# 2018 Kedah FA season

The 2018 season was Kedah's 10th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004. They also participated in Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.

## Key Events
### Pre-season

On 3 December 2017, it was reported that two Kedah footballers & coach were alleged match fixing and have their statement taken by the police. This was after 6 Kedah footballers and coach Nidzam Adzha Yusoff after were accused by a fan on Facebook of throwing the Malaysia Cup final match on Nov 4.
On 11 December 2017, it was announced that former Kedah assistant head coach Ramon Marcote has returned to the side for the 2018 season, this time as the head coach.

## First team squad

    As of 6 February 2018.
| No. | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid | (1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 38) | Youth system |
| 21 | Asri Muhamad | (1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |
| 25 | Ifwat Akmal | (1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28) | Youth system |
| 31 | Syazwan Jamil | (1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 28) | Youth system |
| 60 | Ramadhan Hamid | (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 31) | Kelantan |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Syawal Nordin | (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 31) | Harimau Muda |
| 4 | Álvaro Silva | (1984-03-30) 30 March 1984 (age 40) | Hà Nội |
| 5 | Norfiqrie Talib | (1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 13 | Khairul Helmi Johari | (1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 36) | Youth system |
| 15 | Rizal Ghazali | (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 32) | Perlis |
| 17 | Syazwan Tajudin | (1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 31) | Harimau Muda B |
| 24 | Asri Mardzuki | (1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 30) | Youth system |
| Midfielders |||||
| 7 | Baddrol Bakhtiar | (1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 37) | Youth system |
| 8 | Liridon Krasniqi | (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33) | Fethiyespor |
| 10 | Sandro | (1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 41) | ABC Futebol Clube |
| 14 | Akram Mahinan | (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 32) | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 16 | Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik | (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29) | Harimau Muda B |
| 18 | Abdul Halim Saari | (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 30) | Youth system |
| 22 | Syazwan Zainon | (1989-11-13) 13 November 1989 (age 35) | Felda United |
| 23 | Hanif Dzahir | (1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31) | Youth system |
| 27 | Ariff Farhan | (1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 (age 28) | Harimau Muda A |
| 28 | Zulfahamzie Tarmizi | (1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 29) | Youth system |
| 30 | Andik Vermansyah | (1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 33) | Selangor |
| 35 | Hidhir Idris | (1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 27) | Youth system |
| 36 | Fadzrul Danel | (1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27) | Youth system |
| Strikers |||||
| 9 | Paulo Rangel | (1985-02-04) 4 February 1985 (age 40) | Nakhon Ratchasima |
| 11 | Zafuan Azeman | (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25) | Perlis |
| 19 | Farhan Roslan | (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28) | Youth system |
| 20 | Akhyar Rashid | (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25) | Youth system |
| 34 | Akmal Azmi | (1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 26) | Youth system |

## Transfers
### In

1st leg
| P | Name | Age | Moving From | Type | Transfer window |
| FW | Zafuan Azeman | 18 | Perlis | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| MF | Zulfahamzie Tarmizi | 21 | Youth system | Promoted | Pre-Season |
| DF | Norfiqrie Talib | 21 | Youth system | Promoted | Pre-Season |
| GK | Asri Muhamad | 21 | Youth system | Promoted | Pre-Season |
| MF | Akhyar Rashid | 18 | Youth system | Promoted | Pre-Season |
| MF | Álvaro Silva | 33 | Hà Nội | Free Transfer | Pre-Season |
| FW | Pablo Pallarès | 30 | Ponferradina | Free Transfer | Pre-Season |
| MF | Andik Vermansyah | 26 | Selangor | Free Transfer | Pre-Season |
2nd leg
| N | P | Name | Age | Moving From | Type | Transfer window |
| 60 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 24 | Kelantan | Undisclosed | Mid-Season |
| 9 | FW | Paulo Rangel | 33 | Nakhon Ratchasima | Undisclosed | Mid-Season |
| 36 | MF | Fadzrul Danel | 20 | Youth system | Promoted | |

### Out

1st leg
| N | P | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window |
| 3 | DF | Fitri Omar | 32 | Terengganu | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| 4 | DF | Zac Anderson | 26 | PKNS | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| 9 | FW | Ken Ilsø | 30 | Penang | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| 14 | FW | Ahmad Fakri Saarani | 28 | Melaka United | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| 20 | FW | Syafiq Ahmad | 22 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | End of contract | Pre-Season |
| 21 | GK | Farhan Abu Bakar | 24 | Petaling Jaya Rangers | Loan | Pre-Season |
| 26 | FW | Syazuan Hazani | 23 | Petaling Jaya Rangers | End of contract | Pre-Season |
2nd leg
| N | P | Nat. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer window | Reference |
| 9 | FW | | Pablo Pallarès | 31 | Free agent | Free Transfer | Mid-Season | |
| 26 | DF | | Osman Yusoff | 24 | Negeri Sembilan | Free Transfer | Mid-Season | |

## Friendlies

Win  Draw  Loss

### Suramadu Super Cup 2018
## Competitions
### Malaysia Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Pahang | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 21 | +14 | 34 |
| 5 | Terengganu | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 34 |
| 6 | Kedah | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 32 |
| 7 | Melaka United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 31 |
| 8 | Selangor | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 27 |

#### 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 | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | L | L | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | L |
| Position | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2018 Malaysia Super League season were announced on 11 January 2018.

### Malaysia FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JDT | KEL | MIFA | KED |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Kelantan | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | MISC-MIFA | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | | 0–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | Kedah | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

## 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 | Hadi Hamid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Syawal Nordin | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Álvaro Silva | 12(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 20(1) | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Norfiqrie Talib | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 13(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Baddrol Bakhtiar | 20 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Liridon Krasniqi | 14 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Paulo Rangel | 7(1) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 8(2) | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Sandro | 14(4) | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 23(4) | 12 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Zafuan Azeman | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Khairul Helmi | 16(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Akram Mahinan | 17(3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24(3) | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Rizal Ghazali | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Amirul Hisyam | 3(12) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 4(15) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Syazwan Tajudin | 7(5) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10(6) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Halim Saari | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | Farhan Roslan | 1(4) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Akhyar Rashid | 8(9) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 11(9) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | GK | Asri Muhamad | 2(1) | –2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | –2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Syazwan Zainon | 13(4) | 2 | 0(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 15(9) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Hanif Dzahir | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Asri Mardzuki | 6(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Ifwat Akmal | 13 | +4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | +4 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ariff Farhan | 9(2) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Zulfahamzie Tarmizi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Andik Vermansyah | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 16(2) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | Syazwan Jamil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | FW | Akmal Azmi | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | Hidhir Idris | 4(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 5(3) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Fadzrul Danel | 1(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 7(1) | –2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –4 | 9(1) | –6 | 0 | 0 |
| # | | Own goals | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | – |
| Left club during season |||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Pablo Pallarès | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | Osman Yusoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 September 2018. Source: Kedah FA

### Clean sheets

| Rnk | No. | Player | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 60 | Ramadhan Hamid | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | 21 | Asri Muhamad | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 25 | Ifwat Akmal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |