2020 Selangor F.C. season explained

Club:	Selangor
Season:	2020
Owner:	Tengku Amir Shah
Ownertitle:	President
Chairman:	Mahfizul Rusydin
Chrtitle:	Manager
Manager:	B. Sathianathan (until 21 September) Michael Feichtenbeiner (from 21 September as caretaker)
Mgrtitle:	Head coach
Stadium:	1. Bukit Jalil National Stadium 2. UiTM Stadium (League competitions) 3. Hang Jebat Stadium (Malaysia Cup competitions)
League:	Super League
League Result:	5th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second round
Cup2:	Malaysia Cup
Cup2 Result:	Quarter-finals
League Topscorer:	(12 goals) Ifedayo Olusegun
Season Topscorer:	(13 goals) Ifedayo Olusegun
Highest Attendance:	18,679 Super League Selangor vs Perak (7 March 2020)
Average Attendance:	3,736
Largest Win:	7–0 vs PDRM (A), 3 October 2020, Super League
Largest Loss:	1–6 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim (A), 19 September 2020, Super League
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2021
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The 2020 season was Selangor's 15th season in the Super League and their 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysia football. The club also participated in the Malaysia Cup and the FA Cup. During this season, Selangor played all their home fixtures on different venues, following the original ground Shah Alam Stadium was unavailable used due to safety concerns and undergoing renovations.

Review

This is Selangor second season under head coach B. Sathianathan, who took permanent charge in March 2019. It is also the first season since 2018 without club captain Amri Yahyah, who left the club at the end of the 2019 season. B. Sathianathan named Taylor Regan as Amri's successor as club captain. Selangor will begin the season on 29 February 2020.

On 13 March, it was announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] On 1 May, it was announced that the league would resume in September dependent on the situation at the time. If the M-League is not allowed to resume in September, the season will be called off. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Super League and the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams will now play each other only once, meaning the champions of the Super League and Premier League will be decided after 11 rounds of matches.^[2]

Following Shah Alam Stadium's closing due to safety issues and undergoing renovations, Selangor played the entire season in three different venues, Bukit Jalil National Stadium, UiTM Stadium and Hang Jebat Stadium as their temporary home ground.^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]}

On 21 September 2020, Coach B. Sathianathan have been sacked by the club, just days after their 6–1 Malaysia Super League humiliation at the hands of Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT). Following that, the role will be filled in by the Technical Director, Michael Feichtenbeiner as interim head coach until the new head coach is announced.^{[12] [13]}

On 2 October 2020, the club have made application to privatize its football team under a new entity as Selangor Football Club (Selangor FC), and was officially approved by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) on 29 September 2020.^[14]

Recently, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) format for the 2020 Malaysia Cup has been changed following the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the country. Group stage competitions were cancelled and replaced with 16 teams by knockout, including matches in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.^{[15] [16]} On 12 November 2020, MFL confirmed that the tournament would not resume and be cancelled immediately. That mean's closes the season for Malaysian football in 2020 following government's rejection of MFL's appeal, including with large parts of the country in Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) due to COVID-19 pandemic.^{[17] [18] [19]}

Squad information

First-team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Goalkeepers
1	Khairulazhan Khalid		GK	November 8, 2020
25	Tauffiq Ar Rasyid		GK	November 8, 2020
30	Farizal Harun		GK	November 8, 2020
Defenders
3	Rodney Celvin			November 8, 2020
4				November 8, 2020
5				November 8, 2020
19	K. Prabakaran			November 8, 2020
20	Syahmi Safari			November 8, 2020
23	Nicholas Swirad			November 8, 2020
26	A. Namathevan		RB / RWB	November 8, 2020
27	M. Tamil Maran			November 8, 2020
Midfielders
6	K. Sarkunan		DM / CM	November 8, 2020
7	Sean Selvaraj		RW / LW / RM / LM	November 8, 2020
8	Khyril Muhymeen			November 8, 2020
17	Hakim Hassan		CM / AM / LW / LM	November 8, 2020
18	Halim Saari		DM / CM	November 8, 2020
21	Safuwan Baharudin		DM / CB / CM / CF	November 8, 2020
22	Syazwan Zainon		LW / LM / RW / RM	November 8, 2020
88	Brendan Gan		CM / DM / AM	November 8, 2020
Forwards
10	Rufino Segovia		ST / LW / CAM	November 8, 2020
11	Wan Zack Haikal		LW / RW / CF / CAM	November 8, 2020
12	Ifedayo Olusegun			November 8, 2020
50	Sandro			November 8, 2020
Out on loan
—	Amirul Ashraf			November 8, 2020

Reserve team squad

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (Age)
Selangor II, III & IV
—	Haziq Ridwan		GK	November 8, 2020
—	Amirul Haziq		CB	November 8, 2020
—	Badrul Amin		ST / CF	November 8, 2020
—	Quentin Cheng		RB / RWB	November 8, 2020
29	Azizul Baharuddin		ST / CF	November 8, 2020
32	Mukhairi Ajmal		CM / LW / LM / AM	November 8, 2020
33	Azrin Afiq			November 8, 2020
35	Zahril Azri		DM / CM	November 8, 2020
36	Anwar Ibrahim		RB / LB	November 8, 2020
42	Aliff Haiqal		CM / AM	November 8, 2020
43	Zikri Khalili			November 8, 2020
46	Danial Asri		CF / LW	November 8, 2020

Other players under contract

Transfers

Transfers in

Date			Name	Age	Moving from	Type	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
15 November 2019	—	DF	K. Kannan		PKNS	Loan return	N/A	First team	N/A
	—	DF	Amirul Ashraf		UiTM	Loan return	N/A	Reserve team	N/A
	—	MF	Faizzudin Abidin		Penang	Loan return	N/A	First team	N/A
	—	MF			UiTM	Loan return	N/A		N/A
29 November 2019	3	DF			PKNS	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[20] ^[21]
1 December 2019	88	MF			Perak	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[22] ^[23]
4 December 2019	17	MF			Perak	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[24]
8 December 2019	25	GK			PKNS	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[25] ^[26]
10 December 2019	23	DF			PKNS	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[27] ^[28]
11 December 2019	21	DF			Pahang	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[29] ^[30]
25 December 2019	32	MF			PKNP	Contract expired	Free transfer	Reserve team	^[31] ^[32]
1 January 2020	36	DF			FELDA United	Contract expired	Free transfer
11 February 2020	—	DF			Sutherland Sharks	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[33] ^[34]

Transfers out

Date			Name	Age	Moving to	Type	Transfer fee	Team	Ref.
16 November 2019	3	DF	Fandi Othman		Selangor II	End of loan	N/A	First team	^[35]
	13	DF	Latiff Suhaimi		Penang	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[36]
	14	MF	Endrick		Penang	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[37]
	15	MF	Faiz Nasir		Terengganu	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[38]
	16	MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan		Melaka United	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[39]
	21	MF	Norhakim Isa		Free Agent	Contract expired	Free transfer
	25	DF	Azreen Zulkafali		Free Agent	Contract expired	Free transfer
	26	DF	Michal Nguyễn		Hải Phòng	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[40]
21 November 2019	17	FW	Amri Yahyah		Sarawak United	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[41] ^[42]
23 January 2020	24	DF	Syukri Azman		Sarawak United	Contract expired	Free transfer		^[43]
18 February 2020	30	DF	D. Kugan		Petaling Jaya City	Contract expired	Free transfer	Reserve team
	–	DF	K. Kannan		Petaling Jaya City	Contract expired	Free transfer	First team
	–	DF	Asraff Hayqal		UiTM	Contract expired	Free transfer

Loans out

Pre-season and friendlies

Selangor played a number of pre-season matches in 2020, including participating in the 2020 Asia Cup and Meizhou Hakka Cup.

Competitions

Super League

Results summary

Results by matchday

Matches

The league fixtures were announced on 3 January 2020.^[44]

Results overview

Team	Home score	Away score	Double
FELDA United	6–1	—	6–1
Johor Darul Ta'zim	—	1–6	1–6
Kedah	—	0–2	0–2
Melaka United	1–1	—	1–1
Pahang	—	2–1	2–1
PDRM	—	0–7	0–7
Perak	1–1	—	1–1
Petaling Jaya City	0–0	—	0–0
Sabah	—	2–1	2–1
Terengganu	—	3–3	3–3
UiTM	3–3	—	3–3

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FA Cup

See main article: 2020 Malaysia FA Cup. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, the tournament was cancelled.^[45]

Malaysia Cup

See main article: 2020 Malaysia Cup.

Statistics

Squad statistics

^[46]

Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearances.
\Red card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Super League				FA Cup				Malaysia Cup				Total
				width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40	Apps	width=40		width=40		width=40
1		Khairulazhan	GK	9								1		1		10		1
3		Rodney Celvin	DF	8		3										8		3
4		Ashmawi Yakin	DF	5		2										5		2
5		Taylor Regan	DF	10		3						1				11		3
6		K. Sarkunan	MF	5								1		1		6		1
7		Sean Selvaraj	MF	6	2							1				7	2
8		Khyril Muhymeen	FW	5	1											5	1
10		Rufino Segovia	FW	11	2	1						1				12	2	1
11		Wan Zack Haikal	FW	6								1				7
12		Ifedayo Olusegun	FW	11	12							1	1			12	13
17		Hakim Hassan	MF
18		Halim Saari	MF	9		3						1				10		3
19		K. Prabakaran	DF	10		1										10		1
20		Syahmi Safari	DF	10		2						1				11		2
21		Safuwan Baharudin	MF	11	1	3						1				12	1	3
22		Syazwan Zainon	MF	7		2						1				8		2
23		Nick Swirad	DF	4		1										4		1
25		Tauffiq Ar Rasyid	GK	1												1
26		A. Namathevan	DF	5												5
27		M. Tamil Maran	DF	1		1										1		1
30		Farizal Harun	GK	1												1
32		Mukhairi Ajmal	MF	2												2
33		Azrin Afiq	DF	1												1
35		Zahril Azri	MF	1												1
36		Anwar Ibrahim	DF	1												1
42		Aliff Haiqal	DF	3		1						1				4		1
43		Zikri Khalili	DF	1								1		1		2		1
46		Danial Asri	FW									1				1
50		Sandro	FW	11	4	1						1	1			12	5	1
88		Brendan Gan	MF	10	4		1					1				11	4		1
Own goals					0				0				0				0
Totals					26	24	1		0	0	0		2	3	0		28	27	1

† Player left the club during the season.

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

			Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	12	Ifedayo Olusegun	12	0	1	13
2	FW	50	Sandro	4	0	1	5
3	MF	88	Brendan Gan	4	0	0	4
4	MF	7	Sean Selvaraj	2	0	0	2
	FW	10	Rufino Segovia	2	0	0	2
6	MF	8	Khyril Muhymeen	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Safuwan Baharudin	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				26	0	2	28
Own Goals Conceded
1	TBD	TBD	TBD	0	0	0	0
TOTALS				0	0	0	0

Top assists

width=10		width=10		width=10		width=150	Player	width=50	Super League	width=50	FA Cup	width=50	Malaysia Cup	width=50	Total
1	FW	50	Sandro	5	0	0	5
2	FW	12	Ifedayo Olusegun	3	0	1	4
3	MF	7	Sean Selvaraj	3	0	0	3
	MF	22	Syazwan Zainon	3	0	0	3
5	FW	10	Rufino Segovia	2	0	1	2
6	DF	4	Ashmawi Yakin	1	0	0	1
	MF	11	Wan Zack Haikal	0	0	1	1
	MF	21	Safuwan Baharudin	1	0	0	1
	DF	26	A. Namathevan	1	0	0	1
	MF	88	Brendan Gan	1	0	0	1
TOTALS				20	0	2	22

Clean sheets

width=10		width=10		width=150	Player	width=50	Super League	width=50	FA Cup	width=50	Malaysia Cup	width=50	Total
1	1		2	0	0	2
TOTALS			2	0	0	2

Disciplinary record

Rank	No.	Pos.	Name	Super League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Total
1	3	DF		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
	5	DF		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
	18	MF		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
	21	MF		3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-
5	4	DF		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
	20	DF		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
	22	MF		2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-
8	1	GK		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
	6	MF		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
	10	FW		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	19	DF		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	23	DF		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	27	DF		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	42	MF		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	43	DF		-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
	50	FW		1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
	88	MF		-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-
Total				24	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	27	1	0

Notes and References

1. Web site: Covid-19: M-League suspended from March 16. nst.com.my. 13 March 2020.
2. Web site: September restart for M-League. nst.com.my. 1 May 2020.
3. Web site: Shah Alam Stadium in poor shape . nst.com.my . New Straits Times . 9 February 2020 . 10 February 2020 . Farah . Azharie.
4. Web site: Selangor mungkin 'kempunan' main di Stadium Shah Alam . bharian.com.my . Berita Harian . 8 February 2020 . 9 February 2020.
5. Web site: Stadium Shah Alam Tidak Boleh Digunakan Bagi Saingan Liga Malaysia Musim 2020 . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 1 March 2020 . 2 March 2020 . Dito.
6. Web site: Selangor pilih SNBJ sebagai venue sementara . stadiumastro.com . Stadium Astro . 2 March 2020 . 3 March 2020.
7. Web site: PSM izin Selangor guna Stadium Bukit Jalil . hmetro.com.my . Harian Metro . 2 March 2020 . 3 March 2020 . Syazwan . Msar.
8. Web site: Selangor akur perlu lupakan Stadium Shah Alam . stadiumastro.com . Stadium Astro . 24 July 2020 . 25 July 2020.
9. Web site: FA Selangor won't play at Shah Alam Stadium for remainder of 2020...and perhaps longer . goal.com . Goal . 22 July 2020 . 23 July 2020 . Zulhilmi . Zainal.
10. Web site: Selangor Terpaksa ‘Tumpang’ Beraksi Di Stadium UiTM Dalam Baki Saingan Liga Malaysia . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 24 July 2020 . 25 July 2020 . Sulaiman.
11. Web site: Selangor 'tumpang' Stadium Hang Jebat, UiTM ke Manjung . bharian.com.my . Berita Harian . 2 November 2020 . 3 November 2020 . Zulfaizan . Mansor.
12. Web site: Termination Of B. Satiananthan As Selangor First Team Head Coach. faselangor. 21 September 2020. 21 September 2020.
13. Web site: FA Selangor sack head coach B. Satiananthan days after JDT thrashing. Goal.com. 21 September 2020 . 23 September 2020. Zulhilmi . Zainal.
14. Web site: OFFICIAL: Selangor FC Privatization Approved . faselangor . 2 October 2020 . 2 October 2020 . 12 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012111902/https://faselangor.my/en/news/2943/OFFICIAL%20%20Selangor%20FC%20Privatization%20Approved . dead .
15. Web site: Keputusan rasmi undian kumpulan Piala Malaysia 2020. mysumber.com. 25 October 2020 . 25 October 2020.
16. Web site: Piala Malaysia 2020 jadual keputusan terkini dan kedudukan carta. mysumber.com. 1 November 2020 . 2 November 2020.
17. Web site: 2020 Malaysia Cup officially cancelled, Terengganu earns AFC Cup ticket. Goal.com. 12 November 2020 . 12 November 2020. Ooi . Kin Fai.
18. Web site: TM Malaysia Cup 2020 cancelled. aseanfootball.org. 12 November 2020 . 12 November 2020.
19. Web site: Saingan Piala Malaysia 2020 dibatalkan terus. bharian.com.my. 12 November 2020 . 12 November 2020. Zulfaizan . Mansor.
20. News: RODNEY CELVIN AKWENSIVIE SAH MENJADI PEMAIN SELANGOR. faselangor. 29 November 2019. 29 November 2019.
21. News: Rodney diperkenalkan dengan penuh gaya oleh Red Giants . sarawakcrocs.com . Sarawak Crocs . 2 December 2019 . 2 December 2019.
22. News: It has BGAN!. faselangor. 1 December 2019. 1 December 2019.
23. News: The story behind Selangor's signing of Brendan Gan . goal.com . Goal . 1 December 2019 . 1 December 2019 . Zulhilmi . Zainal.
24. News: Nor Hakim Hassan Sah Sertai Pasukan Selangor . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 4 December 2019 . 4 December 2019 . Dito.
25. News: Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar perkuatkan Red Giants. faselangor. 8 December 2019. 8 December 2019. 8 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191208113451/https://redgiants.faselangor.my/tauffiq-ar-rasyid-johar-perkuatkan-red-giants/. dead.
26. News: Liga Malaysia 2020: Produk PKNS FC, Tauffiq Ar Rasyid Johar Sertai Gergasi Merah . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 9 December 2019 . 9 December 2019 . Sulaiman.
27. News: Selangor sah tandatangani pemain Manchester. faselangor. 10 December 2019. 10 December 2019. 10 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191210110158/https://redgiants.faselangor.my/selangor-sah-tandatangani-pemain-manchester/. dead.
28. News: Nick Swirad: Selangor bagaikan Manchester United . football-tribe.com . Football Tribe . 17 December 2019 . 17 December 2019 . Omar . Zin.
29. News: Bekas pemain Melbourne City FC sah bersama Selangor. faselangor. 11 December 2019. 11 December 2019. 11 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191211054542/https://redgiants.faselangor.my/bekas-pemain-melbourne-city-fc-sah-bersama-selangor/. dead.
30. News: Safuwan sertai Red Giants . bharian.com.my . Berita Harian . 11 December 2019 . 11 December 2019 . Syafiq . Aznan.
31. News: Mukhairi Ajmal Sah Sertai Pasukan Selangor . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 25 December 2019 . 25 December 2019 . Dito.
32. News: Mukhairi Ajmal Sah Sarung Jersi Gergasi Merah Untuk Saingan Musim Hadapan . semuanyabola.com . Semaunya Bola . 25 December 2019 . 25 December 2019 . Al-Zaim . Arzaman.
33. News: Pemain Kacukan, Quentin Cheng Sertai Pasukan Selangor. vocketfc.com. Vocket FC. 11 February 2020. 11 February 2020 . Dito.
34. News: Quentin Cheng reveals Super League obsession, connection to Brendan Gan . goal.com . Goal . 16 May 2020 . 16 May 2020 . Zulhilmi . Zainal.
35. News: Once Red, #ALWAYSRED! Terima kasih!. faselangor. 16 November 2019. 16 November 2019. 16 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191116095453/https://redgiants.faselangor.my/once-red-alwaysred-terima-kasih/. dead.
36. News: Abdul Latiff Suhaimi Sertai Pasukan Pulau Pinang . vocketfc.com . Vocket FC . 25 December 2019 . 25 December 2019 . Dito.
37. News: Nguyen, Dos Santos tidak lagi sarung jersi Selangor . selangorkini.my . Selangorkini . 17 November 2019 . 17 November 2019 . Zareef . Muzammil.
38. News: Faiz Nasir gembira kembali bersama Terengganu FC . terengganufc.com . Terengganu FC . 17 November 2019 . 17 November 2019.
39. News: RASMI: Khair Jones, Ferris Danial & Nurridzuan Perkuat MU . semuanyabola.com . Semuanyabola . 1 December 2019 . 1 December 2019 . Axello . Tacts.
40. News: Bekas Pertahanan Selangor Michal Nguyen Sertai Hai Phong Di Liga Vietnam . semuanyabola.com . Semuanyabola . 3 December 2019 . 3 December 2019 . Gary . Lugard.
41. News: Amri Yahyah Ucap Selamat Tinggal Kepada Selangor . semuanyabola.com . Semuanyabola . 20 November 2019 . 20 November 2019 . Gary . Lugard.
42. News: Liga Malaysia 2020: Amri Yahyah Sah Sarung Jersi Sarawak United . vocket.com . Vocket FC . 23 January 2020 . 23 January 2020 . Sulaiman.
43. News: SUA bawa masuk paling banyak pemain, Kuching FA bawa masuk paling sedikit . sarawakcrocs.com . Sarawak Crocs . 28 March 2020 . 28 March 2020.
44. Web site: MFL Umum Kalender Liga Malaysia 2020 . Semuanyabola. 3 January 2020 . 4 January 2020 . Meor Abdullah . Syamim.
45. Web site: New-look league will be back in September. thestar. 2 May 2020.
46. News: Selangor FA Statistics. Soccerway. 8 November 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170331040324/http://us.soccerway.com/teams/malaysia/selangor-fc/3278/. 31 March 2017.