 Even though Felda has been demoted for failing to acquire Super League license for the next season, Sathianathan succeeded in guiding the team to win the 2018 Malaysia Premier League and promotion back to Super League at the first attempt.After Felda's 2018 Malaysia Cup journey ended in the quarter-finals, and following restructuring of the club management, Sathianathan announced that he will not continue coaching the team after the end of his contract that year.On 22 November 2018, Sathianathan was announced as Selangor FA new head coach in the team's Twitter posting.