# 2021 Terengganu F.C. season

The 2021 season was Terengganu's fourth season in the Malaysia Super League since the rebranding in 2017.

## Players

    As of 24 July 2021
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 | Syed Nasrulhaq |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Arif Fadzilah |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Faudzi |
| 4 | MF | MAS | Nasir Basharudin |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Shahrul Nizam |
| 6 | DF | PHI | Carli de Murga (captain) |
| 7 | FW | MAS | Faisal Halim |
| 10 | FW | MLI | Makan Konaté |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Arif Anwar |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Hafizal Mohamad |
| 14 | FW | BRA | David da Silva |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Faiz Nasir |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Hakimi Abdullah |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Isa Raman |
| 18 | MF | MAS | Azalinullah Alias |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Sharin Sapien |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | MAS | Nik Akif |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Azam Azmi |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Argzim Redžović |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Alif Zakaria |
| 26 | GK | MAS | Rahadiazli Rahalim |
| 27 | DF | MAS | Azarul Nazarith |
| 28 | FW | MAS | Rahmat Makasuf |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Engku Nur Shakir |
| 30 | MF | CIV | Dechi Marcel |
| 33 | GK | MAS | Shamirza Yusoff |
| 38 | GK | MAS | Suhaimi Husin |
| 55 | DF | MAS | Hairiey Hakim |
| 71 | DF | MAS | Amirul Hafizul |
| 77 | MF | ENG | Lee Tuck (on loan from Sri Pahang) |
| 82 | FW | GHA | Jordan Mintah |
| 88 | MF | BHR | Habib Haroon (vice-captain) |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Team manager | Zul Fadli Rozi |
| Head coach | Nafuzi Zain |
| Assistant head coach | Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan |
| Goalkeeping coach | Yazid Yassin |
| Fitness coach | Efindy Salleh |
| Team doctor | Leong Tiong Lee |
| Physiotherapist | Zulkifli Mohd Zin |

## Transfers
### Transfers in

Pre-season
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Ref |
| 7 | FW | Faisal Halim | Pahang | 2 years contract |
| 11 | FW | Arif Anwar | UiTM | |
| 5 | DF | Shahrul Nizam | Kelantan | 2 years contract |
| 22 | FW | Nik Akif | Kelantan | |
| 6 | DF | Carli de Murga | Chonburi | |
| 32 | DF | Chris Herd | Sheikh Russel KC | 1 year contract |
| 10 | MF | Makan Konaté | Persebaya Surabaya | |
| 14 | FW | David da Silva | Persebaya Surabaya | 1 year contract |
| 19 | FW | Petrus Shitembi | Sabah | 1 year contract |
| 8 | DF | Asnan Ahmad | UKM | |
| 16 | MF | Hakimi Abdullah | Kelantan | 2 years contract |
| 24 | DF | Azarul Nazarith | FELDA United | Free transfer |
Mid-season
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred from | Ref |
| 77 | MF | Lee Tuck | Pahang | Season loan |
| 88 | MF | Habib Haroon | Riffa | |

### From youth squad

| N | Pos. | Name | Age |
| 1 | GK | Syed Nasrulhaq | 22 |
| 17 | FW | Isa Raman | 21 |
| 25 | DF | Alif Zakaria | 23 |
| 29 | MF | Engku Nur Shakir | 22 |

### Transfers out

Pre-season
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Ref |
| 25 | GK | Ilham Amirullah | Kedah | Free transfer |
| 5 | DF | Babacar Diallo | Unattached | |
| 4 | DF | Kamal Azizi | Kuala Lumpur City | Free transfer |
| 17 | DF | Nasrullah Haniff | Negeri Sembilan | Free transfer |
| 24 | MF | D. Saarvindran | Penang | Free transfer |
| 19 | MF | Stuart Wark | Sarawak United | Free transfer |
| 7 | MF | Lee Tuck | Pahang | Free transfer |
| 22 | MF | Sanjar Shaakhmedov | FC AGMK | Free transfer |
| 10 | FW | Faris Ramli | Lion City Sailors | Free transfer |
| 14 | FW | Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City | Free transfer |
| 11 | FW | Dominique Da Sylva | Kuala Lumpur | Free transfer |
| 9 | FW | Bruno Suzuki | PDRM | Free transfer |
Mid-season
| No. | Position | Player | Transferred to | Ref |
| 8 | MF | Asnan Ahmad | Kedah Darul Aman | Undisclosed |
| 19 | FW | Petrus Shitembi | Unattached | |
| 32 | DF | Chris Herd | Unattached | |

### Retained

| No. | Position | Player | Ref |
| 1 | GK | Rahadiazli Rahalim | |
| 2 | DF | Arif Fadzilah | |

## Friendlies

JDT Invitation Cup (19-25 February 2021)
Others

### Terengganu II

Shah Alam City Cup (19–23 February 2021)
Others

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Kedah Darul Aman | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 28 | +16 | 43 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Penang | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41 | |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 38 | |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 36 | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur City | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 20 | +7 | 33 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
* ↑ KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup

#### Matches
### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | TER | SEL | KUC | PRK |
| 1 | Terengganu | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 16 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Selangor | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 12 | Quarter-finals | 1–3 | — | 5–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Kuching City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Perak | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | −10 | 1 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | — |

#### Knockout stage
##### Semi-finals
### AFC Cup

On 11 November 2020, the AFC approved a new calendar for the competition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, where the group stage is played as centralized single round-robin tournament, and the preliminary round, play-off round, and ASEAN Zone semi-finals and final are played as a single match.
Teams from ASEAN Zone will not compete in the knockout stage, due to the cancellation of group stage matches in ASEAN Zone.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 26 November 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Arif Fadzilah | 25 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Faudzi | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MAS | Nasir Basharudin | 18 | 0 | 6+6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Shahrul Nizam | 29 | 0 | 13+7 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | PHI | Carli de Murga | 22 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MAS | Faisal Halim | 31 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 9 | 6 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Makan Konaté | 23 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | MAS | Arif Anwar | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | MAS | Hafizal Mohamad | 10 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | BRA | David da Silva | 17 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Faiz Nasir | 26 | 2 | 13+4 | 0 | 8+1 | 2 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Hakimi Abdullah | 26 | 5 | 9+12 | 5 | 0+5 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Isa Raman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Azalinullah Alias | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Sharin Sapien | 11 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | MAS | Nik Akif | 20 | 1 | 5+12 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Azam Azmi | 22 | 1 | 14+5 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | MNE | Argzim Redžović | 9 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | MAS | Alif Zakaria | 6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | MAS | Rahadiazli Rahalim | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MAS | Azarul Nazarith | 19 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | MAS | Rahmat Makasuf | 19 | 4 | 0+15 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Engku Nur Shakir | 12 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 2+5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | CIV | Dechi Marcel | 26 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | GK | MAS | Shamirza Yusoff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | GK | MAS | Suhaimi Husin | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 40 | MF | MAS | Zuasyraf Zulkiefle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 43 | MF | MAS | Amirul Syazwan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | MAS | Aqil Irfanuddin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | MAS | Azfar Fikri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | MAS | Hairiey Hakim | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | MAS | Syafik Ismail | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | MAS | Lee Tuck | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 82 | FW | GHA | Jordan Mintah | 14 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| 88 | MF | BHR | Habib Haroon | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 8 | DF | MAS | Asnan Ahmad | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NAM | Petrus Shitembi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | AUS | Chris Herd | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Terengganu FC II
### Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.
    As of 21 September 2021
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Samsul Ikram | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | CIV | Dechi Marcel | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Masaki Watanabe | 17 | 2 | 16+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Azfar Fikri | 16 | 2 | 8+8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Haidhir Suhaini | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Muslihuddin 'Atiq | 13 | 1 | 5+8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAS | Fazli Ghazali | 13 | 2 | 2+11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MAS | Syafik Ismail | 18 | 1 | 17+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Ridzuan Razali | 11 | 1 | 2+9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAS | Zuasyraf Zulkiefle | 14 | 0 | 11+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | MAS | Izman Solehin | 9 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | MAS | Firas Tarmizi | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAS | Che Mohd Arif | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Ramzi Sufian | 16 | 3 | 10+6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | MAS | Syaiful Haqim | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | MAS | Firdaus Rusdi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | MAS | Amirul Syazwan | 18 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MAS | Fakrul Wahid | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | MAS | Hairiey Hakim | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Aqil Irfanuddin | 19 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | MAS | Suhaimi Husin | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | MAS | Shafawi Mohamad | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MNE | Argzim Redžović | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | FW | GHA | Jordan Mintah | 12 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | MAS | Syafiq Danial | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | MAS | Izzan Syahmi | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | DF | MAS | Alif Zakaria | 14 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MAS | Engku Nur Shakir | 10 | 2 | 8+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | MAS | Azam Azmi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | GK | MAS | Syed Nasrulhaq | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | MAS | Muhammad Faudzi | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | FW | MAS | Isa Raman | 7 | 1 | 0+7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | DF | MAS | Arif Fadzilah | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | DF | MAS | Azarul Nazarith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 48 | MF | MAS | Rahmat Makasuf | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | AUS | Chris Herd | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 21 March 2021
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 24 | GK | Suhaimi Husin | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | | GK | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 |