2018 Penang FA season

Penang
2018 season
President	Tahir Jalaludin
Head Coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Stadium	Penang State Stadium
Premier League	10th
FA Cup	Third Round
Challenge Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ken Ilsø ; Kang Seung-Jo ; Faiz Subri (3); All: ; Ken Ilsø (5)

The 2018 season is Penang's 98th competitive season, 1st season in the second tier of Malaysian football. The season covers the period from 1 December 2017 to 30 November 2018.

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Assistant Coach	K. Gunalan
Goalkeeping Coach	Lim Chuan Chin
Fitness Coach	Norhudahiroshi Razak
Performance Analyst	Boon Aik Hau
Team Doctor	Dr. Amar Pritpal Abdullah
Medical Officer	K. Mathialagan
Physiotherapist	Izzul Naim
Physiotherapist	Ariff Baharuddin
Kit Man	Reza Irwan Khairuddin
Kit Man	Mohd Fadzly Ahmad
U-21 Team Head Coach	S. Veloo
U-19 Team Head Coach	Azhar Abdul Rahman

Squad

As of 20 May 2018^[1]

Squad No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Al-Hafiz Hamzah	GK	(1984-03-15) 15 March 1984
22	Hazrull Hafiz Zulkifly U21	GK	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997
25	Amirul Asyraf Suhaidi	GK	(1994-03-04) 4 March 1994
Defenders
3	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	CB / DM	(1981-07-15) 15 July 1981
6	Yong Kuong Yong	RB / CB / LB / CM / RW / CF	(1988-09-18) 18 September 1988
15	Raimi Mohd Nor	LB / RB	(1986-04-04) 4 April 1986
16	Khairul Akmal Rokisham U21	DM/CM	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998
18	Ugo Ukah FP	CB / RB	(1984-01-18) 18 January 1984
19	Mohd Redzuan Suhaidi	CB / LB / DM	(1995-10-06) 6 October 1995
23	Muhd Zharif Desa	CB	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992
26	Abdul Qayyum	CB	(1995-08-14) 14 August 1995
27	Amir Qayyum Zulkipli	LB	(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996
Midfielders
5	Azidan Sarudin	CM	(1986-05-31) 31 May 1986
7	Lot Abu Hassan	AM / CM / RW / RM	(1984-07-23) 23 July 1984
8	Mohd Syukur Saidin	DM / CM	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991
11	Mohd Azrul Ahmad	DM / CM / RB / RW / CF	(1985-03-25) 25 March 1985
12	Mohd Junaidi Shafiai	AM/ CM	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995
14	Kang Seung-jo FP	AM/ CM / RB	(1986-01-20) 20 January 1986
17	Thivandaran a/l Karnan U21	LW/LM	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000
21	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	DM / CM / RM	(1986-04-03) 3 April 1986
24	Fitri Shazwan Raduwan	LW / RW / CM / CAM	(1987-12-08) 8 December 1987
31	Mohd Afif Azman U21	AM/ CM	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998
Strikers
9	Chidi Edeh FP	CF	(1987-08-18) 18 August 1987
10	Sanna Nyassi FP	RW / LW / AM / CF	(1989-01-31) 31 January 1989
13	Mohd Faiz Subri	LW / CF	(1987-11-08) 8 November 1987
20	Mohd Alafi Mahmud	LW / RW / RM / LM / CF	(1985-04-29) 29 April 1985
30	Mohd Norfais Johari U21	AM/ LW	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999

FP = Foreign player
U21 = Under-21 player
NR = Not registered

Transfers

In

Winter:

Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date
GK	Al-Hafiz Hamzah	Police	Free	29 December 2017
MF	Fitri Shazwan	Selangor	Free	29 December 2017
MF	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	Perak	Free	29 December 2017
DF	Norhafiz Zamani	Kelantan	Free	29 December 2017
DF	Raimi Nor	Selangor	Free	29 December 2017
FW	Alafi Mahmud	Perlis	Free	2 January 2018
FW	Azinee Taib	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Free	2 January 2018
DF	Arman Fareez	Negeri Sembilan	Free	3 January 2018
MF	Junaidi Shafiai	Sime Darby	Free	5 January 2018
MF	Lot Abu Hassan	Police	Free	5 January 2018
DF	Zharif Desa	SPS Chelstar	Free	5 January 2018
DF	Ugo Ukah	Selangor	Free	11 January 2018
DF	Kang Seung-jo	Gyeongnam	Free	12 January 2018
FW	Ken Ilsø	Kedah	Free	16 January 2018

Mid-season:

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
	FW	Chidi Edeh	Enugu Rangers	Undisclosed	29 June 2018

Out

Winter:

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date
1	GK	Syed Adney	Free agent	Free	1 December 2017
2	DF	Mafry Balang	Sabah	Free	1 December 2017
3	DF	Darwira Sazan	Sabah	Free	1 December 2017
4	DF	Brandon McDonald	Free agent	Free	1 December 2017
12	FW	S. Kumaahran	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Free	1 December 2017
14	MF	Syamer Kutty	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Free	1 December 2017
15	MF	Shazalee Ramlee	Sarawak	Free	1 December 2017
18	DF	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	UiTM	Free	1 December 2017
21	FW	Failee Ghazli	MOF F.C.	Free	1 December 2017
22	GK	Sani Anuar	Terengganu City	Free	1 December 2017
23	FW	R. Surendran	Free agent	Free	1 December 2017
29	MF	Elias Sulaiman	Sabah	Free	1 December 2017
30	DF	G. Mahathevan	MIFA	Free	1 December 2017
-	DF	Reinaldo Lobo	PSMS Medan	Free	1 December 2017
27	DF	K. Reuben	PKNS	Free	2 December 2017
7	FW	Jafri Chew	PKNS	Free	4 December 2017
17	FW	Faizat Ghazli	PKNS	Free	4 December 2017
20	DF	Rafiuddin Rodin	Perak	Free	6 December 2017
9	FW	Mark Hartmann	Ubon UMT United F.C.	Free	6 January 2017

Mid-season:

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Arman Fareez Ali	UiTM	On loan	19 May 2018	^[2]
9	FW	Ken Ilsø	Adelaide United		19 May 2018
28	FW	Azinee Taib	Free agent		19 May 2018

Pre-season

11 January 2018 Friendly	Penang	3–2	Perlis	Batu Kawan, Penang
20:30 UTC+8	S. J. Kang 40' Alafi 49' Johnson 65'		Ashraf Amil 33' Ikmal 67'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

21 January 2018 Friendly	Penang	1–2	Kedah	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Alafi 12'		Akmal Afizan 18' Pallares 72'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
7	UKM	20	6	4	10	26	32	−6	22
8	Sarawak	20	6	4	10	27	35	−8	22
9	UiTM	20	6	4	10	23	36	−13	22
10	Penang	20	5	6	9	20	30	−10	21
11	Terengganu II (R)	20	4	5	11	22	34	−12	17	Relegation to 2019 Malaysia FAM League

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2018. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
20	5	6	9	20	30	−10	21	5	3	2	12	9	+3	0	3	7	8	21	−13

Last updated: 27 July 2018.
Source: FA Penang

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	W	L	D	W	D	L	L	L	D	L	W	W	D	D	L	D
Position	12	5	8	9	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	9	10	11	9	9	9	8	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 27 July 2018. Source: FA Penang
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

1 February 2018 1	UiTM	3–1	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Sadam Hashim 18' Lucas Pugh 86' Dao Bakary 90+3'	Report	Ilsø 74'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 1,000

6 February 2018 2	Penang	2–1	UKM	Batu Kawan, Penang
16:45 UTC+8	Azinee 24', 74'	Report	Faidzol 88'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 1,362

12 February 2018 3	Felda United	3–0	Penang	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Fortunato 12', 20' (pen.) Christie 85'	Report		Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium

24 February 2018 4	PDRM	1–0	Penang	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	Shahurain 60'	Report		Stadium: KLFA Stadium

9 March 2018 5	Penang	2–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Batu Kawan, Penang
20:00 UTC+8	Norfais Johari 13' Ken Ilsø 66'	Report		Stadium: Penang State Stadium

13 April 2018 6	Felcra	3–1	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Anselmo Aruda 47', 71' David Laly 85'	Report	Ken Ilsø 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Muhammad Nasruddin

24 April 2018 7	Penang	0–0	Terengganu II	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

28 April 2018 8	Penang	2–1	Sabah	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Sanna Nyassi 75' Kang Seung-Jo 90+3'	Report	Maxius Musa 20'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

1 May 2018 9	Sarawak	1–1	Penang	Kuching, Sarawak
16:015 UTC+8	Bobby Gonzales 70'	Report	Alafi 69'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

5 May 2018 10	Penang	0–2	MIFA	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Kpah Sherman 63', 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Shaharudin Man

13 May 2018 11	Penang	0–1	Sarawak	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Mateo Roskam 44'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

22 May 2018 12	MIFA	3–2	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
22:00 UTC+8	Ganesan 32' Bae Beum-Geun 82' P. Rajesh 84'	Report	Kang Seung-Jo 45+3' (pen.), 67'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Atan Aman

1 June 2018 13	Terengganu II	1–1	Penang	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Raimi 52'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yassin

21 June 2018 14	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2–1	Penang	Pasir Gudang, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	D. Saarvindran 88' Nicolas Fernandes 90+6' (pen.)	Report	Ugo 79'	Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

25 June 2018 15	Penang	3–1	PDRM	Gelugor, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Faiz Subri 25', 61' Fitri Shazwan 30'	Report	Shahurain 11'	Stadium: USM Mini Stadium

3 July 2018 16	Penang	2–1	Felcra	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Faiz Subri 58' Azrul Ahmad 72'	Report	Anselmo Arruda 67'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Mohd Faiz Jamaluddin

14 July 2018 17	Penang	0–0	UiTM	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Zharif Desa 84'	Report		Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

18 July 2018 18	Sabah	0–0	Penang	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Randy 17'	Report	Kang Seung-jo 45+2'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin

22 July 2018 19	UKM	3–1	Penang	Selayang, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Irwan 20' Zerzouri 45+1', 71' Asnan 62'	Report	Raimi 80'	Stadium: MP Selayang Stadium

27 July 2018 20	Penang	1–1	Felda United	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Jasazrin 12'	Report	Fortunato 75'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Mohd Faiz Jamaluddin

Malaysia FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

4 March 2018 Second Round	PDRM	1–3	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Shim Un-seob 90+1'	Report	Ken Ilsø 7', 34' (pen.) Kang Seung-jo 8'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

17 March 2018 Third Round	Penang	1–3	Perak	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Ugo Ukah 89' (pen.)	Report	Wander Luiz 17', 79' Gilmar 73' (pen.)	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Malaysia Challenge Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JDT	ATM	UiTM	PEN
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13	Advance to Semi-finals	—	2–0	0–0	4–0
2	ATM	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10	Advance to Semi-finals	2–1	—	1–0	0–0
3	UiTM	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5		2–3	2–0	—	0–0
4	Penang	6	1	2	3	3	11	−8	5		1–5	0–2	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Matches

Win Draw Loss

8 August 2018 1	Penang	0–2	ATM	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Zaironi Yusof 27' Shahrudin Shafie 81'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

15 August 2018 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	4–0	Penang	Pasir Gudang, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Bruno 6' Fernàndez 28', 36' Saarvindran 79'			Stadium: Pasir Gudang Stadium

29 August 2018 3	Penang	2–0	UiTM	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	K. Thivandaran 61' Raimi 78'	Report		Stadium: Penang State Stadium

5 September 2018 4	UiTM	0–0	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: UiTM Stadium

12 September 2018 5	Penang	1–5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Alafi 90+1'		Norhafiz 18' (o.g.) Fernández 40' (pen.) Rozaimi 43' Amer 72' Shahwan Shaharudin 79'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

19 September 2018 6	ATM	v	Penang	Kuala Lumpur
16:45 UTC+8				Stadium: Mindef Stadium

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Challenge Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Al-Hafiz Hamzah	8	0	1	0	4	0	13	0	0	0
3	DF	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	18(1)	0	2	0	4(1)	0	24(2)	0	0	0
5	DF	Azidan Sarudin	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0	0
6	DF	Yong Kuong Yong	9	0	1	0	5	0	15	0	1	0
7	MF	Lot Abu Hassan	4(3)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	6(4)	0	0	0
8	MF	Syukur Saidin	1(2)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	2(4)	0	1	0
9	FW	Chidi Edeh	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
10	FW	Sanna Nyassi	15(2)	1	2	0	1	0	18(2)	1	2	0
11	MF	Azrul Ahmad	10(3)	1	0	0	2	0	12(3)	1	1	0
12	MF	Junaidi Shafiai	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
13	FW	Faiz Subri	11(5)	3	0	0	4	0	15(5)	3	0	0
14	MF	Kang Seung-Jo	19	3	2	1	6	0	27	4	4	0
15	DF	Raimi Nor	18	2	2	0	3(2)	0	23(2)	2	2	1
16	MF	Khairul Akmal	5(1)	0	1	0	3	0	9(1)	0	0	0
17	MF	K. Thivandaran	7(5)	0	0(1)	0	4(1)	1	11(7)	1	0	0
18	DF	Ugo Ukah	19	1	2	1	5	0	26	2	5	0
19	DF	Redzuan Suhaidi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
20	FW	Alafi Mahmud	5(6)	1	0(2)	0	2(1)	1	7(9)	2	1	0
21	MF	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	8(2)	1	2	0	2	0	12(2)	1	4	0
22	GK	Amirul Asyraf	12	0	1	0	1(1)	0	14(1)	0	1	0
23	DF	Zharif Desa	4(1)	0	0	0	4	0	8(1)	0	1	0
24	MF	Fitri Shazwan	11(1)	1	0	0	0	0	11(1)	1	0	0
25	GK	Hazrul Hafiz	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
26	DF	Abdul Qayyum	9(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	11(2)	0	2	0
27	DF	Amir Qayyum	0(3)	0	0(2)	0	3	0	3(5)	0	0	0
30	FW	Norfais Johari	7(5)	1	2	0	4(1)	0	13(6)	1	0	0
31	MF	Afif Azman	1(5)	0	0	0	1	0	2(5)	0	0	0
33	MF	Syafiq Rizuan	0(4)	0	0	0	1	0	1(4)	0	0	0
Left club during season
4	DF	Arman Fareez	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
9	FW	Ken Ilsø	5(1)	3	2	2	0	0	7(1)	5	2	0
28	FW	Azinee Taib	5	2	2	0	0	0	7	2	1	0

Last updated: 18 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Ken Ilsø	3	2	0	5
2	FW	14	Kang Seung-Jo	3	1	0	4
3	FW	13	Faiz Subri	3	0	0	3
4	DF	15	Raimi Nor	2	0	1	3
5	DF	18	Ugo Ukah	1	1	0	2
	FW	20	Alafi Mahmud	1	0	1	2
	FW	28	Azinee Taib	2	0	0	2
7	FW	10	Sanna Nyassi	1	0	0	1
	DF	11	Azrul Ahmad	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	K. Thivandaran	0	0	1	1
	MF	21	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	1	0	0	1
	FW	24	Fitri Shazwan	1	0	0	1
	FW	30	Norfais Johari	1	0	0	1
	#	Own goals				0	0	1	1
Total				20	4	3	27

Last updated: 12 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	League	Challenge Cup	Total
1	1	Al-Hafiz Hamzah	2	2	4
	22	Amirul Asyraf	2	0	2
	25	Hazrul Hafiz	0	1	1

Last updated: 18 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Summary

Games played	28 (20 Malaysia Premier League, 2 Malaysia FA Cup, 6 Challenge Cup)
Games won	7 (5 Malaysia Premier League, 1 Malaysia FA Cup, 1 Challenge Cup)
Games drawn	8 (6 Malaysia Premier League, 2 Challenge Cup)
Games lost	13 (9 Malaysia Premier League, 1 Malaysia FA Cup, 3 Challenge Cup)
Goals scored	27 (20 Malaysia Premier League, 4 Malaysia FA Cup, 3 Challenge Cup)
Goals conceded	41 (26 Malaysia Premier League, 4 Malaysia FA Cup, 11 Challenge Cup)
Goal difference	−6 (−6 Malaysia Premier League, 0 Malaysia FA Cup)
Clean sheets	7 (4 Malaysia Premier League, 3 Challenge Cup)
Yellow cards	24 (19 Malaysia Premier League, 3 Malaysia FA Cup, 2 Challenge Cup)
Red cards	1 (1 Malaysia Premier League
Most appearances	Kang Seung-Jo (27 Appearances)
Top scorer	Ken Ilsø (5 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 7/28 (26.08%)

Last updated: 18 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

References

↑ "Players". Penang FA. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
↑ http://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2018/05/19/kontrak-ken-ilso Kontrak Ken Ilso ditamatkan

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[1] "Players". Penang FA. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[2] ttp://www.mstar.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/2018/05/19/kontrak-ken-ilso Kontrak Ken Ilso ditamatkan