2018 Kelantan FA season

Kelantan

2018 season
President	Bibi Ramjani Ilias Khan
Manager	Wan Rakemi Wan Zahari
Head Coach	Yusri Che Lah (caretaker)
Stadium	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Super League	11th (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Shafiq Shaharudin (6) All: Shafiq Shaharudin (7)
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The 2018 season is Kelantan's 10th season in the Malaysia Super League (Malay: Liga Super Malaysia) since being promoted and 23rd successive season in the top flight of Malaysian football league system.

Sponsors

Title Sponsor

• BMW

Shirt Sponsor

• Lotto

Co-Sponsors

• aL-ikhsaN
• Al-Quds Umrah & Tours
• Konsortium e-Mutiara
• ROHM Semiconductor
• Yakult

Partners

• MESRA Medicare
• Excel Printing & Copy Centre
• Pakaq Gomo Gym
• Exa Supply

Club officials

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Team manager	Wan Rakemi Wan Zahari
Assistant team manager	Mustaman Che Yusof
Head coach	Yusri Che Lah (caretaker)
Assistant head coach	Kamaruddin Muhammad
Assistant coach	Shaiful Hazmi Salleh
Goalkeeper coach	Azam Othman
Fitness coach	Shaiful Hazmi Salleh
Team doctor	Dr. Zairuddin Abdullah Zawawi
Physiotherapist	Zamri Pauzi
Masseur	Fikri Zulkifli
Kit man	Harun Ismail
Assistant kit man	Suhaimi Harun
Under-21 head coach	Zahasmi Ismail [1]
Under-19 head coach	Sideek Shamsuddin
Media officer	Normeezan Muhd Nordin

Other information

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

President	Bibi Ramjani Ilias Khan
Deputy President	Afandi Hamzah
Vice Presidents	Mohd Aizuddin Mohd Ghazali (until July) Nik Pakheruddin Nik Abd Kadir Nik Izani Nik Ibrahim (until July)
Secretary General	Husin Deraman (until August) Farah Anida Mansor
Treasurer	Ahmad Razali Azmi (until June)
Technical Director	Jorg Peter Stinebrunner
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium (30,000 / 119x100 metres) [2]
Training Ground	MARDI Field, Pasir Puteh

Squad information

First team squad

As of 5 May 2018. ^[3]

No.	Name	Nat	Position(s)	Since	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from
Goalkeepers
1	Shahrizan Ismail (captain)		GK	2008	(1980-11-03) 3 November 1980 (age 44)	Terengganu
22	Faridzuean Kamaruddin		GK	2018	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29)	Melaka United
35	Fikri Che Soh U21		GK	2018	(1998-02-01) 1 February 1998 (age 27)	Youth system
Defenders
4	Cássio		CB	2018	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 35)	Semen Padang
6	Farisham Ismail (vice-captain)		RB / LB / CB	2008	(1985-01-05) 5 January 1985 (age 40)	TM
12	Haziq Puad		CB	2018	(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 31)	Kuantan
13	Azwan Aripin		CB	2016	(1996-04-21) 21 April 1996 (age 28)	Youth system
15	Khairul Asyraf		RB / RWB	2018	(1994-12-31) 31 December 1994 (age 30)	PKNP
28	Faizol Nazlin		CB / DM	2014	(1992-10-27) 27 October 1992 (age 32)	Youth system
36	Syaiful Alias U21		CB	2018	(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 26)	Youth system
40	Shahrul Nizam U21		CB	2018	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
41	Nik Umar U21		LB / LWB	2018	(2001-06-15) 15 June 2001 (age 23)	Youth system
Midfielders
17	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov		DM	2018	(1995-06-03) 3 June 1995 (age 29)	Dordoi Bishkek
18	Amir Zikri		LM	2016	(1994-03-17) 17 March 1994 (age 31)	Youth system
20	Haikal Nazri		LM	2018	(1993-02-16) 16 February 1993 (age 32)	Felcra
26	Fadhilah Pauzi		DM	2016	(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 28)	Youth system
33	Nik Akif Syahiran U21		RW / AM	2018	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 25)	Youth system
34	Danial Haqim U21		CM	2018	(1998-08-29) 29 August 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
37	Danial Ashraf U21		AM	2016	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 28)	Youth system
Forwards
7	Fakhrul Zaman		CF / RW	2016	(1994-04-13) 13 April 1994 (age 30)	Youth system
8	Shafiq Shaharudin		CF / LW	2018	(1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
9	Cristiano Santos		CF	2018	(1988-03-17) 17 March 1988 (age 37)	Hassania Agadir
27	Khairul Rizam		CF	2018	(1992-11-15) 15 November 1992 (age 32)	T-Team
32	Nik Azli U21		CF / RW	2018	(1997-01-26) 26 January 1997 (age 28)	Youth system
38	Imran Samso U21		CF / AM	2018	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
39	Afiq Saluddin U21		CF	2018	(1998-06-21) 21 June 1998 (age 26)	Youth system
43	Ivaan Hakimi U21		CF	2018	1999	Youth system

• U21 = Under-21 player

New contracts

No.	Pos	Player	Contract length	Contract end	Date	Source
23	DM	S. Veenod	2 years	2019	22 November 2017	[4]
10	LW	Do Dong-hyun	2 years	2019	23 November 2017	[5]
4	CB	Cássio	2 years	2019	3 December 2017	[6]
8	CF	Shafiq Shaharudin	2 years	2019	5 December 2017	[7]
12	CM	Sukri Hamid	2 years	2019	6 December 2017	[8]
20	LM	Haikal Nazri	2 years	2019	6 December 2017	[8]
3	LB	Tengku Qayyum	1 year	2018	6 December 2017	[8]
15	RB	Khairul Asyraf	2 years	2019	13 December 2017
27	CF	Khairul Rizam	2 years	2019	13 December 2017
18	LW	Amir Zikri	2 years	2019	13 December 2017
24	CB	Amirizdwan Taj	1 year	2018	20 December 2017	[9]
9	CF	Bruno Lopes	1 year	2018	29 December 2017	[10]
17	CF	Ferdinand Sinaga	1 year	2018	4 January 2018	[11]
29	CF	Zul Fahmi Awang	2 years	2019	6 January 2018	[12]
22	CF	Mohammed Ghaddar	1 years	2018	12 February 2018

Transfers

In

First window

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Date	Fee	Source
33	AM	Nik Akif Syahiran	Youth system	11 November 2017	Promoted	[13]
23	DM	S. Veenod	Selangor	22 November 2017	Free transfer	[4]
10	LW	Do Dong-hyun	UiTM	23 November 2017	Free transfer	[5]
5	RB	Nik Shahrul Azim	Negeri Sembilan	30 November 2017	Loan return	[14]
–	CB	Nasharizam Rashid	Perlis	30 November 2017	Loan return
–	RM	Syafiq Rahman	Perlis	30 November 2017	Loan return
–	CM	Shahrul Hakim	MIFA	30 November 2017	Loan return	[15]
7	CF	Fakhrul Zaman	MIFA	30 November 2017	Loan return	[15]
4	CB	Cássio	Semen Padang	3 December 2017	Free transfer	[6]
8	CF	Shafiq Shaharudin	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	5 December 2017	Free transfer	[16]
12	CM	Sukri Hamid	PKNP	6 December 2017	Free transfer	[8]
3	LB	Tengku Qayyum	Sime Darby	6 December 2017	Free transfer	[8]
20	LM	Haikal Nazri	Felcra	6 December 2017	Free transfer	[8]
15	RB	Khairul Asyraf	PKNP	13 December 2017	Free transfer
27	CF	Khairul Rizam	T-Team youth	13 December 2017	Free transfer
18	LW	Amir Zikri	Perlis	13 December 2017	Loan return
24	CB	Amirizdwan Taj	PKNS	20 December 2017	Free transfer	[9]
9	CF	Bruno Lopes	Persija Jakarta	29 December 2017	Free transfer	[10]
17	CF	Ferdinand Sinaga	PSM Makassar	4 January 2018	Free transfer	[11]
29	CF	Zul Fahmi Awang	Sime Darby	6 January 2018	Free transfer	[12]
22	CF	Mohammed Ghaddar	Johor Darul Ta'zim	12 February 2018	Free transfer

Second window

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Date	Fee	Source
3	CB	Alaeddine Bouslimi	Hammam-Lif	18 May 2018	Free transfer
12	CB	Haziq Puad	Kuantan	22 May 2018	Free transfer
22	GK	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	Melaka United	22 May 2018	Free transfer
17	DM	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	Dordoi Bishkek	1 June 2018	Free transfer
11	CF	Lazarus Kaimbi	Suphanburi	5 June 2018	Free transfer
9	CF	Cristiano Santos	Hassania Agadir	17 June 2018	Free transfer

Out

First window

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date	Fee	Source
33	GK	Syihan Hazmi	Negeri Sembilan	11 November 2017	Free transfer	[13]
3	CB	S. Subramaniam	MIFA	11 November 2017	Free transfer	[13]
13	LB	Aziz Ismail	Unattached	11 November 2017	Released	[13]
18	AM	Khairul Izuan	Negeri Sembilan	11 November 2017	Free transfer	[13]
14	RW	S. Thinagaran	Unattached	11 November 2017	Released	[13]
12	CB	Mamadou Danso	Unattached	11 November 2017	Released	[13]
29	CF	Alessandro Celin	Unattached	11 November 2017	Released	[13]
7	LB	Qayyum Marjoni	PKNS	13 November 2017	Free transfer	[17] [18]
23	RW	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Kuala Lumpur	4 December 2017	Free transfer	[19] [20]
8	CM	Shahrul Hakim	D'AR Wanderers	24 December 2017	Free transfer	[13]
11	CB	Hasmizan Kamarodin	Terengganu City	25 December 2017	Free transfer	[21]
2	CB	Norhafiz Zamani	Penang	27 December 2017	Free transfer	[13]
15	RB	Daudsu Jamaluddin	Kuantan	1 January 2018	Free transfer	[13]
24	LB	Zairul Fitree	Kuantan	1 January 2018	Free transfer	[13]
9	CF	Abou Bakr Al-Mel	AC Tripoli	1 January 2018	Undisclosed	[13]
12	CM	Sukri Hamid	Unattached	14 March 2018	Released	[22]
–	LW	Hattaphon Bun An	Unattached	14 March 2018	Released	[22]
17	CF	Ferdinand Sinaga	PSM Makassar	19 March 2018	Free transfer
–	RM	Syafiq Rahman	Unattached	19 March 2018	Released
–	CB	Nasharizam Rashid	Unattached	25 March 2018	Released
3	LB	Tengku Qayyum	Unattached	27 March 2018	Released

Loan out

First window

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
—	CB	Nasharizam Rashid	D'AR Wanderers	1 January 2018	30 November 2018	[23]
—	CF	L'Imam Seydi	MIFA	1 January 2018	30 November 2018	[23]
29	CF	Zul Fahmi Awang	D'AR Wanderers	10 February 2018	30 November 2018
11	AM	Nor Farhan Muhammad	D'AR Wanderers	1 April 2018	30 November 2018

Out

Second window

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Date	Fee	Source
9	CF	Bruno Lopes	Montedio Yamagata	4 April 2018	Free transfer
23	DM	S. Veenod	Melaka United	4 April 2018	Free transfer
19	GK	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	Melaka United	7 May 2018	Free transfer
5	RB	Nik Shahrul Azim	PKNS	19 May 2018	Free transfer
22	CF	Mohammed Ghaddar	Unattached	21 May 2018	Released
30	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	Kedah	21 May 2018	Free transfer
3	CB	Alaeddine Bouslimi	AS Gabès	1 June 2018	Free transfer
10	LW	Do Dong-hyun	Terengganu	4 June 2018	Free transfer
25	CB	Faris Shah	Melaka United	4 June 2018	Free transfer
21	DM	Morgaro Gomis	Sur	17 June 2018	Released
11	CF	Lazarus Kaimbi	Unattached	19 June 2018	Released

Pre-season and friendlies

Kelantan v Jeli

3 December 2017 Friendly	Kelantan	1–0	Jeli	Kota Bharu
16:00 MYT				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Kelantan v MPKB-BRI U-BeS

24 December 2017 Friendly	Kelantan	4–0	MPKB-BRI U-BeS	Pengkalan Chepa
17:00 MYT	Hakim Sukri Nik Azli			Stadium: 21 RAMD Field

Kelantan v Terengganu II

27 December 2017 Friendly	Kelantan	0–0	Terengganu II	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Kelantan v PKNP

10 January 2018 Friendly	Kelantan	0–0	PKNP	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Petaling Jaya Rangers v Kelantan

18 January 2018 Friendly	Petaling Jaya Rangers	0–2	Kelantan	Petaling Jaya
20:45 MYT			Haikal Veenod	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium

Kelantan v Marcerra United

24 January 2018 Friendly	Kelantan	2–2	Marcerra United	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Dong 45' Ferdinand 68'		Azmi 52'  ? 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Buriram United v Kelantan

27 January 2018 Friendly	Buriram United	3–1	Kelantan	Narathiwat
17:00 MYT	? 25' (pen.)  ? 45'  ? 65'		Lopes 52'	Stadium: Maharaj Stadium

Terengganu II v Kelantan

4 April 2018 Friendly	Terengganu II	1–1	Kelantan	Terengganu
20:45 MYT	Sahrin Shapein 89'		Dong 45+'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Super Cup

On 8 December 2017, it was announced that Kelantan would face Persija Jakarta of Indonesia and Ratchaburi of Thailand as part of the 2018 Boost SportsFix Super Cup, a round-robin tournament. All matches played at the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur. ^{[24] [25]}

Kelantan v Persija Jakarta

16 January 2018Super Cup	Kelantan	1–0	Persija Jakarta	Kuala Lumpur
20:00 MYT	Lopes 76' (pen.)			Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Kelantan v Ratchaburi

20 January 2018Super Cup	Kelantan	3–4	Ratchaburi	Kuala Lumpur
20:00 MYT	Dong 20' Lopes 74' Ferdinand 78'	Report	Kang Soo-il 10' Narakorn 36' Roller 55' Sila 89'	Stadium: Bukit Jalil National Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Selangor	22	7	6	9	35	39	−4	27
9	PKNP	22	7	4	11	25	31	−6	25
10	Kuala Lumpur	22	7	3	12	39	51	−12	24
11	Kelantan (R)	22	5	3	14	20	43	−23	18	Relegation to the Premier League
12	Negeri Sembilan (R)	22	4	3	15	27	47	−20	15

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Result summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	5	3	14	20	43	−23	18	4	2	5	15	17	−2	1	1	9	5	26	−21

Last updated: 29 July 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	W
Position	10	9	12	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	12	12	11

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2018. Source: Soccerway
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win  Draw  Loss

The fixtures for the 2018 Malaysia Super League season were announced on 11 January 2018.

Melaka United v Kelantan

3 February 20181	Melaka United	2–1	Kelantan	Krubong
21:00 MYT	Zubovich 11' Jeon 31' (pen.),  90+6'	Report	Lopes 2' Ferdinand  90+6'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Kelantan v Terengganu

6 February 20182	Kelantan	1–1	Terengganu	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Dong 39' (pen.) Ferdinand  50' Gomis  90+1'	Report	Kipré 1' Aizad  32' Fitri  39'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Pahang v Kelantan

10 February 20183	Pahang	3–0	Kelantan	Kuantan
21:00 MYT	Doe 13' Safuwan  48' Sumareh 55' Azam 87'	Report	Dong  39'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Kelantan v Perak

24 February 20184	Kelantan	3–2	Perak	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Dong 68', 77', 88',  89' Ghaddar  90+1' Fahmi  90+1'	Report	Hakim 22' Wander 69' Khairil  90+1'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 5,381 Referee: Fitri Maskon Man of the Match: Do Dong-hyun

PKNS v Kelantan

9 March 20185	PKNS	1–0	Kelantan	Shah Alam
21:00 MYT	Faris 39' Akwensivie  69'	Report	Nik Shahrul  77' Azwan  79'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 8,492 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

Negeri Sembilan v Kelantan

14 April 20186	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Kelantan	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Júnior 8' Hazrul  85' Nasriq  90+2'	Report	Azwan  43' Nik Akif 90+5'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,657 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Kelantan v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 April 20187	Kelantan	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Ghaddar 12' Nik Azli  16'	Report	Safiq 37' (pen.),  45' Insa 83' Syafiq  89' Marcos António  90+4'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

PKNP v Kelantan

2 May 20188	PKNP	2–0	Kelantan	Penang
21:00 MYT	Hafiz 26' Krjauklis 30'	Report	Nik Shahrul  66' Farisham  74'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 1,255 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Kelantan v Kuala Lumpur

5 May 20189	Kelantan	4–2	Kuala Lumpur	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Nik Azli 10',  68' Shafiq 17', 69' Nik Akif 89' Syaiful  90+1'	Report	Zhafri  42', 90+2' Indra Putra 80'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Kelantan v PKNP

11 May 201810	Kelantan	1–2	PKNP	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Haqim  73' Imran 74'	Report	Hafiz 61' Shahrel 83' Ridzuan  90+6'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 13,821 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Kuala Lumpur v Kelantan

22 May 201811	Kuala Lumpur	5–1	Kelantan	Kuala Lumpur
22:00 MYT	De Paula 4', 23' Josué 10',  12' Irfan  13' Zhafri  55' Ashri 78' Juninho 83'	Report	Shafiq 16' Haqim  61' Azwan  75'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Attendance: 2,096 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Kelantan v Negeri Sembilan

26 May 201812	Kelantan	0–2	Negeri Sembilan	Paroi
22:00 MYT	Haqim  51'	Report	Moraes 17',  59' Guirado 38' (pen.) Júnior  43' Faizal  90'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

Selangor v Kelantan

1 June 201813	Selangor	4–0	Kelantan	Kuala Lumpur
22:00 MYT	Rufino 31', 36', 82' Evan 38' Saiful  89'	Report	Fakhrul  86'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Kedah v Kelantan

5 June 201814	Kedah	1–2	Kelantan	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT	Paulo 26' (pen.) Sandro  83'	Report	Nik Azli 56' Danial 60' Nik Akif  90+2'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Kelantan v Kedah

8 June 201815	Kelantan	0–1	Kedah	Alor Setar
22:00 MYT	Khairul  20'  90+6' Duyshobekov  61'	Report	Rizal  29' Paulo 45+1' Andik  90+5'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Kelantan v PKNS

19 June 201816	Kelantan	0–2	PKNS	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT		Report	Matos 4', 87' Sivakumar  78' Mahali  90+4'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Perak v Kelantan

26 June 201817	Perak	1–0	Kelantan	Ipoh
21:00 MYT	Leandro 70' (pen.)	Report	Haziq  27' Haqim  35'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Kelantan v Selangor

11 July 201818	Kelantan	2–1	Selangor	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Shafiq 35' Cássio  77' Danial 86' Fakhrul  88'	Report	Halim  71' Sean 78'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Kelantan v Melaka United

14 July 201819	Kelantan	1–1	Melaka United	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Shafiq 11'	Report	Faris  45+2' Zubovich 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kelantan

20 July 201820	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–0	Kelantan	Larkin
21:00 MYT	Elizari 52' Afiq 56' Safawi 80' Safiq 87' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Terengganu v Kelantan

23 July 201821	Terengganu	2–0	Kelantan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Bin  17' Tchétché 44' Kamal 54' Tuck  62'	Report	Santos  61'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Kelantan v Pahang

29 July 201822	Kelantan	2–1	Pahang	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Nik Akif  36' Danial 42' Shafiq 77'	Report	Bunyamin  9' Amutu 65'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup

Kelantan entered the 2018 Malaysia FA Cup in the second round as all 12 Malaysia Super League clubs received a bye to that stage. Matches were played between 2–3 March 2018.

  Win  Draw  Loss

Kelantan v Terengganu City

2 March 2018Second round	Kelantan	2–0	Terengganu City	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Cássio 24' Azwan  37' Shafiq 74'	Report	Shafiqqudin  44'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Almi Abdullah

PKNS v Kelantan

17 March 2018Third round	PKNS	4–1	Kelantan	Shah Alam
21:00 MYT	Morales 15' (pen.) Mahali 42' Safee 60' Ramazotti 65'	Report	Farisham  30' Ghaddar 90' (pen.)	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	KEL	MIFA	KED
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	3	0	3	11	7	+4	9	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–0	1–2	5–1
2	Kelantan	6	2	2	2	3	3	0	8			1–0	—	0–0	2–0
3	MISC-MIFA	6	2	2	2	8	9	−1	8			0–3	2–0	—	2–2
4	Kedah	6	2	2	2	9	12	−3	8			3–1	0–0	3–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win  Draw  Loss

Kedah v Kelantan

5 August 20181	Kedah	0–0	Kelantan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT		Report	Haqim  33' Shafiq  78'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

MISC-MIFA v Kelantan

10 August 20182	MISC-MIFA	2–0	Kelantan	Petaling Jaya
21:00 MYT	Sherman 25' (pen.),  73' Satrunan 75' Tinagaran  80'	Report	Imran  68' Haziq  73' Santos  80'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Kelantan v Johor Darul Ta'zim

17 August 20183	Kelantan	1–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Haqim  6'  90+3' Santos  42'  90+5', 45+3' (pen.) Danial  74' Nizam  76' Haziq  83'	Report	Insa  16' Marcos António  90+1' Cabrera  90+6'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Kelantan

25 August 20184	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kelantan	Larkin
21:00 MYT	Márquez 65',  66'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Kelantan v MISC-MIFA

31 August 20185	Kelantan	0–0	MISC-MIFA	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Nik Akif  39' Farisham  84'	Report	Elizeu  68'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Kelantan v Kedah

16 September 20186	Kelantan	2–0	Kedah	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Ashraf 45' Nik Akif 90+2'			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Kelantan v Sabah

22 September 2018First leg	Kelantan	2–1	Sabah	Kota Bharu
21:00 UTC+8	Duyshobekov 29' Nik Akif 45+1' (pen.)		Hamran Peter 43'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Sabah v Kelantan

29 September 2018Second leg	Sabah	1–0	Kelantan	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 UTC+8	Paunovic 31' (pen.)			Stadium: Likas Stadium

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Shahrizan Ismail	8	–10	0	0	0	0	8	–10	0	0
4	DF	Cássio	21	0	2	1	8	0	31	1	0	0
6	DF	Farisham Ismail	8(1)	0	2	0	8	0	18(1)	0	2	0
7	FW	Fakhrul Zaman	9(5)	0	0	0	1(1)	0	10(6)	0	2	0
8	FW	Shafiq Shaharudin	11(5)	6	0(2)	1	4(2)	0	15(9)	7	0	0
9	FW	Cristiano Santos	7	0	0	0	5(1)	1	13(1)	1	4	2
12	DF	Haziq Puad	9(1)	0	0	0	4(2)	0	13(3)	0	3	0
13	DF	Azwan Aripin	19	0	2	0	6(1)	0	27(1)	0	3	0
15	DF	Khairul Asyraf	7(6)	0	1	0	1	0	9(6)	0	1	1
17	MF	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	9	0	0	0	8	1	17	1	1	0
18	MF	Amir Zikri	0(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0(2)	0	0	0
20	MF	Haikal Nazri	5(3)	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	6(5)	0	0	0
22	GK	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	1	+1	0	0	8	0	9	+1	0	0
26	MF	Fadhilah Pauzi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27	FW	Khairul Rizam	3(2)	0	0	0	6(1)	0	9(3)	0	0	0
28	DF	Faizol Nazlin	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
32	FW	Nik Azli	8(6)	2	0	0	2(2)	0	10(8)	2	1	0
33	MF	Nik Akif Syahiran	15(3)	2	0(2)	0	4	2	19(5)	4	3	0
34	MF	Danial Haqim	15(1)	0	0	0	4	0	18(1)	0	3	1
35	GK	Fikri Che Soh	8	–12	0	0	0	0	8	–12	0	0
36	MF	Syaiful Alias	2(2)	0	0	0	2(2)	0	4(4)	0	0	0
37	MF	Danial Ashraf	8(5)	3	0	0	5(1)	1	13(6)	4	1	0
38	FW	Imran Samso	7(4)	1	0	0	6(1)	0	13(4)	1	1	0
39	FW	Afiq Saluddin	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0
40	MF	Shahrul Nizam	7(1)	0	0	0	6	0	13(1)	0	1	0
43	FW	Ivaan Hakimi	0	0	0	0	0(5)	0	0(5)	0	0	0
Players who left the club in mid season transfer window or on loan
3	DF	Tengku Qayyum	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Nik Shahrul Azim	7(2)	0	1(1)	0	0	0	8(3)	0	1	0
11	FW	Lazarus Kaimbi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
10	MF	Do Dong-hyun	6	4	1	0	0	0	7	4	2	0
12	MF	Sukri Hamid	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
14	MF	Rozaimi Azwar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Badhri Radzi	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
17	FW	Ferdinand Sinaga	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0	2	0
19	GK	Khairul Fahmi	4	–3	2	–1	0	0	6	–4	1	0
21	MF	Morgaro Gomis	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
22	FW	Mohammed Ghaddar	5	1	2	1	0	0	7	2	1	0
23	MF	S. Veenod	2(1)	0	2	0	0	0	4(1)	0	0	0
24	DF	Amirizdwan Taj	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
29	FW	Zul Fahmi Awang	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Bruno Lopes	5	1	2	0	0	0	7	1	0	0
11	MF	Nor Farhan	0(5)	0	2	0	0	0	2(5)	0	0	0
25	DF	Faris Shah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
30	GK	Ramadhan Hamid	1	–1	0	0	0	0	1	–1	0	0
3	DF	Alaeddine Bouslimi	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

Last updated: 29 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
† Players who left the club in mid season.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	8	Shafiq Shaharudin	6	1	0	7
2	MF	10	Do Dong-hyun †	4	0	0	4
	MF	33	Nik Akif Syahiran	2	0	2	4
	MF	37	Danial Ashraf	3	0	1	4
5	FW	22	Mohammed Ghaddar †	1	1	0	2
	FW	32	Nik Azli	2	0	0	2
7	DF	4	Cássio	0	1	0	1
	FW	9	Cristiano Santos	0	0	1	1
	FW	9	Bruno Lopes †	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	0	0	1	1
	FW	38	Imran Samso	1	0	0	1
#	Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total				20	3	5	28

Last updated: 22 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Top assists

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
† Players who left the club in mid season.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Fakhrul Zaman	3	0	0	3
	MF	16	Badhri Radzi †	2	1	0	3
3	FW	32	Nik Azli	2	0	0	2
	MF	34	Danial Haqim	2	0	0	2
	MF	37	Danial Ashraf	2	0	1	3
7	DF	5	Nik Shahrul Azim †	1	0	0	1
	FW	9	Bruno Lopes †	0	1	0	1
	MF	10	Do Dong-hyun †	1	0	0	1
	MF	11	Nor Farhan †	1	0	0	1
	FW	11	Lazarus Kaimbi †	1	0	0	1
	DF	15	Khairul Asyraf	1	0	0	1
	MF	17	Bakhtiyar Duyshobekov	1	0	0	1
	MF	20	Haikal Nazri	1	0	0	1
	FW	27	Khairul Rizam	0	0	2	2
	MF	33	Nik Akif	0	0	1	1
	FW	38	Imran Samso	1	0	1	2
	Unassisted goals			1	1	0	2
Total				20	3	5	28

Last updated: 22 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
† Players who left the club in mid season.

Rnk	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	22	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	0	0	4	4
2	19	Khairul Fahmi †	0	1	0	1
3	30	Ramadhan Hamid †	0	0	0	0
	35	Fikri Che Soh	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 22 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Summary

Ramadhan

Cássio

Taj

Nik Shahrul

Farisham (C)

Gomis

Fadhilah

Haikal

Ferdinand

Dong

Bruno

Malaysia Super League first match starting lineup Melaka United 2 – 1 Kelantan

Games played	32 (22 Super League) (2 FA Cup) (8 Malaysia Cup)
Games won	9 (5 Super League) (1 FA Cup) (3 Malaysia Cup)
Games drawn	5 (3 Super League) (2 Malaysia Cup)
Games lost	18 (14 Super League) (1 FA Cup) (3 Malaysia Cup)
Goals scored	28 (20 Super League) (3 FA Cup) (5 Malaysia Cup)
Goals conceded	52 (43 Super League) (4 FA Cup) (5 Malaysia Cup)
Goal difference	–26 (–23 Super League) (–2 FA Cup) (–1 Malaysia Cup)
Clean sheets	4 (1 FA Cup) (4 Malaysia Cup)
Yellow cards	35 (29 Super League) (1 FA Cup) (12 Malaysia Cup)
Red cards	4 (1 Super League) (3 Malaysia Cup)
Most appearances	Cássio (31 appearances)
Top scorer	Shafiq Shaharudin (7 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 9/32 (29.03%)

Last updated: 29 September 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Home attendance

Match no.	Date	Opponent (Score)	Competition	Attendance	References
1	6 February 2018	Terengganu (1–1)	Malaysia Super League
4	24 February 2018	Perak (3–2)	Malaysia Super League	5,381
Second round	2 March 2018	Terengganu City (2–0)	Malaysia FA Cup

U21s

Selangor U21s v Kelantan U21s

22 February 20181	Selangor U21s	1−3	Kelantan U21s	Cyberjaya
16:45  UTC+8	Asyraf Haikal		Nik Azli Redzuan Hakim Imran Samso	Stadium: MMU Stadium

Kelantan U21s v Johor Darul Ta'zim III

1 March 20182	Kelantan U21s	0−1	Johor Darul Ta'zim III	Kota Bharu
16:45  UTC+8				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Kelantan U21s v Kedah U21s

9 March 20183	Kelantan U21s	1−1	Kedah U21s	Kota Bharu
16:45  UTC+8	Nik Azli			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Pahang U21s v Kelantan U21s

12 March 20184	Pahang U21s	3–3	Kelantan U21s	Temerloh
16:45  UTC+8			Nik Azli Nik Alias 1', 34' Danial Ashraf 79'	Stadium: Temerloh Mini Stadium

U19s

Kelantan U19s v UiTM U19s

21 February 20181	Kelantan U19s	2–0	UiTM U19s	Kota Bharu
16:45  UTC+8				Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Perak U19s v Kelantan U19s

25 February 20182	Perak U19s	0−1	Kelantan U19s	Tanjong Malim
16:45  UTC+8			Wan Azran 69'	Stadium: UPSI Mini Stadium

Kelantan U19s v Johor Darul Ta'zim IV

28 February 20183	Kelantan U19s	3−0	Johor Darul Ta'zim IV	Kota Bharu
16:45  UTC+8	Juzaerul Jasmi 41' Fazrul Amir 32' Amsyar Rosli 69'			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

SSTMI U17 v Kelantan U19s

25 March 20184	SSTMI U17	2−0	Kelantan U19s	Kota Tinggi
16:45  UTC+8				Stadium: Padang B

Source: FAM

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