# 2023 Kuala Lumpur City F.C. season

The 2023 season is the 45th season in the existence of Kuala Lumpur City's and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysian football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participating in this season's edition of Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Manager/Head coach | Bojan Hodak |
| Assistant head coach | Miroslav Kuljanac |
| Assistant coach | Miro Petric |
| Assistant coach | Shukor Adan |
| Goalkeeper coach | Guilherme Azevedo |
| Fitness coach | Afeeq Aqmal |
| Team doctor | Adzlan Amin |
| Team doctor | Hannan Haziq |
| Physiotherapist | Afiqfuddin Salleh |
| Physiotherapist | Renesh |

## Squad information
### First-team squad

    As of 25 February 2023
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | PHI | Kevin Ray Mendoza $^S$ |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Faudzi |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Kamal Azizi |
| 5 | DF | CRO | Matko Zirdum $^I$ |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Ryan Lambert |
| 7 | MF | COL | Romel Morales $^I$ |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Zhafri Yahya |
| 9 | DF | AUS | Giancarlo Gallifuoco $^A$ |
| 12 | DF | MAS | Declan Lambert |
| 14 | MF | MAS | Akram Mahinan |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Khair Jones |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Partiban Janasekaran |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Sean Giannelli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | ITA | Sebastian Avanzini $^I$ |
| 20 | GK | MAS | Azim Al Amin $^{U23}$ |
| 21 | MF | MAS | Kenny Pallraj |
| 23 | FW | CIV | Kipré Tchétché $^I$ |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Anwar Ibrahim |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Saravanan Thirumurugan $^{U23}$ |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Paulo Josué (captain) |
| 30 | GK | MAS | Azri Ghani |
| 33 | FW | MAS | Juzaerul Jasmi $^{U23}$ |
| 37 | FW | MAS | Haqimi Azim Rosli $^{U20}$ |
| 41 | MF | MAS | Firdaus Saiyadi (on loan from Perak) |
| 48 | FW | MAS | Faizal Hafiq |
| 49 | MF | MAS | Hadi Mizei |
| 77 | DF | MAS | Nazirul Naim |
| — | DF | SGP | Aiman Zavyan $^S$ |
| — | MF | LBN | Rabih Ataya $^A$ |
Remarks: $^S$ These players are registered as ASEAN foreign players. $^I$ These players are registered as International foreign players. $^A$ These players are registered as Asia foreign players. $^{U23}$ These players are registered as Under-23 players. $^{U20}$ These players are registered as Under-20 players.

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Arif Shaqirin (loan to Perak) |

## Transfers

In:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | BRA | Caion (from Selangor) |
| — | FW | CIV | Kipré Tchétché (from Terengganu) |
| — | DF | CRO | Matko Zirdum (from Slaven Belupo) |
| — | FW | PHI | Patrick Reichelt (from PT Prachuap) |
| — | MF | MAS | Firdaus Saiyadi (on loan from Perak) |
| — | MF | ITA | Sebastian Avanzini (from Hobro) |
| — | DF | MAS | Nazirul Naim (from Sabah) |
| — | FW | MAS | Sean Giannelli (from Sri Pahang) |
| — | MF | MAS | Saravanan Thirumurugan (from Selangor II) |
| — | FW | MAS | Juzaerul Jasmi |
| — | DF | MAS | Khair Jones (from Negeri Sembilan) |
| — | FW | MAS | Faizal Hafiq |
| — | MF | MAS | Hadi Mizei |
Out:
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | GHA | Jordan Mintah (loan return to Terengganu) |
| — | FW | CGO | Kévin Koubemba (to Chornomorets Odesa) |
| — | MF | MAS | Hadin Azman (to Penang) |
| — | DF | MAS | Irfan Zakaria (to Sabah) |
| — | DF | MAS | Nik Shahrul |
| — | DF | MAS | Nik Umar |
| — | MF | MAS | Fakrul Aiman |
| — | FW | MAS | Safee Sali (retired) |
| — | DF | MAS | Azhar Apandi |
| — | MF | MAS | Izreen Izwandy |
| — | MF | MAS | Arif Shaqirin (loan to Perak) |
| — | DF | MAS | Nabil Hakim |
| — | MF | MAS | Ridhwan Nazri |

## Pre-season and friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

## Competitions
### Malaysia Super League
#### Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 25 January 2023.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 7 | Kuala Lumpur City | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 39 | +5 | 38 | Qualification for the AFF Shopee Cup group stage |
| 8 | PDRM | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 35 | 37 | −2 | 37 | |
| 9 | Negeri Sembilan | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 49 | −16 | 27 | |
* ↑ Qualified as the 2023 Malaysia Cup & 2023 Malaysia FA Cup runner-up.

### Malaysia FA Cup
## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | PHI | Kevin Ray Mendoza | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | MAS | Azim Amin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | MAS | Azri Ghani | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Faudzi | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Kamal Azizi | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | DF | AUS | Giancarlo Gallifuoco | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | MAS | Declan Lambert | 7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | ITA | Sebastian Avanzini | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Anwar Ibrahim | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | MAS | Nazirul Naim | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAS | Ryan Lambert | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | COL | Romel Morales | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Zhafri Yahya | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAS | Akram Mahinan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Partiban | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Sean Giannelli | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MAS | Kenny Pallraj | 7 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Saravanan Thirumurugan | 5 | 1 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | BRA | Paulo Josué | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | MAS | Firdaus Saiyadi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | BRA | Caion | 7 | 0 | 4+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | PHI | Patrick Reichelt | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | CIV | Kipré Tchétché | 6 | 2 | 4+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | MAS | Haqimi Azim | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
Last updated: 10 April 2023 Source: Competitions

## Under-23s
### Current squad

    As of 6 March 2023
These Under-23 players or Kuala Lumpur City Extension participated in Malaysian Football League cup.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Julian Bechler |
| 20 | GK | MAS | Azim Al Amin |
| 24 | DF | MAS | Khairul Naim Zainal Abidin |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Saravanan Thirumurugan |
| 32 | DF | MAS | Nashran Elias |
| 33 | DF | MAS | Juzaerul Jasmi (captain) |
| 34 | MF | MAS | Amirul Aiman |
| 35 | MF | MAS | Adib Faris |
| 42 | DF | MAS | Nadzwin Salleh |
| 46 | MF | MAS | Izreen Izwandy |
| 47 | DF | MAS | Faris Zabri |
| 48 | FW | MAS | Faizal Hafiq |
| 49 | MF | MAS | Hadi Mizei @ Termizi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 50 | GK | MAS | Haziq Fitri |
| 55 | GK | MAS | Syafiq Sabaruddin |
| 60 | MF | MAS | Sachin Samuel |
| 65 | DF | MAS | Syahkhir Razali |
| 69 | FW | MAS | Suhaimi Abu |
| 70 | DF | MAS | Loquman Syadiq |
| 71 | MF | MAS | Azim Nadim |
| 80 | FW | MAS | Alif Safwan |
| 87 | MF | MAS | Amreel Iqbal |
| 88 | MF | MAS | Ridhwan Nazri |
| 96 | MF | MAS | Amirul Zul Aiman |
| 99 | FW | MAS | Wan Syamil Sulaiman |

### Coaching staff

* Head coach: Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
* Assistant head coach: Mohd Aslam Haja Najmudeen
* Assistant coach: Fadhil Hashim
* Goalkeeper coach: Zuraimi Hasan

### Appearances and goals

    As of 3 March 2023
| Player | Position | Appearances | Goals |
| Kuala Lumpur City Extension ||||
| Azim Al Amin | GK | 1 | 0 |
| Nashran Elias | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Juzaerul Jasmi | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Amirul Aiman | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Faris Zabri | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Faizal Hafiq | FW | 1 | 1 |
| Hadi Mizei @ Termizi | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Sachin Samuel | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Suhaimi Abu | FW | 1 | 0 |
| Loquman Syadiq | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Alif Safwan | FW | 1 | 0 |
| Khairul Naim | DF | 1 | 0 |
| Izreen Izwandy | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Azim Nadim | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Amirul Zul Aiman | MF | 1 | 0 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 |
| Total goals | Total goals | Total goals | 1 |