Armed Forces F.C.

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 the Malaysian football league system, the Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League.^[1][2][3]

Armed Forces

Full name	Armed Forces Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gladiators
Short name	AFFC
Founded	1920; 105 years ago (1920), as AFFA 2019; 6 years ago (2019), as Armed Forces FC
Ground	Mindef Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Malaysian Armed Forces
President	Mohammad Ab Rahman
Head coach	Kevin Lee Cooper
League	Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League
2024–25	Malaysia A1 Semi-Pro League, 8th of 15
Home colours Away colours

History

The Malaysian Armed Forces Football Association (AFFA) was established in 1920, being one of the earliest football teams to exist in Malaysia.^[4][5][6] The British forces were the first to introduce football competitions in Malaysia by creating the HMS Malaya Cup (now known as the Malaysia Cup), which was contested by states including Singapore in 1921.^[7] However, in line with the development of Malaysian football towards the professional era, the team has joined the Liga Semi-Pro which was first introduced in 1989.^[8]

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, besides being 3 times runners-up in the Malaysia Cup, winning the Malaysia Charity Shield and the Malaysian League Division II title in 2012.

New ownership and going full privatised

Prior to the 2019 season, The privatization of football clubs in Malaysia refers to the process of changing the status of football teams previously managed by the Football Association (FA) to football clubs (FC) that are professionally managed by companies or other entities. The main purpose of privatization is to increase the value of the league, attract investment, and reduce the financial burden of the association. The club changed its name from ATM FA to Armed Forces FC.^[9][10][11]

Crest

• 
  1920–2018
• 
  2019–present

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Division 2/Premier League

Winners (1): 2012^[12]

• Division 3/FAM Cup/M3 League/A1 League

Winners (2): 1958, 1997

Runners-up (2): 1954, 2006

Third place (1): 2019

Cups

• Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup

Winners (1): 2013

• Malaysia Cup

Runners-up (3): 1949, 1966, 2012

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	not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	3rd Group B	Malaysia M3 League	Second round	Not Participated	Faiz Ibrahim (18 goals)
2023	11th of 14	Malaysia M3 League	Not Participated	Not Participated	Hairul Iqmal Raffi (7 goals)
2024–25	8th of 15	A1 Semi-Pro League	Not Participated	Not Participated	Max Fareezan Anak Lidin (6 goals)

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Kit manufacturers and shirt sponsors

Season	Manufacturer	Sponsor
1998	Adidas	Dunhill
1999	Admiral
2004	J-King
2006	Figos	Celcom, TM Net
2007	Kappa	Celcom, Inai Kiara
2009		Streamyx
2010	Line 7	TM
2011	Kappa	None
2012
2013	Macron
2014	Lotto	Ecobumi
2015	Warrix Sports
2016	SkyHawk	None
2017	Admiral
2018		Transwater API Sdn Bhd
2019–2022	Ego Sports
2023	Al-Ikhsan	MBSB Bank
2024–	Hayz En Dosz

Players

First-team squad

As of 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 Sharizan Syafiq Adzman 3 MF  MAS Azfar Azhar 4 MF  MAS Shahrul Aznei Shopri 5 DF  MAS Hakim Darus 6 FW  MAS Norfareez Imadie 8 MF  MAS Suhairy Johari 9 MF  MAS Max Fareezan Anak Lidin 10 MF  GHA Ogolo Williams Wisdom 11 MF  MAS Rafizol Roslan 12 FW  MAS Sharqawiy Mahathir 13 DF  MAS Afiq Fikri Rahmat 14 MF  MAS Dzulfadhlie Shamsuri 15 MF  MAS Nor Fazli Zamani 17 FW  MAS Akmal Md Isa 18 FW  MAS Faiz Ibrahim

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  MAS Azim Faris Shari 21 MF  MAS Hairul Iqmal Raffi 22 MF  MAS Zarul Azhar Jumahir 23 MF  MAS Fauzi Mustafa 24 DF  MAS Mazni Khairul Hasnan (Captain) 25 DF  MAS Azrul Aznan 26 DF  MAS Fakhrul Izwan Rosdeh 28 GK  MAS Hanif Shamsudin 30 FW  MAS Haziq Fikri Haszaime 33 MF  MAS Nasir Yasa 34 GK  MAS Hafizuddin Azuhar 35 MF  MAS Faiq Mat Alwi 36 DF  MAS Zulkhairi Kamal 50 MF  MAS Daniel Syazrul Ali Rejab 66 DF  MAS Aiman Nulhakim Zain — DF  MAS Zubair Kamarulzaman

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Mohammad Ab Rahman
Vice-president	Zakhir Asni Zabidi
Manager	Mohd Noorazam Abdul 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	Fazlizam Ahmad
Media officer	Mohd Saiful Asmadi Bin Mansor

Source:^[13]

Coaches

Years	Head coach
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 FC
• RMAF Hornet
• RAMD FC