2015 Negeri Sembilan FA season

NS Matrix
2015 season
President	Mohammad Hassan
Manager	Abdul Halim Abdul Latif
Head Coach	K. Devan
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Play-off
Top goalscorer	League: ; Francis Forkey Doe (17); All: ; Francis Forkey Doe (19)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs UiTM; (13 February 2015)
Lowest home attendance	420 vs Putrajaya SPA; (7 July 2015)
Average home league attendance	2,209
Home colours	Away colours

The 2015 season was NS Matrix's (for sponsorship reason) 92th season in club history and 2nd season in the Malaysia Premier League.

Background

Background Information

Negeri Sembilan have finished the previous season in 6th place in the Malaysia Premier League. Negeri Sembilan were knocked out of the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup in the first round by Felda United, were knocked out of 2014 Malaysia Cup in play-off by T-Team.

Club

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Honorable Secretary	Dato' Haji Abd. Halim bin Haji Abd. Latif
General Manager	Dato' Abdul Ghani Haji Hassan
Assistant Manager	Dato' Haji Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah
Head Coach	K. Devan
Assistant Coach	Mohd Asri Ninggal
Assistant Coach	Ahmad Osman
Goalkeeper Coach	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin
Medical Officer	Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim
Physiotherapist	Zulkefli Abu Samah
Media Officer	Abd Malek Hassan
Security Officer	Anuar Abd Rahman
Physical Therapist	Asyraf M R Asri
Team Assistant	Shahrizal Mat Sah

Last updated: January
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Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Main sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors
	Kappa

Players

Full Squad

No.	Name	Age	Position	Join	Signed From	D.O.B	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Helmi Eliza Elias	32	GK	2015	PDRM FA	20 Jan. 1983
22	Kaharuddin Rahman	24	GK	2012	NS Matrix U21	7 Aug. 1991
30	Mohd Yatim Abdullah	23	GK	2014	NS Matrix U21	12 Dis. 1992
Defenders
2	Azizi Matt Rose	34	CB	2015	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	6 Nov. 1981
3	Mohd Fauzi Nan	35	RB / CB	2013	Kedah FA	20 Jan. 1980	Vice-captain
4	Jean Alexandre	29	CB	2014	Orlando City	24 Aug. 1986	Import
5	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30	RB / CB	2015	Kedah FA	10 Dis. 1985
6	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	24	CB	2013	NS Matrix U21	18 Aug. 1991
20	Dzaiddin Zainudin	23	LB / DM	2014	DRB-Hicom F.C.	4 Aug. 1992
21	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34	LB / CB	2015	ATM FA	2 June 1981
26	Segar Arumugam	22	LB / LW	2014	NS Matrix U21	3 Jan. 1993
Midfielders
7	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33	DM / CM	2015	ATM FA	30 Apr. 1982
10	Bruno Martelotto	33	DM / CM / AM	2015	ATM FA	3 Dis. 1982	Import
12	G. Puaneswaran	32	RW / LW	2014	Terengganu FA	27 May 1983
14	V. Kavi Chelvan	26	RW / LW	2014	Selangor FA	2 July 1989
15	Kim Jin-yong	33	DM / CM / AM / CB	2014	Gangwon FC	9 Oct. 1982	Import
16	S. Sivanesan	25	DM / CM / AM / RW	2013	Felda United F.C.	28 Dis. 1990
17	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26	RW / LW	2015	ATM FA	8 Oct. 1989
18	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28	RW / LW / AM / ST	2015	Kedah FA	9 May 1987
23	Rezal Zambery Yahya	37	DM / CM	2015	ATM FA	10 Oct. 1978	Captain
25	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22	DM / CM	2015	NS Matrix U21	19 Sep. 1993
27	Izzudin Zainudin	22	RW / LW	2015	NS Matrix U21	27 Sep. 1993
33	Thanabalan Nadarajah	20	RW / LW	2014	NS Matrix U21	25 Feb. 1995
Forwards
8	Shahrizal Saad	28	ST / RW / LW	2015	Perak FA	5 June 1987
9	Francis Forkey Doe	30	ST	2015	Kelantan FA	25 Dis. 1985	Import
11	Rudie Ramli	33	ST	2015	ATM FA	15 May 1982

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
1	GK	Helmi Eliza Elias	32	PDRM FA
2	DF	Azizi Matt Rose	34	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
5	DF	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30	Kedah FA
7	MF	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33	ATM FA
8	FW	Shahrizal Saad	28	Perak FA
9	FW	Francis Forkey Doe	30	Kelantan FA	Import
10	MF	Bruno Martelotto	33	ATM FA	Import
11	FW	Rudie Ramli	33	ATM FA
17	MF	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26	ATM FA
18	MF	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28	Kedah FA
21	DF	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34	ATM FA
23	MF	Rezal Zambery Yahya	37	ATM FA
25	MF	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22	NS Matrix U21	Promoted
27	MF	Izzudin Zainudin	22	NS Matrix U21	Promoted

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
3	DF	Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad	29	Sime Darby F.C.
5	DF	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	34	Kelantan FA
7	FW	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	27	Sime Darby F.C.
8	MF	Abdul Halim Zainal	27	Sime Darby F.C.
9	MF	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	36	Sime Darby F.C.
11	MF	Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini	26	Sime Darby F.C.
13	DF	K. Nanthakumar	38	MISC-MIFA
17	DF	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	29	Sime Darby F.C.
18	DF	Muszaki Abu Bakar	26	Kuantan FA
19	MF	M. Sivakumar	31	PKNS F.C.
22	GK	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	37	PDRM FA
23	DF	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar	31	PKNS F.C.
24	DF	Sumardi Hajalan	30	Perak FA
26	DF	Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis	25	Kedah United F.C.
27	FW	Ivan Babić	31	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Import
30	FW	Philani Kubheka	36	Retired	Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

Win Draw Loss

8 Disember 2014 1	NS Matrix	4 – 1	Penjara F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe Irwan Fadzli Idrus Izzudin Zainudin S. Sivanesan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

13 Disember 2014 2	NS Matrix	3 – 1	ATM FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe (pen.)		(pen.)	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

19 Disember 2014 3	NS Matrix	0 – 0	LionsXII	Paroi
20:45				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

23 Disember 2014 4	NS Matrix	6 – 0	MISC-MIFA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe (pen.) G. Puaneswaran V. Kavi Chelvan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

30 Disember 2014 5	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Sime Darby F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 62'		52' (pen.) Mohd Rafiq Shah Zaim	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

9 January 2015 6	NS Matrix	1 – 0	Melaka United	Tampin
20:45	Francis Doe 35' (pen.)			Stadium: Mini Tampin Stadium

16 January 2015 7	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Perak FA	Paroi
20:45	G. Puaneswaran 36' Francis Doe 65'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

23 January 2015 8	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Terengganu FA	Paroi
20:45	Vincent Bikana 61' (O.G.) Francis Doe 90+4'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

27 January 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Sarawak FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 33' Dzaiddin Zainudin 53'		16' Ryan Griffiths 69' Billy Mehmet	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

31 January 2015 10	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Megah Murni F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Irwan Fadzli Idrus Bruno Martelotto Dzaiddin Zainudin			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Friendly Match

Win Draw Loss

2 Jun 2015 1	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Hougang United FC	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 8', 63', 70'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

9 Jun 2015 2	NS Matrix	4 – 3	Kelantan FA	Paroi
20:45	S. Sivanesan 22' Francis Doe 63', 90' Ahmad Fauzi Saari 90+2'		Austin Amutu 47', 53' Ahmad Fakri Saarani 75'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competition

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	PKNS	22	11	8	3	41	22	+19	41
5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	22	10	4	8	37	32	+5	34
6	NS Matrix	22	8	8	6	33	28	+5	32
7	Sabah	22	8	3	11	37	42	−5	27
8	UiTM	22	7	4	11	28	42	−14	25

Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

Win Draw Loss

6 February 2015 1	DRB-Hicom F.C.	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Krubong
16:45	Mohd Fakrul Aiman Sidid 17'		18' Jean Alexandre 51' Francis Doe 78' G. Puaneswaran	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

13 February 2015 2	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 40', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

20 February 2015 3	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Nik Azlam Nik Januaha 82'		22' Francis Doe	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 610 Referee: Sukri Bin Abd. Rahman

6 March 2015 4	Kuantan FA	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Kuantan
20:45	Im Kyung-hyun 8'		1' Shahrizal Saad 4', 72' Francis Doe	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 865 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

13 March 2015 5	NS Matrix	3 – 5	T–Team F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 26', 51' Shahrizal Saad 64'		6', 61' Nor Hakim Hassan 23', 74' Sadriddin Abdullaev 46' Farhod Tadjiyev	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

3 April 2015 6	PKNS F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Gabriel Guerra 75'		32' Shahrizal Saad	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Wan Zainudin Harun

8 May 2015 ¹ 7	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45	S. Sivanesan 58' N. Thanabalan 89'		13', 90' Mohd Faiz Subri	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin

17 April 2015 8	Kedah FA	2 – 1	NS Matrix	Alor Setar
20:45	Chidi Edeh 12' Liridon Krasniqi 83'		76' Jean Alexandre	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

26 April 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 42' Jean Alexandre 61'		44' Nicolás Delmonte	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

1 May 2015 10	Kuala Lumpur FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	Paroi
20:45	Modibo Konte 59'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkefli

19 June 2015 11	NS Matrix	1 – 3	Sabah FA	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe 86'		6' Alto Linus 37' Joel Chianese 42' Abdoulaye Faye	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ahmad Tajudin Bin Mohd Yusof

22 June 2015 12	Sabah FA	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Kota Kinabalu
21:15	Éamon Zayed 23' El Hadji Diouf 79'		34' Azizi Matt Rose 63' Bruno Martelotto	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

26 June 2015 13	NS Matrix	1 – 0	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Paroi
22:00	N. Thanabalan 17'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: S. Jayaraman

3 July 2015 14	UiTM F.C.	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Paroi
22:00	Dao Bakary 20' (pen.) Abdi Kassim 25'		40' (pen.) Francis Doe 86' Rezal Zambery Yahya	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

7 July 2015 15	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe 39'		73' Raja Mohd Hafillah Raja Mamat	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 420 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

31 July 2015 16	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kuantan FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 49', 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 576 Referee: Ahmad Fareez Mat Suburi

4 August 2015 17	T–Team F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Kuala Terengganu
20:45	Muhamad Zulhanizam Shafine 67'		59' Francis Doe	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Mohamad

7 August 2015 18	NS Matrix	1 – 2	PKNS F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 25'	750	45' Gonzalo Soto 74' Gabriel Guerra	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Muhammad Firdaus Ibrahim

11 August 2015 19	Penang FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	George Town
20:45	Mohd Faiz Subri 5'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Zulkarnain Bin Zakaria

14 August 2015 20	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kedah FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 73' N. Thanabalan 83'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan

18 August 2015 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	0 – 0	NS Matrix	Pasir Gudang
20:45				Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

21 August 2015 22	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Kuala Lumpur FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad 52' Azizi Matt Rose 79'		68' Choi Hyun-yeon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

¹Match delayed due to bad weather.

Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

Win Draw Loss

27 February 2015 First round	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe 21', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 3,504 Referee: Azman Jamaluddin

17 March 2015 Second round	NS Matrix	1 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad 3'		13' Beto Gonçalves 80' Lee Kil-hoon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,066 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup

Play-off

Win Draw Loss

25 August 2015 Play-off	ATM FA	3 – 0	NS Matrix	Selayang
20:45	Abdulafees Abdulsalam 13', 62' Abdul Shukur Jusoh 38'			Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Francis Forkey Doe	17	2	19
2	FW	8	Shahrizal Saad	4	1	5
3	DF	4	Jean Alexandre	3	0	3
3	MF	33	Thanabalan Nadarajah	3	0	3
4	DF	2	Azizi Matt Rose	2	0	2
5	MF	12	G. Puaneswaran	1	0	1
	MF	16	S. Sivanesan	1	0	1
	MF	23	Rezal Zambery Yahya	1	0	1
	MF	10	Bruno Martelotto	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
TOTALS				33	3	36

Disciplinary Record

J	Pos	Nat.	Player	Premier League		FA Cup	Total		Notes
J	Pos	Nat.	Player						Notes
9	FW		Francis Forkey Doe	4		1	5
7	MF		Ahmad Fauzi Saari	3	1	1	4	1
15	MF		Kim Jin-yong	4			4
23	MF		Rezal Zambery Yahya	3			3
4	DF		Jean-Marc Alexandre	3			3
17	MF		Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	3			3
3	DF		Mohd Fauzi Nan	3			3
12	MF		G. Puaneswaran	2		1	3
10	MF		Bruno Martelotto	2			2
8	FW		Shahrizal Saad	2			2
11	FW		Rudie Ramli	1			1
33	MF		Thanabalan Nadarajah	1			1
21	DF		Irwan Fadzli Idrus	1			1
6	DF		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	1			1
16	MF		S. Sivanesan	1			1
2	DF		Azizi Matt Rose	1			1
5	DF		Mohd Fazliata Taib	1			1

References

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