# 2018 Melaka United season

The 2018 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 95th season in club history and 2nd season in the Malaysia Super League.

## Kit

* Supplier: Warrix Sports
* Main sponsors: Edra & CGN
* Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups
| Home | Away | Alternate | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |

## Players
### First-team squad

| No. | Name | Position(s) | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes |
| Goalkeeper ||||||||
| 1 | Fazli Paat | GK | 2017 | (1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 27) | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |
| 11 | Zamir Selamat | GK | 2018 | (1989-06-09)9 June 1989 (aged 28) | PKNS | |
| 20 | Khairul Fahmi | GK | 2018 | (1989-01-07)7 January 1989 (aged 28) | Kelantan | Captain |
| Defenders ||||||||
| 3 | Faizal Muhammad | CB | 2017 | (1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 28) | PDRM | |
| 4 | Shazlan Alias | RB | 2018 | (1989-12-27)27 December 1989 (aged 27) | Negeri Sembilan | |
| 5 | Nicholas Swirad | CB | 2017 | (1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 26) | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |
| 8 | Faris Shah Rosli | CB | 2018 | (1995-04-17)17 April 1995 (aged 22) | Kelantan | |
| 15 | Steven Thicot | CB | 2018 | (1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 30) | AEL | 3rd-captain |
| 18 | Syawal Norsam | CB | 2016 | (1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 27) | Pahang | |
| 21 | Azmi Muslim | LB | 2018 | (1986-10-17)17 October 1986 (aged 31) | PKNS | |
| 26 | Khair Jones | LB | 2016 | (1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 28) | Hawke's Bay United | Vice-captain |
| 27 | Puaneswaran Gunasekaran | RB | 2016 | (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 34) | Negeri Sembilan | |
| Midfielders ||||||||
| 6 | Sivanesan Shanmugam | CM | 2017 | (1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 26) | PKNS | |
| 7 | Surendran Ravindran | RM | 2016 | (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 30) | Pahang | |
| 16 | Shahdan Sulaiman | CM | 2018 | (1988-05-09)9 May 1988 (aged 29) | Tampines Rovers | Loan |
| 23 | Chanturu Suppiah | RW | 2018 | (1987-12-14)14 December 1987 (aged 29) | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |
| 24 | Gopinathan Ramachandra | LW | 2018 | (1989-12-15)15 December 1989 (aged 27) | Johor Darul Ta'zim | |
| 30 | Veenod Subramaniam | DM | 2018 | (1988-03-31)31 March 1988 (aged 30) | Kelantan | |
| 35 | Nizarruddin Jazi | CM | 2018 | (2000-02-12)12 February 2000 (aged 17) | Youth | |
| Forwards ||||||||
| 2 | Akmal Ishak | CF | 2017 | (1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (aged 23) | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |
| 9 | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | CF / RW | 2015 | (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 23) | Harimau Muda B | |
| 10 | Ifedayo Olusegun | CF | 2018 | (1991-01-14)14 January 1991 (aged 26) | Al-Hidd | |
| 13 | Fakri Saarani | CF | 2018 | (1989-07-08)8 July 1989 (aged 28) | Kedah | |
| 17 | Yahor Zubovich | CF | 2018 | (1989-06-01)1 June 1989 (aged 28) | Torpedo-BelAZ | |
| 19 | Fauzi Roslan | CF | 2017 | (1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 29) | Pahang | |
| 25 | Farderin Kadir | CF | 2018 | (1987-01-30)30 January 1987 (aged 30) | PKNS | |
| 29 | Lee Chang-hoon | CF | 2018 | (1986-12-17)17 December 1986 (aged 31) | Seongnam | |

## Transfers
### In

1st leg
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee |
| 14 November 2017 | GK | Zamir Selamat | PKNS | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 14 November 2017 | GK | Faridzuean Kamaruddin | Sime Darby | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 16 November 2017 | DF | Azmi Muslim | PKNS | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 21 November 2017 | MF | Chanturu Suppiah | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Loan | Pre-season | — |
| 21 November 2017 | MF | Gopinathan Ramachandra | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Loan | Pre-season | — |
| 24 November 2017 | FW | Fakri Saarani | Kedah | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 1 December 2017 | FW | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | Selangor | Loan return | Pre-season | — |
| 1 December 2017 | FW | Farderin Kadir | PKNS | Transfer | Pre-season | — |
| 1 December 2017 | FW | Akmal Ishak | PJ Rangers | Loan return | Pre-season | — |
| 1 December 2017 | DF | Nicholas Swirad | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 1 December 2017 | DF | Shazlan Alias | Negeri Sembilan | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 8 December 2017 | DF | Steven Thicot | AEL | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 8 December 2017 | MF | Tiago Gomes | Doxa | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 26 December 2017 | MF | Shahdan Sulaiman | Tampines Rovers | Loan | Pre-season | — |
2nd leg
| Date | Pos | Player | From | Type | Window | Fee |
| 7 May 2018 | GK | Khairul Fahmi | Kelantan | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed |
| May 2018 | MF | Syahrul Azwari | Johor Darul Ta'zim | Transfer | Mid-season | On loan |
| May 2018 | MF | Veenod Subramaniam | Kelantan | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed |
| May 2018 | FW | Lee Chang-hoon | Sangju Sangmu | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed |
| May 2018 | DF | Faris Shah Rosli | Kelantan | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed |
| May 2018 | FW | Ifedayo Olusegun | Hidd SCC | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed |

### Out

1st leg
| Date | Pos | No | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee |
| 11 November 2017 | FW | 9 | Marko Šimić | Persija Jakarta | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 11 November 2017 | MF | 10 | Felipe Almeida De Souza | | Released | Pre-season | Free |
| 1 December 2017 | DF | 11 | Fandi Othman | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Loan return | Pre-season | — |
| 1 December 2017 | MF | 17 | Azinee Taib | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Loan return | Pre-season | — |
| 1 December 2017 | DF | | Nicholas Swirad | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | Loan return | Pre-season | — |
| December 2017 | MF | 23 | Jasmir Mehat | Terengganu City | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | FW | 14 | Izzaq Faris Ramlan | Terengganu City | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | DF | 15 | Akmal Zahir | | Released | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | DF | 16 | Isma Alif | Marcerra United | Released | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | MF | 8 | Ezrie Shafizie | MOF | Released | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | MF | 13 | Norhakim Isa | PKNP | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | DF | 28 | Nazri Ahmad | | Released | Pre-season | Free |
| December 2017 | DF | 12 | Khuzaimi Piee | PKNP | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
| 5 January 2018 | DF | 25 | Jasmin Mecinović | Nejmeh | Transfer | Pre-season | Free |
2nd leg
| Date | Pos | No | Player | To | Type | Window | Fee | Ref |
| May 2018 | MF | | Tiago Gomes | | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed | |
| May 2018 | GK | | Faridzuean Kamaruddin | Kelantan | Transfer | Mid-season | Undisclosed | |

## Friendlies
### Pre-season

Vietnam Pre-season Tour 2018
MB Terengganu Cup

### In-season
## Competitions
### Overall

| Competition | Started round | Current position / round | Final position / round | First match | Last match |
| Super League | Matchday 1 | 7th | 7th | 3 February 2018 | 28 July 2018 |
| FA Cup | Second round | — | Third round | 4 March 2018 | 17 March 2018 |
| Malaysia Cup | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | 5 August 2018 | 15 September 2018 |
Updated to match played 15 September 2018 Source: Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 040.91 |
| FA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 050.00 |
| Malaysia Cup | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 033.33 |
| Total | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 59 | 48 | +11 | 040.00 |
Last updated: 15 September 2018 Source: Competitions

### Malaysia Super League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Terengganu | 22 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 32 | 31 | +1 | 34 |
| 6 | Kedah | 22 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 32 |
| 7 | Melaka United | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 31 |
| 8 | Selangor | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 27 |
| 9 | PKNP | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 25 |

#### Results by matchday

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

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss
The fixtures for the 2018 Malaysia Super League season were announced on 11 January 2018.

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PKNS | FEL | MEL | PDRM |
| 1 | PKNS | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 5–0 |
| 2 | FELDA United | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Melaka United | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 9 | | 3–3 | 6–1 | — | 2–2 |
| 4 | PDRM | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 1 | | 2–5 | 0–5 | 1–6 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Super League | Super 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 | Fazli Paat | 1 | -4 | 1 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | GK | MAS | Zamir Selamat | 11 | -8 | 9 | -8 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | MAS | Khairul Fahmi | 17 | 13 | 11 | +9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +4 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | MAS | Faizal Muhammad | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | MAS | Shazlan Alias | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Nicholas Swirad | 26 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | MAS | Faris Shah Rosli | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | FRA | Steven Thicot | 27 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Syawal Norsam | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Azmi Muslim | 21 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 26 | DF | MAS | Khair Jones | 19 | 1 | 16+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | MAS | Puaneswaran Gunasekaran | 13 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | MAS | Sivanesan Shanmugam | 13 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | MAS | Surendran Ravindran | 17 | 0 | 9+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Syahrul Azwari | 13 | 4 | 7+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | MF | SGP | Shahdan Sulaiman | 24 | 1 | 19+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Chanturu Suppiah | 23 | 2 | 6+9 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 1+4 | 2 |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Gopinathan Ramachandra | 25 | 5 | 15+2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | MAS | Veenod Subramaniam | 16 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | MAS | Nizarruddin Jazi | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||
| 2 | FW | MAS | Akmal Ishak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | MAS | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | NGA | Ifedayo Olusegun | 15 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 13 | FW | MAS | Fakri Saarani | 12 | 0 | 7+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | BLR | Yahor Zubovich | 29 | 19 | 19+3 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 4+1 | 4 |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Fauzi Roslan | 18 | 1 | 2+11 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | MAS | Farderin Kadir | 6 | 2 | 0+4 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | KOR | Lee Chang hoon | 8 | 4 | 4+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Left club during season ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | POR | Tiago Gomes | 14 | 1 | 10+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | KOR | Jeon Woo-young | 14 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Faridzuean Kamaruddin | 2 | 5 | 1 | -2 | 1 | +7 | 0 | 0 |
Last updated: 15 September 2018 Source: Competitions

### Clean sheets

| Rnk | No. | Player | Super League | FA Cup | League Cup | Total |
| 1 | 20 | Khairul Fahmi | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 11 | Zamir Selamat | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | 22 | Faridzuean Kamaruddin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* ↑ Faridzuean left the club during season.