The 2012 season was the 34th season in Kuala Lumpur's existence, and their third consecutive year in the top flight of Malaysian football. Kuala Lumpur were subsequently relegated to the 2013 Malaysia Premier League.
After losing more than half of their squad from the previous season owing to financial difficulties, Kuala Lumpur begin the 2012 season as relegation battlers. Due to the poor condition of the KLFA Stadium pitch, KL have elected to play their home games at the Hang Jebat Stadium in Malacca.
Season review
Pre-season Kuala Lumpur began their pre-season schedule by handing trials to a host of players to replace more than half of the squad decimated by player departures. KL failed to score in their first four friendly games which ended in defeats to Police (0-3), touring team Joga Limpo of Brazil (0-3), Johor FC (0-1) and Armed Forces (0-2).
Following the close of the pre-season transfer window on December 8, 2011, KL were left with an all-local line up after a FA employee bungled the transfer of Nigerian defender Raimi Ayo Hassan. Results in friendly matches did not improve as KL were beaten by Johor (0-1) and Terengganu (1-2) though KL finally scored through Afiq Azmi. KL ended a run of six defeats by holding Pos Malaysia 1-1 before defeats against Kelantan (0-2) and Sime Darby (0-1) followed. KL wrapped up their pre-season fixtures with a 1–1 draw against FAM League side Malacca.
January KL did not have the best of starts, falling to a 2–0 defeat away to Sarawak in the opening Super League match in Kuching. Seven players made their KL debut, including three who were playing in the top-flight for the first time, an indication of the raw material coach Razip Ismail has to work with. After going down two more defeats to Kuala Terengganu T-Team (0-3) and Singapore LionsXII (1-2), KL finally claimed their first point of the season with a 1–1 home draw against PKNS and ended the month with a 3–0 defeat to Super League champions Kelantan to remain firmly rooted at the bottom of the standings.
In a bid to boost the team's struggle against relegation, KL agreed to a loan deal with Kelantan to bring in foreign players Zakaria Charara and Emmanuel Okine until the end of the season while releasing Raimi Ayo Hassan from his contract.
February
Charara and Okine made their KL debut on February 8 against Kedah but could not prevent the team from going down 1–0. Things got worst as Okine was sent off in the next match against Johor FC in a 2–0 defeat before another 2–0 loss at Sabah followed. KL finally claimed their first competitive win of the season, and their first clean-sheet, with a 3-0 success over Muar Municipal Council in the FA Cup.
March
KL's woes in the league continued when they suffered an eighth defeat, a 1–0 loss to Terengganu. KL then exited the FA Cup in the second round after a 3–2 defeat away to Kelantan before losing to Klang Valley rivals Selangor 3–0 in the league. KL ended a seven-match run in the league with a goal from Afiq Azmi, who earned a call-up to the national team for the first time this month, but it was not enough to prevent a 2–1 defeat to Negeri Sembilan.
April
April began in the same fashion as March ended with KL losing 2–1 at Perak as Emmanuel Okine scored his first goal for the team. KL then suffered their heaviest defeat of the season in a 4-0 city derby loss to Felda United, ending the first round of the league with just one point from 13 games, and setting an unwanted club-record of nine straight league defeats, eclipsing the previous worst of eight-in-a-row set in 1980. The second round began on the same note as KL fell 1–0 to Felda United in the return fixture.
May
KL began May on a positive note, holding Sarawak to a 1–1 draw for its second point in the league and halting a club-record of 10 consecutive league defeats. But another setback followed when KL went down 2–1 at Kuala Terengganu T-Team in their following match. KL achieved its first clean-sheet in the league in holding Singapore LionsXII to a 0–0 draw at home.
June
KL returned to action after a three-week break resuming where they left off by holding PKNS 1–1 in Petaling Jaya, KL's first away point in the league. KL's next game was a scheduled home match against Kelantan but chose to play it away to cash in on the gate collection and promptly lost 1–0. The next defeat, 2–1 to Kedah, meant KL could no longer qualify for the Malaysia Cup. A 1–0 defeat to Johor FC in the subsequent game confirmed relegation from the Super League with five matches to spare before ending June with a 4-2 reverse against Sabah.
July
Entering the final month of competition, KL's quest for a first league win continues after a 2–1 defeat at Terengganu. Selangor dealt KL a 4–0 defeat in the Klang Valley derby before KL claimed just their fifth point in a 1–1 draw at Negeri Sembilan. KL ended the season with a 5–2 loss against Perak and without a league victory for the first time since 1980.
August
As KL did not qualify for the Malaysia Cup, five players accepted loan offers from teams that did. They are Afiq Azmi (Kelantan), Aslam Najumudeen (Kelantan), Ahmad Dashila Tajudin (Sime Darby), Pritam Singh (Felda United) and Badrul Hisyam Azmi (PKNS). Loan recruits Emmanuel Okine, Zakaria Charara, Azrul Azmi and Khairul Anuar Jamil returned to their respective parent teams.
League table
Super League
Transfers
Transfers in First Team Date Pos. Name From Fee December 2011 FW S Sivaraj Kuala Lumpur President's Cup Free December 2011 CB Hazwan Rahman Kuala Lumpur President's Cup Free December 2011 GK Rozaimie Rohim unattached Free December 2011 GK Amirul Abu Seman Johor Free December 2011 DF Raimi Ayo Hassan Gombe United Free December 2011 DF Hishamuddin Othman Johor Free December 2011 DF Aslam Najumudeen PKNS Free December 2011 MF Zameer Zainun PKNS Free December 2011 MF Nur Hakim Adzhar unattached Free December 2011 MF Pritam Singh CIMB Free December 2011 FW Stanley Bernard Sabah Free December 2011 FW Fazuan Abdullah Police Free Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
President's Cup Under-21 Date Pos. Name From Fee December 2011 DF Aiman Syazwan Abdullah Young Tigers B Free Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
Loans in First Team Date Pos. Name From December 2011 DF Azrul Azmi Felda United December 2011 MF Khairul Anuar Jamil Felda United February 2012 FW Zakaria Charara Kelantan FA February 2012 DF Emmanuel Okine Kelantan FA Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
Transfers out First team Date Pos. Name To Fee November 2011 LW Nazrin Nawi Negeri Sembilan Undisclosed November 2011 CM Norismaidham Ismail Negeri Sembilan Undisclosed November 2011 GK Norazlan Razali Selangor Undisclosed November 2011 RW Fahrul Razi Kamaruddin Perak Undisclosed November 2011 RB Muhd Shahrom Abdul Kalam Perak Undisclosed November 2011 LB Mohd Fitri Jamaluddin Universiti Sains Malaysia Free November 2011 CM Azwan Abdul Malek PKNS Undisclosed November 2011 CB Ahmad Azlan Zainal PKNS Undisclosed November 2011 CB Farouk Hashim PKNS Undisclosed November 2011 GK Remezey Che Ros PKNS Undisclosed November 2011 LB Mohd Farid Ramli Felda United Undisclosed November 2011 RW Yong Kuong Yong Felda United Undisclosed November 2011 MF See Kok Luen Kedah Undisclosed November 2011 FW Fahruzzahar Ali Johor Undisclosed November 2011 LB Mohd Dzaiddin Zainudin Kuala Terengganu T-Team Undisclosed December 2011 FW Azmi Sarmin Johor Baru City Council Released December 2011 MF M Ganeswaran Sime Darby FC RM3,000 December 2011 MF Syazmin Firdaus Aminuddin Released December 2011 RB Kamarulzaman Mahamud Released January 2012 CB Raimi Ayo Hassan Released July 2012 CB Emmanuel Okine Kelantan FA Loan return July 2012 FW Zakaria Charara Kelantan FA Loan return August 2012 DF Azrul Azmi Felda United Loan return August 2012 FW Khairul Anuar Jamil Felda United Loan return Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
Out on loan First team Date Pos. Name To Period November 2011 FW Ahmad Hazwan Bakri Young Tigers A 12 months August 2012 DF Ahmad Dashila Tajudin Sime Darby 3 months August 2012 DF Aslam Najumudeen Kelantan 3 months August 2012 FW Afiq Azmi Kelantan 3 months August 2012 FW Badrul Hisyam Azmi PKNS 3 months August 2012 MF Pritam Singh Felda United 3 months
Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
Players
First team
No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends *Apps. *Goals Goalkeepers 1 Zahid Ahmad GK Penang 2009 2013 16 0 12 Rozaimie Rohim GK unattached 2011 2012 13 0 21 Amirul Abu Seman GK Johor 2011 2013 7 0 Defenders 3 Hishamuddin Othman LB Johor 2011 2012 31 3 4 Ahmad Jihad Ismail RB Academy 2009 2013 37 0 6 Hazwan Rahman CB/DM Perlis 2010 2012 11 0 13 Aslam Najumudeen CB PKNS 2011 2012 24 0 15 Emmanuel Okine CB/DM Kelantan 2012 2012 20 2 16 Arman Fareez Mohd Ali CB/RB Academy 2009 2012 30 1 18 Azrul Azmi CB/DM Felda United 2011 2012 19 0 25 Ahmad Dashila Tajudin CB Academy 2006 2013 112 0 29 Aiman Syazwan Abdullah LB Young Tigers B 2011 2013 17 0 Midfielders 7 Syafiq Johari CM Academy 2009 2013 92 1 8 Zameer Zainun LW PKNS 2011 2012 0 0 10 Khairul Anuar Shafie RW/FW Titiwangsa 2010 2012 61 4 11 Pritam Singh LW CIMB 2011 2012 16 1 17 Zakaria Charara CM/FW Kelantan 2012 2012 19 4 24 Nur Hakim Adzhar CM unattached 2011 2012 17 0 26 Saddam Hussein Abdul Rahman CM Academy 2010 2012 1 0 27 Dzurrun Salam Ismail CM Academy 2010 2012 2 0 Forwards 5 Khairrulanuar Jamil FW/CM Felda United 2011 2012 17 0 9 Afiq Azmi FW KSK Tambun Tulang 2011 2012 43 6 14 Badrul Hisyam Azmi FW Academy 2009 2012 91 31 19 Stanley Bernard FW Sabah 2011 2012 18 5 20 Fazuan Abdullah FW Police 2011 2012 10 3 23 S Sivaraj FW/RW Academy 2010 2013 33 0 28 Syafwan Syahlan FW Academy 2010 2013 12 0 *Appearances are from 2009 onwards; Goals are throughout a player's career with KL
Matches
Friendly matches
Source: Kuala Lumpur FA Facebook
Super League
FA Cup
Squad statistics
Appearances and goals
No.Pos.NameSuper LeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotalAppsStartsGoalsAppsStartsGoalsAppsStartsGoalsAppsStartsGoals1GK Zahid Ahmad11100000000111003DF Hishamuddin Othman12110220000141304DF Ahmad Jihad Ismail14110220000161305FW Khairrulanuar Jamil17120000000171206DF Hazwan Rahman1000000001007MF Syafiq Johari25240220000272608MF Zameer Zainun0000000000009FW Afiq Azmi201542110002216510FW Khairul Anuar Shafie211211110002213211MF Pritam Singh141212100001613112GK Rozaimie Rohim121201100001313013DF Aslam Najumudeen232301100002424014FW Badrul Hisyam Azmi75000000075015DF Emmanuel Okine191921100002020216DF Arman Fareez Mohd Ali111101110001212117FW Zakaria Charara181641100001917418MF Azrul Azmi191800000001918019FW Stanley Bernard161410220001816120FW Fazuan Abdullah831202000103321GK Amirul Abu Seman64011000075023FW S Sivaraj2060200000226024MF Nur Hakim Adzhar1770110000188025DF Ahmad Dashila Tajudin232102200002523027MF Dzurrun Salam Ismail00000000000028FW Syafwan Syahlan1060220000128029DF Aiman Syazwan Abdullah1715000000017150––Totals-–14––5––0––19
Top scorers Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
Last updated on 17 July 2012
PositionNationNumberNameSuper LeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotal FW 9 Afiq Azmi 4 1 5 MF 17 Zakaria Charara 4 4 FW 20 Fazuan Abdullah 1 2 3 MF 15 Emmanuel Okine 2 2 MF 10 Khairul Anuar Shafie 1 1 2 MF 11 Pritam Singh 1 1 DF 16 Arman Fareez Mohd Ali 1 1 FW 19 Stanley Bernard 1 1TOTALS 14 5 19
References
External links Unofficial KLFA Facebook page