2019 Petaling Jaya City FC season

Petaling Jaya City
2019 season
Owner	QI Group
Chairman	Vijay Eswaran
Head coach	Devan E. Kuppusamy
Stadium	MBPJ Stadium
Malaysia Super League	8th
Malaysia FA Cup	Third round
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Pedro Henrique; Washington Brandão (4 goals); All: ; Pedro Henrique (5 goals)
Home colours	Away colours

The 2019 season was Petaling Jaya City's 1st season of competitive football, the top division of Malaysian football and in the Malaysia Super League since rebranded in 2019.^[1]^[2]^[3] The season covers the period from 1 February 2019 to 21 July 2019.

Players

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Since
1	GK	Muhaimin Mohamad	(1991-11-14) 14 November 1991	MOF	2018
2	DF	Annas Rahmat	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994	PKNS	2019
3	DF	Subramaniam Sooryapparad	(1985-08-31) 31 August 1985	Kelantan	2018
5	MF	Elizeu	(1989-05-28) 28 May 1989	Suphanburi	2018
6	DF	Ganiesh Gunasegaran	(1995-06-26) 26 June 1995	PKNP	2018
7	MF	Yoges Muniandy	(1988-11-13) 13 November 1988		2016
8	MF	Bae Beom-geun	(1993-03-04) 4 March 1993	ATM	2018
9	FW	Washington Brandão	(1990-08-18) 18 August 1990	Persela Lamongan	2019
10	FW	Safee Sali	(1984-01-29) 29 January 1984	Perlis	2019
11	DF	Aizulridzwan Razali	(1986-11-19) 19 November 1986	Negeri Sembilan	2019
12	MF	Barathkumar Ramaloo	(1992-04-23) 23 April 1992	Petaling Jaya Rangers	2018
13	MF	Thivandran Karnan	(1999-03-08) 8 March 1999	Penang	2019
14	FW	Yugan Poobathy	(1997-11-30) 30 November 1997	Youth team	2019
15	MF	Youwarasan Maniom	(1993-02-15) 15 February 1993		2015
16	DF	Zamri Pin Ramli	(1991-04-24) 24 April 1991	Young Fighters	2016
17	DF	Rajes Perumal	(1985-06-21) 21 June 1985	PKNS	2018
18	MF	Sivakumar Munusamy	(1984-03-06) 6 March 1984	PKNS	2019
19	FW	Marcus Mah Yung Jian		DBKL	2019
21	GK	Hairol Fazreen	(1988-02-29) 29 February 1988	PKNP	2018
22	GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995	Felda United	2019
23	MF	Veenod Subramaniam	(1988-03-31) 31 March 1988	Melaka United	2019
24	DF	Tinagaran Baskeran	(1991-04-02) 2 April 1991	Penang	2015
27	FW	A. Thamil Arasu	(1991-07-04) 4 July 1991	Petaling Jaya Rangers	2019
28	DF	Nasriq Baharom	(1987-02-08) 8 February 1987	Unattached	2019
29	FW	Pedro Henrique	(1992-01-17) 17 January 1992	Samut Sakhon	2019
30	MF	Serginho	(1988-04-27) 27 April 1988	Bangu	2019
–	FW	Giancarlo	(1990-01-14) 14 January 1990	Concórdia	2019

Transfers

In

1st leg

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Ref.
1 January 2019	GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	Felda United
	DF	Annas Rahmat	PKNS
	MF	Thivandran Karnan	Penang
	MF	Veenod Subramaniam	Melaka United
	MF	Sivakumar Munusamy	PKNS
	FW	Marcus Mah Yung Jian	DBKL
	FW	Yugan Poobathy	Youth team
	FW	A. Thamil Arasu	Petaling Jaya Rangers
7 January 2019	DF	Aizulridzwan Razali	Negeri Sembilan
20 January 2019	FW	Pedro Henrique	Daejeon Citizen
23 January 2019	DF	Joshua Grommen	Davao Aguilas
30 January 2019	FW	Giancarlo	Concórdia
20 February 2019	FW	Safee Sali	Perlis	^[4]
20 February 2019	MF	Serginho	Bangu

2nd leg

Date	Pos.	Name	From
8 May 2019	FW	Washington Brandão	Persela Lamongan
	FW	Pedro Henrique	Samut Sakhon
	DF	Nasriq Baharom	Unattached

Out

1st leg

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
30 November 2018	FW	L´Imam Seydi	Kelantan
	FW	Danasehar Ramachandran	Released
	MF	Thinaadkaran Mutiah
	MF	Tamilselvan Sankupillai
	MF	Mahathevan Gengatharan
	MF	S. Dhaya Naidu
	FW	J. Satrunan Pillai
	MF	Mugenthirran Ganesan	PKNP
	FW	Wan Mohd Syukri	Melaka United
6 December 2018	FW	Kpah Sherman	PKNS	^[5]

2nd leg

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
8 May 2019	DF	Joshua Grommen	Released
8 May 2019	FW	Pedro Henrique	Released

Loans out

1st leg

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
20 February 2019	End of season	FW	Giancarlo	PKNP

2nd leg

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To	Ref.
15 May 2019	End of season	DF	Yoges Muniandy	Penang

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Melaka United	22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	33
7	Terengganu	22	7	9	6	35	37	−2	30
8	Petaling Jaya City	22	8	2	12	22	29	−7	26
9	PKNS^[a] (R)	22	5	6	11	37	38	−1	21	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
10	Felda United	22	4	7	11	27	43	−16	19

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

^ PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

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	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	L	W	W
Position	9	7	6	7	8	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	7	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2019. Source: MFL
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The Malaysian Football League (MFL) announced the fixtures for the 2019 season on 22 December 2018.^[6]

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 1	Melaka United	2–1	Petaling Jaya City	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Marković 12' Krasniqi 36' Casagrande 44' Ridzuwan 67'	Report	Satish 35' Barathkumar 58'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 2	Petaling Jaya City	1–1	Selangor	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Barathkumar 23' Tinagaran 36' Pedro Henrique 70', 80' (pen.) Ganiesh 90+5'	Report	Nguyễn 50' Rufino Segovia 90'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Sukri

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 3	PKNP	2–3	Petaling Jaya City	Manjung
21:00 UTC+8	Yero 29' Hafiz 52' Fadhil 55' Khozaimi 90+4' Ezanie 90+5'	Report	Grommen 35' Pedro Henrique 45+2' Bae Beom-geun 56' Rajesh 66' Giancarlo 74' Barathkumar 82'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium Referee: Zohri Tajuddin

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 4	Petaling Jaya City	0–2	Kedah	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Bae Beom-geun 33' Elizeu 45' Tinagaran 62'	Report	Syahrul 7' Fernando 41' Zaquan 67' Hidhir 79'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 5	Felda United	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Ikeda 30' (pen.)	Report	Serginho 11' Thivandran 63'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 6	Perak	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Wander Luiz 39' (pen.), 62' Firdaus 62' Kenny 80'	Report	Barathkumar 11' Rajesh 19' Safee 22' Pedro Henrique 80'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 7	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	PKNS	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Aizulridzwan 59'	Report	Qayyum 85'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

7 April 2019 (2019-04-07) 8	Pahang	1–1	Petaling Jaya City	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Zé Eduardo 49' Muslim 52' Nwakaeme 58' Goulon 90+1' Zaharulnizam 90+4'	Report	Safee 49' Veenod 38' Muhaimin 60'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 9	Petaling Jaya City	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Tinagaran 49' Grommen 64'	Report	Afiq 21' Syafiq 28' Maurício 60' Hariss 82'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

20 April 2019 (2019-04-20) 10	Kuala Lumpur	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Bandar Tun Razak
21:00 UTC+8	Ashri 50' Fitri 79' Guilherme 86'	Report		Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

27 April 2019 (2019-04-27) 11	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Terengganu	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Rajesh 36' Barathkumar 66'	Report	Thierry 39' Tinagaran 67' (o.g.) Tchétché 79' Nasrullah 90+4'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 12	Petaling Jaya City	2–0	Pahang	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro Henrique 35' Serginho 58', 69' Muhaimin 68'	Report	Azam 57'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

14 May 2019 (2019-05-14) 13	Terengganu	3–5	Petaling Jaya City	Kuala Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Kipré 11' Nabil 18' Ashari 19' Shaakhmedov 47' Amirzafran 90+1'	Report	Elizeu 49' Annas 50' Pedro 57', 80' Brandão 58' Zamri 77' Safee 90+1'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

17 May 2019 (2019-05-17) 14	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	Kuala Lumpur	Petaling Jaya
22:00 UTC+8	Brandão 77' Safee 90+1'	Report	Indra Putra 63' Fitri 86'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 15	PKNS	3–0	Petaling Jaya City	Shah Alam
22:00 UTC+8	Akram 17' Rodney 47' Guerra 50' Sherman 53', 73'	Report	Serginho 44'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

14 June 2019 (2019-06-14) 16	Petaling Jaya City	0–1	Perak	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Satish 26' Subramaniam 65' 68' Elizeu 87'	Report	Ronaldo 19' Eldor 49' Amirul 53' Kenny 61' Gan 90+5'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya City Council Stadium Referee: Mat Zan Abd Wahab

18 June 2019 (2019-06-18) 17	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	Felda United	Bukit Jalil
21:00 UTC+8	Aizulridzwan 10' Safee 45+1' Serginho 51'	Report	Khairul Amri 22' Thiago Junio 49' Watanabe 51'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

26 June 2019 (2019-06-26) 18	Kedah	3–2	Petaling Jaya City	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Baddrol 15' Farhan 49', 90+3' Shakir 57' Fernando 76' Alif 87'	Report	Brandão 60' Ganiesh 66' Thivandaran 90+4'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 19	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Melaka United	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro Henrique 14', 80' Bae Beom-geun 21' Elizeu 88'	Report	Jang Suk-won 16', 45+1' Milunović 37', 90+5' Balić 57' Angan 90+2'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

13 July 2019 (2019-07-13) 20	Selangor	3–0	Petaling Jaya City	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Regan 27' Endrick 43' Khyril 57' Ifedayo 62'	Report	Nasriq 48' Tinagaran 62'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim	0–1	Petaling Jaya City	Larkin
21:00 UTC+8	Fadhli 37' Velázquez 39'	Report	Barathkumar 10' Brandão 64'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

21 July 2019 (2019-07-21) 22	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	PKNP	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Brandão 75' (pen.) Thivandaran 82'	Report	Aguinaldo 31' Hafiz 89'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia FA Cup

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) Second round	UiTM	0–2	Petaling Jaya City	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Faizal 66'	Report	Safee 9' Pedro Henrique 30'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

16 March 2019 (2019-03-16) Third round	Kedah	2–0	Petaling Jaya City	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Renan 3', 3' Azmeer 30' Zaquan 55' Bauman 82'	Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JDT	PKNP	PJC	UiTM
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	19	8	+11	16	Advance to knockout stage	—	5–0	4–2	3–1
2	PKNP	6	3	1	2	12	9	+3	10	Advance to knockout stage	2–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	Petaling Jaya City	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9		2–3	2–1	—	1–0
4	UiTM	6	0	0	6	2	14	−12	0		1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FAM MFL

3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 1	Petaling Jaya City	2–1	PKNP	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro Henrique 12' Brandão 56' Elizeu 52'	Report	Pedro Victor 38'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Friendlies

14 March 2019 Friendly	Petaling Jaya City	2–0	Australia U-23	Shah Alam, Malaysia
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAS	Muhaimin Mohamad	21	0	19	0	2	0	0	0
21	GK	MAS	Hairul Fazreen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	MAS	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
2	DF	MAS	Annas Rahmat	20	0	15+2	0	2	0	1	0
3	DF	MAS	S. Subramaniam	9	0	7+1	0	0	0	1	0
6	DF	MAS	Ganiesh Gunasegaran	9	1	3+6	1	0	0	0	0
11	DF	MAS	Aizulridzwan Razali	20	1	16+2	1	1	0	1	0
16	DF	MAS	Zamri Pin Ramli	15	1	5+7	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
17	DF	MAS	Rajesh Perumal	24	1	21	1	2	0	1	0
24	DF	MAS	Tinagaran Baskeran	18	0	12+4	0	2	0	0	0
28	DF	MAS	Nasriq Baharom	5	0	3+2	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
5	MF	BRA	Elizeu	24	2	21	1	2	0	1	1
7	MF	MAS	Yoges Muniandy	3	0	0+3	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	KOR	Bae Beom-geun	23	0	20	0	2	0	1	0
12	MF	MAS	Barathkumar Ramaloo	19	2	16+1	2	1	0	1	0
13	MF	MAS	Thivandran Karnan	13	0	7+5	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	MF	MAS	Youwarasan Maniom	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	MAS	Sivakumar Munusamy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	MAS	Veenod Subramaniam	18	0	6+9	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
30	MF	BRA	Serginho	20	1	16+1	1	2	0	1	0
Forwards
9	FW	BRA	Washington Brandão	12	4	11	4	0	0	1	0
10	FW	MAS	Safee Sali	17	4	10+4	3	1+1	1	0+1	0
14	FW	MAS	Yugan Poobathy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	FW	MAS	Marcus Mah Yung Jian	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW	MAS	Satish Krishnan	13	0	2+9	0	0+2	0	0	0
27	FW	MAS	A. Thamil Arasu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW	TLS	Pedro Henrique	11	5	9+1	4	0	0	1	1
Players away from the club on loan or left the club
4	DF	PHI	Joshua Grommen	9	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Pedro Henrique	11	3	8+1	2	2	1	0	0
10	FW	BRA	Giancarlo	3	1	3	1	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 3 August 2019
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary record

As of 3 August 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Total
No.	Pos.	Name
1	GK	Muhaimin Mohamad	2									2
2	DF	Annas Rahmat	1									1
3	DF	S. Subramaniam	1									1
5	MF	Elizeu	3									3
6	DF	Ganiesh Gunasegaran	1									1
8	MF	Bae Beom-geun	3									3
9	FW	Washington Brandão	1						1			2
10	FW	Safee Sali	2									2
11	DF	Aizulridzwan Razali	1	1								1	1
12	MF	Barathkumar Ramaloo	4									4
13	MF	Thivandran Karnan	3									3
17	DF	Rajesh Perumal	2									2
20	FW	Satish Krishnan	2									2
23	MF	S. Veenod	1									1
24	DF	Tinagaran Baskeran	3									3
29	FW	Pedro Henrique	1									1
30	MF	Serginho	4									4
4	DF	Joshua Grommen	1									1
9	FW	Pedro Henrique	2									2
Total			37	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	38	1	0

References

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^ "MIFA renamed PJ City FC in Super League". The Star. 17 January 2019.
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[table_note_PKS0.61515773814877-6] PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

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[2] "Dulu MIFA, kini Petaling Jaya City FC". Dunia Sukan. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2019.

[3] "MIFA renamed PJ City FC in Super League". The Star. 17 January 2019.

[4] "'Nyawa kedua' Safee di PJ City". Berita Harian. 20 February 2019.

[5] "Kpah Sherman Completes Move to Malaysia Top Flight Club". Liberian Observer. 6 December 2018.

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