PETALING JAYA: Financially strapped Kelantan had to forget about their desire to remain in the Super League for the 2024-2025 season after the Malaysian Football League (MFL) rejected the club’s appeal for a national licence.
Chairman of the MFL Club Licensing Appeal Committee Mohd Yasin Abdullah said yesterday the decision was made in accordance with Article 3.4.4 contained in the MFL Club Licensing Regulations 2023 Edition.
“The decision was announced to the team today through an official notification, thus seeing Kelantan not eligible to play in the 2024-2025 Super League competition,” he said in a statement.
The East Coast side had previously submitted an appeal to the committee following the decision of the First Instance Body (FIB) which had rejected the national license application due to financial problems.
FIB chairman Sheikh Mohd Nasir Sheikh Mohd Sharif announced on Jan 1 that Kelantan were not eligible to compete in the 2024-2025 Super League for failing to obtain a national licence before the deadline (Dec 31 2023).
The decision was made after the failure of the Red Warriors squad to complete twofinancial criteria under sub-criteria F.04 and sub-criteria F.11 before the deadlines set on Nov 30 and Dec 31 respectively.
The financial criteria under sub-criteria F.04 refers to No Payables Overdue Towards Employees, LHDN, EPF, SOCSO & EIS until June while sub-criteria F.11 is regarding No Payables Overdue Towards Employees, LHDN, EPF, SOCSO & EIS - until August.
