# 2019 Negeri Sembilan FA season

The 2019 season was Negeri Sembilan's 96th year in their history and 7th season in Malaysia Premier League since it was first introduced in 2004. Also it was the first season in the Malaysia Premier League following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

## Events

Negeri Sembilan has got a new head coach, Mat Zan Mat Aris to face the Malaysia Premier League in 2019. Negeri Sembilan has also signed several new players such as Norhafiz Zamani Misbah and Shunsuke Nakatake.
On January 22, 2019, the Negeri Sembilan Football Association (PBNS) has announced that Rhino SEA will sponsor the new kit for the Negeri Sembilan team. The club became the first team in Malaysia and Southeast Asia to collaborate with the brand.
On 15 February 2019, the club was defeated by UiTM FC at home with a heavy defeat of 4–1 in league match.
In April 2019, Negeri Sembilan FC signed new player from Brazil which is Almir on the mid-season.
On 3 August 2019, Negeri Sembilan lost to the Kedah team in the first match of the Malaysia Cup group A stage. The club lost 3–1 at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium.
On 23 August 2019, the club win over Terengganu in the 2019 Malaysia Cup. The result was 3–2.

## Players

| No. | Name | Age | Notes |
| Goalkeepers |||||
| 22 | Fadzley Rahim | 32 | |
| 12 | Kaharuddin Rahman | 26 | |
| 1 | Hamka Daud | 23 | |
| Defenders |||||
| 3 | Adam Othman Arfah | 25 | |
| 16 | D. Ganesan | 20 | |
| 18 | Osman Yusoff | 24 | |
| 5 | Norhafiz Zamani Misbah | 36 | Captain |
| 6 | L. Kalaiharasan | 22 | |
| 30 | Matheus Vila | 26 | |
| 13 | Noor Hazrul Mustafa | 29 | |
| 28 | Azrul Nizam | 23 | |
| 2 | Aroon Kumar | 24 | |
| 4 | Fauzan Fauzi | 23 | |
| 15 | Danish Haziq | 20 | |
| Midfielders |||||
| 8 | Abdul Halim Zainal | 26 | |
| 11 | Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi | 23 | |
| 7 | Shunsuke Nakatake | 28 | |
| | Muhamad Asraf Roslan | 22 | |
| 24 | Aiman Khalidi | 22 | |
| 20 | Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar | 27 | |
| Forwards |||||
| 17 | Izuan Salahuddin | 26 | |
| 9 | Almir | 31 | |
| 10 | Thomas Koroma | 25 | |
| 21 | Fauzi Latif | 21 | |
| 25 | Ferris Danial | 25 | |
| 58 | Ángel Guirado | 33 | |

## Competitions
### Malaysia Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sabah (C, P) | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 33 | 17 | +16 | 43 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 19 | +12 | 33 | |
| 3 | PDRM (P) | 20 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 30 | 27 | +3 | 30 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 4 | Terengganu II | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 24 | −3 | 30 | |
| 5 | UiTM (P) | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 6 | Negeri Sembilan | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 29 | Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 7 | Penang | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 24 | Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 8 | UKM | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 32 | −4 | 22 | |
| 9 | Selangor United | 20 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 21 | |
| 10 | Kelantan | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 32 | −9 | 17 | |
| 11 | Sarawak (R) | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 16 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 12 | Perlis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Disqualified |
* 1 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Premier League and play for Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and Terengganu F.C. (their parent clubs) remain in Super League and play for Malaysia Cup. Should Johor Darul Ta'zim and Terengganu be relegated to Premier League or will not play for Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II will have to drop to M3 League or will play for Malaysia Cup.
* ↑ UiTM F.C. is promoted to replaced PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.
* ↑ Penang have been docked six points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former Brazilian import defender, Reinaldo Lobo.
* ↑ Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former technical director Alfredo Carlos Gonzalez.
* ↑ Perlis were disqualified on 20 February 2019.

### Malaysia FA Cup
#### Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.
| Liga Superthe 12 teams of the 2019 season | Liga Premierthe 9 non-reserve teams of the 2019 season | Liga M3the 14 teams of the 2019 season | Liga M4the 24 teams of the social leagues around Malaysia |
| Felda United Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah Kuala Lumpur Melaka United Pahang Perak PJ City PKNP PKNS Selangor Terengganu | Kelantan Negeri Sembilan PDRM Penang Sabah Sarawak Selangor United UiTM UKM | Armed Forces Batu Dua Banggol Tokku DDM Glory United Johor Bahru Kelantan United Kuching Penjara Protap Puchong Fuerza SAMB Tun Razak Ultimate | Ampang United Blastier Galicia FC Pemanis ISMA F.C. Jerantut Kampung Raja Uda Kingstown-Klang Klasiko F.C. KSR Sains Kuatagh F.C. Markless MD Besut MOFAH F.C. MPKJ MPPD Newbies F.C. Persada Integriti Bersatu Raja Permin Rawang City Real Chukai SA United Shah Alam Antlers Klang Southern F.C. XBBSB |

#### Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 4 March 2019 at 15:00 involving 12 teams from Liga Super, 9 teams from Liga Premier and 10 teams that progressed from first round. Fourteen matches took place from 2 to 3 April 2019. Postponed match between PDRM and Sarawak will be held on 9 April 2019. Johor Darul Ta'zim received bye into the Third Round.
| 3 April 2019 | Perak (1) | 2–1 | Negeri Sembilan (2) | Ipoh, Perak |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | | | | Stadium: Perak Stadium |

### Malaysia Cup
#### Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2019 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

#### Seeding

| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Johor Darul Ta'zimPahangSelangorKedah | PerakMelaka UnitedTerengganuPJ City | PKNSFelda UnitedPKNPSabah | PDRMUiTMNegeri SembilanPulau Pinang |

#### Group stage
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | KED | TER | NSE | PKNS |
| 1 | Kedah | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 13 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 |
| 2 | Terengganu | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 12 | Advance to knockout stage | 2–3 | — | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| 3 | Negeri Sembilan | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 | 6 | | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 1–2 |
| 4 | PKNS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 4 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of match played 20 July 2019
| 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 |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Hamka Daud | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aroon Kumar | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Adam Othman Arfah | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | MAS | Abdul Halim Zainal | 19 | 0 | 12+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Norhafiz Zamani Misbah | 16 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | MAS | Kalaiharasan Letchumanan | 13 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakatake | 27 | 4 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | MAS | Asraf Roslan | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Almir | 26 | 10 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi | 18 | 1 | 11+3 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | MAS | Kaharuddin Rahman | 18 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | MAS | Ridzuan Abdunloh | 18 | 2 | 9+5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | MAS | Danial Hadri | 14 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | MAS | Danish Haziq | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | MAS | Durrkeswaran Ganasan | 8 | 0 | 3+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MAS | Izuan Salahuddin | 16 | 0 | 6+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Osman Yusoff | 16 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Aiman Khalidi | 19 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | MAS | Fauzi Latif | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Fadzley Rahim | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Izaaq Izhan | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | MAS | Ferris Danial | 22 | 9 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| 28 | DF | MAS | Azrul Nizam | 9 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | BRA | Matheus Vila | 27 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | MF | MAS | Farouq Adam Khan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 60 | FW | BRA | Igor Luiz | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 |
| Player(s) who left the club but featured in 2019 season ||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | SLE | Thomas Koroma | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |