2021 Polis Diraja Malaysia FC season

Polis Di-Raja Malaysia
2021 season
President	Acryl Sani
CEO	Hafiz Zainal Abidin
Head coach	Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
Stadium	KLFA Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	8th
Top goalscorer	League: Bruno Suzuki (7); All: Bruno Suzuki (7)
	← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 season was Polis Di-Raja Malaysia's 31st season in existence and the first season in the Malaysia Premier League since relegation from Malaysia Super League last year.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] Along with the league, the club will also participate in the Malaysia Cup.

Overview

On 24 December 2020, Mat Zan Mat Aris has been appointed as club's new head coach on two-year contract.^[8]

On 28 February 2021, Lazarus Kaimbi and Bruno Suzuki joined the club.^[9]

On 31 March 2021, Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail joined as club's new head coach after Mat Zan Mat Aris contract has been terminated.^[10]

Players

First-team squad

As of 22 February 2021^[11]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	MAS	Hamka Daud
4	MF	MAS	Nizam Rodzi
5	DF	MAS	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan
6	DF	MAS	Afiq Azuan
7	MF	MAS	Saiful Hasnol
8	MF	GHA	Alexander Amponsah
9	FW	MAS	Khairul Izuan
10	FW	JPN	Bruno Suzuki
11	FW	NAM	Lazarus Kaimbi (captain)
12	DF	MAS	Izzat Zuhairie
13	MF	MAS	Durrkeswaran Ganasan
16	MF	MAS	Syafiq Azmi
17	MF	MAS	Amirul Wa'ie
18	MF	MAS	Shahrul Igwan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	DF	MAS	Amir Saiful
20	FW	ARG	Alvaro Cuello
22	MF	MAS	Nurfais Johari
23	MF	MAS	Safiee Ahmad
24	DF	MAS	Syuhiran Zainal
25	DF	MAS	Hafif Jazimin
26	DF	MAS	Aliff Naquiddin
27	DF	MAS	Eskandar Ismail
29	MF	MAS	Azrie Reza (on loan from Penang)
30	MF	MAS	Nabil Latpi
33	GK	MAS	Asri Muhamad
37	MF	MAS	Hidhir Idris (on loan from Kedah Darul Aman)
55	GK	MAS	Willfred Jabun

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Kelantan	20	8	3	9	23	28	−5	27	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
7	Kelantan United	20	8	2	10	25	28	−3	26	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
8	PDRM	20	7	5	8	22	25	−3	26
9	Selangor II^[a]	20	5	9	6	27	26	+1	24
10	Perak II^[a] (R)	20	4	5	11	14	37	−23	17

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

^ ^a ^b 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.

Matches

Win Draw Loss

6 March 2021 1	PDRM	0–3	Selangor II
MYT (UTC+8)

10 March 2021 2	Kelantan United	2–0	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

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

16 March 2021 4	FAM-MSN Project	1–3	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

20 March 2021 5	PDRM	1–2	Kuching City
MYT (UTC+8)

3 April 2021 6	Terengganu II	1–1	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

7 April 2021 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–0	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

11 April 2021 8	PDRM	1–1	Perak II
MYT (UTC+8)

16 April 2021 9	Sarawak United	0–2	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

2 May 2021 10	PDRM	0–1	Negeri Sembilan
MYT (UTC+8)

8 May 2021 11	Selangor II	0–1	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

25 July 2021 12	PDRM	1–0	Kelantan United
MYT (UTC+8)

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

1 August 2021 14	PDRM	0–0	FAM-MSN Project
MYT (UTC+8)

8 August 2021 15	PDRM	2–1	Terengganu II
MYT (UTC+8)

11 August 2021 16	PDRM	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
MYT (UTC+8)

22 August 2021 17	Perak II	0–3	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

27 August 2021 18	PDRM	0–3	Sarawak United
MYT (UTC+8)

4 September 2021 19	Kuching City	0–0	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

21 September 2021 20	Negeri Sembilan	4–2	PDRM
MYT (UTC+8)

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 September 2021^[12]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAS	Hamka Daud	4	0	3+1	0
4	MF	MAS	Nizam Rodzi	8	0	1+7	0
5	DF	MAS	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan	19	0	19	0
6	DF	MAS	Afiq Azuan	17	0	14+3	0
7	MF	MAS	Saiful Hasnol	8	0	6+2	0
8	MF	GHA	Alexander Amponsah	18	1	17+1	1
9	FW	MAS	Khairul Izuan	2	0	0+2	0
10	FW	JPN	Bruno Suzuki	17	7	14+3	7
11	FW	NAM	Lazarus Kaimbi	13	4	13	4
12	DF	MAS	Izzat Zuhairie	6	0	3+3	0
13	MF	MAS	Durrkeswaran Ganasan	15	1	14+1	1
16	MF	MAS	Syafiq Azmi	3	0	1+2	0
17	MF	MAS	Amirul Wa'ie	19	2	11+8	2
18	MF	MAS	Shahrul Igwan	9	0	5+4	0
19	DF	MAS	Amir Saiful	16	0	16	0
20	FW	ARG	Alvaro Cuello	8	0	5+3	0
22	MF	MAS	Nurfais Johari	5	0	4+1	0
23	MF	MAS	Safiee Ahmad	14	0	9+5	0
24	DF	MAS	Syuhiran Zainal	2	0	1+1	0
26	DF	MAS	Aliff Naquiddin	8	0	6+2	0
27	DF	MAS	Eskandar Ismail	13	0	7+6	0
29	MF	MAS	Azrie Reza	9	1	9	1
30	MF	MAS	Nabil Latpi	14	4	7+7	4
33	GK	MAS	Asri Muhamad	18	0	17+1	0
37	MF	MAS	Hidhir Idris	18	1	14+4	1
42	DF	ZIM	Victor Kahumka	6	0	6	0
22	FW	MAS	Azizul Ikhwan	1	0	0+1	0
Players transferred out during the season
12	DF	MAS	Iqbal Azmi	1	0	0+1	0

References

^ "Sentuhan Wan Rohaimi menjadi di PDRM FC". Berita Harian. 5 June 2021.
^ "PDRM kembali tagih sentuhan Andrezinho". Stadium Astro. 11 January 2019.
^ "PDRM ikat Ronaldinho". Berita Harian. 15 February 2019.
^ "Pemain berpangkat Inspektor dari Sabah wakili PDRM FA untuk Liga Perdana 2019". The Rhinos Troops. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "PDRM FA janji selesaikan tunggakan gaji dalam sebulan". Sinar Harian. 23 February 2019.
^ "3 Pasukan Liga Premier Lulus Lesen Kebangsaan Untuk 2019". Football Association of Malaysia.
^ "PDRM 'gari' Kelantan". Berita Harian. 28 July 2021.
^ "Mat Zan pengendali baharu PDRM". Harian Metro. 24 December 2020.
^ "Suzuki, Kaimbi taruhan utama PDRM FC". Kosmo!. 28 February 2021.
^ "Mat Zan bukan lagi jurulatih PDRM FC". Berita Harian. 31 March 2021.
^ "PDRM FC dijangka terlepas khidmat Kaimbi". Sinar Harian. 7 August 2021.
^ "Match reports PDRM FC 2021". Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

[table_note_JDT0.097131422300419-12] 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.

[1] "Sentuhan Wan Rohaimi menjadi di PDRM FC". Berita Harian. 5 June 2021.

[2] "PDRM kembali tagih sentuhan Andrezinho". Stadium Astro. 11 January 2019.

[3] "PDRM ikat Ronaldinho". Berita Harian. 15 February 2019.

[4] "Pemain berpangkat Inspektor dari Sabah wakili PDRM FA untuk Liga Perdana 2019". The Rhinos Troops. 28 December 2018. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[5] "PDRM FA janji selesaikan tunggakan gaji dalam sebulan". Sinar Harian. 23 February 2019.

[6] "3 Pasukan Liga Premier Lulus Lesen Kebangsaan Untuk 2019". Football Association of Malaysia.

[7] "PDRM 'gari' Kelantan". Berita Harian. 28 July 2021.

[8] "Mat Zan pengendali baharu PDRM". Harian Metro. 24 December 2020.

[9] "Suzuki, Kaimbi taruhan utama PDRM FC". Kosmo!. 28 February 2021.

[10] "Mat Zan bukan lagi jurulatih PDRM FC". Berita Harian. 31 March 2021.

[11] "PDRM FC dijangka terlepas khidmat Kaimbi". Sinar Harian. 7 August 2021.

[13] "Match reports PDRM FC 2021". Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 August 2021.

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