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The 2017 season is Penangs 91st competitive season, 2nd consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysian football, and 96th year in existence as a football club. The season covers the period from 1 November 2016 to 31 October 2017.


Month by month review


November 2016

On 28 November, Ashley Westwood was unveiled as the new head coach of Penang, signing a two-year contract. On 30 November, Penang received RM 4 millions allocation from the state government.


December 2016

On 1 December, Penang confirmed that
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will be the official kit manufacturer for three years from 2017. On 5 December, Penang announced it had retained 16 players from last season. On 22 December, it was announced that on the FA Cup second round, Penang will play at away against MPKB-BRI U-BeS. On 30 December, it was announced that on the opening day, Penang will kick-off the season at away against
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.


January

Penang won its first pre-season match, against
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, which ended in a 2–0 victory. In the following match four days later, Penang won 2–1 against PDRM. On 9 January, Faiz Subri won the 2016
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, becoming the first Asian to win the award. On 13 January, Penang confirmed the signings of Amirul Asyraf Suhaidi, K. Reuben, Yong Kuong Yong, Zulkhairi Zulkeply, Shazalee Ramlee, Nigel Dabinyaba,
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and Andy Russell. Penang concluded its pre-season campaign with a 0–1 defeat to
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from
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on the same day. On 18 January, Penang completed the signings of Syed Adney and G. Mahathevan, while Elias Sulaiman and Darwira Sazan were released. Penang lost 0–2 in their opening match against
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on 21 January at
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. On 27 January, Penang lost again in the league campaign against Perak.


February

Penang recorded their third and fourth consecutive loss as they lost 0–1 to T-Team at away on 4 February and
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at home on 11 February. Three days later, Penang finally scored the first goal of the season in the FA Cup match against MPKB-BRI U-BeS which was also the first victory of the season. The Panthers failed to arrest their four-match defeat and goalless streaks in the league as they were demolished by
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at away with the score 1–6. FIFA Puskas Award winner Faiz Subri ended his year-long goal drought but could not prevent Penang from going down 3–1 to Super League leaders
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in Alor Star on 25 February.


March

Penang picked up their first point of the season after coming from behind to hold Melaka United to a 1–1 draw at the State Stadium on 1 March. 3 days later, Penang recorded another 1–1 draw in
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against
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. On 11 March, Penang was knocked out from the
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campaign, losing 1–4 to Negeri Sembilan after extra time in
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. The management board mutually terminated the contract of their coach, Ashley Westwood, following a spate of poor results in the M-League. On 24 March,
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was unveiled as Penang's head coach to replace the former.


April

After nine attempts, Penang finally achieved their first league victory of the season after defeating
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on 9 April. However, the panthers failed to continue the momentum, losing 1–5 to
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at home 6 days later. Penang confirmed their absence from the Malaysia Cup for the second consecutive seasons as they lost 1–2 to
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at home on 26 April.


May

Despite Nigel Dabinyaba's fourth goal of the season, Penang moved closer to the drop after a 2–1 home defeat to
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were released on the same day. On 18 May, Penang confirmed the signings of Azidan Sarudin and R. Surendran from
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and free Agent respectively. On the next day, former Gambia international,
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signed with the team. New signing, Nyassi scored a brace in his debut with Penang against
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which ended 2–2 on 24 May.


June

On 7 June, Penang completed the sixth transfer of the summer transfer window, signing former Sarawak's striker,
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. On the next day, Brandon McDonald signed with Penang, replacing Reinaldo Lobo who is injured.


July

Penang continued the losing streak, losing 0–2 to the Super League defending champion,
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at Johor Bahru on 1 July.


September

On 20 September 2017, Penang has been relegated to second-tier
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next year. The club's fate has been sealed following the 2–0 home defeat to T-Team.


Coaching staff


Squad

* FP = Foreign player * U21 = Under-21 player * NR = Not registered


Transfers


In

Winter: Summer:


Out

Winter: Summer:


Pre-season


Competitions


Overview

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Super League


League table


Results summary


Matches


FA Cup


Statistics


Squad statistics

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Goalscorers

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Clean sheets

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Disciplinary record

*1 point and 3 points are allocated to each yellow card and red card respectively for ranking purposes.


Summary

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) , - , Red cards , , 2 (2 Super League) , - , Most appearances , , Syamer Kutty Abba (23 Appearances) , - , Top scorer , , Nigel Dabinyaba (4 goals) , - , Winning Percentage , , Overall: 4/24 (16.66%)


References

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