The club was founded in 2018 as
Tornado Football Club Pekanbaru and played its inaugural season that same year. The club was crowned champions of the
2019 Liga 3 Riau and finished as runners-up in both 2021 and 2023. Tornado joined Liga Nusantara for the
2024–25 season after finishing fourth in Group 2 of the fourth round of the Liga 3 National Phase. On 17 February 2025, the club secured promotion to Liga 2 for the first time in its history, following a 3–0 victory over
PSGC in Matchweek 5 of the Championship Round, Group X. Ahead of the 2025–26 season, the club relocated its home base to
Kendal,
Central Java, and officially changed its name to
Kendal Tornado Football Club. ==Players==