East Coast Derby is the name given to a football derby match between Malaysian teams Kelantan and Terengganu.[1] The rivalry between the teams has developed since the 1980s and was known for the intense fan engagement on both sides.[citation needed]

History

Kelantan FA was founded in 1946 as the Kelantan Amateur Football Association (Malay: Persatuan Bola Sepak Amatur Kelantan). In 1986, the former chief minister of Kelantan, Datuk Haji Ahmad Rastom Haji Ahmad Maher was appointed president.[2]

Terengganu FC was founded in 1956 as Terengganu Football Association (Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Negeri Terengganu). In 1999, Dato' Haji Che Mat bin Jusoh, who was the Terengganu president at that time, was appointed to lead the team.[3]

The teams developed a regional rivalry in Malaysia's east coast starting in the mid-1980s.[4][5] They have been less successful in comparison to their neighbours Pahang FA.[citation needed]

However, the only time the East Coast derby was ever contested with a title in stake was in the 2011 Malaysia FA Cup final. Terengganu won the match 2-1, after extra time.[citation needed]

Stadiums

Team Stadium Capacity Image
Kelantan Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium 22,000
Terengganu Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium 50,000

List of matches

From 1983 to 2023

# Date Home team Away team Score Goals (home) Goals (away)
1 11 February 1983 Terengganu Kelantan 1-1
2 20 January 1984 Kelantan Terengganu 2-0
3 7 February 1986 Kelantan Terengganu 1-1
4 10 July 1987 Terengganu Kelantan 1-1
5 29 July 1988 Kelantan Terengganu 3-0
6 11 May 1990 Kelantan Terengganu 1-2
7 30 June 1990 Terengganu Kelantan 3-1
8 25 May 1991 Kelantan Terengganu 1-0
9 11 August 1991 Terengganu Kelantan 2-0
10 10 August 1993 Kelantan Terengganu 3-3
11 14 August 1993 Terengganu Kelantan 1-1
12 26 April 1997 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
13 29 July 1997 Kelantan Terengganu 3-0
14 10 March 1998 Kelantan Terengganu 3-2
15 21 March 1998 Terengganu Kelantan 2-1
16 22 May 1998 Kelantan Terengganu 0-0
17 31 July 1998 Terengganu Kelantan 2-3
18 3 April 2001 Kelantan Terengganu 2-2
19 7 July 2001 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
20 2 March 2002 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
21 15 June 2002 Kelantan Terengganu 0-2
22 25 March 2003 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
23 20 May 2003 Kelantan Terengganu 2-2
24 15 February 2004 Terengganu Kelantan 0-0
25 4 July 2004 Terengganu Kelantan 0-0
26 8 January 2006 Kelantan Terengganu 1-3 Safuan Ibrahim 90' Fabio Flor 30', Helton Soares 87' (pen.), Norizam Ali Hassan 89'
27 9 May 2006 Kelantan Terengganu 2-2
28 3 March 2007 Kelantan Terengganu 0-2
29 5 May 2007 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
30 27 June 2008 Terengganu Kelantan 1-2
31 12 July 2008 Kelantan Terengganu 0-1
32 14 February 2009 Kelantan Terengganu 3-2
33 30 June 2009 Terengganu Kelantan 2-0
34 9 January 2010 Terengganu Kelantan 0-0
35 15 May 2010 Kelantan Terengganu 3-0
36 1 February 2011 Kelantan Terengganu 1-1
37 6 June 2011 Terengganu Kelantan 0-3
38 11 June 2011 Terengganu Kelantan 2-1 (aet) Daudsu 90+8' (o.g.), Nordin Alias 110' Azwan Roya 79'
39 10 October 2011 Terengganu Kelantan 3-1 Ismail Faruqi 45', Manaf Mamat 89', Marzuki Yusof 90' Badri Radzi 80 pen'
40 14 October 2011 Kelantan Terengganu 2-2 Azamuddin Akil 55', Badri Radzi 70 pen' Ashaari Shamsuddin 19', 40'
41 11 February 2012 Kelantan Terengganu 2-1 Norshahrul Idlan Talaha 37', Badri Radzi 54' Manaf Mamat 90+3'
42 23 May 2012 Kelantan Terengganu 3-2 Norfarhan 4', 17', Rizal Fahmi 45+2' Ismail Faruqi 56', Francis Doe 85' (pen.)
43 26 June 2012 Terengganu Kelantan 2-2 Hadi Yahya 40', Muslim Ahmad 50' Norfarhan 5', Badri Radzi 20'
44 22 August 2012 Terengganu Kelantan 2-0 Francis Doe 3', Ismail Faruqi 89'
45 14 September 2012 Kelantan Terengganu 6-1 Afiq Azmi 13', Norfarhan 29' 47', Badri Radzi 76' 81', Indra Putra 86' Hasmizan 79'
46 19 February 2013 Kelantan Terengganu 2-0 Keita Mandjou 33', 65'
47 25 May 2013 Kelantan Terengganu 4-1 Nwakaeme 79', Indra Putra 88', Nwaneri 90+2' (pen.), Zairo Anuar 90+3' Ashaari Shamsuddin 2'
48 26 May 2013 Terengganu Kelantan 4-2 (aet) Vincent Bikana 5', G. Puaneswaran 27', Effa Owona 71', Manaf Mamat 90+2' Nwaneri 90+5'
Dickson Nwakaeme 129'
49 21 June 2013 Terengganu Kelantan 0-4 Badri Radzi 13', Dickson Nwakaeme 47', Norfarhan 50', Faiz Subri 56'
50 24 August 2013 Kelantan Terengganu 2-0 Dickson Nwakaeme 11', Zairo Anuar 73'
51 17 September 2013 Terengganu Kelantan 1-3 Ashaari Shamsuddin 75' Hasmizan 28' (o.g.), Indra Putra 57', Badri Radzi 86'
52 29 March 2014 Terengganu Kelantan 3-0 Awarded
53 25 June 2014 Kelantan Terengganu 2-3 Fakri Saarani 4', Khairul Izuan 27' Manaf Mamat 74', 79', Norfarhan 81'
54 4 April 2015 Terengganu Kelantan 2-1 Ismail Faruqi 50', Shahrin 79' Badri Radzi 76'
55 1 August 2015 Kelantan Terengganu 1-2 Fakri Saarani 1' Vincent Bikana 25', Ashaari Shamsuddin 73'
56 23 April 2016 Kelantan Terengganu 3-0 Wan Zack 14', Wan Zaharul 63', Fakhrul Zaman 89'
57 15 July 2016 Terengganu Kelantan 1-6 Issey Nakajima 7' Blazhe Ilijoski 3' 63' 75' 85', Wander Luiz 44', Wan Zack 58'
58 6 February 2018 Kelantan Terengganu 1-1 Do Dong Hyun 38' Kipre Tchetche 1'
59 23 July 2018 Terengganu Kelantan 2-0 Kipre 45', Kamal 54'
60 4 April 2023 Terengganu Kelantan 5-0

Statistics

From 1983 to current

Matches Wins Draws Goals Home wins Home draws Away wins
Terengganu Kelantan Terengganu Kelantan Terengganu Kelantan Terengganu Kelantan Terengganu Kelantan
Malaysia Semi-Pro League Division 1 4 1 1 2 6 6 1 1 1 1 0 0
Malaysia Semi-Pro League Division 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysia Premier League 1 6 1 3 2 9 10 0 0 0 2 1 3
Malaysia Premier League 2 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
Malaysia Premier League 1 Play-Offs 2 1 1 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
Malaysia Premier League 6 1 2 3 7 8 0 1 2 1 1 1
Malaysia Super League 18 6 8 4 22 34 4 5 2 2 2 3
Malaysia FA Cup 3 2 1 0 7 7 2 1 0 0 0 0
Malaysia Cup 15 4 7 4 17 25 2 3 2 2 2 4
AFC Cup 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
All competitions 59 18 25 16 79 103 12 13 7 9 6 12

Last updated: 6 February 2018

Honours

Kelantan FA have a more illustrious honours with 11 titles compare to Terengganu F.C. I (7). Kelantan is also one of the only two Malaysian football teams of achieving The Treble, in 2012. The other is Kedah FA (2006/07, 2007/08).

Team League Cup Grand Total
Malaysia Super League Malaysia Premier League Malaysia FAM League League Total Malaysia Cup Malaysia FA Cup Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup Cup Total
Kelantan 2 1 3 6 2 2 1 5 11
Terengganu 0 2 1 3 1 2 1 4 7

See also

References

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