2023 Kuala Lumpur City F.C. season

Kuala Lumpur City

2023 season
President	Shahidan Kassim
CEO	Stanley Bernard
Manager	Nenad Baćina
Stadium	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Malaysia Super League	7th
Malaysia FA Cup	Runner-up
Malaysia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Paulo Josué (11) All: Romel Morales (14)
Average home league attendance	1,764
Home colours Away colours
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The 2023 season was the 45th season in the existence of Kuala Lumpur City's and the club's 3rd consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysian football. In addition to the domestic league, the club also participating in this season's edition of Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

Position	Name
Manager/Head coach	Bojan Hodak (until 26 August 2023)
	Nenad Bacina (from 4 August 2023)
Assistant head coach	Miroslav Kuljanac
Assistant coach	Miro Petric
	Shukor Adan
Goalkeeper coach	Guilherme Azevedo
Fitness coach	Afeeq Aqmal
Team doctor	Adzlan Amin
	Hannan Haziq
Physiotherapist	Afiqfuddin Salleh
	Renesh

As of 25 February 2023^[1]

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  PHI Kevin Ray Mendoza S 3 DF  MAS Muhammad Faudzi 4 DF  MAS Kamal Azizi 5 DF  CRO Matko Zirdum I 6 DF  MAS Ryan Lambert 7 MF  COL Romel Morales I 8 MF  MAS Zhafri Yahya 9 DF  AUS Giancarlo Gallifuoco A 12 DF  MAS Declan Lambert 14 MF  MAS Akram Mahinan 15 DF  MAS Khair Jones 16 MF  MAS Partiban Janasekaran 17 MF  MAS Sean Giannelli 19 MF  ITA Sebastian Avanzini I

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 GK  MAS Azim Al-Amin U23 21 MF  MAS Kenny Pallraj 23 FW  CIV Kipré Tchétché I 25 DF  MAS Anwar Ibrahim 26 MF  MAS Saravanan Thirumurugan U23 28 MF  BRA Paulo Josué (captain) 30 GK  MAS Azri Ghani 33 FW  MAS Juzaerul Jasmi U23 37 FW  MAS Haqimi Azim Rosli U20 41 MF  MAS Firdaus Saiyadi (on loan from Perak) 48 FW  MAS Faizal Hafiq 49 MF  MAS Hadi Mizei 77 DF  MAS Nazirul Naim

Remarks:
^S These players are registered as ASEAN foreign players.
^I These players are registered as International foreign players.
^A These players are registered as Asia foreign players.
^U23 These players are registered as Under-23 players.
^U20 These players are registered as Under-20 players.

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 29 MF  MAS Arif Shaqirin (loan to Perak)

In: 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 — FW  BRA Caion (from Selangor)[2] — FW  CIV Kipré Tchétché (from Terengganu)[3] — DF  CRO Matko Zirdum (from Slaven Belupo)[4] — FW  PHI Patrick Reichelt (from PT Prachuap)[5] — MF  MAS Firdaus Saiyadi (on loan from Perak) — MF  ITA Sebastian Avanzini (from Hobro)[6] — DF  MAS Nazirul Naim (from Sabah) — FW  MAS Sean Giannelli (from Sri Pahang) — MF  MAS Saravanan Thirumurugan (from Selangor II) — FW  MAS Juzaerul Jasmi — DF  MAS Khair Jones (from Negeri Sembilan) — FW  MAS Faizal Hafiq — MF  MAS Hadi Mizei

Out: 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 — FW  GHA Jordan Mintah (loan return to Terengganu) — FW  CGO Kévin Koubemba (to Chornomorets Odesa) — MF  MAS Hadin Azman (to Penang)[7] — DF  MAS Irfan Zakaria (to Sabah)[8] — DF  MAS Nik Shahrul — DF  MAS Nik Umar — MF  MAS Fakrul Aiman — FW  MAS Safee Sali (retired) — DF  MAS Azhar Apandi — MF  MAS Izreen Izwandy — MF  MAS Arif Shaqirin (loan to Perak) — DF  MAS Nabil Hakim — MF  MAS Ridhwan Nazri

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixtures

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	PHI	Kevin Ray Mendoza	16	0	10	0	1	0	5	0
20	GK	MAS	Azim Al-Amin	6	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
30	GK	MAS	Azri Ghani	14	0	13	0	0	0	1	0
Defenders
3	DF	MAS	Muhammad Faudzi	9	0	2+5	0	0	0	1+1	0
4	DF	MAS	Kamal Azizi	35	0	25+1	0	3	0	6	0
5	DF	CRO	Matko Zirdum	22	2	13+1	2	3	0	5	0
9	DF	AUS	Giancarlo Gallifuoco	30	1	21	1	3+1	0	5	0
12	DF	MAS	Declan Lambert	29	1	21	1	3	0	4+1	0
15	DF	MAS	Khair Jones	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
19	DF	ITA	Sebastian Avanzini	31	2	20+2	2	4	0	4+1	0
25	DF	MAS	Anwar Ibrahim	11	0	3+4	0	1+1	0	0+2	0
77	DF	MAS	Nazirul Naim	26	0	8+9	0	2+1	0	2+4	0
Midfielders
6	MF	MAS	Ryan Lambert	30	0	21+1	0	3+1	0	3+1	0
7	MF	COL	Romel Morales	29	14	16+4	8	2+2	2	4+1	4
8	MF	MAS	Zhafri Yahya	28	3	17+4	2	3	0	4	1
14	MF	MAS	Akram Mahinan	21	0	5+8	0	0+2	0	4+2	0
16	MF	MAS	Partiban	5	2	0+5	1	0	0+1	0	0
17	MF	MAS	Sean Giannelli	21	3	5+10	3	1+1	0	1+3	0
21	MF	MAS	Kenny Pallraj	24	0	15+4	0	1+1	0	2+1	0
26	MF	MAS	Saravanan Thirumurugan	30	4	16+5	2	4	2	3+2	0
28	MF	BRA	Paulo Josué	31	11	21+3	11	3	0	4	0
29	MF	MAS	Arif Shaqirin	3	1	0+1	1	0	0	0+2	0
41	MF	MAS	Firdaus Saiyadi	5	0	0+3	0	1+1	0	0	0
49	MF	MAS	Hadi Mizei	2	0	0+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Forwards
10	FW	BRA	Caion	16	1	7+7	1	1+1	0	0	0
11	FW	PHI	Patrick Reichelt	15	0	6+5	0	1+1	0	1+1	0
23	FW	CIV	Kipré Tchétché	30	11	14+9	8	1+1	0	4+1	3
37	FW	MAS	Haqimi Azim	23	1	3+13	1	0+3	0	3+1	0
50	FW	MAS	Sachin Samuel	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
51	FW	MAS	Suhaimi Abu	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players transferred out during the season

As of 6 March 2023

These Under-23 players or Kuala Lumpur City Extension participated in Malaysian Football League cup.

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 Julian Bechler 20 GK  MAS Azim Al Amin 24 DF  MAS Khairul Naim Zainal Abidin 26 MF  MAS Saravanan Thirumurugan 32 DF  MAS Nashran Elias 33 DF  MAS Juzaerul Jasmi (captain) 34 MF  MAS Amirul Aiman 35 MF  MAS Adib Faris 42 DF  MAS Nadzwin Salleh 46 MF  MAS Izreen Izwandy 47 DF  MAS Faris Zabri 48 FW  MAS Faizal Hafiq 49 MF  MAS Hadi Mizei @ Termizi

No. Pos. Nation Player 50 GK  MAS Haziq Fitri 55 GK  MAS Syafiq Sabaruddin 60 MF  MAS Sachin Samuel 65 DF  MAS Syahkhir Razali 69 FW  MAS Suhaimi Abu 70 DF  MAS Loquman Syadiq 71 MF  MAS Azim Nadim 80 FW  MAS Alif Safwan 87 MF  MAS Amreel Iqbal 88 MF  MAS Ridhwan Nazri 96 MF  MAS Amirul Zul Aiman 99 FW  MAS Wan Syamil Sulaiman

• Head coach: Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
• Assistant head coach: Mohd Aslam Haja Najmudeen
• Assistant coach: Fadhil Hashim
• Goalkeeper coach: Zuraimi Hasan

As of 3 March 2023

Player	Position	Appearances	Goals
Kuala Lumpur City Extension
Azim Al Amin	GK	1	0
Nashran Elias	DF	1	0
Juzaerul Jasmi	DF	1	0
Amirul Aiman	MF	1	0
Faris Zabri	DF	1	0
Faizal Hafiq	FW	1	1
Hadi Mizei @ Termizi	MF	1	0
Sachin Samuel	MF	1	0
Suhaimi Abu	FW	1	0
Loquman Syadiq	DF	1	0
Alif Safwan	FW	1	0
Khairul Naim	DF	1	0
Izreen Izwandy	MF	1	0
Azim Nadim	MF	1	0
Amirul Zul Aiman	MF	1	0
Own goals			0
Total goals			1

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