# 2023 Kedah Darul Aman F.C. season

The 2023 season is Kedah Darul Aman's 15th season in the Malaysia Super League since the league's inception in 2004.

## Management Team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Nafuzi Zain |
| Assistant head coach | Victor Andrag |
| Goalkeeper coach | Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin |
| Assistant Goalkeeper coaches | Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid |
| Fitness coaches | Antonio Silvio Santos Concalves |
| Team Doctor | Jasminder Singh |
| Physiotherapist | Helber Richard Quintana Silva |
| Physiotherapist | Shukri Che Zakaria |
| Team coordinator | Zul Fadli Rozi |
| Team admin | Shahrul Samsudin |
| Team security | Zaiyadur Rashad |
| Team media | Tajul Arifin |
| Team analyst | Hazwan Nizam Fazil |
| Masseur | Hazwan Zikri |
| Kitman | Taufiq Mahar |
| Kitman | Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz |
| Kitman | Fahmi Irfan |

## Squad

    As of 8 January 2023
| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Last club | Contract since | Contract ends |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Ifwat Akmal | (1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | 2016 | 2023 |
| 22 | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29) | Petaling Jaya City | 2023 | 2024 |
| 33 | Fikri Che Soh | (1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 26) | Kelantan United | 2023 | 2024 |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Akmal Zahir | (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30) | Melaka United | 2022 | 2023 |
| 3 | Rodney Celvin | (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 28) | Selangor | 2021 | 2023 |
| 4 | Bojan Ciger | (1994-06-18) 18 June 1994 (age 30) | PFC Navbahor Namangan | 2023 | 2023 |
| 5 | Alan Robertson | (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30) | United City | 2023 | 2023 |
| 13 | Loqman Hakim | (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth team | 2020 | 2023 |
| 15 | Heshamudin Ahmad | (1999-02-15) 15 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth team | 2022 | 2023 |
| 18 | Wan Amirul Afiq | (1992-07-18) 18 July 1992 (age 32) | Melaka United | 2023 | 2024 |
| 27 | Ariff Farhan | (1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 (age 28) | FELDA United | 2021 | 2023 |
| 31 | Azrin Afiq | (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22) | Selangor | 2023 | 2023 |
| 66 | Kamil Akmal Halim | (1999-02-14) 14 February 1999 (age 25) | Youth team | 2020 | 2023 |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Amirbek Juraboev | (1996-04-13) 13 April 1996 (age 28) | United City | 2022 | 2023 |
| 8 | Manny Ott | (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32) | Terengganu | 2022 | 2023 |
| 10 | Lee Tuck | (1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 36) | Sri Pahang | 2023 | 2023 |
| 11 | Al-Hafiz Harun | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) | Penang | 2022 | 2023 |
| 17 | Faizal Talib | (1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 27) | Melaka United | 2023 | 2024 |
| 19 | Aiman Afif | (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23) | Youth team | 2021 | 2023 |
| 20 | Fadzrul Danel | (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 26) | Youth team | 2019 | 2023 |
| 21 | Fayadh Zulkifli | (1998-09-13) 13 September 1998 (age 26) | Youth team | 2019 | 2023 |
| 29 | Mior Dani | (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25) | Kelantan | 2023 | 2023 |
| 77 | Amirul Hisyam | (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29) | Harimau Muda B | 2015 | 2023 |
| Strikers |||||||
| 9 | Willian Lira | (1993-12-09) 9 December 1993 (age 31) | Ventforet Kofu | 2023 | 2023 |
| 70 | Ebenezer Assifuah | (1993-07-03) 3 July 1993 (age 31) | Pau | 2023 | 2023 |
| 88 | Manuel Hidalgo | (1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 25) | Sri Pahang | 2023 | 2023 |
| 89 | Jonathan Balotelli | (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 35) | Pau | 2023 | 2023 |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

2023 Harapan Cup (1–4 February)
Tour of Turkey (4–9 February)

## Competitions
### Malaysia Super League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Selangor | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | 72 | 22 | +50 | 61 | Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage |
| 3 | Sabah | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 64 | 33 | +31 | 54 | |
| 4 | Kedah Darul Aman | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 52 | 29 | +23 | 53 | |
| 5 | Sri Pahang | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 44 | 33 | +11 | 45 | |
| 6 | Terengganu | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 34 | +11 | 40 | Qualification for the AFF Shopee Cup group stage |
* ↑ Since the winners of the 2023 Malaysia FA Cup (Johor Darul Ta'zim) qualified for Asian competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 2nd-placed team in the league.
* ↑ Qualified as the 2023 Malaysia Cup & 2023 Malaysia FA Cup runner-up.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: FAM-CMS

#### Fixtures and results

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup
## Transfers and contracts
### Transfers in

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| GK | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | Petaling Jaya City | Free |
| MF | Amirbek Juraboev | United City | Free |
| GK | Fikri Che Soh | Kelantan United | Free |
| MF | Manny Ott | Terengganu | Free |
| DF | Wan Amirul Afiq | Melaka United | Free |
| FW | Faizal Talib | Melaka United | Free |
| MF | Zharmein Ashraf | Sarawak United | Free |
| FW | Lee Tuck | Sri Pahang | Free |
| DF | Alan Robertson | United City | Free |
| DF | Bojan Ciger | PFC Navbahor Namangan | Free |
| FW | Willian Lira | Ventforet Kofu | Free |
| FW | Manuel Hidalgo | Sri Pahang | Undisclosed Fee |
| FW | Jonathan Balotelli | Jeonnam Dragons | Undisclosed Fee |

### Loan in

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred From | Ref |
| DF | Azrin Afiq | Selangor | Season Loan |
| MF | Mior Dani | Kelantan | Season Loan |

### Transfers out

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |
| GK | Ilham Amirullah Razali | Kelantan United | Free |
| GK | Shahril Saa'ri | | Released |
| DF | Marc Vales | | Released |
| DF | Syazwan Tajudin | BRM FC | Free |
| DF | Amirul Azhan | Harini Selangor | Free |
| DF | Azmeer Aris | Penang | Free |
| MF | Asnan Ahmad | Penang | Free |
| MF | Khairu Azrin Khazali | Kelantan United | Free |
| MF | Amer Azahar | Penang | Free |
| MF | Syazwan Zainon | Kelantan United | Free |
| MF | Dechi Marcel | | Released |
| MF | Sanrawat Dechmitr | Bangkok United F.C. | End of Loan |
| MF | Azamuddin Akil | | Released |
| FW | Mahmoud Al-Mardi | Qadsia SC | Free |
| FW | Ronald Ngah | | Released |
| FW | Afeeq Iqmal | | Released |
| FW | Fikhri Zulkiflee | | Released |

### Loan Out

Pre-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |

### Loan Return

Mid-season
| Position | Player | Transferred To | Ref |

### Retained / Promoted

| Pos | Player | Source |
| DF | Loqman Hakim | 1 year contract signed in 2022 till 2023 |
| DF | Heshamudin Ahmad | 1 year contract signed in 2022 till 2023 |
| MF | Kamil Akmal Halim | 1 year contract signed in 2022 till 2023 |
| MF | Al-Hafiz Harun | 1 year contract signed in 2022 till 2023 |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of match played 9 April 2023
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | Total |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | Ifwat Akmal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Akmal Zahir | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| 3 | DF | Rodney Celvin | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Bojan Ciger | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Alan Robertson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Amirbek Juraboev | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Manny Ott | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | Willian Lira | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| 10 | MF | Lee Tuck | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | Al-Hafiz Harun | 4(3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(3) | 1 |
| 13 | DF | Loqman Hakim | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Heshamudin Ahmad | 4(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(2) | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Faizal Talib | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Wan Amirul Afiq | 4(2) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(3) | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Aiman Afif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Fadzrul Danel | 0(4) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(5) | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Fayadh Zulkifli | 4(4) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(5) | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ariff Farhan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 29 | MF | Mior Dani | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(4) | 0 |
| 31 | DF | Azrin Afiq | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 |
| 33 | GK | Fikri Che Soh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Kamil Akmal Halim | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(2) | 0 |
| 70 | FW | Ebenezer Assifuah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Amirul Hisyam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | MF | Zharmein Ashraf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | FW | Manuel Hidalgo | 7(1) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 2 |
| 89 | FW | Jonathan Balotelli | 1(7) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(7) | 2 |

### Goalscorers

    As of 14 April 2024
| Rank | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | Ifedayo Olusegun | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Willian Lira | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 3 | Amirbek Juraboev | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Manuel Ott | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Lee Tuck | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Manuel Hidalgo | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Jonathan Balotelli | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Akmal Zahir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Fadzrul Danel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Ariff Farhan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Wan Amirul Afiq | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Al-Hafiz Harun | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Bojan Ciger | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Partisan Janasekaran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Moses Atede | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 52 | 2 | 3 | 57 |