Polis Diraja Malaysia FC explained

Clubname:	PDRM
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Fullname:	Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club
Nickname:	"Sang Saka Biru" (The Cops) "Sang Keris Biru" "Harimau Biru" (The Blue Tiger)
Short Name:	PDRM
Founded:	, as RMPFA or PDRM FA , as PDRM FC
Ground:	MP Selayang Stadium
Capacity:	16,000
Owntitle:	President
Owner:	Acryl Sani
Chrtitle:	CEO
Chairman:	Mohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Manager:	P. Maniam
League:	Malaysia Super League
Season:	2023
Position:	Malaysia Super League, 8th of 14
Current:	2023 PDRM FC season
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Website:	http://pdrmfc.com

Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club, well known as PDRM FC (After PDRM FC Sdn Bhd established in 2020, formerly known as PDRM FA),^[1] is a Malaysian professional football club associated with the entity of the Royal Malaysia Police and with official ownership by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd, that participates in the Malaysia Super League.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5] 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.^[6] 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.^[7]

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.

PDRM sees themselves qualified back to the 2023 Malaysia Super League after finishing 6th place in the 2nd tier of the 2022 Malaysia Premier League. This promotion occurred because of the top tier restructuring from 12 teams to 14 teams (firstly planned 18 teams).Throughout the 2023 season, PDRM is known as the 'Giant Killer' for seeing them upsetting bigger team 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 a goalless draw against Terengganu.

Stadium

Stadium	Location	Capacity	Year
Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium	Paroi, Seremban	45,000	2010, 2012
Shah Alam Stadium	Shah Alam	80,372	2015, 2018
Selayang Stadium	Selayang	11,098	2019, 2024–present
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

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2004		Dunhill
2005		TMNet
2005-06	Eutag	TMNet
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^[8]	Perkasa Jauhari
2015	Line7	Perkasa Jauhari
2016		Puncak Niaga
2017		Forca
2018		ODR Lubricants
2019		Papa Rich
2020	Al - Sports	red one
2021–2023	Oren Sports	Top Glove, redONE
2024/25 - present	Lotto	redONE

Players

First-team squad

Development squad

Under-23s

	Name	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

^[9]

Under-20s

Fa	Name	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

^[10]

Club officials

Senior officials

Position	Staff
President	Acryl Sani
Chief Executive Officer	Mohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Chief operating officer	Mohd Shukri Ismail
Chief finance officer	Mohd Hasrulrizal Shah Hassan
Manager	Mohd Zaffarollah Mohd Nordin
Assistant Manager	Mohd Shamshul Hisham Abd Razak
Legal advisor	Nazri Saad

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	P. Maniam
Assistant head coach	Eddy Gapil
Assistant coach	Allmahdi Umar Ahmad Juffri
Goalkeeping coach	Mohd Atfan Hat
Assistant goalkeeping coach	Zainuddin Yusof
Fitness coach	Ahmad Nizan Arifin
Team doctor	Muhamad Dzafri Muhamad Masro
Physiotherapist	Shahrul Azrin Khairul Amri
Masseur	Gopinatahan Arumugam
Team admin	Nazrul Effendy
Team media officer	Mohd Zulhilmi Razali
Team security officer	Mohd Zuhairi Mohd Zubir
U23 manager	Afham Zulkipeli
U23 assistant manager	Rusham Abu
U23 head coach	Anuar Udin
U23 assistant head coach	Zolkipli Samion
U23 assistant coach	Alif Haikal Ganaeson
U23 goalkeeping coach	Zaiinuddin Yusof
U23 fitness coach	Izhar Ismail
U23 team doctor	Aiman Hamid
U23 physiotherapist	Mohd Hilmi Mohamad
U23 team admin	Firdaus Ruslan
U23 team media officer	Muhammad Syahiran M Rosli
U23 team security officer	Leonard Lawrence Abbie
U20 manager	Azrul Izwan Abdul Rahim
U20 head coach	Mohd Nadzim Din
U20 assistant head coach	Mohd Arsyah Mohd Ayob
U20 assistant coach	Norhainizam Shahabudin
U20 fitness coach	Farhan Kamaruzzam
U20 physiotherapist	Mohd Shawaffi Ahmad
U20 goalkeeper coach	Azman Jaafar

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

Club record

Note :

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

Season	League									Cup			Other		Asia
Season	Division									Charity	Malaysia	FA	Other		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		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	–	–	–	–

Source:^[11] ^[12]

Individual player awards

M-League Golden boot winners

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

M-League Top goalscorers

Season	Player	Goals
2011	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	11
2012	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	27
2013	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	8
2014	Ali Ashfaq	27
2015	Dramane Traoré	20
2016	Ali Ashfaq	5
2017	Dao Bakary	15
2018
2019	Lee Chang-hoon	10
2020	Eskandar Ismail	2
2021	Bruno Suzuki	7
2022	Martin Adamec	8

Records and statistics

Goalscorers

	Name	Years	Other^[13]	Total style="background:#151440; color:white; border:1px solid red;"	Total	Ratio
1	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	2009–present
2	Ali Ashfaq	2014–present
3	Dramane Traoré	2015
4	Charles Chad	2014
5	Bobby Gonzales	2014
6	Muhamed Sumareh	2012–2015
7	Fazuan Abdullah	2011
8	Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain	2013

By competition

Most goals scored in all competitions: 47 – Khairul Izuan Abdullah, 2009–present
Most goals scored in Malaysia Super League: 20 – Dramane Traoré, 2015
Most goals scored in Malaysia Cup: 9 – Ali Ashfaq, 2014–present
Most goals scored in FA Cup: 3
- Dramane Traoré, 2015
- Charles Chad, 2014

In a single season

Most goals scored in a season in all competitions: 29 – Dramane Traoré, 2015
Most goals scored in a single Malaysia Super League season: 20 – Dramane Traoré, 2015
Most goals scored in a single Malaysia Cup season: 6 – Ali Ashfaq, 2014
Most goals scored in a single FA Cup season: 3
- Dramane Traoré, 2015
- Charles Chad, 2014

Honours

League

Malaysia Premier League

Winners (2): 2007, 2014^[14]

Runners-up (1): 2019

Malaysia FAM League

Runners-up (1): 2000

Cups

MFL Challenge Cup

Winners (1): 2023

Other

People's Cup

Winners (1): 2015^[15] ^[16]

Malaysia Premier Futsal League

Winners (1): 2004

eMFL Super League