2021 Kedah FA season

The 2021 season is Kedah's 13th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.

Kedah

2021 season
Manager	Al-Naliq Hasmi Abu Hassan
Head coach	Aidil Sharin
Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
Home colours Away colours

Management team

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

Players

No.	Name	Nat	Date of birth (Age)	Last club	Contract since	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Ilham Amirullah		26 February 1994	Terengganu F.C. I	2021	2021
18	Ifwat Akmal		10 August 1996	Youth team	2016
55	Shahril Saa'ri		7 March 1990	PDRM FA	2020
Defenders
3	Rodney Celvin		25 November 1996	Selangor F.C.	2021	2021
13	Fairuz Zakaria		25 May 1997	Penang F.C.	2021	2021
15	Rizal Ghazali		1 October 1992	Perlis FA	2014
17	Syazwan Tajudin		7 January 1994	Kuala Lumpur FA	2021	2021
30	Zulkhairi Zulkeply		2 May 1995	UiTM F.C.	2020	2021
36	Renan Alves		17 December 1992	Borneo F.C.	2019	2021
98	Loqman Hakim		22 January 1998	Youth team	2020	2021
	Asri Mardzuki		12 May 1994	PDRM FA	2018
Midfielders
6	Anumanthan Kumar		14 July 1994	Hougang United	2021
7	Baddrol Bakhtiar (captain)		1 February 1988	Youth team	2005	2021
8	Rabih Ataya		16 July 1989	UiTM F.C.	2021	2021
14	Tam Sheang Tsung		24 May 1995	Sagan Tosu Youth Team	2020	2021
16	Amirul Hisyam		5 May 1995	Harimau Muda B	2015	2021
19	Aiman Afif		18 February 2001	Youth team	2020	2021
20	Fadzrul Danel		14 January 1998	Youth team	2019	2021
21	Fayadh Zulkifli		14 September 1998	Youth team	2019	2021
22	Syazwan Zainon		13 November 1989	Selangor F.C.	2021	2021
27	Ariff Farhan		14 July 1996	FELDA United	2021	2021
29	Farhan Roslan		3 December 1996	Youth team	2014	2021
77	Azamuddin Akil		16 April 1985	Selangor F.C.	2019
	Hidhir Idris		29 May 1997	PDRM FA	2017
Forwards
9	Kpah Sherman		3 February 1992	PKNS F.C.	2020	2021
10	Kipré Tchétché		16 December 1987	Terengganu F.C. I	2020	2021
11	Rozaimi Rahman		11 June 1992	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2020	2020

Transfers and contracts

In

No	Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
1	GK	Ilham Amirullah	Terengganu F.C. I	Free [3]
	DF	Asri Mardzuki	PDRM FA	Loan Return
13	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	Penang FA	Free [4]
17	DF	Syazwan Tajudin	Kuala Lumpur FA	Free [5]
27	MF	Ariff Farhan	FELDA United	Free [6]
	MF	Hidhir Idris	PDRM FA	Loan Return
22	MF	Syazwan Zainon	Selangor F.C.	Free [7]
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	Hougang United	Free [8]
	FW	Thanabalan Nadarajah	Perak FA II (M2)	Loan Return
11	FW	Rozaimi Rahman	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. (M2)	Free [9]

Note 1: Thanabalan Nadarajah returned to the club after completion of his loan deal with Perak II before moving to Negeri Sembilan FC after his contract ended.

Loan In

No	Position	Player	Transferred From	Ref
3	DF	Rodney Celvin	Selangor F.C.	Season loan [10] [11]
8	MF	Rabih Ataya	Al Ahed FC	Season loan [12]

Note 1: Rabih Ataya returned from UiTM F.C. to Al Ahed FC before being loaned to the club.

Out

No	Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref
1	GK	Azri Ghani	Perak TBG F.C.	Free [13]
33	GK	Asri Mohamad		Free [14]
17	DF	Irfan Zakaria	Kuala Lumpur FA	Free
13	DF	Khairul Helmi	Melaka United	Free [15]
27	DF	Hadin Azman	Kuala Lumpur FA	Free [16]
5	DF	Norfiqrie Talib		Free [17]
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	Perak TBG F.C.	Free [18] [19]
14	DF	Alif Yusof		Free [20]
93	MF	Amin Nazari		Free [21]
6	MF	David Rowley	Penang FA	Free [22]
8	FW	Zaquan Adha	Negeri Sembilan FA	Free [23]
14	FW	Thanabalan Nadarajah	Negeri Sembilan FA	Free [24]
99	FW	Aminuddin Abu Bakar		Free [25]

Extension of contract

Pos.	Player	Source
Coach	Aidil Sharin	2 Years contract signed in 2020 till 2022 [26]

Retained

Pos.	Player	Source
GK	Shahril Saa'ri	[27]
GK	Ifwat Akmal	[28]
DF	Renan Alves	3 years contract signed in 2019
DF	Rizal Ghazali	[29]
DF	Loqman Hakim	[30]
DF	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	[31]
MF	Fadzrul Danel	3 years contract signed in 2019 [32]
MF	Fayadh Zulkifli	3 years contract signed in 2019 [33]
MF	Azamuddin Akil	[34]
MF	Aiman Afif	[35]
MF	Amirul Hisyam	[36]
MF	Baddrol Bakhtiar	[37]
MF	Farhan Roslan	[38]
MF	Tam Sheang Tsung	[39]
FW	Kpah Sherman	1 years contract signed in 2020 [40]
FW	Kipré Tchétché	1 years contract signed in 2020 [41]
FW	Faizat Ghazli	[42]

To be confirmed

Pos.	Player	Source

Out

No	Position	Player	Transferred To	Ref

Friendlies

Pre-season Friendlies

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for AFC Champions League group stage
2	Kedah Darul Aman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
3	Kuala Lumpur United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Melaka United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Penang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Perak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Petaling Jaya City	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Sabah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Selangor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Sri Pahang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Terengganu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	UiTM	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 5 October 2020. Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Fixtures and results

5 March 2021 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	v	Kedah Darul Aman	Johor
				Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Group stage

2020 Malaysia Cup group stage

AFC Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

22 June 2021 Matchday 1

Kedah Darul Aman

v

Persipura Jayapura / Visakha FC / Lalenok United

25 June 2021 Matchday 2

Saigon FC

v

Kedah Darul Aman

28 June 2021 Matchday 3

Kedah Darul Aman

v

Lion City Sailors

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		AFC Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Ilham Amirullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF	Rodney Celvin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	Anumanthan Kumar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	Baddrol Bakhtiar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Rabih Ataya	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Kpah Sherman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	FW	Kipré Tchétché	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	FW	Rozaimi Rahman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	Tam Sheang Tsung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	Rizal Ghazali	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Amirul Hisyam	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	DF	Syazwan Tajudin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	GK	Ifwat Akmal	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Aiman Afif	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Fadzrul Danel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	Fayadh Zulkifli	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Syazwan Zainon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	MF	Ariff Farhan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	MF	Farhan Roslan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Zulkhairi Zulkeply	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	DF	Renan Alves	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	GK	Shahril Saa'ri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF	Azamuddin Akil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	DF	Loqman Hakim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who have played this season and/or sign for the season but had left the club or on loan to other club

Notes

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". Archived from the original on 2019-08-04.
3. "Welcome Ilham from the Turtle".
4. "Welcome back Fairuz Zakaria!".
5. "Welcome back Syazwan Tajudin!".
6. "Welcome back Kokot!".
7. "Syazwan Zainon is back! Kedah attack will be in season 2021 later!".
8. "M. Anumanthan eyes silverware with new team Kedah".
9. "ROZAIMI IN THE YELLOW GREEN!".
10. "Welcome Rodney to Kedah".
11. "Rodney wants to repay Aidil's beliefs".
12. "Rabih Ataya with a new club".
13. "Welcome to Perak FC, Azri Ghani!".
14. "THANK YOU ASRI!".
15. "TERIMA KASIH KEON, SENTIASA #13 HIJAUKUNING!".
16. "TERIMA KASIH HADIN!".
17. "TERIMA KASIH FIQRIE!".
18. "Aidil appreciates the services of Shakir Hamzah".
19. "TERIMA KASIH 'OGHANG KITA' SHAKIR HAMZAH!".
20. "THANK YOU ALIF!".
21. "TERIMA KASIH NAZARI!".
22. "THANK YOU ROWLEY!".
23. "TERIMA KASIH ZAQUAN!".
24. "THANK YOU THANABALAN!".
25. "THANK YOU AMENUDDIN!".
26. "yukur alhamdulillah, thank you so much for another opportunity to be part with Kedah again next season".
27. "Shahril Saári continues stay with Kedah".
28. "Ifwat keep watching Kedah's goal!".
29. "Rizal Ghazali stay with the Red Eagle".
30. "Loqman Judge forever Green Yellow!".
31. "Zulkhairi gains team trust to continue to remain season 2021!".
32. "FD20 continues to stay with Yellow Green!".
33. "Fayadh is excited for the AFC Cup 2021, Forever Green Yellow!".
34. "Alex continues to stay with the Kedah team!".
35. "Aiman Afif remains Green Yellow!".
36. "Amirul Hisyam is still Green Yellow!".
37. "Baddrol Bakhtiar continues to be committed".
38. "Farhan Roslan continues to be committed".
39. "Tam Jr. determined to grab the chance for season 2021!".
40. "Sherman believes that Kedah can reach the 2021 season".
41. "Tchetche stay green".
42. "Faizat Ghazli stay with the Red Eagle".