2019 Melaka United season

Melaka United
2019 season
President	Adly Zahari
Manager	Yusoff Mahadi
Head coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium; (capacity:40,000)
Malaysia Super League	6th
Malaysia FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Patrick Reichelt (10 goals); All: ; Patrick Reichelt (11 goals)
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PresidentAdly Zahari

ManagerYusoff Mahadi

Head coachZainal Abidin Hassan^[1]

StadiumHang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)

The 2019 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 96th season in club history and 3rd season in the Malaysia Super League.

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Position	Name
Head coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Assistant coaches	Nidzam Adzha
Assistant coaches	Asri Ninggal
Goalkeeper coach	Mazlan Wahid
Fitness coach	Norhuda Hiroshi Razak
Physio	Vladmir Gramblicka

No.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Previous club	Contract since
Goalkeepers
1	Syafizullah Wahab	(1993-03-06) 6 March 1993 (age 32)	SAMB	2019
19	Khairul Fahmi	(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 37)	Kelantan	2018
21	Oscar Wong Tse-Yeung	(1995-05-13) 13 May 1995 (age 30)	Hong Kong Rangers	2019
31	Izarul Adli	(1997-09-17) 17 September 1997 (age 28)	Youth team	2019
Defenders
3	Faizal Muhamad	(1989-03-03) 3 March 1989 (age 36)	PDRM	2017
6	Jang Suk-won	(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 36)	Seongnam	2019
13	Razman Roslan	(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 41)	Selangor	2019
15	Raimi Nor	(1986-04-04) 4 April 1986 (age 39)	Penang	2019
18	Wan Amirul Afiq	(1992-07-18) 18 July 1992 (age 33)	Felda United	2019
23	Zharif Desa	(1992-07-08) 8 July 1992 (age 33)	Penang	2019
25	Faris Shah	(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 30)	Kelantan	2018
26	Ubaidullah Rahman	(1993-11-01) 1 November 1993 (age 32)	Felcra	2019
27	Khuzaimi Piee	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 32)	PKNP	2019
Midfielders
7	Dominik Balić	(1996-05-04) 4 May 1996 (age 29)	Dugopolje	2019
8	Safiq Rahim	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 38)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2019
10	Luka Milunović	(1992-12-21) 21 December 1992 (age 33)	Voždovac	2019
12	Shukor Adan	(1979-09-24) 24 September 1979 (age 46)	Felda United	2019
14	Kavishkumar Manimaharan	(1997-08-29) 29 August 1997 (age 28)	Tokai FC	2019
16	Saiful Ridzuwan	(1992-03-16) 16 March 1992 (age 33)	Selangor	2019
20	Nazrin Nawi	(1988-02-07) 7 February 1988 (age 37)	Perak	2019
24	Gopinathan Ramachandran	(1989-12-15) 15 December 1989 (age 36)	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2018
29	Deevan Raj	(1994-10-29) 29 October 1994 (age 31)	PKNP	2019
Forwards
9	Davy Claude Angan	(1987-09-20) 20 September 1987 (age 38)	Samsunspor	2019
11	Patrick Reichelt	(1998-06-15) 15 June 1998 (age 27)	Ceres–Negros	2019
13	Wan Mohd Syukri	(1991-11-10) 10 November 1991 (age 34)	MISC-MIFA	2019
17	Nurshamil Ghani	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 31)	Selangor	2015
22	Ramzi Haziq	(1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2019
32	Faizal Talib	(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 28)	Youth team	2019

Pos.	Player	From	Fee	Ref.
GK	Oscar Wong Tse Yeung	Hong Kong Rangers	Free	^[2]
DF	Khuzaimi Piee	PKNP	Free	^[3]
DF	Wan Amirul Afiq	Felda United	Free	^[4]
DF	Raimi Nor	Penang	Free	^[5]
DF	Zharif Desa	Penang	Free
DF	Razman Roslan	Pahang	Free	^[6]
DF	Shukor Adan	Felda United	Free	^[7]
DF	Ubaidullah Rahman	Felcra	Free
MF	Nazrin Nawi	Perak	Free	^[8]
MF	M. Kavishkumar	Tokai FC	Free
MF	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Free	^[9]
MF	Saiful Ridzuwan	Selangor	Free	^[10]
MF	Gopinathan Ramachandra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Free	^[11]
MF	Deevan Raj	PKNP	Free
MF	Liridon Krasniqi	Kedah	Free
MF	Darko Marković	Željezničar Sarajevo	Free
FW	Wan Mohd Syukri	MISC-MIFA	Free
FW	Patrick Reichelt	Ceres–Negros	Free
FW	Casagrande	Felcra	Free

Pos.	Player	From	Fee
GK	Solehin Mamat	Kuala Lumpur	Free
MF	Dominik Balić	Dugopolje	Free
FW	Davy Angan	Mosta	Free
MF	Luka Milunović	Sabah	Loan Return
MF	Faizal Abu Bakar	Unattached

Pos.	Player	To	Fee	Ref.
GK	Fazli Paat	Released
GK	Zamir Selamat	Released
DF	Shazlan Alias	Released
DF	Syawal Norsam	Released
DF	G. Puaneswaran	Released
DF	Steven Thicot	Released
DF	Nicholas Swirad	PKNS	Free	^[12]
DF	Azmi Muslim	Perlis	Free
DF	Khair Jones	Kuala Lumpur	Free
MF	Shahdan Sulaiman	Tampines Rovers	Loan Return	^[13]
MF	Chanturu Suppiah	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Loan Return	^[14]
MF	Surendran Ravindran	Released
MF	S. Veenod	Petaling Jaya City	Free
MF	Gopinathan Ramachandra	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Loan Return	^[15]
FW	Ifedayo Olusegun	Released
FW	Akmal Ishak	Released
FW	Yahor Zubovich	Dinamo Minsk	Free
FW	Lee Chang-hoon	PDRM	Free
FW	Fauzi Roslan	Kelantan	Free	^[16]
FW	S. Sivanesan	Penang	Free
FW	Syahrul Azwari	Kedah	Free
FW	Fakri Saarani	Released
FW	Farderin Kadir	Released

2019 Melaka United season

Management team

Players

Transfers

In

Out

Friendlies

Competitions

Overview

Malaysia Super League

Table

Results summary

Fixtures and results

Malaysia FA Cup

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Statistics

Appearances and goals

References

Related Articles

Pos.	Player	To	Fee
MF	Darko Marković	Kuala Lumpur	On loan
FW	Casagrande	Penang	On loan
MF	Liridon Krasniqi	Released
FW	Wan Mohd Syukri	Penang	On loan
GK	Syafizullah Wahab	SAMB	On loan
MF	Gopinathan Ramachandra	PDRM	On loan
FW	Nurshamil Ghani	Selangor United	On loan

29 December 2018 (2018-12-29) 1	Melaka United	3–2	Selangor United	Hang Jebat Stadium
2100 hours	Safiq 3' (pen.) Milunovic 64' (pen.) Marković 87'		Yusaini 34' Pavlenko 47'

5 January 2019 (2019-01-05) 2	Melaka United	2–0	Negeri Sembilan	Hang Jebat Stadium
2100 hours	Milunovic 14' Safiq 50' (pen.)

9 January 2019 (2019-01-09) 3	Melaka United	5–1	Warriors	Hang Jebat Stadium
2045 hours	Casagrande 15', 34' Devan Raj 27' Milunovic 39' Nurshamil 53'		Sahil 83'

21 January 2019 (2019-01-21) 4	Melaka United	3–0	Sarawak	Hang Jebat Stadium
2100 hours

26 January 2019 (2019-01-26) 5	Melaka United	3–0	UiTM	Hang Jebat Stadium
2100 hours

12 January 2018 Friendly	Becamex Bình Dương	3–3	Melaka United	Thủ Dầu Một
			Casagrande Safiq Milunovic	Stadium: Gò Đậu Stadium

13 January 2018 Friendly	Hồ Chí Minh City	3–1	Melaka United	Ho Chi Minh City
			Nazrin pen'	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

15 January 2018 Friendly	Sài Gòn	1–2	Melaka United	Ho Chi Minh City
			Casagrande	Stadium: Thống Nhất Stadium

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	040.91
FA Cup	1	0	0	1	2	3	−1	000.00
Malaysia Cup	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Total	24	10	6	8	39	33	+6	041.67

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
4	Kedah^[a]	22	9	7	6	37	29	+8	34	Qualification for AFC Champions League preliminary round 2
5	Perak	22	8	9	5	36	31	+5	33
6	Melaka United	22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	33
7	Terengganu	22	7	9	6	35	37	−2	30
8	Petaling Jaya City	22	8	2	12	22	29	−7	26

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	9	6	7	34	30	+4	33	5	4	2	22	13	+9	4	2	5	12	17	−5

2 February 2019 (2019-02-02) 1	Melaka United	2–1	Petaling Jaya City	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Marković 12' Liridon 36' Casagrande 44' Ridzuwan 67'	Report	Satish 35' Barathkumar 58'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa Man of the Match: Safiq Rahim

9 February 2019 (2019-02-09) 2	PKNS	0–1	Melaka United	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Rodney 43' Qayyum 57' Sherman 82'	Report	Jang Suk-won 16' Safiq 25' (pen.)	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin Man of the Match: Patrick Reichelt

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 3	Melaka United	1–1	Pahang	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Deevan 85' Safiq 90+1' (pen.) Casagrande 90+2'	Report	Goulon 5' Safuwan 17' Azam 72' 80' Nwakaeme 80' Zé Eduardo 89'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 19,572 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim Man of the Match: Jang Suk-won

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–1	Melaka United	Larkin
21:00 UTC+8	Cabrera 35' (pen.) Safawi 43' Hariss 68'	Report	Wan Amirul Afiq 29' Jang Suk-Won 34' Reichelt 74'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

3 March 2019 (2019-03-03) 5	Melaka United	2–0	Kuala Lumpur	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Marković 14' Nazrin 16' Faris 66'	Report	Arif 33' Fitri 71' Paulo Josué 90+1'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mat Zan Abdul Wahab

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 6	Terengganu	3–0	Melaka United	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Nasrullah 24', 70' Shaakhmedov 42' Malik 51' Syamim 74'	Report	Saiful 45+1' Faris 54'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

29 March 2019 (2019-03-29) 7	Melaka United	0–0	Perak	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Jang Suk-won 33' Marković 14' Khuzaimi 60' Reichelt 67' Shukor 67'	Report	Shahrul 67' Hakim 88'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

6 April 2019 (2019-04-06) 8	Melaka United	3–4	Selangor	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Reichelt 20', 54', 71' Shukor 49' Faris 57' Marković 71'	Report	Amri 8', 25' Azreen 42' Regan 52' Sean 88', 90+4'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

13 April 2019 (2019-04-13) 9	PKNP	1–0	Melaka United	Manjung
21:00 UTC+8	Khuzaimi 66' (o.g.)	Report	Nazrin 69' Khuzaimi 72' Jang Suk-won 82' Casagrande 90+1'	Stadium: Manjung Municipal Council Stadium Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 10	Melaka United	1–0	Kedah	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Saiful 41' Casagrande 49' Fahmi 90+1'	Report	Farhan 56' Shakir 66'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

26 April 2019 (2019-04-26) 11	Felda United	1–1	Melaka United	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Ikeda 62', 90' Watanabe 77'	Report	Reichelt 15' Faris 28' Marković 48' Shukor 60' Jang Suk-won 62'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

4 May 2019 (2019-05-04) 12	Selangor	1–1	Melaka United	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Syahmi 31' Sarkunan 45+2' Sean 45+3'	Report	Afiq 7' Reichelt 60'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

15 May 2019 (2019-05-15) 13	Melaka United	6–0	Felda United	Krubong
22:00 UTC+8	Reichelt 5' Safiq 25', 33' Milunović 36', 53', 89' Nazrin 36' Raimi 67' Afiq 68'	Report	Azim 67' Chanturu 68' Zahril 68' Christie 78' Thiago Junio 88'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mat Zan Abdul Wahab

18 May 2019 (2019-05-18) 14	Kedah	2–1	Melaka United	Alor Setar
22:00 UTC+8	Farhan 31' Baddrol 61', 74' Jang Suk-won 71' (o.g.)	Report	Milunović 31' Shukor 45+2' Khuzaimi 60' Saiful 85'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

25 May 2019 (2019-05-25) 15	Perak	2–3	Melaka United	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Brendan 18' Partiban 57'	Report	Nazrin 23' Safiq 33' Balić 37' Reichelt 45+1', 74' Raimi 56' Shukor 90'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

15 June 2019 (2019-06-15) 16	Melaka United	3–3	Terengganu	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Angan 17', 49' Milunović 31' Reichelt 62' Balić 72'	Report	Shaakhmedov 41', 73', 82' Tuck 86' Nasrullah 89'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

19 June 2019 (2019-06-19) 17	Kuala Lumpur	0–1	Melaka United	Bandar Tun Razak
21:00 UTC+8	Shafiq 64' Irfan 84' Marković 90+2'	Report	Balić 36' Reichelt 44'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

26 June 2019 (2019-06-26) 18	Melaka United	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Shukor 84' Raimi 89'	Report	Nazmi 7' Diogo 27' Cabrera 90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

6 July 2019 (2019-07-06) 19	Petaling Jaya City	1–2	Melaka United	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Pedro Henrique 14', 80' Bae Beom-geun 21' Elizeu 88'	Report	Jang Suk-won 16', 45+1' Milunović 37', 90+5' Balić 57' Angan 90+2'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

9 July 2019 (2019-07-09) 20	Melaka United	2–1	PKNP	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Angan 42' Reichelt 59' Faris 89' Fahmi 90+1'	Report	Giancarlo 14' Pedro Victor 27' Aguinaldo 61'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: S. Logeswaran

16 July 2019 (2019-07-16) 21	Melaka United	1–1	PKNS	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Shukor 54'	Report	Swirad 53' Mahali 78' Sherman 80' Gurusamy 90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) 22	Pahang	4–1	Melaka United	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Kaimbi 2', 69' Sumareh 41' Ramdani 90+1'	Report	Saiful 25' Milunović 58'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir