Armed Forces F.C.

Armed Forces

Full name	Armed Forces Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gladiators
Founded	1920; 104 years ago (1920) as AFFA
Ground	Mindef Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Malaysian Armed Forces
President	Raja Mohd Affandi Mohd Noor
Head coach	Kevin Lee Cooper
League	Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2023	11th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

Armed Forces Football Club, commonly known as Armed Forces, is a Malaysian professional football club representing the Malaysian Armed Forces. The club's home ground is Mindef Stadium. The club currently plays in the 2nd division of Malaysian football, the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.^[1][2][3]

History

Armed Forces had their first major success in the 1997 season, when they won the Malaysia FAM Cup. Domestically, Armed Forces have won the numerous Malaysia football tournaments, most notably 3 times runners-up in Malaysia Cups, 1 Malaysia Charity Shield and 1 Malaysian League Division II title in 2012.

Crest

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  2019–present

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Premier League
  • Winners (1): 2012^[4]

Cups

• Malaysia Cup
  • Runners-up (3): 1949, 1966, 2012
• FAM Cup
  • Winners (2): 1958, 1997
  • Runners-up (2): 1954, 2006
• Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup
  • Winners (1): 2013

Season by season record

Year	Position	League	Malaysia FA Cup	Malaysia Cup/Malaysia Challenge Cup	Top scorer (M-League)
2014	10th	Malaysia Super League	First round	Group stage	Juan Arostegui (9 goals)
2015	11th (relegated)	Malaysia Super League	First round	Not Participated	Jerry Palacios (6 goals)
2016	11th	Malaysia Premier League	Third round	Not Participated	Venice Elphi (5 goals)
2017	11th (relegated)	Malaysia Premier League	Second round	Not Participated	Venice Elphi (9 goals)
2018	3rd Group A	Malaysia FAM League	Second round	Semi-finals	Zaironi Yusof (6 goals)
2019	3rd	Malaysia M3 League	Second round	Not Participated	Rafizol Roslan (22 goals)
2020	cancelled and declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	cancelled and declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	3rd Group B	Malaysia M3 League	Second round	Not Participated	Faiz Ibrahim (18 goals)

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 March 2023^[5]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  MAS Rozimie Rosdi 3 DF  MAS Dinesh Balan 4 MF  MAS Shahrul Aznei 5 DF  MAS Hakim Darus 6 DF  MAS Iqbal Shah 7 MF  MAS Izzmal Aiza 8 MF  MAS Suhairy Johari 10 MF  MAS Venice Elphi (captain) 11 MF  MAS Rafizol Roslan 13 FW  MAS Zaironi Yusof 14 MF  MAS Dzulfadhlie Shamsuri 15 MF  MAS Fazli Zamani 16 FW  MAS Norfareez Imadie

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  MAS Akmal Isa 18 MF  MAS Faiz Ibrahim 19 MF  MAS Azim Faris 20 MF  MAS Yuaizzat Zain 21 DF  MAS Hairul Iqmal 22 DF  MAS Shaharudin Shafie 23 MF  MAS Fauzi Mustafa 24 DF  MAS Mazni Khairul 25 DF  MAS Azrul Aznan 26 DF  MAS Fakhrul Izwan 27 GK  MAS Hafizuan Khair 28 GK  MAS Hafizuddin Azuhar 29 FW  MAS Haziq Fikri 31 GK  MAS Shahrizan Syafiq 32 DF  MAS Azim Abu Bakar 33 MF  MAS Nasir Yasa

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor
Vice-president	Abdul Halim Jalal
Manager	Mohd Noorazam Abd Razak
Head coach	Kevin Lee Cooper
Assistant coach	Boon Aik Hau
Assistant coach	James Richard Barnett
Goalkeeping coach	Mohammad Alif Daud
Fitness coach	Khairul Anuar Haron
Physiotherapist	Ahmad Hambali Md. Desa
Team doctor	Dr. Fazlizam Ahmad
Media officer	Mohd Saiful Asmadi Bin Mansor

Source:^[6]

Coaches

Years	Manager
1990–93	Alan Mullery
1999	Shafiq Zulhilmi Kee Abdullah
2000–01	Muhd Abdul Rani
2007–08	Abdul Nasser Ahmad
2008–09	Zainuddin Abdul Ghani
2009	Mat Sidik Abas
2010–11	Mohd Razali Ali
2012–13	B. Sathianathan
April 2013	Alias Jaafar
2018	Mazelan Kasap
2019–21	Kevin Lee Cooper
2022	Boon Aik Hau
2023	Kevin Lee Cooper

Affiliated clubs

• Tentera Darat
• Royal Malaysian Navy
• RMAF Hornet
• Royal Malay Force Regiment FC

References

External links

• Official website (archived)