2017 PKNS F.C. season

The 2017 season was PKNS's 4th season in the top flight of Malaysian football, the Liga Super after being promoted from 2016 Liga Premier.

PKNS

2017 season
President	Siti Zubaidah Abdul Jabar
Manager	Mahfizul Rusydin Abdul Rashid
Head Coach	E. Elavarasan (until 7 July) Adam Abdullah (8 July until 16 July) Sven Gartung (from 17 July)
Stadium	Shah Alam Stadium (Capacity: 80,372)
Liga Super	7th
Piala FA	Second round
Piala Malaysia	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Patrick Wleh (8) All: Patrick Wleh (10)
Highest home attendance	6,113 vs Selangor (4 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance	44 vs T-Team (26 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	2,748
Home colours Away colours

Foreign players

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 MF  KOR Park Kwang-il 4 FW  LBR Patrick Wleh 12 DF  GAM Abdou Jammeh 21 MF  POR Fábio Ferreira

Results and fixtures

Overview

Competition	Record
	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga Super	22	6	7	9	33	38	−5	027.27
Piala FA	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Piala Malaysia	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	000.00
Total	29	6	8	15	37	51	−14	020.69

Updated to match played 28 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Liga Super

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 January 2017 1	FELDA United	1−0	PKNS	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Norshahrul  67'	Report		Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 2,277 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

27 January 2017 2	PKNS	1−3	Kelantan	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Gonzalo  45+2'	Report	Ghaddar  20', 22' (pen.) Badhri  48'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 6,080 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

4 February 2017 3	PKNS	5−3	Selangor	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Wleh  20', 43', 58' Safee  25' Jadue  47'	Report	Syahmi  1' Doe  28', 55'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 6,113 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

11 February 2017 4	PKNS	3−0	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Lucas  45', 47' Safee  85'	Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 4,882 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

18 February 2017 5	T−Team	2−2	PKNS	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Tadjiyev  10', 45+1'	Report	Khairul  79' Jadue  90'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 1,231 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

25 February 2017 6	PKNS	2−3	Sarawak	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Espíndola  55' Khairul  90+3'	Report	Roskam  18' Hartmann  60' Hafiz  63'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

28 February 2017 7	Pahang	3−0	PKNS	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Afif  19' Alves  58' Ashari  70'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 10,826 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

4 March 2017 8	PKNS	1−1	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Wleh  28'	Report	Dabinyaba  53'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 281 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

8 April 2017 9	Kedah	1−1	PKNS	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Anderson  37'	Report	Espíndola  29'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

15 April 2017 10	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2−1	PKNS	Larkin, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Safiq  55' (pen.) Jadue 35' (o.g.)	Report	Bobby  33'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 13,325 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

26 April 2017 11	Melaka United	2−2	PKNS	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Spasojević  33', 43'	Report	Wleh  36' Safee  41'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,399 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

6 May 2017 12	PKNS	4−4	Kedah	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Wleh  13' Jadue  60', 90+4' Espíndola  89'	Report	Ilsø  5' Syafiq  16', 23' Mendonça  90+3'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 4,290 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

24 May 2017 13	PKNS	0−1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Amirul Hadi Zainal  78'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 3,754 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

1 July 2017 14	PKNS	1−1	Melaka United	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Safee  70' (pen.)	Report	De Souza  50'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

11 July 2017 15	Penang	0−2	PKNS	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Wleh  53' Jammeh  80'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 2,173 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

15 July 2017 16	PKNS	1−3	Pahang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Alif  82'	Report	Sumareh  36' Alves  63', 71'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 1,092 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

22 July 2017 17	Sarawak	0−1	PKNS	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Alif  69'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,211++ Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

26 July 2017 18	PKNS	2−1	T-Team	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Alif  35' Nizam  42'	Report	Asrol  67'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 44 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

5 August 2017 19	Perak	2−0	PKNS	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Nazrin  55' Gilmar  59'	Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,310 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

20 September 2017 20	Selangor	1−2	PKNS	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Rufino  34'	Report	Shahrul  25' Wleh  64'	Stadium: MP Selayang Stadium Attendance: 847 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

30 September 2017 21	Kelantan	0−0	PKNS	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 5,076 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

28 October 2017 22	PKNS	2−4	FELDA United	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Shahrul  23' Jammeh  90'	Report	Thiago Augusto  50', 73', 90+3' Zah Rahan  90+1'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 75 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Source: Fixtures / Result

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Perak	22	9	7	6	30	31	−1	34
6	Selangor	22	9	6	7	32	28	+4	33
7	PKNS	22	6	7	9	33	38	−5	25
8	Melaka United	22	6	6	10	33	46	−13	24
9	T–Team (R)	22	7	5	10	30	45	−15	23[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Premier League

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for T-Team.

Piala FA

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 February 2017 Second Round	Melaka United	1−0	PKNS	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Amri  66'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Piala Malaysia

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PRK	FLDU	KUL	PKNS
1	Perak	6	5	1	0	13	3	+10	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	2–0	2–0
2	FELDA United	6	3	2	1	11	7	+4	11			1–1	—	0–0	3–2
3	Kuala Lumpur	6	1	2	3	3	9	−6	5			0–3	1–4	—	2–0
4	PKNS	6	0	1	5	4	12	−8	1			1–3	1–2	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2017 Group Stage	Perak	2−0	PKNS	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Thiago Junior  71' Gilmar  80'	Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Fitri Maskon

8 July 2017 Group Stage	PKNS	1−2	FELDA United	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Wleh  45+2'	Report	Zah Rahan  5' Thiago Augusto  88'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 210 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

18 July 2017 Group Stage	PKNS	0−0	Kuala Lumpur	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 44 Referee: Fitri Maskon

29 July 2017 Group Stage	PKNS	1−3	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Wleh  83'	Report	Pinto  28' Nazrin  61' Gilmar  77'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,966 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

1 August 2017 Group stage	FELDA United	3−2	PKNS	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Olusegun  46', 75' Shukor  73'	Report	Bobby  31' Nazrin  61' (pen.)	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 1,129 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

9 September 2017 Group stage	Kuala Lumpur	2−0	PKNS	Krubong, Melaka
21:00 UTC+8	Guilherme  47', 83'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

Statistics

Squad appearances

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

No.	Pos.	Name	League	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	GK	G. Jeevananthan	0	0	0	0
2	MF	Park Kwang-il	8	0	4	12
3	DF	Mohd Azmi Muslim	14+5	1	4	19+5
4	FW	Patrick Wleh	20	1	4	25
5	MF	Shahrul Azhar Ture	10+5	1	4	15+5
6	MF	Munir Amran	0	0	0	0
7	MF	P. Rajesh	9+1	0	2+1	11+2
8	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	0+1	0	4+1	4+2
9	FW	Bobby Gonzales	3+5	0+1	3+1	6+7
10	FW	Safee Sali	13+1	1	0+1	14+2
11	MF	Nazrin Syamsul Bahri	15+2	1	3+1	19+3
12	DF	Abdou Jammeh	9	0	5	14
13	MF	Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli	12	0	2	14
14	MF	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	3+9	0	2	5+9
15	DF	P. Gunalan	9+1	0	2	11+1
16	DF	Azreen Zulkafli	6	0	1	7
17	DF	Abdul Ghani Rahman	1+3	0	2	3+3
18	MF	M. Sivakumar	14+1	1	4	19+1
19	MF	Khairul Ramadhan Zauwawi	2+6	0	2+1	4+7
20	MF	Affize Faisal Mamat	4+1	0	1+1	5+2
21	FW	Fábio Ferreira	4+2	0	2+4	6+6
22	GK	Zamir Selamat	10+1	1	3	14+1
23	MF	Alif Haikal Sabri	9+5	1	3+1	13+6
24	DF	Nizam Abu Bakar	5+4	0	2+1	7+5
25	GK	Nor Haziq Aris	6+1	0	0	6+1
26	DF	Amirizdwan Taj	2	0	0	2
27	DF	Azmizi Azmi	4+1	0	2	6+1
29	MF	K. Gurusamy	8+3	0+1	2+1	10+5
30	GK	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar	6	0	3	9
31	MF	Nur Iqmal Harun ^U21	0	0	0	0
32	MF	Amir Hafiz Mohd Noor ^U21	0	0	0+1	0+1
33	FW	Shafizi Iqmal ^U19	0	0	0+1	0+1
34	MF	Sunil Caven Chandran ^U19	0	0	0	0
35	DF	Shivan Pillay Asokan ^U19	0	0	0+1	0+1
Players who left the club during season or on loan
–	DF	Mohd Sabre Mat Abu	0	0	0	0
–	DF	Gonzalo Soto	12	1	0	13
–	MF	Matías Jadue	12	1	0	13
–	MF	S. Sivanesan	3+2	0	0	3+2
–	FW	Lucas Espíndola	10	1	0	11
–	FW	Arip Amiruddin	0	0	0	0

* U19 = Under-19 player
* U21 = Under-21 player

Top scorers

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Pos	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	4	Patrick Wleh	FW	8	0	2	10
2	21	Lucas Espíndola	FW	5	0	0	5
3	30	Matías Jadue	MF	4	0	0	4
	10	Safee Sali	FW	4	0	0	4
5	23	Alif Haikal Sabri	MF	3	0	0	3
6	9	Bobby Gonzales	FW	1	0	1	2
	19	Khairul Ramadhan	MF	2	0	0	2
	12	Abdou Jammeh	DF	2	0	0	2
9	12	Gonzalo Soto	DF	1	0	0	1
	24	Nizam Abu Bakar	DF	1	0	0	1
	11	Nazrin Syamsul Bahri	MF	0	0	1	1
	5	Shahrul Azhar Ture	MF	1	0	0	1
Total				32	0	4	36

* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season

Clean sheets

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	30	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar	3	0	1	4
2	22	Zamir Selamat	1	0	0	1
Total			4	0	1	5

Transfers

First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.[1]

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
1 January 2017	FW	Lucas Espíndola	All Boys
1 January 2017	FW	Patrick Wleh	Selangor
1 January 2017	FW	Arip Amiruddin	DRB-Hicom
1 January 2017	DF	Azmizi Azmi	Perlis
1 January 2017	MF	Affize Faisal Mamat	Terengganu
1 January 2017	MF	S. Sivanesan	Felda United
1 January 2017	MF	K. Gurusamy	Sarawak
1 January 2017	DF	Mohd Sabre Mat Abu	Kedah
1 January 2017	MF	Bobby Gonzales	Felda United
1 January 2017	DF	Mohd Azmi Muslim	Selangor
1 January 2017	MF	Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli	Penang
1 January 2017	FW	Safee Sali	Johor Darul Ta'zim
1 January 2017	MF	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	AirAsia
1 January 2017	GK	Zamir Selamat	Perak
1 January 2017	DF	Amirizdwan Taj	Unattached

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
June 2017	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	Melaka United
June 2017	DF	Abdou Jammeh	Al-Shamal
June 2017	MF	Park Kwang-il	Ehime
June 2017	MF	Fábio Ferreira	Central Coast Mariners
June 2017	GK	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar	Unattached
July 2017	DF	Shivan Pillay Asokan	PKNS U19
July 2017	MF	Sunil Caven Chandran	PKNS U19
July 2017	FW	Shafizi Iqmal	PKNS U19
July 2017	MF	Amir Hafiz Mohd Noor	PKNS U21
July 2017	MF	Nur Iqmal Harun	PKNS U21

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
1 January 2017	GK	Mohd Remezey Che Ros	Kuala Lumpur
1 January 2017	DF	Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin	PBMS
1 January 2017	DF	Mohd Farid Ramli	Felda United
1 January 2017	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	Melaka United
1 January 2017	MF	S. Thinagaran	Kelantan
1 January 2017	MF	Yusaini Hafiz	Free agent
1 January 2017	MF	Fazli Baharuddin	PBMS
1 January 2017	MF	Juan Manuel Cobelli	Taranto 1927
1 January 2017	FW	Gabriel Miguel Guerra	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
1 January 2017	FW	K. Satish	Selangor
June 2017	MF	S. Sivanesan	Melaka United
June 2017	DF	Gonzalo Soto	Free agent
June 2017	MF	Matías Jadue	Port
June 2017	FW	Lucas Espíndola	Free agent

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
June 2017	MF	S. Sivanesan	Melaka United
June 2017	DF	Gonzalo Soto	Unattached
June 2017	MF	Matías Jadue	Port
June 2017	FW	Lucas Espíndola	Juventud Antoniana
June 2017	FW	Arip Amiruddin	Petaling Jaya Rangers

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned To
1 January 2017	MF	R. Thivagar	PBMS
1 January 2017	MF	Adam Shafiq Fua'ad	PBMS
1 January 2017	MF	Shahurain Abu Samah	PDRM
1 January 2017	FW	Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali	PDRM
1 January 2017	FW	Farderin Kadir	Negeri Sembilan

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Loaned To
1 June 2017	DF	Mohd Sabre Mat Abu	Negeri Sembilan

References

1. "Senarai Rumours Dan Perpindahan Pemain Liga Malaysia 2017". Blogger Bola Malaysia. Retrieved 1 March 2017.