2023 Perak F.C. season

Perak
2023 season
Owner	XOX Berhad
CEO	Bobie Farid Shamuddin
Head coach	Yusri Che Lah
Stadium	Perak Stadium
Malaysia Super League	9th
Malaysia FA Cup	First round
Malaysia Cup	Semi - Final
Top goalscorer	League: ; Seo Seon-ung (3); All: ; Seo Seon-ung (3)
Highest home attendance	14,000
Average home league attendance	4,686
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2022 2024–25 →

The 2023 season is the 103rd season in the history of Perak and their 102nd season in the top flight. The club are participating in the Malaysia Super League, Malaysia FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.^[2]

Coaching staff

Head coach: Yusri Che Lah
Assistant head coach: Raja Azlan Shah
Assistant coach: Saravanan Vellu
Goalkeeper coach: Ng Wei Xian
Fitness coach: Sam Pakiaraj
Team doctor: Loong Cheng Wern, Ahmad Hazwan
Physiotherapist: Mohd Noradam, Rozairen Hairudin
Team admin: Zubir Shaharani
Masseur: Shaffiq Mokhtar
Kitman: Suhaimi Mohd Abidin

Players

First-team squad

As of 25 February 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAS	Bryan See Tian Keat
2	MF	NGA	Sunday Afolabi
3	DF	MAS	Hafizal Mohamad (captain)
4	DF	MAS	Raja Imran Shah
5	MF	ARG	Luciano Guaycochea
6	MF	MAS	Khairul Asyraf
7	FW	MAS	Hadi Fayyadh
8	DF	MAS	Shivan Pillay
9	FW	MAS	Sunil Chandran
10	MF	MAS	Syukri Baharun
11	MF	MAS	Wan Zack Haikal
12	DF	MAS	Afif Asyraf
14	FW	MAS	Amirul Husaini
16	MF	MAS	Fadhil Idris
17	MF	MAS	Khairul Syafiq
19	MF	MAS	Fahmi Daniel
20	FW	MAS	Amirul Akmal
25	DF	KOR	Lee Joo-han
26	DF	MAS	Haziq Puad


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	MAS	Harith Naem
29	MF	MAS	Farris Izdiham
33	DF	MAS	Hasnul Zaim
36	GK	MAS	Shaheeswaran Thavakumar (on loan from Negeri Sembilan)
37	DF	KOR	Sim Hyun-ki
39	GK	MAS	Azeem Farhan
41	DF	MAS	Nasrol Amri
42	DF	MAS	Nazmi Ahmad
43	GK	MAS	Farhan Majid
45	FW	MAS	Ilham Aqil
53	DF	MAS	Aris Asri
55	MF	MAS	Shafizi Iqmal
66	DF	MAS	Oswyn Lim
77	FW	KOR	Seo Seon-ung
88	MF	MAS	Ikhwan Hafizo
92	MF	MAS	Arif Shaqirin (on loan from Kuala Lumpur City)
93	MF	MAS	Aizat Safuan
99	FW	NGA	Christian Obiozor

Transfers

Players in

Player	From	Fee
Bryan See	Melaka United	Free^[3]
Hafizal Mohamad	Terengganu	Free^[4]
Raja Imran Shah	Sarawak United	Free
Hadi Fayyadh	Fagiano Okayama	Free
Shivan Pillay	Petaling Jaya City	Free
Sunil Chandran	Petaling Jaya City	Free
Syukri Baharun	Melaka United	Free
Fadhil Idris	Melaka United	Free
Haziq Puad	Melaka United	Free
Hasnul Zaim	Sri Pahang	Free
Harith Naem	Melaka United	Free
Christian Obiozor	Tadamon Sour	Free
Deevan Raj	Negeri Sembilan	Free
Ikhwan Hafizo	Selangor II	Free
Shafizi Iqmal	Selangor II	Free
Fahmi Daniel	Selangor II	Free
Amirul Husaini	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Free
Faris Izdiham	FAM-MSN	Free
Amirul Akmal	FAM-MSN	Free
Felix Adriano	FAM-MSN	Free
Oswyn Lim	Petaling Jaya City	Free

Players out

Player	To	Fee
Hafiz Ramdan	Sri Pahang	Loan return
Randy Baruh	Sabah	Loan return
Stipe Plazibat	Released
Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Kelantan United	Free
Royizzat Daud	Kelantan United	Free
Aqil Hilman	Kelantan United	Free
Farid Nezal	Negeri Sembilan	Free
Pavithran Selladoria	Harini	Free
Aidril Faqir	Harini	Free
Firdaus Saiyadi	Kuala Lumpur City	Loan
Danish Haziq	Penang	Loan
Syamim Yahya	Released
Zamir Selamat	Released
Idris Ahmad	Released
Ferris Danial	Released
Farid Khazali	Released
Deevan Raj	Released

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Cancelled Fixtures

6 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	1–2	UiTM	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Amirul 30'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

13 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	1–0	ATM	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Arif 86'			Stadium: Perak Stadium

28 January 2023 Friendly	Perak	0–1	Penang	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Perak Stadium

4 February 2023 Friendly	Kuala Lumpur City	3–0	Perak	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium

8 February 2023 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	Perak	Paroi
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
9	Negeri Sembilan	26	6	9	11	33	49	−16	27
10	Penang	26	6	6	14	29	50	−21	24
11	Perak	26	6	4	16	25	55	−30	22
12	Kelantan United	26	4	5	17	29	65	−36	17
13	Kuching City	26	2	6	18	24	51	−27	12

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

25 February 2023 1	Perak	1–4	Kedah Darul Aman	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Ikhwan 3' Haziq 35' Afolabi 78'	Report	Lee Tuck 17' Lira 66' (pen.) Ariff 84' Balotelli 90+3'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 15,106 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

28 February 2023 2	PDRM	0–0	Perak	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Norfiqrie 27' Amir 32' Dzulfahmi 38' Suzuki 86'	Report	Shafizi 86'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Firdaus Dahlan

4 March 2023 3	Kelantan United	0–0	Perak	Kota Bharu
21:00 UTC+8	Asraff 45+1' Latiff 90'	Report	Fadhil 34' Hadi 57' Shivan 70'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 964 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

12 March 2023 4	Perak	2–0	Kuching City	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Seo 42', 57' Shivan 62'	Report	Alif 62'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,817 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

16 March 2023 5	Perak	0–3	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Nasrol 39'	Report	Sherman 13' Brundo 37' Agüero 56' Ingreso 65' Zuhair 74'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,855 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

31 March 2023 6	Penang	3–1	Perak	Penang
22:00 UTC+8	Saad 6' Nik Akif 37' Gomes 84'	Report	Hafizal 57' Seo 71'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,540 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

4 April 2023 7	Perak	0–5	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Hadi 38' Lim 74' Obiozor 77'	Report	Hasnul 5' (o.g.) Velázquez 25', 90+2' Diogo 45' Bergson 66' Hong Wan 70'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 6,799 Referee: S. Logeswaran

10 April 2023 8	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0	Perak	Cheras
22:00 UTC+8	Saravanan 27' 64' Avanzini 45+3'	Report	Shafizi 45' Guaycochea 45+3' Ikhwan 73'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 1,260 Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

Malaysia FA Cup

8 March 2023 First round	Perak	1–2	Sri Pahang	Ipoh
20:15 UTC+8	Hafizal 22' Fadhil 27' 67' Obiozor 34' Haziq 62'	Report	Agüero 40' Malik 82' Brundo 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 4,219 Referee: Mohamad Kamil Zakaria Ismail

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
1	GK	MAS	Bryan See	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
2	MF	NGA	Sunday Afolabi	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	MAS	Hafizal Mohamad	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
4	DF	MAS	Raja Imran Shah	7	0	4+2	0	1	0	0	0
5	MF	ARG	Luciano Guaycochea	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	MAS	Hadi Fayyadh	9	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0
8	DF	MAS	Shivan Pillay	8	0	8	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	MAS	Sunil Chandran	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
10	MF	MAS	Syukri Baharun	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	MF	MAS	Wan Zack Haikal	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	MAS	Amirul Husaini	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	MAS	Fadhil Idris	8	0	7	0	1	0	0	0
19	MF	MAS	Fahmi Daniel	9	0	6+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
20	FW	MAS	Amirul Akmal	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	MAS	Haziq Puad	4	0	2+1	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	MAS	Harith Naem	3	0	0+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
29	MF	MAS	Farris Izdiham	3	0	1+1	0	1	0	0	0
33	DF	MAS	Hasnul Zaim	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
36	GK	MAS	Shaheeswaran Thavakumar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	DF	MAS	Nasrol Amri	6	0	5	0	0+1	0	0	0
45	FW	MAS	Ilham Aqil	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
53	MF	MAS	Aris Asri	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
55	MF	MAS	Shafizi Iqmal	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
77	FW	KOR	Seo Seon-ung	7	3	7	3	0	0	0	0
88	MF	MAS	Ikhwan Hafizo	9	1	8	1	1	0	0	0
99	FW	NGA	Christian Obiozor	8	1	4+3	0	1	1	0	0
Players sold or loaned out after the start of the season:

Last updated: 10 April 2023
Source: Competitive matches

References

^ "Perak FC kini milik penuh XOX Berhad". astroawani.com. Astro Awani. 26 August 2022.
^ "Perak FC perlu masa". sinarharian.com.my. Sinar Harian. 14 January 2023.
^ "Bryan See perkuat Perak musim depan". stadiumastro.com. Stadium Astro. 7 December 2022.
^ "Hijrah kerana mahu berguru dengan Teong Kim". hmetro.com.my. Harian Metro. 4 December 2022.

[1] "Perak FC kini milik penuh XOX Berhad". astroawani.com. Astro Awani. 26 August 2022.

[2] "Perak FC perlu masa". sinarharian.com.my. Sinar Harian. 14 January 2023.

[3] "Bryan See perkuat Perak musim depan". stadiumastro.com. Stadium Astro. 7 December 2022.

[4] "Hijrah kerana mahu berguru dengan Teong Kim". hmetro.com.my. Harian Metro. 4 December 2022.

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