Royal Malaysia Police Association Football Club, or simply known as Royal Police is an association football club associated with the entity of the Royal Malaysia Police, who play in the Malaysia Super League, the top flight of Malaysian football. The club's home ground is the 80,000-capacity Shah Alam Stadium, where they have started playing since their promotion to Malaysia Super League in 2015.
Domestically, Royal Police has won Malaysia Premier League, the second tier of Malaysian football in 2006–07 and 2014.[1] They also won the People's of Maldives Invitational Cup in 2015.
History
Premier league champions (2006)
During 2006–07 season, PDRM won the league and were promoted to Malaysia Super League in 2007–08. PDRM managed to keep up in the league as they finished their debut in the Malaysia's top flight at the seventh position.
Super league debut year (2009)
2009 was unfortunate for PDRM, the team failed to keep their in the Liga Super as they ended the league at the last spot and was relegated to Malaysia Premier League.
Recent history (2014–)
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 Premier League that year.[2] With lots of hard work and dedication, PDRM managed to finish the league at the top and promoted to the Super League as the champions of 2014 Malaysia Premier League.[3] Though, Dollah left PDRM as FAM decided to appoint him as the head coach of Harimau Malaya and Azman Adnan, who had been the assistant for him during the time took care of the club.[4]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.
PDRM camped at Hong Kong in late December 2014 and the club also participated and won the 2015 People's of Maldives Invitational Cup held in Maldives in January 2015.[5]
In 2015 Malaysia Super League, PDRM edged the defending champions of Liga Super, Johor Darul Ta'zim and Kelantan in their first games of the league. However, with several problems coming 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 Cops 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 JDT man, Andrezinho and Singaporean international, Safuwan Baharudin.
Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor
| Period |
Kit manufacturer |
Shirt sponsor |
| 2012-2013 |
Line7 |
Perkasa Jauhari |
| 2014 |
Kappa[6] |
| 2015-2016 |
Line7 |
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Club Records
Updated on 13 January 2016
Source:[7]
Records and statistics
Goalscorers
- As of 22 January 2016
By competition
In a single season
Players
The squad contains four foreign players which includes one Asia visa and rest of all are local Malaysian players.
Current squad
- As of 13 January 2016
|
Name |
Nat. |
Position |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 |
Willfred Jabun |
 |
GK |
| 12 |
Mohd Hamdan Sairi |
|
GK |
| 22 |
Zulfadhli Mohamed |
|
GK |
| Defenders |
| 2 |
K. Reuben |
|
RB,CB,RWB,DM |
| 3 |
Faizal Muhammad  |
|
CB |
| 4 |
Ahmad Nizam Rodzi |
|
LB,LWB,LM,LW |
| 5 |
Muhd Syauki Abdul Wahab |
|
RB,RWB |
| 8 |
Aiman Syazwan Abdullah |
|
CB,RB,LB |
| 20 |
Souleymane Konaté |
 |
CB |
| 21 |
Safuwan Baharudin |
 |
CB,DM,CM,AMC,ST |
| 16 |
Qhairul Anwar |
|
RB,RWB,DM |
| 23 |
Fekry Tajudin |
|
LB,LWB |
| 25 |
Safwan Hasyim |
|
RB,RWB |
| Midfielders |
| 6 |
Azrul Azman |
|
DM, CB, CM |
| 10 |
Andrezinho |
 |
CM,AM |
| 11 |
Lot Abu Hassan |
|
RM, AM, CM, RW |
| 14 |
Christopher Keli |
|
RM, RW |
| 15 |
Mohd Razif Abdul Rahim |
|
DM, CM |
| 17 |
Muhd Izuan Salahuddin |
|
LM, LW |
| 19 |
Amir Saiful Badeli |
|
LM, LW |
| 24 |
Hazsyafiq Hamzah |
|
DM, CM |
| Forwards |
| 7 |
Ali Ashfaq |
 |
ST |
| 9 |
Khairul Izuan Abdullah |
|
ST |
| 13 |
Abdul Latiff Suhaimi |
|
ST |
| 18 |
Shafiq Jamal |
|
ST |
|
Source:[8]
President's Cup squad (U-21)
- As of 1 March 2016
|
Name |
Nat. |
Position |
D.O.B |
| Goalkeepers |
| 1 |
Firman Zamri |
|
GK |
27/11/95 |
| 12 |
Muhammad Haziq Nadzli |
|
GK |
6/1/98 |
| 22 |
Wan Ahmad Hababa Wan Sharifuldin |
|
GK |
25/2/96 |
| Defenders |
| 2 |
Peter Frank Brown |
 |
CB |
16/2/96 |
| 4 |
Kesavan a/l Loganathan |
|
CB/RB |
18/11/96 |
| 5 |
Nur Rizzmie Norman |
|
CB |
8/8/95 |
| 6 |
Izaaq Izhan Yuswardi |
|
CB |
23/1/95 |
| 15 |
Muhd Izzat Ikmal Mohd Azpawi |
|
CB |
15/12/95 |
| 20 |
Ali Amirun Kamarudin |
|
LB/LM/LWB |
28/11/97 |
| 25 |
Joannes Empati Abong |
|
RB/RWB |
1998 |
| Midfielders |
| 3 |
Muhd Farhan Abdul Hamid |
|
LM/LB |
14/4/96 |
| 7 |
Muhd Shamsuddin Abdul Rahman |
|
AM/CM |
1996 |
| 8 |
Steven Raj a/l Thingaleasan |
|
AM/LW/RW |
15/8/95 |
| 9 |
Kishan Raj a/l Manoharan |
|
LW/LM |
1995 |
| 16 |
Muhd Amirul Abas |
|
DM/CM |
14/2/95 |
| 17 |
Muhd Fairuz Zakaria |
|
CM |
25/5/97 |
| 19 |
Mohd Syafiq Redzuan Mohd Pauzee |
|
RM/ RW |
19/10/95 |
| 21 |
Muhammad Asyraf Abdul Wahaid |
|
RW/ RM |
27/5/96 |
| 23 |
Mohd Azwan Mohd Nazir |
|
CM |
1996 |
| 24 |
Muhammad Syahmi Syakir Salim |
|
DM/ CM |
7/11/96 |
| Forwards |
| 10 |
Mohammad Adif Salim |
|
ST |
27/4/98 |
| 11 |
Muhd Afzal Nazri |
|
ST |
3/12/96 |
| 13 |
Nur Rizzham Norman |
|
ST |
13/9/96 |
| 14 |
Haziq Fikri Hussein |
|
ST |
1/8/95 |
| 18 |
Muhammad Zulhairy Zulhaimi |
|
ST |
26/1/96 |
|
Source:[9]
Source:[10]
Club personnel
Current coaching staff
| Position |
Name |
| General Manager | Abdul Mubin Mokhtar |
| Assistant Manager | Tuan Zulkifli Yahya |
| Head Coach | Mohd Fauzi Pilus |
| Assistant Coach | Anuar Udin |
| Coach | Rohaizan Md Ribi |
| Coach | Anuar Mohamad |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Mohd Atfan Hat |
| Fitness Coach | Mohd Zaiham Abdul Hamid |
| Physiotherapist | Mohammad Zamri Pauzi |
| Safety Officer & Coordinator I | Mohd Noorzaihan Aziz |
| Safety Officer & Coordinator II | Mohd Khusyairi Zulkapli |
| Safety Officer | Muhamad Hafizi Nooraldin |
| Media Officer | Omar Hamzah |
| U21 Manager | Nanar Yamen |
| U21 Assistant Manager | Mohd Faizal Maliki |
| U21 Head Coach | Mohd Ishak Kunju Mohamad |
| U21 Assistant Coach | Zulkhairi Mohd Zabidi |
| U21 Goalkeeping Coach | Zainuddin Yusoff |
| U21 Physiotherapist | Dzulkarnaen Junos |
| Team Assistant | Muhd Hafis Abdul Rashid |
- Last updated: 13 January 2016
Management
| Position |
Staff |
| Patron | Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| President | Datuk Seri Noor Rashid Ibrahim |
| Deputy-President 1 | Dato' Mortadza Nazarene |
| Deputy-President 2 | Dato' Abdul Ghafar Rehab |
| Deputy-President 3 | Dato' Osman Salleh |
| Secretary General | Dato' Muhammad Fuad Abu Zarim |
| Deputy Secretary General | Inspector Mohd Nizam Mohd Noor |
| Treasurer | Dato' Abdul Samah Haji Mat |
- Last updated: 13 January 2016
Former coaches
- Last updated: 13 January 2016
Honours
Foreign players
Former foreign players
PDRM Football Association
Direct clubs under direct supervision of the association
- Royal Police AFC
Affiliated clubs outside the association
References
External links
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Muhamed Sumareh
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Zhu Bo (1991-1992)
David Annas (2004-2007)
Mike Baraza (2006-2007)