The 2023 season was Kedah Darul Aman's 15th season in the Malaysia Super League since the league's inception in 2004.

Management Team Position Name Head coach Nafuzi Zain Assistant head coach Victor Andrag Goalkeeper coach Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin Assistant Goalkeeper coaches Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid Fitness coaches Antonio Silvio Santos Concalves Team Doctor Jasminder Singh Physiotherapist Helber Richard Quintana Silva Shukri Che Zakaria Team coordinator Zul Fadli Rozi Team admin Shahrul Samsudin Team security Zaiyadur Rashad Team media Tajul Arifin Team analyst Hazwan Nizam Fazil Masseur Hazwan Zikri Kitman Taufiq Mahar Fakhruddin Abdul Aziz Fahmi Irfan

Squad

Name Nat Date of birth (age) Last club Contract since Contract ends Goalkeepers 1 Ifwat Akmal Youth team 2016 2023 22 Kalamullah Al-Hafiz Petaling Jaya City 2023 2024 33 Fikri Che Soh Kelantan United 2023 2024 Defenders 2 Akmal Zahir Melaka United 2022 2023 3 Rodney Celvin Selangor 2021 2023 4 Bojan Ciger PFC Navbahor Namangan 2023 2023 5 Alan Robertson United City 2023 2023 13 Loqman Hakim Youth team 2020 2023 15 Heshamudin Ahmad Youth team 2022 2023 18 Wan Amirul Afiq Melaka United 2023 2024 27 Ariff Farhan FELDA United 2021 2023 31 Azrin Afiq Selangor 2023 2023 66 Kamil Akmal Halim Youth team 2020 2023 Midfielders 6 Amirbek Juraboev United City 2022 2023 8 Manny Ott Terengganu 2022 2023 10 Lee Tuck Sri Pahang 2023 2023 11 Al-Hafiz Harun Penang 2022 2023 17 Faizal Talib Melaka United 2023 2024 19 Aiman Afif Youth team 2021 2023 20 Fadzrul Danel Youth team 2019 2023 21 Fayadh Zulkifli Youth team 2019 2023 29 Mior Dani Kelantan 2023 2023 77 Amirul Hisyam Harimau Muda B 2015 2023Strikers 9 Willian Lira Ventforet Kofu 2023 2023 70 Ebenezer Assifuah Pau 2023 2023 88 Manuel Hidalgo Sri Pahang 2023 2023 89 Jonathan Balotelli Pau 2023 2023

Friendlies Pre-season

2023 Harapan Cup (1–4 February)

Tour of Turkey (4–9 February)

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Results summary

Fixtures and results

Malaysia FA Cup

Malaysia Cup

Transfers and contracts Transfers in Pre-season PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Petaling Jaya City Free United City Free Kelantan United Free Terengganu Free Melaka United Free Melaka United Free Sarawak United Free Sri Pahang Free United City Free PFC Navbahor Namangan Free Ventforet Kofu Free Sri Pahang Undisclosed Fee Jeonnam Dragons Undisclosed Fee

Loan in Pre-season PositionPlayerTransferred fromRef Selangor Season Loan Kelantan Season Loan

Transfers out

Pre-season PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef Kelantan United Free Released Released BRM FC Free Harini Selangor Free Penang Free Penang Free Kelantan United Free Penang Free Kelantan United Free Released Bangkok United F.C. End of Loan Released Qadsia SC Free Released Released Released

Loan Out Pre-season PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef

Loan Return Mid-season PositionPlayerTransferred ToRef

Retained / Promoted PlayerSource1 year contract signed in 2022 till 20231 year contract signed in 2022 till 20231 year contract signed in 2022 till 20231 year contract signed in 2022 till 2023

Statistics Appearances and goals Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals1GK Ifwat Akmal500000002DF Akmal Zahir1821010003DF Rodney Celvin1300010004DF Bojan Ciger2511020005DF Alan Robertson000000006MF Amirbek Juraboev2361020008MF Manny Ott2331221009FW Willian Lira14810000010MF Lee Tuck15510000011MF Al-Hafiz Harun12110000012FW Ifedayo Olusegun0000200013DF Loqman Hakim7000100015DF Heshamudin Ahmad7010000016MF Partiban Janasekaran0000200017MF Faizal Talib2000000018DF Wan Amirul Afiq24110200019MF Aiman Afif5000000020MF Fadzrul Danel18210100021MF Fayadh Zulkifli24010200022GK Kalamullah Al-Hafiz21010200025MF Moses Atede0000100027MF Ariff Farhan23210200029MF Mior Dani9000100031DF Azrin Afiq4000000033GK Fikri Che Soh0000000066DF Kamil Akmal Halim100000010070FW Ebenezer Assifuah0000000077MF Amirul Hisyam14000200079MF Zharmein Ashraf0000100088FW Manuel Hidalgo24310200089FW Jonathan Balotelli204101000

Goalscorers

RankPlayerLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotal1 Ifedayo Olusegun 1200122 Willian Lira 80083 Amirbek Juraboev 6006 Manuel Ott32164 Lee Tuck50055 Manuel Hidalgo3014 Jonathan Balotelli 40046 Akmal Zahir20137 Fadzrul Danel2002 Ariff Farhan20028 Wan Amirul Afiq 1001 Al-Hafiz Harun 1001 Bojan Ciger 100 Partisan Janasekaran1001 Moses Atede 1001Total522357

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