2016 Melaka United season

Melaka United
2016 season
President Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron
Head Coach Mat Zan Mat Aris
Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)
Premier League Champions
FA Cup Second Round
Malaysia Cup Group stage
Top goalscorer League: Ilija Spasojevic (24)
All: Ilija Spasojevic (27)
Highest home attendance 35,000
vs Sime Darby
(22 October 2016)
Lowest home attendance 4,000
vs DRB-HICOM
(22 July 2016)
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

The 2016 Melaka United season is 93rd season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Premier League since relegated of the league in 2010 season.

Background

Background information

Melaka United won their first consecutive Malaysia FAM League championship in the 2015 season and promote to Malaysia Premier League in the 2016 season. Melaka United were knocked out of the 2015 Malaysia FA Cup in the first round by Terengganu.

Melaka United is preparing big budget for this season in order to achieve better position.[1][2]

Transfer

Melaka United announced an addition of three import players to strengthen the squad.[3] The players are Labinot Harbuzi from Sweden, Shin Jae Pil from South Korea and Ilija Spasojević from Montenegro.[4][5][6] 14 local players transferred to Melaka United.

Management team

Club personnel

Position Name
PresidentMalaysia Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron
General ManagerMalaysia Datuk Wira Mohd Yusoff Hj Mahadi
Assistant ManagerMalaysia Mohd Nor Derus
Head CoachMalaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris
Assistant CoachMalaysia Norizam Ali Hassan
Goalkeeper CoachMalaysia Mazlan Abdul Wahid
PhysioMalaysia Muhd Rozairen Hairudin
U21 ManagerMalaysia Khairi Anuar Ahmad
U21 Assistant ManagerMalaysia Tan Ching Yang
U21 Head CoachMalaysia G. Torairaju
U21 Assistant CoachMalaysia Sapian Abdul Wahid
U21 Fitness CoachMalaysia Syahrul Nizam Shamsudin
U21 Goalkeeper CoachMalaysia S. Rosli Hashim
U21 PhysioMalaysia Fakhrusy Syakirin Yaacob
U19 General ManagerMalaysia Shamsuddin Hassan
U19 Head CoachMalaysia G. Selvamohan
U19 Assistant CoachMalaysia Rashid Mahmud
U19 CoachMalaysia Azni Ariffin
U19 Goalkeeper CoachMalaysia Zulkarnain Osman
U19 Fitness CoachMalaysia Mohd Fauzzi Kassim
U19 PhysioMalaysia Zainal Jalil

Kit

  • Supplier: Kronos
  • Main sponsors: Edra & Mamee
  • Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups
Home
Away
Third
Goalkeeper

Squads

First Team Squad

As of 28 June 2016
No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeeper
1 Ahmad Solehin Mamat Malaysia GK 2015 24 March 1996 (aged 19) Harimau Muda B
29 Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malaysia GK 2016 17 April 1992 (aged 23) Kelantan On Loan
52 Mohd Fadzley Rahim Malaysia GK 2016 22 July 1987 (aged 28) Sabah FA
Defenders
4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia RB / RWB 2015 1 February 1986 (aged 29) Sime Darby
5 Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Malaysia LB / LWB 2016 7 August 1988 (aged 27) Pahang
11 Fiqri Azwan Ghazali Malaysia LB / LWB 2015 20 March 1992 (aged 23) Putrajaya SPA
18 Muhd Syawal Norsam Malaysia CB 2016 29 May 1989 (aged 26) Pahang
20 Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman Malaysia RB / RWB 2016 18 July 1992 (aged 23) Young Fighters
55 Alexandru Tudose Romania CB / RB 2016 3 April 1987 (aged 29) Free agent
56 Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee Malaysia CB / LB / DM 2016 11 November 1993 (aged 22) PKNS On Loan
Midfielders
7 Surendran Ravindran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 17 May 1987 (aged 28) Pahang
8 Mohd Hazri Rozali Malaysia DM / CM 2016 26 June 1986 (aged 29) Pahang
10 Labinot Harbuzi Sweden Kosovo AM / CM 2016 4 April 1986 (aged 29) Free agent
12 R. Barath Kumar Malaysia LM 2016 23 April 1991 (aged 24) Young Fighters
13 See Kok Luen Malaysia CM 2016 3 June 1988 (aged 27) Penang
16 Mohd Iskandar Hanapiah Malaysia RM / LM 2015 2 June 1993 (aged 22) Harimau Muda B
17 G. Puaneswaran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 27 May 1983 (aged 32) Negeri Sembilan
23 Jasmir Mehat Malaysia LM / AM 2015 6 February 1994 (aged 21) Youth system
26 Khair Jones Malaysia New Zealand LM / CB / LB / LWB / RB 2016 29 September 1989 (aged 26) Hawke's Bay United FC
57 Mohd Saiful Mustafa Malaysia CM / AM 2016 24 June 1987 (aged 29) Free agent
58 Reeshafiq Alwi Malaysia DM / CM 2016 12 December 1982 (aged 33) AirAsia Allstar
59 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia CM / DM 2016 24 February 1986 (aged 30) FELDA United On Loan
60 Mohd Ferris Danial Malaysia LM / ST / CF / AM 2016 21 August 1992 (aged 23) FELDA United On Loan
Forwards
9 Ilija Spasojević Montenegro Indonesia ST / CF 2016 11 September 1987 (aged 28) Persib Bandung Captain
19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Malaysia ST / CF / AM 2015 25 September 1994 (aged 21) Harimau Muda B
51 Yashir Pinto State of Palestine Chile ST / CF 2016 6 February 1991 (aged 25) Curicó Unido

Reserve squad

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
3 Mohamad Faiz Suhaimi Malaysia CB 2015 13 March 1993 (aged 22) Kelantan Injury
6 Rusmanizam Roseland Malaysia CB 2016 11 October 1993 (aged 22) Sabah Youth system Injury

Out on loan

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
15 Ahmad Shahir Ismail Malaysia CB 2016 22 July 1987 (aged 28) DRB-HICOM Loan to SAMB FC
30 Mohd Syazwan Nordin Malaysia ST / CF 2016 15 April 1993 (aged 22) UiTM Perlis Loan to SAMB FC

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Premier League Matchday 1 — Winners 12 February 201622 October 2016
FA Cup Second round — Second round 20 February 201620 February 2016
Malaysia Cup Group stage — Group stage 12 July 201619 August 2016

Last updated: 25 July 2016
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Premier League 22 15 5 2 48 25 +23 068.18
FA Cup 1 0 1 0 1 1 +0 000.00
Malaysia Cup 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 050.00
Total 29 18 6 5 58 33 +25 062.07

Source: Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Melaka United (C, P) 22 15 5 2 48 25 +23 50 Promotion to Super League
2 PKNS (P) 22 15 3 4 49 25 +24 48
3 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 13 4 5 44 26 +18 43
4 Negeri Sembilan 22 9 8 5 40 26 +14 35
5 Kuala Lumpur 22 9 8 5 38 32 +6 35
Source: FAM Official Site, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Number of goals against
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
21 15 4 2 47 24  +23 49 8 2 0 22 8  +14 7 2 2 25 16  +9

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultDWWDDWWWWLWWWWWWWWWDLD
Position6623533112111111111111

Source: Premier League fixtures and results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Malaysia Premier League fixtures and results

Source:[7][8]

  Win   Draw   Loss

Results overview

  Win   Draw   Loss

Team Home score Away score Double
Malaysia ATM 3–1 0–6
Kuala Lumpur DRB-HICOM 2–0 0–1
Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II 1–1 1–2
Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur 2–1 1–2
Pahang Kuantan 3–2 3–4
Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan 0–0 0–1
Perlis Perlis 3–1 2–1
Selangor PKNS 2–1 3–1
Sabah Sabah 3–0 2–2
Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby 1–1 2–2
Selangor UiTM 3–1 2–3

Scoring

Top scorers in 2016 Malaysia Premier League

Rank Player Goals Apps
1 Ilija Spasojević 24 22
2 Nurshamil Abd Ghani 3 11
3 Labinot Harbuzi 2 8
Surendran Ravindran 13
5 G. Puaneswaran 1 10
Jasmir Mehat 10
See Kok Luen 12
Wan Amirul Afiq 13

Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia Cup

Group Stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kuala Lumpur FELDA United 6 4 0 2 9 5 +4 12 Advance to Quarter-finals
2 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan 6 4 0 2 9 8 +1 12
3 Malacca Malacca United 6 3 0 3 9 7 +2 9
4 Terengganu Terengganu 6 1 0 5 3 10 −7 3
Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2016. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win   Draw   Loss

Scoring

Top scorers in 2016 Malaysia Cup

Rank Player Goals Apps

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player TotalLeagueFA CupMalaysia Cup
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Malaysia Ahmad Solehin Mamat 150801060
29 GK Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff 140130000+10
52 GK Malaysia Mohd Fadzley Rahim 10100000
Defenders
4 DF Malaysia Mohd Alif Shamsudin 30201000
5 DF Malaysia Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail 1405+301050
11 DF Malaysia Fiqri Azwan Ghazali 1109+100+1000
18 DF Malaysia Muhd Syawal Norsam 1207+301010
20 DF Malaysia Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman 22114+11104+20
55 DF Romania Alexandru Tudose 92520040
56 DF Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee 1104+10005+10
Midfielders
7 MF Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 27618+251061
8 MF Malaysia Mohd Hazri Rozali 902+50100+10
10 MF Sweden Labinot Harbuzi 1621120050
12 MF Malaysia R. Barath Kumar 00000000
13 MF Malaysia See Kok Luen 15011+201010
16 MF Malaysia Mohd Iskandar Hanapiah 1708+60101+10
17 MF Malaysia G. Puaneswaran 1818+61003+10
23 MF Malaysia Jasmir Mehat 1926+710+112+30
26 MF Malaysia Khair Jones 1701400030
57 MF Malaysia Mohd Saiful Mustafa 621+31001+11
58 MF Malaysia Reeshafiq Alwi 3010000+20
59 MF Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie 101500051
60 MF Malaysia Mohd Ferris Danial 8140003+11
Forwards
9 FW Montenegro Ilija Spasojević 242720241033
19 FW Malaysia Nurshamil Abd Ghani 1743+930+103+11
51 FW State of Palestine Yashir Pinto 94530041
Players transferred out during the season
3 DF Malaysia Mohamad Faiz Suhaimi 00000000
6 DF Malaysia Rusmanizam Roseland 100+100000
14 DF South Korea Shin Jae-pil 1301201000
15 DF Malaysia Ahmad Shahir Ismail 00000000
24 MF Montenegro Balša Božović 1131031000
25 GK Malaysia Stefan Petrovski 00000000
27 MF Malaysia V. Kavi Chelvan 100+100000
30 FW Malaysia Mohd Syazwan Nordin 00000000

Last updated: 16 July 2016
Source: Competitions / SPMB

Goalkeeper statistics

Rank No. Pos Nat Name League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
2 1 GK Malaysia Ahmad Solehin Mamat 3 0 2 5
1 29 GK Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff 3 0 0 3
Totals 6 0 2 8

Last updated: 21 May 2016

Discipline

Cards

Rnk No. Player League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card Yellow card Red card
1 4 Malaysia Mohd Alif Shamsudin 3 1 0 0 0 0 3 1
10 Sweden Labinot Harbuzi 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
3 9 Montenegro Ilija Spasojević 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 29 Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
18 Malaysia Muhd Syawal Norsam 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
17 Malaysia G. Puaneswaran 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
24 Montenegro Balša Božović 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
8 14 South Korea Shin Jae-pil 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 Malaysia Fiqri Azwan Ghazali 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
7 Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1 MalaysiaAhmad Solehin Mamat 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 21 1 0 0 1 0 22 1

Transfers

Early season

In

Pos. Name From
Montenegro Ilija Spasojevic Indonesia Persib Bandung
South Korea Shin Jae-pil Laos Ezra F.C.
Montenegro Balša Božović Montenegro OFK Petrovac
Sweden Labinot Harbuzi Free agent
Australia Malaysia Stefan Petrovski Australia Sydney Olympic FC
Malaysia Ahmad Shahir Ismail Malaysia DRB-Hicom F.C.
Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malaysia Kelantan FA
Malaysia G. Puaneswaran Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA
Malaysia V. Kavi Chelvan Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA
Malaysia Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Malaysia Pahang F.C.
Malaysia Mohd Hazri Rozali Malaysia Pahang F.C.
Malaysia Muhammad Syawal Norsam Malaysia Pahang F.C.
Malaysia R. Surendran Malaysia Pahang F.C.
Malaysia See Kok Luen Malaysia Penang FA
Malaysia Hardy Charles Parsi Malaysia Sabah FA
Malaysia R. Barath Kumar Malaysia Young Fighters F.C.
Malaysia Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman Malaysia Young Fighters F.C.
Malaysia Mohd Mursyidin Maudoode Malaysia Felda United F.C. U21
Malaysia Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia Sime Darby F.C.
New Zealand Malaysia Khair Jones New Zealand Hawke's Bay United FC

Out

Pos. Name To
GK Malaysia Izzat Abdul Rahim Malaysia AirAsia Allstar
GK Malaysia Muhd Hafizul Hakim Khairul Nizam Malaysia Perak
DF Malaysia Billy Doliente Malaysia DYS
DF Malaysia Rahmat Naemat Malaysia SAMB
DF Malaysia Muhd Sabri Adam Malaysia SAMB
DF Malaysia Mohd Afiq Azuan Malaysia Melaka United President's Cup
DF Malaysia Syafiq Azri Ahmad Kamal Malaysia MOF
DF Malaysia Mohd Ahzuan Khan Malaysia DYS
DF Malaysia Alif Najmi Zaini Malaysia Melaka United President's Cup
DF Malaysia Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq Malaysia AirAsia Allstar
MF Malaysia Rexjeson Pitrus Malaysia Sabah
MF Malaysia Mohd Azizan Baba Malaysia SAMB
MF Malaysia Mohd Aliff Mazlan Malaysia Melaka United President's Cup
MF Malaysia Muhd Hafizan Talib Malaysia Hanelang
MF Malaysia Famirul Asyraf Sayuti Malaysia Perlis
MF Malaysia Mohd Zahari Zubir
MF Malaysia Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli Malaysia PKNP
MF Malaysia Mohammad Asif Mohd Azman Malaysia MOF
MF Malaysia Reeshafiq Alwi Malaysia AirAsia Allstar
FW Malaysia Mohd Zaidi Zubir Malaysia SAMB
FW Malaysia Mohd Muinuddin Mokhtar
FW Malaysia Muhd Shaizil Japarey
GK Australia Malaysia Stefan Petrovski Deceased [9][10][11]
MF Malaysia V. Kavi Chelvan Released

Mid-season

In

Date Pos. Num. Name From Note
27 June 2016 MF 58 Malaysia Reeshafiq Alwi Malaysia AirAsia Allstar
27 June 2016 FW 60 Malaysia Mohd Ferris Danial Malaysia FELDA United Loan in
27 June 2016 MF 59 Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia FELDA United Loan in
27 June 2016 FW 51 State of Palestine Yashir Pinto Chile Curicó Unido
27 June 2016 DF 55 Romania Alexandru Tudose Free Agent
27 June 2016 GK Malaysia Mohd Fadzley Rahim Malaysia Sabah
27 June 2016 DF 56 Malaysia Mohd Khuzaimie Piee Malaysia PKNS
27 June 2016 MF 57 Malaysia Mohd Saiful Mustafa Free Agent

Out

Date Pos. Num. Name To Note
20 June 2016 MF 24 Montenegro Balša Božović Released
20 June 2016 DF 14 South Korea Shin Jae-pil Released
20 June 2016 DF 15 Malaysia Ahmad Shahir Ismail SAMB Loan out
20 June 2016 FW 30 Malaysia Mohd Syazwan Nordin SAMB Loan out

References

  1. ↑ "Melaka United: Bajet RM11 Juta Untuk Saingan Liga Perdana 2016".
  2. ↑ "Edra Global Energy taja Melaka United RM5 juta".
  3. ↑ "Tonggak import perkukuh Melaka United". Utusan Online.
  4. ↑ "Persib Bandung star Spasojevic leaves Indonesia for Malaysian team". FOOTBALL CHANNEL ASIA.
  5. ↑ "Melaka United ikat bekas pemain PSG". The Rakyat Post BM Version.
  6. ↑ "Ilija Spasojevic Diikat Melaka United Dua Tahun". Goal.com.
  7. ↑ "2016 Malaysia Premier League fixtures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
  8. ↑ 2016 Malaysia Premier League result
  9. ↑ "Penjaga gol simpanan Melaka United, Petrovski meninggal dunia" (in Malay). Berita Harian. 1 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Young Australian goalkeeper, 18, dies after he is tragically struck by lightning during a training session in Malaysia". Dairy Mail. 1 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Australian goalkeeper dies after being struck by lightning in freak training ground disaster". Mirror.co.uk. 1 May 2015.
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