2020 Pahang FA season

The 2020 season was Pahang's 17th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.

Pahang

2020 season
President	Tengku Abdul Rahman Ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
Manager	Suffian Awang
Head coach	Dollah Salleh
Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Malaysia Super League	8th
Malaysia FA Cup	Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Ivan Carlos (6 goals) All: Ivan Carlos (6 goals)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Dollah Salleh
Assistant head coach	Shaharuddin Rosdi
Assistant coaches	Jalaluddin Jaafar
	Shahrulnizam Sahat
Goalkeeper coach	Muadzar Mohamad
Fitness coaches	Mohd Hafiz Tajudin
	Abdul Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu

Squad

As of 26 November 2018.

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (Age)	Last Club	Since	Ends
Goalkeepers
1	Helmi Eliza		(1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 (age 42)	Negeri Sembilan	2016
18	Daniel Wafiuddin		(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 28)	UKM F.C.	2020
25	Sharbinee Allawee		(1986-12-07) 7 December 1986 (age 38)	Kuala Lumpur FA	2020
Defenders
3	Hérold Goulon		(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 37)	Ermis Aradippou	2019
4	Dinesh Rajasingam		(1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 (age 27)	Harimau Muda C	2016
5	Bunyamin Umar		(1988-01-07) 7 January 1988 (age 37)	Selangor	2018
6	Mohd Hazri Rozali		(1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 39)	Melaka United	2017
13	Ashar Al Aafiz		(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 30)	Youth Team	2016
14	Faisal Rosli		(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 34)	Shahzan Muda	2017
22	Fazly Mazlan		(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2020	2020
24	Muslim Ahmad		(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 36)	Kelantan	2017
Midfielders
6	Adam Reed		(1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 34)	Chainat Hornbill F.C.	2020
7	Faisal Halim		(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 27)	Penang	2016
17	Zuhair Aizat		(1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)	Youth team	2018
19	Sharul Nizam		(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 29)	Youth team	2018
20	Azam Azih		(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 30)	Harimau Muda B	2015
29	Nik Sharif Haseefy		(1997-05-13) 13 May 1997 (age 28)	Youth Team	2019
	Hardee Samsuri		(1994-06-04) 4 June 1994 (age 31)	UiTM F.C.	2020
Forwards
10	Dickson Nwakaeme		(1986-04-21) 21 April 1986 (age 39)	Angers	2019
11	Ivan Carlos		(1989-12-06) 6 December 1989 (age 35)	AEL Limassol	2020
12	S.Kumaahran		(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 29)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2020	2020
42	Gopi Rizqi		(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 35)	PDRM FA	2020	2020
Players who have left the club in mid season
2	Khalil Khamis		(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995 (age 30)	Al Ahed FC	2020
26	Mohamadou Sumareh		(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30)	Perlis	2017

Transfers

In

1st leg

Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
GK	Sharbinee Allawee	Kuala Lumpur FA	Free	[1]
GK	Daniel Wafiuddin	UKM F.C.	Free
DF	Fazly Mazlan	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Season loan	[2]
DF	Khalil Khamis	Al Ahed FC	Season loan	[3]
MF	Adam Reed	Chainat Hornbill F.C.	Free	[4]
MF	Hardee Samsuri	UiTM F.C.
FW	Ivan Carlos	AEL Limassol	Free	[5]
FW	S.Kumaahran	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Season loan	[6]

Out

1st Leg

Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
GK	Wafieyuddin Shamsudin		Free	[7]
GK	Remezey Che Ros		Free	[8]
DF	Zubir Azmi	Sabah FA	Free	[9]
DF	Afif Amiruddin		Free
DF	Safuwan Baharudin	Selangor FA	Free	[10][11]
DF	Matthew Davies	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	Undisclosed	[12]
MF	Saddil Ramdani	Bhayangkara F.C.	Free	[13]
MF	Wan Zaharulnizam	Kelantan FA	Free	[14]
FW	Norshahrul Idlan	BG Pathum United F.C.	Free
FW	Kogileswaran Raj	Petaling Jaya City FC	Free	[15]
FW	Lazarus Kaimbi	Kelantan FA	Free	[16]

2nd Leg

Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
FW	Mohamadou Sumareh		Free	[17]
DF	Khalil Khamis	Al Ahed FC	Loan Return	[18]

Retained

Pos.	Name	Ref.
GK	Helmi Eliza[citation needed]
DF	Bunyamin Umar	[19]
DF	Muslim Ahmad	[20]
DF	Mohd Hazri Rozali	[21]
DF	Ashar Al Aafiz	[22]
DF	Faisal Rosli	[23]
DF	Dinesh Rajasingam	[24]
DF	Hérold Goulon	2 years contract signed in 2019 [25]
MF	Nik Sharif Haseefy	[26]
MF	Shahrul Nizam	[27]
FW	Faisal Halim	[28]
FW	Dickson Nwakaeme	[29]

Friendlies

Pre Season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Ultimate FC v Pahang FA

23 January 2019 (2019-01-23) 1	Ultimate FC	0-4	Pahang FA	IGB International School
			Francis Doe Zuhair Aizat Faisal Halim Nik Sharif Haseefy

UiTM FC v Pahang FA

29 January 2019 (2019-01-29) 2

UiTM FC

1-3

Pahang FA

IGB International School

Negeri Sembilan FA v Pahang FA

11 February 2019 (2019-02-11) 3	Negeri Sembilan FA	0-2	Pahang FA	Darul Makmur Stadium
			Bunyamin Umar Adam Reed

UKM FC v Pahang FA

13 February 2019 (2019-02-13) 4

UKM FC

1-1

Pahang FA

Darul Makmur Stadium

Terengganu F.C. I v Pahang FA

18 February 2020 (2020-02-18) 5	Terengganu F.C. I	4-1	Pahang FA	Terengganu
	Dominique Da Sylva Faris Ramli			Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Pahang FA v Kuala Lumpur FA

21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) 6	Pahang FA	3-1	Kuala Lumpur FA	Pahang
	Ivan Carlo o.g.' Nik Shariff			Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

Mid Season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Pahang FA v Terengganu F.C. II

7 August 2020 (2020-08-07) 1	Pahang FA	0-3	Terengganu F.C. II	Pahang
			Bruno Suzuki Engku Shakir Qairul Ikhwan	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

Selangor II v Pahang FA

12 August 2020 (2020-08-12) 2	Selangor II	3-2	Pahang FA	Selangor
				Stadium: FAS Training Center

Competitions

Overview

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2020 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	UiTM	11	5	2	4	17	15	+2	17
7	Petaling Jaya City	11	3	5	3	17	16	+1	14
8	Pahang	11	4	2	5	18	18	0	14
9	Melaka United	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	11[a]
10	Sabah	11	2	3	6	12	24	−12	9

Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Melaka have been docked three points following the decision from FAM.^[30]

Matches

Pahang v Selangor

29 February 2020 1	Pahang	1-2	Selangor	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Ivan Carlos 20' 76'	Report	Ifedayo Olusegun 27' Brendan Gan 89' Syazwan Zainon 57' Sandro Da Silva 84'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Petaling Jaya City FC v Pahang

6 March 2020 2	Petaling Jaya City FC	3-2	Pahang	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Demba Camara 12' R. Barathkumar 60' Kogileswaran Raj 90+6' R. Aroon Kumar 13' K. Gurusamy 87'	Report	Dickson Nwakaeme 16' (pen.) Ivan Carlos 52' Khalil Khamis 90+4'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Pahang v Sabah

10 March 2020 3	Pahang	2-0	Sabah	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Ivan Carlos 20' 60' Herold Goulon 50' (pen.)	Report	Zubir Azmi 30'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Tuan Yaasin

Melaka United v Pahang

14 March 2020 4	Melaka United	0-1	Pahang	Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Romel Morales 45' Saiful Ridzuwan 45+4' Faris Shah Rosli 50'	Report	Dickson Nwakaeme 67'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Pahang v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 August 2020 5[note 1]	Pahang	2-3	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuantan
	Faisal Halim 40' Herold Goulon 45' Muslim Ahmad 37' Gopi Rizqi 37' Dinesh Rajasingam 38' Ashar Al Aafiz 90'	Report	Leandro Velazquez 5' Ramadhan Saifullah 14' Gonzalo Cabrera 35' (pen.) 22' Nazmi Faiz 73' Maurício 53'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

UiTM FC v Pahang

5 September 2020 6[note 1]	UiTM FC	1-0	Pahang	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Rafie Yacoob 64' Faizal Arif 78' Rabih Ataya 90+1'	Report	Gopi Rizqi 19' Adam Tull 84'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Pahang v PDRM FA

12 September 2020 7[note 1]	Pahang	2-0	PDRM FA	Kuantan
	Ivan Carlos 37' Faisal Halim 74' Nik Sharif Haseefy 31'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Felda United v Pahang

20 September 2020 8[note 1]	Felda United	2-2	Pahang	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Nikola Raspopovic 38' Haiqal Azhar 45+2' (pen.) Jasazrin Jamaludin 45+4'  82' Fadhil Idris 73' Osman Yusoff 90+5'	Report	Muslim Ahmad 14' Ivan Carlos 79' (pen.) Gopi Rizqi 45+4'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Hamdan Bin Awang

Pahang v Kedah

26 September 2020 9[note 1]	Pahang	2-1	Kedah	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Adam Reed 41' Nik Sharif Haseefy 46' Herold Goulon 28' Fazly Mazlan 69'	Report	Kipré Tchétché 15' Kpah Sherman 45' Norfiqrie Talib 65'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Pahang v Perak

3 October 2020 10[note 1]	Pahang	3-3	Perak	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Dinesh Rajasingam 8' Nik Sharif Haseefy 27' Ivan Carlos 41' 53' Ashar Al Aafiz 32' Helmi Eliza 69' Herold Goulon 90+6'	Report	J. Partiban 47' 90+2' Shahrel Fikri 84' 43' Anthony Golec 19' Firdaus Saiyadi 53' Leandro Dos Santos 55' Shahrul Saad 62'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Terengganu F.C. I v Pahang

10 October 2020 11[note 1]	Terengganu F.C. I	2-1	Pahang	Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Dominique Da Sylva 16' (pen.) Lee Tuck 82' Argzim Redzovic 23' Azalinullah Alias 61'	Report	Nik Sharif Haseefy 13' S. Kumaahran 42' Helmi Eliza 45'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2020 Malaysia Cup

Kedah v Pahang FA

6 November 2020 Round 1	Kedah	3-2	Pahang FA	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Shakir Hamzah 17' Kpah Sherman 35' Kipré Tchétché 43' Renan Alves 78' Alif Yusof 90'	Report	Muslim Ahmad 49' 88' Faizal Abd Rani 88' Dickson Nwakaeme79	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Helmi Eliza	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3	DF	Herold Goulon	9	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
4	DF	R. Dinesh	5(2)	1	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0
5	DF	Bunyamin Umar	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	MF	Adam Reed	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
7	MF	Faisal Halim	11	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
8	MF	Nik Sharif Haseefy	5(4)	3	0	0	1	0	1	0
10	FW	Dickson Nwakaeme	4(3)	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
11	FW	Ivan Carlos	8(1)	5	0	0	1	0	1	1
12	FW	S.Kumaahran	9(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	DF	Ashar Al Aafiz	4(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
14	DF	Faisal Rosli	3(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15	DF	Hardee Shamsuri	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Zuhair Aizat	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Sharul Nizam	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20	MF	Azam Azih	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
21	DF	Faizal Abd Rani	0	0	0	0	0(1)	1	0	0
22	DF	Fazly Mazlan	9(1)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
23	DF	Izzat Che Awang	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Muslim Ahmad	8(1)	1	0	0	1	1	1	0
25	GK	Sharbinee Allawee	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27	DF	Arisazri Juhari	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	MF	Gopi Rizqi	7(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
2	DF	Khalil Khamis	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
26	MF	Mohamadou Sumareh	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Notes

1. The match is postponed following the coronavirus pandemic.