2018 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan
2018 season
Head Coach	Jorg Steinebrunner; Azraai Khor (began 28 February); Mario Lemos (began 11 May)
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Super League	12th (relegated)
FA Cup	Second round
Challenge Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Nicolás Vélez; Flávio Júnior (8 goals); All: ; Flávio Júnior (10 goals)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2017 2019 →

The 2018 season is Negeri Sembilan's 94th season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League since promoted of the Malaysia Premier League in 2017 season.

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Mario Lemos
Assistant Head Coach	Mohd Asri Ninggal
Assistant Coach	Mohd Shafiq Jonny Abdullah
Goalkeeping Coach	Ismadi Ismail
Fitness Coach	Ahmad Osman
Assistant Fitness Coach	Joseph Ronald D'Angelus
Doctor	Dr. Kanaganthren Loganathan
Physiotherapist	Ahmad Faisal Miswan
Massuer	Mohd Zaidi Abdul Latib
Security Officer	Anuar Abd Rahman
Media Officer	Syed Muhammad Khairi Syed Khaidzir
Kitman	Shahrizal Mat Sah

Kit manufacturers and financial sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Main sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors

Player information

Full squad

No.	Name	Position	Since	Signed From	Date of birth (Age)	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Saiful Amar Sudar	GK	2017	Perlis	(1982-06-10)10 June 1982 (aged 36)
12	Kaharuddin Rahman	GK	2012	Youth system	(1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 27)
27	Ilham Amirullah Razali	GK	2018	Felda United	(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 24)
Defenders
3	Alex Moraes	CB	2018	Pahang FA	(1988-03-25)25 March 1988 (aged 30)	Import
4	Fauzan Fauzi	RB / DM	2017	Youth system	(1995-01-07)7 January 1995 (aged 23)
5	Rizal Fahmi Rosid	CB	2018	Selangor	(1986-05-01)1 May 1986 (aged 32)
6	Nasriq Baharom (captain)	CB	2016	Felda United	(1987-02-08)8 February 1987 (aged 31)
11	Aizulridzwan Razali	LB	2018	Felda United	(1986-11-19)19 November 1986 (aged 32)
13	Hazrul Mustafa (vice-captain)	RB / LB / LW	2017	Kelantan	(1988-10-11)11 October 1988 (aged 30)
16	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan	CB / RB / LB	2018	Youth system	(1996-03-17)17 March 1996 (aged 22)
55	Osman Yusoff	CB	2018	Kedah	(1994-03-17)17 March 1994 (aged 24)
Midfielders
2	Aroon Kumar	DM / CM / RB	2016	Youth system	(1994-03-18)18 March 1994 (aged 24)
7	Flávio Beck Júnior	AM	2018	Pusamania Borneo	(1987-03-14)14 March 1987 (aged 31)	Import
8	Asraf Roslan	RW / LW	2018	Youth system	(1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 22)
9	Syahid Zaidon	DM / CM	2018	Felda United	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 28)
15	Fauzan Dzulkifli (vice-captain)	DM / CM	2018	PKNS	(1987-10-13)13 October 1987 (aged 31)
17	Izuan Salahuddin	RW / LW	2017	DRB-Hicom	(1991-10-31)31 October 1991 (aged 27)
19	Khairul Anwar Shahrudin	LW / LB	2016	Sime Darby	(1990-10-09)9 October 1990 (aged 28)
20	Faizal Abu Bakar	DM / CM	2017	Kelantan	(1990-09-20)20 September 1990 (aged 28)
23	Nizam Ruslan	RW / LW	2016	Youth system	(1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 24)
24	Aiman Khalidi	RW / LW	2018	Youth system	(1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (aged 22)
25	Thanabalan Nadarajah	RW / LW	2014	Youth system	(1995-02-25)25 February 1995 (aged 23)
26	David Rowley	DM / CM	2018	PDRM	(1990-02-16)16 February 1990 (aged 28)
29	Kim Do-heon	CM / AM	2018	Seongnam	(1982-07-14)14 July 1982 (aged 36)	Import
Forwards
10	Nicolás Vélez	ST / AM	2018	Suphanburi	(1990-07-04)4 July 1990 (aged 28)	Import
14	Ferris Danial	ST	2018	Terengganu	(1992-08-21)21 August 1992 (aged 26)
18	Khairul Izuan Rosli	ST / RW / LW	2018	Kelantan	(1991-03-09)9 March 1991 (aged 27)
21	Fauzi Abdul Latif	ST	2018	Youth system	(1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 22)
30	Fakhrul Aiman Sidid	RW / LW / AM / ST	2018	Felda United	(1989-08-12)12 August 1989 (aged 29)
58	Ángel Guirado	ST / RW / LW	2018	Davao Aguilas	(1984-12-09)9 December 1984 (aged 34)	Import

Transfers

1st leg

In

No.	Pos.	Name	From	Notes
5	DF	Rizal Fahmi Rosid	Selangor
7	MF	Flávio Beck Júnior	Pusamania Borneo	Import
8	MF	Asraf Roslan	Youth system	Promoted
9	MF	Syahid Zaidon	Felda United
10	FW	Nicolás Vélez	Suphanburi	Import
11	DF	Aizulridzwan Razali	Felda United
14	FW	Ferris Danial	Terengganu
15	MF	Fauzan Dzulkifli	PKNS
16	DF	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan	Youth system	Promoted
18	FW	Khairul Izuan Rosli	Kelantan
21	FW	Fauzi Abdul Latif	Youth system	Promoted
22	GK	Syihan Hazmi Mohamed	Kelantan
24	MF	Aiman Khalidi	Youth system	Promoted
25	MF	Thanabalan Nadarajah	Felcra	Loan Return
26	FW	Prak Mony Udom	PKR Svay Rieng	Import
27	GK	Ilham Amirullah Razali	Felda United
28	DF	Renārs Rode	FK RFS	Import
29	MF	Kim Do-heon	Seongnam	Import
30	FW	Fakhrul Aiman Sidid	Felda United
—	GK	Ezad Ariff Jamaludin	MISC-MIFA	Loan Return
—	FW	Rahizi Rasib	Felcra	Loan Return

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	To	Notes
1	GK	Ezad Ariff Jamaludin	MOF
2	FW	Lee Tuck	Terengganu	Import
3	DF	Ashmawi Yakin	Selangor
5	DF	Annas Rahmat	PKNS
7	FW	Bruno Castanheira	Terengganu II	Import
8	MF	Shahrul Igwan	Selangor
11	FW	Rahizi Rasib	Terengganu City
14	MF	Hazeri Hamid	Released
16	MF	Norhafizzuan Jailani	Terengganu City
20	DF	Hariri Safii	Terengganu City
21	DF	Radzuan Abdullah	Released
22	FW	Farderin Kadir	PKNS	Loan End
24	DF	Shazlan Alias	Melaka United
26	MF	Nemanja Vidić	Released	Import
27	MF	Izzudin Zainudin	Released
28	DF	Arman Fareez Ali	Penang
30	GK	Yatim Abdullah	Felcra
34	FW	Sean Selvaraj	Selangor
55	DF	Nik Shahrul Azim	Kelantan	Loan End
57	FW	Jonathan Béhé	Warriors	Import
58	DF	Sabre Abu	PKNS	Loan End

2nd leg

In

No.	Pos.	Name	From	Notes
3	DF	Alex Moraes	Pahang	Import
55	DF	Osman Yusoff	Kedah
58	FW	Ángel Guirado	Davao Aguilas	Import
–	MF	David Rowley	PDRM

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	To	Notes
26	FW	Prak Mony Udom	PKR Svay Rieng	Import
28	DF	Renārs Rode	Released	Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

24 November 2017 Friendly	Warriors	0–4	Negeri Sembilan	Choa Chu Kang
20:45 SGT				Stadium: Choa Chu Kang Stadium

10 December 2017 Friendly	Melaka United	1–2	Negeri Sembilan	Krubong
20:45 MYT	Nurshamil		Ivan Fatić Andrezinho	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

15 December 2017 Friendly	PKNS	1–1	Negeri Sembilan	Kelana Jaya
20:45 MYT			(pen.) Fauzi	Stadium: PKNS Sport Complex

21 December 2017 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	0–3	PDRM	Paroi
20:45 MYT				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

29 December 2017 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	PDRM	Bangi
20:45 MYT	Khairul Anwar		(pen.)	Stadium: BSN Sport Complex

20 January 2018 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–1	Marcerra Kuantan	Bangi
16:45 MYT	Khairul Izuan Izuan			Stadium: BSN Sport Complex

25 January 2018 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	3–1	Malaysia U19	Bangi
20:45 MYT	Vélez Flávio (pen.) Aroon Kumar			Stadium: BSN Sport Complex

27 January 2018 Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	Warriors	Bangi
20:45 MYT	Fakhrul Aiman Nasriq			Stadium: Maybank Stadium

Cambodia Pre-season Tour 2018

5 January 2018 Friendly	Army	1–1	Negeri Sembilan	Phnom Penh
18:30 ICT	(pen.)		Syahid	Stadium: Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium

6 January 2018 Friendly	Phnom Penh Crown	0–3	Negeri Sembilan	Phnom Penh
19:00 ICT			11' Flávio 74' Vélez 90+' Khairul Izuan	Stadium: RSN Stadium

10 January 2018 Friendly	PKR Svay Rieng	2–1	Negeri Sembilan	Svay Rieng
16:30 ICT			Fakhrul Aiman	Stadium: Svay Rieng Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

Template:2018 Malaysia Super League table

Results by matchday

Matchday	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	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H
Result	L	W	L	L	L	D	L	D	L	L	L	W	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	11	5	9	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	12

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2018. Source: PBNS
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

3 February 2018 1	PKNP	1–0	Negeri Sembilan	Batu Kawan
16:45 MYT	Sokpheng 48'	Report		Stadium: Batu Kawan Stadium Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

7 February 2018 2	Negeri Sembilan	2–0	Kuala Lumpur	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Vélez 12', 32'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 7,314 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

10 February 2018 3	Melaka United	3–0	Negeri Sembilan	Krubong
21:00 MYT	Zubovich 32', 40' Gopinathan 71'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

23 February 2018 4	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	Terengganu	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Fakrul 74'	Report	14' Ashari 85' Lee Jun-hyeob	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

10 March 2018 5	Pahang	4–0	Negeri Sembilan	Kuantan
21:00 MYT	Cruz 27', 66' Doe 45+1', 89'			Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

14 April 2018 6	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Kelantan	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Flávio 8'	Report	90+5' Nik Akif	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

28 April 2018 7	Selangor	2–1	Negeri Sembilan	Cheras
21:00 MYT	Rufino 35' Selvaraj 56'	Report	64' Thanabalan	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

1 May 2018 8	Kedah	3–3	Negeri Sembilan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Krasniqi 2' Syazwan 27' Sandro 31' (pen.)	Report	4' Thanabalan 48' Vélez 87' (pen.) Flávio	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

5 May 2018 9	Negeri Sembilan	0–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Paroi
21:00 MYT		Report	6' (pen.) Cabrera 38' Corbin-Ong 63' (pen.), 74' Safawi	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

13 May 2018 10	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	Kedah	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Flávio 76'	Report	8' Krasniqi 16' Akhyar	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

23 May 2018 11	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Negeri Sembilan	Larkin
22:00 MYT	Cabrera 33', 76'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

26 May 2018 12	Kelantan	0–2	Negeri Sembilan	Paroi
22:00 MYT		Report	17' Moraes 38' (pen.) Guirado	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

3 June 2018 13	Negeri Sembilan	3–1	PKNS	Paroi
22:00 MYT	Flávio 35' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Ferris 69'	Report	73' Morales	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

6 June 2018 14	Negeri Sembilan	1–1	Perak	Paroi
22:00 MYT	Thanabalan 90+5'	Report	71' (o.g.) Flávio	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

9 June 2018 15	Perak	2–0	Negeri Sembilan	Ipoh
22:00 MYT	Brendan Gan 56' Leandro 89'	Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

19 June 2018 16	Negeri Sembilan	1–3	Pahang	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Nasriq 79' Fauzan 83' Aiman 90'	Report	Nakajima-Farran 7', 65' Norshahrul 72', 90+2'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

27 June 2018 17	Terengganu	3–2	Negeri Sembilan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Tchétché 32', 57' (pen.), 66' Kamal Azizi 74' Suffian 90+5'	Report	Vélez 44', 45+3', 73' Fakhrul Aiman 56'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

11 July 2018 18	PKNS	5–3	Negeri Sembilan	Shah Alam
21:00 MYT	Faris 11' Safee 25' Bruno Matos 31' Rodney 45+3' Romel Morales 47' Khyril Muhymeen 90+2'	Report	Khairul Anwar 22' Ilham 45+2' Flávio Júnior 45+5' Ángel Guirado 50' Fauzan 76'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

15 July 2018 19	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	PKNP	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Vélez 72', 79' Alex Moraes 90+1'	Report	Deevan Raj 47' Hafiz Ramdan 65' Khuzaimi 82' Kim Sang-woo 84' Fandi 88'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Tuan Yassin Tuan Hanafiah

18 July 2018 20	Negeri Sembilan	3–1	Selangor	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Vélez 12', 74' Flávio Júnior 18' Faizal 36' Aizulridzwan 47'	Report	Rufino Segovia 14' Saiful 24' Razman 58'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

22 July 2018 21	Kuala Lumpur	2–1	Negeri Sembilan	Cheras
21:00 MYT	Akbarov 21', 43' Saifulnizam 36' Indra Putra 75', 88'	Report	Alex Moraes 44' Flávio Júnior 74'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

28 July 2018 22	Negeri Sembilan	1–3	Melaka United	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Fauzan 53' Guirado 79' Júnior 90+3'	Report	Ifedayo 49', 66' Nasriq 64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Malaysia FA Cup

2 March 2018 Second round	Kedah	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Negeri Sembilan	Alor Setar
21:00 MYT	Baddrol 120'			Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Malaysia Challenge Cup

Group stage

Template:2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup Group A

7 August 2018 1	Terengganu II	1–0	Negeri Sembilan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Haidhir 46'			Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

14 August 2018 2	UKM	2–1	Negeri Sembilan	Selayang
21:00 MYT	Michael Ijezie 37', 85'	Report	Ferris Danial 58'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium

28 August 2018 3	Negeri Sembilan	3–1	Sarawak	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi
21:00 UTC+8	Nasriq Baharom 19' Flavio Beck 51', 90+4'	Report	Azizi Ramlee 7'

4 September 2018 4	Sarawak	0–2	Negeri Sembilan	Sarawak State Stadium, Kuching
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Faizal Abu Bakar 86' Fakrul Aiman Sidid 90+4'

11 September 2018 5	Negeri Sembilan	2–1	UKM	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi
21:00 UTC+8	Fakrul Aiman Sidid 44' Faizal Abu Bakar 58'		Michael Ijizie 89'

17 September 2018 6	Terengganu II	1-1	Negeri Sembilan	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Akanni Sunday 73'		Mohd Fauzan Dzulkifli 31'

Statistics

Squad appearances

As of 17 September 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Challenge Cup		Total
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Subs	Apps	Subs	Apps	Subs	Total
1	GK	Saiful Amar Sudar	2	0	0	0	3	0	5
2	MF	Aroon Kumar	0	2	0	1	2	0	5
3	DF	Alex Moraes	9	0	0	0	6	0	15
4	DF	Fauzan Fauzi	12	1	0	0	5	0	18
5	DF	Rizal Fahmi Rosid	5	0	1	0	3	0	9
6	DF	Nasriq Baharom	13	2	0	0	4	1	20
7	MF	Flávio Beck Júnior	22	0	1	0	6	0	29
8	MF	Asraf Roslan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	MF	Syahid Zaidon	3	3	0	0	0	1	7
10	FW	Nicolás Vélez	13	1	0	0	5	1	19
11	DF	Aizulridzwan Razali	21	0	1	0	4	1	27
12	GK	Kaharuddin Rahman	5	1	0	0	2	0	8
13	DF	Hazrul Mustafa	9	2	1	0	2	0	12
14	FW	Ferris Danial	8	8	0	1	3	1	21
15	MF	Fauzan Dzulkifli	8	6	1	0	6	0	21
16	DF	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan	4	2	0	0	0	1	7
17	MF	Izuan Salahuddin	3	4	0	0	0	1	8
18	FW	Khairul Izuan Rosli	6	6	1	0	0	0	13
19	MF	Khairul Anwar Shahrudin	8	2	1	0	0	0	11
20	MF	Faizal Abu Bakar	6	4	0	1	4	1	16
21	FW	Fauzi Latif	1	4	0	0	0	0	5
23	MF	Nizam Ruslan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
24	MF	Aiman Khalidi	11	2	0	0	2	0	15
25	MF	Thanabalan Nadarajah	7	6	0	0	0	0	13
26	MF	David Rowley	0	1	0	0	1	3	5
27	GK	Ilham Amirullah	15	0	1	0	1	0	16
29	MF	Kim Do-heon	14	3	1	0	5	0	23
30	FW	Fakrul Aiman Sidid	12	7	0	0	6	0	23
55	DF	Osman Yusoff	8	0	0	0	6	0	14
58	FW	Ángel Guirado	13	0	0	0	6	0	18
Left club during season
22	GK	Syihan Hazmi Mohamed	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
26	FW	Prak Mony Udom	4	1	1	0	0	0	6
28	DF	Renārs Rode	10	0	1	0	0	0	11

Top scorers

As of 17 September 2018

Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player	League	Challenge Cup	Total
1	FW	7	Flávio Beck Júnior	8	2	10
2	FW	10	Nicolás Vélez	8	0	8
3	MF	25	Thanabalan Nadarajah	3	0	3
3	FW	30	Fakrul Aiman Sidid	1	2	3
5	DF	3	Alex Moraes	2	0	2
	MF	20	Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar	0	2	2
	FW	58	Ángel Guirado	2	0	2
8	MF	14	Ferris Danial	1	1	2
8	MF	15	Fauzan Dzulkifli	1	1	2
10	MF	6	Mohd Nasriq Baharom	0	1	1
10	MF	19	Khairul Anwar	1	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0
Total				27	9	36

Top assists

Rnk	Pos.	No.	Player	League	Total
1	MF	29	Kim Do-heon	3	3
2	FW	18	Khairul Izuan Rosli	2	2
	FW	58	Ángel Guirado	2	2
	FW	30	Fakrul Aiman Sidid	2	2
3	DF	13	Hazrul Mustafa	1	1
3	FW	7	Flávio Beck Júnior	1	1
Total				11	11

Clean sheets

As of 17 September 2018

Rnk	No,	Player	League	Challenge Cup	Total
1	1	Saiful Amar Sudar	1	1	2
1	27	Ilham Amirullah Razali	1	0	1
Total			2	1	3

Disciplinary record

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Super League			FA Cup			Challenge Cup			Total
Rnk	Pos	No.	Player
1	DF	6	Nasriq Baharom	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0
	MF	7	Flávio Beck Júnior	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
	DF	11	Aizulridzwan Razali	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0
2	DF	4	Fauzan Fauzi	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
2	DF	3	Alex Moraes	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0
3	MF	20	Faizal Abu Bakar	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	DF	13	Hazrul Mustafa	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
3	MF	17	Izuan Salahuddin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	FW	14	Ferris Danial	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	29	Kim Do-heon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
	MF	24	Aiman Khalidi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
TOTALS				24	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	27	0	0

= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

References

External links

Official website