2019 Selangor FA season

FA Selangor

2019 season
President	Tengku Amir Shah
Manager	Abdul Rauf Ahmad
Head coach	B. Sathianathan
Stadium	Shah Alam Stadium
Super League	3rd
FA Cup	Third Round
Malaysia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: (12 goals) Ifedayo Olusegun All: (16 goals) Ifedayo Olusegun
Highest home attendance	65,317 Malaysia Cup Selangor vs. Johor Darul Ta'zim (26 October 2019)
Lowest home attendance	1,422 Super League Selangor vs. Kuala Lumpur (15 June 2019)
Average home league attendance	6,960
Biggest win	3–0 v Kelantan (A) (2 April 2019) FA Cup 5–2 v Pahang (H) (25 June 2019) Super League 3–0 v Petaling Jaya City (H) (13 July 2019) Super League
Biggest defeat	0–4 v PKNS (H) (17 February 2019) Super League
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2019 Selangor FA Season was Selangor FA's 14th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.

The season began on 3 February 2019. The team participated in two domestic cups, the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

(Squad build and first transfers)

On 1 November 2018, Azamuddin Akil announced that he would be leaving after Selangor had not renewed his contract.^[1][2]

On 7 November 2018, Selangor announced the transfers of Syazwan Zainon from Kedah.^[3][4]

On 23 November 2018, B. Sathianathan was officially announced as Selangor's new coach for the upcoming season.^[5][6][7] He appeared for his first press conference in front of the media on that day.^{[8][9][10][11]}

On 28 November, Selangor announced that six players, Joseph Kalang Tie, Norazlan Razali, Shahrul Igwan, Razman Roslan, Fairuz Abdul Aziz and Halim Zainal will be leaving the club after their contract would not be renewed for the upcoming season.^[12][13]

On 30 November, Selangor agreed a contract extension of eight players, Tamil Maran, Haziq Ridwan, Ashmawi Yakin, Amirul Haziq, Syukri Azman, A. Namathevan, K. Kannan, and Amirul Ashraf, keeping them at the club for one more years.^[14][15] The next day, Azizul Baharuddin, K. Sarkunan, D. Kugan and Faizzudin Abidin still remains and their contracts also been renewed too by the club. Besides that, Saiful Ridzuwan switched sides and joined Melaka United on a free transfer after his contract with the club has become expired.

After that, Khairulazhan, Sean Selvaraj, Amri Yahyah and Syahmi Safari still remains and also extended their contract until 2019.^{[16][17][18][19]}

Selangor had reached an agreement with Kedah for the transfer of Halim Saari. The transfer confirmed on 3 December 2018.^[20] The next day, Selangor signed K. Prabakaran from FELDA United.^[21]

On 5 December, Selangor announced the signing of Norhakim Isa from PKNP.^[22]

On 7 December, Selangor completed the transfer of Messi Terengganu winger Faiz Nasir from Terengganu on a free transfer.^[23] Two days later, the club confirmed an agreement with Terengganu too for the transfer of midfielder Latiff Suhaimi on a free deal.^[24]

Selangor also confirmed the signing of Azreen Zulkafali from FELDA United; he was along with new coach B. Sathianathan and K. Prabakaran, migrate to find a new challenge with the new club.^[25]

On 12 December, Selangor announced the signing of goalkeeper, Farizal Harun from FELDA United too.^[26]

Selangor continued their transfer activity on 14 December, signing midfielder Wan Zack Haikal from FELDA United too and Nurridzuan Abu Hassan from PKNS on a free transfer.^{[27][28][29][30]}

Selangor have released their four foreign players last season, Ilham Armaiyn, Evan Dimas, Willian Pacheco and Alfonso Cruz, after their contracts were not renewed by the club.^[31][32] On 16 December, Selangor confirmed that Rufino Segovia still remains with the team, and it was announced that Spanish striker agreed to a contract extension with the club for a further a one-year until 2019, with an option of an additional year.^[33][34]

On 1 January 2019, Selangor confirmed the transfer of their new foreign players, Antonio German and Endrick on a free transfer.^[35][36][37]

On 5 January, Selangor confirmed another transfer for foreign player, Michal Nguyễn from Thai club, Air Force Central on a free transfer.^{[38][39][40][41]}

On 10 January, Selangor announced the signing of Australian defender Taylor Regan from Adelaide United.^[42][43][44] It was the last signing of foreign player for the club.

A deadline transfer on 20 February 2019, Selangor make a decision to release one of foreign players, Antonio German, after his poor performance in the last three games in league matches, make the club take the action on him.^[45] Then, the club bring former Kedah foreign player, Sandro da Silva to replace him.^[46][47]

The club have bring a new local player, Khyril Muhymeen from Perlis.^[48] The club also bring Fandi Othman from PKNS on loan, which the club have made agreement with PKNS to swap loan deal with K. Kannan.^[49][50][51]

On 22 December 2018, Selangor began its pre-season campaign against Penang at the MMU Stadium in Cyberjaya. The match finished with a draw by 1–1.

The next fixture, Selangor visited PKNP on 29 December 2018 at Manjung Municipal Council Stadium, Manjung, Perak. Selangor lose the match by 2–0, with a goals from visitor by Aleksandar Glišić and Hasnan Mat Isa.

Four days later, Selangor faced UiTM, at MPSJ Stadium, Subang Jaya. However, the club has yet to win any victories after losing 2–1 against from premier league (second division) club.

Three days later, Selangor continued their friendly matches against Kuala Lumpur. Finally, Selangor get the first victory after won by 3–2, with a goal scored by Sean Selvaraj, Wan Zack Haikal and Amri Yahyah.

On 9 January 2019, Selangor meet UKM for the next game at INSPEN Stadium in Bangi, which UKM won by 5–2. It was the third defeat for the club in pre-season friendly after five matches.

Two days later, Selangor faced the champions of the Champions League Selangor, Puchong Fuerza at the 3K Sports Complex, Subang Jaya. The Red Giants thrashed with a big wins by 6–0. It was the team's second win in six friendly matches.

On 13 January 2019, Selangor announced that the team would be touring Thailand, and is scheduled to meet with three teams, MOF Customs United, Chonburi, and Thai Honda.^[52]

The first tour match was played on 14 January at the IPE Stadium in Chonburi, where Selangor beat MOF Customs Unites 3–0 with goals from Rufino Segovia (two goals) and Endrick dos Santos.

The next day, the team played a second match tour against the Chonburi at the same place, which they drew 1–1 with goals from Faiz Nasir (Selangor) and Lukian (Chonburi).

In the last tour match on 17 January, the Red Giants gained the second victory against the Thai League 2 club, Thai Honda by 2–1, which means the club successfully compete the tour match without defeat (two wins, one draw).

After returning to Shah Alam, Selangor played their another friendly of the summer at UM Arena Stadium against Singapore club, Home United on 22 January 2019. Two goals from Rufino Segovia and one goal from Antonio German secured a 3–1 win.

On 3 February 2019, Selangor kicked off the 2019 Malaysia Super League season against FELDA United at home. The match finished with a 1–1 draw, following a goals from Antonio German (Selangor) and Hadin Azman (FELDA United).^[53][54][55]

A late Rufino equalizer, got Selangor a 1–1 draw against Petaling Jaya City on 9 February 2019.^[56][57]

Without any victories in two matches, Selangor suffered a 0–4 loss against brothers PKNS on 17 February 2019.^[58][59]

The away game at Pahang, on 24 February 2019, ended in a 1–1 draw with the lone goal coming from Rufino Segovia.^[60] After four league matches, Selangor still deadlocked to find their first win in the league.

On 1 March 2019, Selangor suffered their second consecutive loss without a win after five matches in the league, as they were out-played by Johor Darul Ta'zim in a 2–4 home defeat.^[61][62][63]

On 11 March 2019, Selangor finally gained the first victory in the league, after beat the rival Kuala Lumpur by 3–2.^[64][65] They behind two goals in the first half, but they rise up in the second half, with a goals from Sandro, Syazwan Zainon and Amri Yahyah.

After international break, Selangor continued their league match on 29 March 2019 with a narrow 1–0 victory against Terengganu at home, with a lone goal from Faiz Nasir.^[66]

On 2 April, Selangor defeated Kelantan 3–0 away from home on second round of the FA Cup. Faiz Nasir scored a brace and the other goal came from Syazwan Zainon.^[67]

Four days later, two goals from Amri Yahyah and two late goals from Sean Selvaraj gave Selangor a 4–3 dramatically win over Melaka United at away.^[68]

A home match against Perak in the league match on 12 April ended in a 1–1 draw, which Selangor goal scored by Sandro, and the opponent goal scored by Hakim Hassan.^[69]

Four days later, Selangor were knocked out of the FA Cup, after suffered a 1–2 upset home loss to FELDA United, which Syahmi Safari scored the lone goal for Selangor.^[70]

On 20 April, PKNP were defeated 2–1 in the league match at the Shah Alam with goals from Sandro and Syahmi.^[71]

Six days later, Selangor came away with a 1–1 draw at Kedah, despite getting an early lead after a goal from Sandro.^[72]

On the new month, the home game against Melaka United in the league ended in a 1–1 draw, with the goal coming from Syahmi was not enough to secure a win.^[73]

On 15 May, a hatrick from new import Ifedayo Olusegun helped Selangor to take a smashing 3–1 victory over Kedah at home, and overtook visitor's position on the third place in the league.^[74]

Three days later, a lone goal from Ifedayo saved Selangor one point in a 1–1 draw against PKNP at away.^[75]

On 24 May, Selangor lost 1–0 to Terengganu away from home. The own goal in injury time from K. Sarkunan have sealed a victory for The Turtles.^[76]

On 15 June after the Eid al-Fitr break, a late penalty goal from Sandro gave Selangor a 2–1 home win against rival Kuala Lumpur after Ifedayo scored the other goal.^[77]

Four days later, Selangor lost to the top league current leader Johor Darul Ta'zim by 3–2, with Khyril Muhymeen and Sandro scoring the goals in an attempted late comeback.^[78]

On 25 June, Pahang was defeated 5–2, with another great performance of Ifedayo as he managed his 2nd hat-trick in the league and another goals scored by Khyril and Endrick to complete another victory for the red giants side.^[79]

On 7 July, Selangor defeated FELDA United away at the Tun Abdul Razak Stadium with a score of 1–2. Fabulous first half goals from Sandro and Ifedayo were enough to secure a comfortable victory in a top-against-bottom clash.^[80]

Three days later, Selangor lost 3–2 away from home to Perak in the league. Taylor Regan struck first and put Selangor in the lead but Careca equalized for the home side. Before end of the first half, Endrick would later score again, but Leandro dos Santos made a level to make the score 2–2. Careca scored another at second half to sealed victory for Seladang.^[81]

Three days later, Selangor sealed another victory in the league game after defeated Petaling Jaya City 3–0 at home. A three goals from Endrick, Khyril and Ifedayo were enough to take all three points.^[82]

On 20 July, Selangor ended the league season by defeating PKNS 3–2 away from home. Ifedayo scored a brace, and another goal scored by Sandro. Their victory also confirmed their 3rd placed in the league.^[83]

Selangor continue their journey to face the Malaysia Cup tournament. The match begins on 3 August in the group stage, where the red giants drew 2–2 with FELDA United at home. Syazwan Zainon and Ifedayo were the goalscorers for the home side.^[84]

On 8 August, Selangor defeated Melaka United 1–0 away from home on the second match. A own goal from the home side by Jang Suk-won enough gave the red giants collect the first three points on the campaign.

On the third match, Selangor drew 1–1 with PDRM on 18 August at home. Sandro scored first to gave the home side lead, before Argzim Redžović scored the equalizer for visitor.^[85] Three days later, Selangor face back again the same opponent from home to away. The results end with a 2–2 draw. Taylor Regan scored first, while Ifedayo scored the second.^[86]

After international break, Selangor struggle to find victory after getting a 1–1 draw on 14 September against FELDA United at home. Khyril's 1st goal was not enough for the home side after the equalizing goal of Saiful Ridzuwan.^[87]

Four days later, Selangor defeated FELDA United 2–1 on the last match at the group stage. Goals from Ifedayo and Khyril that ensure the red giants reach the top spot in Malaysia Cup Group D.

At knockout stage, Selangor faced the title holders Perak in the quarter-finals. The first leg from away game, Selangor loss 1–0 with a lone goal from Brendan Gan.^[88] A week later, Selangor clinch a victory 3–1 on the return leg against the same opponent. A brace from Khyril and a goal from Syazwan Zainon gave Selangor a 3–2 advantage over the two legs, and secure the red giants a spot in the semi-finals.^[89][90]

On 19 October, Selangor loss with a 1–2 defeat away at the hands of Johor Darul Ta'zim in the first leg of the Malaysia Cup semi-finals, despite an equalizer by Ifedayo.^[91]

A week later, Selangor were eliminated from the Malaysia Cup after a 0–3 loss against the same opponent in the second leg (5–1 loss on aggregate) at home. A hatrick from Safawi Rasid gave Selangor end the journey on the tournament, thus ending the season without any trophy.^[92]

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Khairulazhan Khalid		GK	2016	Pahang
23	Haziq Ridwan		GK	2017	Youth system
30	Farizal Harun		GK	2018	FELDA United
Defenders
2	A. Namathevan		RB / RWB	2016	Youth system
3	Fandi Othman		LB / LWB	2019	PKNS
4	Ashmawi Yakin		RB / RWB / CB	2017	Negeri Sembilan
5	Taylor Regan		CB	2019	Adelaide United
13	Latiff Suhaimi		CB / DM / CM	2018	Terengganu
19	K. Prabakaran		CB / LB / DM	2018	FELDA United
24	Syukri Azman		LB / LWB	2017	Youth system
25	Azreen Zulkafali		RB / LB / DM	2018	FELDA United
26	Michal Nguyễn		CB	2019	Air Force Central
27	M. Tamil Maran		CB / DM	2017	Youth system
Midfielders
6	K. Sarkunan		DM / CM	2016	Youth system
7	Sean Selvaraj		RW / LW / RM / LM	2017	Negeri Sembilan
14	Endrick		DM / CM	2019	Felcra
15	Faiz Nasir		CAM / LW / RW	2018	Terengganu
16	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan		CM / LM / LWB / LB	2018	PKNS
18	Halim Saari		DM / CM	2018	Kedah
20	Syahmi Safari		RM / LM / RB / RWB	2016	Youth system
21	Norhakim Isa		DM / CM	2018	PKNP
22	Syazwan Zainon		LW / LM / RW / RM	2018	Kedah
Forwards
8	Khyril Muhymeen		CAM / CF / ST	2019	Perlis
9	Sandro		ST / CF / CAM	2019	Kedah
10	Rufino Segovia		ST / LW / CAM	2017	Kitchee SC
11	Wan Zack Haikal		LW / RW / CF / CAM	2018	FELDA United
12	Ifedayo Olusegun		ST / LW / RW	2019	Al-Riffa
17	Amri Yahyah		CAM / LW / RW / ST	2017	Melaka United
Loan out
3	K. Kannan		LB / LWB	2016	Youth system
8	Faizzudin Abidin		RW / LW / CAM	2016	Youth system
28	Asraff Hayqal		CM / CAM / LM / RM	2019	Youth system

No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Since	Signed from
Selangor II, III & IV
—	Amirul Haziq		CB	2017	Youth system
—	D. Kugan		LW / LM	2017	Youth system
—	Badrul Amin		ST	2017	Youth system
29	Azizul Baharuddin		ST	2017	Youth system
Loan out
—	Amirul Ashraf		CB / LB	2016	Youth system

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
7 November 2018	22	MF	Syazwan Zainon	28	Kedah	Contract expired	Free transfer	First team	[93][4]
3 December 2018	18	MF	Halim Saari	24	Kedah	Contract expired	Free transfer		[94]
4 December 2018	19	DF	K. Prabakaran	27	FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[95]
5 December 2018	21	MF	Norhakim Isa	25	PKNP	Contract expired	Free transfer		[96]
7 December 2018	15	MF	Faiz Nasir	26	Terengganu	Contract expired	Free transfer		[97][98]
9 December 2018	13	MF	Latiff Suhaimi	29	Terengganu	Contract expired	Free transfer		[99][100]
10 December 2018	25	DF	Azreen Zulkafali	29	FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[101]
12 December 2018	30	GK	Farizal Harun	32	FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[102]
14 December 2018	11	FW	Wan Zack Haikal	27	FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[103][30]
	16	MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	26	PKNS	Contract expired	Free transfer		[104][29]
	28	DF	Asraff Hayqal	21	Youth system	Promoted	N/A
1 January 2019	9†	FW	Antonio German†	27	Gokulam Kerala	Contract expired	Free transfer		[105][106]
	14	MF	Endrick	23	Felcra	Contract expired	Free transfer		[107][36]
5 January 2019	26	MF	Michal Nguyễn	29	Air Force Central	Contract expired	Free transfer		[108][39]
10 January 2019	5	DF	Taylor Regan	30	Adelaide United	Transfer	$50,000		[109][43]
20 February 2019	8	FW	Khyril Muhymeen	31	Perlis	Contract expired	Free transfer		[110][51]
	9	FW	Sandro	35	Kedah	Contract expired	Free transfer		[111][47]

† Player left the club before transfer window closed.

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned from	Type	On loan until	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
20 February 2019	3	DF	Fandi Othman	26	PKNS	Loan	End of season	Swap deal (with K. Kannan)	First team	[112][50]

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
28 November 2018	4	MF	Halim Zainal	30	Negeri Sembilan	Contract expired	Free transfer	First team	[113][12]
	12	FW	Azamuddin Akil	33	Kedah	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
	13	DF	Razman Roslan	34	Melaka United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
	19	MF	Joseph Kalang Tie	31	Kuching	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
	21	GK	Norazlan Razali	32	FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
	26	DF	Fairuz Abdul Aziz	33	Free agent	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
	29	MF	Shahrul Igwan	24	Kedah	Contract expired	Free transfer		[113][12]
1 December 2018	8	MF	Saiful Ridzuwan	26	Melaka United	Contract expired	Free transfer
16 December 2018	6	MF	Evan Dimas	23	Barito Putera	Contract expired	Free transfer		[114][32]
	14	MF	Alfonso Cruz	32	PSS Sleman	Contract expired	Free transfer
	18	FW	Ilham Armaiyn	22	Bhayangkara	Contract expired	Free transfer		[31]
	23	DF	Willian Pacheco	26	Bali United	Contract expired	Free transfer
18 February 2019	9	FW	Antonio German	27	Free agent	Contract termination	Released		[115][116]

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Loaned to	Type	On loan until	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
16 February 2019	5	DF	Amirul Ashraf	21	UiTM	Loan	End of season	N/A	Reserve team	[117]
	8	MF	Faizzudin Abidin	22	Penang	Loan		N/A	First team	[117]
	28	MF	Asraff Hayqal	22	UiTM	Loan		N/A		[117]
20 February 2019	3	DF	K. Kannan	22	PKNS	Loan		Swap deal (with Fandi Othman)		[112][50]

2–29 May 2019

Date	No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
4 May 2019	12	FW	Ifedayo Olusegun	28	Free agent	Transfer	Free transfer	First team	[118][119]

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	3 February 2019	20 July 2019	Matchday 1	3rd	22	10	7	5	41	35	+6	045.45
FA Cup	2 April 2019	16 April 2019	Second Round	Third Round	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	050.00
Malaysia Cup	3 August 2019	26 October 2019	Group stage	Semi-finals	10	3	4	3	13	13	+0	030.00
Total					34	14	11	9	58	50	+8	041.18

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C)	22	16	5	1	49	19	+30	53	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Pahang	22	12	7	3	37	21	+16	43
3	Selangor	22	10	7	5	41	35	+6	37
4	Kedah[a]	22	9	7	6	37	29	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
5	Perak	22	8	9	5	36	31	+5	33

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	10	7	5	41	35	+6	37	7	3	2	24	18	+6	3	4	3	17	17	0

  Win   Draw   Loss

The league fixtures were announced on 11 January 2019.^[120][121]

  Win   Draw   Loss

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team	Home score	Away score	Double
FELDA United	1–1	2–1	3–2
Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–4	2–3	4–7
Kedah	3–1	1–1	4–2
Kuala Lumpur	2–1	3–2	5–3
Melaka United	1–1	4–3	5–4
Petaling Jaya City	3–0	1–1	4–1
Pahang	5–2	1–1	6–3
Perak	1–1	2–3	3–4
PKNP	2–1	1–1	3–2
PKNS	0–4	3–2	3–6
Terengganu	1–0	0–1	1–1

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Selangor joined the competition in the group stage.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		SEL	MEL	FEL	PDRM
1	Selangor	6	2	4	0	9	6	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–1	2–2	1–1
2	Melaka United	6	2	2	2	10	9	+1	8			0–1	—	1–3	3–1
3	FELDA United	6	2	1	3	10	12	−2	7			0–2	1–3	—	1–0
4	PDRM	6	1	3	2	10	12	−2	6			2–2	2–2	4–3	—

As of 26 October 2019 ^[156]

<Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances.
\ Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Super League				FA Cup				Malaysia Cup				Total
				Apps				Apps				Apps				Apps
1		Khairulazhan	GK	12								10		2		22		2
2		A. Namathevan	DF	7		3						2				9		3
3		Fandi Othman	DF	14		1		1				7		1		22		2
4		Ashmawi Yakin	DF	4		2						1				5		2
5		Taylor Regan	DF	19	1	5		1				10	1	2		30	2	7
6		K. Sarkunan	MF	14		1	1	2				9				25		1	1
7		Sean Selvaraj	MF	18	2	3		2				7				27	2	3
8		Khyril Muhymeen	FW	8	3			1				8	4	1		17	7	1
9		Antonio German †	FW	3	1											3	1
9