier League
2021Malaysia Premier League, 8th of 11
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Royal Malaysia Police Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Polis Diraja Malaysia), well known as RMPFC, is a Malaysian professional football club associated with the entity of the Royal Malaysia Police, that participate in the Malaysia Premier League. The club is based in Kuala Lumpur.

Domestically, the club has won the Malaysia Premier League, the second tier of Malaysian football in 2006–07 and 2014.[1] They also won the People of Maldives Invitational Cup in 2015.

History[]

During 2006–07 season, PDRM won the league title and were promoted to Malaysia Super League 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. 2009 was unfortunate for the club, the team failed to keep their in the Malaysia Super League as they ended the league at the last spot and was relegated to Malaysia Premier League.

In 2014, the club named Malaysian football legend, Dollah Salleh 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.[2] 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 2014 Malaysia Premier League.[3] Though, Dollah Salleh left the club as Football Association of Malaysia decided to appoint him as the head coach of Malaysia national team and Azman Adnan, who had been the assistant for him during the time took his place.[4] Ali Ashfaq from Maldives, 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 Hong Kong in late December 2014 and also participated and won the 2015 People of Maldives Invitational Cup held in Maldives in January 2015.[5]

In 2015 Malaysia Super League, the club edged the defending champions of Malaysia Super League, Johor Darul Ta'zim and Kelantan 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 Malian striker, Dramane Traore had been the main man scoring the goals for the club in 2015 season. Yet, Ali Ashfaq was nominated among the best three players for the Best Foreign Player Award in 2015.

On 15 January 2016, PDRM camped at Bangkok, Thailand with the new foreign signings, former Johor Darul Ta'zim, Andrezinho and Singaporean international, Safuwan Baharudin.

Stadium[]

Stadium Location Capacity Year
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Paroi, Seremban 45,000 2010, 2012
Petaling Jaya Stadium Petaling Jaya 25,000 2011, 2014
Shah Alam Stadium Shah Alam 80,372 2015, 2018
Selayang Stadium Selayang 11,098 2019
Hang Jebat Stadium Krubong/Paya Rumput 40,000 2013, 2016–2017, 2019
Kuala Lumpur Stadium Selayang 18,000 2020–Present

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor[]

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
2004 Dunhill
2005 TMNet
2005-06
2006-07 celcom, TMNet
2007-08 Kappa TM
2009 Line 7 TM, Inai Kiara
2010 TM
2011 no sponsors
2012 Al - Jabbar
2013 no sponsors
2014 Kappa[6] Perkasa Jauhari
2015 Line7
2016 Puncak Niaga
2017 Forca
2018 ODR Lubricants
2019 Papa Rich
2020 Al - Sports red one
2021 Oren Sports Top Glove

Players[]

First-team squad[]

As of 22 February 2022

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 Malaysia MAS Joslan aping
2 DF Malaysia MAS
3 DF Malaysia MAS
4 DF Malaysia MAS Amier Md Ali
5 MF Malaysia MAS
6 DF Malaysia MAS Che Safwan Che Hassan
7 MF Malaysia MAS Saiful Hasnol
8 MF Ghana GHA Alexander Amponsah
9 FW Malaysia MAS
10 FW Malaysia MAS
11 FW Malaysia MAS
12 DF Malaysia MAS Izzat Zuhairie
13 MF Malaysia MAS Durrkeswaran Ganasan
16 MF Malaysia MAS Syafiq Azmi
17 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Wa'ie
18 MF Malaysia MAS
19 DF Malaysia MAS Amir Saiful
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Malaysia MAS Nurfais Johari
23 MF Malaysia MAS Safiee Ahmad
24 MF Malaysia MAS
25 FW Malaysia MAS Ahmad Khaizuran Putera
26 DF Malaysia MAS Aliff Naquiddin
27 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Azman
29 MF Malaysia MAS Azrie Reza (on loan from Penang)
30 MF Malaysia MAS Nabil Latpi
33 GK Malaysia MAS Asri Muhamad
— MF Malaysia MAS
— GK Malaysia MAS
— GK Malaysia MAS
— MF Slovakia SVK Martin Adamec
— FW Kyrgyzstan KGZ Mirbek Akhmataliev
— MF Kyrgyzstan KGZ

Development squad[]

Under-21s[]

As of 5 June 2020
No. Name Nat. Position D.O.B
Goalkeepers
20 Muhammad Syazwan Mazlan Malaysia GK 2000
25 Muhammad Syahmin Azzahari Malaysia GK 1999
Defenders
2 Muhammad Aziq Azri Mohd Nor Malaysia RB, RWB 2000
3 Abdul Said Nasir Malaysia LB, LWB 1999
4 Iranaeus Casimir Anak Sura Malaysia CB 1999
5 Azzib Azrai bin Musa Khawarizmi Malaysia CB 1999
8 Danial Imran Jasfarizam Malaysia RB, RWB 2000
13 Aidil Izham Zaimi Malaysia LB, LWB 2000
15 Adid Hazzim Ahmad Razali Malaysia CB 2000
16 Muhammad Hazwan Tahir Malaysia CB 1999
23 Muhammad Aidil Asyraf Abdul Rahim Malaysia CB, LB, RB 2000
26 Muhammad Azarul Aizin Azahar Malaysia CB 2000
27 Joseph Richardo Wenda Malaysia CB 2000
29 Muhammad Sufiyan Mohd Zin Malaysia RB, LB 1999
30 Muhammad Syazwan Adua Malaysia LB, RB 2000
Midfielders
6 Muhammad Fakhrul Izzam Bazree Malaysia CM 2000
7 Muhammad Haikal Khairuddin Malaysia RW, RM 2000
10 Mohamad Nor Hariz Mohd Johari Malaysia AM, CM 2000
11 Mohd Farazilhakim Sopran Malaysia LW, RW 1999
12 Mohd Zamani Sapawi Malaysia CM 2000
14 A. Mahendran Malaysia CM 2000
19 Shahzmeer Haikal Zainuddin Malaysia LW, LM 2000
21 Jaspil Asmat Malaysia DM, CM 2000
Forwards
17 Muhammad Hanif Fikri Ramdan Malaysia ST 2000

Source:[7]

Under-19s[]

As of 5 June 2020
No. Name Nat. Position D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1 Asheer Shafiq Abdul Karim Malaysia GK 2002
30 Syed Faizzrul Shah Syed Fariz Shah Malaysia GK 2002
Defenders
2 Kuhanraj a/l Nagarajoo Malaysia RB/RWB 2002
3 Muhammad Hariz Izham Akmal Malaysia LB/LWB 2002
5 Muhammad Harith Imran Mohd Jumat Malaysia CB 2002
6 Rafael Shahzari Foo Benjamin Foo Abdullah Malaysia CB 2002
8 Austin Yee Meng Jun Malaysia RB/RWB 2002
13 Ahmad Danish Shawal Malaysia LB/LWB 2001
18 Ahmad Izzul Danish Ahmad Ibrahim Malaysia CB 2002
20 Muhammad Shahrul Aikal Mohd Nasir Malaysia CB/DM 2002
Midfielders
7 Wan Haziq Wan Huzaini Malaysia RW, RM 2002
9 Uzair Akhyar Norazmi Malaysia AM/CM 2002
10 Kumaran a/l Raman Malaysia LW/LM 2001
12 Madhav Menon Malaysia CM 2002
14 Meor Muhammad Syazwan Mohd Faizal Malaysia CM 2001
15 Muhammad Ehsan Zainal Rozman Malaysia CM 2001
16 Mohammed Ranieal Hassan Rohzan Malaysia LW/LM 2002
17 Muhammad Fariz Mohd Khairi Malaysia DM/CM 2002
19 Muhammad Aqil Ikmal Azman Malaysia RW/RM 2002
Forwards
11 Aqil Anwar Mohd Fauzi Malaysia ST 2002
21 Muhammad Amirul Fahmi Zulkarnain Malaysia ST 2002

Source:[8]

Club officials[]

Senior officials[]

Position Staff
Patron Malaysia
Chief Executive Officer Malaysia Mohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Chief Operating Officer Malaysia Mohd Shukri Ismail
Chief Finance Officer Malaysia Mohd Hasrulrizal Shah Hassan
Manager Malaysia Mohd Shamshul Hisham Abd Razak
Legal Advisor Malaysia Nazri Saad
Advisor 1 Malaysia Khalil Azlan Chik
Advisor 2 Malaysia Sukri Kaman

Coaching staff[]

Position Name
Manager
Assistant manager Malaysia Rainol Masaat
Head coach Malaysia Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
Assistant head coach Malaysia Eddy Gapil
Assistant head coach Malaysia Izhar Ismail
Goalkeeping coach Malaysia Zainuddin Yusof
Fitness coach Malaysia Mohd Asyraf M.R. Asri
Team Doctor Malaysia Mohd Iman Effendy Mukhatar
Physiotherapist Malaysia Nur Liyana Atiqah Rafie
Masseur Malaysia Mohd Shukor
U21 Manager Malaysia Mohd Hasrulrizal Shah Hassan
U21 Assistant manager Malaysia Mohd Faizal Maliki
U21 Head coach Malaysia Anuar Udin
U21 Assistant head coach Malaysia V. Kavi Chelvan
U21 Coach Malaysia Anuar Mohamad
U21 Goalkeeping coach Malaysia Mohd Atfan Hat
U21 Fitness coach Malaysia Muhd Yasser Ahmad Puat
U21 Team Doctor Malaysia Mohd Fairuze Abdul Hamid
U21 Physiotherapist Malaysia Mohd Hilmi Mohamad
U19 Manager Malaysia Wan Huzaini Wan Hussin
U19 Assistant manager Malaysia Markandan a/l Subramaniam
U19 Head coach Malaysia Rada Krishnan a/l/ Nadesan
U19 Assistant head coach Malaysia Mohd Zairol Azhar Zabidi
U19 Fitness coach Malaysia Michael Wong@Jime
U19 Physiotherapist Malaysia Muhd Zahin Naim Pa Wan Chik

Former coaches[]

Name Period Trophy
Malaysia Rahim Abdullah 1990–1991
England Kevin Morton 1992
England David Harrison 1993
Malaysia Ismail Ramli 1994
Malaysia Bahwandi Hiralal 1995–1998
1999–2000 2000 Malaysia FAM League
Malaysia K. Thayananthan 2001
Malaysia Rahim Abdullah 2002
2003
Malaysia Mohd Dali Wahid 2004–2006
Malaysia K. Thayanathan 2006–2010 2007 Malaysia Premier League
Malaysia T. Kanapathy 2010–2011
Malaysia R. Nalathamby 2011–2013
Malaysia Dollah Salleh 2014 2014 Malaysia Premier League
Malaysia Azman Adnan 2014–July 2015
Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Pilus July 2014 – November 2017
Malaysia Zulhamizan Zakaria November 2017 – July 2018
Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Pilus July 2018 – February 2019
Malaysia E. Elavarasan March 2019 – December 2019
Malaysia Ishak Kunju January 2020 – December 2020
Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris January 2021 – March 2021
Malaysia Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail 31 March 2021 –

Club record[]

Update on 21 July 2019.

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

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Season League Cup Other Asia
Division Pld W D L F A Pts Pos Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result
2004 Liga Premier 24 7 7 10 34 44 28 6th – Not qualified 3rd round – – – –
2005 Liga Premier 21 2 3 16 15 51 9 8th – Not qualified 1st round – – – –
2005–06 Liga Premier 21 12 10 8 38 26 46 6th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
2006–07 Liga Premier 20 14 2 4 40 25 44 1st – Group stage 1st round – – – –
2007–08 Super League 24 7 3 14 30 52 24 9th – Quarter-finals Round of 32 – – – –
2009 Super League 26 0 3 23 19 75 3 14th – Group Stage Round of 16 – – – –
2010 Liga Premier 22 8 4 10 37 41 28 7th – Not qualified Round of 16 – – – –
2011 Liga Premier 22 12 3 7 36 28 39 3rd – Group Stage Round of 32 – – – –
2012 Liga Premier 22 11 5 6 20 38 38 5th – Not qualified Round of 32 – – – –
2013 Liga Premier 22 7 4 11 41 39 25 7th – Not qualified Round of 32 Trofeo Persija Group stage – –
2014 Liga Premier 22 16 4 2 63 23 52 1st – Quarter-finals Quarter-finals – – – –
2015 Super League 22 11 2 9 42 39 35 6th – Group stage Round of 16 Pomis Cup Champions – –
2016 Super League 22 5 6 11 21 32 21 11th – Semi-finals Quarter-finals – – – –
2017 Liga Premier 22 7 4 11 36 41 25 8th – Not qualified 2nd round – – – –
2018 Liga Premier 20 8 5 7 28 31 29 5th – Group stage 2nd round – – – –
2019 Liga Premier 20 9 3 8 30 27 30 4th – Group stage 3rd round – – – –

Source:[9][10]

Individual player awards[]

M-League Golden boot winners[]

Season Player Goals
2012 Malaysia Khairul Izuan Abdullah 27
2015 Mali Dramane Traoré 19

M-League Top goalscorers[]

Season Player Goals
2011 Malaysia Khairul Izuan Abdullah 11
2012 Malaysia Khairul Izuan Abdullah 27
2013 Malaysia Khairul Izuan Abdullah 8
2014 Maldives Ali Ashfaq 27
2015 Mali Dramane Traoré 20
2016 Maldives Ali Ashfaq 5
2017 Ivory Coast Dao Bakary 15
2018
2019 South Korea Lee Chang-hoon 10

Records and statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

Competitive, professional matches only. Statistics from 2011–present
As of 22 January 2016
# Name Years League Cup League Cup Other[a] Total Ratio
1 Malaysia Khairul Izuan Abdullah 2009–present 47 (71) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 47 (71) 0.66
2 Maldives Ali Ashfaq 2014–present 27 (37) 2 (5) 9 (12) 3 (4)[b] 41 (58) 0.71
3 Mali Dramane Traoré 2015 20 (20) 3 (2) 1 (1) 5 (4)[b] 29 (27) 1.07
4 Brazil Charles Chad 2014 13 (20) 3 (4) 3 (6) 0 (0) 19 (30) 0.63
5 Malaysia Bobby Gonzales 2014 8 (21) 1 (4) 3 (6) 0 (0) 12 (31) 0.39
6 The Gambia Muhamed Sumareh 2012–2015 5 (34) 1 (6) 2 (11) 0 (0) 9 (51) 0.18
7 Malaysia Fazuan Abdullah 2011 9 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (18) 0.5
8 Malaysia Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain 2013 7 (19) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 7 (19) 0.37
  1. ^ Includes POMIS Cup
  2. ^ a b All appearances in POMIS Cup

By competition[]

In a single season[]

Honours[]

League[]

  • Malaysia Premier League
  • Winners (2): 2007, 2014[11]
  • Malaysia FAM League
  • Runners-up: 2000

Other[]

Foreign players[]

Year Visa 1 Visa 2 Visa 3 Visa 4 (Asian) Former
2013 The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Uganda Edrisar Kaye – –
2014 The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Brazil Rafael Souza Brazil Charles Chad Maldives Ali Ashfaq
2015 The Gambia Mohamadou Sumareh Mali Dramane Traore Portugal Jaime Bragança Maldives Ali Ashfaq Nigeria Onorionde Kughegbe
2016 Mali Souleymane Konaté Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Brazil Andrézinho Maldives Ali Ashfaq
2017 Mali Souleymane Konaté Singapore Safuwan Baharudin Ivory Coast Dao Bakary Singapore Yasir Hanapi Ivory Coast Frederic Pooda
2018 Montenegro Argzim Redžović Romania Petrișor Voinea Japan Shunsuke Nakatake South Korea Shim Un-seob
2019 Montenegro Argzim Redžović South Korea Lee Chang-hoon Nigeria
2020 Turkmenistan Serdar Geldiýew Grenada Antonio German Turkmenistan Şöhrat Söýünow
2021 Namibia Ghana Zimbabwe Victor Kamhuka Japan Bruno Junichi Suzuki Castanheira Argentina
2022 Ghana Slovakia TBA Kyrgyzstan TBA Kyrgyzstan TBA

PDRM Football Association[]

Direct clubs under direct supervision of the association[]

  • Malaysia PDRM FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION

Affiliated clubs outside the association[]

  • Malaysia ATM FA

References[]

  1. ^ "PDRM beat Negeri Sembilan to win the Liga Premier title - Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ "MALAYSIAN SPORTS: DOLLAH HEADS TO PDRM AND A HOST OF COACHING CHANGES IN M-LEAGUE". MALAYSIAN SPORTS. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Kedah dampens PDRM celebration at final of 2014 Liga Premier with 3-2 win - The Malaysian Insider". www.themalaysianinsider.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Dollah Salleh has been appointed the new head coach of Harimau Malaya - Goal.com". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "vnews - PDRM FA wins People's Cup with Ashfaq's hat trick". Vnews.mv. Archived from the original on 25 November 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Kappa Malaysia on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ "PDRM U21 2020". FAM. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  8. ^ "PDRM U19 2020". FAM. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  9. ^ Soccerway; Soccerway, Retrieved 1 October 2017
  10. ^ RSSSF; RSSSF.com, Retrieved 1 October 2017
  11. ^ "PDRM crowned MPL champions; FELDA seal promotion". Football SEA. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  12. ^ "PDRM wins People's Cup-::maldivesoccer.com:- Maldives' first soccer website::". www.maldivesoccer.com. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

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