# 2019 Pahang FA season

The 2019 season was Pahang's 16th season in the Malaysian Super League since its inception in 2004.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Dollah Salleh |
| Assistant head coach | Shaharuddin Rosdi |
| Assistant coaches | Jalaluddin Jaafar |
| Assistant coaches | Shahrulnizam Sahat |
| Goalkeeper coach | Muadzar Mohamad |
| Fitness coaches | Mohd Hafiz Tajudin |
| Fitness coaches | Abdul Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu |

## Squad

    As of 26 November 2018.
| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Since | Ends |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Helmi Eliza | (1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 (age 41) | Negeri Sembilan | 2016 | |
| 22 | Remezey Che Ros | (1982-09-06) 6 September 1982 (age 42) | Kuala Lumpur | 2018 | |
| 27 | Wafieyuddin Shamsudin | (1989-06-10) 10 June 1989 (age 35) | Shahzan Muda | | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Matthew Davies | (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29) | Perth Glory | 2015 | |
| 3 | Hérold Goulon | (1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 36) | Ermis Aradippou | 2019 | |
| 4 | Dinesh Rajasingam | (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 26) | Harimau Muda C | 2016 | |
| 6 | Mohd Hazri Rozali | (1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 38) | Melaka United | 2017 | |
| 12 | Bunyamin Umar | (1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 36) | Selangor | 2018 | |
| 14 | Faisal Rosli | (1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 33) | Shahzan Muda | 2017 | |
| 16 | Zubir Azmi | (1996-11-14) 14 November 1996 (age 28) | Terengganu | 2017 | |
| 19 | Afif Amiruddin | (1984-03-22) 22 March 1984 (age 40) | Perlis | 2017 | |
| 24 | Muslim Ahmad | (1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 35) | Kelantan | 2017 | |
| 30 | Ashar Al Aafiz | (1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 29) | Youth team | 2016 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 8 | Wan Zaharulnizam | (1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 33) | Kelantan | 2017 | |
| 15 | Saddil Ramdani | (1999-01-02) 2 January 1999 (age 26) | Persela Lamongan | 2019 | 2020 |
| 17 | Zuhair Aizat | (1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | 2018 | |
| 18 | Sharul Nizam | (1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | 2018 | |
| 20 | Azam Azih | (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 30) | Harimau Muda B | 2015 | |
| 21 | Safuwan Baharudin | (1991-09-22) 22 September 1991 (age 33) | PDRM | 2018 | 2020 |
| 26 | Mohamadou Sumareh | (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30) | Perlis | 2017 | |
| 29 | Nik Sharif Haseefy | (1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth Team | 2019 | |
| Forwards |||||||
| 7 | Faisal Halim | (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26) | Penang | 2016 | |
| 9 | Norshahrul Idlan | (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 38) | Felda United | 2018 | |
| 10 | Dickson Nwakaeme | (1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 38) | Angers | 2019 | |
| 11 | Lazarus Kaimbi | (1987-10-29) 29 October 1987 (age 37) | Unattached | 2019 | |
| 28 | Kogileswaran Raj | (1998-08-12) 12 August 1998 (age 26) | Harimau Muda C | 2016 | |

## Transfers
### In

1st leg
| Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| DF | Hérold Goulon | Ermis Aradippou | Free |
| MF | Saddil Ramdani | Persela Lamongan | Free |
| FW | Dickson Nwakaeme | Angers SCO | Free |
| FW | Zé Eduardo | Oeste Futebol Clube | Free |
| MF | Nik Sharif Haseefy | Youth team | Free |
2nd leg
| Pos. | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| FW | Lazarus Kaimbi | Unattached | Unattached | |

### Out

1st leg
| Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| FW | Patrick Cruz | Chonburi | Free |
| FW | Austin Amutu | Al-Masry | Free |
| FW | Issey Nakajima-Farran | Pacific FC | Free |
2nd leg
| Pos. | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| FW | Zé Eduardo | Released | Released | |

## Friendlies

Pahang confirmed friendlies against UiTM, Selangor United, Kelantan United, Terengganu II, Visakha, Chonburi and Army United.
Tour of Thailand (7 to 13 Jan 2019)

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 054.55 |
| FA Cup | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 066.67 |
| Malaysia Cup | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 100.00 |
| Total | 29 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 058.62 |
Last updated: 3 July 2019 Source: Competitions

### Malaysia Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 49 | 19 | +30 | 53 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Pahang | 22 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 21 | +16 | 43 | |
| 3 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 35 | +6 | 37 | |
| 4 | Kedah | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 37 | 29 | +8 | 34 | Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 |
| 5 | Perak | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 33 | |
* ↑ Kedah FA qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 as Malaysia FA Cup winners.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 20 July 2019. Source:

#### Matches

On 22 December 2018, the Malaysia Super League fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

### 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 and goals

    Correct as of match played on 8 August 2019
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Helmi Eliza | 23 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Matthew Davies | 29 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Hérold Goulon | 27 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Dinesh Rajasingam | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Hazri Rozali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Faisal Halim | 24 | 3 | 1+16 | 1 | 2+3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Wan Zaharulnizam | 26 | 2 | 11+8 | 1 | 3+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAS | Norshahrul Idlan | 27 | 3 | 15+5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Dickson Nwakaeme | 19 | 10 | 9+4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | NAM | Lazarus Kaimbi | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | MAS | Bunyamin Umar | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAS | Faisal Rosli | 20 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | IDN | Saddil Ramdani | 28 | 3 | 16+5 | 2 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 16 | DF | MAS | Zubir Azmi | 11 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Zuhair Aizat | 13 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Sharul Nizam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAS | Afif Amiruddin | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Azam Azih | 23 | 1 | 15+1 | 1 | 4+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | SGP | Safuwan Baharudin | 24 | 1 | 16+1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Remezey Che Ros | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Salomon Raj | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MAS | Muslim Ahmad | 26 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Mohamadou Sumareh | 28 | 6 | 20+1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | MAS | Wafieyuddin Shamsudin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | MAS | Kogileswaran Raj | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Nik Sharif Haseefy | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Ashar Al Aafiz | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 11 | FW | BRA | Zé Eduardo | 15 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

### Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.
| Rank | Pos. | No. | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | DF | 3 | Hérold Goulon | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Dickson Nwakaeme | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Zé Eduardo | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 26 | Mohamadou Sumareh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | FW | 11 | Lazarus Kaimbi | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 7 | Faisal Halim | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | FW | 9 | Norshahrul Idlan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 2 | Matthew Davies | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 24 | Muslim Ahmad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 15 | Saddil Ramdani | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Wan Zaharulnizam | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 17 | Zuhair Aizat | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 20 | Azam Azih | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 21 | Safuwan Baharudin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 28 | Kogileswaran Raj | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 13 | 6 | 59 |

### Clean sheets

| Rnk | No. | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Helmi Eliza | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 1 | 22 | Remezey Che Ros | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| No. | Pos. | Name | Super League | Super League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Hérold Goulon | 6 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | 1 |
| 21 | MF | Safuwan Baharudin | 6 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 9 | - |
| 20 | MF | Azam Azih | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | Dickson Nwakaeme | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| 14 | DF | Faisal Rosli | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 26 | MF | Mohamadou Sumareh | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 19 | DF | Afif Amiruddin | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 24 | DF | Muslim Ahmad | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 8 | MF | Wan Zaharulnizam | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 2 | DF | Matthew Davies | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | - |
| 4 | DF | Dinesh Rajasingam | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 7 | DF | Faisal Halim | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 15 | MF | Saddil Ramdani | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| 16 | DF | Zubir Azmi | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| 23 | MF | Salamon Raj | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 29 | MF | Nik Sharif Haseefy | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| 9 | FW | Zé Eduardo | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 6 | - |
| Total | Total | Total | 45 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 3 |