# 2019 Sabah FA season

The 2019 season was Sabah's 7th competitive season in the second tier of Malaysian football, the Malaysia Premier League after relegated in 2012. Along with the Malaysia Premier League, the club competes in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

## Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Sakri Masri |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Mafry Balang |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Rawilson Batuil (Captain) |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Dendy Lowa |
| 5 | MF | MAS | Muhammad Safar |
| 6 | DF | KOR | Park Tae-soo |
| 7 | MF | TKM | Ahmet Ataýew |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Azzizan Nordin (Vice-captain) |
| 9 | FW | SRB | Rodoljub Paunović |
| 10 | FW | ANG | Aguinaldo |
| 11 | FW | MAS | Alto Linus |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Melky Balang |
| 13 | GK | MAS | Robson Rendy |
| 14 | DF | MAS | Jenius Karib |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Randy Baruh |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Justin Samaan |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Ariusdius Jais |
| 18 | FW | MAS | Azwan Fattah |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Ummareng Bacok |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Ricco Nigel |
| 21 | FW | MAS | Maxius Musa |
| 22 | MF | MAS | Elias Sulaiman |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Sabri Sahar |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Syukri Baharun |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Evan Wensley |
| 26 | FW | MAS | Rahman Shah |
| 27 | FW | MAS | Stanley Sulong |
| 28 | MF | MAS | Mazlan Yahya |
| 29 | DF | MAS | Ranilson Batuil |
| 30 | GK | MAS | Rozaimie Rohim |

## Transfers
### 1st leg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 6 | DF | KOR | Park Tae-soo (from Hwaseong) |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Luiz Júnior (from Mokawloon) |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Luka Milunović (from Voždovac) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 5 | DF | ZAM | Francis Kasonde |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Darwira Sazan |
| 9 | FW | PUR | Héctor Ramos |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Leopold Alphonso |
| 51 | MF | JPN | Keisuke Ogawa |

### 2nd leg

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | TKM | Ahmet Ataýew (from Persela) |
| 10 | FW | ANG | Aguinaldo (from Politehnica Iași) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | FW | BRA | Luiz Júnior |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Luka Milunović |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 065.00 |
| FA Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Malaysia Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— |
| Total | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 18 | +15 | 061.90 |
Source: Competitions

### Malaysia Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sabah (C, P) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 43 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 33 | |
| 3 | PDRM (P) | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 30 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 4 | Terengganu II | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 30 | |
| 5 | UiTM (P) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
* 1 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Premier League and play for Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and Terengganu F.C. (their parent clubs) remain in Super League and play for Malaysia Cup. Should Johor Darul Ta'zim and Terengganu be relegated to Premier League or will not play for Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II will have to drop to M3 League or will play for Malaysia Cup.
* ↑ UiTM F.C. is promoted to replaced PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Fixtures and Results

#### Results by matchday

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A |
| Result | L | D | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | W | | W | | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 8 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Fixtures and Results

The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PAH | PRK | PEN | SAB |
| 1 | Pahang | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 15 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Perak | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 3–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Penang | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Sabah | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances

Last updated: 4 August 2019. Source: Sabah FA
| No. | Pos. | Name | Malaysia Premier League | Malaysia Premier League | Malaysia FA Cup | Malaysia FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers |||||||||||
| 13 | GK | Robson Rendy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Rozaimie Rohim | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Defenders |||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Mafry Balang | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Rawilson Batuil | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Dendy Lowa | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | Park Tae-soo | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | Jenius Karib | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Randy Baruh | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Evan Wensley | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Midfielders |||||||||||
| 5 | MF | Muhammad Safar | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Azzizan Nordin | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Ahmet Ataýew | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Justin Samaan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Azwan Fattah | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Ummareng Bacok | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Ricco Nigel | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| 22 | MF | Elias Sulaiman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Sabri Sahar | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Forwards |||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Rodoljub Paunović | 19 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 11 |
| 10 | FW | Aguinaldo | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| 11 | FW | Alto Linus | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 |
| 21 | FW | Maxius Musa | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 26 | FW | Rahman Shah | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | Mazlan Yahya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season |||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Luiz Júnior | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
| 10 | MF | Luka Milunović | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 |