2023 Penang F.C. season

Penang
2023 season
Chairman	Soon Lip Chee
Head coach	Manzoor Azwira
Stadium	City Stadium
Super League	On progress
Malaysia FA Cup	TBD
Malaysia Cup	TBD
Top goalscorer	League: Soony Saad (5); All: Soony Saad (7)

The 2023 season is Penang's 97th competitive season, 3rd season in the first tier of Malaysian football since promoted in 2020, 102nd year in existence as a football club, and the 3rd year since rebranded as Penang Football Club.[1] The season covers the period from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023.

Coaching Staffs

Position	Name[2]
Head Coach	Chong Yee Fatt
Assistant Head Coach 1	Manzoor Azwira
Assistant Head Coach 2	Md Noor Md Derus
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-23 Head Coach	Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli
U-23 Assistant Head Coach	Kamal Daut
U-23 Assistant Coach	Farkhis Fisol
U-23 Goalkeeping Coach	Azmirulkifli Haji Mohd Isa
U-23 Fitness Coach	Mohd Rozy Abdul Majid
U-23 Physiotherapist	Amirul Ehsan Mahrim
U-23 Kit Man	Mohd Hafiz
U-21 Team Head Coach	Wan Rohaimi
U-19 Team Head Coach	K. Mahendran

Transfers and contracts

Released

[3]

No.	Pos.	Name	To	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
10	FW	Hilal El-Helwe	Free agent	Mutual consent	20 October 2022	Free
2	DF	Ariff Ar-Rasyid	Kelantan United	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
4	DF	Sukri Hamid	Harini	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
7	FW	Lucas Silva	Sri Pahang	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
8	MF	Danial Ashraf	Kelantan	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
9	FW	Casagrande	Negeri Sembilan	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
11	DF	Jafri Firdaus Chew	Sabah	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
12	FW	Azim Rahim	Immigration	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
14	MF	Endrick	Johor Darul Ta'zim	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
18	MF	Tam Sheang Tsung	KL Rovers	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
19	DF	Thivandran Karnan	Melaka	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
20	MF	Rafiuddin Roddin	Bukit Tambun	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
24	DF	Syazwan Zaipol	Melaka	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
25	DF	Azzizan Nordin	Free agent	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
26	MF	T. Saravanan	Selangor	End of loan	1 December 2022	Free
28	GK	Hafizul Hakim	Harini	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
29	MF	Faizal Talib	Kedah Darul Aman	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
32	DF	Christian Rontini	Kelantan	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free
44	MF	Gopi Rizqi	KL Rovers	End of contract	1 December 2022	Free

1st Transfer Window

Pos.	Name	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
MF	Marcus Mah	PJ City	Transfer	December 2022	Free
MF	Nik Akif	Terengganu[4]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
FW	Nur Izzat	Sri Pahang	Transfer	December 2022	Free
DF	Faris Shah Rosli	Melaka United	Transfer	December 2022	Free
MF	Amer Azahar	Kedah Darul Aman	Transfer	December 2022	Free
MF	Rahmat Makasuf	Terengganu[5]	Loan	December 2022
DF	Ryu Yamaguchi	FC Malaga City Academy [6]	Transfer	December 2022
FW	Soony Saad	PT Prachuap[7]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
FW	Giovane Gomes	Caxias[8]	Transfer	December 2022
MF	Curt Dizon	United City	Transfer	December 2022
DF	Namathevan Arunasalam	Negeri Sembilan	Transfer	December 2022	Free
FW	Adriano	Melaka United[8]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
DF	Azmeer Aris	Kedah Darul Aman	Transfer	December 2022
GK	Azfar Arif	PJ City[9]	Transfer	December 2022
DF	Danish Haziq	Perak	Loan	December 2022
MF	Asnan Ahmad	Kedah Darul Aman[10]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
FW	Norshahmi Irfan Talaha	Kelatan United	Transfer	December 2022	Free
DF	Zaw Min Tun	Chonburi[11][12]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
MF	Hadin Azman	Kuala Lumpur City[10]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
DF	Ahn Sae-hee	Hoang Anh Gia Lai[13]	Transfer	December 2022	Free
MF	Ousmane Fané	Morecambe	Transfer	January 2023

Friendlies

14 January 2023 Friendly	Penang	3–0	Manjung City	Batu Kawan, Penang
20:45 UTC+8				Stadium: Penang State Stadium

24 January 2023 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	Penang	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
21:00 UTC+8	Shahrel 19'		Gomes 4' Adriano 45'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

28 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	0–1	Penang	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8			Hadin 90+5'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

1 February 2023 Piala Harapan 2023	Penang	4–0	Geylang International	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Azmeer 24' Rafael 28' Rahmat 34' Gomes 82'			Stadium: Penang State Stadium

4 February 2023 Piala Harapan 2023	Penang	2–1	Selangor	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Saad 74', 88'		Mukhairi 24'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 5,292 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

19 February 2023 Friendly	Penang	4–2	Bukit Tambun	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Penang State Stadium

14 May 2023 Friendly	Penang	5–2	Kedah	Batu Kawan, Penang
20:30 UTC+8	Soony 39' Adib 63' Adriano 68' Nur Izzat 86' Hadin 90+1'		Balotelli 21' Lee Tuck 74'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Negeri Sembilan	11	4	4	3	15	19	−4	16
8	Terengganu	11	4	2	5	15	15	0	14
9	Penang	11	4	2	5	16	17	−1	14
10	PDRM	11	3	1	7	8	17	−9	10
11	Perak	11	2	3	6	8	23	−15	9

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2023. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Result summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14	4	1	1	12	6	+6	0	1	3	4	10	−6

Last updated: 1 April 2023.
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	23	24	25	26
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A
Result	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	W	W	W
Position	7	7	9	11	13	9	10	10	8

Updated to match(es) played on 19 April 2023. Source: MFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

25 February 2023 1	Kuala Lumpur City	2–2	Penang	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	Josué 15', 72', 56' Morales 29' Kenny 31' Anwar 39'	Report	Rahmat 29' Namathevan 38' 57' Hadin 72' Gomes 85'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: 1291 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

1 March 2023 2	Penang	0–0	Negeri Sembilan	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Rahmat 45+2'	Report	Goulon 76'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

5 March 2023 3	Kelantan	2–0	Penang	Kota Bahru, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Akinade 22' Rontini 33' 66' Fazrul 36' Ghaffar 44' Afzal 88'	Report	Gomes 32' Saad 68' Namathevan 82' Faris 89'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 6,011 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

12 March 2023 4	Penang	1–2	Selangor	Georgetown, Penang
17:30 UTC+8	Rafael 87'	Report	del Valle 27' Zikri 61' Al-Rawabdeh 90', 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,919 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

17 March 2023 5	Sabah	5–2	Penang	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Park 3', 60' Lok 45' (pen.) Ting 49', 55' Paraiba 66' Wilkin 86' Rizal 90+12' (pen.)	Report	Saad 8' Khatul 41' Fané 47' Adriano 90+1' (pen.) Zaw 90+9'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 11,711 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

31 March 2023 6	Penang	3–1	Perak	Georgetown, Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Saad 6' Nik Akif 37' Gomes 84'	Report	Hafizal 57' Seo 71'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Kamil Zakaria

5 April 2023 7	Kedah Darul Aman	1–0	Penang	Alor Setar, Kedah
22:00 UTC+8	Juraboev 26' Afiq 34' 54' Ariff 37' Lira 65'	Report	Rafael 47' Faris 72'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 3,230 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

9 April 2023 8	Penang	4–2	PDRM	Georgetown, Penang
22:00 UTC+8	James 12' (o.g.) Saad 17', 69' Hadin 45+1' Nik Akif 53' Rahmat 90+3'	Report	Marcus 3', 20' Fadi 23' 40' Azmi 28' Norfiqrie 83'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,224 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

18 April 2023 9	Penang	2–0	Kelantan United	Georgetown, Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Azmeer 13' Nik Akif 48' Rafael 58' Khairul 80'	Report	Ariff 31' Fandi 69'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,630 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

28 April 2023 10	Penang	2–1	Kuching City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Khairul 45' Saad 51', 78'	Report	Kamara 23', 32' Alif 53' Jovanović 75' Adam 81'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,783 Referee: Mohamad Faizudin Bin Ismail

Malaysia FA Cup

8 March 2023 First Round	Kedah	2–2 (3–4 p)	Penang	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Lira 5' Ott 9', 90', 70' Juraboev 38' Lee Tuck 43'	Report	Rafael 5' Gomes 22' Saad 68' Adriano 76'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 13,768 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali Man of the Match: Shafiq Afifi
	Penalties
	Hidalgo Balotelli Lee Tuck Juraboev Ciger		Zaw Rafael Hadin Faris

15 April 2023 Second Round	Kuching City	0–4	Penang	Kuching, Sarawak
21:15 UTC+8	Rafiezan 13' Adam 81'	Report	Saad 10' Rafael 48' Hadin 65' Asnan 82' Gomes 90+5'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 315 Referee: Muhammad Nasruddin B Muhammad Tamrin

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Azfar Arif	5	0	1	0	6	0	0	0
3	DF	Zaw Min Tun	8(2)	0	1(1)	0	9(3)	0	1	0
6	DF	Khairul Akmal	2(2)	1	1(1)	0	3(3)	1	1	0
7	FW	Soony Saad	9(1)	5	2	2	11(1)	7	1	1
8	MF	Asnan Ahmad	5(2)	0	1(1)	0	6(3)	0	1	0
9	FW	Giovane Gomes	4(4)	2	2	2	6(4)	4	1	0
10	FW	Adriano	9(1)	1	2	0	11(1)	1	1	0
11	MF	Amer Azahar	1(2)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
12	DF	Danish Haziq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	1	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
17	DF	Rafael Vitor	10	2	2	1	12	3	2	0
18	FW	Marcus Mah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	Rahmat Makasuf	5(5)	1	1(1)	0	6(6)	0	2	0
21	DF	Ryu Yamaguchi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Khatul Anuar	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	MF	Faizat Ghazli	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
25	GK	Shafiq Afifi	4	0	1	0	5	0	0	0
26	DF	Namathevan Arunasalam	6(2)	0	2	0	8(2)	0	2	1
27	MF	Hadin Azman	5(3)	1	1(1)	1	6(4)	1	1	0
28	MF	Ousmane Fane	6	0	0(1)	0	6(1)	0	1	0
29	DF	Faris Shah Rosli	10	0	1(1)	0	11(1)	0	2	0
31	MF	Mohd Faiz Subri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Nur Izzat Che Awang	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0	0	0
33	MF	Nik Akif	6(4)	2	1(1)	0	7(5)	2	1	0
37	DF	Azmeer Aris	8(1)	0	1(1)	0	9(2)	0	1	0
46	MF	Adib Raop	3(4)	0	1	0	4(4)	0	0	0
66	MF	Zahril Azri	0(4)	0	1	0	1(4)	0	0	0
82	MF	Azrie Reza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	GK	Rendy Rining	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Alif Ikmalrizal	0(3)	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0
Left club during season
4	DF	An Sae-hee	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19	FW	Curt Dizon	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 11 May 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Soony Saad	5	2	0	7
2	FW	9	Giovane Gomes	2	2	0	4
3	DF	17	Rafael Vitor	2	1	0	3
4	MF	27	Hadin Azman	1	1	0	2
MF	33	Nik Akif	2	0	0	2
5	FW	10	Adriano	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Rahmat Makasuf	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Khairul Akmal Rokisham	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 28 April 2023.
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	FA Cup	Total
1	DF	29	Faris Shah Rosli	2	1	3
	MF	33	Nik Akif	2	1	3
	MF	10	Adriano	2	1	3
2	DF	26	Namathevan Arunasalam	1	1	2
2	MF	27	Hadin Azman	2	0	2
3	MF	8	Asnan Ahmad	0	1	1
3	MF	23	Faizat Ghazli	1	0	1

Last updated: 28 April 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	League	Fa Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	1	Azfar Arif	1	1	0	2
2	25	Shafiq Afifi	1	0	0	1

Summary

Games played	12 (10 Malaysia Super League), (2 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Games won	6 (4 Malaysia Super League), (2 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Games drawn	2 (2 Malaysia Super League), (0 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Games lost	4 (4 Malaysia Super League), (0 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Goals scored	22 (16 Malaysia Super League), (6 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Goals conceded	18 (16 Malaysia Super League), (2 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Goal difference	4 (0 Malaysia Super League), (+4 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup)
Clean sheets	3 (1 Malaysia Super League), (1 Malaysia FA Cup)
Yellow cards	19 (16 Malaysia Super League) (3 Malaysia FA Cup)
Red cards	2 (2 Malaysia Super League)
Most appearances
Top scorer
Winning Percentage	Overall:

Last updated: 19 April 2023.
Source: Soccerway

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