2021 Sri Pahang FC season

The 2021 season was Sri Pahang FC's 18th season in the Malaysian Super League since its inception in 2004.

Sri Pahang

2021 season
CEO	Suffian Awang
Head coach	Thomas Dooley (until 13 March 2021) Dollah Salleh (from 13 March 2021)
Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Malaysia Super League	10th
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Kenny Athiu (4) All: Kenny Athiu (8)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Management team

Position	Nat.	Name
Team advisor		Thomas Dooley
Team manager		Che Nasir Salleh
Head coach		Dollah Salleh
Assistant head coach		Ahmad Yusof
Assistant coaches		Shaharuddin Rosdi
		Shahrulnizam Sahat
Goalkeeper coach		Ab Samad Mat Salleh
Fitness coaches		Mohd Hafiz Tajuddin
Team doctor		Shah Rezal Sujit
Physiotherapist		Adam Zuhairy Zafri
Masseur		Mohd Suhaimi Ramli
Security officer		Muhammaf Keny Anyie
Kit man		Abdul Razak B Akil
		Suffian Sulaiman

Squad

As of 2 January 2021.

No.	Name	Nat.	Date of birth (Age)	Previous Club
Goalkeepers
1	Helmi Eliza		(1983-01-20) 20 January 1983 (age 42)	Negeri Sembilan
18	Daniel Wafiuddin		(1997-03-16) 16 March 1997 (age 28)	UKM
31	Zarif Irfan		(1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 30)	Felda United
Defenders
2	Ezanie Salleh		(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995 (age 30)	Felda United
3	Hérold Goulon (vice-captain)		(1988-06-12) 12 June 1988 (age 37)	Ermis Aradippou
4	Nicholas Swirad		(1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 (age 34)	Nongbua Pitchaya
5	Jadid Ilias		(1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 28)	Felda United
13	Ashar Al Aafiz		(1995-03-28) 28 March 1995 (age 30)	Youth team
22	Fazly Mazlan		(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
24	Muslim Ahmad (captain)		(1989-04-25) 25 April 1989 (age 36)	Kelantan
29	Faisal Rosli		(1991-01-21) 21 January 1991 (age 34)	Shahzan Muda
33	Hasnul Zaim		(1999-01-01) 1 January 1999 (age 26)	Youth team
Midfielders
8	Yakubu Abubakar (3rd captain)		(1990-02-09) 9 February 1990 (age 35)	Shan United
11	Shahrul Aizad		(1993-03-26) 26 March 1993 (age 32)	Terengganu
12	Baqiuddin Shamsudin		(1994-12-14) 14 December 1994 (age 30)	UKM
16	Hazri Rozali		(1986-06-26) 26 June 1986 (age 39)	Melaka United
17	Zuhair Aizat		(1996-10-01) 1 October 1996 (age 28)	Youth team
19	Sharul Nizam		(1996-06-15) 15 June 1996 (age 29)	Youth team
20	Azam Azih		(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 30)	Harimau Muda B
25	Hafiz Ramdan		(1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 32)	Perak
27	Arisazri Juhari		(1998-02-14) 14 February 1998 (age 27)	Youth team
88	Manuel Hidalgo		(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999 (age 26)	Sheffield Wednesday
Forwards
6	Malik Ariff		(1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 34)	Terengganu
9	Kenny Athiu		(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 33)	Melbourne Victory
14	Aung Kaung Mann		(1998-02-18) 18 February 1998 (age 27)	Khon Kaen United
21	Faizal Rani		(1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31)	Youth team
23	Nur Izzat Che Awang		(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27)	Youth team
Players loaned out / left during season
10	Ezequiel Agüero		(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 33)	Kuala Lumpur Rovers
4	Mamadou Wague		(1990-08-19) 19 August 1990 (age 34)	Alki Oroklini
7	Lee Tuck		(1988-06-30) 30 June 1988 (age 37)	Terengganu
9	Pedro Henrique		(1992-01-17) 17 January 1992 (age 33)	Sheikh Russel
10	Yevhen Bokhashvili		(1993-01-05) 5 January 1993 (age 32)	PSS Sleman

Transfers

Transfers in

Pre-season

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Ref
31	GK	Zarif Irfan	Felda United
2	DF	Ezanie Salleh	Felda United
7	MF	Lee Tuck	Sri Pahang	[1][2]
10	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	[3]
25	MF	Hafiz Ramdan	Perak
12	MF	Baqiuddin Shamsudin	UKM
11	MF	Shahrul Aizad	Unattached
6	FW	Malik Ariff	Unattached
5	DF	Jadid Ilias	Felda United
4	DF	Mamadou Wagué	Alki Oroklini
10	FW	Yevhen Bokhashvili	PSS Sleman
9	FW	Pedro Henrique	Sheikh Russel

Mid-season

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Ref
4	DF	Nicholas Swirad	Nongbua Pitchaya	6 months contract
8	MF	Yakubu Abubakar	Shan United	[4]
88	MF	Manuel Hidalgo	Sheffield Wednesday
14	FW	Aung Kaung Mann	Ayeyawady United	Season loan
9	FW	Kenny Athiu	Unattached

Transfers out

Pre-season

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Ref
	GK	Sharbinee Allawee	Sarawak United
	DF	Bunyamin Umar	Unattached
	DF	Fazly Mazlan	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Loan return [5]
	DF	Khalil Khamis	Ahed	Loan return [6]
	DF	Dinesh Rajasingam	Selangor	Free [7]
	MF	Nik Sharif Haseefy	Selangor	Free [8]
	MF	Faisal Halim	Terengganu	[9][10]
	MF	Adam Reed	UiTM	Free [11]
	FW	Dickson Nwakaeme	Unattached	[12]
	FW	Ivan Carlos	Persela Lamongan
	FW	S.Kumaahran	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Loan return[13]
	FW	Gopi Rizqi	Sarawak United	Free[14]
	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	Selangor II	Season loan[15]

Mid-season

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Ref
	DF	Mamadou Wague
	MF	Lee Tuck	Terengganu	Season loan[16]
	FW	Yevhen Bokhashvili	Persipura Jayapura
	FW	Pedro Henrique

Retained

Pos.	Player	Ref.
DF	Hérold Goulon	2 years contract signed in 2019 [17]

Friendlies

Pre-season

Shah Alam City Cup (19–23 February 2021)

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

Terengganu II v Sri Pahang

21 February 2021 1	Terengganu II	2–2	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
	Jordan Mintah 59', 86' (pen.)		Hafiz 28' Pedro 70'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium

UiTM v Sri Pahang

23 February 2021 2	UiTM	0–0	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
				Stadium: UiTM Stadium

Others

Negeri Sembilan v Sri Pahang

26 February 2021 1	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
	Akono 27' Selvan 83'			Stadium: UiTM Stadium

During season

Sri Pahang v Kelantan United

28 March 2021 1	Sri Pahang	4–0	Kelantan United	Shah Alam
	Izzat Bokhashvili Lee Tuck Baqiuddin			Stadium: UiTM Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Melaka United	22	5	9	8	25	31	−6	21[a]
9	Sabah	22	4	7	11	21	38	−17	19
10	Sri Pahang	22	4	6	12	23	37	−14	18
11	Perak (R)	22	4	4	14	20	45	−25	16	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	UiTM (R)	22	3	4	15	16	41	−25	13

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

1. Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).^[18]

Matches

Selangor v Sri Pahang

6 March 2021 1	Selangor	3–1	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Buff 45', 90+3' Shahrel 54' Syahmi  44' Mukhairi  79'		Azam 69' Wagué  55'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Fusser Sallih

Sri Pahang v Perak

10 March 2021 2	Sri Pahang	0–2	Perak	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro  15'		Partiban 43' Farhan 59' Careca  25'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Fairuzi Desa

Melaka United v Sri Pahang

13 March 2021 3	Melaka United	0–0	Sri Pahang	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8			Wagué  24'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Nafeez Wahab

Sri Pahang v Sabah

16 March 2021 4	Sri Pahang	2–1	Sabah	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Bokhashvili 55' Lee Tuck 70' Jadid  9' Baqiuddin 25' Wagué  40'		Saddil 80' Park  40' Rawilson  54' Alto  90'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Petaling Jaya City v Sri Pahang

21 March 2021 5	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	Sri Pahang	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Devarajan 34'			Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yasin

Kedah Darul Aman v Sri Pahang

2 April 2021 6	Kedah Darul Aman	3–1	Sri Pahang	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Baddrol 37', 71' Sherman 47' (pen.)		Izzat 41' Lee Tuck 89 Goulon  17' Azam  90'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Noor Azriel Baharuddin

Sri Pahang v Terengganu

6 April 2021 7	Sri Pahang	1–1	Terengganu	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Azam 17' Muslim  71'		Mintah 74' (pen.) Suhaimi  58'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Hasrol Amir

Kuala Lumpur City v Sri Pahang

10 April 2021 8	Kuala Lumpur City	2–1	Sri Pahang	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8	Paulo Josué 18' Daniel 70'		Goulon 90'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Sri Pahang v Johor Darul Ta'zim

16 April 2021 9	Sri Pahang	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuantan
22:00 UTC+8	Azam  51' Ezanie  69'		Velázquez 21' Bergson 90+2',  39' Cabrera  45' Corbin-Ong  73'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yasin

Penang v Sri Pahang

24 April 2021 10	Penang	3–0	Sri Pahang	Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Endrick 11' Danial 26' Jafri 90+1' Quentin  35'			Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Sri Pahang v UiTM

1 May 2021 11	Sri Pahang	5–0	UiTM	Kuantan
22:00 UTC+8	Lee Tuck 1' Pedro 34' Baqiuddin 66' Goulon 70' Fahmi 72' (o.g.)			Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

Sri Pahang v Selangor

5 May 2021 12	Sri Pahang	2–2	Selangor	Kuantan
22:00 UTC+8	Hidalgo 48',  70' Malik 90+6' Baqiuddin  54' Muslim  65' Ashar  67'		Olusegun 87',  65' Aung 76' Ayimbila  43' Sharul  81',  90+5'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Perak v Sri Pahang

9 May 2021 13	Perak	2–3	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Leandro 68' (pen.) Careca 90+5'		Aung 34' Athiu 58', 88'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Fusser Sallih

Sri Pahang v Melaka United

25 July 2021 14	Sri Pahang	1–1	Melaka United	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Hidalgo 1' Fazly  45'	Report	Zaharulnizam 90+7' Robbat  25' Adriano  28' Akmal  69'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: S. Logeswaran

Sabah v Sri Pahang

28 July 2021 15	Sabah	2–2	Sri Pahang	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 UTC+8	Alto  11' Ivančić 58', 90+4' Randy  84'	Report	Muslim  49' Baqiuddin 67' Malik 90+3'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Sri Pahang v Petaling Jaya City

1 August 2021 16	Sri Pahang	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Aung 15' Azam  27' Hidalgo  78'	Report	Tamilmaran  55' Salamon  64'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Sri Pahang v Kedah Darul Aman

1 September 2021 17[a]	Sri Pahang	2–2	Kedah Darul Aman	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Athiu 9' Yakubu  27' Loqman 87' (o.g.)	Report	Amirul 11' Renan  57' Fandi  61' Syazwan 67'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Terengganu v Sri Pahang

7 August 2021 18	Terengganu	2–0	Sri Pahang	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8	da Silva 12' Faisal 24'	Report	Goulon  48'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Sri Pahang v Kuala Lumpur City

20 August 2021 19	Sri Pahang	0–2	Kuala Lumpur City	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Hidalgo  56' Yakubu  88' Goulon  90+3'	Report	Morales 49',  56' Zhafri 71' Arif  90+2'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sri Pahang

27 August 2021 20	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Sri Pahang	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 UTC+8	Bergson 8', 41', 45' Syafiq  68' Velázquez  73'	Report	Ashar  86' Baqiuddin  90+1'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Sri Pahang v Penang

5 September 2021 21	Sri Pahang	1–2	Penang	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Athiu 61' Swirad  64' Hidalgo  66'	Report	Azwan  44' Endrick 68' Danial 72'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

UiTM v Sri Pahang

12 September 2021 22	UiTM	1–0	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Kwon 25' (pen.) Hisyamudin  27' Zamir  90+2'	Report	Hidalgo  90+4'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Faisal Ridzuan

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup group stage § Group A

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.^[19]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		KUL	SUD	PAH	PEN
1	Kuala Lumpur City	6	4	2	0	12	4	+8	14	Quarter-finals		—	4–0	3–1	1–0
2	Sarawak United	6	3	1	2	9	10	−1	10			2–2	—	1–0	1–2
3	Sri Pahang	6	2	0	4	11	7	+4	6			0–1	1–2	—	4–0
4	Penang	6	1	1	4	4	15	−11	4			1–1	1–3	0–5	—

Source: MFL, FAM

Kuala Lumpur City v Sri Pahang

26 September 2021 1	Kuala Lumpur City	3–1	Sri Pahang	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Daniel 19' Morales 47', 73'	Report	Gallifuoco 79' (o.g.)	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdul Rahman Wahab

Sarawak United v Sri Pahang

29 September 2021 2	Sarawak United	1–0	Sri Pahang	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC +8	Sandro  34' Tommy 61' Zahril  75'	Report	Fazly  52'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Sri Pahang v Penang

30 October 2021 3	Sri Pahang	4–0	Penang	Kuantan
21:00 UTC +8	Malik 11', 55' Abubakar  36', 72' Ashar  44' Hidalgo 47'	Report	Khairul  47' Azwan  73'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 500+ Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Penang v Sri Pahang

3 November 2021 4	Penang	0–5	Sri Pahang	George Town
21:00 UTC +8		Report	Athiu 10', 35', 82' Abubakar 21' Malik 58'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 932 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Sri Pahang v Sarawak United

7 November 2021 5	Sri Pahang	1–2	Sarawak United	Kuantan
21:00 UTC +8	Athiu 13'	Report	Sandro 31' Rahim 90+5'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 1,190+ Referee: Jeevanathan Ponniamoorthy

Sri Pahang v Kuala Lumpur City

10 November 2021 6	Sri Pahang	0–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Kuantan
21:00 UTC +8		Report	Zhafri 83'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 116 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Hanafian

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of 10 November 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Malaysia Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Helmi Eliza	10	0	1	0	11	0
2	DF	Ezanie Salleh	3(7)	0	0	0	10	0
3	DF	Hérold Goulon	18(1)	2	6	0	25	2
4	DF	Nicholas Swirad	3(5)	0	5(1)	0	14	0
5	DF	Jadid Ilias	5(2)	0	0	0	7	0
6	DF	Malik Ariff	11(2)	2	5(1)	3	19	5
8	MF	Yakubu Abubakar	7(1)	0	6	2	14	2
9	FW	Kenny Athiu	9(2)	4	6	4	17	8
11	MF	Shahrul Aizad	2(3)	0	0	0	5	0
12	MF	Baqiuddin Shamsudin	19(2)	2	3(3)	0	27	2
13	DF	Ashar Al Aafiz	17(1)	0	6	0	24	0
14	FW	Aung Kaung Mann	5(1)	2	0(2)	0	8	2
16	MF	Hazri Rozali	0(4)	0	0	0	4	0
17	MF	Zuhair Aizat	4(7)	0	4(1)	0	16	0
18	GK	Daniel Wafiuddin	3	0	0	0	3	0
19	MF	Sharul Nizam	2(6)	0	0(2)	0	10	0
20	MF	Azam Azih	19	2	6	0	25	2
21	FW	Faizal Rani	0(4)	0	0(3)	0	7	0
22	DF	Fazly Mazlan	14(1)	0	4(1)	0	20	0
23	FW	Izzat Awang	7(6)	1	0	0	13	1
24	DF	Muslim Ahmad	20	0	2(2)	0	24	0
25	MF	Hafiz Ramdan	3(7)	0	0	0	10	0
29	DF	Faisal Rosli	12(6)	0	3	0	21	0
31	GK	Zarif Irfan	9(1)	0	5	0	15	0
33	DF	Hasnul Zaim	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
35	FW	Syaahir Saiful	2(2)	0	0(5)	0	9	0
37	MF	Zazrir Naim	1	0	0	0	1	0
88	MF	Manuel Hidalgo	10	2	5	1	15	3
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
4	DF	Mamadou Wagué	3	0	0	0	3	0
7	MF	Lee Tuck	11	2	0	0	11	2
9	FW	Pedro Henrique	6(4)	1	0	0	10	1
10	FW	Yevhen Bokhashvili	7(3)	1	0	0	10	1

Notes

1. Postponed match