# 2022 Negeri Sembilan FC season

The 2022 season in the Malaysia Super League was Negeri Sembilan's 10th season, while 99th year of its foundation. Since its establishment in 1923, Negeri Sembilan has won the Malaysia Cup several times. It has won the cup in 1948, 2009, and 2011. Along with the league, the club has also competed in the Malaysia Cup and Malaysia FA Cup in 2022.

## Events

In December 2021, the club signed several new players. Among them were K. Sarkunan, Syihan Hazmi, Hérold Goulon, Matheus Alves, David Mawutor, Khuzaimi Pie, A. Namathevan, Izzuddin Roslan, Khair Jones, Che Rashid Che Halim, Sean Selvaraj, Gustavo, Izaffiq Ruzi, Hariz Kamarudin, Omid Nazari and Kossi Adetu.
Negeri Sembilan FC performed brilliantly by successfully creating an unbeaten record throughout the 6 Malaysia Super League games since the league was started. Negeri Sembilan FC managed to be at the top of the league for a week. However, on 11 May 2022, their clean sheet was broken by the Johor Darul Ta'zim FC team after the Negeri Sembilan FC team was defeated with a result of 1–0.
On 13 June 2022, two foreign players, David Mawutor and Kossi Adetu were replaced with Gustavo and Yashir Pinto during mid season transfer.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 1 August 2022
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhaimin Mohamad |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Che Rashid Che Halim (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.) |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Khair Jones |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Herold Goulon |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Annas Rahmat |
| 6 | MF | MAS | K. Sarkunan (on loan from Selangor F.C.) |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Sean Selvaraj |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Zaquan Adha (captain) |
| 10 | MF | PHI | Omid Nazari |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Matheus Alves |
| 12 | GK | MAS | Kaharuddin Rahman |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Hariz Kamarudin |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Selvan Anbualagan |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Nasrullah Haniff |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Khuzaimi Piee |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Javabilaarivin Nyanasegar |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Syihan Hazmi |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Izaffiq Ruzi |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Saiful Ridzuwan |
| 25 | MF | MAS | Adib Faris |
| 26 | DF | MAS | A. Namathevan |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Fahmi Faizal |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Zamri Pin Ramli |
| 33 | FW | MAS | Amirul Hakimi Rosli |
| 36 | MF | PLE | Yashir Pinto |
| 44 | MF | MAS | Afiq Fitri |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Gustavo |
| 72 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply |
| 88 | MF | MAS | Izzuddin Roslan |

## Transfers
### In pre-season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Che Rashid Che Halim (on loan from Johor Darul Ta'zim) |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Khair Jones (from Sarawak United FC) |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Herold Goulon (from Sri Pahang FC) |
| 6 | MF | MAS | K. Sarkunan (on loan from Selangor FC) |
| 10 | MF | PHI | Omid Nazari (from United City F.C.) |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Matheus Alves (from Chungnam Asan FC) |
| 14 | MF | GHA | David Mawutor (from FC Shakhter Karagandy) |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Hariz Kamarudin (from Kelantan United F.C.) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Khuzaimi Piee (from UiTM FC) |
| 20 | FW | TOG | Kossi Adetu (from Magusa T.G.S.K) |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Syihan Hazmi (from Petaling Jaya City) |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Izaffiq Ruzi (from Kelantan F.C.) |
| 26 | DF | MAS | A. Namathevan (from Selangor FC) |

### In mid-season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 36 | MF | PLE | Yashir Pinto (from Khon Kaen United F.C.) |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Gustavo (from Clube Náutico Capibaribe) |

### Out pre-season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aroon Kumar (to Petaling Jaya City FC) |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Tasnim Fitri (to Sarawak United F.C.) |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Halim Zainal (to Free agent) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Bae Beom-geun (to Gyeongnam FC) |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Francis Koné (to Sarawak United F.C.) |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Alif Romli |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Barathkumar Ramaloo (to Petaling Jaya City FC) |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Alain Akono (to SCC Mohammédia) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DS | MAS | Osman Yusoff (to Kelantan FC) |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Raja Imran Shah (to Sarawak United F.C.) |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Damien Lim (to Sabah F.C.) |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Deevan Raj (to Free agent) |
| 31 | GK | MAS | Azeem Farhan (to Free agent) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha (to Free agent) |

### Out mid-season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | GHA | David Mawutor (to Free agent) |
| 20 | FW | TOG | Kossi Adetu (to Free agent) |

## Competitions
### Malaysia Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 20 | +19 | 44 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Sabah | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 42 | Qualification for AFC Cup group stage |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 26 | +7 | 41 | |
| 5 | Selangor | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 39 | 33 | +6 | 30 | |
| 6 | Kuala Lumpur City | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 29 | |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | D | D | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Malaysia Cup
#### Round of 16

Negeri Sembilan FC won against Kedah Darul Aman F.C. on 26 October 2022.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kedah Darul Aman | 1–2 | Negeri Sembilan | 1–2 | 0–0 |

#### Quarter-final

Negeri Sembilan FC lose against Selangor F.C. on 12 November 2022.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Selangor | 4–2 | Negeri Sembilan | 2–0 | 2–2 |

### Malaysia FA Cup
#### First round

The draw for the first round was held on 23 February 2022. The matches were held between 11 March and 29 April.
Negeri Sembilan FC lose against Terengganu on 29 April 2022.

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 1 December 2022
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia FA Cup | Malaysia FA Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhaimin Mohamad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Che Rashid Che Halim | 26 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Khair Jones | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | FRA | Herold Goulon | 23 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Annas Rahmat | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAS | K. Sarkunan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | MAS | Sean Selvaraj | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Zaquan Adha | 25 | 2 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | PHI | Omid Nazari | 25 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | BRA | Matheus Alves | 25 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAS | Kaharuddin Rahman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | MAS | Hariz Kamarudin | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Selvan Anbualagan | 20 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Nasrullah Haniff | 24 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Khuzaimi Piee | 24 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Javabilaarivin Nyanasegar | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Syihan Hazmi | 27 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Izaffiq Ruzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Saiful Ridzuwan | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | MAS | Adib Faris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | MAS | A. Namathevan | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Fahmi Faizal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Zamri Pin Ramli | 24 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | MAS | Hakimi Rosli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | PLE | Yashir Pinto | 17 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | MAS | Afiq Fitri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | BRA | Gustavo | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply | 12 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | MAS | Izzuddin Roslan | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 14 | MF | GHA | David Mawutor | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | TOG | Kossi Adetu | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 1 December 2022
| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | 22 | GK | Syihan Hazmi | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Muhaimin Mohamad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | 12 | GK | Kaharuddin Rahman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 7 | 1 | | 8 |