2020 Penang FA season

The 2020 season is Penang's 94th competitive season, 3rd consecutive season in the second tier of Malaysian football since relegated in 2017, and 99th year in existence as a football club. The season covers the period from 1 December 2019 to 30 November 2020. After spending the season mostly at the top of the league table, Penang were promoted to the Super League on 20 September. Two weeks later, Penang won the Malaysia Premier League for the first time in the club's history after Kuala Lumpur failed to get three points against Perak II.

Penang

2020 season
President	Dr. Amar Pritpal Abdullah
Head Coach	Manzoor Azwira
Stadium	City Stadium
Premier League	1st (Promoted as Champions)
FA Cup	Tournament Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Casagrande (9 goals) All: Casagrande (10 goals)
Highest home attendance	5,855 vs Selangor II (7 March 2020)
Lowest home attendance	4,330 vs Sarawak United (1 March 2020)
Biggest win	4–0 (vs. Kelantan United, 2 October 2020, Premier League)
Biggest defeat	0–1 (vs. Terengganu II, 10 October 2020, Premier League)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Coaching Staffs

Position	Name
Head Coach	Manzoor Azwira
Assistant Coach	Akmal Rizal Ahmad Rakhli Mat Saiful Mohamad
Goalkeeping Coach	Mohd Hisham Jainudin
Fitness Coach	Rozy Abdul Majid Faizal Halim
Team Doctor	Hardeep Singh Jaginder Singh Parmjit Singh Kuldip Singh
Physiotherapist	Izzul Naim Jamil
Masseur	K. Mathialagan
Kit Man	Razif Radali Sufie Noorazizan
U-21 Team Head Coach	Wan Rohaimi
U-19 Team Head Coach	K. Mahendran

Squad

As of 2 October 2020[1]

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Samuel Somerville		GK	1 March 1994
21	Wong Tse Yang		GK	13 May 1995
22	Ramadhan Hamid		GK	16 February 1994
25	Hazrull Hafiz		GK	6 December 1997
71	Al Imran Ishak U21		GK	21 June 1999
Defenders
3	Raffi Nagoorgani		RB / CB	17 June 1994
6	Khairul Akmal		RB / CB / DM	28 May 1998
13	Latiff Suhaimi		CB / DM / CF	29 May 1989
15	Fairuz Zakaria		RB / DM	25 May 1997
16	Zamri Pin Ramli		RB / RW	24 April 1991
17	Rafael Vitor FP		CB	5 January 1993
23	Zharif Desa		CB	8 July 1992
33	Azmi Muslim		LB / LW	17 October 1986
88	M. Yoges		LB / LW	13 November 1988
Midfielders
7	Syukur Saidin		DM / CM	12 November 1991
8	Khairu Azrin		DM / CM	13 July 1991
10	Lee Chang-hoon FP		RW / LW	17 December 1986
11	Amer Azahar		RW	22 June 1995
12	Al-Hafiz Harun		RW	13 April 1994
14	Endrick FP		AM / CM / CF	7 March 1995
20	Azrie Reza		AM	30 December 1997
28	Wan Faiz		AM	11 July 1992
55	Afif Azman		AM / RW	1 August 1998
62	Daniel Irfan U21		AM	7 March 2000
78	Azmeer Aris U21		AM	5 August 1999
Strikers
9	Casagrande FP		CF	28 July 1986
18	Marcus Mah		CF	2 April 1994
19	Nurshamil Ghani		CF	25 September 1994
30	Nurfais Johari U21		AM / LW	27 March 1999
99	Bobby Gonzales		CF	15 February 1984

• FP = Foreign player
• U21 = Under-21 player

Transfers and contracts

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
11	MF	Amer Azahar	25	UiTM	Transfer	9 November 2019	Free
28	MF	Wan Mohd Faiz	28	UKM	Transfer	9 November 2019	Free
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	26	Johor DT II	Transfer	10 November 2019	Free [2]
18	FW	Marcus Mah	25	Petaling Jaya City	Transfer	20 November 2019	Free
22	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	26	Kedah	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free[3]
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	23	Kedah President Cup	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free [4]
23	DF	Zharif Desa	28	Melaka United	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free [5]
33	DF	Azmi Muslim	34	Kuala Lumpur	Transfer	23 November 2019	Free
20	MF	Azrie Reza Zamri	23	Youth System	Promotion	5 December 2019	N/A
3	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	26	Felda United	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
10	MF	Lee Chang-hoon	34	PDRM	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
8	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	29	Terengganu FC	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
16	DF	Zamri Pin Ramli	29	Petaling Jaya City	Transfer	6 December 2019	Free
9	FW	Casagrande	34	Melaka United	Transfer	15 December 2019	Free
13	DF	Latiff Suhaimi	31	Selangor	Transfer	25 December 2019	Free
14	MF	Endrick	25	Selangor	Transfer	8 January 2020	Free
19	FW	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	26	Melaka United	Transfer	8 January 2020	Free
17	DF	Rafael Vitor	28	Nacional	Transfer	11 January 2020	Free
99	FW	Bobby Gonzales	36	Sarawak United	Transfer	7 February 2020	Free
21	GK	Wong Tse Yang	25	Free Agent	Transfer	2 October 2020	Free

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
1	GK	Zamir Selamat	31	Kuala Lumpur	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
2	DF	Che Safwan Hazman	25	Negeri Sembilan	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
3	MF	Lim Yong Sheng	26	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
6	MF	Wan Mohd Syukri	29	Melaka United	Loan Return	3 November 2019	N/A
7	MF	Kang Seung-jo	35	Kelantan	Released	3 November 2019	Free
8	MF	Dhiyaulrahman Hasry	24	Terengganu II	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
9	FW	Casagrande	34	Melaka United	Loan Return	3 November 2019	N/A
10	FW	Julián Bottaro	28	UKM F.C.	Released	3 November 2019	Free
11	MF	Mohd Azrul Ahmad	35	Kelantan	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
15	DF	Abdul Aziz Ismail	32	Kelantan United	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
16	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	26	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Released	3 November 2019	Free
17	DF	Tunku Noor Hidayat	26	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
18	FW	Rahizi Rasib	26	Protap	Released	3 November 2019	Free
19	MF	S. Sivanesan	30	Melawati	Released	3 November 2019	Free
22	GK	Faizal Yusoff	33	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
23	MF	Ikhmal Ibrahim	26	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
26	DF	A. Segar	28	KSR Sains	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
29	FW	Mohd Afiq Azmi	32	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
	MF	Mohd Redzuan Suhaidi	25	Langkawi City	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	DF	Amir Qayyum Zulkipli	24	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	MF	Amirul Syazani Roslan	26	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	DF	Som Keat Preseart	24	Thai Selangor	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	MF	Faizzudin Abidin	23	Selangor	Loan return	15 November 2019	N/A
	DF	Abdul Qayyum	24	Sarawak United	Released	29 February 2020	Free

Friendlies

26 November 2019 Friendly	Puchong Fuerza	2–3	Penang	Bangi, Selangor
17:00 UTC+8			Daniel Irfan  ?', ?' Casagrande  ?'	Stadium: Maybank (B) Field

27 November 2019 Friendly	PDRM	0–5	Penang	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16:00 UTC+8			Afif  ?' Syazwan  ?' Maguire  ?' Amer  ?' Marcus  ?'	Stadium: PULAPOL Field

12 December 2019 Friendly	AFC Rangers	0–3	Penang	Batu Kawan, Penang
17:00 UTC+8			Al-Hafiz  ?' Afif  ?' Shin  ?'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

20 December 2019 Friendly	PDRM	1–2	Penang	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
16:30 UTC+8			Alfussainey  ?' Anzite  ?'	Stadium: PULAPOL Field

21 December 2019 Friendly	UiTM	0–4	Penang	Bukit Jelutong, Selangor
16:30 UTC+8			Daniel Irfan  ?' Casagrande  ?', ?', ?'	Stadium: Sime Darby Field

27 December 2019 Friendly	Penang	0–0	PJ City	George Town, Penang
20:45 UTC+8				Stadium: City Stadium

10 January 2020 Friendly	Penang	9–1	Belantik City	Jawi, Penang
17:30 UTC+8	Rafael Vitor  ?' Endrick  ?', ?' Casagrande  ?', ?', ?' Faiz  ?' Unknown  ?', ?', ?'			Stadium: Jawi Public Field

11 January 2020 Friendly	Penang	4–0	Tambun Tulang F.C.	Batu Kawan, Penang
17:00 UTC+8	Amer  ?' Endrick  ?' Faiz  ?' Nurshamil  ?'			Stadium: Penang State Stadium

19 January 2019 Friendly	Gumarang	0–0	Penang	Medan, Indonesia
17:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Kebun Bunga Stadium

23 January 2020 Friendly	Penang	2–0	Manjung City	George Town, Penang
20:15 UTC+8	Casagrande  19' Wan Faiz  50'			Stadium: City Stadium

28 January 2020 Friendly	Penang	2–0	Perak TBG	George Town, Penang
20:45 UTC+8	Casagrande  13' Al-Hafiz  37'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,237

7 February 2020 Friendly	PJ City	0–0	Penang	Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: UM Arena Stadium

8 February 2020 Friendly	Ultimate	0–1	Penang	Subang Jaya
21:00 UTC+8			Syukur  ? '	Stadium: MPSJ Stadium

18 February 2020 Friendly	Penang	2–2	Selangor	George Town, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Endrick  18' Gonzales  45'		Khyril  28' Gan  63'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,083

20 February 2020 Friendly	Penang	2–0	Langkawi City	George Town, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Nurshamil  ? ' Gonzales  ? '			Stadium: City Stadium

5 August 2020 Friendly	Selangor	4–1	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
20:30 UTC+8	Syahmi  8' Rufino  41' Bajram  55' Wan Zack  81'		Afif  79'	Stadium: FAS Training Centre

7 August 2020 Friendly	UiTM	3–2	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Hartmann  7' Ataya  33' Gustavo  90+3' (pen.)		Casagrande  13' R. Vitor  39' (pen.)	Stadium: UiTM Stadium

14 August 2020 Friendly	Perak II	0–2	Penang	Manjung, Perak
21:00 UTC+8			R. Vitor  23', 66'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium

19 August 2020 Friendly	Kedah	2–3	Penang	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Faizat  20', 28'		Amer  60' Bobby  84' R. Vitor  88' (pen.)	Stadium: Darulaman Stadium

Edy Rahmayadi Cup 2020

16 January 2019 Semi final	Boeung Ket Angkor	3–2	Penang	Medan, Indonesia
17:30 UTC+8	Mizuno  3' Vathanaka  9' Fukui  63'		Casagrande  6' Endrick  34'	Stadium: Teladan Stadium

18 January 2019 Third place playoff	PSMS Medan	1–1 (3–5 p)	Penang	Medan, Indonesia
17:30 UTC+8	Dwipan  58'	Report	Casagrande  20'	Stadium: Teladan Stadium
	Penalties
	Unknown Dwipan Nabar Prambudi		Endrick R. Vitor Amer D. Irfan Nurshamil

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Penang (P)	11	8	2	1	24	8	+16	26	Promotion to Super League
2	Terengganu II[lower-alpha 1]	11	7	1	3	17	14	+3	22
3	Kuala Lumpur (P)	11	6	3	2	21	14	+7	21	Promotion to Super League
4	Kuching	11	5	1	5	17	19	−2	16
5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II[lower-alpha 1]	11	4	3	4	20	17	+3	15

Updated to match(es) played on 31 October 2020. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.
Notes:

1. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. , Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

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
11	8	2	1	24	8	+16	26	5	1	0	16	4	+12	3	1	1	8	4	+4

Last updated: 9 October 2020.
Source: FA Penang

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Ground	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	W	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L
Position	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 9 October 2020. Source: FA Penang
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

1 March 2020 1	Penang	4–2	Sarawak United	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande  7', 40' Amer  35' Endrick  53'	Report	Milad  43' Patrick  63'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 4,330 Referee: Mohd Faisal Ridzuan

7 March 2020 2	Penang	4–1	Selangor II	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Endrick  53' Casagrande  54', 63', 67'	Report	Bajram  89'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Faizzudin Ismail

10 March 2020 3	Perak II	1–1	Penang	Seri Manjung, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Bruno Bezerra  70'	Report	Casagrande  20'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium Attendance: 1,270 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

14 March 2020 4	Penang	0–0	Kuching	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shahrul Amin Abdul Aziz

29 August 2020 5	Kelantan	0–3	Penang	Kota Bahru, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Endrick  53' (pen.), 66' (pen.), 90+3'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang

4 September 2020 6	Penang	2–0	Negeri Sembilan	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande  6' Lee  62'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin

12 September 2020 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–2	Penang	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Feroz  30'	Report	Azrin  4' Endrick  44'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khirulzauan Kidam

19 September 2020 8	Penang	2–1	Kuala Lumpur	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Endrick  45' R. Vitor  90+3'	Report	Indra  71'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Faizudin Ismail

26 September 2020 9	UKM	1–2	Penang	Selayang, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Sunday  17'	Report	Casagrande  6' Endrick  66' (pen.)	Stadium: Selayang Municipal Council Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nasrudin Tamrin

2 October 2020 10	Penang	4–0	Kelantan United	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Lee  18' Al-Hafiz  21' Bobby  53' Casagrande  74'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hasman Hisam Asngari

9 October 2020 11	Terengganu II	1–0	Penang	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Mintah  88'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

March 2020 Round 2	Penang	Cancelled ^1	Negeri Sembilan	George Town
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: City Stadium

Notes:'

^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

Malaysia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 November 2020 Round of 16	Penang	3–1	FELDA United	George Town
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande  37' Amer  62' Lee  76'	Report	Velez  49'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Fairuzi Desa

12 November 2020 Quarter Final	Penang	Cancelled ^1	UiTM	George Town
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: City Stadium

Notes:'

^1 2020 Season cancelled due to the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0
3	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	7(1)	0	0	0	0	0	7(1)	0	2	0
6	DF	Khairul Akmal	1(3)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1(4)	0	0	0
7	MF	Syukur Saidin	6(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	6(2)	0	0	0
8	MF	Khairu Azrin	10	1	0	0	1	0	11	1	4	0
9	FW	Casagrande	8(3)	9	0	0	1	1	9(3)	10	1	0
10	MF	Lee Chang-hoon	6(1)	2	0	0	1	1	7(1)	3	0	0
11	MF	Amer Azhar	9(2)	1	0	0	1	1	10(2)	2	0	0
12	MF	Al-Hafiz Harun	9(2)	1	0	0	1	0	10(2)	1	0	0
13	MF	Latiff Suhaimi	9(1)	0	0	0	1	0	10(1)	0	3	0
14	MF	Endrick	10	8	0	0	1	0	11	8	2	0
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	7(1)	0	0	0	1	0	8(1)	0	3	0
16	DF	Zamri Pin Ramli	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0	0	0
17	DF	Rafael Victor	11	1	0	0	1	0	12	1	3	0
18	FW	Marcus Mah	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
19	FW	Nurshamil Ghani	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
20	DF	Azrie Reza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Zharif Desa	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Hazrull Hafiz	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Wan Faiz	2(8)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	2(9)	0	0	0
30	MF	Nurfais Johari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Azmi Muslim	11	0	0	0	1	0	12	0	1	0
55	MF	Afif Azman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
62	MF	Danial Irfan	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
71	GK	Al Imran Ishak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
88	DF	Yoges Muniandy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Bobby Gonzales	4(5)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	4(6)	1	0	0
Left club during season

Last updated: 6 November 2020.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Casagrande	9	0	1	10
2	MF	14	Endrick	8	0	0	8
3	MF	10	Lee Chang-hoon	2	0	1	3
4	MF	11	Amer Azhar	1	0	1	2
5	MF	8	Khairu Azrin	1	0	0	1
	MF	12	Al-Hafiz Harun	1	0	0	1
	DF	17	Rafael Victor	1	0	0	1
	FW	99	Bobby Gonzales	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 6 November 2020.
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	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Casagrande	6	0	0	6
2	MF	14	Endrick	5	0	0	5
3	MF	11	Amer Azahar	3	0	1	4
	MF	12	Al-Hafiz Harun	3	0	1	4
5	MF	10	Lee Chang-hoon	2	0	0	2
6	DF	3	Raffi Nagoorgani	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Khairul Akmal	1	0	0	1
	MF	8	Khairu Azrin	1	0	0	1
	DF	17	Rafael Vitor	1	0	0	1
	DF	33	Azmi Muslim	0	0	1	1
	FW	99	Bobby Gonzales	1	0	0	1

Last updated: 6 November 2020.
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	Samuel Somerville	4	0	0	4

Last updated: 6 November 2020.
Source: Soccerway

Summary

Games played	12 (11 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup)
Games won	9 (8 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup)
Games drawn	2 (2 Malaysia Premier League)
Games lost	1 (1 Malaysia Premier League)
Goals scored	27 (24 Malaysia Premier League) (3 Malaysia Cup)
Goals conceded	9 (8 Malaysia Premier League) (1 Malaysia Cup)
Goal difference	18 (16 Malaysia Premier League) (2 Malaysia Cup)
Clean sheets	4 (4 Malaysia Premier League)
Yellow cards	20 (17 Malaysia Premier League) (3 Malaysia Cup)
Red cards
Most appearances	6 players (12 appearances)
Top scorer	Casagrande (10 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 9/12 (75.00%)

Last updated: 6 November 2020.
Source: Soccerway

References

1. "Players". Penang BTK. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
2. "Samuel Somerville sah sertai Pulau Pinang". Semuanya Bola.
3. "Ramadhan Hamid joined Penang for 2020".
4. "Fairuz Zakaria joined Penang for 2020".
5. "Zharif return to Penang after one season".
6. "Penang gugur 17 pemain sebelum hadapi musim 2020".