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Penang

2021 season
Chairman	Soon Lip Chee
Head coach	Tomáš Trucha
Stadium	City Stadium
Super League	3rd
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Casagrande (12) All: Casagrande (12)
Highest home attendance	2,000 (vs. Sabah, 11 April 2021, Super League) & (vs. Johor Darul Ta'zim, 8 May 2021, Super League)
Lowest home attendance	1,917 (vs. Sri Pahang, 24 April 2021, Super League)
Average home league attendance	1,972
Biggest win	3–0 (vs. Sri Pahang, 24 April 2021, Super League), 4–1 (vs. Terengganu, 1 May 2021, Super League), 3–0 (vs. Sabah, 22 August 2021, Super League)
Biggest defeat	0–5 (vs. Sri Pahang, 3 November 2021, Malaysia Cup)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2021 season was Penang's 95th competitive season, 1st season in the first tier of Malaysian football since promoted in 2020, 100th year in existence as a football club, and the 1st year since rebranded as Penang Football Club. The season covers the period from 1 December 2020 to 30 November 2021.

Coaching Staffs

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

Squad

As of 25 May 2021

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Samuel Somerville		GK	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)
22	Asyraaf Omar		GK	(1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 30)
25	Shafiq Afifi U22		GK	(1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 25)
88	See Tian Keat		GK	(1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)
Defenders
2	Quentin Cheng U22		RB / RW	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 25)
3	Syazwan Zaipol		CB	(1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 (age 29)
4	Ryuji Utomo FP		CB / DM	(1995-07-01) 1 July 1995 (age 29)
5	Fauzan Fauzi		RB	(1995-01-07) 7 January 1995 (age 29)
6	Khairul Akmal		RB / CB / DM	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 26)
13	Latiff Suhaimi		CB / DM / CF	(1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 35)
15	Khairul Asyraf		RB	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 29)
17	Rafael Vitor FP		CB / DM	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31)
23	Azwan Aripin		LB	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)
33	Azmi Muslim		LB / LW	(1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 38)
37	Azmeer Aris U22		LB / LW	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 25)
77	Suwarnaraj Chinniah		RB	(1998-02-03) 3 February 1998 (age 26)
Midfielders
8	Khairu Azrin		DM / CM	(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33)
11	Amer Azahar		RW / LW	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 29)
12	Al-Hafiz Harun		RW / LW	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)
14	Endrick FP		AM / CM / CF	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29)
16	Danial Ashraf		AM	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)
28	Wan Faiz		AM / RW / LW	(1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 32)
31	Afif Azman		AM / RW	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 26)
36	Fadhil Idris		DM / CM	(1996-07-29) 29 July 1996 (age 28)
55	David Rowley		DM / AM / RW / LW	(1990-02-06) 6 February 1990 (age 34)
70	D. Saarvindran		AM / RW / LW	(1992-10-04) 4 October 1992 (age 32)
Strikers
7	Jafri Chew		CF	(1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 (age 27)
9	Casagrande FP		CF	(1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 38)
10	Sheriddin Boboev FP U22		CF / AM / RW	(1999-04-21) 21 April 1999 (age 25)
18	Marcus Mah		CF / RW / LW	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)
21	Azim Rahim		CF	(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)

• FP = Foreign player
• U22 = Under-22 player

Transfers and contracts

In

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
4	DF	Ryuji Utomo	29	Persija Jakarta	Loan	1 December 2020	Free
7	FW	Jafri Chew	27	Free Agent	Transfer	7 December 2020	Free
77	DF	C. Suwarnaraj	26	Perak II	Transfer	7 December 2020	Free
10	FW	Sheriddin Boboev	25	Istiklol	Transfer	12 December 2020	Free
2	DF	Quentin Cheng	25	Selangor II	Loan	16 December 2020	Free
16	MF	Danial Ashraf	27	Kelantan	Transfer	16 December 2020	Free
23	DF	Azwan Aripin	28	Kelantan	Transfer	16 December 2020	Free
15	DF	Khairul Asyraf	29	Kelantan	Transfer	16 December 2020	Free
36	MF	Fadhil Idris	28	FELDA United	Transfer	17 December 2020	Free
88	GK	See Tian Keat	31	The Cops	Transfer	18 December 2020	Free
25	GK	Shafiq Afifi	25	Perak II	Transfer	19 December 2020	Free
70	MF	D. Saarvindran	32	Terengganu	Transfer	9 January 2021	Free
99	FW	Zafuan Azeman	25	Free Agent	Transfer	10 January 2021	Free
55	MF	David Rowley	34	Kedah Darul Aman	Transfer	11 January 2021	Free
3	DF	Syazwan Zaipol	29	Petaling Jaya City	Transfer	21 February 2021	Free
22	GK	Asyraaf Omar	30	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Transfer	5 March 2021	Free

2nd Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
21	FW	Azim Rahim	27	Kuala Lumpur City	Loan	25 May 2021	Free
5	DF	Fauzan Fauzi	29	Kuala Lumpur City	Loan	25 May 2021	Free

Out

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
3	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	30	Petaling Jaya City	Released	15 December 2020	Free
7	MF	Syukur Saidin	33	Free Agent	End of Contract	1 December 2020	Free
10	MF	Lee Chang-hoon	38	Sarawak United	Released	23 December 2020	Free
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	27	Kedah Darul Aman	Released	20 December 2020	Free
16	DF	Zamri Pin Ramli	33	Negeri Sembilan	Released	8 January 2021	Free
19	FW	Nurshamil Ghani	30	Kelantan	Released	21 February 2021	Free
21	GK	Wong Tse Yang	29	Immigration	End of Contract	1 December 2020	Free
22	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	30	Kelantan United	Released	27 December 2020	Free
23	DF	Zharif Desa	32	Free Agent	End of Contract	1 December 2020	Free
25	GK	Hazrull Hafiz	27	Free Agent	End of Contract	1 December 2020	Free
88	DF	Yoges Muniandy	36	Free Agent	End of Contract	1 December 2020	Free
99	FW	Bobby Gonzales	40	Sabah	Released	15 January 2021	Free

2nd Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
99	FW	Zafuan Azeman	25	Kelantan United		24 May 2021
19	MF	Nurfais Johari	25	PDRM		24 May 2021
20	MF	Azrie Reza	27	PDRM	Loan	25 May 2021	Free

Friendlies

19 February 2021 Friendly	Kedah Darul Aman	1–1	Penang	Alor Setar, Kedah
00:00 UTC+8	Kipre ?'		Boboev ?'	Stadium: Darulaman Stadium Attendance: 0

21 February 2021 Friendly	Penang	3–1	Kedah Darul Aman	Batu Kawan, Penang
20:00 UTC+8	Casagrande ?' R. Vitor ?' Azwan ?'		Farhan ?'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 0

23 February 2021 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–1	Penang	Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
21:00 UTC+8	Akono 84' Alif 86'		R. Vitor 3'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 0

28 February 2021 Friendly	Perak	2–1	Penang	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Guilherme 13' Careca 32'		Al-Hafiz 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0

5 July 2021 Friendly	Penang	0–2	Perak II	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8			Seegio 53' Khairulamizan 81'	Stadium: Batu Kawan Stadium Attendance: 0

7 July 2021 Friendly	Penang	1–0	PDRM	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande 33'			Stadium: Batu Kawan Stadium Attendance: 0

11 July 2021 Friendly	Terengganu	0–2	Penang	Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8			Azim 43' (pen.) Jafri 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 0

12 July 2021 Friendly	Terengganu II	2–1	Penang	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Ridzuan Razali 32' Hakim 48'		Azwan 80'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 0

14 July 2021 Friendly	Kelantan United	1–2	Penang	Kota Bahru, Kelantan
16:45 UTC+8	Fitri 88' (pen.)		Azwan 56' Cheng 62'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Result summary

Last updated: 12 September 2021.
Source: MFL

Results by matchday

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

6 March 2021 1	Penang	1–0	Kuala Lumpur City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Rowley 29'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hasrol Amir (Kelantan)

9 March 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Penang	Iskandar Puteri, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Velazquez 81' (pen.) Rodriguez 85'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: S. Logeswaran

12 March 2021 3	Penang	1–1	Kedah Darul Aman	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Endrick 11'	Report	Sherman 86'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin (Selangor)

20 March 2021 5	Selangor	0–2	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Al- Harun 38' Danial 73'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

3 April 2021 6	Penang	2–1	Perak	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande 43' Rafael 71'	Report	Careca 12'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang (Terengganu)

6 April 2021 7	Melaka United	1–2	Penang	Paya Rumput, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Nikolic 62'	Report	Casagrande 39', 49'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin (Selangor)

11 April 2021 8	Penang	1–1	Sabah	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande 86'	Report	Saddil 52'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali (Selangor)

18 April 2021 9	Petaling Jaya City	1–1	Penang	Petaling Jaya, Selangor
22:00 UTC+8	Ruventhiran 39'	Report	Casagrande 48'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Nafeez Abdul Wahab (Johor)

24 April 2021 10	Penang	3–0	Sri Pahang	Georgetown, Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Endrick 11' Danial 26' Jafri 90+1'	Report		Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1,917 Referee: Fitri Maskon (Malacca)

1 May 2021 11	Terengganu	1–4	Penang	Kuala Nerus, Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Hakimi 60'	Report	Boboev 8' Endrick 21' Casagrande 66', 68'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 5,561 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malacca)

4 May 2021 12	Kuala Lumpur City	3–1	Penang	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
22:00 UTC+8	Paulo Josué 35', 52', 88'	Report	Danial 64'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: 758 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin (Malacca)

8 May 2021 13	Penang	0–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Georgetown, Penang
22:00 UTC+8		Report	Safawi 15' Bergson 43' Sumareh 51'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Hasrol Amir (Kelantan)

17 August 2021 14 (Rescheduled)	Kedah Darul Aman	4–1	Penang	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Tchétché 17', 38' Baddrol 23' Sherman 55'	Report	Rowley 44'	Stadium: Darulaman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin (Malacca)

28 July 2021 15	UiTM	0–1	Penang	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Boboev 81'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal (Johor)

31 July 2021 16	Penang	1–4	Selangor	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Rowley 40'	Report	Olusegun 16' (pen.), 90+5' Danial 49' Sean 57'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria (Kuala Lumpur)

3 August 2021 17	Perak	3–5	Penang	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Poku 15', 36' (pen.), 58' (pen.)	Report	Rafael 1', 8', 28' Casagrande 21' Azim 88'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan (Pahang)

7 August 2021 18	Penang	2–1	Melaka United	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Rafael 75' (pen.) Boboev 90+3'	Report	Gomes 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin (Selangor)

22 August 2021 19	Sabah	0–3	Penang	Likas, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Casagrande 38', 54' Boboev 67'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin (Selangor)

29 August 2021 20	Penang	2–1	Petaling Jaya City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande 5' Boboev 45+1'	Report	Rajes 64'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri (Malacca)

5 September 2021 21	Sri Pahang	1–2	Penang	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Athiu 61'	Report	Endrick 67' Danial 72'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

12 September 2021 22	Penang	2–2	Terengganu	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Boboev 40' Casagrande 45+1'	Report	Argzim 25' Lee 80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: O Referee: Amirul Izwan Yaacob (Perak)

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

26 September 2021 1	Penang	1–3	Sarawak United	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Al-Hafiz 56'	Report	Uche Agba 47', 58' Khair 54'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang (Terengganu)

29 September 2021 2	Penang	1–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Boboev 77'	Report	Morales 90+3'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hasrol Amir (Kelantan)

30 October 2021 3	Sri Pahang	4–0	Penang	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Malik 11', 55' Hidalgo 47' Abubakar 72'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 500+ Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

3 November 2021 4	Penang	0–5	Sri Pahang	Georgetown, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Athiu 10', 35', 82' Abubakar 21' Malik 58'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 932 Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

7 November 2021 5	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0	Penang	Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	Morales 38'	Report		Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: 415 Referee: Khiruazuan Kidam

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	16	0	2	0	18	0	1	0
2	DF	Quentin Cheng	22	0	1	0	23	0	1	0
3	DF	Syazwan Zaipol	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	Ryuji Utomo	13(2)	0	4	0	17(2)	0	4	0
5	DF	Fauzan Fauzi	0(2)	0	0(2)	0	0(4)	0	0	0
6	DF	Khairul Akmal	1(3)	0	5	0	6(3)	0	3	0
7	FW	Jafri Chew	0(4)	1	1(5)	1	1(9)	2	2	0
8	MF	Khairu Azrin	16(1)	0	0	0	16(1)	0	6	1
9	FW	Casagrande	19	12	2	0	21	12	6	1
10	FW	Sheriddin Boboev	18(4)	6	5	1	23(4)	7	2	0
11	MF	Amer Azahar	11(6)	0	5(1)	1	16(7)	1	0	0
12	MF	Al-Hafiz Harun	15(3)	1	5	1	20(3)	2	0	0
13	DF	Latiff Suhaimi	10(9)	0	5	0	15(9)	0	2	1
14	MF	Endrick	17(1)	4	6	0	23(1)	4	3	0
15	DF	Khairul Asyraf	1(5)	0	3(1)	0	4(6)	0	1	0
16	MF	Danial Ashraf	9(10)	4	4(2)	0	13(12)	4	1	0
17	DF	Rafael Vitor	21	5	2(1)	0	23(1)	5	2	0
18	FW	Marcus Mah	1(3)	0	0(1)	0	1(4)	0	0	0
21	FW	Azim Rahim	0(6)	1	0(4)	0	0(10)	1	1	0
22	GK	Asyraaf Omar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	DF	Azwan Aripin	14(3)	0	3	0	17(3)	0	8	0
25	GK	Shafiq Afifi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Wan Faiz	0(5)	0	0(3)	0	0(8)	0	1	0
31	MF	Afif Azman	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	DF	Azmi Muslim	4(5)	0	2(2)	0	6(7)	0	1	0
36	MF	Fadhil Idris	3(4)	0	2(3)	0	5(7)	0	1	0
37	DF	Azmeer Aris	5(9)	0	1	0	6(9)	0	1	0
55	MF	David Rowley	18(3)	3	4	0	22(3)	3	3	0
70	MF	D. Saarvindran	1(9)	0	0(3)	0	1(12)	0	2	0
77	DF	C. Suwarnaraj	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
88	GK	Bryan See	6(1)	0	4	0	10(1)	0	1	0
Left club during season
19	MF	Nurfais Johari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Azrie Reza	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
99	FW	Zafuan Azeman	0(3)	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0

Last updated: 10 November 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Casagrande	12	0	12
2	FW	10	Sheriddin Boboev	6	1	7
3	DF	17	Rafael Vitor	5	0	5
4	MF	14	Endrick	4	0	4
	MF	16	Danial Ashraf	4	0	4
6	MF	55	David Rowley	3	0	3
7	MF	12	Al-Hafiz Harun	1	1	2
8	FW	7	Jafri Chew	1	0	1
	FW	21	Azim Rahim	1	0	1

Last updated: 29 September 2021.
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	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	MF	14	Endrick	10	1	11
2	FW	9	Casagrande	6	1	7
3	DF	2	Quentin Cheng	5	0	5
4	FW	10	Sheriddin Boboev	4	0	4
5	DF	17	Rafael Vitor	3	0	3
6	MF	8	Khairu Azrin	2	0	2
	MF	11	Amer Azahar	2	0	2
	MF	16	Danial Ashraf	2	0	2
9	MF	12	Al-Hafiz Harun	1	0	1
	DF	23	Azwan Aripin	1	0	1
	MF	28	Wan Faiz	1	0	1

Last updated: 29 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	League	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	1	Samuel Somerville	5	0	5
2	88	Bryan See	1	0	1

Last updated: 29 September 2021.
Source: Soccerway

Summary

Last updated: 7 November 2021.
Source: Soccerway

References

1. "New name for Penang football team". Buletin Mutiara. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
2. "Penang FC Team Officials". FAM - CMS. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. "Trucha: Ex-AFC Leopards coach appointed to lead Penang FC in Malaysia". Goal. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
4. "Players". Penang BTK. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
5. "2021 Malaysia Super League transfer list". Goal. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
6. "SENARAI PERPINDAHAN PEMAIN TEMPOH PENDAFTARAN PERTAMA LIGA MALAYSIA 2021". MFL. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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