2020 Sabah FA season

Sabah
2020 season
President	Peter Anthony
Manager	Henry Saimpon
Head coach	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Stadium	Likas Stadium
Malaysia Super League	10th
Malaysia FA Cup	Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rodoljub Paunović; Dennis Buschening; (4); All: ; Rodoljub Paunović; Dennis Buschening; (4)
	← 2019 2021 →

PresidentPeter Anthony^[1]

ManagerHenry Saimpon

The 2020 season was Sabah's fifth competitive season in the highest tier of Malaysian football since the foundation of Malaysia Super League in 2004. It is also the 1st season for Sabah to play in Malaysia Super League after winning the 2019 Malaysia Premier League which got promoted. Along with the Malaysia Super League, the club participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Pahang	11	4	2	5	18	18	0	14
9	Melaka United	11	4	2	5	13	16	−3	11^[a]
10	Sabah	11	2	3	6	12	24	−12	9
11	Felda United (R)	11	1	4	6	12	27	−15	7	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League
12	PDRM (R)	11	0	2	9	5	29	−24	−1^[b]	Relegation to Malaysia Premier League

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5	1	1	0	5	3	+2	0	1	1	0	2	−2

Match	1	2	3	4	5
Ground	A	H	A	H	A
Result	D	W	L	D
Position	7	4	5	4

1 March 2020 1	PDRM	0–0	Sabah	Kuala Lumpur
21:00 MYT (UTC+8)	Syahmi Shukri 16' Christopher Keli 60' Alif Naqiuddin 60' 75' Eskandar Ismail 88' Dick Cheney Waili 88' Nizam Rodzi 90+4' Khairul Izuan 90+4'	Report	Dennis Buschening 46' Azwan Fattah 46' Randy Baruh 65' Rodoljub Paunović 85' Ummareng Bacok 85'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

Competitions

2020 season
President	Peter Anthony^[1]
Manager	Henry Saimpon
Head coach	Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto
Stadium	Likas Stadium
Malaysia Super League	10th
Malaysia FA Cup	Cancelled
Malaysia Cup	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	League: Rodoljub Paunović Dennis Buschening (4) All: Rodoljub Paunović Dennis Buschening (4)
← 2019 2021 →

7 March 2020 2	Sabah	3–1	Felda United	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT (UTC+8)	Rodoljub Paunović 12' Rawilson Batuil 24' Park Tae-soo 39' Azzizan Nordin 44' Guy Gnabouyou 75' Alto Linus 75' Ummareng Bacok 76' Maxius Musa 76' 78' Azwan Fattah 85' Hamran Peter 85' 88'	Report	Frédéric Bulot 45+3' Haiqal Azhar 45+3' Ezanie Salleh 60' Nikola Raspopović 60' Khairul Amri 74' Faiz Mazlan 85' Fadhil Idris 85' Jasazrin Jamaluddin 90+4' Haziq Puad 90+6'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Referee: Wan Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

10 March 2020 3	Pahang	2–0	Sabah	Kuantan
21:00 MYT (UTC+8)	Ivan Carlos 20' 60' 79' Herold Goulon 50' (pen.) Faisal Halim 70' Nik Sharif Haseefy 70' Dinesh Rajasingam 79'	Report	Zubir Azmi 30' Azwan Fattah 46' Alto Linus 46' 83' Ummareng Bacok 73' Maxius Musa 73' 89' Hamran Peter 83'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

14 March 2020 4	Sabah	2–2	Perak	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT (UTC+8)	Azzizan Nordin 5' 70' Guy Gnabouyou 27' Randy Baruh 41' Rodoljub Paunović 45+1' 76' Maxius Musa 45+2' 60' Ummareng Bacok 60' Hamran Peter 70' Dennis Buschening 76' Rawilson Batuil 90+3'	Report	Shahrel Fikri 17', 80' Shahrul Saad 35' Kenny Pallraj 56' 68' Firdaus Saiyadi 66' Farid Khazali 68' Thierry Chantha Bin 74' Hafiz Ramdan 74' Rafiuddin Roddin 81' Nazirul Naim 81'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

~~3 April 2020~~ (Postponed) 5	Terengganu	v	Sabah	Kuala Nerus
21:00 MYT (UTC+8)		Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

~~17 March 2020~~ (Postponed) R2	Sabah	v	Kuala Lumpur	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT (UTC+8)				Stadium: Likas Stadium

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
13	GK		Wan Azraie	3	0	3	0	0	0
22	GK		Robson Rendy Rining	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	GK		Rozaimie Rohim	1	0	1	0	0	0
Defenders
2	DF		Mafry Balang	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	DF		Rawilson Batuil	4	0	4	0	0	0
4	DF		Dendy Lowa	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	DF		Park Tae-soo	4	1	4	1	0	0
14	DF		Jenius Karib	0	0	0	0	0	0
15	DF		Randy Baruh	4	0	4	0	0	0
16	DF		Zubir Azmi	4	0	4	0	0	0
25	DF		Evan Wensley	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Ricco Nigel Milus	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF		Azzizan Nordin	4	1	4	1	0	0
10	MF		Petrus Shitembi	4	0	4	0	0	0
11	MF		Alto Linus	4	0	4	0	0	0
13	MF		Hamran Peter	3	0	3	0	0	0
18	MF		Mohd Azwan Abdul Fattah	3	0	3	0	0	0
19	MF		Ummareng Bacok	4	0	4	0	0	0
23	MF		Sabri Sahar	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF		Mohd Syukri Baharun	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	MF		Mazlan Yahya	0	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
17	FW		Arius Dius Jais	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Rodoljub Paunović	4	1	4	1	0	0
21	FW		Maxius Musa	3	1	3	1	0	0
27	FW		Stanley Sulong	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	FW		Shahrizam Sahar	0	0	0	0	0	0
93	MF		Dennis Buschening	2	0	2	0	0	0
9	FW		Guy Gnabouyou	3	1	3	1	0	0
	FW		Héctor Ramos‡	1	0	1	0	0	0