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 (1990), as RMPFA or PDRM FA
2020 (2020), as PDRM FC (after owned by PDRM FC Sdn Bhd)[1]
GroundMP Selayang Stadium
Capacity16,000
PresidentAcryl Sani Abdullah Sani
CEOMohamad Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Head coachP. Maniam
LeagueMalaysia Super League
2024–25Malaysia Super League, 9th of 13
Websitepdrmfc.com

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 Selangor Darul Ehsan.

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 (2025)

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

Development 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

Source:[10]

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

Source:[11]

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

  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 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

As of 22 January 2016
# Name Years League Cup League Cup Other[a] Total Ratio
1 Khairul Izuan Abdullah 2009–present 47 (71) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 47 (71) 0.66
2 Ali Ashfaq 2014–present 27 (37) 2 (5) 9 (12) 3 (4)[b] 41 (58) 0.71
3 Dramane Traoré 2015 20 (20) 3 (2) 1 (1) 5 (4)[b] 29 (27) 1.07
4 Charles Chad 2014 13 (20) 3 (4) 3 (6) 0 (0) 19 (30) 0.63
5 Bobby Gonzales 2014 8 (21) 1 (4) 3 (6) 0 (0) 12 (31) 0.39
6 Muhamed Sumareh 2012–2015 5 (34) 1 (6) 2 (11) 0 (0) 9 (51) 0.18
7 Fazuan Abdullah 2011 9 (18) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 9 (18) 0.5
8 Muhd Khairul Akhyar Hussain 2013 7 (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
  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 Mohamadou Sumareh Edrisar Kaye
2014 Mohamadou Sumareh Rafael Souza Charles Chad Ali Ashfaq
2015 Mohamadou Sumareh Dramane Traore Jaime Bragança Ali Ashfaq Onorionde Kughegbe
2016 Souleymane Konaté Safuwan Baharudin Andrézinho Ali Ashfaq
2017 Souleymane Konaté Safuwan Baharudin Yasir Hanapi Dao Bakary Frederic Pooda
2018 Argzim Redžović Petrișor Voinea Shunsuke Nakatake Shim Un-seob
2019 Argzim Redžović Lee Chang-hoon Uche Agba
2020 Serdar Geldiýew Şöhrat Söýünow Antonio German
2021 Lazarus Kaimbi Alexander Amponsah Victor Kamhuka Bruno Suzuki Alvaro Cuello
2022 Miloš Lačný Martin Adamec Fadi Awad Alexander Amponsah Mirbek Akhmataliyev
Mirbek Akhmataliyev
2023 Kyaw Min Oo Mario Arqués Fadi Awad Bruno Suzuki Uche Agba James Okwuosa Chukwu Chijioke Jacque Faye Marcus Macauley
2024 Kyaw Min Oo Ifedayo Olusegun Fadi Awad Bruno Suzuki Prince Obus Aggreh Chidi Osuchukwu Faith Friday Obilor Aremu Timothy

Affiliated clubs

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