2018 Kedah FA season

The 2018 season was Kedah's 10th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004. They also participated in Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.

Kedah

2018 season
President	Mukhriz Mahathir
Manager	Syed Khairul Anuar
Head coach	Nidzam Adzha
Stadium	Darul Aman Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)
Malaysia Super League	6th
Charity Shield	Runners-up
Malaysia FA Cup	Round 3
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Sandro (8) All: Sandro (10)
Home colours Away colours
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Key Events

Pre-season

On 3 December 2017, it was reported that two Kedah footballers & coach were alleged match fixing and have their statement taken by the police.^[1] This was after 6 Kedah footballers and coach Nidzam Adzha Yusoff after were accused by a fan on Facebook of throwing the Malaysia Cup final match on Nov 4.^[2]

On 11 December 2017, it was announced that former Kedah assistant head coach Ramon Marcote has returned to the side for the 2018 season, this time as the head coach.^[3]

First team squad

As of 6 February 2018.

No.	Name	Nat	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid		(1987-02-25) 25 February 1987 (age 38)	Youth system
21	Asri Muhamad		(1998-10-02) 2 October 1998 (age 27)	Youth system
25	Ifwat Akmal		(1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 29)	Youth system
31	Syazwan Jamil		(1997-03-03) 3 March 1997 (age 28)	Youth system
60	Ramadhan Hamid		(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 31)	Kelantan
Defenders
2	Syawal Nordin		(1993-03-25) 25 March 1993 (age 32)	Harimau Muda
4	Álvaro Silva		(1984-03-30) 30 March 1984 (age 41)	Hà Nội
5	Norfiqrie Talib		(1996-01-31) 31 January 1996 (age 29)	Youth system
13	Khairul Helmi Johari		(1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 37)	Youth system
15	Rizal Ghazali		(1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 33)	Perlis
17	Syazwan Tajudin		(1994-01-07) 7 January 1994 (age 31)	Harimau Muda B
24	Asri Mardzuki		(1994-05-12) 12 May 1994 (age 31)	Youth system
Midfielders
7	Baddrol Bakhtiar		(1988-02-01) 1 February 1988 (age 37)	Youth system
8	Liridon Krasniqi		(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 33)	Fethiyespor
10	Sandro		(1983-10-01) 1 October 1983 (age 42)	ABC Futebol Clube
14	Akram Mahinan		(1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 32)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
16	Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik		(1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 (age 30)	Harimau Muda B
18	Abdul Halim Saari		(1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 31)	Youth system
22	Syazwan Zainon		(1989-11-13) 13 November 1989 (age 36)	Felda United
23	Hanif Dzahir		(1994-01-15) 15 January 1994 (age 31)	Youth system
27	Ariff Farhan		(1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 (age 29)	Harimau Muda A
28	Zulfahamzie Tarmizi		(1996-02-24) 24 February 1996 (age 29)	Youth system
30	Andik Vermansyah		(1991-11-23) 23 November 1991 (age 34)	Selangor
35	Hidhir Idris		(1997-05-29) 29 May 1997 (age 28)	Youth system
36	Fadzrul Danel		(1998-01-14) 14 January 1998 (age 27)	Youth system
Strikers
9	Paulo Rangel		(1985-02-04) 4 February 1985 (age 40)	Nakhon Ratchasima
11	Zafuan Azeman		(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 26)	Perlis
19	Farhan Roslan		(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 29)	Youth system
20	Akhyar Rashid		(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 26)	Youth system
34	Akmal Azmi		(1998-04-09) 9 April 1998 (age 27)	Youth system

Transfers

In

1st leg

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Transfer window	Reference
	FW		Zafuan Azeman	18	Perlis	End of contract	Pre-Season	[4]
	MF		Zulfahamzie Tarmizi	21	Youth system	Promoted	Pre-Season	[5]
	DF		Norfiqrie Talib	21	Youth system	Promoted	Pre-Season
	GK		Asri Muhamad	21	Youth system	Promoted	Pre-Season
	MF		Akhyar Rashid	18	Youth system	Promoted	Pre-Season
	MF		Álvaro Silva	33	Hà Nội	Free Transfer	Pre-Season	[6]
	FW		Pablo Pallarès	30	Ponferradina	Free Transfer	Pre-Season	[7]
	MF		Andik Vermansyah	26	Selangor	Free Transfer	Pre-Season

2nd leg

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving From	Type	Transfer window	Reference
60	GK		Ramadhan Hamid	24	Kelantan	Undisclosed	Mid-Season
9	FW		Paulo Rangel	33	Nakhon Ratchasima	Undisclosed	Mid-Season
36	MF		Fadzrul Danel	20	Youth system	Promoted

Out

1st leg

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Reference
3	DF		Fitri Omar	32	Terengganu	End of contract	Pre-Season	[8]
4	DF		Zac Anderson	26	PKNS	End of contract	Pre-Season	[9]
9	FW		Ken Ilsø	30	Penang	End of contract	Pre-Season	[9]
14	FW		Ahmad Fakri Saarani	28	Melaka United	End of contract	Pre-Season	[10]
20	FW		Syafiq Ahmad	22	Johor Darul Ta'zim	End of contract	Pre-Season
21	GK		Farhan Abu Bakar	24	Petaling Jaya Rangers	Loan	Pre-Season
26	FW		Syazuan Hazani	23	Petaling Jaya Rangers	End of contract	Pre-Season

2nd leg

N	P	Nat.	Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer window	Reference
9	FW		Pablo Pallarès	31	Free agent	Free Transfer	Mid-Season
26	DF		Osman Yusoff	24	Negeri Sembilan	Free Transfer	Mid-Season

Friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pre-season and friendlies

Kedah U21 v Kedah

30 December 2017 Friendly	Kedah U21	1–4	Kedah	Alor Setar
		Report		Stadium: Sultan Abdul Halim Stadium

Penang v Kedah

21 January 2018 Friendly	Penang	1–2	Kedah	Batu Kawan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Alafi 11'		Akmal Azmi 17' Pallarès 73'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium

Kedah v Suphanburi

24 January 2018 Friendly	Kedah	1–3	Suphanburi	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+08:00	Pallarès 19' (pen.)		Noppol 8' Comvalius 60' Janepob 74'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium

Kedah v UKM

27 January 2018 Friendly	Kedah	2–0	UKM	Sintok
21:00 UTC+08:00	Akhyar 27' Sandro 73'			Stadium: UUM Stadium

Suramadu Super Cup 2018

Persela Lamongan v Kedah

8 January 2018 SSC 2018	Persela Lamongan	2–2	Kedah	East Java
				Stadium: Gelora Bangkalan Stadium

Persija Jakarta v Kedah

10 January 2018 SSC 2018	Persija Jakarta	1–1	Kedah	East Java
				Stadium: Gelora Bangkalan Stadium

Madura United v Kedah

12 January 2018 SSC 2018	Madura United	2–2	Kedah	East Java
				Stadium: Gelora Bangkalan Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Pahang	22	9	7	6	35	21	+14	34
5	Terengganu	22	10	4	8	32	31	+1	34
6	Kedah	22	9	5	8	37	36	+1	32
7	Melaka United	22	9	4	9	33	38	−5	31
8	Selangor	22	7	6	9	35	39	−4	27

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	D	D	L
Position	9	11	8	6	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	4	4	5	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2018. Source: Kedah FA
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	5	8	37	36	+1	32	4	2	5	19	18	+1	5	3	3	18	18	0

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

The fixtures for the 2018 Malaysia Super League season were announced on 11 January 2018.

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kedah

3 February 2018 1/Charity Shield	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Kedah	Johor Bahru
21:00 MYT	Figueroa 29' Marcos António 58'	Report	Pallarès 15' Ariff  22' Sandro  56'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 23,030 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Kedah v Perak

7 February 2018 2	Kedah	1–3	Perak	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Rizal  45+5' Liridon  76'  82' Sandro 80' (pen.) Syazwan T.  86' Akram  90+1'	Report	Azhan  12' Gilmar 21' Leandro  45+3' Cornthwaite  79', 87' Kenny  90+3' Nazirul 90+5'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

PKNP v Kedah

11 February 2018 3	PKNP	0–1	Kedah	Batu Kawan
16:45 MYT		Report	Syazwan T.  17' Akhyar 85'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

PKNS v Kedah

25 February 2018 4	PKNS	3–4	Kedah	Shah Alam
21:00 MYT	Faris 32' Mahali 47', 90+5'	Report	Liridon 35' (pen.), 57' Akram  53' Sandro  66' Reuben 70' (o.g.) Alvaro  72' Amirul  87' Ariff 90+2'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Kuala Lumpur v Kedah

10 March 2018 5	Kuala Lumpur	4–3	Kedah	Cheras
21:00 MYT	Zaquan 3',  47' Guilherme 62' Paulo Josué 82' Akbarov  90+3' Ashri 90+6'	Report	Pallarès 11', 90+1' Liridon 50'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Kedah v Selangor

13 April 2018 6	Kedah	4–0	Selangor	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Syazwan Zainon 4' Akram  53' Sandro 45', 65' Rizal Ghazali  55' Akram Mahinan 83' Akhyar Rashid  85'	Report	Kanan  20'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Terengganu v Kedah

27 April 2018 7	Terengganu	1–1	Kedah	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Latiff  20' Zonjić  28' Partiban 44'	Report	Rizal  62' Baddrol 64' Álvaro Silva  88'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Kedah v Negeri Sembilan

1 May 2018 8	Kedah	3–3	Negeri Sembilan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Liridon 2' Syazwan Z. 27' Sandro 31' (pen.) Helmi  86'	Report	Thanabalan 4' Vélez 48' Júnior  63', 87' (pen.) Ferris  90+3'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Pahang v Kedah

5 May 2018 9	Pahang	2–2	Kedah	Kuantan
21:00 MYT	Vathanaka 11' Safuwan 40' Patrick Cruz  90+3'	Report	Sandro 18', 51' Akram  23' Halim  64' Rizal  90+3'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Negeri Sembilan v Kedah

13 May 2018 10	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	Kedah	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Kim Do-heon  64' Alex Moraes  74' Júnior 76'	Report	Liridon 8' Akhyar 16'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Kedah v Pahang

22 May 2018 11	Kedah	2–0	Pahang	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT	Baddrol 45' Helmi  57' Liridon 89'	Report	Davies  43' Safuwan  55'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin

Selangor v Kedah

26 May 2018 12	Selangor	1–2	Kedah	Cheras
22:00 UTC+08:00	Syahmi 70' Evan  71' Amri  79'	Report	Baddrol 28' Liridon 58' Akram  78'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: TBD[11] Referee: Fitri Maskon

Kedah v Melaka United

1 June 2018 13	Kedah	0–2	Melaka United	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT		Report	Zubovich 43' Jeon Woo-young  87' Lee Chang-hoon 90+1'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Kedah v Kelantan

5 June 2018 14	Kedah	1–2	Kelantan	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT	Paulo Rangel 26' Sandro  83'	Report	Nik Azli 56' Danial Ashraf 60' Nik Akif  90+2'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Kelantan v Kedah

8 June 2018 15	Kelantan	0–1	Kedah	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT	Khairul Asyraf  20' Duyshobekov  61'  90+6'	Report	Rizal  29' Paulo Rangel 45+1' Andik Vermansyah  90+5'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Kedah v Kuala Lumpur

20 June 2018 16	Kedah	3–2	Kuala Lumpur	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Andik Vermansyah 14' Akhyar 26' Paulo Rangel 32'	Report	De Paula 45',  53' Syafwan 88' Hisyamudin  90+1'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Kedah v PKNS

26 June 2018 17	Kedah	2–0	PKNS	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Paulo Rangel 17' Andik Vermansyah 41'	Report	Daniel  30' Shahrul Azhar  64'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Melaka United v Kedah

10 July 2018 18	Melaka United	4–1	Kedah	Krubong
21:00 MYT	Khair 34' Gopinathan 38', 62' Ifedayo 85'	Report	Paulo Rangel 52' (pen.) Halim  56' Syawal  59'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Kedah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

13 July 2018 19	Kedah	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Álvaro Silva  12' Paulo Rangel  57'  80' Sandro 79' (pen.),  82'	Report	Cabrera 22' Hariss  31' Fernando Márquez 39' Corbin-Ong  54'  65' Farizal  83'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Kedah v Terengganu

17 July 2018 20	Kedah	1–1	Terengganu	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Baddrol 44'	Report	Kamal Azizi 62'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Perak v Kedah

22 July 2018 21	Perak	0–0	Kedah	Ipoh
21:00 MYT	Idris  45' Syazwan  67'	Report	Zafuan  79'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Kedah v PKNP

29 July 2018 22	Kedah	1–3	PKNP	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Sandro 5'	Report	Krjauklis 24' Kim 33', 64' Azraei  75'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Kedah v Negeri Sembilan

2 March 2018 Round 2	Kedah	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Negeri Sembilan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Alvaro  65' Baddrol 120'	Report	Aizulridzwan  27' Júnior  31' Hazrul  64'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Pahang v Kedah

17 March 2018 Round 3	Pahang	1–0	Kedah	Kuantan
21:00 MYT	Davies  22' Sumareh 45+1' Azam  55'	Report	Ariff  45' Akram  90+5'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	KEL	MIFA	KED
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	Kelantan	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	8			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	MISC-MIFA	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			0–3	2–0	—	2–2
4	Kedah	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			3–1	0–0	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win   Draw   Loss

Kedah v Kelantan

5 August 2018 1	Kedah	0–0	Kelantan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT		Report	Haqim  33' Shafiq  78'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kedah

10 August 2018 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–1	Kedah	Larkin
21:00 MYT	Márquez 13' Hazwan  25', 72' Insa 46' Cabrera 82' Kunanlan 90+1'	Report	Sandro 35'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Kedah v MISC-MIFA

18 August 2018 3	Kedah	3–2	MISC-MIFA	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Krasniqi 44' (pen.) Halim  45+1' Sandro 66' Hidhir  90+4'	Report	Sherman 28' Elizeu  43' Syazwan 48' (o.g.) Wan Syukri  54' Satrunan  84'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

MISC-MIFA v Kedah

26 August 2018 4	MISC-MIFA	2–2	Kedah	Petaling Jaya
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Kedah v Johor Darul Ta'zim

31 August 2018 5	Kedah	3–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium

Kelantan v Kedah

16 September 2018 6	Kelantan	2–0	Kedah	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Hadi Hamid	0	0	0	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
2	DF	Syawal Nordin	12	0	0	0	1	0	13	0	1	0
4	DF	Álvaro Silva	12(1)	0	2	0	6	0	20(1)	0	6	0
5	DF	Norfiqrie Talib	7(1)	0	0	0	6	0	13(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Baddrol Bakhtiar	20	4	2	1	2	0	24	5	1	0
8	MF	Liridon Krasniqi	14	7	2	0	4	3	20	10	3	1
9	FW	Paulo Rangel	7(1)	5	0	0	1(1)	0	8(2)	5	1	1
10	FW	Sandro	14(4)	8	2	0	6	4	23(4)	12	5	0
11	FW	Zafuan Azeman	0(2)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(3)	0	1	0
13	DF	Khairul Helmi	16(1)	0	2	0	4	0	22(1)	0	2	0
14	MF	Akram Mahinan	17(3)	1	2	0	5	0	24(3)	1	6	0
15	DF	Rizal Ghazali	20	0	2	0	1	0	23	0	0	0
16	MF	Amirul Hisyam	3(12)	0	0(1)	0	1(2)	0	4(15)	0	1	0
17	DF	Syazwan Tajudin	7(5)	0	0(1)	0	3	0	10(6)	0	2	0
18	MF	Halim Saari	12	0	0	0	5	0	17	0	1	0
19	FW	Farhan Roslan	1(4)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2(5)	0	0	0
20	FW	Akhyar Rashid	8(9)	3	1	0	2	1	11(9)	4	1	0
21	GK	Asri Muhamad	2(1)	–2	0	0	0	0	2(1)	–2	0	0
22	MF	Syazwan Zainon	13(4)	2	0(1)	0	2(4)	0	15(9)	2	1	0
23	MF	Hanif Dzahir	0(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(2)	0	0	0
24	DF	Asri Mardzuki	6(3)	0	0	0	4	0	10(3)	0	0	0
25	GK	Ifwat Akmal	13	+4	2	0	0	0	15	+4	0	0
27	MF	Ariff Farhan	9(2)	1	2	0	0	0	11(2)	1	1	0
28	MF	Zulfahamzie Tarmizi	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(1)	0	0	0
30	MF	Andik Vermansyah	13	2	1	0	2(2)	0	16(2)	2	1	0
31	GK	Syazwan Jamil	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
34	FW	Akmal Azmi	0(2)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(3)	0	0	0
35	MF	Hidhir Idris	4(2)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	5(3)	0	1	0
36	MF	Fadzrul Danel	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	3(1)	0	0	0
60	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	7(1)	–2	0	0	2	–4	9(1)	–6	0	0
#		Own goals	–	1	–	0	–	0	–	0	–	–
Left club during season
9	FW	Pablo Pallarès	7	3	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0
26	DF	Osman Yusoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 16 September 2018.
Source: Kedah FA

Clean sheets

Rnk	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	60	Ramadhan Hamid	3	0	1	4
2	21	Asri Muhamad	1	0	0	1
	25	Ifwat Akmal	0	1	0	1