KUALA LUMPUR – Kelantan FC are out of the Super League for the 2024-2025 season, after the Malaysian Football League (MFL) rejected the club’s appeal for a National Licence.
MFL Club Licensing Appeal Body chairman Mohamad Yasin Abdullah said the decision was made in yesterday’s meeting, in accordance with Article 3.4.4 contained in the MFL Club Licensing Regulations 2023.
“The decision was announced to the team today through an official notification, and Kelantan will not be eligible to play in the 2024-2025 Super League,” he said in a statement.
The East Coast club had earlier submitted an appeal to the appeal body following the decision of the First Instance Body (FIB), which had rejected the National Licence application due to financial problems.
On January 1, FIB chairman Sheikh Mohd Nasir Sheikh Mohd Sharif announced that Kelantan would not be eligible to compete in the 2024-2025 Super League after failing to obtain a National License before the deadline of December 31, 2023.
The decision was made after the club’s failure to meet the two financial criteria under sub-criteria F.04 and sub-criteria F.11 before the deadlines set on November 30 and December 31 respectively.
The financial criteria under sub-criteria F.04 refers to No Payables Overdue To Employees, IRB, EPF, Socso & EIS – until June, while sub-criteria F.11 is regarding No Payables Overdue Towards Employees, IRB, EPF, Socso & EIS – until August.
Kelantan, mired in financial problems, finished bottom of the 2023 Super League among the 14 competing teams with eight points after losing 22 matches and picking up two wins and a draw. – January 17, 2024