# 2019 Penang FA season

The 2020 season was Penang's 93rd competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the second tier of Malaysian football since relegated in 2017, and 98th year in existence as a football club.

## Events

On 25 December 2018, Ndumba Makeche joined the club.
On 23 January 2019, the club announced New Jersey kit for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season.
On 10 May 2019, Ezequiel Agüero signed a contract with the club.
On 14 July 2019, the club won 6–3 over Sarawak in Malaysia Premier League match.
Started matchday 7, on 30 April 2019, Kang Seung-jo has been appointed as club captain, previously held by Abdul Qayyum Jabrullah.

## Coaching staff

* Head coach: Manzoor Azwira
* Assistant head coach: Kamal Kalid
* Assistant coach: Mat Saiful Mohamad
* Goalkeeper coach: Khairul Nizam Mohd Taib
* Fitness coach: Mohd Rozy Abdul Majid

## Players

    As of the 2019 season.

### First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Zamir Selamat |
| 2 | MF | MAS | Che Mohamad Safwan |
| 3 | MF | MAS | Lim Yong Sheng |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Abdul Qayyum Jabrullah |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Khairul Akmal |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Wan Mohd Syukri (on loan from Melaka United) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kang Seung-jo (captain) |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Dhiyaulrahman Hasry |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Casagrande (on loan from Melaka United, vice-captain) |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Julián Bottaro |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Azrul Ahmad |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Al-Hafiz Harun |
| 13 | MF | MAS | Afif Azman |
| 14 | FW | MAS | Faizzudin Abidin (on loan from Selangor) |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Aziz Ismail |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Agüero |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Tunku Noor Hidayat |
| 18 | FW | MAS | Rahizi Rasib |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Sivanesan Shanmugan |
| 21 | MF | MAS | Amirul Syazani |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Faizal Yusoff |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Ikhmal Ibrahim |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Syukur Saidin |
| 25 | GK | MAS | Hazrull Hafiz |
| 26 | DF | MAS | Segar Arumugam |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Afiq Azmi |
| 30 | MF | MAS | Nurfais Johari |
| 31 | MF | MAS | Danish Afiq |
| 32 | GK | MAS | Arif Razali |
| 35 | MF | MAS | Danial Arifin |
| 36 | MF | MAS | Anuar Shaukie |
| 52 | DF | MAS | Yoges Muniandy (on loan from Petaling Jaya City) |

## Competitions
### Malaysia Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 5 | UiTM (P) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 6 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 7 | Penang | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 24 | Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 8 | UKM | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Selangor United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 21 | |
* ↑ UiTM F.C. is promoted to replaced PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.
* ↑ Penang have been docked six points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former Brazilian import defender, Reinaldo Lobo.

### 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

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Malaysia Premier League | Malaysia Premier League | Malaysia FA Cup | Malaysia FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAS | Zamir Selamat | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | MAS | Hazrull Hafiz | 14 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | MAS | Abdul Qayyum Jabrullah | 21 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Khairul Akmal | 23 | 0 | 10+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Wan Mohd Syukri | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Aziz Ismail | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Tunku Noor Hidayat | 10 | 0 | 4+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | MAS | Segar Arumugam | 17 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | MAS | Azmeer Aris | 4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | DF | MAS | Yoges Muniandy | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 2 | MF | MAS | Che Mohamad Safwan | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Kang Seung-jo | 27 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Dhiyaulrahman Hasry | 10 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Azrul Ahmad | 20 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Al-Hafiz Harun | 14 | 4 | 4+2 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAS | Afif Azman | 22 | 0 | 7+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Sivanesan Shanmugan | 6 | 2 | 3+1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Syukur Saidin | 12 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | MAS | Nurfais Johari | 14 | 1 | 5+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 31 | MF | MAS | Danish Afiq | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | MAS | Danial Arifin | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 45 | MF | MAS | Daniel Irfan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | BRA | Casagrande | 14 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARG | Julián Bottaro | 27 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 |
| 14 | FW | MAS | Faizzudin Abidin | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Ezequiel Agüero | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | MAS | Rahizi Rasib | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Afiq Azmi | 17 | 1 | 6+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAS | Syamim Othman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Stuart Wark | 10 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Ndumba Makeche | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | HAI | Sébastien Thurière | 12 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 20 July 2019 Source: Competitions