The Red Warriors FC

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The Red Warriors FC company profile

The Red Warriors FC Berhad is a professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. The football team has played in the second tier of Malaysian football, Malaysia Premier League since 2019. Founded in 1946, they have a long-standing rivalry with Terengganu, the two east coast teams involved in what is known as the East Coast Derby. Their home is the 22,000-seat Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium. Kelantan's regular kit colours are red shirt and shorts with a white pattern on the side. The team had their first major success in the 2012 season when they have won the treble which is the Malaysia Super League championship, Malaysia FA Cup, and Malaysia Cup. Domestically, TRW has won the Malaysia Super League Championship on 2 occasions, most recently in the 2012 season, 2 Malaysia Cup titles, 2 Malaysia FA Cup titles, 1 Charity Shield, and 1 Malaysia Premier League title. 2012 was their debut playing in the AFC Cup. They played well in the group stage to gain first place. However, the team lost in the quarter-final to Erbil SC. On 6 September 2020, Kelantan FA was privatized and is now owns by Norizam Tukiman, Group CEO of Unclezam Holding Berhad Group of Companies for RM 6.8 million. The reason he purchases the club is to save the club from bankruptcy with former player debts that too high. For 2021, as part of the effort to revamp Kelantan FC and also to bring the Club back to its glory days, Norizam Tukiman reshuffle the whole structure of the Club from the coaching staff to the players. Almost 90% of the players for 2021 season are new players and the native of Kelantan. Kelantan FC also successfully appointed a new line-up of the coaching staff, led by Marco Ragini, to install Italian DNA in Kelantan FC. Apart from restructuring the Club’s line-up, the Management also had taken an effort to slowly acquire assets for the Club such as TRW Hotel & a 4 wheel-drive. The club aims to be qualified in the Malaysian Super League by the year 2024. On 3 May 2021, in one of the most shocking news both in Malaysia and Indonesia, Kelantan FC’s owner, Norizam Tukiman makes another move to expand his empire by purchasing an Indonesia club, PSPS Riau which currently competes in Liga 2, Indonesia. The acquisition opens up opportunities for both Kelantan FC and PSPS Riau to establish long-term cooperation for the mutual benefits of both Clubs.