2020 Kedah FA season

Kedah
2020 season
PresidentMukhriz Mahathir
ManagerAl-Naliq Hasmi Abu Hassan
Head coachAidil Sharin
StadiumDarul Aman Stadium
(Capacity: 25,000)
Malaysia Super League2nd
Malaysia FA CupCancelled
Malaysia CupCancelled
AFC Champions LeaguePreliminary round 3
Top goalscorerLeague:
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 Singapore Aidil Sharin[1]
Assistant head coach Malaysia Victor Andrag[2]
Assistant coach Malaysia Azmi Mohamed
Goalkeeper coach Malaysia Effendy Kamsah
Fitness coach Singapore Azmi Ibrahim
Team doctor Malaysia Dr. Jasminder Singh
Physiotherapist Malaysia Muhammad Nur'Illya Samsuddin
Medical officer Malaysia Mohd Shahrizal Mohd Nadzir

Players

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

Transfers and contracts

Pre-Season

In

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

Out

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

Extension of contract

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

To be confirmed

Pos. Player Source
MF Malaysia Zhafir Yusoff

Mid-Season

Out

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

Friendlies

Pre-season Friendlies

20 December 2019 (2019-12-20) Friendly Kedah Malaysia 5–0 Malaysia Kedah U21 Kedah
Farhan Roslan
David Rowley
Shuhei Hoshino
Hadin Azman		 Stadium: Alor Star
22 December 2019 (2019-12-22) Friendly Kedah Malaysia 2–0 Malaysia Tambun Tulang Sintok
Fayadh Zulkifli
Shakir Hamzah		 Stadium: UUM Mini Stadium
30 December 2019 (2019-12-30) Friendly Kedah Malaysia 3–1 Malaysia Perak U21 Sintok
Zaquan Adha
Kpah Sherman
Hadin Azman		 Stadium: UUM Mini Stadium
4 January 2020 (2020-01-04) Friendly Kelantan Malaysia 2–1 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 1–2 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 1–2 Malaysia Kedah Kangar
29' Kpah Sherman 10'
Kipre Tchetche 25'		 Stadium: Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium
15 February 2020 (2020-02-15) Friendly Perak Malaysia 3–1 Malaysia 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 Cambodia 0–1 Malaysia Kedah Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Zaquan Adha 51' Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium
9 January 2020 Friendly Nagaworld FC Cambodia 3–2 Malaysia 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 Cambodia 1–4 Malaysia 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 Cambodia 0–1 Malaysia Kedah Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Zaquan Adha 45' Stadium: Smart RSN Stadium
14 January 2020 Friendly Phnom Penh Crown FC Cambodia 1–2 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 2-1 Malaysia 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. Malaysia 1-3 Malaysia 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 Malaysia 2-3 Malaysia 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

Main article: 2020 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos Team
 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]
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:
  1. ^ [Note MAS]
  2. ^ [Note MAS]


Fixtures and results

28 February 2020 1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 1–0 Kedah Johor
21:00 UTC+8 Maurício 44'
Leandro VelazquezYellow card 25'
Aidil ZafuanYellow card 30'		 Report Baddrol BakhtiarYellow card 5'
Hadin AzmanYellow card 44'
Shakir HamzahYellow card 49'
Renan AlvesYellow card 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 GhazaliYellow card 63'		 Report Dominique Da Sylva 3' 65' 82' 84'
Arif FadzilahYellow card 23'
Rahadiazli RahalimYellow card 36'
Babacar DialloYellow card 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'Yellow card 84'
Arif AnwarYellow card 45'
Danish HaziqYellow card 89'		 Report Kpah Sherman 31'soccer ball with red X61 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 GhazaliYellow card 35'
Shakir HamzahYellow card 79'
Baddrol BakhtiarYellow card 81'		 Report Halim SaariYellow card 33'
Syahmi SafariYellow card 52'
Rodney CelvinYellow card 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 GeldiýewYellow card 28'
Eskandar IsmailYellow card 80'
Dirga SurdiYellow card 90+2'		 Report Kipré Tchétché 30' 36'
Irfan ZakariaYellow card 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. KuganYellow card 86'		 Report Kpah Sherman 24'
Kipré Tchétché 69'Yellow card 80'
Irfan ZakariaYellow card 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 HamzahYellow card 32'
Irfan ZakariaYellow card 62'
Shahril SaariYellow card 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 GhazaliYellow card 68'
Azamuddin AkilYellow card 87'		 Report Dennis Buschening 28'
Randy BaruhYellow card 55'
Rawilson BatuilYellow card 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 GoulonYellow card 28'
Fazly MazlanYellow card 69'		 Report Kipré Tchétché 15'
Kpah ShermanYellow card 45'
Norfiqrie TalibYellow card 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'Yellow card 45+4' Report Kpah Sherman 28'
Fadzrul Danel 31'
Renan Alves 63'
Shakir HamzahYellow card 23'
Amirul HisyamYellow card 45+1'
Kipre TchetcheYellow card 45+4'
Rizal GhazaliYellow card 87'		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2020 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 AlvesYellow card 78'
Alif YusofYellow card 90'		 Report Muslim Ahmad 49'Yellow card 88'
Faizal Abd Rani 88'
Dickson Nwakaemesoccer ball with red X79		 Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium
Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

AFC Champions League

Main article: 2020 AFC Champions League qualifying play-offs

  Win   Draw   Loss

Qualifying play-off

21 January 2020 (2020 -01-21) Preliminary round 2 Kedah FA Malaysia 5–1 Hong Kong 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 South Korea 4–1 Malaysia 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
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Malaysia Azri Ghani 2(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Malaysia Norfiqrie Talib 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
6 MF Australia David Rowley 0(4) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
7 MF Malaysia Baddrol Bakhtiar 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
8 FW Malaysia Zaquan Adha 0(6) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0
9 FW Liberia Kpah Sherman 11 6 0 0 1 1 2 0 14 7
10 FW Ivory Coast Kipré Tchétché 11 6 0 0 1 1 2 3 14 10
11 DF Singapore Shakir Hamzah 10 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 11 2
13 DF Malaysia Khairul Helmi 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
14 DF Malaysia Alif Yusof 0(3) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2 0 6 0
15 DF Malaysia Rizal Ghazali 10 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 13 0
16 MF Malaysia Amirul Hisyam 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 10 0
17 DF Malaysia Irfan Zakaria 8(1) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0
18 GK Malaysia Ifwat Akmal 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
20 MF Malaysia Fadzrul Danel 5(6) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 0(2) 0 14 1
21 MF Malaysia Fayadh Zulkifli 0(4) 1 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 5 1
23 MF Malaysia Faizat Ghazli 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0
27 DF Malaysia Hadin Azman 7(3) 1 0 0 0(1) 0 2 2 13 3
29 MF Malaysia Farhan Roslan 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 2 0
30 DF Malaysia Zulkhairi Zulkeply 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 3 0
36 DF Brazil Renan Alves 9 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 2
55 GK Malaysia Shahril Saa'ri 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0
77 FW Malaysia Azamuddin Akil 2(5) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0 8 0
93 DF Philippines 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 Malaysia Azmeer Yusof 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0

Statistics accurate as of 8 August 2019.

Notes

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

References

  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".