2019 Kuala Lumpur FA season

The 2019 season was Kuala Lumpur's 41st season in competitive season and the 2nd season in Malaysia Super League since being promoted after winning the 2017 Malaysia Premier League.

Kuala Lumpur

2019 season
President	Adnan Md Ikhsan
Head coach	Yusri Che Lah (until 11 March 2019) Chong Yee Fatt (caretaker)
Stadium	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Malaysia Super League	12th (relegated)
Malaysia FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Challenge Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Guilherme (8 goals) All: Guilherme (11 goals)
Home colours Away colours
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Players

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 Faridzuean Kamaruddin 2 DF  MAS Raphi Azizan 3 DF  MAS Fitri Omar 4 DF  MAS Zaiful Hakim 5 MF  MAS Hardee Shamsuri 6 MF  MAS Haziq Mu'iz 8 MF  MAS Zhafri Yahya 9 MF  MAS Darko Marković 10 FW  BRA Guilherme de Paula 11 FW  MAS Ashri Chuchu 12 MF  MAS Fakri Saarani 13 FW  MAS Afiq Razali 14 FW  MAS Syafwan Syahlan 16 DF  PHI Luke Woodland 17 DF  MAS Irfan Zakaria

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  MAS Azmi Muslim 19 DF  MAS Firdaus Faudzi 20 GK  MAS Kamarul Effandi 21 FW  MAS Na'im Nazmi 22 FW  MAS Arif Anwar 23 MF  MAS Indra Putra Mahayuddin (captain) 24 DF  MAS Hisyamudin Sha'ari 25 GK  MAS Sharbinee Allawee 26 GK  MAS Ameerul Eqhwan 27 DF  MAS Hafiz Johar 28 MF  BRA Paulo Josué 29 DF  MAS Alif Samsudin 30 MF  MAS Amirul Ikmal 51 DF  KOR Noh Haeng-seok 55 FW  MAS Shafiq Shaharudin (on loan from PKNS)

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 29 GK  MAS Khatul Anuar (at UKM until end of the season)

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Super League

Matches

The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.^[1]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	League position
1 February 2019	Pahang	H	1–3	Afiq 49'	11th
8 February 2019	Johor Darul Ta'zim	A	1–4	Comvalius 77'	12th
22 February 2019	Terengganu	H	0–1		12th
3 March 2019	Melaka United	A	0–2		12th
10 March 2019	Selangor	H	2–3	Syafwan 5, Indra 38'	12th
30 March 2019	PKNP	A	0–4		12th
6 April 2019	Kedah	H	2–1	Woodland 10', Guilherme 50'	12th
13 April 2019	Felda United	A	1–1	Indra 57'	12th
20 April 2019	Petaling Jaya City	H	1–0	Ashri 50'	12th
23 April 2019	Perak	H	3–3	Indra 21', Guilherme 44' (pen.), Paulo Josué 65'	11th
27 April 2019	PKNS	A	2–3	Indra 42', Guilherme 82'	12th
3 May 2019	Kedah	A	2–5	Indra 45+1', Guilherme 78'	12th
14 May 2019	PKNS	H	2–1	Indra 28', Azmi 57'	11th
17 May 2019	Petaling Jaya City	A	0–1		11th
26 May 2019	PKNP	H	4–1	Paulo Josué 12', Guilherme (3) 15', 17' (pen.), 90'	10th
15 June 2019	Selangor	A	1–2	Guilherme 59' (pen.)	10th
19 June 2019	Melaka United	H	0–1		10th
26 June 2019	Terengganu	A	1–3	Marković 41'	10th
6 July 2019	Pahang	A	0–2		11th
10 July 2019	Felda United	H	0–2		12th
13 July 2019	Johor Darul Ta'zim	H	0–4		12th
21 July 2019	Perak	A	1–2	Woodland 77'	12th

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Petaling Jaya City	22	8	2	12	22	29	−7	26
9	PKNS[a] (R)	22	5	6	11	37	38	−1	21	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
10	Felda United	22	4	7	11	27	43	−16	19
11	PKNP (R)	22	3	7	12	22	40	−18	16	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	Kuala Lumpur (R)	22	4	2	16	24	49	−25	14

Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1. PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2019 Malaysia FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers
3 April 2019	Round 2	Tun Razak	H	3–0	Indra 33', Irfan 56', Guilherme 71'
16 April 2019	Round 3	Penang	A	4–2	Zaiful 3', Irfan 14', Guilherme (2) 36', 64' (pen.)
30 April 2019	Quarter-finals First leg	Felda United	H	3–3	Indra (2) 41', 54', Paulo Josué 80'
11 May 2019	Quarter-finals Second leg	Felda United	A	0–0

Malaysia Challenge Cup

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Challenge Cup

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		UKM	TER	KLU	SEU
1	UKM	6	3	3	0	12	6	+6	12	Advance to Semi-finals		—	2–2	3–0	3–1
2	Terengganu II	6	3	2	1	11	8	+3	11			2–2	—	2–1	2–0
3	Kuala Lumpur	6	2	0	4	6	9	−3	6			1–2	1–0	—	3–1
4	Selangor United	6	1	1	4	5	11	−6	4			0–0	2–3	1–0	—

Source: Malaysian Football League

Squad statistics

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Challenge Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	7	0	0(1)	0	0	0	7(1)	0	2	0
3	DF	Fitri Omar	6(5)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	7(6)	0	8	0
4	DF	Zaiful Hakim	6(5)	0	3	1	0	0	9(5)	1	3	0
6	MF	Haziq Mu'iz	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
8	MF	Zhafri Yahya	17(1)	0	4	0	0	0	21(1)	0	7	0
9	MF	Darko Marković	8	1	1	0	0	0	9	1	3	0
10	FW	Guilherme de Paula	16	8	4	3	0	0	20	11	4	0
11	FW	Ashri Chuchu	17(1)	1	4	0	0	0	21(1)	1	2	0
12	FW	Fakri Saarani	2(6)	0	0	0	0	0	2(6)	0	0	0
13	FW	Afiq Razali	0(5)	1	0	0	0	0	0(5)	1	0	0
14	FW	Syafwan Syahlan	2(3)	1	0(1)	0	0	0	2(4)	1	0	0
16	MF	Luke Woodland	16	2	3	0	0	0	19	2	1	1
17	DF	Irfan Zakaria	21	0	4	2	0	0	25	1	4	0
18	DF	Azmi Muslim	15(1)	1	3(1)	0	0	0	18(2)	1	0	0
19	DF	Firdaus Faudzi	14(3)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	15(4)	0	2	0
20	GK	Kamarul Effandi	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21	MF	Na'im Nazmi	1	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(1)	0	0	0
22	FW	Arif Anwar	4(7)	0	0(3)	0	0	0	4(10)	0	2	0
23	FW	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	21	6	4	3	0	0	25	9	4	0
24	DF	Hisyamudin Sha'ari	5(4)	0	0(1)	0	0	0	5(5)	0	1	0
25	GK	Sharbinee Allawee	15	0	3	0	0	0	18	0	2	0
27	DF	Hafiz Johar	6(4)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	7(5)	0	0	0
28	MF	Paulo Josué	21	2	3	1	0	0	24	3	6	0
29	DF	Alif Samsudin	4(2)	0	1	0	0	0	5(2)	0	3	0
51	DF	Noh Haeng-seok	5(1)	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0	1	0
55	FW	Shafiq Shaharudin	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0(4)	0	1	0
Players who left the club permanently or on loan during the season
7	MF	Ryutaro Karube	5	0	2(1)	0	0	0	7(1)	0	0	0
9	FW	Sylvano Comvalius	3(2)	1	0	0	0	0	3(2)	1	0	0

Statistics accurate as of 21 July 2019.

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 December 2018	FW	Arif Anwar	Petaling Jaya Rangers	Undisclosed
4 December 2018	FW	Sylvano Comvalius	Suphanburi	Undisclosed	[2]
14 December 2018	MF	Ryutaro Karube	Chainat Hornbill	Undisclosed
26 December 2018	GK	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	Kelantan	Undisclosed	[3]
	DF	Khair Jones	Melaka United	Undisclosed	[3]
	DF	Fitri Omar	Terengganu	Undisclosed	[3]
	DF	Alif Samsudin	Felcra	Undisclosed	[3]
28 December 2018	MF	Haziq Mu'iz Abdul	Felcra	Undisclosed	[4]
18 February 2019	MF	Luke Woodland	Suphanburi	Undisclosed
18 March 2019	DF	Azmi Muslim	Perlis	Free
7 May 2019	MF	Darko Marković	Sabah	Undisclosed
29 May 2019	DF	Raphi Azizan	Puchong Fuerza	Free
	FW	Fakri Saarani	Unattached
	DF	Noh Haeng-seok	Busan IPark	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 November 2018	DF	Hazwan Rahman	Released
19 November 2018	DF	Bobirjon Akbarov	Released		[5]
	MF	Júnior Aparecido	Released		[5]
	DF	Farid Ramli	Released		[5]
	FW	Ibrahim Syaihul	Released		[5]
	DF	Azmeer Yusof	Kedah	Undisclosed	[5]
14 December 2018	DF	Saifulnizam Miswan	Released
17 December 2018	FW	Zaquan Adha	Kedah	Undisclosed	[6]
13 January 2019	DF	Syazwan Andik	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Undisclosed	[7]
14 February 2019	DF	Achmad Jufriyanto	Released
24 April 2019	FW	Sylvano Comvalius	Arema	Undisclosed
24 June 2019	DF	Ryutaro Karube	Chainat Hornbill	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
1 June 2019	End of season	FW	Shafiq Shaharudin	PKNS

Loans out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
6 January 2019	End of season	GK	Khatul Anuar	UKM	[8]

References

1. "PMFL keluarkan kalendar Liga Malaysia musim 2019 & 2020". Fox Sports. 22 December 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
2. "Former Bali United striker Sylvano Comvalius joins Kuala Lumpur FA". Fox Sports. 4 December 2018.
3. "Jones sah milik Kuala Lumpur". Stadium Astro. 26 December 2018.
4. "Tinggal 2 tempat kosong dalam skuad KL". SPORTIMES. 28 December 2018.
5. "Kuala Lumpur umum lepas lima pemain". Fox Sports. 19 November 2018.
6. "Zaquan, Renan, Rodriguez milik Hijau Kuning". Berita Harian. 17 December 2018.
7. "Selamat kembali, Syazwan Andik". Astro Awani. 13 January 2019.
8. "Yusri gesa Khatul manfaatkan pinjaman ke UKM". Stadium Astro. 6 January 2019.