Terengganu F.C. II

Terengganu Football Club II (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Terengganu II) is a professional football club based in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia. The club currently plays in the Malaysia Premier League, the second division of the Malaysian League.

Terengganu II
Full nameTerengganu Football Club II
Nickname(s)The Turtles
Short nameTFCII
Founded2006 (2006), as Kuala Terengganu Football Association
GroundSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Capacity15,000
PresidentAhmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Head coachBadrul Afzan
LeagueMalaysia Premier League
2021Malaysia Premier League, 3rd of 11
WebsiteClub website
Active departments of Terengganu F.C.
Football
Men's		 Football II
(Reserves)		 Football
U-21

The club was founded as T-Team on 14 July 2006, changed its name to Terengganu II in 2017 and become the reserve team of Terengganu Football Club. The club is widely known as The Turtles.

History

Early years (as T-Team)

The club was founded on 14 July 2006 as T-Team. The club was formed after Football Association of Kuala Terengganu District decided to send a football team to compete in Malaysian League as T-Team. They competed in 2008 Malaysia FAM League and achieved promotion to Malaysia Premier League for 2009 season.[1] The club was then also promoted to Malaysia Super League after just one season in second division and then competed in 2010 Malaysia Super League. The club was further rebranded as T-Team Titans to gather local support.

T-Team squad during their 2008 Malaysia FAM League title celebration.

The team quickly gained popularity among the local football fans as everyone's favourite underdog. As the team kept surpassing the pundits' and supporters' expectations season after season they also showed that they were more than capable of competing and beating Malaysia's heavyweights (JDT, Pahang and Kedah) even with their tight budget and often young squad.

Merging with Terengganu FA to become Terengganu FC

On 21 November 2017, T-Team management announced the club had been absorbed into Terengganu F.C., and the team status was changed to a reserve team of the newly restructured first team of Terengganu. As part of the change, T-Team changed its name to Terengganu II, and were automatically relegated to the 2018 Malaysia Premier League, despite finishing the season outside of the 2017 Malaysia Super League relegation zone.[2]

This was a controversial decision among Terengganu and Malaysia football fans as they felt that the decision was very unfair towards the club and the players of T-Team (currently Terengganu F.C II) at that time. As the club worked hard until the last day of the season to avoid relegation to the Malaysia Premier League but still ended up getting relegated due to the decision of the board. The fans felt that there was no need for the two clubs to merge as they would have preferred T-Team to exist as their club and management and be able to watch a Terengganu Derby in the Malaysia Super League between Terengganu F.C. versus T-Team. Coach Rahmad Darmawan openly criticized the decision of the Terengganu F.C. board as he felt that he and his players were betrayed. He stated that had the decision of merging the two clubs been announced before the start of the season, he and his players would not have wasted their time and energy to avoid relegation. He then resigned as the coach of Terengganu F.C. II with the reason that he was not interested in managing a reserve side.

Under new head coach, Mustafa Kamal, Terengganu II performed badly in the league, and finished 11th, in the automatic relegation to Malaysia FAM League zone. As a result of the poor performance, Mustafa Kamal resigned as head coach, and the head coach role were temporarily held by Tengku Hazman, his assistant, for the inaugural Malaysia Challenge Cup. Tengku Hazman succeeded in leading his charges to win the tournament, beating UKM F.C. 4-2 on aggregate in the final.

In December 2018, Terengganu II were granted a reprieve by Malaysia Football League and retained their place for the 2019 Malaysia Premier League, after 2018 Malaysia FAM Cup champions Terengganu City F.C. were denied promotion due to unpaid player and staff wages issues.[3]

Stadium
Main article: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

The club currently use the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia as their home venue.

Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium July 2019

The capacity of the stadium is 25,000.[4][5][6]

Ownership and finances

Sponsorship
Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (chest) Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
2007 Admiral No Sponsor
2008 No Sponsor
2009 Streamyx & Admiral
2010 TM & Admiral
2011 Admiral
2012
2013 Kappa EPIC
2014 Line 7
2015 Eutag
2016–2017 Kobert Terengganu Incorporated
2017 Mizuno Chicken Cottage
2018 Kobert
2019 - recent aL by Al-Ikhsan Terengganu Incorporated

Players
As of 12 January 2022

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  MAS Amin Faisal
3 DF  MAS Samsul Ikram
5 DF  JPN Masaki Watanabe
6 MF  MAS Azfar Fikri
7 MF  MAS Haidhir Suhaini
8 FW  MAS Muslihuddin 'Atiq
9 FW  MAS Fazli Ghazali
10 MF  MAS Syafik Ismail
11 MF  MAS Ridzuan Razali
13 MF  MAS Zuasyraf Zulkiefle
14 MF  MAS Izman Solehin
15 FW  MAS Firas Tarmizi
16 DF  MAS Che Arif Kamaruddin
17 FW  MAS Ramzi Sufian
18 MF  MAS Syaiful Haqim
19 MF  MAS Firdaus Rusdi
20 MF  MAS Amirul Syazwan
21 MF  MAS Fakrul Wahid
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 DF  MAS Hairiey Hakim
23 DF  MAS Aqil Irfanuddin
25 GK  MAS Shafawi Mohamad
26 DF  MNE Argzim Redžović (captain)
27 DF  MAS Amirul Hafizul
28 FW  GHA Jordan Mintah (vice-captain)
29 DF  MAS Syafiq Danial
30 FW  MAS Izzan Syahmi
32 DF  MAS Alif Zakaria
33 FW  MAS Engku Nur Shakir
34 DF  MAS Azam Azmi
37 FW  MAS Isa Raman
38 GK  MAS Suhaimi Husin

Head coaches
Main article: List of Liga Super managers
Year Head Coach Notes
2006–2007 Hasnan Ahmad
2008 Badrulhisham Abdullah
2009–2010 Che Ku Marzuki
2011–2012 Yunus Alif
2013 Peter Butler
2013 Eduardo Almeida Caretaker
2013 Che Ku Marzuki Caretaker
2013–2014 Azraai Khor
2014 Anuar Abu Bakar Caretaker
2015 Tomislav Steinbruckner
2016–2017 Rahmad Darmawan[7] (resign)
2017–2018 Mustaffa Kamal
2018–2019 Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan[8]
2020–2021 Roshaidi Wahab
2021- Badrul Afzan

Team managers
Year Manager
2007–10 Abdul Rasid Jusoh
2010–15 Rozi
2016– Mohammad Kamil

Club personnel
PositionName
Chairman Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
General Manager Che Wan Mohd Azlizan Che Wan Abu Bakar
Manager ZulFadli Rozi
Assistant Manager Mohd Syahrizan Mohd Zain
Head coach Badrul Afzan Razali
Assistant coach Sapian Wahid
Goalkeeping Coach Syed Mohd Nasir Mat Akih
Fitness Coach Mohd Efindy Mohd Salleh
Team Doctor Marzuki Abdullah
Team Doctor Mohd Shahrul Faiz Mohd Noor
Physiotherapist Mark Lee Soong Keen
Masseur Asyraf Naim Ying
Kitman Sukri Embong

Honours

League

Cups

Preseason Competitions
  • Shah Alam City Cup[9]
    • Winners (1): 2021[10]
  • Terengganu Chief Minister's Cup[11]
    • Winners (1): 2022[12]

Club record
As of 7 March 2020
Season League FA Cup Malaysia
Cup
/Challenge
Cup		 Asia Top scorer
Division P W D L F A GD Pts Pos Name Goals
2008 FAM League 14 11 3 0 36 3 +33 36 1st R1 DNQ –
2009 Premier League 24 17 6 1 58 11 +47 57 2nd QF DNQ – Haris Safwan 26
2010 Super League 26 10 8 8 33 26 +7 38 7th QF GR – Haris Safwan 15*
2011 Super League 26 9 4 13 35 40 -5 31 9th R1 SF – Indra Putra Mahayuddin 17
2012 Super League 26 10 5 11 35 36 -1 35 8th QF GS – Zairo Anuar Zalani 13
2013 Super League 22 5 4 13 19 33 -14 19 10th R2 GS – Abdul Latiff Suhaimi 7
2014 Super League 22 6 6 10 21 28 -7 24 11th R2 GS – Patrich Wanggai 6
2015 Premier League 22 12 6 4 50 27 +23 42 3rd R2 GR – Farhod Tadjiyev 18
2016 Super League 22 7 6 9 30 34 -4 27 7th R2 SF – Patrick Cruz 13
2017 Super League 22 7 5 10 30 45 -15 23 9th R3 GR  – Farhod Tadjiyev
Dilshod Sharofetdinov
Nor Hakim		 6
2018 Premier League 20 4 5 11 22 34 -12 17 11th DNQ Champions  – Akanni-Sunday Wasiu 20
2019 Premier League 20 8 6 16 21 24 -3 30 4th DNQ SF  – Bruno Suzuki 13
2020 Premier League 11 7 1 3 17 14 +3 22 2nd Cancelled Cancelled – Jordan Mintah 7
Champions Runners-up Third Place Promoted Relegated

Affiliate clubs

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