2016 Kelantan FA season

Kelantan
2016 season
President	dato seri vida
Head coach	K. Devan; (until 12 May 2016); Velizar Popov; (started 13 May 2016)
Stadium	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Malaysia Super League	4th
Malaysia FA Cup	Third round
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Baže Ilijoski (14); All: ; Baže Ilijoski (16)
Highest home attendance	17,653 vs Selangor; (21 May 2016)
Lowest home attendance	2,048 vs Kedah; (24 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	8,134
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The 2016 season was Kelantan's 8th season in the Malaysia Super League since being promoted and 21st successive season in the top flight of Malaysian football league system. They were also eligible to compete in Malaysia FA Cup starting from the second round and Malaysia Cup after placed in 6th place at the end of 2016 Malaysia Super League first leg.

Pre-season

The pre-season matches were held between 30 December 2015 to 6 February 2016. During those matches several foreign players made their trials with the team. They were Yakubu Aziz, André Luís Leite, Prince Nnake, Marko Perović, Fabiyi, Valci Teixeira Júnior and Dramane Traoré.

30 December 2015 Friendly	Kelantan	2–0	PKNP	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	Yakubu 8' Zack 19'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

8 January 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	2–1	AirAsia Allstars	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	André 13' Fakhrul 86'	Report	Fairuz 55'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

13 January 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	7–0	UiTM	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	Nnake 12', 16', 56' Perović 21' Zaharulnizam 80' Zack 87' Izuan 90'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

19 January 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	3–1	Yala United	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	McKain 3' Fabiyi 26' Júnior 86'	Report	Abdul Safee 90'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

2 February 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	0–2	Kuala Lumpur	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00		Report	Konté 16' Moreira 47'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

6 February 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	1–1	T-Team	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Traoré 81'	Report	Bušić 63'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

During season

Match were held during mid-season break and matches were held between 25 March and 4 July 2016. Several foreign players made a trial with the team for second window transfer.

25 March 2016 Friendly	Kuantan	0–0	Kelantan	Kuantan, Pahang
20:45 UTC+08:00		Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

28 May 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	5–1	Kelantan U-21	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Ogunlaye Emmanuel o.g.' Ilijoski Manaf	Report	Danial	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

25 June 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	2–1	MOF	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
22:00 UTC+08:00	Manaf 30' Syafiq 40'	Report	Helmi 44'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

29 June 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	1–1	Perlis	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
22:00 UTC+08:00	Zaharulnizam 55'	Report	Skvka 34' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

4 July 2016 Friendly	Kelantan	6–1	Kelantan U-21	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
22:00 UTC+08:00	Luiz 3' (pen.) Zaharulnizam 11' Syafiq 32' Manaf 57' Ilijoski 59', 67'	Report	Azli 27'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League	—	4th	4th	13 February 2016	22 October 2016
FA Cup	Second round	Third round	Third round	20 February 2016	4 March 2016
Malaysia Cup	Group stage	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	12 July 2016	18 September 2016

Updated to match played 22 October 2016.
Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
2	Felda United	22	13	4	5	47	27	+20	43	Qualification to AFC Cup group stage^[a]
3	Kedah	22	11	7	4	30	26	+4	37^[b]
4	Kelantan	22	7	8	7	37	33	+4	29
5	Selangor	22	7	7	8	28	27	+1	28
6	Perak	22	7	7	8	29	30	−1	28

Source: SPMB Football Association of Malaysia, Football Malaysia LLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 3) Number of goals against.
Notes:

^ Since the winners of 2016 Piala FA, Johor Darul Ta'zim, currently qualify for AFC Champions League based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Piala FA winner (AFC Cup group stage) would be passed to the next best team in the table (in this case, the second-placed team).
^ Kedah Football Association (Kedah FA) has been found guilty of putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016. Therefore, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been awarded 3 points for Pahang and Kedah sentenced deducted 3 points for the incident.

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	D	W	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	W	W	L	D	W	D
Position	8	4	4	7	5	6	6	7	5	6	6	8	4	5	5	7	5	5	5	6	4	4

Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2016. Source: Competitions
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

The 2016 season began on 13 February and concluded on 22 October 2016.^[3]

13 February 2016 1	Perak	0–0	Kelantan	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+08:00		Report	Zaharulnizam 46' McKain 58'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

16 February 2016 2	Kelantan	1–0	PDRM	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	McKain 49' Traoré 65'	Report	Reuben 29' Fekry 56'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 13,253 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

26 February 2016 3	Kelantan	2–2	Sarawak	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Ilijoski 44', 64' 51' McKain 46' Muslim 79'	Report	Makeche 8', 72' Juninho 90+4'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 6,532 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

1 March 2016 4	Kedah	2–1	Kelantan	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+08:00	Kahê 69' Syafiq 81'	Report	Indra 30' 61'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 16,500 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

12 March 2016 5	Kelantan	3–1	Penang	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Ilijoski 4', 35' 66' Muslim 11' Badhri 71'	Report	Fitri 39' Saha 81'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

5 April 2016 6	T-Team	4–2	Kelantan	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+08:00	Sharofetdinov 20', 72' Cruz 38' Konaté 48'	Report	Kamal 28' (o.g.) Ilijoski 67' 41' Indra 42' Zairul 63'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 2,034 Referee: Saiful Mohd Rodzali

8 April 2016 7	Kelantan	2–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	McKain 15' Gan 23' Indra 54' 79' Zaharulnizam 67' Muslim 74'	Report	Lucero 10', 52' 85'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 13,543 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

20 April 2016 8	Pahang	4–3	Kelantan	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+08:00	Volaš 14' Pacheco 45+1', 90' Faisal 47' Potokar 61'	Report	Traoré 9' Ilijoski 55' (pen.) Brendan Gan 61' Izuan 78' McKain 90+1'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 5,634 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

23 April 2016 9	Kelantan	3–0	Terengganu	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Zack 13' Indra 41' Zaharulnizam 62' Fakhrul 89'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 3,315 Referee: S. Sitharajan

4 May 2016 10	Felda United	2–0	Kelantan	Bandar Pusat Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+08:00	Turaev 42' Doe 50' Ridzuan 80'	Report	Indra 45' Ilijoski 57' Muslim 90+2'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 10,981 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

18 May 2016 11	Selangor	0–0	Kelantan	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+08:00		Report	Zack 26' Gan 81'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 9,731 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

21 May 2016 12	Kelantan	2–5	Selangor	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Ilijoski 10' Traoré 60' Zaharulnizam 61' Qayyum 80'	Report	Hafiz 16' 25' Gopinathan 21' Nazmi 36' Razman 59' Norazlan 79' Hazwan 89'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 17,653 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

15 July 2016 13	Terengganu	1–6	Kelantan	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+08:00	Bikana 4' Nakajima-Farran 7' Joseph 69'	Report	Ilijoski 3' (pen.), 63', 75', 85' Luiz 44' Zack 45+1' 58'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

23 July 2016 14	Kelantan	0–0	Pahang	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Qayyum 59'	Report	Vranjicán 25' Davies 36' Saarvindran 87'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 15,562 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

26 July 2016 15	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–0	Kelantan	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+08:00	Azniee 41' Díaz 47' Lucero 85'	Report	Nik Shahrul 53' Daudsu 62'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 16,550 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

3 August 2016 16	Kelantan	1–1	Felda United	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Zack 53' Indra 58' Luiz 79' Norhafiz 85'	Report	Doe 8' Syamim 49' Jayaseelan 53' Idris 82'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 3,536 Referee: Saiful Mohd Rodzali

6 August 2016 17	Kelantan	2–0	T-Team	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Badhri 66' Gan 71' Luiz 88' 90'	Report	Maïga 22' Azraei 65'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 7,212 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

16 August 2016 18	Penang	2–3	Kelantan	Penang
21:00 UTC+08:00	Córdoba 20' Martins 45+1' Mafry 57' Lobo 79'	Report	Zack 7', 77' Luiz 18' Faris 90+2'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 9,019 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

24 August 2016 19	Kelantan	1–2	Kedah	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Qayyum 28' Indra 61' Zack 70'	Report	Halim 20' Farhan 34' Azmeer 43' Baddrol 90+2'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 2,048 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

10 September 2016 20	Sarawak	1–1	Kelantan	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00	Juninho 1'	Report	Zaharulnizam 41'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 585 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

23 September 2016 21	PDRM	1–2	Kelantan	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+08:00	Safuwan 28' Fakhrul 40'	Report	Indra 31' Ilijoski 78'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

22 October 2016 22	Kelantan	2–2	Perak	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Ilijoski 39' (pen.) Muslim 45' Qayyum 48' Zaharulnizam 74'	Report	Shahrul 53' Fazrul 66' Amirul 74' Hafizul 90+4'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 2,506 Referee: Fitri Maskon

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

20 February 2016 Round of 32	UKM	0–1	Kelantan	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00		Report	Hazrul 53' Ilijoski 83'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 7,082 Referee: Saiful Mohd Radzali

4 March 2016 Round of 16	Kedah	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	Kelantan	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+08:00	Helmi 47' Azmeer 86' Amar 116'	Report	McKain 34' Indra 18' McKain 19' Nik Shahrul 86' Zack 107'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar
	Penalties
	Sandro Kahê Syafiq Bang Krasniqi		McKain Indra Zack Lucca Izuan

Malaysia Cup

The 2016 Malaysia Cup draw was made on 23 May 2016 in Kuala Lumpur. Kelantan were to face Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Pahang.^[4] Scoring a total of 10 points, Kelantan advanced to the knockout stage as group runner-up.

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEL	KEL	PHG	KLU
1	Selangor	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–3	3–0	1–0
2	Kelantan	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–4	—	1–0	1–0
3	Pahang	6	3	0	3	5	7	−2	9		1–0	2–0	—	2–1
4	Kuala Lumpur	6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	4		1–1	0–1	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2016. Source: FAM FMLLP

Win Draw Loss

12 July 2016 1	Kelantan	1–0	Pahang	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Zaharulnizam 3'	Report	Meneses 13'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 12,751 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

20 July 2016 2	Selangor	3–3	Kelantan	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Olivi 30' Wleh 39', 49', 60' Nazmi 56' Ukah 69'	Report	Luiz 45+1' Qayyum 53' Zack 79' Ilijoski 90+3' Manaf 90+7'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 9,895 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

30 July 2016 3	Kelantan	1–0	Kuala Lumpur	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Ilijoski 50' (pen.)	Report	Rasyid 64'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 14,825 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

9 August 2016 4	Kuala Lumpur	0–1	Kelantan	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Carioca 55'	Report	Badhri 61'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

12 August 2016 5	Kelantan	1–4	Selangor	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Zaharulnizam 36' (pen.)	Report	Hadi 14' (pen.) Gopinathan 24', 57' Wleh 27' Bunyamin 47'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 5,474 Referee: S. Sittharajanan

20 August 2016 6	Pahang	2–0	Kelantan	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Faisal 68' Fauzi 75'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 937 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

28 August 2016 First leg	Kelantan	1–2	PDRM	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+08:00	Indra 14' Badhri 45+2' Norhafiz 63' Gan 65'	Report	Safuwan 5' Guilherme 22' 89' Reuben 44'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 7,135 Referee: Fitri Maskon

18 September 2016 Second leg	PDRM	0–1 (*2–2 agg.)	Kelantan	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+08:00	Syahmi 74' Latiff 83' Andrezinho 88' Fauzi Majid 90+4'	Report	Badhri 36'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1,900 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

* PDRM won on away goals rule

Squad information

List of players

No.	Name	Position(s)	Since	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Ramadhan Hamid	GK	2016	Harimau Muda
19	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (vice-captain)	GK	2009	Harimau Muda
30	Mohd Shahrizan Ismail	GK	2008	Terengganu
40	Ahmad Syihan Hazmi	GK	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
44	Hasbullah Abdul Rahim	GK	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
–	Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff	GK	2011	Kelantan U21	Loaned to Melaka United
Defenders
2	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	CB	2015	Negeri Sembilan
4	Jonathan McKain	CB	2015	Adelaide United
5	Nik Shahrul Azim	RB	2012	Kelantan U21
6	Mohd Farisham Ismail	CB / RB	2008	Melaka TMFC	Loaned to Penang
15	Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin	RB / LB	2016	Johor Darul Ta'zim
17	Fakhrul Zaman	ST	2012	Kelantan U21	Loaned to MOF
20	Muslim Ahmad	CB	2016	PDRM
22	Mohd Zafran Akramin Abdul Razak	CB / RB	2016	Kelantan U21
24	Zairul Fitree Ishak	LB / LM	2009	Kedah
33	Mohd Faris Shah Rosli	CB / DM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on second transfer window
36	Muhammad Azwan Aripin	CB	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
38	Mohd Aiman Shakir Mohd Hashim	RB / RM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
–	Faizol Nazlin Sayuti	CB	2014	Kelantan U21	Loaned to MOF
Midfielders
3	Mohd Rozaimi Azwar	CM / ST	2015	Kelantan U21	Loaned to MOF
7	Wan Zack Haikal	LM / RM	2015	F.C. Ryūkyū
8	Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	LM / RM	2014	Harimau Muda
11	Brendan Gan	CM / DM	2014	Rockdale City Suns
12	Mohd Qayyum Marjoni Sabil	LW / LB	2016	Kelantan U21
13	Mohd Noor Hazrul Mohd Mustafa	LM / LB	2015	Perak TBG
16	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi (captain)	AM / CM	2008	PDRM
18	Amir Zikri Pauzi	LM / LW	2016	Kelantan U21
21	Morgaro Gomis	DM	2016	Hearts of Midlothian	Signed on second transfer window
23	Indra Putra Mahayuddin (vice-captain)	AM	2016	Felda United
27	Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior	AM / ST	2016	Tombense Futebol Clube	Signed on second transfer window
28	Jonatan Lucca	DM	2016	Clube Atlético Paranaense	Contract terminated mid-season
29	Faizal Abu Bakar	CM	2016	PDRM
34	Mohd Syafiq Abd Rahman	RM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on second transfer window
39	Muhamad Fadhilah Mohd Pauzi	CM / DM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
–	Mohd Nasharizam Abd Rashid	LM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on second transfer window
–	Muhd Shahrul Hakim Rahim	CM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
Forwards
9	Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli	ST / RM / LM	2011	ATM
10	Nor Farhan Muhammad	RM / LM	2015	Terengganu
14	Abdul Manaf Mamat	ST	2016	Terengganu
17	Fakhrul Zaman	ST	2016	Kelantan U21
25	Dramane Traoré	ST	2016	PDRM	Contract terminated mid-season
26	Baže Ilijoski	ST	2016	FK Rabotnički
32	Muhammad Danial Asyraf Abdullah	ST / AM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on second transfer window
37	Nik Azli Nik Alias	ST / LM	2016	Kelantan U21	Promoted on August
–	Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim	ST	2016	Harimau Muda	Loaned to Sarawak

^PC is a Presiden Cup player who have played for the senior team as a starter, substitute or benched

Playing statistics

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red card
Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season (loaned)
(number in bracket denotes the players plays as a substitute in a match)

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total				League				Piala FA				Piala Malaysia
19		GK	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	30	0	0	0	22	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	0
1		GK	Ramadhan Hamid	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		GK	Mohd Shahrizan Ismail	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
40		GK	Ahmad Syihan Hazmi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44		GK	Hasbullah Abdul Rahim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
15		DF	Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin	11(5)	0	1	0	8(4)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
4		DF	Jonathan McKain	12(1)	1	6	0	8(1)	0	5	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0
5		DF	Nik Shahrul Azim	19	0	2	0	14	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0
20		DF	Muslim Ahmad	21(1)	0	5	0	16(1)	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
2		DF	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	15(3)	0	2	0	11(2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4(1)	0	1	0
24		DF	Zairul Fitree Ishak	6(2)	0	1	0	4(1)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
22		DF	Mohd Zafran Akramin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
33		DF	Mohd Faris Shah Rosli	14(1)	0	1	0	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	0	0	0
36		DF	Muhammad Azwan Aripin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
38		DF	Mohd Aiman Shakir	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
31		MF	Muhd Shahrul Hakim Rahim	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
39		MF	Fadhilah Mohd Pauzi	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
8		MF	Wan Zack Haikal	22(6)	6	3	1	17(3)	5	2	1	2	0	1	0	3(3)	1	0	0
23		MF	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	20(5)	4	8	0	12(5)	3	7	0	2	0	1	0	6	1	0	0
7		MF	Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	17(6)	5	1	2	12(3)	3	1	2	0(2)	0	0	0	5(1)	2	0	0
29		MF	Faizal Abu Bakar	1(5)	0	0	0	0(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
11		MF	Brendan Gan	22(1)	0	5	0	16(1)	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
16		MF	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi (c)	22(3)	4	1	0	18(1)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3(2)	2	1	0
13		MF	Mohd Noor Hazrul	7(6)	0	1	0	5(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	0	0
12		MF	Mohd Qayyum	18	0	5	0	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	1	0
18		MF	Amir Zikri Pauzi	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
27		MF	Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior	14(2)	5	1	0	9(1)	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	5(1)	1	0	0
21		MF	Morgaro Gomis	15	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
34		MF	Mohd Syafiq Abd Rahman	1(1)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
35		MF	Mohd Nasharizam Abd Rashid	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
14		FW	Abdul Manaf Mamat	2(7)	1	0	0	1(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	1	0	0
10		FW	Nor Farhan Muhammad	0(4)	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(3)	0	0	0
9		FW	Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli	5(9)	1	0	0	2(8)	1	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
17		FW	Fakhrul Zaman	2(2)	1	0	0	1(2)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
26		FW	Baže Ilijoski	24(2)	16	5	0	18(1)	14	4	0	1(1)	1	0	0	5	1	1	0
32		FW	Danial Ashraf	1(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	0	0
37		FW	Nik Azli Nik Alias	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Players who are on loan/left Kelantan mid season:
3		MF	Mohd Rozaimi Azwar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		DF	Tuan Muhammad Faim	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25		FW	Dramane Traoré	10(3)	3	0	0	8(3)	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
28		MF	Jonatan Lucca	8(2)	0	0	0	6(2)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6		DF	Mohd Farisham Ismail	4(1)	0	0	0	3(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics accurate as of 23 September 2016.

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.

Correct as of match played on 22 October 2016

No.	Nat.	Player	Pos.	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	TOTAL
25		Dramane Traore	FW	3	0	0	3
26		Baže Ilijoski	FW	14	1	1	16
26		Indra Putra Mahayuddin	MF	3	0	1	4
4		Jonathan McKain	DF	0	1	0	1
16		Badhri Radzi	MF	2	0	2	4
8		Wan Zaharulnizam	MF	3	0	2	5
7		Wan Zack Haikal	MF	5	0	1	6
27		Wander Luiz	MF	4	0	1	5
14		Abdul Manaf Mamat	FW	0	0	1	1
9		Fakhrul Zaman	FW	1	0	0	1
17		Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli	FW	1	0	0	1
#	Own goals			1	0	0	1
TOTALS				37	2	8	47

Hat-tricks

Correct as of match played on 16 August 2016

Player	Competition	Against	Result	Date
Baze Ilijoski ⁴	Liga Super	Terengganu FA	1–6	15 July 2016

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals
⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Top assists

Correct as of match played on 23 September 2016

Player name in bold denote the player who have left the club

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	MF	7	Wan Zack Haikal	7	1	1	9
2	MF	16	Badhri Radzi	5	0	1	6
3	MF	27	Wander Luiz	3	0	1	4
4	FW	26	Baže Ilijoski	3	0	0	3
4	MF	23	Indra Putra	1	0	2	3
5	FW	25	Dramane Traore	1	1	0	2
5	MF	11	Brendan Gan	2	0	0	2
5	MF	28	Jonatan Lucca	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Nik Shahrul Azim	1	0	0	1
	FW	14	Manaf Mamat	1	0	0	1
	DF	12	Qayyum Marjoni Sabil	1	0	0	1
	MF	21	Morgaro Gomis	0	0	1	1
	DF	33	Mohd Faris Shah Rosli	0	0	1	1
TOTALS				26	2	7	35

Clean sheets

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total clean sheets are equal.

Correct as of 22 October 2016

No.	Player	Matches Played	Clean sheets %	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia
19	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	30	37%	6	1	4
1	Mohd Shahrizan Ismail	1	0%	0	0	0
22	Ramadhan Hamid	0	0%	0	0	0
40	Ahmad Syihan Hazmi	1	0%	0	0	0
Totals		32	34%	6	1	4

Suspensions

Player	No. of matches served	Reason	Competition	Date served	Opponent(s)
Wan Zack Haikal	1	Red card vs. Selangor	Super League	21 May 2016 (League)	Selangor
Wan Zaharulnizam	6^[5]^[6]	Red card vs. Selangor	Super League	15 July 2016 (League) 23 July 2016 (League) 26 July 2016 (League) 3 August 2016 (League) 6 August 2016 (League 16 August 2016 (League)	Terengganu Pahang Johor Darul Ta'zim Felda United T-Team Penang

Summary

All matches played included

As of 23 October 2016

Games played	41 (22 Super League)
Games won	19 (7 Super League)
Games drawn	10 (8 Super League)
Games lost	12 (7 Super League)
Goals scored	74 (37 Super League)
Goals conceded	52 (33 Super League)
Goal difference	+22 (+4 Super League)
Clean sheets	14 (6 Super League) (11 excluding friendly matches)
Most Yellow cards	Indra Putra Mahayuddin (8)
Red cards	Wan Zaharulnizam (2)
Top scorer	Baže Ilijoski (12) (16 excluding friendly matches)
Winning Percentage	Overall:19/41 (46.34%)

Home Attendance

Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium 2016 Attendance
Competition	Attendance	Away Team	Result
FA Cup Round of 32	7,082	UKM	1–0
Super League Week 2	13,253	PDRM	1–0
Super League Week 3	9,892	Sarawak	2–2
Super League Week 5	4,315	Penang	3–1
Super League Week 7	13,543	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–2
Super League Week 9	3,315	Terengganu	3–0
Super League Week 12	17,653	Selangor	2–5
Malaysia Cup Group Stage	12,751	Pahang	1–0
Super League Week 14	15,562	Pahang	0–0
Malaysia Cup Group Stage	14,825	Kuala Lumpur	1–0
Super League Week 16	3,536	Felda United	1–1
Super League Week 17	7,212	T-Team	2–0
Malaysia Cup Group Stage	5,474	Selangor	1–4
Super League Week 19	2,048	Kedah	1–2
Malaysia Cup Quarter-finals	7,135	PDRM	1–2
Super League Week 22	2,506	Perak	2–2

source:Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak Archived 5 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	Position	No.	Player	From club	Transfer fee
5 December 2015	ST	14	Abdul Manaf Mamat	Terengganu FA	Free transfer^[7]
5 December 2015	MF	29	Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar	PDRM FA	Undisclosed Fee^[8]
5 December 2015	DF	20	Muslim Ahmad	Free agent	Free transfer^[9]
5 December 2015	MF	12	Mohd Qayyum	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
5 December 2015	MF	18	Muhd Amir Zikri	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
5 December 2015	MF	-	Muhd Shahrul Hakim	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
5 December 2015	DF	22	Mohd Zafran Akramin	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
5 December 2015	FW	17	Fakhrul Zaman	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
5 December 2015	GK	1	Ramdhan Hamid	Harimau Muda	Free transfer
5 December 2015	MF	-	Faris Shah	Harimau Muda	Free transfer
10 December 2015	FW	3	Rozaimi Azwar	Sabah FA	Loan Ended
10 December 2015	DF	22	Faizol Nazlin Sayuti	Sabah FA	Loan Ended
28 December 2015	DF	15	Mohd Daudsu Jamaluddin	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	Free transfer^[10]
30 December 2015	MF	23	Indra Putra Mahayuddin	Felda United F.C.	Free transfer^[11]
27 January 2016	FW	25	Dramane Traoré	PDRM FA	Free transfer^[12]
27 January 2016	MF	28	Jonatan Lucca	Clube Atlético Paranaense	Undisclosed Fee
27 January 2016	FW	26	Baže Ilijoski	FK Rabotnički	Undisclosed Fee
19 February 2016	FW	-	Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim	Harimau Muda	Free transfer^[13]
17 June 2016	MF	27	Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior	Tombense Futebol Clube	Free transfer^[14]
11 July 2016	MF	21	Morgaro Gomis	Hearts of Midlothian F.C.	Undisclosed Fee^[15]
June 2016	DF	33	Mohd Faris Shah Rosli	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
June 2016	MF	34	Mohd Syafiq	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
June 2016	MF	31	Mohd Nashrizam	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
June 2016	FW	32	Muhd Danial Asyraf	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	DF	36	Muhd Azwan Aripin	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	MF	31	Muhd Shahrul Hakim	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	GK	40	Ahmad Syihan Hazmi	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	GK	44	Hasbullah Abdul Rahim	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	DF	38	Mohd Aiman Shakir	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	MF	39	Muhamad Fadhilah Mohd Pauzi	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team
August 2016	FW	37	Nik Azli Nik Alias	Kelantan FA U21	Promoted from youth team

Transfers out

Exit date	Position	No.	Player	To club	Transfer fee
2 December 2015	DF	42	Amiridzwan Taj Tajuddin	Terengganu FA	Released^[16]
5 December 2015	FW	9	Erwin Carrillo	Real Cartagena	Released
5 December 2015	FW	47	Austin Amutu	Warri Wolves F.C.	Loan Ended
5 December 2015	MF	12	Amar Rohidan	Kedah FA	Released
5 December 2015	FW	13	Ahmad Fakri Saarani	Kedah FA	Released
5 December 2015	DF	3	Mohd Fitri Omar	Penang FA	Released
5 December 2015	FW	50	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho	Sarawak FA	Released
5 December 2015	DF	18	Muhd Nazri Ahmad	Sabah FA	Released
1 March 2016	MF	30	Faris Shah Rosli	Kelantan FA U21	Demoted^[17]
1 March 2016	MF	42	Shahrul Hakim Rahim	Kelantan FA U21	Demoted^[18]
2 June 2016	FW	25	Dramane Traore	Free Agent	Contract terminated^[19]
2 June 2016	MF	28	Jonatan Lucca	Free Agent	Contract terminated^[20]

Loans Out

Start date	End date	Position	No.	Player	To	Ref
9 December 2015	December 2016	GK	1	Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff	Melaka United
10 December 2015	December 2016	DF	22	Faizol Nazlin Sayuti	MOF F.C.
19 February 2016	December 2016	FW	–	Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim	Sarawak FA	^[21]
7 May 2016	December 2016	DF	17	Tuan Muhamad Faim	MOF F.C.	^[22]
7 May 2015	December 2016	MF	3	Mohd Rozaimi Azwar	MOF F.C.	^[23]
11 July 2015	December 2016	DF	6	Mohd Farisham Ismail	Penang FA	^[24]

References

^ "K.Devan Resignation". 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Senarai penaja Kelantan 2016". 16 January 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.
^ "Group stage draw". 24 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ "Wan Zaharulnizam suspended for five matches by FAM". Goal.com. 11 June 2016.
^ "FAM Appeal Committee Meeting Result, 3 August 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia Official Site. 4 August 2016.
^ "Kelantan Signs Manaf Mamat". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Kelantan Signs Faizal Abu Bakar". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Kelantan Signs Muslim Ahmad". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Daudsu Jamaluddin joins Kelantan FA". 30 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Indra Putra back to Kelantan FA". 30 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Kelantan FA signs Dramane Traore". 28 January 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Syahrul Azwari confirmed as Kelantan FA player". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Kelantan FA signs Brazilian Midfielder". 17 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Morgaro Gomis leaves Hearts to join Malaysian team, Kelantan". 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
^ "Joseph, Amiridzwan and Yong arrivals kickstart Terengganu FA signing spree". 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "List of Kelantan FA U21 Players". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "List of Kelantan FA U21 Players". Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "Dramane Traore contract terminated by KAFA". 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
^ "Jonatan Lucca contract terminated by KAFA". 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
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^ "Farisham joins Panthers". 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[table_note_res_ACP0.92352730823845-3] Since the winners of 2016 Piala FA, Johor Darul Ta'zim, currently qualify for AFC Champions League based on their league position, the spot awarded to the Piala FA winner (AFC Cup group stage) would be passed to the next best team in the table (in this case, the second-placed team).

[table_hth_KED0.92352730823845-4] Kedah Football Association (Kedah FA) has been found guilty of putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016. Therefore, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been awarded 3 points for Pahang and Kedah sentenced deducted 3 points for the incident.

[1] "K.Devan Resignation". 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[2] "Senarai penaja Kelantan 2016". 16 January 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017.

[5] "Liga Super dan Liga Premier 2016 Bermula Februari". Football Association of Malaysia (in Malay). Football Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 19 February 2016. Retrieved 26 September 2017.

[6] "Group stage draw". 24 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[7] "Wan Zaharulnizam suspended for five matches by FAM". Goal.com. 11 June 2016.

[8] "FAM Appeal Committee Meeting Result, 3 August 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia Official Site. 4 August 2016.

[9] "Kelantan Signs Manaf Mamat". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[10] "Kelantan Signs Faizal Abu Bakar". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[11] "Kelantan Signs Muslim Ahmad". 5 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[12] "Daudsu Jamaluddin joins Kelantan FA". 30 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[13] "Indra Putra back to Kelantan FA". 30 December 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[14] "Kelantan FA signs Dramane Traore". 28 January 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[15] "Syahrul Azwari confirmed as Kelantan FA player". 15 February 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[16] "Kelantan FA signs Brazilian Midfielder". 17 June 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[17] "Morgaro Gomis leaves Hearts to join Malaysian team, Kelantan". 11 July 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.

[18] "Joseph, Amiridzwan and Yong arrivals kickstart Terengganu FA signing spree". 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[19] "List of Kelantan FA U21 Players". Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[20] "List of Kelantan FA U21 Players". Retrieved 1 March 2016.

[21] "Dramane Traore contract terminated by KAFA". 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[22] "Jonatan Lucca contract terminated by KAFA". 2 June 2016. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[23] "Syahrul Azwari joins Sarawak FA on loan". 20 February 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

[24] "Tuan Muhamad Faim joins MOF F.C. on loan". 7 May 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

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