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 MFL Cup, the under-23 development league of the Malaysian Football league.

Terengganu II
Full nameTerengganu Football Club II
Nickname(s)The Turtles
Short nameTFCII
Founded2006; 18 years ago (2006), as Kuala Terengganu Football Association
GroundSultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Capacity15,000
PresidentAhmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Head coachHairuddin Omar
LeagueMalaysia MFL Cup
2022Malaysia Premier League, 4th of 11
WebsiteClub website
Current season

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

History edit

Early years (as T-Team) edit

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

Merging with Terengganu FA to become Terengganu FC edit

On 21 November 2017, T-Team management announced the club had been absorbed into Terengganu F.C., and the team's 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 Premier League, despite finishing the season outside of the Super League relegation zone in the 2017 season.[2]

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 was granted a reprieve by the Malaysia Football League and retained their place in the 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 edit

The club currently uses 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 edit

Sponsorship edit

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

Head coaches edit

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]
2017–2018   Mustaffa Kamal
2018–2019   Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan[8]
2020–2021   Roshaidi Wahab
2021-2022   Badrul Afzan Razali
2023   Hairuddin Omar

Team managers edit

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

Club personnel edit

Position Name
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 edit

Domestic Competitions edit

League edit

Cups edit

Preseason Competitions edit

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

Club record edit

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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Malaysia 2007/08". RSSSF.
  2. ^ "T-Team FC bid farewell to M-League after 10 years | Goal.com".
  3. ^ "MIFA get Super League spot, Perlis the same for Premier League | Goal.com".
  4. ^ "Kapasiti stadium 2012". ammboi (in Malay). 26 May 2013. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. ^ "T-Team FC in Soccerway". Soccerway. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  6. ^ "T-Team beraksi di Stadium Sultan Ismail". teganukite.net. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  7. ^ "T-Team signs new coach and announces new imports". sarawakcrocs.com. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Mustaffa akui gagal bimbing TFC II". 3 August 2018.
  9. ^ "TFCII juara sulung Shah Alam City Cup 2021" (in Malay). Cakap Sukan at Wayback Machine. 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Terengganu FC II emerge champions of 2021 Shah Alam City Cup". Selangor Journal at Wayback Machine. 7 February 2022. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  11. ^ "Tiga Pasukan Liga Super Bakal Berentap Dalam Piala Menteri Besar Terengganu" (in Malay). Vocket FC at Wayback Machine. 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  12. ^ Aksi 'panas' di Stadium Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah. Harian Metro at Wayback Machine. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.

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