# 2016 Melaka United season

The 2016 Melaka United season was 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.

### Transfer

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

## Management team
### Club personnel

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

## Kit

* Supplier: Kronos
* Main sponsors: Edra & Mamee
* Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups

## Squads
### First-team squad

    As of 28 June 2016
| No. | Name | Position(s) | Join | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeeper ||||||||
| 1 | Ahmad Solehin Mamat | GK | 2015 | (1996-03-24)24 March 1996 (aged 19) | Harimau Muda B | |
| 29 | Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff | GK | 2016 | (1992-04-17)17 April 1992 (aged 23) | Kelantan | On Loan |
| 52 | Mohd Fadzley Rahim | GK | 2016 | (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 28) | Sabah FA | |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 4 | Mohd Alif Shamsudin | RB / RWB | 2015 | (1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 29) | Sime Darby | |
| 5 | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail | LB / LWB | 2016 | (1988-08-07)7 August 1988 (aged 27) | Pahang | |
| 11 | Fiqri Azwan Ghazali | LB / LWB | 2015 | (1992-03-20)20 March 1992 (aged 23) | Putrajaya SPA | |
| 18 | Muhd Syawal Norsam | CB | 2016 | (1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 26) | Pahang | |
| 20 | Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman | RB / RWB | 2016 | (1992-07-18)18 July 1992 (aged 23) | Young Fighters | |
| 55 | Alexandru Tudose | CB / RB | 2016 | (1987-04-03)3 April 1987 (aged 29) | Free agent | |
| 56 | Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee | CB / LB / DM | 2016 | (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 22) | PKNS | On Loan |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 7 | Surendran Ravindran | RM / LM | 2016 | (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 28) | Pahang | |
| 8 | Mohd Hazri Rozali | DM / CM | 2016 | (1986-06-26)26 June 1986 (aged 29) | Pahang | |
| 10 | Labinot Harbuzi | AM / CM | 2016 | (1986-04-04)4 April 1986 (aged 29) | Free agent | |
| 12 | R. Barath Kumar | LM | 2016 | (1991-04-23)23 April 1991 (aged 24) | Young Fighters | |
| 13 | See Kok Luen | CM | 2016 | (1988-06-03)3 June 1988 (aged 27) | Penang | |
| 16 | Mohd Iskandar Hanapiah | RM / LM | 2015 | (1993-06-02)2 June 1993 (aged 22) | Harimau Muda B | |
| 17 | G. Puaneswaran | RM / LM | 2016 | (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 32) | Negeri Sembilan | |
| 23 | Jasmir Mehat | LM / AM | 2015 | (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 21) | Youth system | |
| 26 | Khair Jones | LM / CB / LB / LWB / RB | 2016 | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 26) | Hawke's Bay United FC | |
| 57 | Mohd Saiful Mustafa | CM / AM | 2016 | (1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 29) | Free agent | |
| 58 | Reeshafiq Alwi | DM / CM | 2016 | (1982-12-12)12 December 1982 (aged 33) | AirAsia Allstar | |
| 59 | Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie | CM / DM | 2016 | (1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 30) | FELDA United | On Loan |
| 60 | Mohd Ferris Danial | LM / ST / CF / AM | 2016 | (1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 23) | FELDA United | On Loan |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 9 | Ilija Spasojević | ST / CF | 2016 | (1987-09-11)11 September 1987 (aged 28) | Persib Bandung | Captain |
| 19 | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | ST / CF / AM | 2015 | (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 21) | Harimau Muda B | |
| 51 | Yashir Pinto | ST / CF | 2016 | (1991-02-06)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 | | CB | 2015 | (1993-03-13)13 March 1993 (aged 22) | Kelantan | Injury |
| 6 | Rusmanizam Roseland | | CB | 2016 | (1993-10-11)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 | | CB | 2016 | (1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 28) | DRB-HICOM | Loan to SAMB FC |
| 30 | Mohd Syazwan Nordin | | ST / CF | 2016 | (1993-04-15)15 April 1993 (aged 22) | UiTM Perlis | Loan to SAMB FC |

## Friendly matches

Win  Draw  Loss

## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Premier League | Matchday 1 | — | Winners | 12 February 2016 | 22 October 2016 |
| FA Cup | Second round | — | Second round | 20 February 2016 | 20 February 2016 |
| Malaysia Cup | Group stage | — | Group stage | 12 July 2016 | 19 August 2016 |
Updated to match played 25 July 2016 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | 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 | Teamvte | 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 | Promotion to Super League |
| 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 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Premier League fixtures and results

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | D | W | W | W | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D |
| Position | 6 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |

#### Malaysia Premier League fixtures and results

Source:
Win  Draw  Loss

#### Results overview

Win  Draw  Loss
| Team | Home score | Away score |
| ATM | 3–1 | 0–6 |
| DRB-HICOM | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kuala Lumpur | 2–1 | 1–2 |
| Kuantan | 3–2 | 3–4 |
| Negeri Sembilan | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Perlis | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| PKNS | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Sabah | 3–0 | 2–2 |
| Sime Darby | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| 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 |
| 3 | Surendran Ravindran | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | G. Puaneswaran | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Jasmir Mehat | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | See Kok Luen | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Wan Amirul Afiq | 1 | 13 |

### Malaysia FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FELDA United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Negeri Sembilan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 12 | Advance to Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Malacca United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Terengganu | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
Win  Draw  Loss

### Scoring
#### Top scorers in 2016 Malaysia Cup

| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps |

## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | MAS | Ahmad Solehin Mamat | 15 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | MAS | Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff | 14 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 52 | GK | MAS | Mohd Fadzley Rahim | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | MAS | Mohd Alif Shamsudin | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail | 14 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | MAS | Fiqri Azwan Ghazali | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Muhd Syawal Norsam | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | MAS | Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman | 22 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | ROU | Alexandru Tudose | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 56 | DF | MAS | Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee | 11 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | MAS | Surendran Ravindran | 27 | 6 | 18+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Mohd Hazri Rozali | 9 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SWE | Labinot Harbuzi | 16 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAS | R. Barath Kumar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAS | See Kok Luen | 15 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Mohd Iskandar Hanapiah | 17 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | MAS | G. Puaneswaran | 18 | 1 | 8+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Jasmir Mehat | 19 | 2 | 6+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 1 | 2+3 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | MAS | Khair Jones | 17 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | MAS | Mohd Saiful Mustafa | 6 | 2 | 1+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 58 | MF | MAS | Reeshafiq Alwi | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 59 | MF | MAS | Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie | 10 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 60 | MF | MAS | Mohd Ferris Danial | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | MNE | Ilija Spasojević | 24 | 27 | 20 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | 17 | 4 | 3+9 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 1 |
| 51 | FW | PLE | Yashir Pinto | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | MAS | Mohamad Faiz Suhaimi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Rusmanizam Roseland | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | KOR | Shin Jae-pil | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Ahmad Shahir Ismail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | MNE | Balša Božović | 11 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | MAS | Stefan Petrovski | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAS | V. Kavi Chelvan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | FW | MAS | Mohd Syazwan Nordin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 16 July 2016 Source: Competitions / SPMB

### Goalkeeper statistics

| Rank | No. | Pos | Nat | Name | League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 2 | 1 | GK | | Ahmad Solehin Mamat | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 29 | GK | | Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Last updated: 21 May 2016

### Discipline
#### Cards

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

## Transfers
### Early season
#### In

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

#### Out

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

### Mid-season
#### In

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

#### Out

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