# 2021 Penang F.C. season

The 2021 season was Penang's 95th competitive season, 1st season in the first tier of Malaysian football since promoted in 2020, 100th year in existence as a football club, and the 1st year since rebranded as Penang Football Club. The season covers the period from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021.

## Coaching Staffs

| Position | Name |
| Head Coach | Tomáš Trucha |
| Assistant Head Coach | Manzoor Azwira Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli |
| Assistant Coach | Mat Saiful Mohamad |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Mohd Hisham Jainudin |
| Fitness Coach | Zahidibudiman Ibrahim |
| Assistant Fitness Coach | Rozy Abdul Majid |
| Team Doctor | Hardeep Singh Jaginder Singh Parmjit Singh Kuldip Singh |
| Physiotherapist | Izzul Naim Jamil |
| Kit Man | Sufie Noorazizan |
| U-21 Team Head Coach | Wan Rohaimi |
| U-19 Team Head Coach | K. Mahendran |

## Squad

    As of 25 May 2021
| Squad No. | Name | Position(s) | Date of Birth (Age) |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 1 | Samuel Somerville | GK | (1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30) |
| 22 | Asyraaf Omar | GK | (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 30) |
| 25 | Shafiq Afifi U22 | GK | (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25) |
| 88 | See Tian Keat | GK | (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31) |
| Defenders |||||
| 2 | Quentin Cheng U22 | RB / RW | (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24) |
| 3 | Syazwan Zaipol | CB | (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29) |
| 4 | Ryuji Utomo FP | CB / DM | (1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29) |
| 5 | Fauzan Fauzi | RB | (1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29) |
| 6 | Khairul Akmal | RB / CB / DM | (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26) |
| 13 | Latiff Suhaimi | CB / DM / CF | (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 35) |
| 15 | Khairul Asyraf | RB | (1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 29) |
| 17 | Rafael Vitor FP | CB / DM | (1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31) |
| 23 | Azwan Aripin | LB | (1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28) |
| 33 | Azmi Muslim | LB / LW | (1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37) |
| 37 | Azmeer Aris U22 | LB / LW | (1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25) |
| 77 | Suwarnaraj Chinniah | RB | (1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26) |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Khairu Azrin | DM / CM | (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33) |
| 11 | Amer Azahar | RW / LW | (1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29) |
| 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | RW / LW | (1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30) |
| 14 | Endrick FP | AM / CM / CF | (1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29) |
| 16 | Danial Ashraf | AM | (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27) |
| 28 | Wan Faiz | AM / RW / LW | (1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 32) |
| 31 | Afif Azman | AM / RW | (1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26) |
| 36 | Fadhil Idris | DM / CM | (1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 28) |
| 55 | David Rowley | DM / AM / RW / LW | (1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34) |
| 70 | D. Saarvindran | AM / RW / LW | (1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 32) |
| Strikers |||||
| 7 | Jafri Chew | CF | (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 (age 27) |
| 9 | Casagrande FP | CF | (1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38) |
| 10 | Sheriddin Boboev FP U22 | CF / AM / RW | (1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 25) |
| 18 | Marcus Mah | CF / RW / LW | (1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30) |
| 21 | Azim Rahim | CF | (1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27) |
* FP = Foreign player
* U22 = Under-22 player

## Transfers and contracts
### In
#### 1st Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 4 | DF | Ryuji Utomo | 29 | Persija Jakarta | Loan | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 7 | FW | Jafri Chew | 27 | Free Agent | Transfer | 7 December 2020 | Free |
| 77 | DF | C. Suwarnaraj | 26 | Perak II | Transfer | 7 December 2020 | Free |
| 10 | FW | Sheriddin Boboev | 25 | Istiklol | Transfer | 12 December 2020 | Free |
| 2 | DF | Quentin Cheng | 24 | Selangor II | Loan | 16 December 2020 | Free |
| 16 | MF | Danial Ashraf | 27 | Kelantan | Transfer | 16 December 2020 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Azwan Aripin | 28 | Kelantan | Transfer | 16 December 2020 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Khairul Asyraf | 29 | Kelantan | Transfer | 16 December 2020 | Free |
| 36 | MF | Fadhil Idris | 28 | FELDA United | Transfer | 17 December 2020 | Free |
| 88 | GK | See Tian Keat | 31 | The Cops | Transfer | 18 December 2020 | Free |
| 25 | GK | Shafiq Afifi | 25 | Perak II | Transfer | 19 December 2020 | Free |
| 70 | MF | D. Saarvindran | 32 | Terengganu | Transfer | 9 January 2021 | Free |
| 99 | FW | Zafuan Azeman | 25 | Free Agent | Transfer | 10 January 2021 | Free |
| 55 | MF | David Rowley | 34 | Kedah Darul Aman | Transfer | 11 January 2021 | Free |
| 3 | DF | Syazwan Zaipol | 29 | Petaling Jaya City | Transfer | 21 February 2021 | Free |
| 22 | GK | Asyraaf Omar | 30 | Kuala Lumpur Rovers | Transfer | 5 March 2021 | Free |

#### 2nd Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 21 | FW | Azim Rahim | 27 | Kuala Lumpur City | Loan | 25 May 2021 | Free |
| 5 | DF | Fauzan Fauzi | 29 | Kuala Lumpur City | Loan | 25 May 2021 | Free |

### Out
#### 1st Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving to | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 3 | DF | Raffi Nagoorgani | 30 | Petaling Jaya City | Released | 15 December 2020 | Free |
| 7 | MF | Syukur Saidin | 32 | Free Agent | End of Contract | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 10 | MF | Lee Chang-hoon | 37 | Sarawak United | Released | 23 December 2020 | Free |
| 15 | DF | Fairuz Zakaria | 27 | Kedah Darul Aman | Released | 20 December 2020 | Free |
| 16 | DF | Zamri Pin Ramli | 33 | Negeri Sembilan | Released | 8 January 2021 | Free |
| 19 | FW | Nurshamil Ghani | 30 | Kelantan | Released | 21 February 2021 | Free |
| 21 | GK | Wong Tse Yang | 29 | Immigration | End of Contract | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 22 | GK | Ramadhan Hamid | 30 | Kelantan United | Released | 27 December 2020 | Free |
| 23 | DF | Zharif Desa | 32 | Free Agent | End of Contract | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 25 | GK | Hazrull Hafiz | 26 | Free Agent | End of Contract | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 88 | DF | Yoges Muniandy | 35 | Free Agent | End of Contract | 1 December 2020 | Free |
| 99 | FW | Bobby Gonzales | 40 | Sabah | Released | 15 January 2021 | Free |

#### 2nd Transfer Window

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Transfer Date | Transfer fee |
| 99 | FW | Zafuan Azeman | 25 | Kelantan United | | 24 May 2021 | |
| 19 | MF | Nurfais Johari | 25 | PDRM | | 24 May 2021 | |
| 20 | MF | Azrie Reza | 26 | PDRM | Loan | 25 May 2021 | Free |

## 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 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 9 | +41 | 57 | Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage |
| 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 | |

#### Result summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 12 September 2021. Source: MFL

#### 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 | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | D | D | W | W | L | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | D |
| Position | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KUL | SUD | PAH | PEN |
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 14 | Quarter-finals | — | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Sarawak United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 10 | Quarter-finals | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 3 | Sri Pahang | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Penang | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 4 | | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–5 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Samuel Somerville | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Quentin Cheng | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Syazwan Zaipol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Ryuji Utomo | 13(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 17(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Fauzan Fauzi | 0(2) | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Khairul Akmal | 1(3) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 6(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Jafri Chew | 0(4) | 1 | 1(5) | 1 | 1(9) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Khairu Azrin | 16(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(1) | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Casagrande | 19 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Sheriddin Boboev | 18(4) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 23(4) | 7 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Amer Azahar | 11(6) | 0 | 5(1) | 1 | 16(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Al-Hafiz Harun | 15(3) | 1 | 5 | 1 | 20(3) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Latiff Suhaimi | 10(9) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15(9) | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Endrick | 17(1) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 23(1) | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Khairul Asyraf | 1(5) | 0 | 3(1) | 0 | 4(6) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Danial Ashraf | 9(10) | 4 | 4(2) | 0 | 13(12) | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Rafael Vitor | 21 | 5 | 2(1) | 0 | 23(1) | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Marcus Mah | 1(3) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Azim Rahim | 0(6) | 1 | 0(4) | 0 | 0(10) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Asyraaf Omar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Azwan Aripin | 14(3) | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17(3) | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Shafiq Afifi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Wan Faiz | 0(5) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0(8) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Afif Azman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Azmi Muslim | 4(5) | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 6(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Fadhil Idris | 3(4) | 0 | 2(3) | 0 | 5(7) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | Azmeer Aris | 5(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6(9) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | MF | David Rowley | 18(3) | 3 | 4 | 0 | 22(3) | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | MF | D. Saarvindran | 1(9) | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 1(12) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | C. Suwarnaraj | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | Bryan See | 6(1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Left club during season |||||||||||
| 19 | MF | Nurfais Johari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Azrie Reza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Zafuan Azeman | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 10 November 2021. Source: Soccerway

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Casagrande | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Sheriddin Boboev | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 17 | Rafael Vitor | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 14 | Endrick | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 16 | Danial Ashraf | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 55 | David Rowley | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 7 | Jafri Chew | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 21 | Azim Rahim | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 29 September 2021. Source: Soccerway

### Top assists

An assist is credited to a player for passing or crossing the ball to the scorer, a player whose shot rebounds (off a defender, goalkeeper or goalpost) to a teammate who scores, and a player who wins a penalty kick or a free kick for another player to convert.
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 14 | Endrick | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Casagrande | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | DF | 2 | Quentin Cheng | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Sheriddin Boboev | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 17 | Rafael Vitor | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Khairu Azrin | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 11 | Amer Azahar | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 16 | Danial Ashraf | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 12 | Al-Hafiz Harun | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 23 | Azwan Aripin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 28 | Wan Faiz | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 29 September 2021. Source: Soccerway

### Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 1 | Samuel Somerville | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | 88 | Bryan See | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Last updated: 29 September 2021. Source: Soccerway

### Summary

| Games played | 27 (22 Malaysia Super League), (5 Malaysia Cup) |
| Games won | 12 (12 Malaysia Super League) |
| Games drawn | 6 (5 Malaysia Super League), (1 Malaysia Cup) |
| Games lost | 9 (5 Malaysia Super League),(4 Malaysia Cup) |
| Goals scored | 39 (37 Malaysia Super League), (2 Malaysia Cup) |
| Goals conceded | 44 (30 Malaysia Super League), (14 Malaysia Cup) |
| Goal difference | -5 (+7 Malaysia Super League), (-12 Malaysia Cup) |
| Clean sheets | 6 (6 Malaysia Super League) |
| Yellow cards | 52 (44 Malaysia Super League) (8 Malaysia Cup) |
| Red cards | 3 (3 Malaysia Super League) |
| Most appearances | Sheriddin Boboev (27 appearances) |
| Top scorer | Casagrande (12 goals) |
| Winning Percentage | Overall: 12/27 (50.00%) |
Last updated: 7 November 2021. Source: Soccerway