# 2013 Sarawak FA season

The 2013 season was Sarawak FA's 1st season in the Malaysia Premier League, after relegated in 2012 Malaysia Super League. Sarawak FA was relegated by Pahang in Playoff Qualifying after the MSL reducing the teams competing in 2013 to 12 teams from 14 teams. 2013 was the best ever Sarawak comeback after almost 13 years of Sarawak Black era. For the 2013 season Sarawak was promoted to 2014 Malaysia Super League after being 1st in the league and being invincible after securing 18 wins with 4 draws and being undefeated throughout the season.
This is Robert Alberts' third season in charge after taking over from Haji Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad in 2011.
Sarawak was successful in home soil with the records of 84% home wins throughout the 2013 season with 91% home league wins. Sarawak only lost to Kelantan in Malaysia FA Cup Quarter-finals by 0–2. Sarawak also drew with Sabah 0–0 in league games and 1–1 to Pahang in the most memorable night of Semi-finals Malaysia Cup which they lost by aggregate 4-2 that stops them to equal their record in 1999 Final Malaysia Cup.

## 2013 Malaysia Premier League

Sarawak were unbeaten in their league games thus winning it for the first time. They were promoted to Malaysia Super League after defeated Kuala Lumpur 4–0 in Stadium Negeri.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 September 2013. Source: 2013 Malaysia Premier League

### Fixtures and results

| Date | Opponents | H/A | Score | Goalscorers |
| 7 Jan | Perlis FA | A | 1-2 | Ivan; Bobby |
| 11 Jan | UiTM FC | H | 5-0 | Bobby x2; Guy; Ivan; Joseph |
| 14 Jan | KL SPA Putrajaya FC | A | 1-1 | Bobby Gonzales |
| 18 Jan | Pos Malaysia FC | H | 2-0 | Ivan; Azizan Saperi |
| 21 Jan | Sime Darby | A | 0-0 | |
| 15 Feb | PDRM FA | H | 1-0 | Joseph Kallang Tie |
| 18 Feb | NS Betaria FC | A | 0-1 | Guy Bwele |
| 22 Feb | Johor FA | H | 3-2 | Hairol Mokhtar; Azizan Baba x2 |
| 1 Mar | Kuala Lumpur FA | A | 0-1 | Ivan Babic |
| 8 Mar | Sabah FA | H | 0-0 | |
| 30 Mar | Kedah FA | H | 1-0 | Bobby Gonzales |
| 12 Apr | Kedah FA | A | 1-1 | Ivan Babic |
| 19 Apr | Perlis FA | H | 2-0 | Joseph Kallang Tie ; Bobby Gonzales |
| 26 Apr | UiTM FC | A | 3-5 | Bobby Gozales x4 ; Zamri Morshidi |
| 15 May | KL SPA Putrajaya FC | H | 2-1 | Guy Bwele ; Bobby Gonzales |
| 10 May | Sime Darby | H | 1-0 | Bobby Gonzales |
| 13 May | PDRM FA | A | 1-3 | Azizan Baba; Muamer Salibasic;Bobby Gonzales |
| 17 May | NS Betaria FC | H | 7-0 | Zamri Morshidi ; Bobby Gonzales x4 ;Guy Bwele ; Muamer Salibasic |
| 21 May | Pos Malaysia FC | A | 0-3 | Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales x2 |
| 21 Jun | Johor FA | A | 1-2 | Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales |
| 24 Jun | Kuala Lumpur FA | H | 4-0 | Muamer Salibasic ; Ronny Harun ; Joseph Kallang Tie ; Guy Bwele |
| 5 Jul | Sabah FA | A | 1-2 | Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales |

## 2013 Malaysia FA Cup
### Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Kelantan | 4–1 | Sarawak | 2–1 | 2 – 0 |

#### Second leg
## 2013 Malaysia Cup

Sarawak were drawn in Group D with Malaysia Super League Champions, Singapore Lions XII, Perak FA and Malaysia Premier League team, Kedah FA whom were the first team to win Double Treble in 2006-2007 and 2007–2008. Sarawak started with a loss to Perak FA in Ipoh Stadium 2-1 after leading 1–0 in the first half. Sarawak buck up in their second match against Lions XII in Stadium Negeri 2–1. Sarawak were drawn 0–0 in Darul Aman after both Kedah and Sarawak fails to score any goals in their third group matches. Sarawak then captivated to win 4–0 in Stadium Negeri defeating Kedah in their fourth matches. With a just a draw will do, Sarawak fails to secure their spot to Quarter-finals in the fifth match after lost 1–0 to the home side Lions XII. Sarawak need to win their last match in order to book their place in the Quarter-finals for the first time since 2006. Sarawak beaten Perak 6–1 with Muamer Salibasic scores hat-trick on that night. Sarawak were group champion of group D while Lions XII placed second.
Sarawak reached their first Malaysia Cup semi-finals in 13 years after defeating Sime Darby 3–1 at the State Stadium in the quarter-final second leg. Sarawak advanced to the semi-finals with a 3-1 aggregate win. However, they were stop by Pahang in Semi-finals after losing 4–2 on aggregate.
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 18 September 2013. Source: 2013 Malaysia Cup
* Include Semi-final
Group D
| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sarawak FA (A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 10 |
| LionsXII (A) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| Perak FA | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 |
| Kedah FA | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 6 |
Knockout stage
| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| D2 | LionsXII | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | ATM FA | 0 | 4 | 4 | | | | | | | | |
| A1 | ATM FA | 0 | 4 | 4 | A1 | ATM FA | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | |
| | | | | | C1 | Kelantan FA | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| C1 | Kelantan FA | 2 | 6 | 8 | C1 | Kelantan FA | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | |
| B2 | Johor Darul Takzim | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| B2 | Johor Darul Takzim | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | C1 | Kelantan FA | 0 |
| | | | | | | | | | | C2 | Pahang FA | 1 |
| C2 | Pahang FA | 3 | 2 | 5 | | | | | | | | | C2 | Pahang FA | 1 |
| B1 | PKNS FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| B1 | PKNS FC | 2 | 1 | 3 | C2 | Pahang FA | 3 | 1 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | | D1 | Sarawak FA | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| A2 | Sime Darby FC | 0 | 1 | 1 | D1 | Sarawak FA | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | |
| D1 | Sarawak FA | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
Quarter-finals
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Sime Darby FC | 1–3 | Sarawak FA | 0–0 | 1–3 |
First Leg
Second leg
Sarawak FA won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Pahang FA | 4–2 | Sarawak FA | 3–1 | 1–1 |
First Leg
Second Leg
Pahang FA won 4–2 on aggregate.