2022 Melaka United F.C. season

Melaka United
2022 season
President	Justin Lim
Head coach	Risto Vidaković; (until 13 April); Asri Ninggal; (since 15 April)
Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium; (capacity:40,000)
Malaysia Super League	10th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Ifedayo Olusegun (7); All: ; Ifedayo Olusegun (7)
	← 2020

PresidentJustin Lim

Head coachRisto Vidaković
(until 13 April)
Asri Ninggal
(since 15 April)

StadiumHang Jebat Stadium
(capacity:40,000)

The 2022 season was Melaka United Football Club's 98th season in club history and 6th season in the Malaysia Super League.^[1]

No.	Pos	Player	League		FA Cup		Total
No.	Pos	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Bryan See	11	0	1	0	12	0
2	DF	Haziq Puad	15+1	0	1	0	17	0
3	DF	Akmal Zahir	4	0	1	0	5	0
5	MF	Fauzan Fauzi	6+6	0	0+1	0	13	0
6	DF	Justin Baas	14	2	1	0	15	2
8	MF	Wan Zaharulnizam	11+6	2	0+2	0	19	2
9	FW	Norshahrul Idlan	5+7	0	0+2	0	14	0
10	FW	Sony Nordé	14	2	2	2	16	4
12	FW	Ifedayo Olusegun	15	7	2	0	17	7
14	MF	Fakhrullah Rosli	5+3	0	0	0	8	0
15	DF	Khairul Anwar Shahrudin	5+2	0	1	0	8	0
16	DF	Fadhil Idris	17+1	0	2	0	20	0
17	FW	Hazim Abu Zaid	1+1	0	0	0	2	0
18	DF	Wan Amirul Afiq	18+1	0	2	0	21	0
19	MF	Syahrul Azwari	5+9	0	0	0	14	0
20	MF	Faizal Talib	3+1	0	0	0	4	0
21	MF	Harith Naem	1+7	0	0	0	8	0
22	GK	Norazlan Razali	7+1	0	1	0	9	0
23	DF	Syazwan Andik	14+3	1	1	0	18	1
24	MF	Syukri Baharun	7+8	0	1	0	16	0
25	DF	Faris Shah Rosli	8+12	1	0+2	0	22	1
27	FW	Adriano	10	2	2	1	12	3
29	FW	Emmanuel Oti	9	4	2	0	11	4
30	GK	Asyraaf Omar	4	0	0	0	4	0
31	DF	Iman Hakimi	2+2	0	0	0	4	0
32	FW	Syahmi Samsudin	2+5	1	0	0	7	1
33	MF	Norazizi Khalid	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
35	MF	Hasbullah Abu Bakar	14+6	1	1+1	0	22	1
36	FW	Zaim Hakim	0+2	0	0	0	2	0
72	DF	Fadhli Shas	15+1	0	1	0	17	0
Players who left the club during the season

5 March 2022 1	Petaling Jaya City	1-0	Melaka United	Petaling Jaya
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Kumaahran Sathasivam 43' Darren Lok 83' Kalamullah Al-Hafiz 88' Kogileswaran Raj 90+5'	Report	Fadhli Shas 47'	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 352 Referee: Zuhaidi Dzulkilfi

8 March 2022 2	Penang	1-1	Melaka United	Georgetown
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Danial Ashraf 27' Khairul Akmal 39' Rafiuddin Roddin 63'	Report	Wan Amirul Afiq 34' Latiff Suhaimi 41' (o.g.)	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 1, 409 Referee: Hasrol Amir

5 April 2022 3	Melaka United	0-1	Sabah	Malacca
22:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Fakhrullah Rosli 57'	Report	Park Tae-soo 25' Tommy Mawat 62' Ummareng Bacok 90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1, 279 Referee: S. Logeswaran

9 April 2022 4	Kuala Lumpur City	2-0	Melaka United	Cheras
22:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Paulo Josué 3' (29)	Report	Justin Baas 60' Akmal Zahir 80'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 464 Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

First-team squad

16 April 2022 5	Sri Pahang	1-2	Melaka United	Kuantan
22:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Mahmoud Za’tara 4' Azwan Aripin 22' 63' Azam Azih 35'	Report	Fadhil Idris 13' Emmanuel Oti 51' Fadhli Shas 69' Hasbullah Abu Bakar 70'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 1, 727 Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

6 May 2022 7	Kedah Darul Aman	2-3	Melaka United	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Ronald Ngah 20' Syafiq Ahmad 37' Jang Suk-won 41' Azamuddin Akil 43' Amirul Azhan 77'	Report	Wan Zaharulnizam 2' Akmal Zahir 13' Ifedayo Olusegun 23', 90+2' Emmanuel Oti 78' Fadhli Shas 86'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 6, 418 Referee: S. Logeswaran

18 June 2022 10	Melaka United	0-0	Negeri Sembilan	Malacca
20:15 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Justin Baas 45+2'	Report	Saiful Ridzuwan 72' Yashir Islame 75'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 4, 105 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

25 June 2022 11	Melaka United	2-3	Sarawak United	Malacca
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Sony Nordé 18' Syazwan Andik 34' Adriano Narcizo 53'	Report	Gonzalo Soto 23' Lee Chang-hoon 61' Raja Imran Shah 67' Francis Koné 90+3'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1, 673 Referee: Khairulsyahmi Khalidi

2 July 2022 6	Melaka United	1-1	Johor Darul Ta’zim	Malacca
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Justin Baas 39' Sony Nordé 45' Bryan See 54' Wan Amirul Afiq 86'	Report	Leandro Velázquez 14' 27' Jordi Amat 90+3'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 14, 562 Referee: S. Logeswaran

5 July 2022 8	Melaka United	2-0	Selangor	Malacca
20:15 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Fadhil Idris 22' Ifedayo Olusegun 39', 57' Wan Amirul Afiq 41'	Report	Fazly Mazlan 1' Richmond Ankrah 56'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2, 742 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

20 July 2022 12	Melaka United	2-2	Petaling Jaya City	Malacca
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Emmanuel Oti 36' Fadhli Shas 47' Sony Nordé 70' 76'	Report	Darren Lok 43' Gurusamy Kandasamy 64' Kogileswaran Raj 70'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 987 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin bin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

26 July 2022 13	Melaka United	4-1	Penang	Malacca
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Emmanuel Oti 4' Adriano Narcizo 36' Fadhil Idris 52' Ifedayo Olusegun 58' Justin Baas 60'	Report	Khairul Akmal 17' Rafael Vitor 74' Adib Raop 83' Lucas Silva 86'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1, 573 Referee: Nafeez Wahab

31 July 2022 14	Sabah	2-1	Melaka United	Kota Kinabalu
19:30 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Park Tae-soo 58' Amri Yahyah 65', 90+2' Rawilson Batuil 90+5'	Report	Syazwan Andik 6' Ifedayo Olusegun 24' Adriano Narcizo 37' Emmanuel Oti 45+3' Haziq Puad 90+4'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 10, 192 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

13 August 2022 16	Melaka United	2-2	Sri Pahang	Malacca
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Ifedayo Olusegun 38' Adriano Narcizo 51'	Report	David Rowley 87' Sharul Nizam 90'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 3, 186 Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

3 September 2022 9	Terengganu	5-0	Melaka United	Gong Badak
21:00 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Kpah Sherman 16' Manuel Ott 26' Nik Sharif Haseefy 62' Kipré Tchétché 67', 75', 81'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 6, 950 Referee: Nafeez Wahab

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Kedah Darul Aman	22	8	3	11	32	41	−9	27
9	Petaling Jaya City (D, R)	22	6	8	8	22	30	−8	26	Withdrawn from Liga Super and dissolved.^[a]
10	Melaka United (D, R)	22	4	6	12	22	43	−21	18^[b]	Ejected from Malaysian Super League and dissolved.
11	Sarawak United (D, R)	22	5	2	15	19	50	−31	17^[b]	Ejected from Malaysian Super League and relegated to 2023 Malaysia M3 League
12	Penang	22	2	5	15	22	45	−23	11

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History Head coach Players Statistics
Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2006-07 2007-08 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Home ground	Hang Tuah Stadium (1954–2004 & 2011–2013) Hang Jebat Stadium (2005–2010 & 2014–present)
Training ground	Hang Tuah Stadium Tun Fatimah Stadium Padang 10, Kompleks Sukan Hang Jebat
Players	Current squad U-21 U-19
Other	Futsal Liga Melaka Melaka F.C.

29 August 2022 17	Johor Darul Ta’zim	4-0	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
20:15 MYT (UTC+08:00)	Fernando Forestieri 13' Bergson da Silva 33', 42', 85' Leandro Velázquez 38' Daniel Amier 45' Shane Lowry 81'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 10, 962 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

9 September 2022 18	Melaka United	0-3	Kedah Darul Aman	Malacca
20:15 MYT (UTC+08:00)		Report	Mahmoud Al-Mardi 13', 89' 41' Khairu Azrin 25' Fayadh Zulkifli 83'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1, 445 Referee: Mohd Fusser bin Mad Sallih