The 2017 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 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. On 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. Eric Williams has previously managed the Myanmar giant, Yangon United F.C. in 2014 season.
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Squads First-team squad No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes Goalkeeper 1 Mohd Fazli Paat GK 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 20 Badrulzaman Abdul Halim GK 2017 Kuala Lumpur 21 Muhd Syazwan Abdullah GK 2017 Kedah Under-21 player 29 Mohd Firdaus Muhamad GK 2017 Penang 30 Norhadi Ubaidillah GK 2017 Kuala Lumpur Defenders 3 Mohd Faizal Muhammad CB 2017 PDRM 5 Nicholas Swirad CB 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan 11 Mohd Fandi Othman LB / LM 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan 12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee CB / LB / DM 2016 PKNS Originally from youth system 15 Mohd Akmal Md Zahir CB 2017 Sime Darby 16 Isma Alif Mohd Salim RB 2017 Kuala Lumpur 18 Muhd Syawal Norsam CB 2016 Pahang FA 25 Jasmin Mecinović CB 2017 FK Pelister 26 Khair Jones CB / LB / LWB / RB / LM 2016 Hawke's Bay United FC Midfielders 6 S. Sivanesan AM / CM 2017 PKNS 7 Surendran Ravindran RM / LM 2016 Pahang 8 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie CM / DM 2017 FELDA United 10 Felipe Almeida De Souza AM / CM 2017 Oeste FC 13 Mohd Norhakim Isa CM / AM 2017 Perak 17 Mohd Azniee Taib LM / AM 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II On loan 19 Jeon Woo-young CM / DM 2017 Jeonnam Dragons 23 Jasmir Mehat LM / AM N/A Youth system 27 G. Puaneswaran RM / LM / RB 2016 Negeri Sembilan 28 Muhd Nazri Ahmad RM / LM / RB 2017 Kuala Lumpur Forwards 9 Marko Šimić ST / CF / RM / LM 2017 Negeri Sembilan 14 Izzaq Faris Ramlan ST / CF 2017 T–Team 24 Mohd Fauzi Roslan ST / CF / RM / LM / AM 2017 Pahang
Out on loan No. Name Nat. Position(s) Join Date of Birth (Age) Signed from Notes 19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani ST / CF / AM 2015 Harimau Muda B Loan to Selangor 5 Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq CB 2017 Petaling Jaya Rangers Loan to SAMB 4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin RB / RWB / DM 2016 Sime Darby Loan to FELCRA 2 Akmal Ishak AM / ST / CM 2017 Johor Darul Ta'zim II Loan to Petaling Jaya Rangers 6 Tam Sheang Tsung LM / RM 2017 Gainare Tottori Loan to Kuala Lumpur
Friendly matches
Competitions Overall
Overview
Malaysia Super League
Table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
Malaysia FA Cup
Malaysia Cup
Group stage
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Statistics Appearances No.NameLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals Goalkeepers 1 Mohd Fazli Paat150204 (1)021 (1)0 20 Badrulzaman Abdul Halim60002 (1)08 (1)0 21 Muhd Syazwan Abdullah00000000 29 Mohd Firdaus Muhamad10001020 30 Norhadi Ubaidillah00001010 Defenders 3 Mohd Faizal Muhammad13 (3)0204 (1)019 (4)0 5 Nicholas Swirad8 (1)1003011 (1)1 11 Mohd Fandi Othman0 (5)0002 (1)02 (6)0 12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee10 (5)21 (1)02 (1)013 (7)2 15 Mohd Akmal Md Zahir00001010 16 Isma Alif Mohd Salim10001020 18 Muhd Syawal Norsam2 (2)000406 (2)0 25 Jasmin Mecinović510050101 26 Khair Jones21 (1)1206029 (1)1 Midfielders 6 S. Sivanesan5 (1)0103 (1)09 (2)0 7 Surendran Ravindran19 (1)1205 (1)126 (2)2 8 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie11 (8)0204 (2)017 (10)0 10 Felipe Almeida De Souza940083177 13 Mohd Norhakim Isa2 (2)0003 (2)05 (4)0 17 Mohd Azniee Taib0 (2)00 (1)04 (1)24 (4)2 19 Jeon Woo-young19 (1)5107327 (1)8 23 Jasmir Mehat0 (8)0001 (6)01 (14)0 27 G. Puaneswaran2112050281 28 Muhd Nazri Ahmad1 (4)000102 (4)0 Forwards 9 Marko Šimić99005 (1)314 (1)12 14 Izzaq Faris Ramlan0 (5)1000 (2)00 (7)1 24 Mohd Fauzi Roslan10 (10)30 (2)05 (3)315 (15)6 Players transferred out or on loan during the season 2 Akmal Ishak000 (1)0000 (1)0 4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin00000000 5 Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq00000000 6 Tam Sheang Tsung00000000 9 Ilija Spasojević9 (1)3100010 (1)3 10 Sergio Ezequiel Agüero7 (1)010008 (1)0 11 Omid Nazari00000000 13 Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali1212000141 17 Mohd Amri Yahyah1002100121 19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani00000000 22 Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad4 (2)00 (1)0004 (3)0 25 Godwin Antwi11 (1)0200013 (1)0 – Ashvin Tharumanathan00000000
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotal1FW9 Marko Šimić903122MF19 Jeon Woo-young5038FW24 Mohd Fauzi Roslan40374MF10 Felipe Almeida De Souza40375FW9 Ilija Spasojević30036MF7 Surendran Ravindran1012DF12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee20028MF5 Nicholas Swirad1001MF13 Khairu Azrin Khazali1001FW14 Izzaq Faris Ramlan1001FW17 Mohd Amri Yahyah0101MF17 Azinee Taib0022DF25 Jasmin Mecinović1001DF26 Khair Jones1001#Own goals00 00 Total3311549 * Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season
Clean sheets The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerLeagueFA CupMalaysia CupTotal11 Mohd Fazli Paat2103Total2103
Discipline The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. Player1DF12 Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee302DF3 Mohd Faizal Muhammad20MF5 Nicholas Swirad20MF8 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie20DF25 Jasmin Mecinović206GK1 Mohd Fazli Paat10MF7 Surendran Ravindran10MF10 Felipe Almeida De Souza10FW10 Sergio Ezequiel Agüero10MF13 Norhakim Isa10MF13 Khairu Azrin Khazali10MF19 Jeon Woo-young10MF27 G. Puaneswaran10Total190 * Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season
Transfers In Early season Date PlayerTransferred FromNote(s) November 2016 MF Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie FELDA United November 2016 DF Godwin Antwi DRB-HICOM November 2016 MF Omid Nazari Global November 2016 FW Izzaq Faris Ramlan T–Team November 2016 FW Mohd Fauzi Roslan Pahang November 2016 DF Mohd Faizal Muhammad PDRM November 2016 MF Khairu Azrin Khazali PKNS November 2016 MF Akmal Ishak Johor Darul Ta'zim II November 2016 MF Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad Sime Darby November 2016 DF Mohd Akmal Md Zahir Sime Darby 1 December 2016 MF Tam Sheang Tsung Gainare Tottori 13 December 2016 FW Ezequiel Agüero Tatabánya 15 December 2016 GK Mohd Firdaus Muhamad Penang 15 December 2016 GK Mohd Fazli Paat Johor Darul Ta'zim II 15 December 2016 GK Muhd Syazwan Abdullah Kedah 15 December 2016 DF Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq Petaling Jaya Rangers 15 December 2016 GK Norhadi Ubaidillah Kuala Lumpur 16 December 2016 FW Mohd Amri Yahyah Johor Darul Ta'zim December 2016 MF Isma Alif Mohd Salim Kuala Lumpur December 2016 MF Muhd Nazri Ahmad Kuala Lumpur December 2016 MF Ashvin Tharumanathan University of Queensland 23 January 2017 MF Jeon Woo-young Jeonnam Dragons
Mid-season Date PlayerTransferred FromNote(s) May 2017 DF Jasmin Mecinović Pelister June 2017 MF Felipe Almeida De Souza Oeste June 2017 MF Mohd Norhakim Isa Perak June 2017 MF S. Sivanesan PKNS June 2017 MF Mohd Azniee Taib Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan June 2017 DF Mohd Fandi Othman Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan June 2017 DF Nicholas Swirad Johor Darul Ta'zim II loan May 2017 FW Marko Šimić Negeri Sembilan
Out Early season Date PlayerTransferred ToNote(s) November 2016 DF 15 Ahmad Shahir Ismail SAMB November 2016 FW 30 Mohd Syazwan Nordin Felcra November 2016 DF 55 Alexandru Tudose Târgu Mureș November 2016 MF 10 Labinot Harbuzi Released November 2016 MF 59 Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie FELDA United End of Loan November 2016 MF 60 Mohd Ferris Danial FELDA United End of Loan November 2016 MF 13 See Kok Luen Petaling Jaya Rangers November 2016 GK 29 Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Kelantan End of Loan November 2016 GK 1 Ahmad Solehin Mamat Kuala Lumpur November 2016 DF 20 Wan Amirul Afiq FELDA United November 2016 DF 11 Fiqri Azwan Ghazali Felcra November 2016 MF 16 Iskandar Hanapiah Petaling Jaya Rangers November 2016 MF 12 R. Barath Kumar Petaling Jaya Rangers November 2016 MF 57 Mohd Saiful Mustafa Petaling Jaya Rangers November 2016 GK 52 Mohd Fadzley Rahim Petaling Jaya Rangers November 2016 MF 8 Mohd Hazri Rozali November 2016 MF 58 Reeshafiq Alwi MOF November 2016 FW 51 Yashir Pinto Perak November 2016 DF 5 Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Kelantan January 2017 FW 19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Selangor On loan 23 January 2017 MF 11 Omid Nazari Ceres-Negros Terminated
Mid-season Date PlayerTransferred ToNote(s) May 2017 FW Mohd Amri Yahyah Selangor May 2017 MF Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad T–Team May 2017 MF Khairu Azrin Khazali PKNS May 2017 FW Sergio Agüero May 2017 DF Godwin Antwi May 2017 FW Ilija Spasojević Bhayangkara
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