2013 Pahang FA season

Pahang

2013 season
President	Tengku Abdul Rahman
Manager	Che Nasir Salleh
Head Coach	Dollah Salleh
Malaysia Super League	5th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
Malaysia Cup	Winner
Top goalscorer	League: Mohd Fauzi Roslan (8) All: Matías Conti (16)
Highest home attendance	40,000 vs Sarawak (19 October 2013)
Lowest home attendance	10,000 vs Tentera Darat (26 February 2013)
Average home league attendance	25,997
Home colours Away colours
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The 2013 season was Pahang's 23rd consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysian football. Pahang's victory in the 2013 Malaysia Cup for the third time in their history, last time they won are 21 years ago.

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Dato' Che Nasir B Salleh
Assistant manager	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Head coach	Dollah Salleh
Assistant coach	Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi
Goalkeeper coach	Mudzar Mohamad
First-team fitness coaches	Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu
Physiotherapist	Mohd Suhaimi Ramli
	Adam Zuhairy
Kit man/Equipment	Abdul Razak B Akil
Reserve team manager	Datuk Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah
Reserve Team Head Coach	Azaruddin Aziz
Reserve Team Assistant Coach	Fahim Kow Abdullah
Reserve Team Goalkeeping Coach	Syed Nasir Akil
Reserve Team Physiotherapist	Hafizan Abdul Hamit

Other information

Chairman	Y.A.M. Tengku Muda Pahang Tengku Abdul Rahman
General Secretary	Fuzzemi Ibrahim
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Darulmakmur Stadium (41,837 / 103x67 metres)
Training ground	Taman Gelora Ground

Players

First-team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Khairulazhan Khalid		GK
22	Rosfaizul Azuar Ali		GK
23	Mohd Nasril Nourdin		GK
Defenders
2	Jalaluddin Jaafar (captain)		RB
3	Mohd Saiful Nizam Miswan		CB
4	Damion Stewart		CB
6	Mohd Hazri Rozali		RB
13	Mohd Razman Roslan		CB
14	Mohd Faisal Mohd Rosli		LB
17	Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin|		CB
18	Muhammad Syawal Norsam		CB
20	Mohd Shahrizan Salleh		LB
Midfielders
5	Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal		CM
7	R. Surendran		RW
8	Azidan Sarudin		CM
10	Abdul Malik Mat Ariff		LW
11	Mohd Faizol Hussien		CM
15	Mohd Hazuan Mohd Daud		RW
21	Mohd Hafiz Kamal		CM
24	R.Gopinathan		LW
Forwards
9	Matías Conti		ST
12	Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil		ST
19	Mohd Fauzi Roslan		ST
25	Mohd Shafei Zahari		ST

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MAS Muhammad Saufi Mohamad 2 DF   MAS Muhammad Zakwan Harun 3 MF   MAS Mohd Nur Raimin Abd Rani 4 DF   MAS Iskandar Zulkarnaen Ibrahim 5 DF   MAS Mohd Yusrizal Che Usop 6 MF   MAS Shahrul Azwan Ariff 7 DF   MAS Mohamad Firdaus Anuar 8 MF   MAS Mohamad Firdaus Mat Nasir 9 FW   MAS Mohd Shafei Zahari 10 FW   MAS Muhammad Saifulrisal 11 MF   MAS Mohd Sharul Aizad Zukufli 12 DF   MAS Muhammad Ilham Yusof 13 MF   MAS Mohd Shafizi Mohd Zain

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF   MAS Muhammad Nur Azam Abdul Azih 15 MF   MAS Md Rizua Shafiqi Kamarulzaman 16 FW   MAS Muhamad Amirul Kasmuri 17 FW   MAS Muhamad Aliff Amin Basri 18 MF   MAS Ikmal Hakim Hamizat 19 DF   MAS Mohamad Amin Mozri 20 FW   MAS Mohd Faizal Abdul Rani 21 DF   MAS Mohd Hilmi Husaini Asmadii 22 GK   MAS Khairul Nidzam Md Noor 23 DF   MAS Mohd Azlye Hafizee Mohd Yatim 24 DF   MAS Muhamad Nur Zhafri Zaini 25 GK   MAS Mohamad Aliff Md Sadali

Transfers

In

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   MAS Mohd Nasril Nourdin (from Perak FA) — DF   MAS Mohd Razman Roslan (from Selangor FA) — MF   MAS Azidan Sarudin (from Selangor FA) — MF   MAS Mohd Amirul Hadi Zainal (from Selangor FA) — GK   MAS Khairulazhan Khalid (from Shahzan Muda FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player — DF   MAS Faisal Rosli (from Shahzan Muda FC) — FW   MKD Nikolce Klečkarovski (from SHB Đà Nẵng F.C.) — FW   MAR Mohamed Borji (from Difaa El Jadida) — GK   ARG Matías Conti (from Tristán Suárez) — DF   JAM Damion Stewart (from Notts County)

Out

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   MAS Mohd Fadzirul Zakaria (to be released) 5 MF   MAS Khairan Eroza Razali (to Penang FA) 8 DF   MAS Khairul Azman B Awang Long (Kuantan FA) 9 MF   RUS Boris Kochkin (to be released) 10 FW   BRA Maycon Carvalho Inez (to be released) 13 DF   MAS Wan Mohd Azwari Wan Nor (to Sabah FA) 14 DF   MAS Abdul Wafiy Abdul Ghafar (to Shahzan Muda FC)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF   MAS Amirrullah Abd Razab (to Kuantan FA) 22 GK   MAS Wan Azraei Wan Teh(to Terengganu FA) 23 FW   MAS Mohd Kamal Rodiarjat Mohd Ali (to Kuantan FA) 25 GK   MAS Mohd Hafiz Nasruddin (to be released) — FW   MKD Nikolce Klečkarovski (to be released) — FW   MAR Mohamed Borji (to be released)

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2012

Competitions

Competition record

Competition	Record
	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
2013 Malaysia Super League	22	10	5	7	36	32	+4	045.45
2013 Malaysia FA Cup	4	3	1	0	14	5	+9	075.00
2013 Malaysia Cup	11	6	3	2	21	16	+5	054.55
Total	37	19	9	9	71	53	+18	051.35

2013 Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2013 Malaysia Cup Final

The Final will be played on 3 Nov 2013 at Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam.

3 November 2013

20:45 UTC+8

Kelantan FA	0–1	Pahang FA
		Matías Conti 59'

Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam, Selangor

Attendance: 80,119

Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Kuala Lumpur)

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2013 Malaysia Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Johor Darul Takzim	22	11	7	4	32	26	+6	40
4	Kelantan	22	10	6	6	32	20	+12	36	2014 AFC Cup group stage [lower-alpha 1]
5	Pahang	22	10	5	7	36	32	+4	35
6	ATM	22	10	4	8	35	25	+10	34
7	Perak	22	8	5	9	23	27	−4	29

Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

1. Qualified as 2013 Piala FA winners

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2013 Malaysia FA Cup

	1st Round				2nd Round				Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
					Kelantan	4
	PKNS	1			PKNS	2
	LionsXII	0							Kelantan	2	2	4
	Sarawak	3							Sarawak	1	0	1
	Malacca	0			Sarawak	2
	Preah Khan	1			PBAPP	0
	PBAPP	5													Kelantan	4	2	6
	Kuala Lumpur	0													Terengganu	1	4	5
	Pos Malaysia	5			Pos Malaysia	0
	UiTM	0			Negeri Sembilan	2
	Negeri Sembilan	2							Negeri Sembilan	1	0	1
	PDRM	1							Terengganu	3	3	6
	Penang	2			Penang	0
	SPA	1			Terengganu	3
	Terengganu	3																			Kelantan	1
	Kedah	3																			Johor Darul Takzim	0
	NS Betaria	0			Kedah	2(4)
	Johor Darul Takzim	1			Johor Darul Takzim	2(5)
	Perak	0							Johor Darul Takzim	1	2	3(4)
	Sabah	2							Selangor	2	1	3(2)
	FELDA United	1			Sabah	0
	Selangor	2(3)			Selangor	3
	ATM	2(2)													Johor Darul Takzim (a)	1	1	2
	Johor	2													Pahang	0	2	2
	Pahang	3			Pahang	7
	Shahzan Muda	0			Tentera Darat	1
	Tentera Darat	2							Pahang	0	2	2
	T-Team	3							Sime Darby	0	0	0
	Perlis	2			T-Team	0
					Sime Darby	1

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2013 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2013 Malaysia Cup group stage § Group C

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Kelantan FA (A)	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11
Pahang FA (A)	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8
Negeri Sembilan FA	6	2	2	2	11	13	−2	8
Terengganu FA	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

Knockout phase

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Final
	D2	LionsXII	1	1	2
	A1	ATM FA	0	4	4
								A1	ATM FA	1	2	3
								C1	Kelantan FA	2	2	4
	C1	Kelantan FA	2	6	8
	B2	Johor Darul Takzim	4	1	5
															C1	Kelantan FA			0
															C2	Pahang FA			1
	C2	Pahang FA	3	2	5
	B1	PKNS FC	2	1	3
								C2	Pahang FA	3	1	4
								D1	Sarawak FA	1	1	2
	A2	Sime Darby FC	0	1	1
	D1	Sarawak FA	0	3	3