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2017 Kedah FA season

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Head Coach
  
Tan Cheng Hoe

FA Cup
  
Round of 16

Super League
  
1st

President
  
Dato' Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah

Manager
  
Dato' Jeffrey Low Han Chow

Stadium
  
Darul Aman Stadium Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia

The 2017 season is Kedah FA's 9th season in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004. They will also eligible to compete in FA Cup and Malaysia Cup.

Contents

Pre-season

On 24 November 2016, Azmeer Yusof through his personal Facebook account have confirmed will be with Kuala Lumpur for the 2017 season although Kedah offered him a new contract for another season.

On 28 November 2016, the contract of Liridon Krasniqi was renewed for another two years and is set to expire in the end of 2018 season.

On 1 December 2016, Mohd Fitri Omar was signed from Penang FA and Muhammad Akram Mahinan was signed from Johor Darul Ta'zim Both signed one-year deals with the club.

On 14 December 2016, Fakri Saarani re-joined the club for another season after the end of loan from Felda United.

January

On 3 January 2017, Ken Ilsø was signed from Home United for one-year deal with Kedah

On 13 January 2017, Zachary Michael Anderson was announced the last foreign players signed with Kedah

On 20 January 2017, Kedah started the season with a 1–1 draw at Johor Darul Ta'zim with a goal from Baddrol Bakhtiar and winning the Charity Shield for the third time on penalty shootout. Their last Charity Shield victory was in 1991 and 1994.

On 27 January 2017, at their home debut of the season, Baddrol, Sandro and Syazwan gave Kedah a narrow 3–2 victory against Sarawak.

February

On 4 February 2017, Kedah drew 1–1 at FELDA United with a 1st goal of the season from Ken Ilsø.

On 11 February 2017, Kedah wrested the Super League top spot away from Pahang, after they defeated the Elephants 4–1 at the Darul Aman Stadium on Saturday. Their goals were scored by Baddrol and Farhan, as well as Ken Ilsø's double.

On 14 February 2017, Kedah ease through to 3rd round of FA Cup, defeating Kuala Lumpur 4–2 with a two goal from Farhan, a goal from Liridon and an own goal.

On 18 February 2017, Baddrol penalty kick gave Kedah the late 0–1 win at Kelantan.

On 25 February 2017, Kedah defeated Penang 3–1 in the first Northern derby, with a goal from Fitri, Syafiq and Liridon.

March

On 1 March 2017,

Kit

Supplier: AL Sports / Sponsor: Bina Darulaman Berhad, Perbadanan Kemajuan Negeri Kedah (Kedah State Development Corporation), Syarikat Air Darul Aman (SADA), Cosmic Express

Squad information

Last update: 31 January 2017
Source: Facebook Kedah FA
Ordered by squad number.

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Overall

Last updated: 25 February 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Last updated: 25 February 2017
Source: Competitions

Super League

The league will kick-off on January and ends on October 2017.

Results summary

Last updated: 25 February 2017.
Source: Super League fixtures and results

Results by round

Last updated: 25 February 2017.
Source: Super League fixtures and results

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

First leg
Second leg

Results overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

As of matches played on 25 February 2017.

FA Cup

The tournament will kick-off on 2017.

Results summary

Last updated: 14 February 2017.
Source: FA Cup fixtures and results

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Round of 16

Malaysia Cup

The tournament will kick-off on July 2017.

Results summary

Last updated: 23 November 2016.
Source: Malaysia Cup fixtures and results

Group stage

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Squad statistics

As of matches played on 14 February 2017.

Goalscorers

As of matches played on 18 February 2017.

Clean sheets

As of matches played on 18 February 2017.

Disciplinary record

Last updated: 11 February 2017
Source: Matches
Only competitive matches
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

Suspensions

A player is automatically suspended for the next match for the following offences:

  • Receiving a red card (red card suspensions may be extended for serious offences)
  • Receiving two yellow cards in two different matches (FA Cup, Malaysia Cup knockout phase)
  • Receiving three yellow cards in three different matches (Super League, Malaysia Cup group stage)
  • As of matches played on 18 February 2017.

    Summary

    As of matches played on 18 February 2017.

    Matches (all competitions)

    All matches played at Darul Aman Stadium.

    References

    2017 Kedah FA season Wikipedia