2023 Penang F.C. season

Penang
2023 season
Chairman	Soon Lip Chee; (until 16 August); Daniel Gooi; (from 16 August)
Head coach	Chong Yee Fatt; (from 28 February to 30 March); Manzoor Azwira; (from 30 March to 3 August); Chong Yee Fatt; (from 3 August to 7 November); Akmal Rizal; (caretaker, from 7 November)
Stadium	City Stadium
Super League	10th
Malaysia FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Round of 16
MFL Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Soony Saad (6); All: Soony Saad (10)
Highest home attendance	6051 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim, Super League, 4 June 2023
Lowest home attendance	212 vs PDRM, MFL Challenge Cup, 21 October 2023
Average home league attendance	2568
Biggest win	4–0 vs Kuching City, FA Cup, 15 April 2023
Biggest defeat	0–8 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim, Super League, 16 December 2023
	← 2022 2024–25 →

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

Players

First-team squad

As of 4 August 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	Azfar Arif
2	DF	MAS	Haziq Puad (on loan from Perak)
3	DF	MYA	Zaw Min Tun
6	DF	MAS	Khairul Akmal
7	FW	LBN	Soony Saad
8	MF	MAS	Asnan Ahmad
9	FW	MAS	Kogileswaran Raj
10	FW	BRA	Adriano Narcizo
11	FW	MAS	Amer Azahar
12	DF	MAS	Danish Haziq (on loan from Perak)
15	DF	MAS	Fairuz Zakaria
17	DF	BRA	Rafael Vitor (captain)
19	MF	MAS	Al-Hafiz Harun (on loan from Kedah Darul Aman)
20	FW	MAS	Rahmat Makasuf (on loan from Terengganu)
21	DF	JPN	Ryu Yamaguchi
22	GK	MAS	Khatul Anuar


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	GK	MAS	Shafiq Afifi
26	DF	MAS	Namathevan Arunasalam
27	MF	MAS	Hadin Azman
28	MF	FRA	Ousmane Fane
29	DF	MAS	Faris Shah
32	FW	MAS	Nur Izzat
33	MF	MAS	Nik Akif
37	DF	MAS	Azmeer Aris
46	DF	MAS	Adib Raop
66	MF	MAS	Zahril Azri (on loan from Selangor)
72	FW	IRL	Abdul Abdeen Temitope
82	MF	MAS	Azrie Reza
—	MF	MAS	Faiz Mazlan

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	MAS	Marcus Mah (on loan to Bukit Tambun until 30 November 2023)

Under-23s

As of 2 March 2023^[3]

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	Wahiey Amir
3	DF	MAS	Aikmal Roslan
4	DF	MAS	Thinusean Pillai
5	DF	MAS	Zarif Syamil
6	MF	MAS	Izzat Zikri
7	MF	MAS	Shafi Azswad
8	MF	MAS	Adib Haqimi
9	MF	MAS	Daniel Irfan
10	MF	MAS	Aidil Danial
11	MF	MAS	Ilhan Hakim
12	MF	MAS	Khariul Ikram
13	MF	MAS	Syamel Idzham
14	DF	MAS	Haleif Hazreil
15	DF	MAS	Iman Rafaei
16	FW	MAS	Alif Ikmalrizal
17	FW	MAS	Haziq Kutty Abba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	MAS	Idrzuwan Daud
19	DF	MAS	Mujibur Rahman
20	MF	MAS	Shahmi Irfan Talaha
21	MF	MAS	Amirul Irfan
22	GK	MAS	Ashriq Izzat
23	DF	MAS	Aidil Azuan
24	MF	MAS	Adam Iskandar
25	MF	MAS	Akid Aiman
26	DF	MAS	Syameer Zamri
27	MF	MAS	Hazwan Hassan
28	DF	MAS	Dhia Ramadhan
29	FW	MAS	Amirul Ashrafiq
30	GK	MAS	Haziq Mukriz
33	FW	MAS	Hasri Firzan

Development squads

For further information: Penang F.C. Reserves

Transfers and contracts

In

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	Free

2nd Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
2	DF	Haziq Puad	Perak	Loan	July 2023
19	MF	Al-Hafiz Harun	Kedah Darul Aman	Loan	July 2023
9	FW	Kogileswaran Raj	Chungbuk Cheongju	Transfer	July 2023	Free
72	FW	Abdul Abdeen Temitope	KF Skënderbeu Korçë	Transfer	July 2023	Free

Released

^[14]

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
4	DF	An Sae-hee	Free agent	Mutual consent	May 2023	Free
19	FW	Curt Dizon	Free agent	Mutual consent	May 2023	Free
88	GK	Rendy Rining	Free agent	Mutual consent	June 2023	Free
9	FW	Giovane Gomes	Free agent	Mutual consent	July 2023	Free	-	23	MF	Faizat Ghazli	Free agent	Mutual consent	August 2023	Free

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 v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	PDRM	26	11	4	11	35	37	−2	37
9	Negeri Sembilan	26	6	9	11	33	49	−16	27
10	Penang	26	6	6	14	29	50	−21	24
11	Perak	26	6	4	16	25	55	−30	22
12	Kelantan United	26	4	5	17	29	65	−36	17

Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 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
26	6	6	14	29	50	−21	24	6	3	4	23	19	+4	0	3	10	6	31	−25

Last updated: 18 December 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	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	L	D	W	D	L
Position	7	7	9	11	13	9	10	10	8	7	9	9	10	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 18 December 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: 1,291 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Bin 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

20 May 2023 11	Sri Pahang	1–0	Penang	Kuantan, Pahang
17:15 UTC+8	Sherman 48' (pen.) Fadhli 54' Baqiuddin 78'	Report	Fané 38' Nik Akif 85'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 3,196 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Bin Mohd Amir

24 May 2023 12	Terengganu	1–0	Penang	Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Shakir 74'	Report	Fané 36'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 3,300 Referee: Mohd Fusser Bin Mad Sallih

4 June 2023 13	Penang	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Zahril 8' Rafael 45+1' Namathevan 81' Azmeer 84'	Report	Leandro 17' Corbin-Ong 19' Afiq 45' Bergson 45+1' Hong Wan 78' Forestieri 85' Juan 87'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 6,051 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

8 June 2023 14	Penang	1–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Zahril 36' Gomes 45+1' Adib 47' Rahmat 90+3' 90+5'	Report	Tchétché 7' Kenny 20' Zhafri 45+3' Avanzini 77' Gallifuoco 79' Lambert 90+5'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,455 Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi Bin Katimin

27 June 2023 15	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Penang	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
21:00 UTC+8	Filemon 25' Tommy 88', 90+1'	Report	Gomes 49'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 998 Referee: Abang Azharudin Abdullah

8 July 2023 16	Penang	4–3	Kelantan	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Hadin 19', 38' Rafael 41' Faris 73' Alif 83'	Report	Harith 10', 46' Arip 38' Natanael 45+3' Afzal 48'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,395 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

16 July 2023 17	Selangor	3–0	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Al-Rawabdeh 29' Alex 39' Khuzaimi 42' Boakye 59' Faisal 79' Safuwan 82'	Report	Nik Akif 61'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 6,245 Referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli

30 July 2023 18	Penang	1–2	Sabah	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Irfan 9' Ting 30' Ramon 45+1' Gary 59'	Report	Hadin 41' Fané 59' Alif 76' Haziq 79'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Kamil Zakaria

11 August 2023 19	Perak	3–1	Penang	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Guaycochea 5' Zack 23' Afolabi 37' Seo 75'	Report	Alif 74' Haziq 84' Faris 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,864 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Bin Mohd Amir

22 August 2023 20	Penang	1–2	Kedah Darul Aman	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Abdeen 28' Saad 32' Adib 38' 77' Zaw 53' Kogi 70'	Report	Fadzrul 7' Moses 36', 90+5' Hidalgo 38' Ariff 70'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,924 Referee: S. Logeswaran

27 August 2023 21	PDRM	3–0	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
17:15 UTC+8	James 9', 75' Aliff 25' Fané 36' (o.g.) Fadi 60' Bruno 90+3'	Report	Haziq 18' Zaw 64'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 160 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

1 October 2023 22	Kelantan United	1–0	Penang	Kota Bahru, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Dominik 67', 87'	Report	Faris 61'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 351 Referee: Muhammad Shukor Bin Zulkiflee

28 October 2023 23	Kuching City	0–0	Penang	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Azri 19'	Report	Azrie 62'	Stadium: Sarawak Stadium Attendance: 387 Referee: Fitri Bin Maskon

26 November 2023 24	Penang	3-2	Sri Pahang	Georgetown, Penang
17:30 UTC+8	Abdeen 25', 64' Izzat 70', 71'	Report	Rafael 20' Fadhli 42' Syazwan 62'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 927 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

5 December 2023 25	Penang	1–1	Terengganu	Georgetown, Penang
20:15 UTC+8	Fairuz 45+5' Khairul 83' Rafael 90+10' (pen.), 90+10'	Report	Shahrul 15' Azam 55' Syahmi 66'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,348 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Bin Mat Desa

16 December 2023 26	Johor Darul Ta'zim	8–0	Penang	Iskandar Puteri, Johor
17:30 UTC+8	Arif 5', 47', 52', 90+6' (pen.) Bergson 17', 33' (pen.) Akhyar 41' Heberty 43', 59' Matthew 64' Feroz 79'	Report	Aikmal 27' Namathevan 39' Khairul 49' Adib 85' Abdeen 86'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 33,169 Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

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

28 May 2023 Quarter-finals	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Penang	Iskandar Puteri, Johor
20:15 UTC+8	Fané 32' (o.g.) Amat 38' Arif 49' (pen.) Endrick 51' Corbin-Ong 58', 63' Syafiq 90+2'	Report	Faris 50' Asnan 87'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 14,779 Referee: Ahmas Zuhadi Dzulkifli

Malaysia Cup

3 August 2023 Round of 16 1st leg	Penang	0–4	Kuala Lumpur City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Fané 35' Rafael 38' Namathevan 86'	Report	Tchétché 4', 26' Zhafri 31' Avanzini 55' Kevin 72' Lambert 82' Romel 84' Haqimi 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,201 Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi Bin Katimin

18 August 2023 Round of 16 2nd leg	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0 (5–0 agg.)	Penang	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
20:15 UTC+8	Gallifuoco 15' Avanzini 43' Akram 55' Tchétché 70'	Report	Adib 32' Haziq 45+2' Abdeen 55'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: 570 Referee: Mohd Fusser Bin Mad Sallih

MFL Challenge Cup

19 September 2023 Quarter-finals 1st leg	Penang	2–1	Harini F.C.	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Khairul 27' Hadin 85' Saad 90+5' Rafael 90+5'	Report	Reuben 30' Durrkeswaran 39' Fikri 85' Kugan 88'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 435 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Bin Mat Desa

6 October 2023 Quarter-finals 2nd leg	Harini F.C.	2–3 (3–5 agg.)	Penang	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Badrul 5' Khyril 90+4' Prabakaran 120'	Report	Alif 42', 101' Rafael 50' Khairul 62' Asnan 64' Azfar 83' Adib 87' Saad 118'	Stadium: Selayang Municipal Council Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Amiruddin Lantji

21 October 2023 Semi-finals 1st leg	Penang	1–2	PDRM	Georgetown, Penang
17:15 UTC+8	Adriano 61'	Report	Amir 19' Fakhrul 76'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 212 Referee: Abang Azharudin Abdullah

5 November 2023 Semi-finals 2nd leg	PDRM	2–0 (4–1 agg.)	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Agba 59', 82' Fakhrul 63'	Report	Khairul 72' Azmeer 80' Kogi 90'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 474 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Bin Jamal

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Challenge Cup		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Azfar Arif	15(1)	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	21(1)	0	0	0
2	DF	Haziq Puad	4(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0(1)	0	6(2)	0	4	0
3	DF	Zaw Min Tun	14(4)	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	3	0	19(6)	0	3	0
6	DF	Khairul Akmal	9(3)	1	2(1)	0	0	0	3	0	14(4)	1	6	0
7	FW	Soony Saad	18(1)	6	3	2	1	0	3	2	25(1)	10	1	1
8	MF	Asnan Ahmad	12(7)	0	1(2)	0	1	0	2	0	16(9)	0	3	0
9	FW	Kogileswaran Raj	2(4)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	3(1)	0	5(6)	0	2	0
10	FW	Adriano	17(6)	1	3	0	1(1)	0	3	1	24(7)	1	1	0
11	MF	Amer Azahar	3(6)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	3(8)	0	0	0
12	DF	Danish Haziq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	3	0	0(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	4(2)	0	0	0
17	DF	Rafael Vitor	25	4	3	1	1(1)	0	4	1	33(1)	6	6	0
18	FW	Marcus Mah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Al-Hafiz Harun	5(2)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	4	0	10(3)	0	0	0
20	FW	Rahmat Makasuf	9(10)	1	1(2)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	10(14)	0	3	1
21	DF	Ryu Yamaguchi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
22	GK	Khatul Anuar	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
25	GK	Shafiq Afifi	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	0
26	DF	Namathevan Arunasalam	13(7)	0	2(1)	0	1	0	0(2)	0	16(10)	0	5	1
27	MF	Hadin Azman	9(8)	3	2(1)	1	1	0	0(1)	1	12(10)	5	2	0
28	MF	Ousmane Fane	16(1)	0	1(1)	0	2	0	1(3)	0	20(5)	0	5	0
29	DF	Faris Shah Rosli	19(1)	0	2(1)	0	1	0	3(1)	0	25(3)	0	6	0
30	MF	Shafi Azswad^[a]	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
31	DF	Aikmal Roslan^[a]	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1	0
32	MF	Nur Izzat Che Awang	1(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(2)	0	0	0
33	MF	Nik Akif	18(5)	2	2(1)	0	2	0	0(1)	0	22(7)	2	3	0
37	DF	Azmeer Aris	13(8)	0	2(1)	0	0(1)	0	0(3)	0	15(13)	0	3	0
46	DF	Adib Raop	15(6)	0	2	0	2	0	3(1)	0	21(7)	0	5	1
66	MF	Zahril Azri	4(8)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	5(9)	0	2	0
68	DF	Iman Rafaei^[a]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
71	MF	Haziq Kutty Abba^[a]	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	6(1)	0	0	0
72	FW	Abdul Abdeen Temitope	8	2	0	0	2	0	0(2)	0	10(2)	2	3	0
80	MF	Izzat Zikri^[a]	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0
82	MF	Azrie Reza	3(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4(1)	0	1	0
88	GK	Haziq Mukriz^[a]	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
99	FW	Alif Ikmalrizal^[a]	2(11)	3	0	0	0(1)	0	4	1	6(12)	4	1	0
Left club during season
4	DF	An Sae-hee	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	Giovane Gomes	8(5)	4	2(1)	2	0	0	0	0	10(6)	6	1	0
19	FW	Curt Dizon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	Faizat Ghazli	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
88	GK	Rendy Rining	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g U23 player

Last updated: 18 December 2023.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Challenge Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Soony Saad	6	2	2	10
2	FW	9	Giovane Gomes	4	2	0	6
3	DF	17	Rafael Vitor	4	1	1	6
4	MF	27	Hadin Azman	3	1	1	5
5	FW	99	Alif Ikmalrizal	3	0	1	4
6	FW	10	Adriano	1	0	1	2
	MF	33	Nik Akif	2	0	0	2
	FW	72	Abdul Abdeen Temitope	2	0	0	2
7	DF	6	Khairul Akmal Rokisham	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Rahmat Makasuf	1	0	0	1
	MF	80	Izzat Zikri	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 5 December 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	Challenge Cup	Total
1	MF	10	Adriano	3	1	0	4
1	MF	33	Nik Akif	3	1	0	4
2	MF	27	Hadin Azman	3	0	0	3
	DF	29	Faris Shah Rosli	1	1	1	3
	DF	46	Adib Raop	2	0	1	3
3	DF	26	Namathevan Arunasalam	1	1	0	2
4	FW	9	Kogileswaran Raj	0	0	1	1
	MF	19	Al-Hafiz Harun	1	0	0	1
	FW	20	Rahmat Makasuf	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Faizat Ghazli	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 1 December 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
1	25	Shafiq Afifi	2	0	0	2

Summary

Games played	35 (26 Malaysia Super League), (3 Malaysia FA Cup), (2 Malaysia Cup), (4 MFL Challenge Cup)
Games won	10 (6 Malaysia Super League), (2 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup), (2 MFL Challenge Cup)
Games drawn	6 (6 Malaysia Super League), (0 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup), (0 MFL Challenge Cup)
Games lost	19 (14 Malaysia Super League), (1 Malaysia FA Cup), (2 Malaysia Cup), (2 MFL Challenge Cup)
Goals scored	41 (29 Malaysia Super League), (6 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup), (6 MFL Challenge Cup)
Goals conceded	69 (50 Malaysia Super League), (7 Malaysia FA Cup), (5 Malaysia Cup), (7 MFL Challenge Cup)
Goal difference	-28 (-21 Malaysia Super League), (-1 Malaysia FA Cup), (-5 Malaysia Cup), (-1 MFL Challenge Cup)
Clean sheets	4 (3 Malaysia Super League), (1 Malaysia FA Cup), (0 Malaysia Cup), (0 MFL Challenge Cup)
Yellow cards	71 (50 Malaysia Super League) (5 Malaysia FA Cup), (6 Malaysia Cup), (10 MFL Challenge Cup)
Red cards	4 (4 Malaysia Super League)
Most appearances	Rafael Vitor (34 appearances)
Top scorer	Soony Saad (10 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 10/35 (28.57%)

Last updated: 18 December 2023.
Source: Soccerway

References

^ "New name for Penang football team". Buletin Mutiara. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Penang FC Team Officials". FAM - CMS. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Penang U23 – Team Player". FAM - CMS. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
^ "Nik Akif Perkuat Penang Musim 2023". Makan Bola. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Penang FC Pinjam Rahmat Makasuf Untuk Hadapi Liga Malaysia 2023". Sukanz. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Penang Sambar Khidmat Pemain Kacukan Malaysia-Jepun, Ryu Yamaguchi". Vocket FC. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ "Penyerang import dari Lubnan perkuat Penang FC". Stadium Astro. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Penang Ikat Gomes & Adriano – Bekas Penyerang Import Melaka United". Sukanz. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
^ "Cabaran Besar Azfar Arif Untuk Rebut Minit Permainan Bersama Penang". Semuanya Bola. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Hadin, Asnan milik Penang FC". Malaysia Gazette. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Bek Tengah Myanmar Perkuat Penang FC". Makan Bola. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Kapten Myanmar, Zaw Min Tun Pemain Import Keenam Diikat Penang FC". Sukanz. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
^ "Penang FC Sambar Bek Tengah Korea". Makan Bola. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
^ "Penang FC gugurkan 13 pemain". Flash Sukan. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[U23-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g U23 player

[1] "New name for Penang football team". Buletin Mutiara. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[2] "Penang FC Team Officials". FAM - CMS. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[3] "Penang U23 – Team Player". FAM - CMS. Retrieved 2 March 2023.

[4] "Nik Akif Perkuat Penang Musim 2023". Makan Bola. 17 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[5] "Penang FC Pinjam Rahmat Makasuf Untuk Hadapi Liga Malaysia 2023". Sukanz. 21 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[6] "Penang Sambar Khidmat Pemain Kacukan Malaysia-Jepun, Ryu Yamaguchi". Vocket FC. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[7] "Penyerang import dari Lubnan perkuat Penang FC". Stadium Astro. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.

[PNG-8] "Penang Ikat Gomes & Adriano – Bekas Penyerang Import Melaka United". Sukanz. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2023.

[9] "Cabaran Besar Azfar Arif Untuk Rebut Minit Permainan Bersama Penang". Semuanya Bola. 16 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[PEN-10] "Hadin, Asnan milik Penang FC". Malaysia Gazette. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[11] "Bek Tengah Myanmar Perkuat Penang FC". Makan Bola. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[12] "Kapten Myanmar, Zaw Min Tun Pemain Import Keenam Diikat Penang FC". Sukanz. 30 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

[13] "Penang FC Sambar Bek Tengah Korea". Makan Bola. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 1 January 2023.

[14] "Penang FC gugurkan 13 pemain". Flash Sukan. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.

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