2021 Petaling Jaya City FC season
# 2021 Petaling Jaya City FC season

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.

## 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Sukri Hamid | Perak II | Free transfer |
| 3 | DF | S. Subramaniam | Kuala Lumpur City | Free transfer |
| 4 | DF | Raffi Nagoorgani | Penang | Free transfer |
| 6 | DF | Faiz Mazlan | Felda United | Free transfer |
| 8 | MF | Khairil Anuar | Perak | Free transfer |
| 18 | FW | Khyril Muhymeen | Kuala Lumpur City | Free transfer |
| 19 | DF | Prabakaran Kanadasan | Selangor | Free transfer |
| 28 | FW | Darren Lok | Terengganu | Free transfer |
| 25 | FW | Mark Hartmann | UiTM | End of loan |
| 55 | DF | Tamilmaran Manimaran | Selangor | Free transfer |
| 69 | FW | Syahmi Zamri | Selangor | Free transfer |

### Transfers to

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

## Squad statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 9 November 2021

| No. | Pos. | Player | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | 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 | |
| 9 | Sabah | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 38 | −17 | 19 | |

* ↑ 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).

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup

**Group stage**

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

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |
