2017 Melaka United F.C. season
2017 season | |||
President | Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron | ||
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Head Coach | Eric Williams | ||
Stadium |
Hang Jebat Stadium (capacity:40,000) | ||
Super League | TBA | ||
FA Cup | TBA | ||
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The 2017 Melaka United F.C. season is 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.[1] In 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.[2] Eric Williams has previously managed the Myanmar giant, Yangon United F.C. in 2014 season.
Squads
No. | Name | Nat. | Position(s) | Join | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from | Notes | |||
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Goalkeeper | ||||||||||
52 | Mohd Fadzley Rahim | ![]() |
GK | 2016 | 22 July 1987 (aged 29) | ![]() ![]() |
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Defenders | ||||||||||
4 | Mohd Alif Shamsudin | ![]() |
RB / RWB | 2016 | 1 February 1986 (aged 30) | ![]() ![]() |
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5 | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail | ![]() |
LB / LWB | 2016 | 7 August 1988 (aged 28) | ![]() ![]() |
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18 | Muhd Syawal Norsam | ![]() |
CB | 2016 | 29 May 1989 (aged 27) | ![]() ![]() |
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56 | Ahmad Khuzaimie Piee | ![]() |
CB / LB / DM | 2016 | 11 November 1993 (aged 22) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Godwin Antwi | ![]() |
CB | 2017 | 7 June 1988 (aged 28) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Mohd Faizal Muhammad | ![]() |
CB | 2017 | 3 March 1989 (aged 27) | ![]() |
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– | Mohd Akmal Md Zahir | ![]() |
CB | 2017 | 16 February 1994 (aged 22) | ![]() ![]() |
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Midfielders | ||||||||||
7 | Surendran Ravindran | ![]() |
RM / LM | 2016 | 17 May 1987 (aged 29) | ![]() ![]() |
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17 | G. Puaneswaran | ![]() |
RM / LM | 2016 | 27 May 1983 (aged 33) | ![]() ![]() |
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23 | Jasmir Mehat | ![]() |
LM / AM | 2015 | 6 February 1994 (aged 22) | Youth system | ||||
26 | Khair Jones | ![]() |
LM / CB / LB / LWB / RB | 2016 | 29 September 1989 (aged 27) | ![]() |
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57 | Mohd Saiful Mustafa | ![]() |
CM / AM | 2016 | 24 June 1987 (aged 29) | Free agent | ||||
– | Omid Nazari | ![]() |
AM / ST / CM | 2017 | 29 April 1991 (aged 25) | ![]() |
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– | Mohd Fauzi Roslan | ![]() |
RM / LM / AM | 2017 | 27 August 1988 (aged 28) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali | ![]() |
CM | 2017 | 13 July 1991 (aged 25) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Akmal Ishak | ![]() |
AM / ST / CM | 2017 | 19 July 1994 (aged 22) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad | ![]() |
LM / RM | 2017 | 24 May 1994 (aged 22) | ![]() ![]() |
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– | Tam Sheang Tsung | ![]() |
LM / RM | 2017 | 24 May 1995 (aged 21) | ![]() |
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Forwards | ||||||||||
9 | Ilija Spasojević | ![]() |
ST / CF | 2016 | 11 September 1987 (aged 29) | ![]() |
Captain | |||
19 | Nurshamil Abd Ghani | ![]() |
ST / CF / AM | 2015 | 25 September 1994 (aged 22) | ![]() |
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51 | Yashir Pinto | ![]() |
ST / CF | 2016 | 6 February 1991 (aged 25) | ![]() |
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– | Izzaq Faris Ramlan | ![]() |
ST / CF | 2017 | 18 April 1990 (aged 26) | ![]() ![]() |
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Competitions
Overall
Competition | Started round | Current position / round |
Final position / round |
First match | Last match |
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Super League | Matchday 1 | — | January 2017 | ||
FA Cup | TBA | — |
Source: Competitions
Overview
Competition | Record | |||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |
Super League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
FA Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Malaysia Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | — |
Source: Competitions
Malaysia Super League
Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | Kedah | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Kelantan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Melaka United | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Pahang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Penang | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Super League fixtures and results
Transfer
Early season
In
Date | Pos. | Num. | Name | From | Note |
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November 2016 | DF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | FW | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | DF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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November 2016 | DF | ![]() |
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1 December 2016 | MF | ![]() |
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Out
Date | Pos. | Num. | Name | To | Note |
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November 2016 | DF | 55 | ![]() |
Released | |
November 2016 | MF | 10 | ![]() |
Released | |
November 2016 | MF | 59 | ![]() |
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End of Loan |
November 2016 | MF | 60 | ![]() |
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End of Loan |
November 2016 | MF | 13 | ![]() |
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November 2016 | GK | 29 | ![]() |
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End of Loan |
November 2016 | GK | 1 | ![]() |
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November 2016 | DF | 20 | ![]() |
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November 2016 | DF | 11 | ![]() |
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November 2016 | MF | 16 | ![]() |