2022 KUALA LUMPUR CITY F.C. SEASON

Kuala Lumpur City
2022 season
President	Shahidan Kassim
CEO	Stanley Bernard
Manager	Bojan Hodak
Stadium	Kuala Lumpur Stadium
Malaysia Super League	6th
Malaysia FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Piala Sumbangsih	Runners-up
AFC Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: ; Paulo Josué (6); All: ; Paulo Josué (13)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2021 2023 →

The 2022 season was the 44th season in the existence of Kuala Lumpur City's and the club's 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysian football. In addition to the domestic league, Kuala Lumpur City participated in this season's edition of Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Squad information

As of 22 February 2022^[5]

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	PHI	Kevin Ray Mendoza
4	DF	MAS	Kamal Azizi
5	DF	MAS	Nik Shahrul
6	DF	MAS	Ryan Lambert
7	MF	COL	Romel Morales
8	MF	MAS	Zhafri Yahya
9	DF	AUS	Giancarlo Gallifuoco
10	FW	MAS	Safee Sali
11	MF	CGO	Kevin Koubemba
12	DF	MAS	Declan Lambert
14	MF	MAS	Akram Mahinan
15	DF	MAS	Azhar Apandi
16	MF	MAS	Partiban Janasekaran
17	DF	MAS	Irfan Zakaria


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	MAS	Izreen Izwandy
20	GK	MAS	Azim Amin
21	MF	MAS	Kenny Pallraj
22	DF	MAS	Nik Umar
25	DF	MAS	Anwar Ibrahim
27	MF	MAS	Hadin Azman
28	MF	BRA	Paulo Josué ( captain)
29	MF	MAS	Arif Shaqirin
30	MF	MAS	Fakrul Aiman
33	DF	MAS	Muhammad Faudzi
44	GK	MAS	Azri Ghani
66	DF	MAS	Nabil Hakim
88	MF	MAS	Ridhwan Nazri

Transfers

1st leg

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	MAS	Azhar Apandi (loan return from Perak)
11	FW	CGO	Kévin Koubemba (from Teuta)
12	DF	MAS	Declan Lambert (from Den Bosch)
22	DF	MAS	Nik Umar (from Selangor II)
33	DF	MAS	Muhammad Faudzi (from Terengganu)
44	GK	MAS	Azri Ghani (from Perak)
66	DF	MAS	Nabil Hakim (from Petaling Jaya City)
88	MF	MAS	Ridhwan Nazri (return from injury)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
22	GK	MAS	Khatul Anuar (to Penang)
2	DF	MAS	Wan Amirzafran (to Sri Pahang)
3	DF	MAS	Daniel Ting (to Selangor)
12	DF	MAS	Shukor Adan
13	FW	USA	Kyrian Nwabueze
23	FW	MAS	Indra Putra Mahayuddin (to Perak)
77	GK	MAS	Julian Bechler (to PDRM)

Competitions

Piala Sumbangsih

26 February 2022 Piala Sumbangsih	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Kuala Lumpur City	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 UTC +8	Nazmi 26' Forestieri 31' Afiq 85'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 15,485 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	Negeri Sembilan	22	12	5	5	33	26	+7	41
5	Selangor	22	8	6	8	39	33	+6	30
6	Kuala Lumpur City	22	8	5	9	30	31	−1	29
7	Sri Pahang	22	8	4	10	33	31	+2	28
8	Kedah Darul Aman	22	8	3	11	32	41	−9	27

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Matches

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

4 March 2022 1	Kuala Lumpur City	3–3	Selangor	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Gallifuoco 18' 73' Zhafri 20' Hadin 32' Lamber 61' Kenny 85' Akram 90+3'	Report	Hyuri 18', 55' Caion 27' ( pen.), 78' ( pen.) Syahir 85'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 2,517 Referee: Fitri Maskon

9 March 2022 2	Kedah Darul Aman	3–2	Kuala Lumpur City	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC +8	Syafiq 32' Marcel 44' Fayadh 67' Buschening 69'	Report	Zhafri 29' Koubemba 88' Kenny 77' Nabil 90+3'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 2,555 Referee: Hamdan Awang

6 April 2022 3

Kuala Lumpur City

0–3

Johor Darul Ta'zim

9 April 2022 4

Kuala Lumpur City

2–0

Melaka United

16 April 2022 5

Kuala Lumpur City

2–0

Sabah

24 April 2022 6

Negeri Sembilan

2–1

Kuala Lumpur City

7 May 2022 7

Kuala Lumpur City

1–2

Sri Pahang

10 May 2022 8

Kuala Lumpur City

3–2

Penang

17 May 2022 9

Sarawak United

1–2

Kuala Lumpur City

18 June 2022 10

Terengganu

2–0

Kuala Lumpur City

16 July 2022 11

Kuala Lumpur City

0–0

Petaling Jaya City

20 July 2022 12

Selangor

1–1

Kuala Lumpur City

27 July 2022 13

Kuala Lumpur City

2–1

Kedah Darul Aman

1 August 2022 14

Johor Darul Ta'zim

5–0

Kuala Lumpur City

18 August 2022 15

Kuala Lumpur City

1–0

Negeri Sembilan

1 September 2022 16

Sabah

2–2

Kuala Lumpur City

11 September 2022 17

Sri Pahang

0–2

Kuala Lumpur City

15 September 2022 18

Melaka United

0–0

Kuala Lumpur City

24 September 2022 19

Penang

1–0

Kuala Lumpur City

28 September 2022 20

Kuala Lumpur City

5–0

Sarawak United

11 October 2022 21

Kuala Lumpur City

1–2

Terengganu

15 October 2022 22

Petaling Jaya City

1–0

Kuala Lumpur City

Malaysia FA Cup

13 March 2022 First round

Kuala Lumpur City

8–0

Langkawi City

8 July 2022 Second round

Selangor

1–0

Kuala Lumpur City

Malaysia Cup

27 October 2022 Round of 16 first leg	PDRM	0–3	Kuala Lumpur City	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8		Report	Lambert 13' Morales 45+2', 79' Paulo Josué 67' Kenny 87' Kamal 90+2'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Abdul Rahman Wahab

1 November 2022 Round of 16 second leg	Kuala Lumpur City	1–0	PDRM	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Kenny 37' Zhafri 89'	Report	Amir 4' Amirul 70'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 507 Referee: S. Logeswaran

6 November 2022 Quarter-finals first leg	Kuala Lumpur City	0–1	Terengganu	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Paulo Josué 40' Lambert 82' Arif 84'	Report	Sherman 15', 29' Adib 55' Suhaimi 62' Habib 74' Shamirza 90+4'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 4,334 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

12 November 2022 Quarter-finals second leg	Terengganu	3–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC +8	Ott 22' Kipré 63' Sherman 89'	Report	Gallifuoco 24' Haqimi 45+1' Akram 61' Paulo Josué 76'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 25,355 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih

AFC Cup

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PSM	KLC	TAM
1	PSM Makassar	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	0–0	—
2	Kuala Lumpur City (H)	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4^[a]	Zonal semi-finals	—	—	2–1
3	Tampines Rovers	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0		1–3	—	—

Source: AFC
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as tiebreaker.

24 June 2022 Group stage	PSM Makassar	0–0	Kuala Lumpur City
	Erwin Gutawa 45'

30 June 2022 Group stage

Kuala Lumpur City

2–1

Tampines Rovers

10 August 2022 Zonal semi-finals

Viettel

0–0 ( a.e.t.)
(5–6 p)

Kuala Lumpur City

24 August 2022 Zonal finals

Kuala Lumpur City

5–2

PSM Makassar

7 September 2022 Inter-zone play-off semi-finals

ATK Mohun Bagan

1–3

Kuala Lumpur City

5 October 2022 Inter-zone play-off final

Sogdiana Jizzakh

0–0 ( a.e.t.)
(3–5 p)

Kuala Lumpur City

22 October 2022 Final

Kuala Lumpur City

0–3

Al-Seeb

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		AFC Cup		Piala Sumbangsih		Total
No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Kevin Ray Mendoza	22	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	1	0	30	0
4	DF		Kamal Azizi	21	0	1	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	34	0
5	DF		Nik Shahrul	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF		Ryan Lambert	16	4	2	0	2	0	7	0	1	0	28	4
7	MF		Romel Morales	18	5	1	0	4	2	7	2	0	0	30	9
8	MF		Zhafri Yahya	17	4	2	1	4	1	7	0	1	0	31	6
9	DF		Giancarlo Gallifuoco	20	1	2	1	3	0	7	0	1	0	33	2
10	FW		Safee Sali	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	0
11	FW		Kévin Koubemba	8	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	2
12	DF		Declan Lambert	20	0	2	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	34	0
14	MF		Akram Mahinan	20	1	1	0	4	0	7	0	1	0	33	1
15	DF		Azhar Apandi	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
16	MF		Partiban Janasekaran	15	2	1	1	4	0	4	0	1	0	25	3
17	DF		Irfan Zakaria	18	0	1	0	3	0	7	0	1	0	30	0
21	MF		Kenny Pallraj	12	0	1	0	3	0	6	0	1	0	23	0
22	DF		Nik Umar	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25	DF		Anwar Ibrahim	11	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	0
27	MF		Hadin Azman	19	1	2	1	4	0	6	1	1	0	32	3
28	MF		Paulo Josué	20	6	2	1	4	1	7	5	1	0	34	13
29	MF		Arif Shaqirin	10	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	17	0
30	MF		Fakrul Aiman	12	0	2	2	1	0	3	1	0	0	18	3
33	DF		Muhammad Faudzi	11	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	16	0
37	FW		Haqimi Azim Rosli	11	1	0	0	4	1	2	0	1	0	18	2
40	DF		Ilham Syukri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
41	MF		Iman Fakrullah	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
44	GK		Azri Ghani	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	6	0
66	DF		Nabil Hakim	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
82	FW		Jordan Mintah	10	3	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	15	4
88	MF		Ridhwan Nazri	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

Last updated: 12 November 2022.
Source: Soccerway.com

References

^ "Kedah bangkit atasi KL City". BH, New Straits Times Press. 24 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Pemain Kacukan Malaysia-Australia Sah Sertai Kuala Lumpur City". The Vocket. 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Fans in a flap over KL's name change". New Straits Times. 6 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "KL City lebur rekod tanpa kalah Penang". Berita Harian. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
^ "Team Detail – Kuala Lumpur City FC". Football Association of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

External links

Official website

[table_hth_PSM0.62920362019409-6] Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference used as tiebreaker.

[1] "Kedah bangkit atasi KL City". BH, New Straits Times Press. 24 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[2] "Pemain Kacukan Malaysia-Australia Sah Sertai Kuala Lumpur City". The Vocket. 29 April 2021. Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[3] "Fans in a flap over KL's name change". New Straits Times. 6 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[4] "KL City lebur rekod tanpa kalah Penang". Berita Harian. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2022.

[squad-5] "Team Detail – Kuala Lumpur City FC". Football Association of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 6 February 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

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