# 2018 Arema F.C. season

The 2018 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 29th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1, Piala Indonesia and Indonesia President's Cup. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.
On 14 May 2018, with just one wins in the first 8 league games, manager Joko Susilo was sacked. His last game, one days earlier, ended in a 1–1 draw to PSM Makassar. The following day, assistant coach Milan Petrović was appointed as manager until the end of the season.

## Squad information
### First team squad

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 |
| 5 | DF | IDN | Bagas Adi |
| 8 | MF | IDN | Nasir |
| 9 | FW | IDN | Ahmad Nur Hardianto |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Makan Konaté |
| 11 | FW | IDN | Rivaldi Bawuo |
| 12 | MF | IDN | Hendro Siswanto |
| 14 | MF | IDN | Jayus Hariono |
| 15 | FW | IDN | Sunarto |
| 16 | MF | IDN | Ridwan Tawainella |
| 18 | DF | IDN | Ricky Ohorella |
| 19 | MF | IDN | Hanif Sjahbandi |
| 22 | DF | IDN | Purwaka Yudhi |
| 23 | DF | IDN | Hamka Hamzah (captain) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | FW | IDN | Dedik Setiawan |
| 28 | DF | IDN | Israel Wamiau |
| 30 | MF | IDN | Muhammad Rafli |
| 37 | DF | IDN | Agil Munawar |
| 39 | DF | IDN | Alfin Tuasalamony |
| 41 | FW | IDN | Dendi Santoso (vice-captain) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha |
| 77 | MF | IDN | Jefri Kurniawan (on loan from Persija Jakarta) |
| 83 | GK | SRB | Srđan Ostojić |
| 86 | MF | IDN | Dalmiansyah Matutu |
| 87 | DF | IDN | Johan Alfarizi |
| 93 | GK | IDN | Utam Rusdiana |
| 96 | GK | IDN | Kartika Ajie |

## Transfers
### In

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Fee | Date |
| 13 | MF | Rodrigo Ost dos Santos | Esporte Clube Comercial | | 13 December 2017 |
| 37 | DF | Agil Munawar | PS TIRA | Undisclosed | 14 December 2017 |
| 96 | GK | Kartika Ajie | Persiba | Undisclosed | 26 December 2017 |
| 2 | DF | Mochammad Zaenuri | Perseru | Undisclosed | 1 January 2018 |
| 9 | FW | Ahmad Nur Hardianto | Persela | Undisclosed | 1 January 2018 |
| 11 | FW | Rivaldi Bawuo | Kalteng Putera | Undisclosed | 1 January 2018 |
| 14 | MF | Jayus Hariono | Persekam Metro | Undisclosed | 1 January 2018 |
| 18 | MF | Ricky Ohorella | Borneo | Undisclosed | 1 January 2018 |
| 99 | FW | Thiago Furtuoso | Madura United | Free | 4 January 2018 |
| 16 | MF | Ridwan Tawainella | PSM | Undisclosed | 6 January 2018 |
| 7 | MF | Juan Revi | Persela | Undisclosed | 10 January 2018 |
| 33 | GK | Joko Ribowo | Mitra Kukar | Free | 10 January 2018 |
| 28 | DF | Israel Wamiau | Persipura | Undisclosed | 1 March 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Balša Božović | FK Zeta | Free | 6 March 2018 |
| 23 | DF | Hamka Hamzah | Sriwijaya | Free | 13 July 2018 |
| 39 | DF | Alfin Tuasalamony | Sriwijaya | Free | 13 July 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Makan Konaté | Sriwijaya | Free | 15 July 2018 |
| 83 | GK | Srđan Ostojić | FK Zemun | Free | 17 July 2018 |
| 15 | FW | Sunarto | Persis | Undisclosed | 8 August 2018 |

### Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Fee | Date |
| 7 | DF | Benny Wahyudi | Madura United | Undisclosed | 1 December 2017 |
| 11 | FW | Esteban Vizcarra | Sriwijaya | Undisclosed | 4 December 2017 |
| 18 | MF | Adam Alis | Sriwijaya | Free | 5 December 2017 |
| 94 | MF | Feri Aman Saragih | Free agent | Undisclosed | 6 December 2017 |
| 14 | MF | Arif Suyono | Mitra Kukar | Undisclosed | 20 December 2017 |
| — | MF | Dio Permana | Persela | Undisclosed | 20 December 2017 |
| 13 | MF | Marco Kabiay | Persija | Undisclosed | 24 December 2017 |
| 19 | MF | Ahmad Bustomi | Mitra Kukar | Free | 1 January 2018 |
| 20 | FW | Juan Pablo Pino | Free agent | Free | 1 January 2018 |
| 33 | GK | Dwi Kuswanto | Persela | Free | 1 January 2018 |
| 10 | FW | Cristian Gonzáles | Madura United | Undisclosed | 18 January 2018 |
| 21 | GK | Reky Rahayu | Persebaya | Undisclosed | 1 March 2018 |
| 4 | MF | Syaiful Indra Cahya | Bali United | Free | 13 July 2018 |
| 91 | GK | Teddy Heri Setiawan | Martapura | Free | 13 July 2018 |
| 33 | GK | Joko Ribowo | PSIS | Free | 18 July 2018 |
| 90 | MF | Ahmet Atayew | Persela | Free | 26 July 2018 |
| 2 | DF | Mochammad Zaenuri | Persela | Free | 28 July 2018 |
| 10 | MF | Balša Božović | FK Mornar | Free | 31 July 2018 |
| 31 | DF | Junda Irawan | Madura United | Free | 1 August 2018 |
| 99 | FW | Thiago Furtuoso | Al-Nahda Club | Free | 14 September 2018 |

### Loan In

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned From | Start | End | Source |
| 77 | MF | Jefri Kurniawan | Persija | 9 December 2017 | 8 December 2018 | |

### Loan Out

| No. | Pos | Player | Loaned to | Start | End | Source |
| 7 | MF | Juan Revi | Semen Padang | 19 October 2018 | 31 December 2018 | |

## Pre-seasons and friendlies
### Friendlies

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 4 January 2018 | PSIS | H | 5–3 | Ataýew 20' (pen.), Dedik 38', Rodrigo 42', Arthur 60', Hardianto 72' | |
| 7 January 2018 | PSIS | A | 1–0 | Hendro 24' | |
| 14 January 2018 | Barito Putera | H | 2–0 | Alfarizi 62', Rafli 73' | |
| 18 March 2018 | Persib | A | 1–2 | Dendi 56' | |
| 3 June 2018 | Sumbersari | H | 0–2 | | 0 |
| 30 June 2018 | Kodam V Brawijaya | N | 12–1 | Dedik (4), Bawuo (2), Jefri, Dendi, Ridwan, Alfarizi, Hardianto | 0 |
| 1 September 2018 | Perseru | H | 4–0 | Dedik (2), Dendi, Hardianto | 0 |
| 29 September 2018 | Madura United | H | 1–1 | Dendi 50' | 42,230 |

### Indonesia President's Cup
#### Group stage

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | Group position |
| 20 January 2018 | Persela | H | 2–2 | Furtuoso 2', Dendi 12' | 19,930 | 2nd |
| 25 January 2018 | PSIS | H | 3–1 | Rio 4' (o.g.), Alfarizi 8', Furtuoso 47' | 8,093 | 1st |
| 30 January 2018 | Bhayangkara | H | 0–0 | | 20,879 | 1st |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Arema (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Advance to quarter-finals |
| 2 | Bhayangkara | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 3 | PSIS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Persela | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |

#### Knockout phase

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 4 February 2018 | Quarter-finals | Sriwijaya | N | 1–3 | Hardianto 80' (pen.) | 18,450 |

### East Kalimantan Governor Cup
#### Group stage

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Group position |
| 23 February 2018 | PSIS | N | 2–2 (3–4p) | Dedik 5', Arthur 89' | 3rd |
| 25 February 2018 | Borneo | A | 1–2 | Dendi 73' | 4th |
| 27 February 2018 | Mitra Kukar | N | 3–1 | Božović 26', Dendi 56', Dedik 86' | 2nd |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Borneo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 8 | Knockout stage |
| 2 | Arema | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Knockout stage |
| 3 | Mitra Kukar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | PSIS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 2 | |
* ↑ Borneo won in penalty shoot-out against Mitra Kukar. (+1 point)
* ↑ PSIS won in penalty shoot-out against Arema. (+1 point)

#### Knockout phase

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 2 March 2018 | Semi-finals | Persebaya | N | 2–0 | Furtuoso 65', Hanif 85' | |
| 4 March 2018 | Final | Sriwijaya | N | 2–3 | Božović 23', Furtuoso 81' (pen.) | |

## Match results
### Liga 1
#### Matches

| Date | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance | League position |
| 24 March 2018 | Mitra Kukar | H | 2–2 | Božović 8', Syaiful 19' | 12,400 | 6th |
| 31 March 2018 | Persija | A | 1–3 | Ataýew 35' | 62,273 | 13th |
| 9 April 2018 | Borneo | A | 1–2 | Furtuoso 35' | 10,329 | 17th |
| 15 April 2018 | Persib | H | 2–2 | Furtuoso 19', Božović 87' | 31,000 | 18th |
| 21 April 2018 | Madura United | A | 2–3 | Dendi 45', Furtuoso 66' (pen.) | 9,825 | 18th |
| 27 April 2018 | Persipura | H | 3–1 | Rivaldi 45', Dedik (2) 47', 71' | 3,025 | 17th |
| 6 May 2018 | Persebaya | A | 0–1 | | 50,000 | 18th |
| 13 May 2018 | PSM | H | 1–1 | Furtuoso 77' | 6,154 | 18th |
| 18 May 2018 | Bali United | A | 0–1 | | 16,095 | 18th |
| 22 May 2018 | Bhayangkara | H | 4–0 | Rivaldi (2) 9', 47', Dedik (2) 24', 62' | 3,394 | 17th |
| 26 May 2018 | PSMS | A | 0–2 | | 13,042 | 18th |
| 1 June 2018 | PSIS | H | 1–0 | Dedik 37' | 8,588 | 17th |
| 6 June 2018 | Perseru | A | 1–0 | Furtuoso 55' (pen.) | 8,203 | 15th |
| 7 July 2018 | Persela | H | 1–0 | Dedik 74' | 17,232 | 12th |
| 11 July 2018 | Barito Putera | A | 0–0 | | 6,827 | 13th |
| 15 July 2018 | PS TIRA | H | 2–2 | Rivaldi 40', Alfarizi 70' | 10,639 | 13th |
| 21 July 2018 | Sriwijaya | A | 3–0 | Ridwan 51', Rivaldi 65', Hardianto 77' | 5,157 | 10th |
| 27 July 2018 | Mitra Kukar | A | 3–4 | Konaté 33' (pen.), Dedik 40', Arthur 82' | 2,853 | 13th |
| 5 August 2018 | Persija | H | 1–1 | Konaté 90' | 44,912 | 13th |
| 11 August 2018 | Borneo | H | 2–2 | Konaté (2) 53' (pen.), 70' | 23,157 | 14th |
| 13 September 2018 | Persib | A | 0–2 | | 33,719 | 14th |
| 17 September 2018 | Madura United | H | 2–0 | Konaté 45+5' (pen.), Dedik 90' | 2,710 | 12th |
| 22 September 2018 | Persipura | A | 0–1 | | 10,036 | 13th |
| 6 October 2018 | Persebaya | H | 1–0 | Hardianto 70' | 26,293 | 11th |
| 14 October 2018 | PSM | A | 1–2 | Hardianto 61' | 14,112 | 11th |
| 20 October 2018 | Bali United | H | 3–1 | Hanif (2) 13', 43', Konaté 67' | 0 | 10th |
| 24 October 2018 | Bhayangkara | A | 0–0 | | 1,623 | 12th |
| 28 October 2018 | PSMS | H | 5–0 | Dedik 8', Konaté (2) 12', 39', Dendi 23', Hardianto 80' | 0 | 8th |
| 4 November 2018 | PSIS | A | 1–2 | Dendi 72' | 19,825 | 11th |
| 11 November 2018 | Perseru | H | 4–1 | Konaté (2) 13', 56', Dendi 28', Sunarto 49' | 0 | 9th |
| 16 November 2018 | Persela | A | 0–4 | | 14,346 | 12th |
| 24 November 2018 | Barito Putera | H | 3–1 | Sunarto 29', Konaté 41', Hardianto 89' (pen.) | 0 | 9th |
| 2 December 2018 | PS TIRA | A | 1–0 | Konaté 72' | 1,217 | 7th |
| 9 December 2018 | Sriwijaya | H | 2–1 | Konaté 63' (pen.), Dedik 83' | 0 | 6th |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 4 | Persib | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 52 |
| 5 | Persebaya | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 48 | +12 | 50 |
| 6 | Arema | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 53 | 42 | +11 | 50 |
| 7 | Borneo | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 49 | +1 | 48 |
| 8 | Madura United | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 47 | 50 | −3 | 48 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Persebaya 1–0 Arema; Arema 1–0 Persebaya
* 1 2 Head-to-head results: Madura United 1–2 Borneo, Borneo 2–2 Madura United

### Piala Indonesia

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| 9 May 2018 | First Round | PSBK | A | 2–0 | Dedik (2) 29', 40' | |
| 20 November 2018 | Second Round | Persekam Metro | A | 5–1 | Sunarto 9', Nasir 14', Konaté (2) 29', 88', Alfarizi 32' | |

## Statistics
### Squad appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Liga 1 | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Piala Indonesia |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 83 | GK | SRB | Srđan Ostojić | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | GK | IDN | Utam Rusdiana | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | IDN | Kartika Ajie | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 5 | DF | IDN | Bagas Adi | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | IDN | Ricky Ohorella | 16 | 0 | 10+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | IDN | Purwaka Yudhi | 16 | 0 | 14+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | IDN | Hamka Hamzah | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | IDN | Israel Wamiau | 12 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | DF | IDN | Agil Munawar | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | DF | IDN | Alfin Tuasalamony | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha | 30 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 87 | DF | IDN | Johan Alfarizi | 32 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | IDN | Nasir | 7 | 1 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | MLI | Makan Konaté | 19 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | IDN | Hendro Siswanto | 29 | 0 | 26+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | IDN | Jayus Hariono | 11 | 0 | 9+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | IDN | Ridwan Tawainella | 18 | 1 | 4+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | IDN | Hanif Sjahbandi | 20 | 2 | 18+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | IDN | Muhammad Rafli | 20 | 0 | 6+13 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | IDN | Jefri Kurniawan | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 86 | MF | IDN | Dalmiansyah Matutu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IDN | Ahmad Nur Hardianto | 16 | 5 | 3+12 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | IDN | Rivaldi Bawuo | 24 | 5 | 18+6 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | IDN | Sunarto | 9 | 3 | 3+5 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | FW | IDN | Dedik Setiawan | 27 | 12 | 21+5 | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 41 | FW | IDN | Dendi Santoso | 32 | 4 | 30+1 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | IDN | Mochammad Zaenuri | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | IDN | Syaiful Indra Cahya | 10 | 1 | 8+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | IDN | Juan Revi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | MNE | Balša Božović | 10 | 2 | 5+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | DF | IDN | Junda Irawan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | GK | IDN | Joko Ribowo | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | TKM | Ahmet Ataýew | 12 | 1 | 10+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | IDN | Teddy Heri Setiawan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Thiago Furtuoso | 12 | 5 | 8+3 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Liga 1 | Piala Indonesia | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Makan Konaté | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| 2 | FW | 27 | Dedik Setiawan | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Ahmad Nur Hardianto | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Rivaldi Bawuo | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Thiago Furtuoso | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 41 | Dendi Santoso | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | FW | 15 | Sunarto | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Hanif Sjahbandi | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 87 | Johan Alfarizi | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Balša Božović | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 8 | Nasir | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 16 | Ridwan Tawainella | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 44 | Arthur Cunha | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Syaiful Indra Cahya | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 90 | Ahmet Ataýew | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 51 | 7 | 58 |