# 2020 Penang FA season

The 2020 season was Penang's 94th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the second tier of Malaysian football since relegated in 2017, and 99th year in existence as a football club. The season covers the period from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020. After spending the season mostly at the top of the league table, Penang were promoted to the Super League on 20 September. Two weeks later, Penang won the Malaysia Premier League for the first time in the club's history after Kuala Lumpur failed to get three points against Perak II.

## Coaching Staffs

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Manzoor Azwira |
| Assistant Coach | Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli Mat Saiful Mohamad |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Mohd Hisham Jainudin |
| Fitness Coach | Rozy Abdul Majid Faizal Halim |
| Team Doctor | Hardeep Singh Jaginder Singh Parmjit Singh Kuldip Singh |
| Physiotherapist | Izzul Naim Jamil |
| Masseur | K. Mathialagan |
| Kit Man | Razif Radali Sufie Noorazizan |
| U-21 Team Head Coach | Wan Rohaimi |
| U-19 Team Head Coach | K. Mahendran |

## Squad

    As of 2 October 2020
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Samuel Somerville | GK | (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30) |
| 21 | Wong Tse Yang | GK | (1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 29) |
| 22 | Ramadhan Hamid | GK | (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) |
| 25 | Hazrull Hafiz | GK | (1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26) |
| 71 | Al Imran Ishak U21 | GK | (1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 25) |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Raffi Nagoorgani | RB / CB | (1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30) |
| 6 | Khairul Akmal | RB / CB / DM | (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 13 | Latiff Suhaimi | CB / DM / CF | (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 15 | Fairuz Zakaria | RB / DM | (1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 27) |
| 16 | Zamri Pin Ramli | RB / RW | (1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33) |
| 17 | Rafael Vitor FP | CB | (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31) |
| 23 | Zharif Desa | CB | (1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 33 | Azmi Muslim | LB / LW | (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37) |
| 88 | M. Yoges | LB / LW | (1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 (age 35) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Syukur Saidin | DM / CM | (1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32) |
| 8 | Khairu Azrin | DM / CM | (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33) |
| 10 | Lee Chang-hoon FP | RW / LW | (1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37) |
| 11 | Amer Azahar | RW | (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29) |
| 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | RW | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Endrick FP | AM / CM / CF | (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 20 | Azrie Reza | AM | (1997-12-30) 30 December 1997 (age 26) |
| 28 | Wan Faiz | AM | (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 55 | Afif Azman | AM / RW | (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26) |
| 62 | Daniel Irfan U21 | AM | (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24) |
| 78 | Azmeer Aris U21 | AM | (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25) |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Casagrande FP | CF | (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38) |
| 18 | Marcus Mah | CF | (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) |
| 19 | Nurshamil Ghani | CF | (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 30 | Nurfais Johari U21 | AM / LW | (1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25) |
| 99 | Bobby Gonzales | CF | (1984-02-15) 15 February 1984 (age 40) |
* FP = Foreign player
* U21 = Under-21 player

## Transfers and contracts
### In
#### 1st Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 11 | MF | Amer Azahar | 29 | UiTM | Transfer | 9 November 2019 | Free |
| 28 | MF | Wan Mohd Faiz | 32 | UKM | Transfer | 9 November 2019 | Free |
| 1 | GK | Samuel Somerville | 30 | Johor DT II | Transfer | 10 November 2019 | Free |
| 18 | FW | Marcus Mah | 29 | Petaling Jaya City | Transfer | 20 November 2019 | Free |
| 22 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 30 | Kedah | Transfer | 21 November 2019 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Fairuz Zakaria | 27 | Kedah President Cup | Transfer | 21 November 2019 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Zharif Desa | 32 | Melaka United | Transfer | 21 November 2019 | Free |
| 33 | DF | Azmi Muslim | 37 | Kuala Lumpur | Transfer | 23 November 2019 | Free |
| 20 | MF | Azrie Reza Zamri | 26 | Youth System | Promotion | 5 December 2019 | N/A |
| 3 | DF | Raffi Nagoorgani | 30 | Felda United | Transfer | 5 December 2019 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Lee Chang-hoon | 37 | PDRM | Transfer | 5 December 2019 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Khairu Azrin Khazali | 33 | Terengganu FC | Transfer | 5 December 2019 | Free |
| 16 | DF | Zamri Pin Ramli | 33 | Petaling Jaya City | Transfer | 6 December 2019 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Casagrande | 38 | Melaka United | Transfer | 15 December 2019 | Free |
| 13 | DF | Latiff Suhaimi | 35 | Selangor | Transfer | 25 December 2019 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Endrick | 29 | Selangor | Transfer | 8 January 2020 | Free |
| 19 | FW | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | 30 | Melaka United | Transfer | 8 January 2020 | Free |
| 17 | DF | Rafael Vitor | 31 | Nacional | Transfer | 11 January 2020 | Free |
| 99 | FW | Bobby Gonzales | 40 | Sarawak United | Transfer | 7 February 2020 | Free |
| 21 | GK | Wong Tse Yang | 29 | Free Agent | Transfer | 2 October 2020 | Free |

### Out
#### 1st Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 1 | GK | Zamir Selamat | 35 | Kuala Lumpur | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Che Safwan Hazman | 28 | Negeri Sembilan | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 3 | MF | Lim Yong Sheng | 29 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Wan Mohd Syukri | 32 | Melaka United | Loan Return | 3 November 2019 | N/A |
| 7 | MF | Kang Seung-jo | 38 | Kelantan | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Dhiyaulrahman Hasry | 28 | Terengganu II | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Casagrande | 38 | Melaka United | Loan Return | 3 November 2019 | N/A |
| 10 | FW | Julián Bottaro | 32 | UKM F.C. | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 11 | MF | Mohd Azrul Ahmad | 39 | Kelantan | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Abdul Aziz Ismail | 36 | Kelantan United | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 16 | FW | Ezequiel Agüero | 30 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 17 | DF | Tunku Noor Hidayat | 29 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 18 | FW | Rahizi Rasib | 30 | Protap | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 19 | MF | S. Sivanesan | 33 | Melawati | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 22 | GK | Faizal Yusoff | 37 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 23 | MF | Ikhmal Ibrahim | 30 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 26 | DF | A. Segar | 31 | KSR Sains | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| 29 | FW | Mohd Afiq Azmi | 35 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| | MF | Mohd Redzuan Suhaidi | 29 | Langkawi City | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| | DF | Amir Qayyum Zulkipli | 28 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| | MF | Amirul Syazani Roslan | 30 | Free agent | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| | DF | Som Keat Preseart | 28 | Thai Selangor | Released | 3 November 2019 | Free |
| | MF | Faizzudin Abidin | 23 | Selangor | Loan return | 15 November 2019 | N/A |
| | DF | Abdul Qayyum | 24 | Sarawak United | Released | 29 February 2020 | Free |

## Competitions
### Malaysia Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Penang (P) | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 26 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Terengganu II | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 14 | +3 | 22 | |
| 3 | Kuala Lumpur (P) | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | +7 | 21 | Promotion to Super League |
| 4 | Kuching | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 19 | −2 | 16 | |
| 5 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 15 | |
* 1 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 9 October 2020. Source: FA Penang

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ground | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
Notes:'
    ^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

### Malaysia Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
Notes:'
    ^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Samuel Somerville | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Raffi Nagoorgani | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Khairul Akmal | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Syukur Saidin | 6(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Khairu Azrin | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Casagrande | 8(3) | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9(3) | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Lee Chang-hoon | 6(1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Amer Azhar | 9(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Al-Hafiz Harun | 9(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Latiff Suhaimi | 9(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Endrick | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Fairuz Zakaria | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Zamri Pin Ramli | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Rafael Victor | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Marcus Mah | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Nurshamil Ghani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Azrie Reza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Zharif Desa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Hazrull Hafiz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Wan Faiz | 2(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(9) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Nurfais Johari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Azmi Muslim | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | Afif Azman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 62 | MF | Danial Irfan | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | Al Imran Ishak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Yoges Muniandy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Bobby Gonzales | 4(5) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 4(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Left club during season |||||||||||||
Last updated: 6 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Casagrande | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Endrick | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 10 | Lee Chang-hoon | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Amer Azhar | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Khairu Azrin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 17 | Rafael Victor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 99 | Bobby Gonzales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 6 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

### Top assists

An assist is credited to a player for passing or crossing the ball to the scorer, a player whose shot rebounds (off a defender, goalkeeper or goalpost) to a teammate who scores, and a player who wins a penalty kick or a free kick for another player to convert.
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Casagrande | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 14 | Endrick | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Amer Azahar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | MF | 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Lee Chang-hoon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | DF | 3 | Raffi Nagoorgani | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 6 | Khairul Akmal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Khairu Azrin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 17 | Rafael Vitor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | DF | 33 | Azmi Muslim | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | FW | 99 | Bobby Gonzales | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 6 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Somerville | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Last updated: 6 November 2020. Source: Soccerway

### Summary

| Games played | 12 (11 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup) |
| Games won | 9 (8 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup) |
| Games drawn | 2 (2 Malaysia Premier League) |
| Games lost | 1 (1 Malaysia Premier League) |
| Goals scored | 27 (24 Malaysia Premier League) (3 Malaysia Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 9 (8 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup) |
| Goal difference | 18 (16 Malaysia Premier League) (2 Malaysia Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 4 (4 Malaysia Premier League) |
| Yellow cards | 20 (17 Malaysia Premier League) (3 Malaysia Cup) |
| Red cards | |
| Most appearances | 6 players (12 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Casagrande (10 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 9/12 (75.00%) |
Last updated: 6 November 2020. Source: Soccerway