2017 Melaka United F.C. season

Melaka United
2017 season
President Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron
Head Coach Eduardo Almeida
(from 17 June 2017)
Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)
Super League TBA
FA Cup Third Round
Malaysia Cup TBA
Top goalscorer League: Marko Šimić (7 goals)
All: Marko Šimić (9 goals)
Home colours
Away colours

The 2017 Melaka United F.C. season is 94th season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League after 10 years did not play in the top-tier league.

Background

Background information

Melaka United won their first consecutive Malaysia Premier League championship in the 2016 season and promote to Malaysia Super League in the 2017 season. Melaka United were knocked out of the 2016 Malaysia FA Cup in the second round by Kuala Lumpur and knocked out of the 2016 Malaysia Cup in the group stage after failed to advance to knockout-stage.

In November 2016, the club has been rebranded to be fully privatise as Melaka United Football Club as one of the effort to be fully accountable and as a preparation to play in top-tier league, the Malaysia Super League in 2017 season.[1] In 14 November 2016, Melaka United has announced the appointment of Eric Williams to replace Mat Zan Mat Aris as the new head coach for the club.[2] Eric Williams has previously managed the Myanmar giant, Yangon United F.C. in 2014 season.

Kit

Home
Away
Goalkeeper
Goalkeeper

Squads

First-team squad

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeeper
1 Mohd Fazli Paat Malaysia GK 2017 27 November 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II
20 Badrulzaman Abdul Halim Malaysia GK 2017 2 April 1978 (aged 38) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
21 Muhd Syazwan Abdullah Malaysia GK 2017 2 April 1996 (aged 20) Malaysia Kedah Kedah Under-21 player
29 Mohd Firdaus Muhamad Malaysia GK 2017 3 January 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Penang Penang
30 Norhadi Ubaidillah Malaysia GK 2017 24 October 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
Defenders
3 Mohd Faizal Muhammad Malaysia CB 2017 3 March 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia PDRM
5 Nicholas Swirad Malaysia England CB 2017 28 May 1991 (aged 26) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
11 Mohd Fandi Othman Malaysia LB / LM 2017 25 April 1992 (aged 25) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee Malaysia CB / LB / DM 2016 11 November 1993 (aged 23) Malaysia Selangor PKNS Originally from youth system
15 Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Malaysia CB 2017 16 February 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby
16 Isma Alif Mohd Salim Malaysia RB 2017 22 February 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
18 Muhd Syawal Norsam Malaysia CB 2016 29 May 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia Pahang Pahang FA
25 Jasmin Mecinović Republic of Macedonia CB 2017 22 October 1990 (aged 26) Republic of Macedonia FK Pelister
26 Khair Jones Malaysia New Zealand CB / LB / LWB / RB / LM 2016 29 September 1989 (aged 27) New Zealand Hawke's Bay United FC
Midfielders
6 S. Sivanesan Malaysia AM / CM 2017 28 December 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Selangor PKNS
7 Surendran Ravindran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 17 May 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Pahang Pahang
8 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia CM / DM 2017 24 February 1986 (aged 30) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur FELDA United
10 Felipe Almeida De Souza Brazil AM / CM 2017 4 June 1991 (aged 25) Brazil Oeste FC
13 Mohd Norhakim Isa Malaysia CM / AM 2017 24 January 1993 (aged 24) Malaysia Perak Perak
17 Mohd Azniee Taib Malaysia LM / AM 2017 18 July 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
19 Jeon Woo-young South Korea CM / DM 2017 27 December 1987 (aged 29) South Korea Jeonnam Dragons
23 Jasmir Mehat Malaysia LM / AM 2015 6 February 1994 (aged 22) Youth system
27 G. Puaneswaran Malaysia RM / LM / RB 2016 27 May 1983 (aged 33) Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
28 Muhd Nazri Ahmad Malaysia RM / LM / RB 2017 17 March 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
Forwards
9 Marko Šimić Croatia ST / CF / RM / LM 2017 22 January 1988 (aged 29) Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
14 Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia ST / CF 2017 18 April 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Terengganu T–Team
24 Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia ST / CF / RM / LM / AM 2017 27 August 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Pahang Pahang

Out on loan

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Malaysia ST / CF / AM 2015 25 September 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Harimau Muda B Loan to Selangor
5 Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq Malaysia CB 2017 6 June 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Selangor Petaling Jaya Rangers Loan to SAMB
4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia RB / RWB / DM 2016 1 February 1986 (aged 30) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby Loan to FELCRA
2 Akmal Ishak Malaysia AM / ST / CM 2017 19 July 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II Loan to Petaling Jaya Rangers
6 Tam Sheang Tsung Malaysia Japan LM / RM 2017 24 May 1995 (aged 21) Japan Gainare Tottori Loan to Kuala Lumpur

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round
Final
position / round
First match Last match
Super League Matchday 110th 21 January 201721 October 2017
FA Cup Second Round Third Round 14 February 201711 March 2017
Malaysia Cup Group stage 4 July 2017

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 18 3 6 9 22 40 −18 016.67
FA Cup 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
Malaysia Cup 4 2 0 2 7 9 −2 050.00
Total 24 6 6 12 30 51 −21 025.00

Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
8 T–Team 19 6 4 9 28 44 16 19[lower-alpha 1]
9 Kelantan 19 6 3 10 28 35 7 18[lower-alpha 2]
10 Melaka United 19 4 6 9 27 41 14 18
11 Sarawak 19 4 5 10 20 29 9 17 Relegation to Premier League
12 Penang 19 3 3 13 15 37 22 12
Updated to match(es) played on 5 August 2017 (2017-08-05). Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for T-Team.
  2. Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Kelantan.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
18 3 6 9 22 40  −18 15 1 3 4 14 20  −6 2 3 5 8 20  −12

Source: Super League fixtures and results

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Result W D L L W L D L D L D L D D L L L W
Position 10 8 10 11 9 8 8 10 10 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 10

Source: Super League fixtures and results

Malaysia Super League fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KDH MLK KLT UITM
1 Kedah Kedah (A) 5 4 0 1 15 5 +10 12 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 TBD 1–0
2 Malacca Melaka United 5 3 0 2 10 11 1 9 2–6 3–0 2–1
3 Kelantan Kelantan 5 2 0 3 8 10 2 6 3–1 2–3 3–1
4 Selangor UiTM (E) 5 1 0 4 4 11 7 3 0–5 TBD 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 1 August 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP
(A) Advance to a further round; (E) Eliminated.

  Win   Draw   Loss

Statistics

Appearances

No. Name League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat 1101020 140
20 Malaysia Badrulzaman Abdul Halim 300000 30
21 Malaysia Muhd Syazwan Abdullah 000000 00
29 Malaysia Mohd Firdaus Muhamad 000000 00
30 Malaysia Norhadi Ubaidillah 000000 00
Defenders
3 Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad 9 (2)01010 12 (2)0
5 Malaysia Nicholas Swirad 0 (1)00010 1 (1)0
11 Malaysia Mohd Fandi Othman 0 (0)0001 (1)0 1 (1)0
12 Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee 10 (4)20 (1)000 10 (5)2
15 Malaysia Mohd Akmal Md Zahir 000000 00
16 Malaysia Isma Alif Mohd Salim 100000 10
18 Malaysia Muhd Syawal Norsam 2 (1)00000 2 (1)0
25 Republic of Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović 2 (0)00010 3 (0)0
26 Malaysia Khair Jones 13 (1)11020 16 (1)1
Midfielders
6 Malaysia S. Sivanesan 0 (0)0101 (1)0 1 (1)0
7 Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 11 (1)01011 13 (1)1
8 Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie 10 (3)01000 11 (3)0
10 Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza 1 (0)10010 2 (0)1
13 Malaysia Mohd Norhakim Isa 0 (0)00020 2 (0)0
17 Malaysia Mohd Azniee Taib 0 (0)00010 1 (0)0
19 South Korea Jeon Woo-young 12 (1)41020 15 (1)4
23 Malaysia Jasmir Mehat 0 (4)0000 (2)0 0 (5)0
27 Malaysia G. Puaneswaran 1301010 150
28 Malaysia Muhd Nazri Ahmad 1 (2)00000 1 (2)0
Forwards
9 Croatia Marko Šimić 1 (0)00021 3 (0)1
14 Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan 0 (4)1000 (1)0 0 (5)1
24 Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan 2 (9)10 (1)01 (1)1 3 (11)2
Players transferred out or on loan during the season
19 Malaysia Nurshamil Abd Ghani 000000 00
11 Philippines Omid Nazari 000000 00
5 Malaysia Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq 000000 00
4 Malaysia Mohd Alif Shamsudin 000000 00
25 Ghana Godwin Antwi 11 (1)01000 11 (1)0
17 Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah 1001100 111
Malaysia Ashvin Tharumanathan 000000 00
9 Montenegro Ilija Spasojević 9 (1)31000 11 (1)3
10 Argentina Sergio Ezequiel Agüero 7 (1)00000 7 (1)0
22 Malaysia Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad 4 (2)00 (1)000 4 (3)0
2 Malaysia Akmal Ishak 000000 00
6 Malaysia Tam Sheang Tsung 000000 00
13 Malaysia Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali 1211000 131

Last updated: 6 May 2017
Source: Competitions / SPMB

Top scorers

Rnk Pos No. Player League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 FW 9 Croatia Marko Šimić 7029
2 MF 19 South Korea Jeon Woo-young 4026
FW 24 Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan 4026
4 MF 10 Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza 3025
5 FW 9 Montenegro Ilija Spasojević 3003
6 DF 12 Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee 2002
MF 7 Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 1012
8 MF 13 Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali 1001
FW 14 Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan 1001
FW 17 Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah 0101
DF 26 Malaysia Khair Jones 1001
MF 17 Malaysia Mohd Azniee Taib 0011
# Own goals 0 0 0 0
Total 27 1 10 40

Clean sheets

Rnk No. Player League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 1 Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat 2103
Total 2103

Discipline

Rnk Pos No. Player
1 DF 12 Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee 10
GK 1 Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat 10
DF 3 Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad 10
MF 13 Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali 10
FW 13 Argentina Sergio Ezequiel Agüero 10
Total 5 0

Transfers

Early season

In

Date Pos. Num. Name From Note
November 2016 MF Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia FELDA United
November 2016 DF Ghana Godwin Antwi Malaysia DRB-HICOM
November 2016 MF Philippines Omid Nazari Philippines Global FC
November 2016 FW Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia T–Team
November 2016 FW Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia Pahang FA
November 2016 DF Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad Malaysia PDRM
November 2016 MF Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali Malaysia PKNS
November 2016 MF Malaysia Akmal Ishak Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II
November 2016 MF Malaysia Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Malaysia Sime Darby
November 2016 DF Malaysia Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Malaysia Sime Darby
1 December 2016 MF Malaysia Tam Sheang Tsung Japan Gainare Tottori
13 December 2016 FW Argentina Sergio Aguero Hungary FC Tatabánya
15 December 2016 GK Malaysia Mohd Firdaus Muhamad Malaysia Penang
15 December 2016 GK Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II
15 December 2016 GK Malaysia Muhd Syazwan Abdullah Malaysia Kedah
15 December 2016 DF Malaysia Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
15 December 2016 GK Malaysia Norhadi Ubaidillah Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
16 December 2016 FW Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
December 2016 MF Malaysia Isma Alif Mohd Salim Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
December 2016 MF Malaysia Muhd Nazri Ahmad Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
December 2016 MF Malaysia Ashvin Tharumanathan Malaysia University of Queensland
23 January 2017 MF South Korea Jeon Woo-young South Korea Jeonnam Dragons

Out

Date Pos. Num. Name To Note
November 2016 DF 15 Malaysia Ahmad Shahir Ismail Malaysia SAMB
November 2016 FW 30 Malaysia Mohd Syazwan Nordin Malaysia Felcra
November 2016 DF 55 Romania Alexandru Tudose Romania Târgu Mureș
November 2016 MF 10 Sweden Labinot Harbuzi Released
November 2016 MF 59 Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia FELDA United End of Loan
November 2016 MF 60 Malaysia Mohd Ferris Danial Malaysia FELDA United End of Loan
November 2016 MF 13 Malaysia See Kok Luen Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016 GK 29 Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malaysia Kelantan End of Loan
November 2016 GK 1 Malaysia Ahmad Solehin Mamat Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
November 2016 DF 20 Malaysia Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Ab Rahman Malaysia FELDA United
November 2016 DF 11 Malaysia Fiqri Azwan Ghazali Malaysia FELCRA
November 2016 MF 16 Malaysia Iskandar Hanapiah Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016 MF 12 Malaysia R. Barath Kumar Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016 MF 57 Malaysia Mohd Saiful Mustafa Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016 GK 52 Malaysia Mohd Fadzley Rahim Malaysia Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016 MF 8 Malaysia Mohd Hazri Rozali
November 2016 MF 58 Malaysia Reeshafiq Alwi Malaysia MOF
November 2016 FW 51 State of Palestine Yashir Pinto Malaysia Perak FA
November 2016 DF 5 Malaysia Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Kelantan Kelantan
January 2017 FW 19 Malaysia Nurshamil Abd Ghani Malaysia Selangor On loan
23 January 2017 MF 11 Philippines Omid Nazari Free agent Contract terminated

Mid-season

In

Date Pos. Num. Name From Note
May 2017 DF Republic of Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović Republic of Macedonia FK Pelister
June 2017 MF Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza Brazil Oeste FC
June 2017 MF Malaysia Mohd Norhakim Isa Malaysia Perak FA
June 2017 MF Malaysia S. Sivanesan Malaysia PKNS FC
June 2017 MF Malaysia Mohd Azniee Taib Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan
June 2017 DF Malaysia Mohd Fandi Othman Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan
June 2017 DF Malaysia Nicholas Swirad Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan
May 2017 FW Croatia Marko Šimić Malaysia Negeri Sembilan FA

Out

Date Pos. Num. Name To Note
May 2017 FW Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah Malaysia Selangor FA
May 2017 MF Malaysia Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Malaysia T–Team FC
May 2017 MF Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali Malaysia PKNS FC
May 2017 FW Argentina Sergio Agüero
May 2017 DF Ghana Godwin Antwi
May 2017 FW Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Rested

References

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