2023 Perak F.C. season

The 2023 season was the 103rd season in the history of Perak and their 102nd season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.^[2]

Perak

2023 season
Owner	XOX Berhad
CEO	Bobie Farid Shamuddin[1]
Head coach	Yusri Che Lah
Stadium	Perak Stadium
Malaysia Super League	11th
Malaysia FA Cup	First round
Malaysia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Seo Seon-ung (3) All: Seo Seon-ung (3)
Home colours Away colours
← 2022 2024–25 →

Coaching staff

• Head coach: Yusri Che Lah
• Assistant head coach: Raja Azlan Shah
• Assistant coach: Saravanan Vellu
• Goalkeeper coach: Ng Wei Xian
• Fitness coach: Sam Pakiaraj
• Team doctor: Loong Cheng Wern, Ahmad Hazwan
• Physiotherapist: Mohd Noradam, Rozairen Hairudin
• Team admin: Zubir Shaharani
• Masseur: Shaffiq Mokhtar
• Kitman: Suhaimi Mohd Abidin

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 February 2023

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  MAS Bryan See Tian Keat 2 MF  NGA Sunday Afolabi 3 DF  MAS Hafizal Mohamad (captain) 4 DF  MAS Raja Imran Shah 5 MF  ARG Luciano Guaycochea 6 MF  MAS Khairul Asyraf 7 FW  MAS Hadi Fayyadh 8 DF  MAS Shivan Pillay 9 FW  MAS Sunil Chandran 10 MF  MAS Syukri Baharun 11 MF  MAS Wan Zack Haikal 12 DF  MAS Afif Asyraf 14 FW  MAS Amirul Husaini 16 MF  MAS Fadhil Idris 17 MF  MAS Khairul Syafiq 19 MF  MAS Fahmi Daniel 20 FW  MAS Amirul Akmal 25 DF  KOR Lee Joo-han 26 DF  MAS Haziq Puad

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  MAS Harith Naem 29 MF  MAS Farris Izdiham 33 DF  MAS Hasnul Zaim 36 GK  MAS Shaheeswaran Thavakumar (on loan from Negeri Sembilan) 37 DF  KOR Sim Hyun-ki 39 GK  MAS Azeem Farhan 41 DF  MAS Nasrol Amri 42 DF  MAS Nazmi Ahmad 43 GK  MAS Farhan Majid 45 FW  MAS Ilham Aqil 53 DF  MAS Aris Asri 55 MF  MAS Shafizi Iqmal 66 DF  MAS Oswyn Lim 77 FW  KOR Seo Seon-ung 88 MF  MAS Ikhwan Hafizo 92 MF  MAS Arif Shaqirin (on loan from Kuala Lumpur City) 93 MF  MAS Aizat Safuan 99 FW  NGA Christian Obiozor

Transfers

Players in Player From Fee Bryan See Melaka United Free[3] Hafizal Mohamad Terengganu Free[4] Raja Imran Shah Sarawak United Free Hadi Fayyadh Fagiano Okayama Free Shivan Pillay Petaling Jaya City Free Sunil Chandran Petaling Jaya City Free Syukri Baharun Melaka United Free Fadhil Idris Melaka United Free Haziq Puad Melaka United Free Hasnul Zaim Sri Pahang Free Harith Naem Melaka United Free Christian Obiozor Tadamon Sour Free Deevan Raj Negeri Sembilan Free Ikhwan Hafizo Selangor II Free Shafizi Iqmal Selangor II Free Fahmi Daniel Selangor II Free Amirul Husaini Johor Darul Ta'zim II Free Faris Izdiham FAM-MSN Free Amirul Akmal FAM-MSN Free Felix Adriano FAM-MSN Free Oswyn Lim Petaling Jaya City Free

Players out Player To Fee Hafiz Ramdan Sri Pahang Loan return Randy Baruh Sabah Loan return Stipe Plazibat Released Indra Putra Mahayuddin Kelantan United Free Royizzat Daud Kelantan United Free Aqil Hilman Kelantan United Free Farid Nezal Negeri Sembilan Free Pavithran Selladoria Harini Free Aidril Faqir Harini Free Firdaus Saiyadi Kuala Lumpur City Loan Danish Haziq Penang Loan Syamim Yahya Released Zamir Selamat Released Idris Ahmad Released Ferris Danial Released Farid Khazali Released Deevan Raj Released

Pre-season and friendlies

  Win   Draw   Loss   Cancelled   Fixtures

Perak v UiTM

6 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	1–2	UiTM	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Amirul 30'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

Perak v ATM

13 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	1–0	ATM	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Arif 86'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

Perak v Penang

28 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	0–1	Penang	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Perak Stadium

Kuala Lumpur City v Perak

4 February 2023 Friendly	Kuala Lumpur City	3–0	Perak	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

Negeri Sembilan v Perak

8 February 2023 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	Perak	Paroi
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2023 Malaysia Super League

Perak v Kedah Darul Aman

25 February 2023 1	Perak	1–4	Kedah Darul Aman	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Ikhwan 3' Haziq  35' Afolabi  78'	Report	Lee Tuck 17' Lira 66' (pen.) Ariff 84' Balotelli 90+3'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 15,106 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

PDRM v Perak

28 February 2023 2	PDRM	0–0	Perak	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Norfiqrie  27' Amir  32' Dzulfahmi  38' Suzuki  86'	Report	Shafizi  86'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Firdaus Dahlan

Kelantan United v Perak

4 March 2023 3	Kelantan United	0–0	Perak	Kota Bharu
21:00 UTC+8	Asraff  45+1' Latiff  90'	Report	Fadhil  34' Hadi  57' Shivan  70'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 964 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Perak v Kuching City

12 March 2023 4	Perak	2–0	Kuching City	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Seo 42', 57' Shivan  62'	Report	Alif  62'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

Perak v Sri Pahang

16 March 2023 5	Perak	0–3	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Nasrol  39'	Report	Sherman 13' Brundo 37' Agüero  56' Ingreso  65' Zuhair 74'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Penang v Perak

31 March 2023 6	Penang	3–1	Perak	Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Saad 6' Nik Akif 37' Gomes 84'	Report	Hafizal  57' Seo 71'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Perak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 April 2023 7	Perak	0–5	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Hadi  38' Lim  74' Obiozor  77'	Report	Hasnul 5' (o.g.) Velázquez 25', 90+2' Diogo 45' Bergson 66' Hong Wan  70'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 6,799 Referee: S. Logeswaran

Kuala Lumpur City v Perak

10 April 2023 8	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0	Perak	Cheras
22:00 UTC+8	Saravanan  27'  64' Avanzini 45+3'	Report	Shafizi  45' Guaycochea  45+3' Ikhwan  73'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

Perak v Negeri Sembilan

19 April 2023 9	Perak	1–1	Negeri Sembilan
	Alif 3'	Report

Kelantan v Perak

28 April 2023 10	Kelantan	2–3	Perak
		Report	Yusri 35' (o.g.) Guaycochea 45' Suhairi 69'

Perak v Selangor

20 May 2023 11	Perak	0–4	Selangor
		Report

Sabah v Perak

23 May 2023 12	Sabah	3–1	Perak
		Report	Harith 83'

Perak v Terengganu

3 June 2023 13	Perak	0–3	Terengganu
		Report

Kedah Darul Aman v Perak

7 June 2023 14	Kedah Darul Aman	3–0	Perak
		Report

Perak v PDRM

23 June 2023 15	Perak	1–2	PDRM
	Okwuosa 73' (o.g.)	Report

Perak v Kelantan Darul Naim

7 July 2023 16	Perak	1–1	Kelantan Darul Naim
	Afolabi 9'	Report

Kuching City v Perak

16 July 2023 17	Kuching City	1–2	Perak
		Report	Guaycochea 13' Seo 80'

Sri Pahang v Perak

30 July 2023 18	Sri Pahang	1–0	Perak
		Report

Perak v Penang

9 August 2023 19	Perak	3–1	Penang
	Guaycochea 5' Zack 23' Seo 75'	Report

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Perak

13 August 2023 20	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Perak
		Report

Perak v Kuala Lumpur City

27 August 2023 21	Perak	0–4	Kuala Lumpur City
		Report

Negeri Sembilan v Perak

1 October 2023 22	Negeri Sembilan	0–1	Perak
		Report	Milunović 51'

Perak v Kelantan

28 October 2023 23	Perak	8–0	Kelantan
	Milunović 14', 25', 33' Zack 17' Shivan 36' Seo 49' (pen.), 67' Guaycochea 84'	Report

Selangor v Perak

25 November 2023 24	Selangor	4–0	Perak
		Report

Perak v Sabah

3 December 2023 25	Perak	0–1	Sabah
		Report

Terengganu v Perak

17 December 2023 26	Terengganu	3–0	Perak
		Report

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Negeri Sembilan	26	6	9	11	33	49	−16	27
10	Penang	26	6	6	14	29	50	−21	24
11	Perak	26	6	4	16	25	55	−30	22
12	Kelantan United	26	4	5	17	29	65	−36	17
13	Kuching City	26	2	6	18	24	51	−27	12

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

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2023 Malaysia FA Cup

Perak v Sri Pahang

8 March 2023 First round	Perak	1–2	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
20:15 UTC+8	Hafizal  22' Fadhil  27'  67' Obiozor 34' Haziq  62'	Report	Agüero  40' Malik 82' Brundo 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Mohamad Kamil Zakaria Ismail

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2023 Malaysia Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAS	Bryan See	10	0	9	0	1	0	0	0
2	MF	NGA	Sunday Afolabi	25	0	18+1	0	1	0	5	0
3	DF	MAS	Hafizal Mohamad	15	0	14	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	MAS	Raja Imran Shah	19	0	12+5	0	1	0	0+1	0
5	MF	ARG	Luciano Guaycochea	24	7	17+2	4	0	0	5	3
6	DF	MAS	Khairul Asyraf	7	0	1+3	0	0	0	0+3	0
7	MF	MAS	Hadi Fayyadh	12	0	10+1	0	1	0	0	0
8	DF	MAS	Shivan Pillay	30	1	23+1	1	0	0	6	0
9	FW	MAS	Sunil Chandran	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	MAS	Syukri Baharun	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
11	MF	MAS	Wan Zack Haikal	23	4	9+8	2	0	0	6	2
12	DF	MAS	Afif Asyraf	17	0	11	0	0	0	6	0
13	MF	MAS	Hadi Mohamad	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	MAS	Amirul Husaini	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF	PHI	Jesper Nyholm	14	0	9	0	0	0	5	0
16	MF	MAS	Fadhil Idris	19	0	12+4	0	1	0	0+2	0
18	MF	MAS	Azalinullah Alias	15	0	6+4	0	0	0	4+1	0
19	MF	MAS	Fahmi Daniel	14	0	8+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW	MAS	Amirul Akmal	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
21	MF	MAS	Syakirin Zamri	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
23	FW	MAS	Alif Zikri	13	1	10+2	1	0	0	0+1	0
24	MF	MAS	Firdaus Saiyadi	10	0	3+3	0	0	0	4	0
26	DF	MAS	Haziq Puad	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	MAS	Harith Naem	8	1	0+7	1	0+1	0	0	0
28	DF	MAS	Fadhil Azmi	3	0	1+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
29	MF	MAS	Farris Izdiham	16	0	6+4	0	1	0	1+4	0
30	MF	SRB	Luka Milunović	14	5	7+1	4	0	0	6	1
31	DF	MAS	Che Mohamad Suhairi	16	1	6+6	1	0	0	0+4	0
33	DF	MAS	Hasnul Zaim	5	0	2+3	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	MAS	Shaheeswaran Thavakumar	18	0	14	0	0	0	4	0
40	DF	MAS	Aiman Khairul	15	0	8+1	0	0	0	6	0
41	DF	MAS	Nasrol Amri	10	0	9	0	0+1	0	0	0
43	GK	MAS	Farhan Abdul Majid	5	0	3	0	0	0	2	0
44	DF	MAS	Kamal Arif	4	0	0+2	0	0	0	0+2	0
45	FW	MAS	Ilham Aqil	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
51	DF	MAS	Nik Umar	9	0	2+4	0	0	0	0+3	0
53	MF	MAS	Aris Asri	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	MAS	Shafizi Iqmal	12	0	6+5	0	1	0	0	0
70	FW	MAS	Hakimi Mat Isa	12	1	4+5	0	0	0	0+3	1
72	MF	KOR	Kim Kang-hyun	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
77	FW	KOR	Seo Seon-ung	22	7	14+2	7	0	0	6	0
88	MF	MAS	Ikhwan Hafizo	15	1	11+3	1	1	0	0	0
92	MF	MAS	Arif Shaqirin	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
99	MF	NGA	Firdaus Fuad	1	1	0	0	0	0	0+1	1
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:
99	FW	NGA	Christian Obiozor	11	1	4+6	0	1	1	0	0

Last updated: 17 December 2023
Source: Competitive matches