2013 Sarawak FA season

Sarawak
2013 season
President	Datu Sudarsono Osman
Head Coach	Robert Alberts
Stadium	Sarawak State Stadium
Premier League	1st (promoted)
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Bobby Gonzalez (21); All: ; Bobby Gonzalez (28)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 2013 season was Sarawak FA's 1st season in the Malaysia Premier League, after relegated in 2012 Malaysia Super League. Sarawak FA was relegated by Pahang in Playoff Qualifying after the MSL reducing the teams competing in 2013 to 12 teams from 14 teams. 2013 was the best ever Sarawak comeback after almost 13 years of Sarawak Black era. For the 2013 season Sarawak was promoted to 2014 Malaysia Super League after being 1st in the league and being invincible after securing 18 wins with 4 draws and being undefeated throughout the season.

This is Robert Alberts' third season in charge after taking over from Haji Mohd Zaki Sheikh Ahmad in 2011.

Sarawak was successful in home soil with the records of 84% home wins throughout the 2013 season with 91% home league wins. Sarawak only lost to Kelantan in Malaysia FA Cup Quarter-finals by 0–2. Sarawak also drew with Sabah 0–0 in league games and 1–1 to Pahang in the most memorable night of Semi-finals Malaysia Cup which they lost by aggregate 4-2 that stops them to equal their record in 1999 Final Malaysia Cup.

2013 Malaysia Premier League

Sarawak were unbeaten in their league games thus winning it for the first time. They were promoted to Malaysia Super League after defeated Kuala Lumpur 4–0 in Stadium Negeri.


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	18	4	0	49	12	+37	58	10	1	0	28	3	+25	8	3	0	21	9	+12

Last updated: 18 September 2013.
Source: 2013 Malaysia Premier League

Fixtures and results

Date	Opponents	H/A	Score	Goalscorers
7 Jan	Perlis FA	A	1-2	Ivan; Bobby
11 Jan	UiTM FC	H	5-0	Bobby x2; Guy; Ivan; Joseph
14 Jan	KL SPA Putrajaya FC	A	1-1	Bobby Gonzales
18 Jan	Pos Malaysia FC	H	2-0	Ivan; Azizan Saperi
21 Jan	Sime Darby	A	0-0
15 Feb	File:Flag of the Royal Malaysian Police.svg PDRM FA	H	1-0	Joseph Kallang Tie
18 Feb	NS Betaria FC	A	0-1	Guy Bwele
22 Feb	Johor FA	H	3-2	Hairol Mokhtar; Azizan Baba x2
1 Mar	Kuala Lumpur FA	A	0-1	Ivan Babic
8 Mar	Sabah FA	H	0-0
30 Mar	Kedah FA	H	1-0	Bobby Gonzales
12 Apr	Kedah FA	A	1-1	Ivan Babic
19 Apr	Perlis FA	H	2-0	Joseph Kallang Tie ; Bobby Gonzales
26 Apr	UiTM FC	A	3-5	Bobby Gozales x4 ; Zamri Morshidi
15 May	KL SPA Putrajaya FC	H	2-1	Guy Bwele ; Bobby Gonzales
10 May	Sime Darby	H	1-0	Bobby Gonzales
13 May	File:Flag of the Royal Malaysian Police.svg PDRM FA	A	1-3	Azizan Baba; Muamer Salibasic;Bobby Gonzales
17 May	NS Betaria FC	H	7-0	Zamri Morshidi ; Bobby Gonzales x4 ;Guy Bwele ; Muamer Salibasic
21 May	Pos Malaysia FC	A	0-3	Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales x2
21 Jun	Johor FA	A	1-2	Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales
24 Jun	Kuala Lumpur FA	H	4-0	Muamer Salibasic ; Ronny Harun ; Joseph Kallang Tie ; Guy Bwele
5 Jul	Sabah FA	A	1-2	Muamer Salibasic ; Bobby Gonzales

2013 Malaysia FA Cup

Round of 32

25 January	Sarawak	3–0	Malacca	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00	Shahrol Saperi 66' Bobby Gonzales 80', 88'

Round of 16

26 February	Sarawak	2–0	PBAPP	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Azizan Baba 32' Bobby Gonzales 57'

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kelantan	4–1	Sarawak	2–1	2 – 0

First leg

6 April	Kelantan	2–1	Sarawak	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium, Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	Faiz Subri 7' Khairul Izuan Rosli 20'	Report	Joseph Kalang 48'	Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

Second leg

16 April	Sarawak	0–2	Kelantan	Sarawak Stadium, Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+08:00		Report	Indra Putra 19' Nor Farhan 31'	Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

2013 Malaysia Cup

Sarawak were drawn in Group D with Malaysia Super League Champions, Singapore Lions XII, Perak FA and Malaysia Premier League team, Kedah FA whom were the first team to win Double Treble in 2006-2007 and 2007–2008. Sarawak started with a loss to Perak FA in Ipoh Stadium 2-1 after leading 1–0 in the first half. Sarawak buck up in their second match against Lions XII in Stadium Negeri 2–1. Sarawak were drawn 0–0 in Darul Aman after both Kedah and Sarawak fails to score any goals in their third group matches. Sarawak then captivated to win 4–0 in Stadium Negeri defeating Kedah in their fourth matches. With a just a draw will do, Sarawak fails to secure their spot to Quarter-finals in the fifth match after lost 1–0 to the home side Lions XII. Sarawak need to win their last match in order to book their place in the Quarter-finals for the first time since 2006. Sarawak beaten Perak 6–1 with Muamer Salibasic scores hat-trick on that night. Sarawak were group champion of group D while Lions XII placed second.

Sarawak reached their first Malaysia Cup semi-finals in 13 years after defeating Sime Darby 3–1 at the State Stadium in the quarter-final second leg. Sarawak advanced to the semi-finals with a 3-1 aggregate win. However, they were stop by Pahang in Semi-finals after losing 4–2 on aggregate.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
10	4	3	3	18	10	+8	15	4	1	0	16	4	+12	0	2	3	2	6	−4

Last updated: 18 September 2013.
Source: 2013 Malaysia Cup

Include Semi-final

Group D

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sarawak FA (A)	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	10
LionsXII (A)	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10
Perak FA	6	2	1	3	6	11	−5	7
Kedah FA	6	1	3	2	5	10	−5	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(A) Advance to the 2013 Piala Malaysia quarter finals

20 August 2013