A journey through Kelantan’s dramatic rise in Malaysian football

More than a club: Kelantan’s Badhri Radzi celebrating the Malaysia Cup victory together with the team’s fanatical fans at Shah Alam Stadium last Saturday.

THE euphoria of last Saturday’s Malaysia Cup final has hardly died down. Kelantan emerged winners (3-2) after a fire-cracker of a match against Armed Forces at the Shah Alam stadium.

The news headlines earlier this week declared the Red Warriors the “new powerhouse of Malaysian football.”