2018 Penang FA season

The 2018 season is Penang's 92nd competitive season, 1st season in the second tier of Malaysian football since relegated in 2017, and 97th year in existence as a football club. The season covers the period from 1 November 2017 to 31 October 2018.

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)

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
	Ariff Baharuddin
Kit Man	Reza Irwan Khairuddin
	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	Nationality	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:

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
	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	Source
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

Penang v Perlis

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

Penang v Kedah

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

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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	20	4	5	11	22	34	−12	17

Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2018. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

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

UiTM v Penang

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

Penang v UKM

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

Felda United v Penang

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

PDRM v Penang

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

Penang v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

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

Felcra v Penang

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

Penang v Terengganu II

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

Penang v Sabah

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

Sarawak v Penang

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

Penang v MIFA

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

Penang v Sarawak

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

MIFA v Penang

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

Terengganu II v Penang

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

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Penang

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

Penang v PDRM

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

Penang v Felcra

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

Penang v UiTM

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

Sabah v Penang

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

UKM v Penang

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

Penang v Felda United

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

Main article: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

PDRM v Penang

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

Penang v Perak

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

Main article: 2018 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			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

Penang v ATM

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

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Penang

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

Penang v UiTM

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

UiTM v Penang

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

Penang v Johor Darul Ta'zim II

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

ATM v Penang

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
			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(2)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	6(3)	0	0	0
8	MF	Syukur Saidin	1(2)	0	0(1)	0	1(4)	0	2(7)	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(4)	1	0	0	2(1)	0	12(5)	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(1)	0	9(2)	0	0	0
17	MF	K. Thivandaran	7(6)	0	0(1)	0	4(2)	1	11(9)	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	6(5)	1	0(2)	0	2(2)	1	8(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(2)	0	0	0	4(1)	0	8(3)	0	1	0
24	MF	Fitri Shazwan	12	1	0	0	0(1)	0	12(1)	1	0	0
25	GK	Hazrull 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	Nurfais Johari	6(6)	1	2	0	5	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	FA Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	1	Al-Hafiz Hamzah	2	0	2	4
	22	Amirul Asyraf	2	0	0	2
	25	Hazrul Hafiz	0	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

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