2021 Kelantan F.C. season

Kelantan
2021 season
Chairman	Norizam Tukiman
Head coach	Marco Ragini
Stadium	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	6th
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Nurshamil Abd Ghani (9); All: Nurshamil Abd Ghani (9)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
	← 2020 2022 →
	All statistics correct as of 17 November 2021.

The 2021 season was Kelantan's 76th year in their history and third season in the Malaysia Premier League since 2019 following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the Malaysia Cup.

Events

On 14 January 2021, the club announced Marco Ragini as Kelantan head coach.^[1]^[2]

On 13 February 2021, Natanael Siringo Ringo signed a one-year contract with the club.^[3]

17 February 2021, three new foreign players joined the club. Mario Arqués, Jack Hindle and Christos Intzidis.^[4]

On 5 May 2021, two players from the club have been tested positive for COVID-19 before league match against Selangor II.^[5]^[6]

On 24 June 2021, Zubir Azmi signed a contract with Kelantan from Sabah.^[7]^[8]

On 11 August 2021, the club won 3–1 over Kelantan United.^[9]^[10]

Squad

As of match played 25 August 2021^[11]

No.	Player	Position	Date of birth (age)	Signed from	Signed in
Goalkeepers
1	Asfa Abidin	GK	(1999-08-28) 28 August 1999 (age 25)	Selangor II	2021
13	Nik Amin Ahmad	GK	(1997-01-10) 10 January 1997 (age 27)	Terengganu II	2021
20	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	GK	(1995-03-30) 30 March 1995 (age 29)	Kuala Lumpur City	2020
30	Farizal Harun	GK	(1986-02-02) 2 February 1986 (age 38)	Selangor	2021
Defenders
4	Ghaffar Abdul Rahman	CB	(1998-04-05) 5 April 1998 (age 26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
14	Wan Zulhairil Husin	CB	(1999-04-01) 1 April 1999 (age 25)	Selangor II	2021
16	Zubir Azmi	LB	(1991-11-14) 14 November 1991 (age 33)	Sabah	2021
23	Izaffiq Ruzi	LB	(1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 27)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
24	Yogaraj Murugan	LWB	(1997-07-17) 17 July 1997 (age 27)	Petaling Jaya City	2021
27	Arip Amiruddin	RB	(1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32)	Negeri Sembilan	2021
39	Christos Intzidis	CB	(1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 31)	Miercurea Ciuc	2021
55	Yusri Yushasmadi	CB	(1996-12-07) 7 December 1996 (age 28)	Kuala Lumpur Rovers	2021
72	Syaqimi Rozi	LB / LWB / LW	(2002-03-20) 20 March 2002 (age 22)	Youth system	2021
93	Che Mohamad Safwan (vice-captain)	RB	(1995-12-15) 15 December 1995 (age 29)	Negeri Sembilan	2021
Midfielders
8	Syed Sobri	CM / RM	(1994-05-24) 24 May 1994 (age 30)	UKM	2021
9	Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi	AM	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 30)	Kuala Lumpur City	2021
11	Natanael Siringo	RW	(1999-09-18) 18 September 1999 (age 25)	Sulut United	2021
17	Kavishkumar Manimaharan	RW	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 27)	Melaka United	2021
18	Syafiq Heelmi	LM	(1998-03-15) 15 March 1998 (age 26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
21	Fathullah Fazilisham	AM	(1997-05-30) 30 May 1997 (age 27)	Youth system	2021
29	Mior Dani Armin	AM	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	Selangor II	2021
69	Haziq Subri	LW	(1999-09-06) 6 September 1999 (age 25)	Perak II	2021
71	Hafizan Ghazali	AM / ST	(2002-09-14) 14 September 2002 (age 22)	Youth system	2021
Forwards
10	Jack Hindle	ST	(1993-10-29) 29 October 1993 (age 31)	Barrow	2021
19	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	ST	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)	Penang	2021
33	Aniq Arami	ST	(2000-03-27) 27 March 2000 (age 24)	Terengganu III	2021
96	Ismail Ibrahim	ST	(2001-01-30) 30 January 2001 (age 23)	Youth system	2021
Left during the season
12	Fathi Irfan	CB	(1998-03-31) 31 March 1998 (age 26)	Youth system	2021
66	Aizzat Maidin	RB	(1997-05-27) 27 May 1997 (age 27)	Kelantan United	2021
	Arif Izwan	GK	(1998-11-05) 5 November 1998 (age 26)	Selangor II	2021
6	Mario Arqués	CM	(1992-01-19) 19 January 1992 (age 32)	Kerala Blasters	2021

Technical staff

Position	Name
Team manager	Qusmaini Noor Rusli
Head coach	Marco Ragini
Assistant coach	Mohd Azli Mahmood
Assistant head coach	Rezal Zambery Yahya
Goalkeeper coach	Abdul Rahman Baba
Fitness coach	Ahmad Nizan Ariffin
Team doctor	Zairuddin Abdullah Zawawi
Physiotherapist	Muhammad Syahiran Sahul Hamed

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II^[a]	20	9	7	4	38	20	+18	34
5	Kuching City	20	7	6	7	22	22	0	27	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
6	Kelantan	20	8	3	9	23	28	−5	27
7	Kelantan United	20	8	2	10	25	28	−3	26
8	PDRM	20	7	5	8	22	25	−3	26

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

^ Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Ground	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	L	D	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	W	L	W
Position	8	5	4	3	6	6	4	4	5	5	6	4	5	7	8	7	7	7	7	6

Updated to match(es) played on 21 September 2021. Source: Malaysia Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

6 March 2021 1	Kelantan	0–1	Perak II
MYT (UTC+8)

9 March 2021 2	FAM-MSN Project	1–2	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

13 March 2021 3	PDRM	1–2	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

16 March 2021 4	Terengganu II	0–0	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

3 April 2021 5	Kelantan	0–1	Sarawak United
MYT (UTC+8)

6 April 2021 6	Kelantan United	0–2	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

10 April 2021 7	Kelantan	1–0	Kuching City
MYT (UTC+8)

18 April 2021 8	Negeri Sembilan	2–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

23 April 2021 9	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

3 May 2021 10	Selangor II	3–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

17 July 2021 11	Perak II	1–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

24 July 2021 12	Kelantan	2–1	FAM-MSN Project
MYT (UTC+8)

28 July 2021 13	Kelantan	1–2	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

31 July 2021 14	Kelantan	0–2	Terengganu II
MYT (UTC+8)

7 August 2021 15	Sarawak United	3–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

11 August 2021 16	Kelantan	3–1	Kelantan United
MYT (UTC+8)

21 August 2021 17	Kuching City	3–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

27 August 2021 18	Kelantan	2–1	Negeri Sembilan
MYT (UTC+8)

11 September 2021 19	Kelantan	0–3	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
MYT (UTC+8)

21 September 2021 20	Kelantan	2–1	Selangor II
MYT (UTC+8)

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	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	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

30 September 2021 2	Kelantan	2–2	Sabah
MYT (UTC+8)

29 October 2021 3	Petaling Jaya City	3–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

2 November 2021 4	Kelantan	0–0	Petaling Jaya City
MYT (UTC+8)

6 November 2021 5	Sabah	2–1	Kelantan
MYT (UTC+8)

9 November 2021 6	Kelantan	0–4	Sabah
MYT (UTC+8)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		Malaysia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	MAS	Asfa Abiddin	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	GK	MAS	Nik Amin Ahmad	5	0	5	0	0	0
20	GK	MAS	Faridzuean Kamaruddin	15	0	10+1	0	4	0
30	GK	MAS	Farizal Harun	7	0	5	0	2	0
Defenders
4	DF	MAS	Ghaffar Abdul Rahman	16	0	8+2	0	6	0
14	DF	MAS	Zulhairil Husin	11	0	3+8	0	0	0
16	DF	MAS	Zubir Azmi	16	0	7+3	0	6	0
23	DF	MAS	Izaffiq Ruzi	18	0	12+3	0	1+2	0
24	DF	MAS	Yogaraj Murugan	10	0	6+3	0	0+1	0
27	DF	MAS	Arip Amiruddin	16	0	6+4	0	4+2	0
39	DF	GRE	Christos Intzidis	24	3	20	2	4	1
55	DF	MAS	Yusri Yuhasmadi	25	0	19	0	6	0
72	DF	MAS	Syaqimi Rozi	10	0	5+3	0	0+2	0
93	DF	MAS	Che Mohd Safwan	18	1	9+4	0	3+2	1
Midfielders
8	MF	MAS	Syed Sobri	12	2	5+1	2	6	0
9	MF	MAS	Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi	15	0	6+3	0	5+1	0
11	MF	IDN	Natanael Siringo	19	4	14+3	3	2	1
17	MF	MAS	Kavishkumar Manimaharan	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	MF	MAS	Syafiq Heelmi	15	0	8+7	0	0	0
21	MF	MAS	Fathullah Fazilisham	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
29	MF	MAS	Mior Dani Armin	17	1	7+4	1	6	0
69	MF	MAS	Haziq Subri	23	1	14+3	0	5+1	1
71	MF	MAS	Hafizan Ghazali	15	0	7+3	0	1+4	0
77	MF	MAS	Syahir Ab.Rashid	2	0	0	0	0+2	0
Forwards
10	FW	ENG	Jack Hindle	10	3	9+1	3	0	0
19	FW	MAS	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	22	9	8+10	9	4	0
33	FW	MAS	Aniq Arami	7	0	0+7	0	0	0
96	FW	MAS	Ismail Ibrahim	8	1	2+3	1	1+2	0
Players transferred out during the season
6	MF	ESP	Mario Arqués	19	2	19	2	0	0
12	DF	MAS	Fathi Irfan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
66	DF	MAS	Aizzat Maidin	9	0	4+5	0	0	0

Last updated: 9 November 2021
Source: Competitions

References

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^ "Kelantan FC lantik Marco Ragini sebagai jurulatih baharu". Football Tribe. 15 January 2021.
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[table_note_JDT0.094811183910263-12] Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C., Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

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[4] "Senarai pemain Kelantan FC masih kekal 'misteri'". Kosmo!. 17 February 2021.

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