On 30 November 2016, Zahasmi Ismail[6] was appointed as the team new head coach, succeeding Velizar Popov[7] in the role.
[8] On 12 January 2017, former president, Annuar Musa was appointed as club advisor by Kelantan Football Association.
Mamadou Danso and Alessandro Celin replaced Okiki Afolabi after he failed the club medical test and Cédric Djeugoué got issues with his registration documents.
New local players signed with Kelantan were Hasmizan Kamarodin, S. Subramaniam, S. Thinagaran and Hattaphon Bun An.
[10] On 21 January 2017, the first league match between Kelantan and Melaka United scheduled at Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium in Kota Bharu has been postponed to another date due to bad weather caused waterlogged pitch.
[17][18] On 21 February 2017, the rescheduled postponed rematch between Kelantan and Melaka United were held at Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium with the home team lost 0–2 and continued their streak of two games loses without any goals scored.
Kelantan started April league campaign with a defeat 1—2 against Pahang during home match in Kota Bharu.
[25] On 15 April, Kelantan continued their unbeaten streak outside of Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium by winning 5–1 against Penang with 4 goals contributed by Mohammed Ghaddar making it his third hat trick this season.
[26] On 30 April, Alfredo Carlos González Machado has been appointed as the new technical director of the team and Sanna Nyassi was introduced as a potential candidate to replace Alessandro Celin in the second transfer window.
Among them is Mohammed Ghaddar who was sold to Johor Darul Ta'zim for RM1,400,000.00[32] and his replacement, Abou Bakr Al-Mel from AC Tripoli.
On 24 May, Kelantan drew 2–2 against Penang at their home ground before the league take a rest period for more than a month due to Ramadan and national team games.
On 17 December 2017, Bibi Ramjani Ilias Khan was voted in as the new president of Kelantan Football Association for the term 2018–2021.
She was appointed to the top post of the association after defeating Datuk Muhammad Nasir Hamzah in the voting process.