2020 Kedah FA season

Kedah
2020 season
President	Mukhriz Mahathir
Manager	Al-Naliq Hasmi Abu Hassan
Head coach	Aidil Sharin
Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium; (Capacity: 25,000)
Malaysia Super League	2nd
Malaysia FA Cup	Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Cancelled
AFC Champions League	Preliminary round 3
Top goalscorer	League: ; Kipré Tchétché; Kpah Sherman (6); All: ; Kipré Tchétché (10)
	← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 season was Kedah's 12th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Aidil Sharin^[1]
Assistant head coach	Victor Andrag^[2]
Assistant coach	Azmi Mohamed
Goalkeeper coach	Effendy Kamsah
Fitness coach	Azmi Ibrahim
Team doctor	Dr. Jasminder Singh
Physiotherapist	Muhammad Nur'Illya Samsuddin
Medical officer	Mohd Shahrizal Mohd Nadzir

Players

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Contract since	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Azri Ghani	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25)	Felda United	2020
18	Ifwat Akmal	(1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 28)	Youth team	2016
33	Asri Muhamad	(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2018
55	Shahril Saa'ri	(1990-03-07) 7 March 1990 (age 34)	PDRM FA	2020
Defenders
5	Norfiqrie Talib	(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 28)	Youth team	2018
11	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32)	Home United	2019	2020
13	Khairul Helmi	(1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 36)	Youth team	2007
14	Alif Yusof	(1991-01-19) 19 January 1991 (age 33)	Felda United	2019
15	Rizal Ghazali	(1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 32)	Perlis	2014
17	Irfan Zakaria	(1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 29)	Kuala Lumpur FA	2020
25	Azmeer Yusof	(1990-05-25) 25 May 1990 (age 34)	Kuala Lumpur	2019
27	Hadin Azman	(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30)	Felda United	2020	2020
30	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	(1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 (age 29)	UiTM F.C.	2020
36	Renan Alves	(1992-12-17) 17 December 1992 (age 31)	Borneo	2019	2021
98	Loqman Hakim	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2020
Midfielders
6	David Rowley	(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)	Kelantan	2019	2020
7	Baddrol Bakhtiar (captain)	(1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 36)	Youth team	2005
16	Amirul Hisyam	(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 29)	Harimau Muda B	2015
19	Aiman Afif	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23)	Youth team	2020
20	Fadzrul Danel	(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2019	2021
21	Fayadh Zulkifli	(1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2019	2021
22	Tam Sheang Tsung	(1995-05-24) 24 May 1995 (age 29)	Sagan Tosu Youth Team	2020
29	Farhan Roslan	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 27)	Youth team	2014
77	Azamuddin Akil	(1985-04-16) 16 April 1985 (age 39)	Selangor	2019
93	Amin Nazari	(1993-04-26) 26 April 1993 (age 31)	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.	2020
	Hidhir Idris	(1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 27)	Youth team	2017
Forwards
8	Zaquan Adha	(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37)	Kuala Lumpur	2019	2019
9	Kpah Sherman	(1992-02-03) 3 February 1992 (age 32)	PKNS F.C.	2020	2020
10	Kipré Tchétché	(1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 36)	Terengganu F.C. I	2020	2020
23	Faizat Ghazli	(1994-11-28) 28 November 1994 (age 29)	PKNS F.C.	2020

Transfers and contracts

Pre-Season

In

No	Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
1	GK	Azri Ghani	FELDA United F.C.	Free ^[3]
21	GK	Farhan Abu Bakar	PKNS F.C.	Loan Return ^[4]
55	GK	Shahril Saa'ri	PDRM FA	Free ^[5]
17	DF	Irfan Zakaria	Kuala Lumpur FA	Free ^[6]
27	DF	Hadin Azman	FELDA United F.C.	Free ^[7]
30	DF	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	UiTM F.C.	Free ^[8]
22	MF	Tam Sheang Tsung	Sagan Tosu Youth Team	Free ^[9]
93	MF	Amin Nazari	Ratchaburi Mitr Phol F.C.	Free ^[10]
9	FW	Kpah Sherman	PKNS F.C.	^[11]
10	FW	Kipré Tchétché	Terengganu F.C. I	^[12]
23	FW	Faizat Ghazli	PKNS F.C.	^[13]

Out

No	Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
21	GK	Farhan Abu Bakar	Sarawak United	Free
	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	Penang FA	Free ^[14]
	GK	Abdul Hadi Hamid	Retired	Free
	DF	Syazwan Tajudin		Free
	DF	Asri Mardzuki	PDRM FA	Season loan
	DF	Syawal Nordin	Langkawi Glory United F.C. (M3)	Free
	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	Penang FA (M2)	Free ^[15]
	MF	Hidhir Idris	PDRM FA	Season loan
	MF	Shahrul Igwan	UiTM F.C.	Free
	MF	Syahrul Azwari		Free
	FW	Edgar Bernhardt	Abahani Limited Dhaka	Free ^[16]^[17]
	FW	Jonathan Bauman	Arema FC	Free ^[18]
	FW	Fernando Rodríguez	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. (M2)	Free ^[19]
	FW	Thanabalan Nadarajah	Perak FA II (M2)	Season loan

Extension of contract

Pos.	Player	Source
GK	Ifwat Akmal
DF	Khairul Helmi
DF	Rizal Ghazali
DF	Azmeer Yusof
DF	Alif Yusof
DF	Renan Alves	3 years contract signed in 2019
DF	Shakir Hamzah
DF	Norfiqrie Talib	2 years signed in 2019
MF	Azamuddin Akil
MF	Baddrol Bakhtiar
MF	Amirul Hisyam
MF	Fadzrul Danel	3 years contract signed in 2019
MF	Fayadh Zulkifli	3 years contract signed in 2019
MF	Farhan Roslan
MF	David Rowley
MF	Hidhir Idris	2 years contract signed in 2019
FW	Zaquan Adha
FW	Thanabalan Nadarajah	2 years contract signed in 2019

To be confirmed

Pos.	Player	Source
MF	Zhafir Yusoff

Mid-Season

Out

No	Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
25	DF	Azmeer Yusof	Free Agent	Mutual Termination ^[20]

Friendlies

Pre-season Friendlies

20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) Friendly	Kedah	5–0	Kedah U21	Kedah
	Farhan Roslan David Rowley Shuhei Hoshino Hadin Azman			Stadium: Alor Star

22 December 2019 (2019-12-22) Friendly	Kedah	2–0	Tambun Tulang	Sintok
	Fayadh Zulkifli Shakir Hamzah			Stadium: UUM Mini Stadium

30 December 2019 (2019-12-30) Friendly	Kedah	3–1	Perak U21	Sintok
	Zaquan Adha Kpah Sherman Hadin Azman			Stadium: UUM Mini Stadium

4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Friendly	Kelantan	2–1	Kedah	Kota Bahru
	Nazrin Nawi 11' Amirul Syafiq 55'		Kpah Sherman 35'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

6 February 2020 (2020-02-06) Friendly	Kedah	1–2	Kuala Lumpur	Kedah
	Kpah Sherman 90+2'		Jafri Yahya 33' Kone Kouassi 61'	Stadium: Alor Star

10 February 2020 (2020-02-10) Friendly	Tambun Tulang	1–2	Kedah	Kangar
	29'		Kpah Sherman 10' Kipre Tchetche 25'	Stadium: Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium

15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) Friendly	Perak	3–1	Kedah	Ipoh
	Shahrul Saad 3' Shahrel Fikri 43' Careca 77'		Kpah Sherman 68'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

Tour of Cambodia

7 January 2020 Friendly	Visakha FC	0–1	Kedah	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
			Zaquan Adha 51'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

9 January 2020 Friendly	Nagaworld FC	3–2	Kedah	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	35' 45' 75'		Hadin Azman 50' Kipré Tchétché 61'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

10 January 2020 Friendly	Boeung Ket Angkor FC	1–4	Kedah	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	70'		Kpah Sherman 10' 50' 65' Zaquan Adha 80'	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

12 January 2020 Friendly	Angkor Tiger FC	0–1	Kedah	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
			Zaquan Adha 45'	Stadium: Smart RSN Stadium

14 January 2020 Friendly	Phnom Penh Crown FC	1–2	Kedah	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	81'		Kipré Tchétché 76' Hadin Azman 66'	Stadium: Smart RSN Stadium

Mid-season Friendlies

8 August 2020 (2020-08-08) Friendly	Perak FA II	2-1	Kedah FA	Perak
	Bruno Bezerra 21' Yusof Abdullah 68'		Shakir Hamzah 15'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium

10 August 2020 (2020-08-10) Friendly	UKM F.C.	1-3	Kedah FA	Bangi
	Faiz Hanif 25'		Renan Alves 25' Kipré Tchétché 45' Kpah Sherman 78'	Stadium: UKM Bangi Stadium

19 August 2020 (2020-08-19) Friendly	Kedah	2-3	Penang FA	Alor Setar
	Faizat Ghazli 20' 28'		Amer Azhar 60' (pen) Bobby Gonzales 84' (pen) Rafael Vitor 88' (pen)	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C, Q)	11	9	2	0	33	8	+25	29	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Kedah (Q)	11	7	1	3	20	13	+7	22^[a]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Terengganu (Q)	11	6	1	4	24	14	+10	19^[b]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
4	Perak	11	5	3	3	21	19	+2	18
5	Selangor	11	4	5	2	26	19	+7	17

Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

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Fixtures and results

28 February 2020 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kedah	Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Maurício 44' Leandro Velazquez 25' Aidil Zafuan 30'	Report	Baddrol Bakhtiar 5' Hadin Azman 44' Shakir Hamzah 49' Renan Alves 86'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: Azlan Jofri Ali

7 March 2020 2	Kedah	3–4	Terengganu F.C. I	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Renan Alves 20' Kpah Sherman 23' Kipré Tchétché 62' Rizal Ghazali 63'	Report	Dominique Da Sylva 3' 65' 82' 84' Arif Fadzilah 23' Rahadiazli Rahalim 36' Babacar Diallo 70'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Hasrol Bin Mohd Amir

11 March 2020 3	UiTM FC	1–1	Kedah	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Gustavo Almeida 82' 84' Arif Anwar 45' Danish Haziq 89'	Report	Kpah Sherman 31'61	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

15 March 2020 4	Kedah	2–0	Selangor FA	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Renan Alves 25' Kpah Sherman 45' Rizal Ghazali 35' Shakir Hamzah 79' Baddrol Bakhtiar 81'	Report	Halim Saari 33' Syahmi Safari 52' Rodney Celvin 73'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

27 August 2020 5 ^{[note 1]}	PDRM FA	0-2	Kedah	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8	Serdar Geldiýew 28' Eskandar Ismail 80' Dirga Surdi 90+2'	Report	Kipré Tchétché 30' 36' Irfan Zakaria 90+2'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Razlan Bin Joffri Ali

5 September 2020 6 ^{[note 1]}	Kedah	2-1	Petaling Jaya City	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Washington Brandão 16' D. Kugan 86'	Report	Kpah Sherman 24' Kipré Tchétché 69' 80' Irfan Zakaria 45'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Fusser bin Mad Sallih

12 September 2020 7 ^{[note 1]}	Felda United	1-2	Kedah	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Syahmi Zamri 44'	Report	Kipré Tchétché 48' Hadin Azman 66' Shakir Hamzah 32' Irfan Zakaria 62' Shahril Saari 90+3'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Mat Zan Abdul Wahab

21 September 2020 8 ^{[note 1]}	Kedah	3-1	Sabah FA	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Kpah Sherman 23' Kipré Tchétché 62' Fayadh Zulkifli 75' Rizal Ghazali 68' Azamuddin Akil 87'	Report	Dennis Buschening 28' Randy Baruh 55' Rawilson Batuil 60'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Shafarizam Baderon

26 September 2020 9 ^{[note 1]}	Pahang	2-1	Kedah	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Adam Reed 41' Nik Sharif Haseefy 46' Herold Goulon 28' Fazly Mazlan 69'	Report	Kipré Tchétché 15' Kpah Sherman 45' Norfiqrie Talib 65'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

5 October 2020 10 ^{[note 1]}	Kedah	1-0	Melaka United	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Shakir Hamzah 19'	Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nazim Bin Haji Idris

10 October 2020 11 ^{[note 1]}	Perak	2-3	Kedah	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Leandro Dos Santos 42' (pen) 45+3' 45+4'	Report	Kpah Sherman 28' Fadzrul Danel 31' Renan Alves 63' Shakir Hamzah 23' Amirul Hisyam 45+1' Kipre Tchetche 45+4' Rizal Ghazali 87'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Malaysia Cup

6 November 2020 Round 1	Kedah	3-2	Pahang FA	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Shakir Hamzah 17' Kpah Sherman 35' Kipré Tchétché 43' Renan Alves 78' Alif Yusof 90'	Report	Muslim Ahmad 49' 88' Faizal Abd Rani 88' Dickson Nwakaeme79	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

AFC Champions League

Win Draw Loss

Qualifying play-off

21 January 2020 (2020 -01-21) Preliminary round 2	Kedah FA	5–1	Tai Po FC	Alor Setar
	Kipré Tchétché 4' 23' 90+2' Hadin Azman 47' 67'	Report	Chan Man Fai 68'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Saoud Al Athbah (Qatar)

28 January 2020 (2020-01-28) Preliminary round 3	FC Seoul	4–1	Kedah FA	Seoul
	Park Chu-young 39' (pen.) Park Dong-jin 49' Barba 63' Alibaev 90+2'		Barba 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Seoul World Cup Stadium Referee: Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		ACL		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Azri Ghani	2(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
5	DF	Norfiqrie Talib	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
6	MF	David Rowley	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
7	MF	Baddrol Bakhtiar	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13	0
8	FW	Zaquan Adha	0(6)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	0
9	FW	Kpah Sherman	11	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	14	7
10	FW	Kipré Tchétché	11	6	0	0	1	1	2	3	14	10
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	10	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	11	2
13	DF	Khairul Helmi	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	Alif Yusof	0(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2	0	6	0
15	DF	Rizal Ghazali	10	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	13	0
16	MF	Amirul Hisyam	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	0
17	DF	Irfan Zakaria	8(1)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	0
18	GK	Ifwat Akmal	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
20	MF	Fadzrul Danel	5(6)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	14	1
21	MF	Fayadh Zulkifli	0(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	5	1
23	MF	Faizat Ghazli	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
27	DF	Hadin Azman	7(3)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	2	2	13	3
29	MF	Farhan Roslan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2	0
30	DF	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	3	0
36	DF	Renan Alves	9	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	12	2
55	GK	Shahril Saa'ri	4(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
77	FW	Azamuddin Akil	2(5)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	8	0
93	DF	Amin Nazari	7(1)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	11	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club
25	DF	Azmeer Yusof	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2019.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

References

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[Covid19postponed-23] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.

[1] "Aidil Sharin leaves Home to take top role at Kedah FA". Archived from the original on 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2018-10-08.

[2] "Victor the right hand man for Aidil".

[3] "Welcome Azri Ghani to Kedah FA".

[4] "Farhan joined PKNS for 2019".

[5] "Shahril joins Kedah fr 2020".

[6] "Welcome Irfan to Kedah FA".

[7] "Welcome Hadin to Kedah FA".

[8] "Welcome Zulkeply to Kedah FA".

[9] "Welcome Tam to Kedah FA".

[10] "Selamat datang Amin Adam Lazarte Nazari ke Darul Aman!".

[11] "Sherman join Kedah FA".

[12] "Welcome Kipre to Kedah FA".

[13] "Faizat Ghazli joins Kedah FA before window closed".

[14] "Ramadhan Hamid joined Penang for 2020".

[15] "Fairuz Zakaria joined Penang for 2020".

[16] "Kedah to replace Edgar Bernhadt with Japanese player".

[17] "Portuguese tactician Mario Lemos fielded Edgar Bernhardt in the starting XI".

[18] "Kedah on the lookout for new import players".

[19] "Rodriguez decided to leave Kedah after playing for only one season as it was believed that he received a better offer from the Spanish side".

[20] "Welcome Azri Ghani to Kedah FA".

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Founded in 27 April 1924 Based in Alor Setar, Kedah
Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium
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