2023 Sabah F.C. season

Sabah
2023 season
Owner	Sabah Football Club Sdn Bhd
CEO	Ahmad Marzuki Nasir
Manager	Ong Kim Swee
Stadium	Likas Stadium
Malaysia Super League	3rd
Malaysia FA Cup	Quarter Finals
Malaysia Cup	Quarter Finals
AFC Cup	Zonal Semi Finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; 8 goals; Ramon; All: ; 13 goals; Darren Lok; Ramon
Highest home attendance	15,203 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim (League); 6,797 vs Kuala Lumpur City (FA Cup); 6,216 vs Perak (Malaysia Cup); 7,607 vs Hougang United (AFC Cup)
Lowest home attendance	4,885 vs Kuching City (League); 4,500 vs Kelantan United (FA Cup); 6,214 vs Kuching City (Malaysia Cup); 7,441 vs Haiphong (AFC Cup)
Average home league attendance	9,896 (League); 5,649 (FA Cup); 6,215 (Malaysia Cup); 7,524 (AFC Cup)
Biggest win	Kelantan 0–7 Sabah
Biggest defeat	Johor Darul Ta'zim 4–0 Sabah; Sabah 1–5 Johor Darul Ta'zim
	← 2022 2024–25 →

OwnerSabah Football Club Sdn Bhd

CEOAhmad Marzuki Nasir

ManagerOng Kim Swee

StadiumLikas Stadium

The 2023 season is Sabah's eighth competitive season in the highest tier of Malaysian football since the foundation of Malaysia Super League in 2004, and the club's fourth consecutive in the Malaysia Super League.

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11 February 2023	Sabah	6–0	Geylang International	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Peres 9' Ting 13' Lok 62' (pen.) Saddil 67' Amri 76', 90+1'			Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 5,438

15 February 2023	Sabah	4–0	Melaka	Kota Kinabalu
19:45 MYT	Njoku 26' Castanheira 39' Wilkin 43' Paraíba 90+1'			Stadium: Likas Stadium

18 February 2023	Sabah	3–0	Tampines Rovers	Kota Kinabalu
19:45 MYT	Peres 4' (pen.) Saddil 26' Lok 63'			Stadium: Likas Stadium

6 September 2023 International Match Tier 2	Brunei	1–3	Sabah	Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
20:15 MYT	Adi 56'		Ramon 12' (pen.) Jafri 69' Sappie 81'	Stadium: Track & Field Sports Complex Referee: Mou'azhzham Zamakhsyarie Marsidi

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	25 February 2023	17 December 2023	Matchweek 1	3rd	26	17	3	6	64	33	+31	065.38
FA Cup	15 April 2023	28 May 2023	Round of 16	Quarter Final	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	050.00
Malaysia Cup	5 August 2023	25 September 2023	Round of 16	Quarter Final	4	1	2	1	6	4	+2	025.00
AFC Cup	20 September 2023	13 February 2024	Group Stage	Zonal Semi-Finals	7	4	0	3	19	12	+7	057.14
Total					39	23	5	11	92	51	+41	058.97

2023 Sabah F.C. season

Transfers

Players in

Players out

Loans in

Loans out

Friendly matches

Pre-season friendlies

International Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Malaysia Super League

League table

Results summary

Results by round

Fixtures and Results

AFC Cup

Group stage

FA Cup

Fixtures and Results

Malaysia Cup

Fixtures and Results

Statistics

Squad statistics

Disciplinary record

Goals

Clean sheets

References

Related Articles

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim (C)	26	25	1	0	100	7	+93	76	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Elite league stage
2	Selangor	26	20	1	5	72	22	+50	61	Qualification for the AFC Champions League Two group stage^[a]
3	Sabah	26	17	3	6	64	33	+31	54
4	Kedah Darul Aman	26	17	2	7	52	29	+23	53
5	Sri Pahang	26	13	6	7	44	33	+11	45

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	15	3	6	61	33	+28	48	10	1	1	40	19	+21	5	2	5	21	14	+7

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
Ground	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	A¹	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	W	W	W	D	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W
Position	1	1	2	2	2	3	5	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3

25 February 2023 1	Sabah	4–0	PDRM	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Saddil 13', 71' Ting 18' Park 37' Park 58' Rizal 62' Wilkin 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,602 Referee: Muhammad Usaid bin Jamal Man of the Match: Park Tae-Soo (Sabah)

1 March 2023 2	Sabah	3–1	Kelantan United	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Lok 21' (pen.) Park 26' Saddil 43' Castanheira 46' Jailton 51'	Report	Latiff 24' Yan Victor 45+2' Indra Putra 90+2'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,558 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah Man of the Match: Telmo Castanheira (Sabah)

6 March 2023 3	Kuching City	1–2	Sabah	Kuching
20:15 MYT	Badrul Afendy 5' Kamara 45+2' Kamara 48'		Saddil 24' Park 44' Castanheira 58'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli Man of the Match: Telmo Castanheira (Sabah)

12 March 2023 4	Sri Pahang	1–1	Sabah	Kuantan
20:15 MYT	Sherman 26' Brundo 83'	Report	Ting 14' I. Zakaria 45+1'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 10,027 Referee: Noor Azriel bin Baharudin Man of the Match: Fadhli Shas (Sri Pahang)

17 March 2023 5	Sabah	5–2	Penang	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Park 3', 60' Lok 45' (pen.) Ting 49' Ting 55' Saddil 64' Jailton 66' Wilkin 86' Rizal 90+12' (pen.)	Report	Saad 8' Khatul 41' Fane 47' Adriano 90+1' (pen.) Zaw 90+9'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 11,711 Referee: Zulkarnain bin Zakaria Man of the Match: Park Tae-Soo (Sabah)

31 March 2023 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–0	Sabah	Iskandar Puteri
22:00 MYT	Davies 19' Arif 20' Muñiz 39' Syahmi 81' Forestieri 89'	Report	Park 42'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 19,836 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi bin Nasaruddin Man of the Match: Fernando Forestieri (Johor Darul Ta'zim)

5 April 2023 7	Kuala Lumpur City	2–0	Sabah	Cheras
22:00 MYT	Saravanan 15' Faudzi 45+3' D. Lambert 65' Giannelli 90+4' Giannelli 90+5'	Report	Wilkin 43' Peres 45+1' Tan 58'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 1,194 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

8 June 2023 14	PDRM	1–0	Sabah	Petaling Jaya
21:00 MYT	Amir Saiful 7' Nabil 26' Aliff Najmi 86'	Report	Ting 33' Robbat 61' Rawilson 71'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 986 Referee: Razlan bin Joffri Ali Man of the Match: Aliff Najmi Shaaini (PDRM)

~~29 October~~ 23 July 2023 23 ^[16]	Selangor	1–0	Sabah	Petaling Jaya
21:00 MYT	del Valle 23' Fazly 36'	Report	Lok 39' Tan 78' Farhan 87' Amri 88'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 7,421 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri Man of the Match: Ayron del Valle (Selangor)

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	15	3	6	61	33	+28	48	10	1	1	40	19	+21	5	2	5	21	14	+7

10 April 2023 8	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Sabah	Seremban
22:00 MYT	Tommy 21' Zainal 27' Safuwan 69' Casagrande 77' Hafiz 90+1'	Report	Park 57' Saddil 71' Park 76'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,738 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

19 April 2023 9	Sabah	6–1	Kelantan	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Ting 4', 11' Rizal 32' Castanheira 40' Tan 48' Baddrol 61' Wilkin 75' Castanheira 90+2'	Report	Cifu 46' Nuha 40' Arqués 53' Arip 87'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 5,210 Referee: Mohammad Zamzaidi bin Katimin Man of the Match: Daniel Ting (Sabah)

27 April 2023 10	Sabah	2–1	Selangor	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Rizal 6' Saddil 24' (pen.) Baddrol 66'	Report	Yazan 43' Faizal 52' Fazly 75' Aliff 90+5'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 14,444 Referee: Mohd Hasrol bin Mohd Amir Man of the Match: Baddrol Bakhtiar (Sabah)

19 May 2023 11	Sabah	2–2	Terengganu	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Castanheira 28' Lok 37' (pen.) Castanheira 45' Robbat 63' Rawilson 75' Tan 82' Khairul Fahmi 86'	Report	Habib 36' Nordé 45+1', 90+4' Syafik 78'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,096 Referee: S. Logeswaran Man of the Match: Sony Nordé (Terengganu)

23 May 2023 12	Sabah	3–1	Perak	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Lok 4' Baddrol 25' Park 32' Baddrol 41' Park 87' Rizal 90+1'	Report	Raja Imran 63' Harith Naem 83' Afolabi 90+4'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 5,666 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah Man of the Match: Park Tae-Soo (Sabah)

2 June 2023 13	Kedah Darul Aman	2–1	Sabah	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Tuck 40', 72' Ciger 60' Tuck 90+2' Ifwat 90+4'	Report	Peres 8' Baddrol 26' I. Zakaria 45+2'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 9,741 Referee: S. Logeswaran Man of the Match: Manny Ott(Kedah Darul Aman)

26 June 2023 15	Kelantan United	0–3	Sabah	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Yan Victor 88'	Report	Saddil 23' Baddrol 35' Wilkin 45+2' Baddrol 62'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 297 Referee: Muhammad Nazmi bin Nasaeuddin Man of the Match: Stuart Wilkin (Sabah)

8 July 2023 16	Sabah	4–3	Kuching City	Kota Kinabalu
17:45 MYT	Saddil 12' Ramon 27', 90+4' Wilkin 58' Saddil 39'	Report	Kamara 10' Amir 55' Wan Faiz 60' Kamara 67', 86'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 4,885 Referee: Ahmad Zuhadi Dzulkifli Man of the Match: Ramon (Sabah)

15 July 2023 17	Sabah	4–0	Sri Pahang	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Lok 9', 65' Ramon 43' Wilkin 69' Gabriel 88'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 8,022 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah Man of the Match: Darren Lok (Sabah)

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
24	15	3	6	61	33	+28	48	10	1	1	40	19	+21	5	2	5	21	14	+7

30 July 2023 18	Penang	1–2	Sabah	George Town
21:00 MYT	Hadin 41' Fane 59' Alif 76' Haziq 79'	Report	Irfan F. 9' Ting 30' Ramon 45+1' Robbat 59' Irfan F. 59'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,434 Referee: Mohamad Kamil Zakaria bin Ismail Man of the Match: Daniel Ting (Sabah)

9 August 2023 19	Sabah	1–5	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Jafri 13' Tan 27' Jafri 66' Ramon 87'	Report	Juan Muñiz 17' Bergson 25', 63', 74' Heberty 48' Arif Aiman 45+2' Juan Muñiz 61'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 15,203 Referee: Razlan bin Joffri Ali Man of the Match: Bergson (Johor Darul Ta'zim)

13 August 2023 20	Sabah	3–2	Kuala Lumpur City	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT	Gary Steven 40' Wilkin 51' Park 79' Peres 90'	Report	Morales 23' Morales 60' Haqimi 71'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 6,462 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri Man of the Match: Stuart Wilkin (Sabah)

26 August 2023 21	Sabah	3–1	Negeri Sembilan	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 MYT	Ramon 13', 29' Cifu 45+1' Peres 68' Wilkin 90+1' Gary Steven 90+4'	Report	Che Rashid 85' Hein Htet Aung 90'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 7,094 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab Man of the Match: Ramon (Sabah)

20 November 22	Kelantan	0–7	Sabah	Shah Alam
20:15 MYT		Report	Jafri 25' (pen.) Farhan 29' Rizal 39' Irfan F. 57' Castanheira 68' Ramon 70' Kumaahran 89'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 235 Referee: Mohd Fusser bin Mad Sallih Man of the Match: Rizal Ghazali (Sabah)

24 November 2023 24	Terengganu	0–4	Sabah	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Mamut 66'	Report	Ramon 6' Saddil 29' Cifu 40' Jafri 48' Ramon 83'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 2,651 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab Man of the Match: Rizal Ghazali (Sabah)

3 December 2023 25	Perak	0–1	Sabah	Ipoh
21:00 MYT		Report	Tan 60' Park 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 2,781 Referee: Mohd Hasrol bin Mohd Amir Man of the Match: Park Tae-soo (Sabah)

17 December 2023 26	Sabah	2–0	Kedah Darul Aman	Kota Kinabalu
21:00 MYT	Irfan F. 7' Ramon 43' Peres 58' Farhan 88'	Report	Moses Atede 52' Janasekaran 82'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 12,317 Referee: Razlan bin Joffri Ali Man of the Match: Ramon (Sabah)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SAB	HFC	PSM	HOU
1	Sabah	6	4	0	2	19	9	+10	12	Zonal semi-finals	—	4–1	1–3	3–1
2	Haiphong	6	3	1	2	13	9	+4	10^[a]		3–2	—	3–0	4–0
3	PSM Makassar	6	3	1	2	10	12	−2	10^[a]		0–5	1–1	—	3–1
4	Hougang United	6	1	0	5	6	18	−12	3		1–4	2–1	1–3	—