2021 Petaling Jaya City FC season

Petaling Jaya City
2021 season
Owner	Vijay Eswaran
President	Subahan Kamal
Head coach	Maniam Pachaiappan
Stadium	MBPJ Stadium
Malaysia Super League	7th
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Darren Lok; Khyril Muhymeen (3); All: ; Darren Lok (6)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours	Away colours

The 2021 season was Petaling Jaya City FC's 18th season since its establishment in 2004. The club participated in the Malaysia Super League for the 3rd time since 2019.[1][2][3]

Players

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAS	Aqil Razak
2	DF	MAS	Sukri Hamid
3	DF	MAS	Subramaniam Sooryapparad
4	DF	MAS	Raffi Nagoorgani
5	DF	MAS	Kannan Kalaiselvan
6	DF	MAS	Faiz Mazlan
7	FW	MAS	Kogileswaran Raj
8	MF	MAS	Khairil Anuar
9	MF	MAS	Sunil Chandran
10	DF	MAS	Mahalli Jasuli
11	DF	MAS	Kugan Dhevarajan
13	MF	MAS	Thivandaran Karnan
14	DF	MAS	Jeremy Lim
15	DF	MAS	Youwarasan Maniom
17	DF	MAS	Rajes Perumal (3rd-captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	FW	MAS	Khyril Muhymeen
19	DF	MAS	Prabakaran Kanadasan
21	MF	MAS	Ruventhiran Vengadesan
22	GK	MAS	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz
23	MF	MAS	Salamon Raj (vice-captain)
27	DF	MAS	Filemon Anyie
28	FW	MAS	Darren Lok
33	GK	MAS	Syihan Hazmi
36	MF	MAS	Leslee Jesunathan
33	GK	MAS	Syihan Hazmi
55	DF	MAS	Tamilmaran Manimaran
66	DF	MAS	Nabil Hakim
69	FW	MAS	Syahmi Zamri
77	MF	MAS	Gurusamy Kandasamy (captain)

Transfers

Transfers in

No.	Position	Player	Transferred from	Type/fee	Ref
2	DF	Sukri Hamid	Perak II	Free transfer	[4]
3	DF	S. Subramaniam	Kuala Lumpur City	Free transfer	[4]
4	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	Penang	Free transfer	[4]
6	DF	Faiz Mazlan	Felda United	Free transfer	[4]
8	MF	Khairil Anuar	Perak	Free transfer	[4]
18	FW	Khyril Muhymeen	Kuala Lumpur City	Free transfer	[4]
19	DF	Prabakaran Kanadasan	Selangor	Free transfer	[4]
28	FW	Darren Lok	Terengganu	Free transfer	[4]
25	FW	Mark Hartmann	UiTM	End of loan
55	DF	Tamilmaran Manimaran	Selangor	Free transfer	[4]
69	FW	Syahmi Zamri	Selangor	Free transfer	[4]

Transfers to

No.	Position	Player	Transferred to	Type/fee	Ref
1	GK	Damien Lim	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[4]
2	DF	Aroon Kumar	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[4]
5	DF	Elizeu	Unattached	End of contract	[4]
6	FW	Yugan Poobathy	Unattached	End of contract	[4]
10	FW	Safee Sali	Kuala Lumpur City	Free transfer	[4]
11	FW	Washington Brandão	Hoang Anh Gia Lai	Free transfer	[4]
12	MF	Barathkumar Ramaloo	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[4]
25	FW	Mark Hartmann	United	Free transfer	[4]
16	MF	Anawin Jujeen	PT Prachuap	Free transfer	[4]
19	MF	Christie Jayaseelan	Sarawak United	Free transfer	[4]
20	FW	Demba Camara	Unattached	Mutual contract termination	[4]
26	DF	Amer Saidin	Sarawak United	Free transfer	[4]
36	DF	Fitri Omar	Kelantan United	Free transfer	[4]
89	DF	Yogaraj Murugan	Kelantan	Free transfer	[4]
90	DF	Kim Bong-jin	Gwangju	Free transfer	[4]

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 9 November 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	League		Malaysia Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Aqil Razak	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Sukri Hamid	16(1)	0	2(1)	0	20	0
3	DF	S. Subramaniam	1(2)	0	0	0	3	0
4	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	21	0	6	0	27	0
5	DF	Kannan Kalaiselvan	11(7)	0	2(1)	0	21	0
6	MF	Faiz Mazlan	12(7)	0	1(2)	0	22	0
7	FW	Kogileswaran Raj	6(13)	2	4(1)	1	24	3
8	MF	Khairil Anuar	0(9)	0	0(1)	0	10	0
9	MF	Sunil Chandran	9(6)	1	0(4)	0	19	1
10	DF	Mahalli Jasuli	12(5)	0	2(3)	0	21	0
11	DF	Kugan Dhevarajan	15(3)	1	4(1)	0	23	1
13	MF	Thivandaran Karnan	2(8)	0	0(1)	0	11	0
14	DF	Jeremy Lim	7	0	0	0	7	0
15	DF	Youwarasan Maniom	3(1)	0	3	0	7	0
17	DF	Rajes Perumal	11(3)	1	2(2)	0	18	1
18	FW	Khyril Muhymeen	6(6)	3	3(3)	0	18	3
19	MF	Ruventhiran Vengadesan	8(8)	2	2(3)	1	21	3
21	DF	Prabakaran Kanadasan	21	0	6	0	27	0
22	GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	19	0	6	0	25	0
23	MF	Salamon Raj	11(8)	0	4(1)	0	24	0
27	DF	Filemon Anyie	15(1)	0	4	0	20	0
28	FW	Darren Lok	7(2)	3	6	3	15	6
33	GK	Syihan Hazmi	3(1)	0	0	0	4	0
36	MF	Leslee Jesunathan	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
55	DF	Tamilmaran Manimaran	15	1	0	0	15	1
59	DF	Zainal Abidin Jamil	0(1)	0	3(2)	0	6	0
66	DF	Nabil Hakim	0(4)	0	0	0	4	0
69	FW	Syahmi Zamri	6(6)	1	0(4)	0	16	1
70	MF	Gurusamy Kandasamy	15(1)	0	6	0	22	0

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Selangor	22	10	6	6	45	30	+15	36
6	Kuala Lumpur City	22	8	9	5	27	20	+7	33[lower-alpha 1]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
7	Petaling Jaya City	22	6	6	10	16	28	−12	24
8	Melaka United	22	5	9	8	25	31	−6	21[lower-alpha 2]
9	Sabah	22	4	7	11	21	38	−17	19

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

KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup
Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).[5]

Matches

Win Draw Loss

7 March 2021 1	Perak	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Ipoh
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

10 March 2021 2	Petaling Jaya City	2–2	Melaka United	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Darren 71', 86' (pen.)	Report	Kumaahran 56' Faris 90+5'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

13 March 2021 3	Sabah	0–1	Petaling Jaya City	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT		Report	Darren 53'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

17 March 2021 4	Kedah Darul Aman	3–1	Petaling Jaya City	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Baddrol 47' Sherman 52' Fayadh 84'	Report	Kogileswaran 39'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

21 March 2021 5	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	Sri Pahang	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Kugan 33'	Report		Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

2 April 2021 6	Terengganu	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Kuala Nerus
21:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

7 April 2021 7	Petaling Jaya City	2–2	Kuala Lumpur City	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Irfan 50' (o.g) Kogileswaran 90+4'	Report	Paulo Josué 53' Hadin 57'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

10 April 2021 8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Petaling Jaya City	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 MYT	Cabrera 1' Bergson 20', 30'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

18 April 2021 9	Petaling Jaya City	1–1	Penang	Kelana Jaya
22:00 MYT	Ruventhiran 39'	Report	Casagrande 48'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 230 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

24 April 2021 10	UiTM	0–1	Petaling Jaya City	Shah Alam
22:00 MYT		Report	Tamilmaran 82'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 78 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

2 May 2021 11	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Selangor	Kelana Jaya
22:00 MYT	Ruventhiran 25'	Report	Ifedayo 89', 90+3'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 920 Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin

5 May 2021 12	Petaling Jaya City	0–1	Perak	Kelana Jaya
22:00 MYT		Report	Agüero 26'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 153 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

9 May 2021 13	Melaka United	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Krubong
22:00 MYT		Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 367 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

24 July 2021 14	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	Sabah	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Sunil 90'	Report		Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Hamdan Awang

1 August 2021 15	Sri Pahang	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Kuantan
21:00 MYT	Aung 15' Azam 27' Hidalgo 78'	Report	Tamilmaran 55' Salamon 64'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

4 August 2021 16	Petaling Jaya City	0–3	Terengganu	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT		Report	Marcel 13' Hakimi 41' da Silva 87' Rahmat 90+2'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin

7 August 2021 17	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Paulo Josué 31'	Report	Thivandaran 31' Filemon 41' Rajes 75'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

21 August 2021 18	Petaling Jaya City	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Dhevarajan 46' Filemon 67'	Report	Bergson 27' Corbin-Ong 33' Velázquez 40' Sumareh 90+4'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

25 August 2021 19	Petaling Jaya City	1–4	Kedah Darul Aman	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Sukri 42' Khyril 61' Raffi 45+2' 70'	Report	Ataya 8' Sherman 42', 56' Prabakaran 45+2' (o.g.) Fayadh 90+3'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

29 August 2021 20	Penang	2–1	Petaling Jaya City	George Town
21:00 MYT	Casagrande 5' Boboev 45+1' Azwan 89'	Report	Sukri 17' Rajes 64'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

4 September 2021 21	Petaling Jaya City	1–0	UiTM	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Khyril 39' Youwarasan 60'	Report		Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

12 September 2021 22	Selangor	1–2	Petaling Jaya City	Kelana Jaya
21:00 MYT	Ashmawi 34' Ifedayo 45+4' (pen.) Syahmi 86'	Report	Khyril 21' Prabakaran 44' Raffi 45+3'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Muhammad Usaid Jamal

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JDT	SBH	PJC	KEL
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	6	0	0	14	1	+13	18	Quarter-finals	—	3–0	1–0	2–0
2	Sabah	6	2	2	2	6	9	−3	8	Quarter-finals	0–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Petaling Jaya City	6	1	2	3	5	6	−1	5		1–2	1–1	—	3–1
4	Kelantan	6	0	2	4	4	13	−9	2		0–4	2–2	0–0	—

Source: MFL, FAM

27 September 2021 1	Petaling Jaya City	1–1	Sabah	Kelana Jaya
21:00 UTC +8	Raffi 66' Darren 80'	Report	Park 20' Amri 90+1'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

30 September 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 UTC +8	Cabrera 3' Safawi 35' Insa 39' Davies 74'	Report	Kugan 9' Youwarasan 72'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

29 October 2021 3	Petaling Jaya City	3–1	Kelantan	Kelana Jaya
21:00 UTC +8	Darren 11', 81' Kogileswaran 19' Kugan 34' Gurusamy 52'	Report	Intzidis 36', 90+3' Arip 73'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 356 Referee: Mohamad Kamil Zakaria Ismail

2 November 2021 4	Kelantan	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Kota Bharu
21:00 UTC +8		Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 403 Referee: Hamdan Awang

6 November 2021 5	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kelana Jaya
21:00 UTC +8	Ruventhiran 11'	Report	Bergson 14' (pen.) Maurício 28'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 1,036 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

9 November 2021 6	Sabah	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Kota Kinabalu
21:00 UTC +8	Mitrevski 21' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,217 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

References

"MISC MIFA Dijenamakan Semula Sebagai Petaling Jaya City FC". SemuanyaBOLA. 17 January 2019.
"Dulu MIFA, kini Petaling Jaya City FC". Dunia Sukan. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
"MIFA renamed PJ City FC in Super League". The Star. 17 January 2019.
"Senarai perpindahan pemain tempoh pendaftaran pertama Liga Malaysia 2021". Malaysian Football League. 3 March 2021.
"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.

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[table_hth_KUL0.79528525788117-5] KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup

[table_hth_MEL0.79528525788117-7] Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).[5]

[1] "MISC MIFA Dijenamakan Semula Sebagai Petaling Jaya City FC". SemuanyaBOLA. 17 January 2019.

[2] "Dulu MIFA, kini Petaling Jaya City FC". Dunia Sukan. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2021.

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

[First_transfer-4] "Senarai perpindahan pemain tempoh pendaftaran pertama Liga Malaysia 2021". Malaysian Football League. 3 March 2021.

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

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