The 2020 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 31st competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1 and Piala Indonesia. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2020 to 20 January 2021.
Squad information
Current squad
Transfers
In
PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource 5 Bagas Adi BhayangkaraFree 42 Ganjar Mukti PSISFree 4 Syaiful Indra Cahya PSIMFree 44 Nur Diansyah BorneoFree 21 Aji Saka Youth sectorPromoted 99 Kushedya Hari Yudo PSSFree 92 Dave Mustaine PSSFree 78 Mariando Uropmabin Semen PadangFree 7 Oh In-kyun PersipuraFree 26 Taufik Hidayat PSMFree 77 Pandi Lestaluhu Kalteng PutraFree 23 Teguh Amiruddin TIRA-PersikaboFree 32 Jonatan Bauman KedahFree 17 Matías Malvino Defensor SportingFree 43 Gitra Yuda Furton MartapuraFree 9 Pedro Bartoli G.D. Chaves U-19Free<ref name="Transfer In 2" 13 Guilherme Grillo Cuiabá Esporte Clube U-20Free 13 Rizky Dwi Febrianto Free agentFree 95 Caio Ruan Free agentFree 8 Bruno Smith ImperatrizFree
Out
PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource 7 Ahmad Nur Hardianto BhayangkaraFree 11 Rivaldi Bawuo Madura UnitedFree 21 Ricky Kayame PersitaFree 22 Rachmat Latief Free agentFree 23 Hamka Hamzah PersitaFree 37 Agil Munawar Free agentFree 77 Takafumi Akahoshi -Retired 18 Ricky Ohorella Semen PadangFree 17 Zidane Pulanda Free agentFree 6 Ikhfanul Alam Badak LampungFree 8 Nasir PersebayaFree 15 Sunarto Badak LampungFree 10 Makan Konaté PersebayaFree 86 Sandy Firmansyah PSIMFree 99 Sylvano Comvalius PersipuraFree 32 Jonatan Bauman Quilmes Atlético ClubReleased 7 Oh In-kyun -Retired — Arthur Cunha Sliema WanderersFree 9 Pedro Bartoli Free agentFree — Guilherme Grillo Free agentFree 17 Matías Malvino Free agentReleased 78 Mariando Uropmabin Free agentReleased 43 Gitra Yuda Furton Free agentReleased
Loan In PlayerLoaned FromStartEndSource33 Elías Alderete Chacarita Juniors11 Feby Eka Putra Persija38 Mifathul Ikhsan Borneo
Loan Out PlayerLoaned ToStartEndSource— Arthur Cunha Persipura15 Alfin Tuasalamony Madura United42 Ganjar Mukti Persiraja77 Pandi Lestaluhu Mitra Kukar
Review and events The season featured a seven-month hiatus from March to October 2020 after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. On 29 September 2020, PSSI has officially decided to postpone the continuation of Liga 1 for a month after coordinating with Kemenpora and PT LIB because the police have not given permission to the crowd. PSSI stated on 29 October 2020 that the competition will not be held until 2021. But it's still not clear whether this season will continue or cancelled. They determined that the Liga 1 will be held again in February 2021 and scheduled to finish in July 2021. On 20 January 2021, the results of the exco PSSI meeting stated that the League 1 competition was officially canceled.
On 3 August 2020, Head coach Mario Gómez resigned because disagree with SKEP 48 and 53 PSSI issues, which were taken into account during the COVID-19 pandemic. After Mario Gomez resigned, management handed over team leadership to the three assistant coaches. On 17 September 2020, Arema FC officially introduces the new head coach from Brazil Carlos Oliviera.
Pre-seasons and friendlies
Friendlies DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance22 January 2020Bintang SemeruN10–1Rafli (2), Kushedya (2), In-kyun, Hendro, Dave, Hanif, Titan, RidwanN/A5 February 2020Semeru FCH1–1Rafli 17'N/A23 February 2020Barito PuteraH3–0Dave 5', Bauman 12', Titan 82'19,60015 August 2020Arema U20sH5–2Dedik, Dendi, Syaiful, Alderete, Titan 029 August 2020Kaki Mas DampitH7–0Dedik, Alderete, Kushedya, Titan, Ridwan, Bartoli (2)010 September 2020PON JatimH2–0Ridwan 2', Rafli 84' (pen.)017 September 2020MartapuraH Match cancelled due to safety reasons16 October 2020Arema U20sH8–0Rizky 20', Jayus 25', Dave 37', Bagas 39', Kushedya (2) 57', 76', Titan (2) 59', 62'021 October 2020Madura UnitedH4–3Dedik 9', Caio 19', Seiya 62', Kushedya 73'0
East Java Governor Cup
Group stage
DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceGroupposition11 February 2020SabahH2–0In-kyun 3', Randy 33' (o.g.)6,7482nd13 February 2020PerselaH3–1Kushedya 23', Bauman 52', Alderete 76'5,6002nd15 February 2020PersijaH1–1Alfarizi 81'22,0002nd
Knockout phase DateRoundOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendance18 February 2020Semi-finals PersebayaN2–4 Alfarizi 3', Alderete 73' 0
Match results
Liga 1
Matches DateOpponentsH / AResultF–AScorersAttendanceLeagueposition2 March 2020TIRA-PersikaboA2–0Kushedya (2) 5', 48'6,0983rd8 March 2020PersibH1–2Alderete 45' (pen.)23,7817th14 March 2020PSISA0–216,27212th3 April 2020BorneoH11 April 2020PersebayaA17 April 2020BhayangkaraH27 April 2020PersikA2 May 2020PersijaH10 May 2020PersipuraH16 May 2020PersipuraH13 June 2020PersirajaA21 June 2020PSSA27 June 2020PersitaH3 July 2020Barito PuteraA9 July 2020Madura UnitedH15 July 2020Bali UnitedA19 July 2020PSMA24 July 2020TIRA-PersikaboH30 July 2020PersibA3 August 2020PSISH9 August 2020BorneoA14 August 2020PersebayaH18 August 2020BhayangkaraA22 August 2020PersikH29 August 2020PersijaA9 September 2020PersipuraA16 September 2020PerselaA20 September 2020PersirajaH27 September 2020PSSH3 October 2020PersitaA15 October 2020Barito PuteraH20 October 2020Madura UnitedA25 October 2020Bali UnitedHTBDPSMH
League table
Statistics
Squad appearances and goals
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! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center|Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
Top scorers The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLiga 1Piala IndonesiaTotal1FW99 Kushedya Hari Yudo2 0 22FW33 Elías Alderete1 0 1 Total 3 0 3
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