Polis Diraja Malaysia FC

PDRM
Full namePolis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club (Malay)
Royal Malaysian Police Football Club (English)
Nickname(s)"Sang Saka Biru" (The Cops)
"Sang Keris Biru"
"Harimau Biru" (The Blue Tiger)
Short namePDRM
Founded1990; 34 years ago (1990), as RMPFA or PDRM FA
2020; 4 years ago (2020), as PDRM FC (after owned by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd)[1]
GroundMP Selayang Stadium
Capacity16,000
PresidentAcryl Sani
CEOMohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Head coachP. Maniam
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2023Malaysia Super League, 8th of 14
Websitehttp://pdrmfc.com
Current season

Polis DiRaja Malaysia Football Club or Royal Malaysian Police Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Polis Diraja Malaysia), well known as PDRM FC (After PDRM FC Sdn Bhd established in 2020, formerly known as PDRM FA),[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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
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[9] 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 - present Lotto redONE

Players

First-team squad

As of 2024

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
1 GK Malaysia MAS Bryan See
3 DF Malaysia MAS Mohmad Iqbal Azmi
4 DF Malaysia MAS Aliff Najmi Shaaini
5 DF Nigeria NGA Faith Friday Obilor
6 MF Myanmar MYA Kyaw Min Oo
8 MF Malaysia MAS Zuhair Aizat
9 FW Japan JPN Bruno Suzuki
10 FW Malaysia MAS Shahrel Fikri
11 MF Malaysia MAS Hadi Fayyadh
12 FW Nigeria NGA Ifedayo Olusegun
13 DF Malaysia MAS Badrul Afendy Fadzli
14 MF Malaysia MAS Amirul Hakim
16 FW Malaysia MAS Shazrin Abu Samah
17 FW Malaysia MAS Amirul Wa'ie
18 MF Malaysia MAS Christopher Keli
19 DF Malaysia MAS Amir Saiful (captain)
21 MF Malaysia MAS Zazrir Naim
No. Pos. Nation Player
23 MF Nigeria NGA Chidi Osuchukwu
26 DF Malaysia MAS Alif Naquiddin
29 DF Malaysia MAS Izaaq Izhan
30 MF Nigeria NGA Aremu Timothy
32 MF Malaysia MAS Safiee Ahmad
33 GK Malaysia MAS Asri Muhamad
34 MF Malaysia MAS Eizrul Ashraf
46 GK Malaysia MAS Nor Hakeem Hamidun
55 MF Malaysia MAS Shafizi Iqmal
77 MF Jordan JOR Fadi Awad
88 GK Malaysia MAS Rendy Rining
89 MF Malaysia MAS Fakhrul Azim
— FW Malaysia MAS Hidhir Idris
— MF Malaysia MAS Imran Samso
— MF Malaysia MAS Fakhrullah Yusoff
— DF South Korea KOR Chang Jae-hyeok
— FW South Korea KOR Um Deuk

Development squad

Under-23s

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

Source:[10]

Under-20s

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

Source:[11]

Club officials

Senior officials

Position Staff
President Malaysia Acryl Sani
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 Zaffarollah Mohd Nordin
Assistant Manager Malaysia Mohd Shamshul Hisham Abd Razak
Legal advisor Malaysia Nazri Saad

Coaching staff

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

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 – 3 September 2022
Malaysia Razak Jamaadi 3 September 2022 – 12 January 2023
Malaysia 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

  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 – – – –

Source:[12][13]

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
2020 Malaysia Eskandar Ismail 2
2021 Japan Bruno Suzuki 7
2022 Slovakia Martin Adamec 8

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

Domestic competitions

League

Winners (2): 2007, 2014[14]
Runners-up (1): 2019
Runners-up (1): 2000

Cups

Winners (1): 2023

Other

Winners (1): 2015[15][16]
  • Malaysia Premier Futsal League
Winners (1): 2004
  • eMFL Super League
Winners (1): 2023

Foreign players

Year Player 1 Player 2 Player 3 Player 4 Player 5 Player 6 Player 7 Player 8 Player 9 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 Singapore Yasir Hanapi Ivory Coast Dao Bakary 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 Uche Agba
2020 Turkmenistan Serdar Geldiýew Turkmenistan Şöhrat Söýünow Grenada Antonio German
2021 Namibia Lazarus Kaimbi Ghana Alexander Amponsah Zimbabwe Victor Kamhuka Japan Bruno Suzuki Argentina Alvaro Cuello
2022 Slovakia Miloš Lačný Slovakia Martin Adamec Jordan Fadi Awad Ghana Alexander Amponsah Kyrgyzstan Mirbek Akhmataliyev
Kyrgyzstan Mirbek Akhmataliyev
2023 Myanmar Kyaw Min Oo Spain Mario Arqués Jordan Fadi Awad Japan Bruno Suzuki Nigeria Uche Agba Nigeria James Okwuosa Nigeria Chukwu Chijioke Senegal Jacque Faye Liberia Marcus Macauley
2024 Myanmar Kyaw Min Oo Nigeria Ifedayo Olusegun Jordan Fadi Awad Japan Bruno Suzuki Nigeria Prince Obus Aggreh Nigeria Chidi Osuchukwu Nigeria Faith Friday Obilor Nigeria Aremu Timothy

Affiliated clubs

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