# 2019 Kedah FA season

The 2019 season was Kedah's 11th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004. The season covers the period from 1 February to 21 July 2019.

## Management team

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Aidil Sharin |
| Assistant head coach | Victor Andrag |
| Assistant coach | Azmi Mohamed |
| Goalkeeper coach | Effendy Kamsah |
| Fitness coach | Azmi Ibrahim |
| Team doctor | Dr. Jasminder Singh |
| Physiotherapist | Muhammad Nur'Illya Samsuddin |
| Medical officer | Mohd Shahrizal Mohd Nadzir |

## Players

| No. | Name | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Contract since | Contract ends |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Abdul Hadi Hamid | (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 38) | Youth team | 2006 | |
| 18 | Ifwat Akmal | (1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | 2016 | |
| 22 | Asri Muhamad | (1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 26) | Youth team | 2018 | |
| 30 | Ramadhan Hamid | (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 31) | Kelantan | 2018 | |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Syawal Nordin | (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) | Harimau Muda | 2015 | |
| 3 | Renan Alves | (1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 32) | Borneo | 2019 | 2021 |
| 5 | Norfiqrie Talib | (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 29) | Youth team | 2018 | |
| 11 | Shakir Hamzah | (1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32) | Home United | 2019 | 2019 |
| 13 | Khairul Helmi | (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 36) | Youth team | 2007 | |
| 15 | Rizal Ghazali | (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 32) | Perlis | 2014 | |
| 17 | Syazwan Tajudin | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 31) | Harimau Muda B | 2014 | |
| 24 | Asri Mardzuki | (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) | Youth team | 2018 | |
| 25 | Azmeer Yusof | (1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 (age 34) | Kuala Lumpur | 2019 | |
| 28 | Alif Yusof | (1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 (age 34) | Felda United | 2019 | |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 4 | Azamuddin Akil | (1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39) | Selangor | 2019 | |
| 7 | Baddrol Bakhtiar (captain) | (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 37) | Youth team | 2005 | |
| 16 | Amirul Hisyam | (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29) | Harimau Muda B | 2015 | |
| 19 | Syahrul Azwari | (1993-01-12) 12 January 1993 (age 32) | Melaka United | 2019 | |
| 20 | Fadzrul Danel | (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27) | Youth team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 21 | Fayadh Zulkifli | (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26) | Youth team | 2019 | 2021 |
| 23 | Shahrul Igwan | (1994-05-17) 17 May 1994 (age 30) | Selangor | 2019 | |
| 27 | Hidhir Idris | (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth team | 2017 | |
| 29 | Farhan Roslan | (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28) | Youth team | 2014 | |
| 31 | Zhafir Yusoff | (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25) | Youth team | 2019 | |
| 55 | David Rowley | (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 35) | Kelantan | 2019 | 2019 |
| 60 | Edgar Bernhardt | (1986-03-30) 30 March 1986 (age 38) | GKS Tychy | 2019 | 2019 |
| Forwards |||||||
| 8 | Zaquan Adha | (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37) | Kuala Lumpur | 2019 | 2019 |
| 9 | Fernando Rodríguez | (1987-05-11) 11 May 1987 (age 37) | Mitra Kukar | 2019 | 2019 |
| 10 | Jonathan Bauman | (1991-03-30) 30 March 1991 (age 33) | Persib Bandung | 2019 | 2019 |
| 14 | Thanabalan Nadarajah | (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 (age 30) | Negeri Sembilan | 2019 | |

## Transfers and contracts
### In

| No. | Pos. | Player | From | Date | Fee |
| 11 | DF | Shakir Hamzah | Home United | 8 November 2018 | Free |
| 14 | FW | Thanabalan Nadarajah | Negeri Sembilan | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 19 | MF | Syahrul Azwari | Melaka United | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 25 | DF | Azmeer Yusof | Kuala Lumpur | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 23 | MF | Shahrul Igwan | Selangor | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Anmar Almubaraki | Army United | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 21 | MF | Fayadh Zulkifli | Youth team | 25 November 2019 | Free |
| 9 | FW | Fernando Rodríguez | Mitra Kukar | 28 November 2018 | Free |
| 4 | MF | Azamuddin Akil | Selangor | 2 December 2018 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Renan Alves | Borneo | 14 December 2018 | Free |
| 8 | FW | Zaquan Adha | Kuala Lumpur | 17 December 2018 | Free |
| 28 | DF | Alif Yusof | Felda United | 5 January 2019 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Jonathan Bauman | Persib Bandung | 6 January 2019 | Free |
| 55 | MF | David Rowley | Kelantan | 23 May 2019 | Undisclosed |
| 60 | MF | Edgar Bernhardt | GKS Tychy | 27 May 2019 | Free |

### Out

| No. | Pos. | Player | To | Date | Fee |
| 28 | MF | Zulfahamzie Tarmizi | Released | Released | Released |
| 11 | FW | Zafuan Azeman | Released | Released | Released |
| 23 | MF | Hanif Dzahir | Released | Released | Released |
| 30 | MF | Andik Vermansyah | Madura United | 3 November 2018 | Free |
| 22 | MF | Syazwan Zainon | Selangor | 8 November 2018 | Free |
| 27 | MF | Ariff Farhan | PKNS | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 18 | MF | Abdul Halim Saari | Selangor | 22 November 2018 | Free |
| 14 | MF | Akram Mahinan | PKNS | 7 December 2018 | Undisclosed (tribunal fee) |
| 20 | FW | Akhyar Rashid | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 29 December 2018 | MYR285,000 (tribunal fee) |
| 9 | FW | Paulo Rangel | Paysandu | 1 January 2019 | Free |
| 8 | MF | Liridon Krasniqi | Melaka United | 20 January 2019 | Free |
| 4 | DF | Álvaro Silva | Ceres–Negros | 29 January 2019 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Sandro | Selangor | 21 February 2019 | Free |
| 6 | MF | Anmar Almubaraki | Released | Released | Released |

### Loans out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To | Source |
| 22 November 2018 | End of season | GK | Farhan Abu Bakar | PKNS | |

### Extension of contract

| Pos. | Player |
| GK | Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid |
| GK | Asri Muhamad |
| GK | Ramadhan Hamid |
| DF | Rizal Ghazali |
| DF | Norfiqrie Talib |
| DF | Asri Mardzuki |
| DF | Khairul Helmi Johari |
| DF | Syazwan Tajudin |
| MF | Hidhir Idris |
| MF | Baddrol Bakhtiar |
| FW | Farhan Roslan |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 | |
| 6 | Melaka United | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 30 | +4 | 33 | |
* ↑ Kedah FA qualified for the AFC Champions League preliminary round 2 as Malaysia FA Cup winners.

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Fixtures and results
### Malaysia FA Cup

Kedah won 4−2 on aggregate.
Kedah won 3–3 on away goal rule.

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KED | TER | NSE | PKNS |
| 1 | Kedah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | PKNS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

#### Quarter-final

Kedah won 6−2 on aggregate.

#### Final
## 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 | Abdul Hadi Hamid | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Syawal Nordin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Renan Alves | 19 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 14 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | Azamuddin Akil | 2(2) | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 3(4) | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Norfiqrie Talib | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Baddrol Bakhtiar | 21 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 39 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Zaquan Adha | 14(7) | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3(5) | 1 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Fernando Rodríguez | 22 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 9(1) | 8 | 39 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Jonathan Bauman | 17(1) | 6 | 5(2) | 4 | 11 | 6 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | Shakir Hamzah | 20 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Khairul Helmi | 4(2) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | Thanabalan Nadarajah | 2(10) | 1 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Rizal Ghazali | 18 | 1 | 6(1) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | MF | Amirul Hisyam | 7(3) | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Syazwan Tajudin | 0(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | GK | Ifwat Akmal | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Syahrul Azwari | 2(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Fadzrul Danel | 14(3) | 1 | 0(4) | 1 | 4(5) | 0 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Fayadh Zulkifli | 1(12) | 1 | 0(4) | 0 | 0(11) | 2 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Asri Muhamad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Shahrul Igwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Asri Mardzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Azmeer Yusof | 12(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 27 | MF | Hidhir Idris | 4(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Alif Yusof | 10(1) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Farhan Roslan | 12(2) | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9(1) | 2 | 30 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 30 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Zhafir Yusoff | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Loqman Hakim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | David Rowley | 3(2) | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 6(1) | 2 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 | MF | Edgar Bernhardt | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Anmar Almubaraki | 5(1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Statistics accurate as of 17 December 2019.