2020 Penang FA season

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
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 season was 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.

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	(1994-03-01) 1 March 1994 (age 30)
21	Wong Tse Yang		GK	(1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 28)
22	Ramadhan Hamid		GK	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 30)
25	Hazrull Hafiz		GK	(1997-12-06) 6 December 1997 (age 26)
71	Al Imran Ishak U21		GK	(1999-06-21) 21 June 1999 (age 24)
Defenders
3	Raffi Nagoorgani		RB / CB	(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 29)
6	Khairul Akmal		RB / CB / DM	(1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 (age 25)
13	Latiff Suhaimi		CB / DM / CF	(1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 34)
15	Fairuz Zakaria		RB / DM	(1997-05-25) 25 May 1997 (age 26)
16	Zamri Pin Ramli		RB / RW	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991 (age 33)
17	Rafael Vitor FP		CB	(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 31)
23	Zharif Desa		CB	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 31)
33	Azmi Muslim		LB / LW	(1986-10-17) 17 October 1986 (age 37)
88	M. Yoges		LB / LW	(1988-11-13) 13 November 1988 (age 35)
Midfielders
7	Syukur Saidin		DM / CM	(1991-11-12) 12 November 1991 (age 32)
8	Khairu Azrin		DM / CM	(1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 32)
10	Lee Chang-hoon FP		RW / LW	(1986-12-17) 17 December 1986 (age 37)
11	Amer Azahar		RW	(1995-06-22) 22 June 1995 (age 28)
12	Al-Hafiz Harun		RW	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)
14	Endrick FP		AM / CM / CF	(1995-03-07) 7 March 1995 (age 29)
20	Azrie Reza		AM	(1997-12-30) 30 December 1997 (age 26)
28	Wan Faiz		AM	(1992-07-11) 11 July 1992 (age 31)
55	Afif Azman		AM / RW	(1998-08-01) 1 August 1998 (age 25)
62	Daniel Irfan U21		AM	(2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 24)
78	Azmeer Aris U21		AM	(1999-08-05) 5 August 1999 (age 24)
Strikers
9	Casagrande FP		CF	(1986-07-28) 28 July 1986 (age 37)
18	Marcus Mah		CF	(1994-04-02) 2 April 1994 (age 30)
19	Nurshamil Ghani		CF	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29)
30	Nurfais Johari U21		AM / LW	(1999-03-27) 27 March 1999 (age 25)
99	Bobby Gonzales		CF	(1984-02-15) 15 February 1984 (age 40)

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

Transfers and contracts

In

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
11	MF	Amer Azahar	28	UiTM	Transfer	9 November 2019	Free
28	MF	Wan Mohd Faiz	31	UKM	Transfer	9 November 2019	Free
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	29	Johor DT II	Transfer	10 November 2019	Free [2]
18	FW	Marcus Mah	29	Petaling Jaya City	Transfer	20 November 2019	Free
22	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	30	Kedah	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free[3]
15	DF	Fairuz Zakaria	26	Kedah President Cup	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free [4]
23	DF	Zharif Desa	31	Melaka United	Transfer	21 November 2019	Free [5]
33	DF	Azmi Muslim	37	Kuala Lumpur	Transfer	23 November 2019	Free
20	MF	Azrie Reza Zamri	26	Youth System	Promotion	5 December 2019	N/A
3	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	29	Felda United	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
10	MF	Lee Chang-hoon	37	PDRM	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
8	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	32	Terengganu FC	Transfer	5 December 2019	Free
16	DF	Zamri Pin Ramli	33	Petaling Jaya City	Transfer	6 December 2019	Free
9	FW	Casagrande	37	Melaka United	Transfer	15 December 2019	Free
13	DF	Latiff Suhaimi	34	Selangor	Transfer	25 December 2019	Free
14	MF	Endrick	29	Selangor	Transfer	8 January 2020	Free
19	FW	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	29	Melaka United	Transfer	8 January 2020	Free
17	DF	Rafael Vitor	31	Nacional	Transfer	11 January 2020	Free
99	FW	Bobby Gonzales	40	Sarawak United	Transfer	7 February 2020	Free
21	GK	Wong Tse Yang	28	Free Agent	Transfer	2 October 2020	Free

Out

1st Transfer Window

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer Date	Transfer fee
1	GK	Zamir Selamat	34	Kuala Lumpur	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
2	DF	Che Safwan Hazman	28	Negeri Sembilan	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
3	MF	Lim Yong Sheng	29	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
6	MF	Wan Mohd Syukri	32	Melaka United	Loan Return	3 November 2019	N/A
7	MF	Kang Seung-jo	38	Kelantan	Released	3 November 2019	Free
8	MF	Dhiyaulrahman Hasry	27	Terengganu II	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
9	FW	Casagrande	37	Melaka United	Loan Return	3 November 2019	N/A
10	FW	Julián Bottaro	31	UKM F.C.	Released	3 November 2019	Free
11	MF	Mohd Azrul Ahmad	39	Kelantan	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
15	DF	Abdul Aziz Ismail	35	Kelantan United	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
16	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	30	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	Released	3 November 2019	Free
17	DF	Tunku Noor Hidayat	29	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
18	FW	Rahizi Rasib	30	Protap	Released	3 November 2019	Free
19	MF	S. Sivanesan	33	Melawati	Released	3 November 2019	Free
22	GK	Faizal Yusoff	37	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
23	MF	Ikhmal Ibrahim	29	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
26	DF	A. Segar	31	KSR Sains	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
29	FW	Mohd Afiq Azmi	35	Free agent	Released[6]	3 November 2019	Free
	MF	Mohd Redzuan Suhaidi	28	Langkawi City	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	DF	Amir Qayyum Zulkipli	27	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	MF	Amirul Syazani Roslan	29	Free agent	Released	3 November 2019	Free
	DF	Som Keat Preseart	28	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

Puchong Fuerza v Penang

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

PDRM v Penang

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

AFC Rangers v Penang

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

PDRM v Penang

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

UiTM v Penang

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

Penang v Belantik City

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

Penang v Tambun Tulang F.C.

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

Penang v Manjung City

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

Penang v Perak TBG

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

Ultimate v Penang

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

Penang v Selangor

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

Penang v Langkawi City

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

Edy Rahmayadi Cup 2020

PSMS Medan v Penang

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

Result summary

Results by matchday

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Penang v Sarawak United

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

Penang v Selangor II

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

Perak II v Penang

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

Kelantan v Penang

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

Penang v Negeri Sembilan

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

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Penang

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

Penang v Kuala Lumpur

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

UKM v Penang

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

Penang v Kelantan United

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

Terengganu II v Penang

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

Notes:'

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

Malaysia Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Penang v FELDA United

6 November 2020 (2020-11-06) 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

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

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

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

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

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%)

References