2023 Sabah F.C. season

Sabah
2023 season
Owner	Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd
CEO	Ahmad Marzuki Nasir
Manager	Ong Kim Swee
Stadium	Likas Stadium
Malaysia Super League	4th
Malaysia FA Cup	Quarter Finals
Malaysia Cup	To be determined
AFC Cup	To be determined
Top goalscorer	League: ; 5 goals; Park Tae-Soo; All: ; 5 goals; Park Tae-Soo
Highest home attendance	14,444 vs Selangor[1]
Lowest home attendance	5,210 vs Kelantan[2]
Average home league attendance	11,305 (League); 4,500 (FA Cup)
Biggest win	Sabah 6–1 Kelantan[2]
Biggest defeat	Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–0 Sabah[3]

The 2023 season is Sabah's eighth competitive season in the highest tier of Malaysian football since the foundation of Malaysia Super League in 2004, and the club's fourth consecutive in the Malaysia Super League.

Squad

As of 18 February 2023

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	Ramzi Mustakim
3	DF	MAS	Rawilson Batuil
4	DF	BRA	Gabriel Peres
5	DF	MAS	Daniel Ting
6	DF	KOR	Park Tae-Soo
7	MF	MAS	Baddrol Bakhtiar (captain)
8	FW	MAS	Farhan Roslan
10	MF	POR	Telmo Castanheira
11	FW	MAS	Jafri Firdaus Chew
12	FW	MAS	Kumaahran Sathasivam
13	DF	MAS	Dinesh Rajasingam
14	DF	MAS	Hanafie Tokyo
15	DF	MAS	Rizal Ghazali
17	FW	MAS	Amri Yahyah
19	GK	MAS	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
20	MF	MAS	Gary Steven Robbat
21	MF	MAS	Danial Haqim


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	MF	MAS	Stuart Wilkin
23	FW	MAS	Rahman Shah
24	GK	MAS	Mohd Sakri
27	MF	KOR	Ko Kwang-min
28	FW	MAS	Darren Lok
29	MF	MAS	Ummareng Bacok
31	GK	MAS	Damien Lim
33	DF	MAS	Dominic Tan
67	FW	IDN	Saddil Ramdani
71	DF	MAS	Irfan Zakaria
77	FW	BRA	Jailton Paraiba
78	FW	MAS	Dirga Surdi
88	FW	MAS	Maxsius Musa
91	MF	MAS	Irfan Fazail
—	FW	MAS	Sahrizan Saidin
—	FW	MAS	Azhad Harraz
—	GK	MAS	Joslan Aping

Transfers

Players in

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	From
DF	Gabriel Peres	Grêmio Esportivo Brasil
FW	Jaílton Paraíba	Qingdao Youth Island
MF	Ko Kwang-min	FC Seoul
MF	Danial Haqim	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
FW	Darren Lok	Petaling Jaya City
DF	Dinesh Rajasingam	Selangor
DF	Irfan Zakaria	Kuala Lumpur City
FW	Jafri Firdaus Chew	Penang
GK	Joslan Aping	PDRM
FW	Kumaahran Sathasivam	Petaling Jaya City
DF	Randy Baruh	Perak
MF	Stuart Wilkin	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
FW	Jacob Njoku	Kelantan United
MF	Telmo Castanheira	ÍBV

Players out

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	To
DF	Jackson	Free Agent
FW	José Embaló	Free Agent
FW	Taiki Kagayama	Free Agent
DF	Badrul Affendy	Kuching City[4]
DF	Nazirul Naim	Kuala Lumpur City[5]
FW	Thanabalan Nadarajah	Harini
MF	Tommy Mawat Bada	Negeri Sembilan[6]

Mid-season

Pos.	Player	To
FW	Jacob Njoku	Free Agent

Loans in

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	From
DF	Daniel Ting	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Loans out

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	To
DF	Gerald Gadit	Kelantan

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

Pre-Season Friendlies

11 February 2023	Sabah	6–0	Geylang International	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Peres 9' Ting 13' Lok 62' (pen.) Saddil 67' Amri 76', 90+1'			Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 5,438

15 February 2023	Sabah	4–0	Melaka	Kota Kinabalu
19:45 MYT	Njoku 26' Castanheira 39' Wilkin 43' Paraíba 90+1'			Stadium: Likas Stadium

18 February 2023	Sabah	3–0	Tampines Rovers	Kota Kinabalu
19:45 MYT	Peres 4' (pen.) Saddil 26' Lok 63'			Stadium: Likas Stadium

Competitions

Overview

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	25 February 2023		Matchday 1	10	6	2	2	24	14	+10	060.00
FA Cup	15 April 2023		Round of 16	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Malaysia Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
AFC Cup				0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—
Total				11	7	2	2	26	14	+12	063.64

Last updated: 27 April 2023
Source: FAM-CMS

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sri Pahang	10	6	4	0	17	7	+10	22	Qualification for 2024-25 AFC Cup
4	Kedah Darul Aman	11	7	1	3	22	15	+7	22
5	Sabah	11	6	3	2	26	16	+10	21
6	Negeri Sembilan	11	4	4	3	15	19	−4	16
7	Kuala Lumpur City	10	4	3	3	15	14	+1	15

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

Results 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	6	2	2	24	14	+10	20	5	0	0	20	5	+15	1	2	2	4	9	−5

Source: FAM-CMS

Results by round

Round	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	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4

Source: FAM
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed

Fixtures and Results

Win Draw Loss

25 February 2023 1	Sabah	4–0	PDRM	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Saddil 13', 71' Ting 18' Park 37' Park 58' Rizal 62' Wilkin 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,602 Referee: Muhammad Usaid bin Jamal Man of the Match: Park Tae-Soo (Sabah)

1 March 2023 2	Sabah	3–1	Kelantan United	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Lok 21' (pen.) Park 26' Saddil 43' Castanheira 46' Jailton 51'	Report	Latiff 24' Yan Victor 45+2' Indra Putra 90+2'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,558 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah Man of the Match: Telmo Castanheira (Sabah)

6 March 2023 3	Kuching City	1–2	Sabah	Kuching
20:15 MYT	Badrul Afendy 5' Kamara 45+2' Kamara 48'		Saddil 24' Park 44' Castanheira 58'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli Man of the Match: Telmo Castanheira (Sabah)

12 March 2023 4	Sri Pahang	1–1	Sabah	Kuantan
20:15 MYT	Sherman 26' Brundo 83'	Report	Ting 14' I. Zakaria 45+1'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 10,027 Referee: Noor Azriel bin Baharudin Man of the Match: Fadhli Shas (Sri Pahang)

17 March 2023 5	Sabah	5–2	Penang	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Park 3', 60' Lok 45' (pen.) Ting 49' Ting 55' Saddil 64' Jailton 66' Wilkin 86' Rizal 90+12' (pen.)	Report	Saad 8' Khatul 41' Fane 47' Adriano 90+1' (pen.) Zaw 90+9'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 11,711 Referee: Zulkarnain bin Zakaria Man of the Match: Park Tae-Soo (Sabah)

31 March 2023 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–0	Sabah	Iskandar Puteri
22:00 MYT	Davies 19' Arif 20' Muñiz 39' Syahmi 81' Forestieri 89'	Report	Park 42'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 19,836 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi bin Nasaruddin Man of the Match: Fernando Forestieri (Johor Darul Ta'zim)

5 April 2023 20 7	Kuala Lumpur City	2–0	Sabah	Cheras
22:00 MYT	Saravanan 15' Faudzi 45+3' D. Lambert 65' Giannelli 90+4' Giannelli 90+5'	Report	Wilkin 43' Peres 45+1' Tan 58'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 1,194 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

10 April 2023 8	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Sabah	Seremban
22:00 MYT	Tommy 21' Zainal 27' Safuwan 69' Casagrande 77' Hafiz 90+1'	Report	Park 57' Saddil 71' Park 76'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,738 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

19 April 2023 9	Sabah	6–1	Kelantan	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Ting 4', 11' Rizal 32' Castanheira 40' Tan 48' Baddrol 61' Wilkin 75' Castanheira 90+2'	Report	Cifu 46' Nuha 40' Arqués 53' Arip 87'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi bin Katimin Man of the Match: Daniel Ting (Sabah)

27 April 2023 23 10	Sabah	2–1	Selangor	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Rizal 6' Saddil 24' (pen.) Baddrol 66'	Report	Yazan 43' Faizal 52' Fazly 75' Aliff 90+5'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 14,444 Referee: Mohd Hasrol bin Mohd Amir Man of the Match: Baddrol Bakhtiar (Sabah)

19 May 2023 11	Sabah	v	Terengganu	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT				Stadium: Likas Stadium

23 May 2023 12	Sabah	v	Perak	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT				Stadium: Likas Stadium

2 June 2023 13	Kedah Darul Aman	v	Sabah	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT				Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium

8 June 2023 14	PDRM	v	Sabah	Petaling Jaya
				Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

26 June 2023 15	Kelantan United	v	Sabah	Kota Bharu
				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

8 July 2023 16	Sabah	v	Kuching City	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

15 July 2023 17	Sabah	v	Sri Pahang	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

30 July 2023 18	Penang	v	Sabah	George Town
				Stadium: City Stadium

9 August 2023 19	Sabah	v	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

13 August 2023 7 20	Sabah	v	Kuala Lumpur City	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

26 August 2023 21	Sabah	v	Negeri Sembilan	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

29 September 2023 22	Kelantan	v	Sabah	Kota Bharu
				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

29 October 2023 10 23	Selangor	v	Sabah	Petaling Jaya
				Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

24 November 2023 24

Terengganu

v

Sabah

3 December 2023 25	Perak	v	Sabah	Ipoh
				Stadium: Perak Stadium

17 December 2023 26	Sabah	v	Kedah Darul Aman	Kota Kinabalu
				Stadium: Likas Stadium

FA Cup

Fixtures and Results

Win Draw Loss

15 April 2023 Round of 16	Sabah	2–0	Kelantan United	Kota Kinabalu
21:15 MYT	Baddrol 13' Wilkin 59'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: S. Logeswaran Man of the Match: Rizal Ghazali (Sabah)

28 May 2023 Quarter Final	Sabah	v	Kuala Lumpur City	Kota Kinabalu
17:45 MYT				Stadium: Likas Stadium

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Super League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		AFC Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Ramzi Mustakim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Rawilson Batuil	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF		Gabriel Peres	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Daniel Ting	9	4	8	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Park Tae-Soo	10	5	9	5	1	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF		Baddrol Bakhtiar	8	3	7	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
8	FW		Farhan Roslan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF		Telmo Castanheira	8	3	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW		Jafri Firdaus Chew	6	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
12	FW		Kumaahran Sathasivam	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Dinesh Rajasingam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	DF		Hanafie Tokyo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Rizal Ghazali	10	1	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW		Amri Yahyah	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK		Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	7	0	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF		Gary Steven Robbat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF		Danial Haqim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF		Stuart Wilkin	11	3	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	FW		Rahman Shah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK		Mohd Sakri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF		Ko Kwang-min	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
28	FW		Darren Lok	11	2	10	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF		Ummareng Bacok	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	GK		Damien Lim	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF		Dominic Tan	11	1	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
67	FW		Saddil Ramdani	10	4	9	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
71	DF		Irfan Zakaria	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW		Jailton Paraiba	11	0	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
78	FW		Dirga Surdi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	FW		Maxsius Musa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	MF		Irfan Fazail	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Sahrizan Saidin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Azhad Harraz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	GK		Joslan Aping	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	FW		Jacob Njoku (Transfered Out)	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 May 2023
Source: FAM

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name						Notes
N	P	Nat.	Name	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	AFC Cup	Total	Notes
1	GK		Ramzi Mustakim
3	DF		Rawilson Batuil
4	DF		Gabriel Peres	1				1
5	DF		Daniel Ting	2				2
6	DF		Park Tae-Soo	4				4
7	MF		Baddrol Bakhtiar
8	FW		Farhan Roslan
10	MF		Telmo Castanheira	1				1
11	FW		Jafri Firdaus Chew
12	FW		Kumaahran Sathasivam
13	DF		Dinesh Rajasingam
14	DF		Hanafie Tokyo
15	DF		Rizal Ghazali	3				3
17	FW		Amri Yahyah
19	GK		Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
20	MF		Gary Steven Robbat
21	MF		Danial Haqim
22	MF		Stuart Wilkin	2				2
23	FW		Rahman Shah
25	GK		Mohd Sakri
27	MF		Ko Kwang-min
28	FW		Darren Lok
29	MF		Ummareng Bacok
31	GK		Damien Lim
33	DF		Dominic Tan	1				1
67	FW		Saddil Ramdani	3				3
71	DF		Irfan Zakaria	1				1
77	FW		Jailton Paraiba	2				2
78	FW		Dirga Surdi
88	FW		Maxsius Musa
91	MF		Irfan Fazail
	FW		Sahrizan Saidin
	FW		Azhad Harraz
	GK		Joslan Aping
	FW		Jacob Njoku (Transfered Out)						[7]

Last updated: 3 May 2023
Source: FAM
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Goals

As of 27 April 2023

Rank	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Total[8]
1	Park Tae-Soo	5	0	5
2	Daniel Ting	4	0	4
2	Saddil Ramdani	4	0	4
3	Baddrol Bakhtiar	2	1	3
	Stuart Wilkin	2	1
	Telmo Castanheira	3	0
6	Darren Lok	2	0	2
8	Rizal Ghazali	1	0	1
8	Dominic Tan	1	0	1
Total		24	2	26

Clean sheets

As of 27 April 2023

Rank	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	AFC Cup	Total
1	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	1	1	0	0	2
Total		1	1	0	0	2

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