ATM FA

Armed Forces

Full name	Armed Forces Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Gladiators
Founded	1920; 104 years ago (1920) as AFFA
Ground	Mindef Stadium
Capacity	5,000
President	Raja Mohd. Affandi Mohd. Noor
Head coach	Kevin Lee Cooper
League	Malaysia M3 League
2023	11th
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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 Malaysian football, the Malaysia M3 League.^[1][2][3]

History

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, most notably 3 times runners-up in Malaysia Cups, 1 Malaysia Charity Shield and 1 Malaysian League Division II title in 2012.

Crest

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  2019–present

Honours

Domestic competitions

League

• Premier League

Winners (1): 2012^[4]

Cups

• Malaysia Cup

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

• FAM Cup

Winners (2): 1958, 1997

Runners-up (2): 1954, 2006

• Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup

Winner (1): 2013

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	cancelled and declared null and void due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	3rd Group B	Malaysia M3 League	Second round	Not Participated	Faiz Ibrahim (18 goals)

Kit manufacturer and shirt sponsor

Players

First-team squad

As of 19 March 2023^[5]

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

Club officials

Position	Name
President	Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor
Vice-president	Abdul Halim Jalal
Manager	Mohd Noorazam Abd 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	Dr. Fazlizam Ahmad
Media officer	Mohd Saiful Asmadi Bin Mansor

Source:^[6]

Coaches

Years	Manager
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
• RMAF Hornet
• Royal Malay Force Regiment FC

References

External links

• Official website (archived)