Terengganu F.C. I

Terengganu FC

Full name	Terengganu Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Turtles
Short name	TFC
Founded	22 November 1956 (22 November 1956)
Ground	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
Capacity	25,000
Owner	Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Terengganu (PBSNT)
President	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Manager	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
League	Malaysia Super League
2018	Malaysia Super League, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Terengganu Football Club is a professional football club based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia, that competes in Malaysia Super League, the first division of the Malaysian League. Nicknamed The Turtles, the club was founded as Terengganu Amateur Football Association on 22 November 1956, changed its name to Terengganu Football Association in 1972 and Terengganu Football Club in 2018.

The team had won major trophies in Malaysian football. Domestically they had won 3 runners-up Malaysia Super League titles, 1 Malaysia Cup, 2 Malaysia FA Cup, 1 Malaysia Charity Shield, 2 Malaysia Premier League titles and 1 FAM League title.

Club licensing regulations

• This club had obtained the FAM Club License to played in 2018 Malaysia Super League season.

History

This club did not have much success in the 1970s with only a single appearance in the Malaysia Cup final, losing to Selangor 2–1 in a match played at the Merdeka Stadium. It was the same in the 1980s with another final appearance in 1982, ironically also against Selangor. It was the same outcome with Selangor winning 1–0 after extra-time.

When the Semi-Professional League was introduced in 1989, Terengganu F.C. were in the second division based on their final position in the previous season.

They recruited giant Dutch defender, Marlon Ricardo van der Sander and Singaporean duo, Ahmad Paijan and Norhalis Shafik to boost their squad and finished the season in a credible fourth place but ultimately failed to win promotion.

In the 1990 season, they went all the way to emerge as the second division champion under the guidance of head coach, Abdullah Mohamad with German striker, Frank Pastor finding the back of the net on regular basis aided by midfield duo Martin Buisse and Ahmad Paijan. They lost only once in the league all season to finish three points clear of East Coast rival, Kelantan F.A..

In the 1992 season, Terengganu F.C. recorded their highest ever finish in the league when they finished as runner-up to Pahang F.A.. The Elephants broke The Turtles hearts again in the semi finals of the Malaysia Cup competition after the both sides failed to score in 180 minutes of play, the match went into sudden-death extra-time. Zulhamizan Zakaria found the net for Pahang F.A. and Terengganu F.C. found themselves as the first team to lose to a Golden Goal in Malaysian football history.

For the next few seasons, Terengganu F.C. struggled and their lowest moment came in the 1997 season when they finished bottom of the table, resulting in them being in the second division when the Malaysian League changed into a two-tier competition again in 1998.

In that season, with Abdul Rahman Ibrahim at the helm, Terengganu F.C. emerged as second division champion and went all the way to the final of the Malaysia Cup, the first one held at the newly opened Bukit Jalil National Stadium. Perak were the opponents and both teams entertained the 100,000 capacity crowd with exciting football. However both teams could not be separated after 120 minutes of play with the result stood at 1–1. The lottery of the penalty shootout was used to determine the winner and in the end it was third time unlucky for Terengganu F.C. in a Malaysia Cup final, losing the shootouts 5–3.

In 1999, Che Mat Jusoh, who was the Terengganu F.C. President at that time, was appointed to lead the team. Che Mat Jusoh successfully guiding the team Terengganu champion in 2000 and 2011 season and runner-up in 2004 season of the FA Cup. The team won first title in the Malaysia Cup in 2001 season and runner-up in 2011 season. Terengganu won the Malaysia Charity Shield in 2001 season. The team succeed to improve position in 2005/2006 Premier League season. The team ended in runner-up place during the season. In 2010 season, Terengganu ended at third place in Super League and runners-up in 2011 season.^[1]

At the end of the 2013 season, Che Mat Jusoh eventually withdrew from the presidency Terengganu F.C. after he failed to bring silverwares to the team as required by Terengganu fans.^[2] As Datuk Wan Ahmad Nizam take over Terengganu in 2013, he want to change Terengganu F.C. in the upcoming seasons to be a title contender in Malaysian League.^[3]

Stadium

Terengganu F.C. currently use the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia as their home venue.

Previously, Terengganu F.C. used the compact Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium as their home venue since the stadium was completed in the late 1960s. In July 2008, they moved to the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium and would share the venue with Terengganu F.C. II.

The stadium was built when Terengganu was awarded the right to host the Sukma Games 2008 and was completed in April that year. Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin himself, who was then the 13th Yang DiPertuan Agong officiated the stadium on 10 May 2008.

Terengganu F.C. began using the stadium as their home venue in July 2008 with Melaka having the honour of being the first opponent of The Turtles for the match played on 15 July.

However, the roof structure of the stadium collapsed on 2 June 2009 forcing Terengganu F.C. to move back to the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, which at the time was in process of being torn down. The upper sections which expanded the original capacity of the stadium to 20,000 spectators had been taken down and the pitch was in a bad state due to the heavy vehicles being driven on it.

Due to the urgent state of affairs at that time, the stadium was quickly fixed and was restored to meet the minimum requirement of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and Terengganu F.C. were spared from playing the home matches somewhere else but with a reduced capacity of just 15,000.

Further upgrades were installed at the stadium in 2012 when Terengganu F.C. qualified for the AFC Cup tournament after winning the FA Cup the previous season.

In May 2015 the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium was given the green light by FAM to hold competitive matches again after their competition committee members were satisfied with the repairs and upgrades carried out at the stadium.

Terengganu F.C. returned to the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium but Terengganu F.C. II decided to stay at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium.

However, the first match played there after the re-opening ended with crowd trouble after Terengganu fans rioted after Terengganu F.C. were knocked out of the FA Cup by the Lions XII due to their dissatisfaction with match officials decisions. Terengganu F.C. were fined by FAM and were ordered to play two matches without any spectator.

The original capacity of the stadium was 51,000 but due to safety reasons the upper tier of the main stand is closed thus reducing the capacity of the stadium to just 35,000 spectators at any one time.

For the 2018 season, Terengganu F.C. currently use the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia as their home venue as the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium is being renovated once again.^[6]

Ownership and finances

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 January 2017

For recent transfers, see 2018 Terengganu FC season § Transfers.

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Faizal Yusoff 2 DF Wan Amirzafran 3 DF Fitri Omar 4 DF Kamal Azizi 7 MF Lee Tuck 8 MF Thierry Bin 10 FW Malik Ariff 12 MF Shahrul Aizad 13 MF Latiff Suhaimi (vice-captain) 15 MF Faiz Nasir 16 MF Partiban Janasekaran 17 DF Nasrullah Haniff 18 MF Fauzi Kadar

No. Position Player 19 FW Do Dong-hyun 21 GK Syazwan Yusoff 22 DF Adib Aizuddin 23 FW Kipré Tchétché (captain) 24 DF Igor Zonjić 25 MF Azi Shahril 26 DF Hasni Zaidi 27 GK Wan Azraie 29 GK Suffian Rahman 30 FW Ashari Samsudin 41 MF Haidhir Suhaini 42 MF Aliff Fitri Jefri 43 DF Hafizal Mohamad

Management team

Honours

Club records

Updated on 16 March 2018.

Note:

• Pld = Played, W = Won, D = Drawn, L = Lost, F = Goals for, A = Goals against, Pts= Points, Pos = Position

  1st or Champions   2nd or Runner-up   3rd place   Promotion   Relegation

Source:^[7][8]

Individual player awards

Malaysia Super League Golden Boots – Top Goalscorer Overall

Year	Player	Total Goals
2010	Ashari Samsudin[9]	18
2011	Abdul Hadi Yahya[10]	20
2012	Francis Doe[11]	15

Past Head Coaches

• Abdullah Mohammad
• Tajuddin Nor
• Abdul Rahman (1983–84)
• Marco Bilić (1993)
• Abdul Rahman (1998)
• Yunus Alif (1998–00), (2005–08)
• Mohammad Nik (2009)
• Ken Worden (2009)
• Irfan Bakti (2010–11)
• Mat Zan Mat Aris (2012)
• Peter Butler (2012)
• E. Elavarasan (2013)
• Abdul Rahman (2014)
• Ahmad Yusof (2015–16)
• Mike Mulvey (2015–16)

References

External links

• Terengganu F.C. Official Website
• Terengganu F.C. profile at Soccerway
• Terengganu F.C. at Goal.com