Melaka United
2017 season
PresidentIdris Haron
ManagerYusoff Mahadi
Head CoachEduardo Almeida
(from 17 June 2017)
StadiumHang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)
Super League8th
FA CupThird round
Malaysia CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Marko Šimić (9)
All:
Marko Šimić (12)
Highest home attendance14,336 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim
(15 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance1,288 vs UiTM
(18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance5,216
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The 2017 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 94th season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League after 10 years did not play in the top-tier league.[1]

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.[2] On 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.[3] 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 (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II
20 Badrulzaman Abdul Halim Malaysia GK 2017 (1978-04-02)2 April 1978 (aged 38) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
21 Muhd Syazwan Abdullah Malaysia GK 2017 (1996-04-02)2 April 1996 (aged 20) Malaysia Kedah Kedah Under-21 player
29 Mohd Firdaus Muhamad Malaysia GK 2017 (1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Penang Penang
30 Norhadi Ubaidillah Malaysia GK 2017 (1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
Defenders
3 Mohd Faizal Muhammad Malaysia CB 2017 (1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia PDRM
5 Nicholas Swirad Malaysia England CB 2017 (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 26) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
11 Mohd Fandi Othman Malaysia LB / LM 2017 (1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 25) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee Malaysia CB / LB / DM 2016 (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 23) Malaysia Selangor PKNS Originally from youth system
15 Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Malaysia CB 2017 (1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby
16 Isma Alif Mohd Salim Malaysia RB 2017 (1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
18 Muhd Syawal Norsam Malaysia CB 2016 (1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia Pahang Pahang FA
25 Jasmin Mecinović North Macedonia CB 2017 (1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 26) North Macedonia FK Pelister
26 Khair Jones Malaysia New Zealand CB / LB / LWB / RB / LM 2016 (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 27) New Zealand Hawke's Bay United FC
Midfielders
6 S. Sivanesan Malaysia AM / CM 2017 (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Selangor PKNS
7 Surendran Ravindran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Pahang Pahang
8 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia CM / DM 2017 (1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 30) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur FELDA United
10 Felipe Almeida De Souza Brazil AM / CM 2017 (1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 25) Brazil Oeste FC
13 Mohd Norhakim Isa Malaysia CM / AM 2017 (1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 24) Malaysia Perak Perak
17 Mohd Azniee Taib Malaysia LM / AM 2017 (1990-07-18)18 July 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan
19 Jeon Woo-young South Korea CM / DM 2017 (1987-12-27)27 December 1987 (aged 29) South Korea Jeonnam Dragons
23 Jasmir Mehat Malaysia LM / AM N/A (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22) Youth system
27 G. Puaneswaran Malaysia RM / LM / RB 2016 (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 33) Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
28 Muhd Nazri Ahmad Malaysia RM / LM / RB 2017 (1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur
Forwards
9 Marko Šimić Croatia ST / CF / RM / LM 2017 (1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 29) Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
14 Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia ST / CF 2017 (1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Terengganu T–Team
24 Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia ST / CF / RM / LM / AM 2017 (1988-08-27)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 (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Harimau Muda B Loan to Selangor
5 Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq Malaysia CB 2017 (1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Selangor Petaling Jaya Rangers Loan to SAMB
4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia RB / RWB / DM 2016 (1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 30) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby Loan to FELCRA
2 Akmal Ishak Malaysia AM / ST / CM 2017 (1994-07-19)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 (1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 21) Japan Gainare Tottori Loan to Kuala Lumpur

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 2–0 Kuala Lumpur FELCRA Melaka City, Malacca
16:45 UTC+8 Alif 55'
Nurshamil 78'		 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
Attendance: TBA
24 December 2016 (2016-12-24) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 2–2 Perak PKNP Melaka City, Malacca
16:45 UTC+8 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
29 December 2016 (2016-12-29) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 1–1 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II Melaka City, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
5 January 2017 (2017-01-05) Friendly Army FC Cambodia 3–1 Malaysia Melaka United Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: RCAF Old Stadium
6 January 2017 (2017-01-06) Friendly Tiger FC Cambodia Cancelled Malaysia Melaka United Siem Reap, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Siem Reap Stadium
8 January 2017 (2017-01-08) Friendly Asia Euro United Cambodia 0–3 Malaysia Melaka United Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
9 January 2017 (2017-01-09) Friendly Boeung Ket Angkor FC Cambodia 2–2 Malaysia Melaka United Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 1–2 Kuala Lumpur FELDA United Malacca City, Malacca
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
16 January 2017 (2017-01-16) Friendly Melaka United Malaysia 0–2 Singapore Geylang International Malacca City, Malacca
--:-- UTC+7 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 0–3 Malaysia PDRM Malacca City, Malacca
20:45 UTC+8 Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium
6 June 2017 (2017-06-06) Friendly Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan 2–3 Malacca Melaka United Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
22:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
19 June 2017 (2017-06-19) Friendly Johor Darul Ta'zim II Johor 1–3 Malacca Melaka United Pasir Gudang, Johor
22:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang Stadium
22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) Friendly Melaka United Malacca 5–1 Malaysia Malaysia U-22 Krubong, Malacca
22:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started round Current
position / round 		Final
position / round 		First match Last match
Super League Matchday 1 8th 8th 21 January 2017 28 October 2017
FA Cup Second round — Third round 14 February 2017 11 March 2017
Malaysia Cup Group stage Quarter-finals Quarter-finals 4 July 2017 24 September 2017

Updated to match played 28 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 22 6 6 10 33 45 −12 027.27
FA Cup 2 1 0 1 1 2 −1 050.00
Malaysia Cup 8 3 1 4 15 21 −6 037.50
Total 32 10 7 15 49 68 −19 031.25

Last updated: 28 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Super League

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Selangor 22 9 6 7 32 28 +4 33
7 PKNS 22 6 7 9 33 38 −5 25
8 Melaka United 22 6 6 10 33 46 −13 24
9 T–Team (R) 22 7 5 10 30 45 −15 23[a] Relegation to Premier League
10 Kelantan 22 7 4 11 31 39 −8 22[b]
Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
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

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 6 6 10 33 45  −12 24 3 3 5 20 24  −4 3 3 5 13 21  −8

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Results by matchday

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ResultWDLLWLDLDLDLDDLLLWWWWL
Position1081011988101010101111111111111010988
Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) 1 Kelantan Kelantan 0–2 Malacca Melaka United Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8 Report 59' Spasojević
90+1' Fauzi		 Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Attendance: 8,963
Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali
27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 2 Selangor Selangor 1–1 Malacca Melaka United Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8 Astafei 81' Report 69' Khairu Stadium: Selayang Stadium
Attendance: 5,777
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 3 Perak Perak 3–2 Malacca Melaka United Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8 Thiago 31'
Pinto 64'
Mirchev 90+3'		 Report 43' Woo-young
79' Izzaq		 Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed
11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 4 Melaka United Malacca 1–2 Terengganu T–Team Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Jeon 48' Report 5' Samassa
15' Tadjiyev		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 7,322
Referee: Suresh Jayaraman
18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 5 Sarawak Sarawak 0–1 Malacca Melaka United Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8 Report 14' Jeon Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium
Attendance: 7,703++
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi
25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 6 Melaka United Malacca 1–3 Pahang Pahang Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Khuzaimi 89' Report 21' Joseph
42' Matheus
56' Sumareh		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 12,151
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) 7 Penang Penang 1–1 Malacca Melaka United Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8 Lobo 88' Report 6' Khuzaimi Stadium: Penang State Stadium
Attendance: 1,288
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob
4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 8 Kedah Kedah 4–0 Malacca Melaka United Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8 Ilsø 34', 90+3'
Sandro 49', 79'		 Report Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: S. Sittharanjanan
26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 9 Melaka United Malacca 2–2 Selangor PKNS Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Spasojević 33', 43' Report 36' Wleh
41' Safee		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 2,399
Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam
9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 10 Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor 7–0 Malacca Melaka United Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8 Guerra 7'
Safiq 18', 59', 81' (pen.)
Amirul 23'
Cabrera 34'
Azamuddin 47'		 Report Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium
Attendance: 14,475
Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali
15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 11 Melaka United Malacca 1–1 Kuala Lumpur FELDA United Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Khair 82' Report 90+2' Cano Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 2,711
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob
24 May 2017 12 FELDA United Kuala Lumpur 3−0 Malacca Melaka United Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8 Cano 29'
Krangar 33'
Cellerino 85' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium
Attendance: 1,367
Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan
6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 13 Melaka United Malacca 1–1 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Jeon Woo-young 88' Report 59' Safiq Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 11,037
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan
1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 14 PKNS Selangor 1–1 Malacca Melaka United Shah Alam Selangor
21:00 UTC+8 Safee 70' (pen.) Report 50' Felipe Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Attendance: 2,616
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) 15 Melaka United Malacca 2–4 Kedah Kedah Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 10', 31' Report 15', 41' Baddrol
56' Akram
90+4' Asri		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 7,048
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria
15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 16 Melaka United Malacca 2–3 Penang Penang Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 36', 89' (pen.) Report 5' Faiz
54' Hartmann
61' Kumaahran		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 4,004++
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 17 Pahang Pahang 2–0 Malacca Melaka United Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8 Romero 5'
Sumareh 53'		 Report Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium
Attendance: 2,455
Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali
26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) 18 Melaka United Malacca 4–2 Sarawak Sarawak Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 31'
Fauzi 35'
Surendran 39'
Felipe 90+3'		 Report 23' Roskam
29' Tommy		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 2,237
Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi
5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 19 T–Team Terengganu 1–5 Malacca Melaka United Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8 Fauzi 33' Report 50', 89' Šimić
61', 70' Fauzi
74' Felipe		 Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali
20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 20 Melaka United Malacca 3–1 Perak Perak Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 300'
Jeon Woo-young 72'
Felipe 83' (pen.)		 Report 50' Shahrul Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 1,683
Referee: Suresh Jayaraman
27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 21 Melaka United Malacca 2–1 Selangor Selangor Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Mecinović 6'
Šimić 42'		 Report Rufino 57' Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 2,059
Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa
28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 22 Melaka United Malacca 1–3 Kelantan Kelantan Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Swirad 30' Report Bako 75'
Celin 81', 88'		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 4,723
Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2017 Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) Second Round Melaka United Malacca 1–0 Selangor PKNS Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Amri 66' Report Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 4,002
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria
11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Third Round Pahang Pahang 2–0 Malacca Melaka United Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification KDH MLK KLT UITM
1 Kedah Kedah 6 5 0 1 17 5 +12 15 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–0 1–0
2 Malacca Melaka United 6 3 0 3 13 16 −3 9 2–6 — 3–0 2–1
3 Kelantan Kelantan 6 2 0 4 8 12 −4 6 3–1 2–3 — 3–1
4 Selangor UiTM 6 2 0 4 9 14 −5 6 0–5 5–3 2–0 —
Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win   Draw   Loss

4 July 2017 (2017-07-04) Group stage Kedah Kedah 2–0 Malacca Melaka United Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8 Sandro 29'
Baddrol 64'		 Report Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob
8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Group stage Melaka United Malacca 3–0 Kelantan Kelantan Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 21'
Surendran 30'
Fauzi 49'		 Report Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 5,529
Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam
18 July 2017 (2017-07-18) Group stage Melaka United Malacca 2–1 Selangor UiTM Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Felipe 23', 64' Report 45+1' Sunday Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 1,288
Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam
29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Group stage Melaka United Malacca 2–6 Kedah Kedah Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8 Azniee 22'
Fauzi 53'		 Report 5' Fakri
35', 39' Sandro
45+3' Akram
77' Ilsø
90' Akhyar		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 6,548
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan
2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) Group stage Kelantan Kelantan 2–3 Malacca Melaka United Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8 Danso 51'
Izuan 86'		 Report Jeon Woo-young 5', 31'
Šimić 33'		 Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Attendance: 2,699
Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan
9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Group stage UiTM Selangor 5–3 Malacca Melaka United Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8 Wasiu 13', 38' (pen.), 90+1'
Do Dong-hyun 30', 73'		 Report Jeon Woo-young 33'
Azinee 56'		 Stadium: UiTM Stadium
Attendance: 439
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Knock-out stage

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup knockout stage
Quarter-finals
15 September 2017 First Leg Melaka United Malacca 1–4 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim Krubong, Melaka
21:00 UTC+8 Šimić 45+1' Report Ghaddar 7', 34'
Insa 68'
Safiq 85'		 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 14,336[4]
Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam
24 September 2017 Second Leg Johor Darul Ta'zim Johor 1–1
(5–2 agg.)		 Malacca Melaka United Larkin, Johor
21:00 UTC+8 Nazmi 21' Report Felipe 44' (pen.) Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium
Attendance: 10,230[5]
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Statistics

Appearances

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

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 FW 9 Croatia Marko Šimić 9 0 3 12
2 MF 19 South Korea Jeon Woo-young 5 0 3 8
FW 24 Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan 4 0 3 7
4 MF 10 Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza 4 0 3 7
5 FW 9 Montenegro Ilija Spasojević 3 0 0 3
6 MF 7 Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 1 0 1 2
DF 12 Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee 2 0 0 2
8 MF 5 Malaysia Nicholas Swirad 1 0 0 1
MF 13 Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali 1 0 0 1
FW 14 Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan 1 0 0 1
FW 17 Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah 0 1 0 1
MF 17 Malaysia Azinee Taib 0 0 2 2
DF 25 North Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović 1 0 0 1
DF 26 Malaysia Khair Jones 1 0 0 1
# Own goals 0 0 0 0
Total 33 1 15 49

* Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk No. Player League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 1 Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat 2 1 0 3
Total 2 1 0 3

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Discipline

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player
1 DF 12 Malaysia Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee 3 0
2 DF 3 Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad 2 0
MF 5 Malaysia Nicholas Swirad 2 0
MF 8 Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie 2 0
DF 25 North Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović 2 0
6 GK 1 Malaysia Mohd Fazli Paat 1 0
MF 7 Malaysia Surendran Ravindran 1 0
MF 10 Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza 1 0
FW 10 Argentina Sergio Ezequiel Agüero 1 0
MF 13 Malaysia Norhakim Isa 1 0
MF 13 Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali 1 0
MF 19 South Korea Jeon Woo-young 1 0
MF 27 Malaysia G. Puaneswaran 1 0
Total 19 0

* Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Transfers

In

Early season

Date Pos No Player Transferred From Note(s)
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
November 2016 FW Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia T–Team
November 2016 FW Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia Pahang
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 Ezequiel Agüero Hungary 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

Mid-season

Date Pos No Player Transferred From Note(s)
May 2017 DF North Macedonia Jasmin Mecinović North Macedonia Pelister
June 2017 MF Brazil Felipe Almeida De Souza Brazil Oeste
June 2017 MF Malaysia Mohd Norhakim Isa Malaysia Perak
June 2017 MF Malaysia S. Sivanesan Malaysia PKNS
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

Out

Early season

Date Pos No Player Transferred To Note(s)
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 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
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 Philippines Ceres-Negros Terminated

Mid-season

Date Pos No Player Transferred To Note(s)
May 2017 FW Malaysia Mohd Amri Yahyah Malaysia Selangor
May 2017 MF Malaysia Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Malaysia T–Team
May 2017 MF Malaysia Khairu Azrin Khazali Malaysia PKNS
May 2017 FW Argentina Sergio Agüero
May 2017 DF Ghana Godwin Antwi
May 2017 FW Montenegro Ilija Spasojević Indonesia Bhayangkara

References

  1. ^ Melaka United Soccer Association
  2. ^ "Jangan cari pasal dengan Melaka!". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  3. ^ "Melaka lantik Eric Williams sebagai jurulatih baru". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  4. ^ "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st leg – Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  5. ^ "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
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