2020 Kelantan United F.C. season

Kelantan United

2020 season
President	Che Abdullah Mat Nawi
Executive director	Anas Karimi
Head coach	Zahasmi Ismail
Stadium	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	8th
Malaysia FA Cup	Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Alfusainey Gassama (6) All: Alfusainey Gassama (6)
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2020 season was Kelantan United's 5th year in their history and first season in the Malaysia Premier League following promotion 2019 season. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

Events

• On 15 September 2020, Zahasmi Ismail contract has been terminated. ^{[1] [2]}

• On 6 December 2020, the club announced Akira Higashiyama as club's new head coach. ^[3]

• On 10 October 2020, the club confirmed their slot in the Malaysia Cup after a narrow 2-1 victory over Selangor II in the league match. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

• On 23 January 2020, the club has confirmed three foreign players signed a contract with the club. ^[7]

• On 18 September 2020, Nazrulerwan Makmor joined the club as new head coach. ^[8]

Players

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Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2020 Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Kuching City	20	7	6	7	22	22	0	27	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
6	Kelantan	20	8	3	9	23	28	−5	27
7	Kelantan United	20	8	2	10	25	28	−3	26
8	PDRM	20	7	5	8	22	25	−3	26
9	Selangor II [a]	20	5	9	6	27	26	+1	24

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

1. Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list. The plus (+) symbol denotes an appearance as a substitute, hence 2+1 indicates two appearances in the starting XI and one appearance as a substitute.

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAS	Shahrizan Ismail	7	0	7	0
13	GK	MAS	Fikri Amin	0	0	0	0
39	GK	MAS	Syazwan Yusoff	4	0	4	0
Defenders
2	DF	MAS	Asyraf Hanif	3	0	3	0
3	DF	MAS	Nazri Muhamad	3	0	2+1	0
5	DF	BRA	Alemão	10	0	10	0
20	DF	MAS	Shamsul Kamal	2	0	2	0
24	DF	MAS	Amirizdwan Taj	5	0	3+2	0
25	DF	MAS	Ridhwan Deraman	0	0	0	0
27	DF	MAS	Faizol Nazlin	9	0	9	0
28	DF	MAS	Aziz Ismail	7	0	7	0
34	DF	MAS	Luqman Hakim	0	0	0	0
37	DF	MAS	Umeir Aznan	2	0	0+2	0
55	DF	MAS	Daudsu Jamaludin	6	0	6	0
Midfielders
6	MF	MAS	Aizzat Maidin	2	0	2	0
7	MF	MAS	Rozaimi Azwar	8	0	5+3	0
8	MF	MAS	Shahrul Hakim	10	1	7+3	1
11	MF	MAS	Alif Romli	6	0	6	0
14	MF	MAS	Aiman Yusoff	1	0	0+1	0
17	MF	MAR	Adil Kouskous	9	0	8+1	0
18	MF	MAS	Khairul Izuan	9	2	4+5	2
21	MF	MAS	Mathias Mansor	0	0	0	0
26	MF	MAS	Fadhilah Pauzi	7	0	6+1	0
77	MF	MAS	Fazrul Amir	7	0	2+5	0
Forwards
9	FW	IRQ	Selwan Al Jaberi	8	0	6+2	0
10	FW	MAS	Fakhrul Zaman	10	3	8+2	3
19	FW	MAS	Azrin Sharifulbahri	0	0	0	0
22	FW	MAS	Faizwan Abdullah	4	0	1+3	0
29	FW	GAM	Alfusainey Gassama	11	6	11	6
30	FW	MAS	Nizad Ayub	4	0	2+2	0

Last updated: 9 October 2020
Source: FAM-CMS

References

1. "Zahasmi reda 'dipecat' KUFC". Berita Harian. 1 September 2020.
2. "Kelantan United rehatkan barisan jurulatih". Utusan Malaysia. 15 September 2020.
3. "Jurulatih Jepun bimbing Kelantan United". Berita Harian. 6 December 2020.
4. "Kelantan, Kelantan United mara ke Piala Malaysia". Sinar Harian. 10 October 2020.
5. "Kelantan, Kelantan United qualify for Malaysia Cup after narrow wins". Malay Mail. 10 October 2020.
6. "Kelantan United elak 'parking bas' hadapi Perak". Bebas News. 5 November 2020.
7. "Kelantan United tidak terdesak ikat pemain bintang". Harimau Malaya. 23 January 2020.
8. "Nazrulerwan Makmor Mahu Bawa Kelantan United Ke Posisi Tiga Terbaik". Vocket FC. 18 September 2020.
9. "Kelantan United FC 2020". Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 16 August 2021.