# 2015 Perak FA season

The 2015 season was Perak's 12th consecutive season in the Malaysian Super League.

## Background

On September 16, Croatian coach Vjeran Simunic was named as new head coach, replacing Abu Bakar Fadzim who managed to steer Perak clear of relegation with the help of technical director Karlheinz Weigang, who was himself appointed mid-season.
The official 2015 squad was named on December 4. Some of the notable signings included Malaysian international Bobby Gonzales and former Harimau Muda A goalkeeper Mohd Zamir Selamat. Of the foreign players from the previous season, only Marco Tulio was retained. The remaining foreign player slots were filled by Charles Souza Chad and Thiago Junior Aquino. Namkung Woong was named to fill the Asian foreign player quota despite rumours linking Mohd Shahrazen Said.
On December 31, Simunic was officially replaced by M. Karathu, without having ever taken charge in an official match.

## Players
### First team squad

| No. | Name | Position |
| Goalkeepers ||||
| 1 | Syazani Puat | GK |
| 18 | Zamir Selamat | GK |
| 22 | Azizon Abdul Kadir | GK |
| Defenders ||||
| 2 | Azmizi Azmi | RB, LB |
| 5 | Muhd Arif Ismail | CB, LB |
| 6 | Syazwan Roslan | RB, CB |
| 15 | Idris Ahmad | CB, LB |
| 17 | Tuah Iskandar Jamaluddin | RB |
| 21 | Sumardi Hajalan | LB |
| 24 | Hisyamudin Sha'ari | CB, RB |
| 26 | Thiago Junio | CB |
| — | Rafiq Faeez Fuad | RB, CB |
| Midfielders ||||
| 4 | Mohd Nasir Basharuddin (captain) | CM, DM |
| 7 | Hafiz Ramdan | LM, LW |
| 11 | Ridzuan Azly Hussham | RM, RW |
| 12 | Vikneswaren a/l Sarkunanan | RM, RW, RB |
| 13 | Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid | CM |
| 16 | Nurridzuan Abu Hassan | LM, LW |
| 19 | Namkung Woong | AM, CM, ST |
| 20 | Marco Tulio Lopes Silva | AM, CM, LM |
| 25 | Norhakim Isa | CM |
| 35 | Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri | RM, LM, RW, LW |
| 36 | Horace James | AM |
| — | Mohd Faizal Mansor | LM, LB |
| Forwards ||||
| 8 | Hamizul Izaidi Zulkifli | ST |
| 9 | Bobby Gonzales | ST |
| 10 | Charles Souza Chad | ST |
| 23 | Haris Safwan Kamal | ST |

## Competitions
### Super League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 6 | PDRM | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 39 | +3 | 35 |
| 7 | LionsXII | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 33 |
| 8 | Perak | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 28 |
| 9 | Kelantan | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 38 | −4 | 28 |
| 10 | Sarawak | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 19 |
* ↑ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss

### Malaysia Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | | JDT | SAR | ATM | PER |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 16 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Sarawak | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–3 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | ATM | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 7 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | — | 4–3 |
| 4 | Perak | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos | Player | Transferred From |
| GK | Azizon Abdul Kadir | PDRM |
| GK | Zamir Selamat | PKNS |
| DF | Azmizi Azmi | Kedah |
| DF | Arif Ismail | Sime Darby |
| DF | Thiago Junio | Đồng Nai |
| DF | Sumardi Hajalan | Negeri Sembilan |
| DF | Faizal Mansor | PBAPP |
| MF | Namkung Woong | Kedah |
| MF | Nurridzuan Abu Hassan | Harimau Muda A |
| ST | Charles Chad | PDRM |
| ST | Bobby Gonzales | PDRM |
| ST | Haris Safwan Kamal | Felda United |

### Out

| Pos | Player | Transferred To |
| GK | Razi Effendi Suhit | ATM |
| GK | Muhd Fitry Kamal Ariffin | Kuantan |
| GK | Mohd Nor Haziq Aris | PKNS |
| DF | Mohd Fazli Zulkifli | Unattached |
| DF | Mohd Norhizwan Hassan | Kuantan |
| DF | Noor Hazrul Mustafa | Kelantan |
| DF | Azmeer Yusof | ATM |
| DF | Hassan Daher | Unattached |
| MF | Yoganathan a/l Munusamy | Sabah FA |
| MF | Mohammad Hardi Jaafar | Unattached |
| MF | Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran | Sarawak |
| MF | Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal | Sarawak |
| MF | Mohd Hidayat Amaruddin | UiTM |
| ST | Razali Umar Kandasamy | Unattached |
| MF | Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli | Melaka United |
| MF | Mohamed Faridzuan Yusuf | UiTM |
| ST | Shahrizal Saad | Negeri Sembilan |
| ST | Abdulafees Abdulsalam | ATM |
| ST | Milan Purović | Kuantan |

## Statistics
### Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 19 | Namkung Woong | 9 | 4 | 0 | 13 |
| 2 | FW | 10 | Charles Souza Chad | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | MF | 16 | Nurridzuan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 4 | Nasir Basharudin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | ST | 9 | Bobby Gonzales | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 26 | Thiago Junio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 36 | Horace James | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | ST | 20 | Marco Tulio | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 35 | Khairil Anuar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 32 | 6 | 5 | 43 |
Updated to match played 8 November 2015 Source: Competitions