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Polis Diraja Malaysia FC

Malaysian football club

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Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club or Royal Malaysian Police Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Polis Diraja Malaysia), better known as PDRM FC (After PDRM FC Sdn Bhd established in 2020, formerly known as PDRM FA), is a Malaysian professional football club associated with the Royal Malaysia Police and owned by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd. The club is based in Selangor Darul Ehsan.

Domestically, the club has won the Malaysia Premier League, the second tier of Malaysian football in 2006-07 and 2014. They also won the People of Maldives Invitational Cup in 2015. The club focused on restructuring its management as decision behind leaving the Malaysia Super League.

01History

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 Malaysia's top flight in seventh position. 2009 was unfortunate for the club; the team failed to stay in the Malaysia Super League as they finished last and were 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. 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. 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. 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 in and won the 2015 People of Maldives Invitational Cup held in the Maldives in January 2015.

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 in 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 in Bangkok, Thailand with the new foreign signings, former Johor Darul Ta'zim, Andrezinho and Singaporean international, Safuwan Baharudin.

PDRM was promoted back to the 2023 Malaysia Super League after finishing 6th in the 2022 Malaysia Premier League. This promotion occurred because of the top-tier restructuring from 12 teams to 14 teams (initially planned for 18 teams). Throughout the 2023 season, PDRM was known as the 'Giant Killer', frequently upsetting bigger teams in the league. They managed to hold a 1-0 defeat to 9-time consecutive league champions, Johor Darul Ta'zim, won against Kedah Darul Aman, Selangor, Sabah and fought for a goalless draw against Terengganu.

Before the start of the 2026-27 Malaysia Super League season, PDRM was fined 45,000RM for only partially meeting the requirements to obtain an MFL club license. They were ejected from the Malaysia Super League after failing to meet the final July 15 deadline.

02Stadium

Stadium Location Capacity Year
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Paroi, Seremban 45,000 2010, 2012
Shah Alam Stadium Shah Alam 80,372 2015, 2018
Hang Jebat Stadium Krubong/Paya Rumput 40,000 2013, 2016-2017, 2019
Kuala Lumpur Stadium Selayang 18,000 2020-2022
Petaling Jaya Stadium Petaling Jaya 25,000 2011, 2014, 2023
Selayang Stadium Selayang 11,098 2019, 2024-2026

03Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1990 Line 7 Dunhill
EON Bank
1991-1992 Puma
1993 Line 7
1998 Le Coq Sportif Dunhill
2002 Antioni
2003-2004 Line 7
2005 TMNet
2005/06 Eutag
2006/07 Sukses 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 Perkasa Jauhari
2015 Line7
2016 Puncak Niaga
2017 Forca
2018 ODR Lubricants
2019 Papa Rich
2020 Al - Sports redONE
2021-2023 Oren Sports Top Glove, redONE
2024-25-2025-26 Lotto redONE

04Players (2025)

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
7 MF  MAS Irfan Fazail
8 FW  NGR Elisha Kashim
11 FW  CIV Bernard Doumbia
13 DF  MAS Badrul Afendy Fadzli
15 MF  KOR Park Tae-soo (captain)
16 MF  MAS Syafiq Azmi
17 FW  MAS Amirul Wa'ie
18 MF  MAS Adam Farhan Mustaffa
19 DF  MAS Amir Saiful Badeli
20 GK  MAS Asri Muhamad
21 MF  MAS Zazrir Naim
22 MF  MAS Afiq Saluddin
23 DF  CIV Noel Agbre
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 MF  MAS Hafiz A.Aziz
26 DF  MAS Alif Naquiddin
27 MF  MAS Imran Samso
28 GK  MAS Fahmi Ikhwan
29 MF  MAS Aiman Sufi
30 GK  MAS Ifwat Akmal
32 MF  MAS Safiee Ahmad
34 MF  MAS Eizrul Ashraf
46 GK  MAS Hakeem Hamidun
47 MF  MAS Dick Chenny Waili
66 DF  MAS Fakhrullah Yusoff
77 MF  JOR Fadi Awad
89 MF  MAS Fakhrul Azim

05Development squad

Under-23s

As of 1 March 2023
No. Name Nat. Position
Goalkeepers
1 Hakim Hamidun GK
22 Akif Aiman Rosdi GK
31 Ridzuan Azali GK
Defenders
2 Hadi Hasbollah RB, RWB
4 Fakhrullah Yusoff LB, LWB
5 Iqbal Azmi CB
14 Alif Aidil Ghazali CB
33 Haziq Akmal CB, RB
47 Izzat Zuhairie Zakaria LB, LWB
88 Luqman Hakim Draman CB
Midfielders
8 Asyraf Kamal Tajul Ariffin CAM, CM
18 Harsayd Azhar DM, CM
18 Adam Farhan Mustaffa AM, CM
23 Afiq Saluddin DM, CB
24 Jacque Faye CM, LW, RW, ST
29 Syahmi Jani CM
Forwards
17 Ismail Ibrahim ST
10 Aliff Hasmardi ST, LW
11 Hariz Zoolhilmi ST
19 Aiman Sufi Radzai LW
28 Haziq Hafiz Hidrus RW
30 Fareez Abdul Samah LW
56 Akif Iqraiz Zuhairi RW
90 Nnbuike Chijoke Chukwu ST
92 Eskandar Ismail RW

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Under-20s

As of 21 March 2023
Fa Name Nat. Position
Goalkeepers
1 Hadif Padil Ali GK
21 Khairul Amar GK
22 Uday Zidane Arifin GK
Defenders
3 Aidil Fikri Khalid RB/RWB
4 Danish Aiman Onn LB/LWB
5 Noor Aidil Zailani CB
19 Farhat Faizal CB
23 Afiq Danish Ridzuan RB/RWB
24 Harith Imran Jumat LB/LWB
26 Haiqal Qawwiy CB
27 Amar Nazmi Aziz CB/DM
28 Amirul Nazruddin RB
Midfielders
6 Noor Adha Zailani DM/CM
7 Haffizi Mustaffa Kamal AM/CM
8 Hadzeq Faudzi LW/LM
12 Akmal Naufal Najib CM
14 Amirul Dzikry Che Ros CM
15 Ameer Nur Iman CM
16 Adam Danielshah LW/LM
17 Hazim Ammar DM/CM
19 Umar Danish Izriya RW/RM
30 Hafizan Zamin RW/LW
Forwards
9 Razan Rosli ST
10 Danish Zikry Zubir ST

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06Club officials

Senior officials

Position Staff
President Ayob Khan
Chief executive officer Mohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Chief operating officer Mohd Shukri Ismail
Chief finance officer Mohd Hasrulrizal Shah Hassan
Team manager Mohd Zaffarollah Mohd Nordin
Assistant Manager Mohd Shamshul Hisham Abd Razak
Legal advisor Nazri Saad

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coachVacant
Assistant head coach Eddy Gapil
Assistant coach V. Kavi Chelvan
Goalkeeping coach Mohd Atfan Hat
Fitness coach Mohamad Azraie Faozi
Team doctor Muhamad Dzafri Muhamad Masro
Physiotherapist
Kitman Muhamad Amirul Abas

Former coaches

Name Period Trophy
Rahim Abdullah 1990-1991
Kevin Morton 1992
David Harrison 1993
Ismail Ramli 1994
Bahwandi Hiralal 1995-1998
1999-2000 2000 Malaysia FAM League
K. Thayananthan 2001
Rahim Abdullah 2002
2003
Mohd Dali Wahid 2004-2006
K. Thayanathan 2006-2010 2007 Malaysia Premier League
T. Kanapathy 2010-2011
R. Nalathamby 2011-2013
Dollah Salleh 2014 2014 Malaysia Premier League
Azman Adnan 2014-July 2015
Mohd Fauzi Pilus July 2014, November 2017
Zulhamizan Zakaria November 2017, July 2018
Mohd Fauzi Pilus July 2018, February 2019
E. Elavarasan March 2019, December 2019
Ishak Kunju January 2020, December 2020
Mat Zan Mat Aris January 2021, March 2021
Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail 31 March 2021, 3 September 2022
Razak Jamaadi 3 September 2022, 12 January 2023
Azzmi Aziz 12 January 2023, 20 June 2023

07Club record

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 , , , ,
2020 Super League 11 0 2 9 5 29 −1 12th , , Cancelled , , , ,
2021 Liga Premier 20 7 5 8 22 25 26 8th , , , , , , ,
2022 Liga Premier 18 6 3 9 20 28 21 6th , Round of 16 1st round , , , ,

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08Individual player awards

09Records and statistics

Goalscorers

As of 22 January 2016
# Name Years League Cup League Cup Other Total Ratio
1 Khairul Izuan Abdullah2009, present47 (71)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)47 (71)0.66
2 Ali Ashfaq2014, present27 (37)2 (5)9 (12)3 (4)41 (58)0.71
3 Dramane Traoré201520 (20)3 (2)1 (1)5 (4)29 (27)1.07
4 Charles Chad201413 (20)3 (4)3 (6)0 (0)19 (30)0.63
5 Bobby Gonzales20148 (21)1 (4)3 (6)0 (0)12 (31)0.39
6 Muhamed Sumareh2012-20155 (34)1 (6)2 (11)0 (0)9 (51)0.18
7 Fazuan Abdullah20119 (18)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)9 (18)0.5
8 Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain20137 (19)0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)7 (19)0.37
9 Sathya Seelan 2016 1(7) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1(7) 0.14

By competition

In a single season

10Honours

Domestic competitions

League

Cups

Others

  • People's Cup
  • Malaysia Premier Futsal League
    • Winners (1): 2004
  • eMFL Super League
    • Winners (1): 2023

11Foreign players

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