2017 Melaka United F.C. season

Melaka United
2017 season
President Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron
Head Coach Eric Williams
Stadium Hang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)
Super League TBA
FA Cup TBA
← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Melaka United F.C. season is 94th season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League after 10 years did not play in the top-tier league.

Background

Background information

Melaka United won their first consecutive Malaysia Premier League championship in the 2016 season and promote to Malaysia Super League in the 2017 season. Melaka United were knocked out of the 2016 Malaysia FA Cup in the second round by Kuala Lumpur and knocked out of the 2016 Malaysia Cup in the group stage after failed to advance to knockout-stage.

In November 2016, the club has been rebranded to be fully privatise as Melaka United Football Club as one of the effort to be fully accountable and as a preparation to play in top-tier league, the Malaysia Super League in 2017 season.[1] In 14 November 2016, Melaka United has announced the appointment of Eric Williams to replace Mat Zan Mat Aris as the new head coach for the club.[2] Eric Williams has previously managed the Myanmar giant, Yangon United F.C. in 2014 season.

Squads

No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes
Goalkeeper
52 Mohd Fadzley Rahim Malaysia GK 2016 22 July 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Sabah Sabah
Defenders
4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia RB / RWB 2016 1 February 1986 (aged 30) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby
5 Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Malaysia LB / LWB 2016 7 August 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Pahang Pahang FC
18 Muhd Syawal Norsam Malaysia CB 2016 29 May 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia Pahang Pahang FC
56 Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee Malaysia CB / LB / DM 2016 11 November 1993 (aged 22) Malaysia Selangor PKNS
– Godwin Antwi Ghana CB 2017 7 June 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur DRB-HICOM
– Mohd Faizal Muhammad Malaysia CB 2017 3 March 1989 (aged 27) Malaysia PDRM
– Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Malaysia CB 2017 16 February 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby
Midfielders
7 Surendran Ravindran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 17 May 1987 (aged 29) Malaysia Pahang Pahang FC
17 G. Puaneswaran Malaysia RM / LM 2016 27 May 1983 (aged 33) Malaysia Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan
23 Jasmir Mehat Malaysia LM / AM 2015 6 February 1994 (aged 22) Youth system
26 Khair Jones Malaysia LM / CB / LB / LWB / RB 2016 29 September 1989 (aged 27) New Zealand Hawke's Bay United FC
57 Mohd Saiful Mustafa Malaysia CM / AM 2016 24 June 1987 (aged 29) Free agent
– Omid Nazari Philippines AM / ST / CM 2017 29 April 1991 (aged 25) Philippines Global FC
– Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia RM / LM / AM 2017 27 August 1988 (aged 28) Malaysia Pahang Pahang
– Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali Malaysia CM 2017 13 July 1991 (aged 25) Malaysia Selangor PKNS
– Akmal Ishak Malaysia AM / ST / CM 2017 19 July 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II
– Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Malaysia LM / RM 2017 24 May 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Sime Darby
– Tam Sheang Tsung Malaysia LM / RM 2017 24 May 1995 (aged 21) Japan Gainare Tottori
Forwards
9 Ilija Spasojević Montenegro ST / CF 2016 11 September 1987 (aged 29) Indonesia Persib Bandung Captain
19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Malaysia ST / CF / AM 2015 25 September 1994 (aged 22) Malaysia Harimau Muda B
51 Yashir Pinto State of Palestine ST / CF 2016 6 February 1991 (aged 25) Chile Curicó Unido
– Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia ST / CF 2017 18 April 1990 (aged 26) Malaysia Terengganu T–Team

Competitions

Overall

Competition Started roundCurrent
position / round		 Final
position / round		 First match Last match
Super League Matchday 1— January 2017
FA Cup TBA—

Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition Record
Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
Super League 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
FA Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Malaysia Cup 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 +0 !—

Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3 Kedah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Kelantan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Melaka United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Pahang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Penang 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on unknown. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0 0  0 0 0 0 0 0  0

Source: Super League fixtures and results

Transfer

Early season

In

Date Pos. Num. Name From Note
November 2016 DF Ghana Godwin Antwi Malaysia DRB-HICOM
November 2016 MF Philippines Omid Nazari Philippines Global FC
November 2016 FW Malaysia Izzaq Faris Ramlan Malaysia T–Team
November 2016 MF Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Roslan Malaysia Pahang FC
November 2016 DF Malaysia Mohd Faizal Muhammad Malaysia PDRM
November 2016 MF Malaysia Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali Malaysia PKNS
November 2016 MF Malaysia Akmal Ishak Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II
November 2016 MF Malaysia Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Malaysia Sime Darby
November 2016 DF Malaysia Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Malaysia Sime Darby
1 December 2016 MF Malaysia Tam Sheang Tsung Japan Gainare Tottori

Out

Date Pos. Num. Name To Note
November 2016 DF 55 Romania Alexandru Tudose Released
November 2016 MF 10 Sweden Labinot Harbuzi Released
November 2016 MF 59 Malaysia Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie Malaysia FELDA United End of Loan
November 2016 MF 60 Malaysia Mohd Ferris Danial Malaysia FELDA United End of Loan
November 2016 MF 13 Malaysia See Kok Luen Malaysia AirAsia Allstar
November 2016 GK 29 Malaysia Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malaysia Kelantan End of Loan
November 2016 GK 1 Malaysia Ahmad Solehin Mamat Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
November 2016 DF 20 Malaysia Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman
November 2016 DF 11 Malaysia Fiqri Azwan Ghazali
November 2016 MF 16 Malaysia Iskandar Hanapiah

References

  1. ↑ "Jangan cari pasal dengan Melaka!". Stadium Astro.
  2. ↑ "Melaka lantik Eric Williams sebagai jurulatih baru". Stadium Astro.
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