Kelantan The Real Warriors Football Club (Malay: Kelab Bola Sepak Kelantan The Real Warriors) is a Malaysian professional football club based in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.[3][4][5] The club last played in the Malaysia Super League, the top-flight football league of Malaysia, after being promoted from the Malaysia Premier League in 2022.[6] The club was founded in 2016 as MPKB-BRI UbeS Football Club (Kota Bharu Municipal Council – Islamic City Youth and Sports Secretariat), before being reformed as Kelantan United in 2017, Kelantan Darul Naim and Kelantan The Real Warriors in 2024 and 2025 respectively. Their home stadium is Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium which has a capacity of 30,000.
2016;10years ago(2016), as MPKB-BRI UBeS Football Club 2017;9years ago(2017), as Kelantan United Football Club 2024;2years ago(2024), as Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club 2025;1year ago(2025), as Kelantan The Real Warriors Football Club
The club was previously known as Majlis Perbandaran Kota Bharu-Bandar Raya Islam Urusetia Belia and Sukan Negeri Kelantan Football Club (MPKB-BRI UBeS FC). They entered the Malaysian football competition in 2016 when the club was accepted to compete in the FAM League.[7] The club finished the season at the eight place.
For the 2017 season, they participated in the Malaysia FA Cup.[8][9][10] The club was later rebranded to Kelantan United Football Club as an effort to bring in support in the local area. In 2023, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League for the first time in their history. On 2 June 2023, Kelantan United recorded their first win in the top flight against city rivals Kelantan, with the score of 4–1.
In the 2024–25 Malaysia Super League season, Kelantan United was rebranded as Kelantan Darul Naim Football Club. The club's president Rozi Muhammad said the rebranding comes from the management's desire to unite Kelantan supporters under one banner.[11] In November 2024, the club travelled to India and took part in the 2024 edition of the Sikkim Gold Cup.[12][13]
In 2025, they were rebranded again, this time as Kelantan The Real Warriors Football Club.[14] On 7 May 2025, Irwan Rizal has been appointed as the club's chief executive officer.[15] On 15 July 2025, the club appointed Annuar Musa as the club's president.[16] On 1 July 2025, the club appointed E. Elavarasan as the new head coach along with Muamer Salibašić as the assistant head coach.
Kelantan The Real Warriors ejected from Super League due to fail obtain license.
The club has used one primary crest since its participation in the national level football league competition before the club introduce a new crest starting in 2017 season to solidify its new branding.[17][18]
Kelantan has mostly worn black with mixture of red as their home kit.[19] For 2017 season, the club play in red with a trim of white for home kit.[18] Kelantan's away colours are usually white with green trim.[18]
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Kelantan The Real Warriors signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Bunyodkor of the Uzbekistan Super League in September 2025. This strategic collaboration covers technical aspects, friendly matches, player loans and academy development.
2016
2017–2018
2019–2022
2023
2024–2025
2025−present
Raim Azmi
Gassama Alfussainey
Jacob Njoku
OJ Porteria
Oday Kharoub
Muamer Salibašić
Japan
Czech Republic
Brazil
South Korea
Bunyodkor (2025–present)