2021 Perak F.C. season

Perak
2021 season
Manager	Azman Noh
Head coach	Chong Yee Fatt; (until 2 August 2021); Shahril Nizam ; (caretaker)
Stadium	Perak Stadium
Malaysia Super League	11th (relegated)
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nana Poku (5); All: ; Nana Poku (5)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season is Perak's 18th consecutive season in Malaysia Super League, the top flight of Malaysian football. The club also will participate the Malaysia Cup.

Management team

Position	Staff
Head coach	Chong Yee Fatt
Assistant head coach	Shahril Nizam Khalil
Coach	Syamsul Saad
Goalkeeper coach	Faozi Mukhlas
Fitness coach	Sam Pakiaraj Victor Davaraj
Team doctor	Dr.Vijay Babu Subramaniam
Physiotherapist	Muhammad Afnan Hazazi Mohd
Physiotherapist	Nur Shamimi Alia Shuhami

Players

No.	Name	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Contract since	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Nasrullah Aziz	(1997-12-17) 17 December 1997 (age 27)	Youth team	2018	2021
28	Hafizul Hakim	(1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31)	Melaka United	2016	2021
30	Azri Ghani	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25)	Kedah Darul Aman	2021	2022
Defenders
2	Danish Haziq	(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)	UiTM	2021	2021
5	Jad Noureddine	(1992-02-27) 27 February 1992 (age 32)	Ahed	2021	2021
6	Izaaq Izhan	(1995-01-23) 23 January 1995 (age 30)	Negeri Sembilan	2021	2021
15	Idris Ahmad	(1990-05-05) 5 May 1990 (age 34)	FELDA United	2017	2021
17	Zoubairou Garba	(1985-10-20) 20 October 1985 (age 39)	Persebaya Surabaya	2021	2021
22	Zulkiffli Zakaria	(1997-02-22) 22 February 1997 (age 27)	Youth team	2021	2021
23	Amirul Azhan	(1993-07-23) 23 July 1993 (age 31)	Youth team	2016	2021
25	Pavithran Selladoria	(1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30)	Youth team	2021	2021
26	Izzat Ramlee	(1997-06-21) 21 June 1997 (age 27)	Youth team	2019	2021
27	Nazirul Afif	(1997-04-30) 30 April 1997 (age 27)	Youth team	2019	2021
33	Nazmi Ahmad	(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 27)	Youth team	2020	2021
50	Akmal Rizal		Youth team	2020	2021
82	Amier Ali		Youth team	2020	2021
Midfielders
4	Charlie Machell	(1994-10-25) 25 October 1994 (age 30)	Visakha	2021	2021
14	Firdaus Saiyadi	(1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 28)	Youth team	2016	2021
19	Farid Khazali	(1998-03-31) 31 March 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2020	2021
20	Rafiuddin Roddin	(1989-08-22) 22 August 1989 (age 35)	Penang	2018	2021
21	Samir Ayass	(1990-12-24) 24 December 1990 (age 34)	POFC Botev Vratsa	2021	2021
22	Zulkiffli Zakaria
29	Farhan Roslan	(1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 (age 28)	Kedah Darul Aman	2021	2021
34	Khairul Amizan	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 26)	Youth team	2020	2021
77	Adib Raop	(1999-10-25) 25 October 1999 (age 25)	Youth team	2021	2021
80	Syafiq Mustaffa		Youth team
88	Izzuddin Roslan	(1999-12-08) 8 December 1999 (age 25)	Youth team	2021	2021
93	Aizat Safuan	(1999-03-10) 10 March 1999 (age 25)	Youth team	2021	2021
Forwards
7	Nana Poku	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992 (age 32)	UiTM	2021	2021
9	Ezequiel Agüero	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 (age 32)	Sri Pahang	2021	2021
43	Syahir Bashah	(2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 23)	Youth team	2020	2021
75	Ghislain Guessan	(1992-09-15) 15 September 1992 (age 32)	CA Bordj Bou Arréridj	2021	2021
Players away on loan
21	Nazirul Naim	(1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 31)	Harimau Muda A	2016	2021
Left during the season
3	Shahrul Saad	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31)	FELDA United	2016	2021
12	Kenny Pallraj	(1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 31)	Harimau Muda A	2016	2021
11	Shakir Hamzah	(1992-10-20) 20 October 1992 (age 32)	Kedah Darul Aman	2021	2022
13	Guilherme	(1986-09-11) 11 September 1986 (age 38)	Kuala Lumpur City	2020	2021
16	Partiban Janasekaran	(1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 32)	Terengganu	2019	2022
8	Leandro	(1986-10-29) 29 October 1986 (age 38)	Luverdense	2017	2021
10	Careca	(1995-08-26) 26 August 1995 (age 29)	Cruzeiro	2019	2021

Transfers and contracts

Transfers in

Pre-season

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
30	GK	Azri Ghani	Kedah Darul Aman	Free, 2 years contract signed 2020	^[1]
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	Kedah Darul Aman	Free, 2 years contract signed 2020	^[2]
2	DF	Danish Haziq	UiTM	Free	^[3]
29	MF	Farhan Roslan	Kedah Darul Aman	Loan

Mid-season

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Source
7	FW	Nana Poku	UiTM	Free	^[4]
	DF	Zoubairou Garba	Persebaya Surabaya	Undisclosed
	DF	Hussein El Dor	Al Ansar	Undisclosed
	DF	Jad Noureddine	Ahed	Loan
	MF	Samir Ayass	Botev	Undisclosed
	MF	Charlie Machell	Visakha	Undisclosed
	DF	Azhar Apandi	Kuala Lumpur City	Loan
	DF	Aizzat Maidin	Kelantan United	Undisclosed
	DF	Syamin Baharuddin	Manjung City	Undisclosed

Transfers out

Pre-season

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Source
	GK	Shafiq Afifi	Penang	Free
18	GK	Khairul Amri	Unattached
	DF	Suwarnaraj Chinniah	Penang	Free	^[5]
	DF	Ezanie Salleh	Sri Pahang	Free
24	DF	Shathiya Kandasamy	Unattached
5	DF	Antony Golec	Macarthur	Free	^[6]
7	MF	Khairil Anuar	Petaling Jaya City	Free
93	MF	Thierry Bin	Visakha	Free	^[7]
25	MF	Hafiz Ramdan	Sri Pahang	Free
19	FW	Shahrel Fikri	Selangor	Free	^[8]

Mid-season

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Source
3	DF	Shahrul Saad	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Undisclosed	^[9]
21	DF	Nazirul Naim	Sabah	Loan	^[10]
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	Tanjong Pagar United	Undisclosed
12	MF	Kenny Pallraj	Kuala Lumpur City	Undisclosed	^[11]
16	MF	Partiban Janasekaran	Kuala Lumpur City	Undisclosed	^[12]
13	FW	Guilherme	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Undisclosed	^[13]
8	MF	Leandro	Released
10	MF	Careca	Released

Friendlies

Pre-season

28 February 2021 1	Perak	2–1	Penang	Ipoh
	Guilherme 13' Careca 31'		Al-Hafiz 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium

Mid-season

10 July 2021 1	Perak	3–2	PDRM	Ipoh
	Poku 13' Careca 49' Guessan 49'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Melaka United	22	5	9	8	25	31	−6	21^[a]
9	Sabah	22	4	7	11	21	38	−17	19
10	Sri Pahang	22	4	6	12	23	37	−14	18
11	Perak (R)	22	4	4	14	20	45	−25	16	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	UiTM (R)	22	3	4	15	16	41	−25	13	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League

Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).^[14]

Fixtures and results

7 March 2021 1	Perak	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Amirul 18'	Report	Filemon 59' Gurusamy 80'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

10 March 2021 2	Sri Pahang	0–2	Perak	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro 15' Jadid 79'	Report	Partiban 43' Farhan 59' Careca 25' Hafizul 69' Leandro 73'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang

14 March 2021 3	Perak	0–2	Terengganu	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Amirul 50' Rafiuddin 61' Leandro 68'	Report	Faisal 25' Marcel 90'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

17 March 2021 4	Kuala Lumpur City	3–0	Perak	Kuala Lumpur
21:00 UTC+8	da Sylva 40' Morales 46', 65'	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

21 March 2021 5	Perak	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	de Paula 33', 58', 35' Careca 29' Kenny 43' Hafizul 71' Rafiuddin 90+3'	Report	Akhyar 74' Velazquez 90+3' (pen.) Insa 21' Aidil 23' Maurício 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Noor Azriel Baharuddin

3 April 2021 6	Penang	2–1	Perak	Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Casagrande 42' Rafael 71' Khairu 29'	Report	Careca 12' Agüero 45+1' Shahrul 63' Leandro 82' Danish 90+4'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang

7 April 2021 7	Perak	3–2	UiTM	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Careca 45', 77' de Paula 67' (pen.) Kenny 58'	Report	Poku 20' (pen.), 40', 53' Azfar 29' Farid 38'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 740 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin

10 April 2021 8	Selangor	3–1	Perak	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Olusegun 8', 31' (pen.), 43'	Report	Farid 90+1' Agüero 40' Leandro 48' Izzuddin 75'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 1,360 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

17 April 2021 9	Perak	1–1	Kedah Darul Aman	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	de Paula 58' Izzuddin 35' Kenny 52'	Report	Sherman 78', 22' Baddrol 90+2'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,323 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

25 April 2021 10	Perak	0–1	Melaka United	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Idris 44' Danish 65' Shakir 84'	Report	Zaharulnizam 61' Kumaahran 25' Afiq 58' Norde 87'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 693 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

2 May 2021 11	Sabah	2–1	Perak	Kota Kinabalu
21:15 UTC+8	Amri 65' Madinda 79'	Report	Nazirul 27'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

5 May 2021 12	Petaling Jaya City	0–1	Perak	Petaling Jaya
22:00 UTC+8	Manimaran 65' Kannan 70' Khyril 84'	Report	Agüero 26', 65' Amirul 89'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 153 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

9 May 2021 13	Perak	2–3	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Leandro 68' (pen.) Careca 90+5'	Report	Aung 34' Athiu 58', 88'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 617 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

24 July 2021 14	Terengganu	5–0	Perak	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8	Faisal 19' da Silva 23' (pen.) Machell 42' (o.g.) Hakimi 71' Nik Akif 90+5' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

27 July 2021 15	Perak	0–0	Kuala Lumpur City	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Poku 40' Izzuddin 50'	Report	Irfan 13'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

31 July 2021 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	5–0	Perak	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 UTC+8	Bergson 20', 47', 59', 68' Lowry 49' Cabrera 83', 86' (pen.)		Danish 50' Zulkiffli 58' Amirul 68'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

3 August 2021 17	Perak	3–5	Penang	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Poku 15', 36' (pen.), 58' (pen.) Amirul 30' Idris 38' Machell 41' Farhan 87' Agüero 90+1'	Report	Rafael Vitor 1', 8', 28' Casagrande 21' Rowley 55' Azwan 64' Azim 88', 90+3'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

7 August 2021 18	UiTM	2–0	Perak	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Giannelli 30' Fauzi 70' Shafiq 74' Faizal 90+3'	Report	Danish 14' Nazmi 56' Amirul 75'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 2 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

21 August 2021 19	Perak	0–3	Selangor	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Danish 58' Noureddine 58'	Report	Dinesh 6' Buff 42' Ifedayo 45+2', 60' Sharul 50'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad Dzuhaidi Zulkifli

28 August 2021 20	Kedah Darul Aman	1–0	Perak	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Sherman 17', 20'	Report	Nazmi 33'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

3 September 2021 21	Melaka United	2–1	Perak	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Khairul 27' Ott 67' Norde 79' Faizal 88' Fahmi 90+3'	Report	Agüero 30' (pen.), 73' Nazmi 62' Noureddine 69' Aizat 90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

12 September 2021 22	Perak	2–1	Sabah	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Poku 20', 70' Machell 51'	Report	Hamran 56' Park 85' Thanabalan 86'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Abdul Rahman Wahab

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.^[15]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	TER	SEL	KUC	PRK
1	Terengganu	6	5	1	0	16	4	+12	16	Quarter-finals	—	2–1	2–0	4–0
2	Selangor	6	4	0	2	12	8	+4	12	Quarter-finals	1–3	—	5–1	1–0
3	Kuching City	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5		1–1	1–2	—	2–2
4	Perak	6	0	1	5	4	14	−10	1		1–4	1–2	0–1	—

Source: MFL, FAM

26 September 2021 1	Selangor	1–0	Perak	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC +8	Olusegun 80' (pen.) Ayimbila 44' Khairulazhan 90+3' Harith 90+4'		Izzuddin 34' Zulkiffli 90+4'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin

29 September 2021 2	Kuching City	2–2	Perak	Pasir Gudang
21:00 UTC +8	Hudson 9' Alif 67'	Report	Adib 49' (pen.) Aizat 70'	Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

30 October 2021 3	Perak	1–4	Terengganu	Ipoh
21:00 UTC +8	Danish 19' Agüero 24' (pen.)	Report	Faisal 9' Danish 47' (o.g.) Lee Tuck 54', 83' de Murga 65'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,248 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

3 November 2021 4	Terengganu	4–0	Perak	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC +8		Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

7 November 2021 5	Perak	0–1	Kuching	Ipoh
21:00 UTC +8		Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Mohd Faisal Ridzuan

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 4 November 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	League		Malaysia Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Nasrullah Aziz	1	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	Danish Haziq	13+3	0	3	0	19	0
4	DF	Charlie Machell	7	0	4	0	11	0
5	MF	Jad Noureddine	4	0	4	0	8	0
6	DF	Izaaq Izhan	0+1	0	1+1	0	3	0
7	FW	Nana Poku	9+1	5	2	0	12	5
9	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	13+2	2	2	1	17	3
12	DF	Azhar Apandi	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
14	MF	Firdaus Saiyadi	8+7	0	4	0	19	0
15	DF	Idris Ahmad	16+3	0	2	0	21	0
17	DF	Zoubairou Garba	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
19	MF	Farid Khazali	4+6	1	0+2	0	12	1
20	DF	Rafiuddin Roddin	13+8	0	1+2	0	24	0
21	MF	Samir Ayass	1+2	0	0	0	3	0
22	MF	Zulkiffli Zakaria	1+9	0	0+2	0	11	0
23	DF	Amirul Azhan	14+2	0	3+1	0	19	0
24	FW	of Zikri	0	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	DF	Pavithran Selladoria	0+4	0	0	0	4	0
28	GK	Hafizul Hakim	14	0	2	0	16	0
29	MF	Farhan Roslan	3+5	1	0	0	8	1
30	GK	Azri Ghani	7	0	2	0	9	0
33	DF	Nazmi Ahmad	4	0	2+1	0	7	0
39	MF	Royizzat Daud	0	0	1+2	0	3	0
43	FW	Syahir Bashah	5+4	0	3+1	0	13	0
75	FW	Ghislain Guessan	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
77	DF	Adib Raop	9+9	0	2+2	1	21	1
80	DF	Khairul Syafiq	0	0	0+3	0	3	0
82	MF	Amier Ali	0+1	0	0	0	1	0
88	MF	Izzuddin Roslan	15+3	0	3	0	21	0
93	MF	Aizat Safuan	0+7	0	3+1	1	11	1
Players away from the club on loan:
21	DF	Nazirul Naim	7+3	1	0	0	10	1
Players who appeared for Perak no longer at the club:
3	DF	Shahrul Saad	8	0	0	0	8	0
8	MF	Leandro	12	1	0	0	12	1
10	MF	Careca	11+1	4	0	0	12	4
11	DF	Shakir Hamzah	13	0	0	0	13	0
12	MF	Kenny Pallraj	10+1	0	0	0	11	0
13	FW	Guilherme	11+1	4	0	0	12	4
16	MF	Partiban Janasekaran	8+2	1	0	0	10	1

Notes

References

^ "Welcome to Perak FC, Azri Ghani!".
^ "Shakir Hamzah joins Perak FC".
^ "Welcome to Perak FC, Danish Haziq!".
^ "Perak FC hereby welcomes Ghanaian -born new player, Nana Poku". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
^ "Penang FC sign right-back C. Suwarnaraj from Perak II!".
^ "Macarthur set to sign defender Antony Golec".
^ "Thierry returns home".
^ "OFFICIAL: Shahrel Fikri Is RED!".
^ "Welcome Shahrul to the Home of Champions!".
^ "Nazirul Naim becomes Rhino". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
^ "Welcoming our latest signing, Kenny Pallraj". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
^ "Speed of light, J Partiban signed!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
^ "Welcome Guilherme to the Home of Champions!".
^ "Siaran Media: MELAKA UNITED DIKENAKAN HUKUMAN PEMOTONGAN TIGA MATA LIGA SUPER 2021". FAM.
^ "Undian Piala Malaysia: Tugas mudah JDT, Kedah". Berita Harian. 15 September 2021.

[table_hth_MEL0.10569584141751-15] Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).^[14]

[1] "Welcome to Perak FC, Azri Ghani!".

[2] "Shakir Hamzah joins Perak FC".

[3] "Welcome to Perak FC, Danish Haziq!".

[4] "Perak FC hereby welcomes Ghanaian -born new player, Nana Poku". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[5] "Penang FC sign right-back C. Suwarnaraj from Perak II!".

[6] "Macarthur set to sign defender Antony Golec".

[7] "Thierry returns home".

[8] "OFFICIAL: Shahrel Fikri Is RED!".

[9] "Welcome Shahrul to the Home of Champions!".

[10] "Nazirul Naim becomes Rhino". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[11] "Welcoming our latest signing, Kenny Pallraj". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[12] "Speed of light, J Partiban signed!". Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.

[13] "Welcome Guilherme to the Home of Champions!".

[14] "Siaran Media: MELAKA UNITED DIKENAKAN HUKUMAN PEMOTONGAN TIGA MATA LIGA SUPER 2021". FAM.

[16] "Undian Piala Malaysia: Tugas mudah JDT, Kedah". Berita Harian. 15 September 2021.

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