# 2017 Sarawak FA season

The 2017 season was Sarawak's 13th season in club history and 5th season in the Liga Super since being promoted in 2014.

## Season Summary

After few seasons battle with bottom half finished, Bujang Senang finally bid farewell to the top flight after relegated. Bottom teams fate need to be decided until final day of the season. Kelantan did the great escape by winning 3–1 in Melaka thus secured 3 points to avoid relegation, meanwhilst Sarawak goalless draw with T Team saw the team down to Liga Perdana next term. Due to new rules and regulation regarding the FAM & AFC license requirement, Sarawak and Penang alongside Felda United and T-Team altogether 4 teams relegated to premier league for 2018.
Which saw Negeri Sembilan and PKNP promoted to 2018 super league replacing demoted T-team and Felda united. After Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu advanced as 2017 premier league winners and runners up. By following the AFC, FAM rules and condition Terengganu and T Team later rebrand as Terengganu FC II are disallowed to compete in same league/division since they acted as reserve team/feeder team to Terengganu FC I. The same law applied to JDT I and JDT II where they need to plays in different division to avoid matchfixing or conflict of interest.
Sarawak had bright campaign in FA Cup by trashing Misc Mifa 6–3 in second round, beating Perlis 2–1 in away fixture before drawn with Terengganu in quarterfinal, which saw them tied 2–2 on aggregate, only to be separated by penalty shoot out 4–1 win to the east coast team which saw Terengganu advanced to semi final against Kedah, eventual winner.
Dismal draw in Malaysia cup when Sarawak had to face 2 giants, JDT and Selangor, against with Terengganu in a group stage. Ngap sayot finished the group as expected in 3rd position with later winner, JDT and Selangor advanced to the next round.

## Highlight of the season

Sarawak welcoming the arrival of Demerson Bruno, the survival of Chapecoense team that scheduled to play in Copa Sudamericana final unfortunately involved in air disaster. Mark Hartmann also scored a wonderful goal against Misc Mifa during FA cup match that resemble to Papiss Cisse wonder goal against Chelsea in 2012, local crowd nominated that goal for Puskas Award but nothing further action were taken. Thus denying second consecutive time for Malaysia to win the award after Faiz Subri achievement.

### Background information

Sarawak had their eyes on a promising season with transfers such as Mateo Roskam and Demerson coming to help aid them in reaching the top half of the table after the previous season's unimpressive 8th-place ranking.

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Liga Super | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 35 | −15 | 018.18 |
| FA Cup | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 050.00 |
| Malaysia Cup | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 016.67 |
| Total | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 021.88 |
Source: Competitions

### Liga Super
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 8 | Melaka United | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 24 | |
| 9 | T–Team (R) | 22 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 23 | Relegation to Premier League |
| 10 | Kelantan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 22 | |
| 11 | Sarawak (R) | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 21 | Relegation to Premier League |
| 12 | Penang (R) | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 12 | Relegation to Premier League |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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.

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
Source: Fixtures / Result Archived 22 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss

#### Quarter-finals
### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JDT | SGR | SWK | TRG |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Selangor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sarawak | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Terengganu | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | — |
Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics
### Appearances

    Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017
| No. | Pos. | Name | Liga Super | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | Florian Rison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Ronny Harun | 15 | 3 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | DF | Demerson | 19 | 3 | 3 | 25 |
| 6 | DF | Izray Roslan | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 | 2 (3) |
| 7 | MF | Shamie Iszuan | 11 (5) | 0 | 3 (2) | 14 (7) |
| 8 | MF | Tommy Mawat Bada | 21 | 3 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | FW | Mateo Roskam | 21 | 3 | 2 (1) | 26 (1) |
| 11 | MF | Hafiz Abu Bakar | 1 (9) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (12) |
| 12 | DF | Ramesh Lai | 14 (1) | 2 (1) | 4 | 20 (2) |
| 13 | DF | Dzulazlan Ibrahim | 19 | 3 | 2 (1) | 24 (1) |
| 14 | DF | Najmuddin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Shahrol Saperi | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 8 (3) |
| 17 | DF | Hairol Mokhtar | 9+1) | 1 | 4 | 14 (1) |
| 18 | GK | Zul Mohi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Shreen Tambi | 8 (7) | 0 (2) | 1 (2) | 9 (11) |
| 21 | GK | Aidil Mohamad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 22 | DF | Mazwandi | 11 (1) | 1 | 2 | 14 (1) |
| 23 | MF | Dalglish | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 2 (5) |
| 24 | DF | Dzulfadli Marajeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Shahril Saa'ri | 19 | 2 | 4 | 25 |
| 26 | MF | Alif Hassan | 7 (4) | 0 | 3 (2) | 10 (6) |
| 27 | FW | Hafis Saperi | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 (1) |
| 28 | MF | Kamaruddin Bohan | 6 (3) | 1 (1) | 3 (1) | 10 (5) |
| 29 | FW | Alexander Jerome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Rahim Razak | 9 (10) | 2 | 5 (2) | 16 (12) |
| 32 | DF | Jimmy Raymond | 2 (1) | 0 | 3 | 5 (1) |
| 34 | FW | Azizi Ramlee | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 (2) |
| 35 | DF | Rodney Akwensivie | 4 (2) | 0 | 4 | 8 (2) |
| 51 | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | 8+2) | 0 | 3 (1) | 11 (3) |
| 52 | MF | Miloš Raičković | 10 | 0 | 5 (1) | 15 (1) |
| Players who left the club in mid transfer window or on loan |||||||
| 10 | FW | Mark Hartmann | 9 (3) | 3 | 0 | 12 (3) |
| 19 | MF | Lee Jong-ho | 9 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 | 11 (2) |

### Top scorers

    Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Pos | Liga Super | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 9 | Mateo Roskam | FW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | 10 | Mark Hartmann | FW | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | 30 | Rahim Razak | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 | Demerson | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 8 | Tommy Mawat Bada | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 17 | Hairol Mokhtar | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 26 | Alif Hassan | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | 52 | Miloš Raičković | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | 2 | Ronny Harun | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 7 | Shamie Iszuan | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 11 | Hafiz Abu Bakar | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 20 | Shreen Tambi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 28 | Kamaruddin Bohan | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | 51 | Sahil Suhaimi | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 24 | 9 | 6 | 39 |
* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season

### Clean sheets

    Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| Rnk | No. | Player | Liga Super | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | 25 | Shahril Saa'ri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | 21 | Aidil Mohamad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

## Transfers

First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.

### In
#### First window

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred From |
| November 2016 | GK | Aidil Mohamad | Mukah |
| November 2016 | GK | Zul Mohi | Kuching |
| November 2016 | DF | Izray Roslan | Kuching |
| November 2016 | FW | Hafiz Abu Bakar | Kuching |
| November 2016 | DF | Najmudin | Sarikei |
| November 2016 | MF | Azizi Ramlee | Youth team |
| November 2016 | FW | Rahim Razak | Youth team |
| November 2016 | FW | Mark Hartmann | Geylang |
| November 2016 | FW | Lee Jong-ho | Svay Rieng |
| 15 January 2017 | FW | Mateo Roskam | Sime Darby |
| 15 January 2017 | FW | Demerson | Chapecoense |

#### Second window

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred From |
| June 2017 | MF | Miloš Raičković | Budućnost Podgorica |
| June 2017 | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Tampines Rovers |

### Out
#### First window

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred To |
| November 2016 | DF | Thanaraj | Unattached |
| November 2016 | DF | Riduwan Ma'on | Unattached |
| November 2016 | MF | Gurusamy | PKNS |
| November 2016 | MF | Akmal Noor | MOF |
| November 2016 | MF | Júnior | Unattached |
| November 2016 | FW | Syahrul Azwari | Johor Darul Ta'zim II |
| November 2016 | FW | Partiban | Terengganu |
| November 2016 | GK | Iqbal Suhaimi | Unattached |
| December 2016 | DF | Teah Dennis Jr. | BYC |
| January 2017 | FW | Gilmar | Caxias do Sul |
| 9 February 2017 | FW | Ndumba Makeche | Bali United |

#### Second window

| Date | Pos | Player | Transferred To |
| June 2017 | FW | Mark Hartmann | Penang |
| June 2017 | FW | Lee Jong-ho | Unattached |