Penang F.C. Reserves

Penang F.C. Reserves

Full name	Penang Football Club Reserves
Nickname(s)	The Panthers
Founded	1985; 39 years ago (1985)
Ground	Penang State Stadium USM Athletics Stadium
Capacity	40,000 (Penang State Stadium) 800 (USM Athletics Stadium)
Chairman	Soon Lip Chee
Coach	Rahim Hassan (U21) Zabidi Hassan (U19)
League	Malaysia President's Cup (U21) Malaysia Youth Cup (U19)
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Penang Reserves is a reserve team of Penang FC which consists 2 teams, Penang FC President's Cup Team (U21) and Penang FC Youth's Cup Team (U19).

Penang FC President's Cup Team are the under-21 team of Penang FC. They play in the Malaysia President's Cup, which is the top level of reserve football in Malaysia. They were the Champions in the 2004 season. The team mainly consists of Under-21 players at the club, although senior players occasionally have an appearance. The President's Cup Team is coached by Rahim Hassan.

Penang FC Youth Cup Team are the under-19 team of Penang FC. It is a member of the Malaysia Youth League. The Youth Cup Team is coached by Zabidi Hassan.

The youth setup has produced some Malaysia internationals, such as Salahuddin Che Rose, Moey Kok Hong, Kamarulzaman Hassan, Megat Amir Faisal, Hasmawi Hassan, Abdul Aziz Ismail, S. Veenod, S. Kumaahran, Syamer Kutty Abba, and Faisal Halim.

From 2022 season, the under-21 team play their home games at USM Athletics Stadium. The under-19 team play their home games at the Penang State Stadium.

Honours

Current squad

President's Cup squad (U21)

As of 21 April 2024^[1]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Altaf Jasmadi 3 DF  MAS Ammar Firdaus 4 DF  MAS Aidil Wafiy Yusri 5 DF  MAS Aidil Azhar Nadzhari 6 MF  MAS Danish Zakwan Azhar 7 MF  MAS Muzammil Mohd Zain 8 MF  MAS Nik Afiq Najmi 9 FW  MAS Azril Farihan Firdaus 10 MF  MAS Afiq Amsyar Zarizal 11 MF  MAS Ihsan Khairul Anwar 12 DF  MAS Arif Azmi 13 MF  MAS Nabil Adam Abdul Aziz

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  MAS Muzaffar Amir Hamzah 17 FW  MAS Aiman Fitrie Ismail 19 FW  MAS Azim Akmal Safarinizam 20 MF  MAS Sharvin A/L Prem 21 MF  MAS Amar Faizuddin Abdul Hamizi 22 GK  MAS Aiman Najmi Nazri 23 MF  MAS Aiman Haikal Shahrul Munawer 26 GK  MAS Hafiezi Azizan 27 MF  MAS Ilham Kamarulhisham 29 MF  MAS Fareez Abdul Majed 30 FW  MAS Barry Jonah A/L Tamil Chelvan 38 DF  MAS Harith Iskandar Masri 39 DF  MAS Ikhmal Irshad Azaneilazman

^OA Over-age player

Youth's Cup Squad (U19)

As of 16 March 2023^[2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Rajendran Veloo 2 DF  MAS Amirul Rozaimi 3 DF  MAS Danish Isyraf 4 DF  MAS Hazman Uwais 5 DF  MAS Adam Azman 6 MF  MAS Ihsan Anwar 7 FW  MAS Muzammil Zain 8 MF  MAS Hadi Aisar 9 FW  MAS Afzy Hafiezal 10 FW  MAS Haziq Naim 11 FW  MAS Danush Krishna Kumar 12 FW  MAS Aiman Afiffy Salman 13 DF  MAS Amir Asyraf 14 DF  MAS Sanish Haiqal 15 DF  MAS Zharfan Mokhtar

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  MAS Iman Haris 17 MF  MAS Faiz Farhan 18 GK  MAS Amin Isa 19 DF  MAS Shahzuwan Sabaruddin 20 DF  MAS Lasyful Azim 21 MF  MAS Zulkifli Zaidi 22 GK  MAS Fakhrur Razi 23 FW  MAS Tang Ee Fatt 24 MF  MAS Nabil Adam 25 MF  MAS Zharif Zafran 26 MF  MAS Adib Naufal 27 MF  MAS Hafiz Rahim 28 MF  MAS Farihin Faisal 29 MF  MAS Ali Husayni Jannaati 30 DF  MAS Arif Azmi

Coaching and technical staff

Position	Name
U-21 Head Coach	Rahim Hassan
U-21 Assistant Coach	Shamsuddin Yusoff
U-21 Goalkeeping Coach	Ahmad Faisal Nazari
U-21 Fitness Coach	Afiq Abudl Aziz
U-21 Physiotherapist	Izzul Naim
U-21 Kit Man	Syauki Jamil
U-19 Head Coach	Zabidi Hassan
U-19 Assistant Coach	Mahendran Kataya
U-19 Goalkeeping Coach	Noor Mohd Sultan
U-19 Physiotherapist	Aizat Zabidi
U-19 Kit Man	Adzzhar Roadhi

Source:^[3] Source:^[4]

Head coaches history

Penang FC President's Cup Team (U21)

Year	Head Coach
2017	Manzoor Azwira
2022 – 2023	Akmal Rizal
2023 – current	Rahim Hassan

Penang FC Youth Cup Team (U19)

Year	Head Coach
2022 – current	Zabidi Hassan

Kit shirts

See also

• Penang F.C.

References