Kelantan The Real Warriors Football Club () is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.Felda United And Kuala Lumpur Draw Tough Opponents In FA Cup CompetitionFelda, KL berdepan laluan getir di pusingan kedua The club last played in the Malaysia Super League, the top-flight football league of Malaysia, after being promoted from the Malaysia Premier League in 2022. The club was founded in 2016 as MPKB-BRI UbeS Football Club (Kota Bharu Municipal Council – Islamic City Youth and Sports Secretariat), before being reformed as Kelantan United in 2017, Kelantan Darul Naim and Kelantan The Real Warriors in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Their home stadium is Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.

History Formation and early years The club was previously known as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Urusetia Belia and Sukan Negeri Kelantan Football Club (MPKB-BRI UBeS FC). They entered the Malaysian football competition in 2016 when the club was accepted to compete in the FAM League.Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2016 The club finished the season at the eight place.

Kelantan United For the 2017 season, they participated in the Malaysia FA Cup.Keputusan Penuh Undian Piala FAM, Piala Presiden & Piala Belia 2017MPKB BRI-UBeS FC kekal patuh syariahMPKB-BRI Ubes Fc bawa elemen patuh syariah dalam saingan Piala FAM 2017 The club was later rebranded to Kelantan United Football Club as an effort to bring in support in the local area. In 2023, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League for the first time in their history. On 2 June 2023, Kelantan United recorded their first win in the top flight against city rivals Kelantan, with the score of 4–1.

Kelantan Darul Naim In the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League season, Kelantan United was rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club. The club's president Rozi Muhammad said the rebranding comes from the management's desire to unite Kelantan supporters under one banner. In November 2024, the club travelled to India and took part in the 2024 edition of the Sikkim Gold Cup.

The Real Warriors In 2025, they were rebranded again, this time as Kelantan The Real Warriors Football Club. On 7 May 2025, Irwan Rizal has been appointed as the club's chief executive officer. On 15 July 2025, the club appointed Annuar Musa as the club's president. On 1 July 2025, the club appointed E. Elavarasan as the new head coach along with Muamer Salibašić as the assistant head coach. After the season, Kelantan The Real Warriors were ejected from the Super League due to failure in obtaining the license.

Stadium and location CoordinatesLocationStadiumCapacityYear Kota BharuSultan Muhammad IV Stadium 30,0002016–present

Crest and colours Crest The club has used one primary crest since its participation in the national level football league competition before the club introduce a new crest starting in 2017 season to solidify its new branding. MPKB BRI-UBes FC duta promosi Negeri Kelantan – Ahmad Yakob

Colours Kelantan has mostly worn black with mixture of red as their home kit.MPKB-BRI UBeS FC perlu bangkit For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit. Kelantan's away colours are usually white with green trim.

Kit and sponsorship Since the 2024–25 season, the main equipment supplier has been PUC Sport.

+ Period Brand Source 2016 Sala 2017 GomoGi 2018 Kronos 2019–2020 SkyHawk 2021 Umbro 2022 Gatti 2023 IAM 2024–present PUC Sport

+ Period Sponsor Source 2016 Minyak Mestika / SH Prima Trading 2017 MPKB-BRI 2018 Gelumbang Jaya 2019 U-Shop / Mysports Station 2020 Visit Kelantan 2020 / Jaya Mas Mining 2021–2022 کلنتن ملڠکه ک هدڤن / Yakult 2023 کلنتن ملڠکه ک هدڤن / Nasken Coffee 2024–2025 Visit Kelantan 2024 / PUC Sport 2025–present KijangHandal / Al Hamra Group

+ Period Sponsor Source 2025–present redONE / Rohm / Qashwa Travel / Konsortium E-Mutiara / Klinik Safwa / d'Healthy / Fresh Life / Extra Joss / YPC Ice Cube / Eniq World Property / Bard Gym / WMC Berkat Printing / Dobi2all / Exa Supply & Services / Kemasin Beach Resort / Ekspres Perdana

Season-by-season record Season League FA Cup MalaysiaCup Top goalscorer Tier League P W D L F A Pts Pos Name Goals 2016 3 FAM 14 2 4 8 12 23 10 2017 FAM 14 5 6 3 21 16 21 5th, group A R2 Raim Azmi 4 2018 FAM 12 2 2 8 13 21 8 7th, group A Masri Asyraf 5 2019 M3 26 21 3 2 93 20 66 1st R3 Fakhrul Zaman 35 2020 2 MPL 11 4 0 7 13 19 12 8th Gassama Alfussainey 6 2021 MPL 20 8 2 10 25 28 27 7th GS Gassama Alfussainey 12 2022 MPL 18 6 7 5 23 19 25 5th R16 R2 Jacob Njoku 10 2023 1 MSL 26 4 5 17 29 65 17 12th R16 R16 OJ Porteria7 2024–25 MSL 24 2 1 21 16 82 17 13th R16 R16 Oday Kharoub4 2025–26 MSL 24 4 3 17 17 63 15 12th QF R16 Ifedayo Olusegun6

ChampionsRunners-upThird placePromotedRelegated

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position N/A = No answer

FAM = FAM League M3 = Malaysia M3 League MPL = Malaysia Premier League MSL = Malaysia Super League

QR1 = First Qualifying Round QR2 = Second Qualifying Round QR3 = Third Qualifying Round QR4 = Fourth Qualifying Round RInt = Intermediate Round R1 = Round 1 R2 = Round 2 R3 = Round 3

R4 = Round 4 R5 = Round 5 R6 = Round 6 R16 = Round of 16 GR = Group stage QF = Quarter-finals SF = Semi-finals RU = Runners-up S = Shared W = Winners

Players (2025)

First-team squad

Club officials (2025) Coaching staff PositionName Head coachVacant Assistant head coach Muamer Salibašić Assistant coach Vacant Goalkeeping coach Khairul Nizan Mohd Taib Fitness coach Kamarul Dinis Kamarudin Doctors Nabil Aiman Noor Adnan Ahmad Baihaqi Abd Rahman Muhammad Hafiz Kamaruzaman Ahmad Waqiuddin Rajab Physiotherapist Muhammad Amir Fadzlan Kitmen Shamsudin Deraman Zairul Fitree Ishak Shahrul Ridzuan Samsuddin

Club personnel Position Name President Annuar Musa Chief executive officer Irwan Rizal Director Rozi Muhamad

Coaches Name Nationality From To Mahadi Yusoff 2015 2016 Abdullah Muhammad 2016 2016 Azli Mahmood 2016 2016 Kamaruddin Muhammad 2017 2017 Abdullah Muhammad 2018 2018 Zahasmi Ismail 2019 17 September 2020 Akira Higashiyama 1 January 2021 30 June 2021 Nazrulerwan Makmor 19 July 2021 9 January 2022 Syamsul Saad 10 January 2022 8 August 2022 Tomáš Trucha 30 December 2022 8 April 2023 Ailton Silva 15 June 2023 21 November 2023 Park Jae-hong 19 April 2024 24 January 2025 E. Elavarasan 1 July 2025 3 October 2025 Akmal Rizal 16 October 2025 11 March 2026

Former captains Tenure CaptainVice-captain2025– Ifedayo Olusegun Azam Azih

Club presidents Name Tenure Che Abdullah Mat Nawi –31 December 2022 Rozi Muhamad 31 December 2022–15 July 2025 Annuar Musa15 July 2025–present

Honours Domestic competitions League Division 3/M3 League Champions (1): 2019

International competitions All India Governor's Gold Cup Quarter-final: 2024

Affiliated clubs Bunyodkor (2025–present) Kelantan The Real Warriors signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bunyodkor of the Uzbekistan Super League in September 2025. This strategic collaboration covers technical aspects, friendly matches, player loans and academy development.

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