2017 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C.
2017 season
President	Rendra Kresna
Head coach	Aji Santoso; (until 31 July); Joko Susilo; (from 31 July)
Stadium	Kanjuruhan Stadium; Gajayana Stadium; (only 10 and 17 June)
Liga 1	9th
Top goalscorer	Cristian Gonzáles (9)
Highest home attendance	27,610 (vs. Persib, 12 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,611 (vs. Persiba, 18 August)
Average home league attendance	10,048
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PresidentRendra Kresna

Head coachAji Santoso
(until 31 July)^[1]
Joko Susilo
(from 31 July)^[2]

StadiumKanjuruhan Stadium
Gajayana Stadium
(only 10 and 17 June)

Liga 19th

The 2017 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 30th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

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No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Bagas Adi	PSS	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	^[3]
6	MF	Hanif Sjahbandi	Persiba	Free	1 January 2017	^[3]
18	MF	Adam Alis	Barito Putera	Free	1 January 2017	^[4]
21	FW	Nasir	Persatu	Free	1 January 2017
77	MF	Dalmiansyah Matutu	Youth sector	Promoted	1 January 2017
98	FW	Muhammad Rafli	ASIFA	Free	1 January 2017
3	DF	Jad Noureddine	Pusamania Borneo	Free	1 April 2017	^[5]
20	FW	Juan Pablo Pino	Free agent	Free	16 April 2017	^[6]
90	MF	Ahmet Ataýew	Altyn Asyr	Undisclosed	7 August 2017	^[7]
13	DF	Marco Kabiay	PSBS	Free	15 August 2017	^[8]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Ryuji Utomo	Persija	Free	1 January 2017	^[9]
8	MF	Raphael Maitimo	PSM	Free	1 January 2017	^[10]
16	DF	Goran Gančev	Persegres	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	^[11]
23	DF	Hamka Hamzah	PSM	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	^[12]
25	FW	Febri Setiadi Hamzah	Free agent	Free	1 January 2017
71	FW	Ahmad Nufiandani	PS TNI	Free	1 January 2017	^[13]
23	MF	Juan Revi	Persela	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	^[14]
21	GK	I Made Wardana	Bali United	Free	20 January 2017	^[15]
3	DF	Jad Noureddine	Safa	Free	24 July 2017	^[16]

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
15	FW	Sunarto	Persiba	1 August 2017	31 December 2017	^[17]
89	DF	Oky Derry	Persiba	1 August 2017	31 December 2017	^[17]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 2017	Persija	N	1–0	Dendi 40'
29 January 2017	Bhayangkara	N	0–0

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
5 February 2017	Bhayangkara	H	2–0	Vizcarra 20', Alfarizi 8', Dendi 77'	7,223	1st
11 February 2017	Persija Jakarta	H	1–1	Gonzáles 23'	29,389	1st
16 February 2017	PS TNI	H	4–0	Gonzáles (2) 38' (pen.), 49', Dendi 61', Vizcarra 66'	5,460	1st

2017 Arema F.C. season

First team squad

Transfers

In

Out

Loan Out

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Trofeo Bhayangkara

Indonesia President's Cup

Group stage

Knockout phase

Match results

Liga 1

Matches

League table

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

Top scorers

References

Related Articles

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arema (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Bhayangkara	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	Knockout stage
3	Persija Jakarta	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	PS TNI	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 February 2017	Quarter-finals	Sriwijaya	N	1–0	Adam Alis 48'	9,453
2 March 2017	Semi-finals First leg	Semen Padang	A	0–1		10,000
5 March 2017	Semi-finals Second leg	Semen Padang	H	5–2	Gonzáles (5) 28', 31', 65', 89', 90+5'	43,000
12 March 2017	Final	Pusamania Borneo	N	5–1	Hanif 30', Orah 37' (o.g.), Gonzáles (3) 42', 53', 64'	20,068

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
15 April 2017	Persib	A	0–0		34,150	9th
23 April 2017	Bhayangkara	H	2–0	Dedik 18', Vizcarra 72'	12,911	4th
1 May 2017	Persiba	A	1–0	Dedik 70'	20,000	4th
5 May 2017	Barito Putera	H	1–0	Dedik 17'	7,447	2nd
10 May 2017	PSM	A	0–1		13,008	3rd
14 May 2017	Madura United	H	1–1	Gonzáles 71' (pen.)	14,240	4th
21 May 2017	Persela	A	0–4		12,200	8th
28 May 2017	Mitra Kukar	H	2–0	Feri 50', Hendro 81'	4,588	4th
2 June 2017	Persija	A	0–2		28,967	7th
10 June 2017	Perseru	H	0–0		4,929	9th
17 June 2017	Bali United	H	2–0	Gonzáles (2) 40' (pen.), 51'	11,430	6th
3 July 2017	PS TNI	A	0–0		1,498	6th
7 July 2017	Sriwijaya	H	3–2	Gonzáles 32', Dendi (2) 62', 68'	12,382	5th
12 July 2017	Persegres	A	3–2	Gonzáles 19', Noureddine 83', Dedik 90+1'	10,602	4th
16 July 2017	Persipura	H	0–2		13,849	6th
21 July 2017	Semen Padang	A	0–2		9,754	7th
30 July 2017	Borneo	H	0–0		5,375	7th
4 August 2017	Bhayangkara	A	1–2	Gonzáles 27'	2,600	8th
12 August 2017	Persib	H	0–0		27,610	7th
18 August 2017	Persiba	H	3–0	Bustomi 41', Gonzáles 44', Dedik 86'	1,611	7th
23 August 2017	Barito Putera	A	2–1	Pino 55', Vizcarra 68'	6,648	7th
30 August 2017	PSM	H	3–3	Pino (2) 59' (pen.), 69' (pen.), Adam Alis 64'	6,116	7th
10 September 2017	Madura United	A	0–2		8,327	7th
16 September 2017	Persela	H	2–0	Syaiful 45+2', Vizcarra 67'	6,008	7th
20 September 2017	Mitra Kukar	A	3–0	Alfarizi 17', Hendro 55', Ataýew 59'	3,674	7th
24 September 2017	Persija	H	1–1	Vizcarra 80'	26,917	7th
29 September 2017	Perseru	A	0–2		1,638	7th
8 October 2017	Bali United	A	1–6	Vizcarra 32'	23,320	9th
14 October 2017	PS TNI	H	1–1	Vizcarra 63'	4,363	9th
20 October 2017	Sriwijaya	A	1–1	Kabiay 29'	3,525	9th
25 October 2017	Persegres	H	2–0	Arthur 25', Gonzáles 38'	2,269	9th
29 October 2017	Persipura	A	1–3	Ataýew 41' (pen.)	12,805	9th
4 November 2017	Semen Padang	H	5–3	Arif (2) 9', 29', Alfarizi 22', Dendi 68', Vizcarra 70'	9,141	9th
11 November 2017	Borneo	A	2–3	Gonzáles 39' (pen.), Dedik 74'	12,371	9th

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Barito Putera	34	15	8	11	48	44	+4	53
8	Borneo	34	15	7	12	50	39	+11	52
9	Arema	34	13	10	11	43	44	−1	49
10	Mitra Kukar	34	13	4	17	49	74	−25	43
11	Sriwijaya	34	11	9	14	50	50	0	42^[a]

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga 1
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IDN	Kurnia Meiga	19	0	19	0
33	GK	IDN	Dwi Kuswanto	9	0	9	0
36	GK	IDN	Ahmad Ibnu Adam	0	0	0	0
93	GK	IDN	Utam Rusdiana	6	0	6	0
Defenders
4	DF	IDN	Syaiful Cahya	27	1	25+2	1
5	DF	IDN	Bagas Adi	9	0	9	0
7	DF	IDN	Beny Wahyudi	22	0	18+4	0
13	DF	IDN	Marco Kabiay	6	1	6	1
31	DF	IDN	Junda Irawan	12	0	11+1	0
44	DF	BRA	Arthur Cunha	27	1	27	1
87	DF	IDN	Johan Alfarizi	30	2	29+1	2
Midfielders
6	MF	IDN	Hanif Sjahbandi	14	0	11+3	0
12	MF	IDN	Hendro Siswanto	30	2	26+4	2
17	MF	IDN	Dio Permana	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	IDN	Adam Alis	31	1	26+5	1
19	MF	IDN	Ahmad Bustomi	20	1	15+5	1
77	MF	IDN	Dalmiansyah Matutu	1	0	0+1	0
90	MF	TKM	Ahmet Ataýew	14	0	14	0
94	MF	IDN	Feri Aman Saragih	20	1	9+11	1
Forwards
10	FW	IDN	Cristian Gonzáles	31	9	26+5	9
11	FW	ARG	Estebán Vizcarra	29	7	26+3	7
14	FW	IDN	Arif Suyono	9	2	3+6	2
20	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Pino	19	3	13+6	3
21	FW	IDN	Nasir	5	0	5	0
27	FW	IDN	Dedik Setiawan	28	6	8+20	6
29	FW	IDN	Andrianto	7	0	7	0
41	FW	IDN	Dendi Santoso	30	3	9+21	3
98	FW	IDN	Muhammad Rafli	7	0	5+2	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
3	DF	LBN	Jad Noureddine	13	1	11+2	1
15	FW	IDN	Sunarto	1	0	0+1	0
89	DF	IDN	Oky Derry	3	0	3	0

v t e Arema Football Club
General	History Current squad Managers All players Statistics
Home stadium	Gajayana Stadium (1987–2004, 2015–present) Kanjuruhan Stadium (2004–2022, 2025–present)
Seasons	2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26
Rivalries	Persib rivalry Super East Java derby
Supporters	Aremania
Tragedies	Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster
Other teams	U-21 Women's