Kelantan Darul Naim F.C.


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This article is about the Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club. For Kelantan Football Club, see Kelantan F.C.

Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Kelantan Darul Naim), previously known as Kelantan United, is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.[1][2][3] The club currently plays in the Malaysia Super League.[4]

Kelantan Darul Naim
Full nameKelantan Darul Naim Football Club
Nickname(s)The Golden Deers
Short nameKDN
Founded2016; 8 years ago, as MPKB-BRI
2019; 5 years ago, as Kelantan United
2024; 0 years ago, as Kelantan Darul Naim
GroundSultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Capacity22,000
PresidentRozi Muhamad
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023Malaysia Super League, 12th of 14
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Kelantan Darul Naim 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 the 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 support in the local area. In 2023, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League for the first time in their history. On 2 June 2023, Kelantan United recorded their first ever win in the top flight against city rivals, Kelantan winning 4–1.

In the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League season, Kelantan United will be rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim for the Malaysia League competition. Club president Rozi Muhammad said the rebranding of name and logo of the club is the desire of the management to unite all Kelantan football supporters under one proud banner and flag for the state. He said the name and logo change is not aimed at replacing the main team, "Kelantan" but it is a change made to see the club as being more competitive and is able to compete in the highest hierarchy of the Malaysian League with other major clubs.[9]

Kelantan Darul Naim has used 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 to solidify its new branding.[10][11]

  • 2016 crest

  • 2017–2018 crest

  • 2019—2022 crest

  • 2023 crest

  • 2024—present crest

Kelantan Darul Naim have always worn black with mixture of red for shirts as their home kit.[12] For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit.[11]

Kelantan Darul Naim'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.[11]

Stadium Sultan Muhammad IV

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Ownership and finances

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Years Kit manufacturer Financial sponsors
2016 Sala Minyak Mestika, SH Prima Trading
2017 GomoGi MPKB-BRI
2018 Kronos Gelumbang Jaya
2019 SkyHawk U-Shop, MySports Station
2020 Visit Kelantan 2020, Jaya Mas Mining
2021 Umbro Kelantan Melangkah Kehadapan, Yakult
2022 Gatti
2023 IAM Kelantan Melangkah Kehadapan, Nasken Coffee
2024–25 PUC Sport Visit Kelantan 2024

Season by season record

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Season League Cup Asia
Division Pld W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia[a] 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 21 2 5 14 22 54 -32 11 12th – Qualified Second round – –
  1. ^ The Malaysia Cup, Challenge and FAM Cup
Champions Runners-up Third place Promoted Relegated
  • P = Played
  • W = Games won
  • D = Games drawn
  • L = Games lost
  • F = Goals for
  • A = Goals against
  • Pts = Points
  • Pos = Final position
  • N/A = No answer
  • QR1 = First Qualifying Round
  • QR2 = Second Qualifying Round
  • QR3 = Third Qualifying Round
  • QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round
  • RInt = Intermediate Round
  • R1 = Round 1
  • R2 = Round 2
  • R3 = Round 3
  • R4 = Round 4
  • R5 = Round 5
  • R6 = Round 6
  • GR = Group stage
  • QF = Quarter-finals
  • SF = Semi-finals
  • RU = Runners-up
  • S = Shared
  • W = Winners
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

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Position Staff
CEO   Wan Mohd Zul Ikman Wan Abdul Aziz
Technical director   Sazami Shafii
Head coach   Park Jae-hong
Assistant coach   Rezal Zambery Yahya
  Ashadi Yusoff
Goalkeeping coach   Abdul Rahman Baba
Fitness coach   Mohd Fazrul Jafar
Team doctor   Dr. Zairuddin
Physiotherapist   Muhammad Amir Fadzlan
Media officer   Ahmad Fadhli Sukardi
Photographer   Tarmizi Nafi
Masseur   Wan Muhamad Afif
Kitman   Fadhli Ikram

Domestic competitions

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