2018 PKNS F.C. season

PKNS
2018 season
President	Siti Zubaidah Abdul Jabar
Manager	Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
Head Coach	K. Rajagobal
Stadium	Shah Alam Stadium; (Capacity: 80,372)
Super League	3rd
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rafael Ramazotti; Bruno Matos (7); All: ; Rafael Ramazotti (13)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2018 season is PKNS's 5th season in the top flight of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Super League after been promoted from 2016 Malaysia Premier League.

Club officials

Position	Staff
Head Coach	K. Rajagobal
Assistant Head Coach	Adam Abdullah
Goalkeeping Coach	Karel Stromšík
Fitness Coach	Matus Bozik
Assistant Coach	Khairul Abu Zahar

Transfers

First transfer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Zarif Irfan (from Selangor)
2	DF	K. Reuben (from Penang)
3	DF	Rodney Celvin (from Sarawak)
4	DF	Daniel Ting (from Johor Darul Ta'zim II)
6	MF	M. Tinnadkaran (from MIFA)
8	DF	Zac Anderson (from Kedah)
9	FW	Jafri Firdaus Chew (from Penang)^[1]
12	DF	Qayyum Marjoni (from Kelantan)^[2]
16	MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan (from Pahang)
19	MF	Jonathan Acosta (from Jaguares)
20	FW	Faizat Ghazli (from Penang)
21	MF	Romel Morales (from Banfield)
24	DF	Annas Rahmat (from Negeri Sembilan)
25	GK	Shahril Saa'ri (from Sarawak)
28	DF	Mahali (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim)
29	FW	Rafael Ramazotti (from DPMM)
30	MF	Faris Ramli (from Home United)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	G. Jeevananthan (unattached)^[3]
2	MF	Park Kwang-il (to Jeonnam Dragons)^[3]
3	DF	Azmi Muslim (to Melaka United)^[3]
4	FW	Patrick Wleh (to Ismaily)^[3]
6	MF	Munir Amran (unattached)^[3]
7	MF	P. Rajesh (to MISC-MIFA)^[3]
8	MF	Khairu Azrin (to Felda United)^[3]
9	FW	Bobby Gonzales (to Sarawak)^[3]
12	DF	Abdou Jammeh (unattached)^[3]
13	MF	Fauzan Dzulkifli (to Negeri Sembilan)
16	DF	Azreen Zulkafali (to Felda United)^[3]
17	DF	Abdul Ghani Rahman (to Kuantan)^[3]
19	MF	Khairul Ramadhan (to Hanelang)^[3]
20	FW	Affize Faisal (unattached)^[3]
21	MF	Fábio Ferreira (to Sydney FC)^[3]
22	GK	Zamir Selamat (to Melaka United)^[3]
24	DF	Nizam Abu Bakar (to Felcra)
25	GK	Nor Haziq Aris (to Kuantan)^[3]
26	DF	Amirizdwan Taj (to Kelantan)
—	DF	Sabre Abu (to Sarawak, previously on loan at Negeri Sembilan)
—	MF	R. Thivagar (unattached, previously on loan at PBMS)
—	MF	Adam Shafiq Fua'ad (unattached, previously on loan at PBMS)
—	FW	Shakir Ali (unattached, previously on loan at PDRM)
—	MF	Shahurain Abu Samah (PDRM, previously on loan at PDRM)
—	FW	Farderin Kadir (Melaka United, previously on loan at PKNS)

Mid season transfer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
6		DF	Nik Shahrul Azim (from Kelantan)
19		MF	Bruno Matos (from Juazeirense)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
19		MF	Jonathan Acosta (unattached)

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
December 15, 2017	Negeri Sembilan	H	1–1
December 23, 2017	PKNP	H	2–0	Khyril, Morales
December 30, 2017	Kuala Lumpur	A	0–1
January 6, 2018	PKNP	A	3–1	Safee, Morales, Nurridzuan
January 20, 2018	Pattaya United	A	1–1	Safee
January 23, 2018	Police Tero	A	0–2
January 26, 2018	Gyeongnam	A	1–1

Malaysia Super League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers, Bookings	League position
February 3, 2018	Terengganu	A	2–2	Qayyum 39', Ramazotti 69'	5^th
February 7, 2018	Pahang	H	1–0	Safee 90+2'	4^th
February 10, 2018	Perak	A	2–0	Ramazotti (2) 2', 63'	1^st
February 25, 2018	Kedah	H	3–4	Faris 32', Mahali (2) 47', 90+5'	4^th
March 9, 2018	Kelantan	H	1–0	Faris 40'	3^rd
April 14, 2018	Johor Darul Ta'zim	A	0–3		5^th
April 27, 2018	PKNP	H	1–1	Nurridzuan 90+4'	5^th
May 2, 2018	Kuala Lumpur	A	1–2	Faris 45'	6^th
May 5, 2018	Melaka United	H	2–0	Ramazotti 69', Safee 80'	4^th
May 13, 2018	Kuala Lumpur	H	3–2	Safee 10', Faris 38', Acosta 51'	6^th
May 23, 2018	Melaka United	A	1–1	Jafri 43'	6^th
May 27, 2018	Johor Darul Ta'zim	H	0–0		6^th
June 3, 2018	Negeri Sembilan	A	1–3	Morales 73'	6^th
June 6, 2018	Selangor	A	1–2	Safee 43'	6^th
June 10, 2018	Selangor	H	2–2	Ramazotti (2) 18', 90+2'	6^th
June 19, 2018	Kelantan	A	2–0	Matos (2) 4', 87'	6^th
June 26, 2018	Kedah	A	0–2		6^th
July 11, 2018	Negeri Sembilan	H	5–3	Faris 11', Safee 25', Matos 31', Morales 47', Khyril 90+2'	6^th
July 14, 2018	Terengganu	H	4–0	Matos (2) 16' (pen.), 31', Anderson 38', Jafri 66'	6^th
July 18, 2018	PKNP	A	1–0	Faris 5'	3^rd
July 21, 2018	Pahang	A	0–1		5^th
July 28, 2018	Perak	H	4–1	Matos (2) 3', 79', Ramazotti 40', Morales 90+4'	3^rd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q)	22	19	2	1	47	9	+38	59	Qualification for the AFC Champions League group stage
2	Perak (Q)	22	10	6	6	35	27	+8	36	Qualification for the AFC Champions League second preliminary round
3	PKNS	22	10	5	7	37	29	+8	35
4	Pahang	22	9	7	6	35	21	+14	34
5	Terengganu	22	10	4	8	32	31	+1	34

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

Malaysia FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
March 2, 2018	Second round	Hanelang	H	4–1	Jafri 10', Morales 38', Ramazotti 57', Nurridzuan 70'
March 17, 2018	Third round	Kelantan	H	4–1	Morales 15', Mahali 42', Safee 60', Ramazotti 65'
April 7, 2018	Quarter-final First leg	Perak	H	2–1	Faris 25', Safee 89'
April 21, 2018	Quarter-final Second leg	Perak	A	2–2	Rodney 55', Gurusamy 64' (pen.)
June 23, 2018	Semi-final First leg	Selangor	A	0–4
June 30, 2018	Semi-final Second leg	Selangor	H	1–1	Alif Haikal 90'

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Group position
August 5, 2018	PDRM	A	5–2	Morales 26' (pen.), Daniel 47', Faris 63', Ramazotti 73', Safee 90+1'	1^st
August 11, 2018	Melaka United	A	3–3	Morales 87', Matos 90+1', Ramazotti 90+3'	1^st
August 19, 2018	Felda United	H	2–3	Faris 16', Ramazotti 90+3'	2^nd
August 28, 2018	Felda United	A	0–1	Mahali 11'	2^nd
September 1, 2018	Melaka United	H	2–1	Morales 24', Ramazotti 66'	2^nd
September 15, 2018	PDRM	H	5–0	Jafri 4', Matos 13', 21', 77', Faizat 54',	1^st

Knock-stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Round position
September 25, 2018	Perak TBG	A	0–0			Quarter-finals leg 1
September 30, 2018	Perak TBG	H	0–2			Quarter-finals leg 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PKNS	FEL	MEL	PDRM
1	PKNS	6	4	1	1	18	9	+9	13	Quarter-finals	—	2–3	2–1	5–0
2	Felda United	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Quarter-finals	0–1	—	0–0	2–0
3	Melaka United	6	2	3	1	18	9	+9	9		3–3	6–1	—	2–2
4	PDRM	6	0	1	5	5	25	−20	1		2–5	0–5	1–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Statistics

Squad appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Zarif Irfan	4	+7	0	0	7	+3	11	+10	1	0
2	DF	K. Reuben	9	0	3	0	0(1)	0	12(1)	0	0	0
3	DF	Rodney Celvin	14(2)	0	6	1	5	0	25(2)	1	6	0
4	DF	Daniel Ting	13(4)	0	5(1)	0	4(2)	1	22(7)	1	5	1
5	MF	Shahrul Azhar	4(3)	0	1(2)	0	0	0	5(5)	0	1	0
6	MF	Nik Shahrul Azim	11	0	2	0	7(1)	0	20(1)	0	4	0
7	MF	K. Gurusamy	9(6)	0	2(1)	1	6	0	17(7)	1	4	0
8	DF	Zac Anderson	20	1	1	0	8	0	29	1	2	0
9	FW	Jafri Firdaus Chew	8(5)	2	3(2)	4(1)	1	0	14(8)	3	3	1
10	FW	Safee Sali	9(10)	5	2(2)	2	1(3)	1	12(15)	8	6	0
11	MF	Nazrin Syamsul	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0	0
12	DF	Qayyum Marjoni	14(2)	1	0(1)	0	5(1)	0	19(4)	1	2	0
14	MF	Khyril Muhymeen	2(8)	1	0(2)	0	3(2)	0	5(12)	1	0	0
15	DF	P. Gunalan	3(1)	0	3	0	1(1)	0	7(2)	0	0	0
16	MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	1(2)	1	0(2)	0	4	0	5(4)	2	0	0
17	DF	Azmizi Azmi	10	0	5	0	0	0	15	0	1	0
18	MF	M. Sivakumar	4(3)	0	1(2)	0	2	0	7(5)	0	2	0
19	MF	Bruno Matos	9	7	2	0	4	4	15	11	1	0
20	FW	Faizat Ghazli	0(2)	0	0	0	2(3)	1	2(5)	1	0	0
21	MF	Romel Morales	20(1)	3	6	2	8	3	34(1)	8	2	1
22	GK	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid	2	+2	2	–4	0	0	4	–2	0	0
23	MF	Alif Haikal	0(4)	0	0(1)	1	0(2)	0	0(7)	1	0	0
24	DF	Annas Rahmat	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0	2(1)	0	0	0
25	GK	Shahril Saa'ri	16	+1	4	+7	1	0	21	+8	0	0
28	DF	Mahali Jasuli	8(7)	2	4(1)	1	5(1)	1	17(9)	4	4	0
29	FW	Rafael Ramazotti	20(1)	7	5(1)	2	7	4	31(2)	13	2	0
30	MF	Faris Ramli	20(1)	6	5	1	3	2	28(1)	9	0	0
Left club during season
19	MF	Jonathan Acosta	10(1)	1	4	0	0	0	14(1)	1	0	0

Statistics accurate as of 30 September 2018.^[4]

Clean sheets

Rnk	No.	Player	League	League Cup	Total
1	25	Shahril Saa'ri	5	1	6
2	1	Zarif Irfan	2	1	3
3	22	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid	1	0	1

References

↑ "Jafri hijrah ke PKNS". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ "Mohd Qayyum ke PKNS FC". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Senarai pemain PKNS FC yang dikekalkan untuk musim 2018". Retrieved 13 November 2017.
↑ "2018". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

External links

Official website

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[To_PKNS-1] "Jafri hijrah ke PKNS". Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[2] "Mohd Qayyum ke PKNS FC". Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[left_pkns-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Senarai pemain PKNS FC yang dikekalkan untuk musim 2018". Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[4] "2018". Soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 September 2018.

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