| Club: | Sabah |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Owner: | Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd |
| Chairman: | Ahmad Marzuki Nasir |
| Chrtitle: | CEO |
| Manager: | Ong Kim Swee |
| Stadium: | Likas Stadium |
| League: | Malaysia Super League |
| League Result: | 3rd |
| Cup1: | Malaysia FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter Finals |
| Cup2: | Malaysia Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Quarter Finals |
| Cup3: | AFC Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Zonal Semi Finals |
| League Topscorer: | 8 goals Ramon |
| Season Topscorer: | 13 goals Darren Lok Ramon |
| Highest Attendance: | 15,203 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim (League)[1] 6,797 vs Kuala Lumpur City (FA Cup)[2] 6,216 vs Perak (Malaysia Cup)[3] 7,607 vs Hougang United (AFC Cup)[4] |
| Lowest Attendance: | 4,885 vs Kuching City (League)[5] 4,500 vs Kelantan United (FA Cup)[6] 6,214 vs Kuching City (Malaysia Cup)[7] 7,441 vs Haiphong (AFC Cup)[8] |
| Average Attendance: | 9,896 (League) 5,649 (FA Cup) 6,215 (Malaysia Cup) 7,524 (AFC Cup) |
| Largest Win: | [9] |
| Largest Loss: | [10] |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
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The 2023 season is Sabah's eighth competitive season in the highest tier of Malaysian football since the foundation of Malaysia Super League in 2004, and the club's fourth consecutive in the Malaysia Super League.
Pre-season
| Pos. | Player | From |
|---|---|---|
| DF |  Gabriel Peres | Grêmio Esportivo Brasil |
| FW | Jaílton Paraíba |  Qingdao Youth Island |
| MF |  Ko Kwang-min | FC Seoul |
| MF | Danial Haqim | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| FW | Darren Lok | Petaling Jaya City |
| DF | Dinesh Rajasingam | Selangor |
| DF | Irfan Zakaria | Kuala Lumpur City |
| FW | Jafri Firdaus Chew | Penang |
| GK | Joslan Aping | PDRM |
| FW | Kumaahran Sathasivam | Petaling Jaya City |
| DF | Randy Baruh | Perak |
| MF | Stuart Wilkin | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| FW |  Jacob Njoku | Kelantan United |
| MF | Telmo Castanheira |  ÍBV |
Mid-season
| Pos. | Player | From |
|---|---|---|
| DF |  Cifu | Kelantan |
| DF | Ramon |  Gabala |
Pre-season
| Pos. | Player | To |
|---|---|---|
| DF | Jackson | Free Agent |
| FW |  José Embaló | Free Agent |
| FW |  Taiki Kagayama | Free Agent |
| DF | Badrul Affendy | Kuching City[11] |
| DF | Nazirul Naim | Kuala Lumpur City[12] |
| FW | Thanabalan Nadarajah | Harini |
| MF | Tommy Mawat Bada | Negeri Sembilan[13] |
Mid-season
Pre-season
Pre-season
See main article: 2023 Malaysia Super League.
See main article: 2023–24 AFC Cup.
See main article: 2023 Malaysia FA Cup.
See main article: 2023 Malaysia Cup.
| Rank | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | AFC Cup | Total[16] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 13 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| 8 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 61 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 84 | ||
| Rank | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | AFC Cup | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Total | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||