2016 Terengganu FA season

The 2016 season was Terengganu Football Association's 4th season in the Liga Super and the 21st consecutive season in the top-flight of Malaysian football. In addition, they were competing in the domestic tournaments, the Piala FA and the Piala Malaysia.

Terengganu

2016 season
President	Wan Ahmad Nizam Wan Abdul Hamid
Manager	Marzuki Sulong (until 22 February) Wan Ahmad Nizam (caretaker) (starting 22 February)
Head Coach	Ahmad Yusof (until 22 February) Mike Mulvey (caretaker) (starting 22 February)
Stadium	Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
Liga Super	12th (relegated)
Piala FA	Round of 16
Piala Malaysia	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Issey Nakajima-Farran (7) All: Issey Nakajima-Farran (7)
Highest home attendance	15,700 vs Penang (13 February 2016)
Lowest home attendance	421 vs Pahang (24 August 2016)
Average home league attendance	5,358
Home colours Away colours

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Ahmad Yusof (until 22 February)[1]
	Mike Mulvey (caretaker)
Assistant Coach	Roshaidi Wahab
Reserve Team Coach	Zakari Alias
Goalkeeping Coach	Mohd Zubir Ibrahim
Fitness Coach	Miro Petric
Physiotherapist	Dr. Lee Leong Tiong
Team Doctor	Dr. Lee Leong Tiong

Other information

Position	Staff
President	Wan Ahmad Nizam Wan Abdul Hamid
Vice-President	Marzuki Sulong
Manager	Marzuki Sulong (until 22 February)[1]
	Wan Ahmad Nizam (caretaker)
1st Vice-Manager	Wan Abdul Hamid
2nd Vice-Manager	Ahmad Awang
Secretary Officer	Arpin Deraman
Media Officer	Haslan Hashim
Kitman	Suhaimi Mohamad

Players

Squad information

N	P	Nat.	Name	Date of birth	Age	Since	End	Notes
1	GK		Amierul Hakimi Awang^LP	15 January 1995	21	2015	2016	From Youth system
3	DF		Amirizdwan Taj^LP	30 March 1986	30	2015	2016
5	DF		Vincent Bikana^FP	26 February 1992	24	2012	2016
6	DF		Yong Kuong Yong^LP	18 September 1988	28	2015	2016
7	MF		Zairo Anuar^LP	18 June 1982	34	2013	2016
8	MF		Gustavo Fabián López^FP	28 April 1983	33	2014	2016
9	FW		Norshahrul Idlan^LP	8 June 1986	30	2015	2016
10	FW		Juan José Morales^FP	13 March 1982	34	2015	2016
11	MF		Issey Nakajima-Farran^FP	16 May 1984	32	2015	2016
12	MF		Hafizal Mohamad^LP	12 January 1993	23	2014	2017
13	DF		Hasmizan Kamarodin^LP	24 January 1984	32	2010	2016
14	MF		Mohd Fakhrurazi Musa^LP	26 September 1991	25	2011	2017
15	DF		Nasril Izzat Jalil^LP	15 April 1991	25	2012	2016
16	DF		Zubir Azmi^LP	14 November 1991	25	2010	2017
17	GK		Sharbinee Allawee^LP	7 December 1986	30	2013	2016
18	MF		Ahmad Nordin Alias^LP	26 October 1985	31	2009	2016
19	MF		Joseph Kalang Tie^LP	9 March 1987	29	2015	2016
20	DF		Hairuddin Omar^LP	29 September 1979	37	2015	2016
21	MF		Affize Faisal^LP	14 March 1989	27	2015	2016
22	FW		Amirul Syahmi^LP	9 June 1994	22	2015	2016	From Youth system
24	GK		Shamirza Yusoff^LP	7 June 1989	27	2011	2016
25	MF		Ismail Faruqi Asha'ri^LP	15 October 1986	30	2010	2016
26	MF		Ashari Samsudin^LP	7 June 1985	31	2005	2016
30	MF		Sharin Sapien^LP	12 April 1994	22	2014	2016
31	MF		Dhiyaulrahman Hasry^LP	27 July 1996	20	2015	2017

Last update: 13 February 2016
Source:
Ordered by squad number.
^LPLocal player; ^FPForeign player; ^NRNon-registered player

Transfers and loans

All start dates are pending confirmation.

December

#	Position:	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
19	MF	Joseph Kalang Tie	Sarawak	Free	2 December 2015	[2][3]
6	DF	Amirizdwan Taj	Kelantan	Free	2 December 2015	[2][4]
3	DF	Yong Kuong Yong	Penang	Free	2 December 2015	[2][5]
22	FW	Amirul Syahmi Asha'ri	Youth system	Free	2 December 2015
1	GK	Amierul Hakimi Awang	Youth system	Free	1 January 2016
21	MF	Affize Faisal	ATM	Free	31 January 2016
20	DF	Hairuddin Omar	ATM	Free	31 January 2016	[6]
10	FW	Juan José Morales	All Boys	Free	7 February 2016
31	MF	Dhiyaulrahman Hasry	Youth system	Free	1 January 2016

April

#	Position:	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source
3	DF	Radhi Yusof	T-Team	Free	1 July 2016
—	MF	Mohd Hasrol Syawal Hamid	Hanelang	Free	1 July 2016
28	GK	Suhaimi Husin	Hanelang	Free	1 July 2016
10	FW	Bogdan Milić	CA Osasuna	Free	10 July 2016
—	MF	Karen Harutyunyan	FC Pyunik	Free	15 July 2016

December

#	Position:	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
4	DF	Abdullah Suleiman	T-Team	Free	2 December 2015
6	DF	Radhi Yusof	T-Team	Free	2 December 2015
19	DF	Azlan Zainal	Kuala Lumpur	Free	2 December 2015
23	FW	Abdul Manaf Mamat	Kelantan	Free	5 December 2015	[7]
1	GK	Hafidz Romly	DRB-Hicom	Free	7 December 2015
21	DF	Helmi Remeli	Kuala Lumpur	Free	31 December 2015
17	MF	Khairul Ramadhan	PKNS	Free	6 January 2016

April

#	Position:	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source
—	DF	Amirizdwan Taj	Unattached		31 May 2016
—	FW	Juan José Morales	Unattached		10 July 2016

Pre-season

19 January 2016 Friendly	UiTM	0–3	Terengganu	Shah Alam
16:45 UTC+08:00		Report	Joseph Gustavo Issey	Stadium: National Sports Complex

21 January 2016 Friendly	Kuala Lumpur	2–1	Terengganu	Cyberjaya
16:45 UTC+08:00	Anselmo Casagrande  50', 63'	Report	Joseph  7'	Stadium: Mini MMU Stadium

23 January 2016 Friendly	PDRM	0–2	Terengganu	Kuala Lumpur
16:45 UTC+08:00			Dembélé  16' Joseph  35'	Stadium: Pulapol Field

30 January 2016 Friendly	Terengganu	2–2	Kuantan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+08:00	Joseph  23' Fakhrurazi  86'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Competitions

Liga Super

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Sarawak	22	6	6	10	32	40	−8	24
9	Pahang	22	5	6	11	22	41	−19	24[lower-alpha 1]
10	Penang	22	5	7	10	32	37	−5	22
11	PDRM (R)	22	5	6	11	21	32	−11	21	Relegation to Liga Premier
12	Terengganu (R)	22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	19

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.
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Pahang has been awarded 3 points free from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) after offenses committed by the Football Association of Kedah (Kedah FA) putting the suspended player during the match against Pahang on August 3, 2016.

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	5	4	13	21	44	−23	19	4	1	6	14	25	−11	1	3	7	7	19	−12

Last updated: 22 October 2016.
Source: Competitions

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	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	L	L	W	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	L	L	L
Position	3	6	8	5	4	5	8	8	9	8	8	6	7	7	9	10	11	11	10	11	12	12

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

13 February 2016 1	Terengganu	1−0	Penang	Kuala Nerus
21:00	Gustavo  25' Issey  87'		Azrul  59'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 15,700 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

16 February 2016 2	Kedah	1−0	Terengganu	Alor Setar
21:00	Kahê  43'			Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

27 February 2016 3	Terengganu	0−2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Nerus
21:00			S. Chanturu  28' Díaz  33' S. Kunalan  65'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 11,300 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

1 March 2016 4	Pahang	1−2	Terengganu	Kuantan
21:00	Potokar  7' Salomon  81'		Amirul Syahmi  14', 24' Sharbinee  61' Joseph  70' Yong  90+2'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 6,023 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

11 March 2016 5	Terengganu	3−1	Selangor	Kuala Nerus
21:00	Issey  45+1', 87' Sharin  51' Morales  80'		R. Gopinathan  46'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 7,200 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

4 April 2016 6	Terengganu	1−4	FELDA United	Kuala Terengganu
21:00	Issey  22' Joseph  25',  84' Nordin  86' Bikana  88'		Gilberto  22' D. Christie  27' Hadin  35' Yong  67' (o.g.) Zah Rahan  71' Doe  78' Turaev  83' Ridzuan  87'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 7,250 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

10 April 2016 7	PDRM	3−1	Terengganu	Shah Alam
21:00	Safuwan  6' Ali Ashfaq  72' Saiful  89'		Hasmizan  45' Joseph  30',  77'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Saiful Mohd Rodzali

19 April 2016 8	Terengganu	2−3	Perak	Kuala Terengganu
21:00	Issey  26',  86' Hairuddin Omar  51' Hasmizan  64' Amierul Hakimi  88'		Fazrul Hazli Kadri  22' Elias Oliveira  57',  63' Syazwan Roslan  28'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 4,300 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

23 April 2016 9	Kelantan	3−0	Terengganu	Kota Bharu
21:00	Wan Zack Haikal  14',  63' Indra Putra Mahayuddin  41' Fakhrul Zaman  90'			Stadium: Sultan Mohammad IV Stadium Attendance: 3,315 Referee: S. Sittharajan

4 May 2016 10	Terengganu	3−2	Sarawak	Kuala Terengganu
21:00	Joseph  13',  37' Nordin  51' Ashaari  70'		Ndumba Makeche 17' Juninho 45'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Fitri Maskon

18 May 2016 11	T-Team	0−0	Terengganu	Kuala Terengganu
21:00	Maiga  51'		Issey  11' Zubir  89'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 4,891 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

21 May 2016 12	Terengganu	2−1	T-Team	Kuala Nerus
21:00	Norshahrul  5' Hasmizan  34' Joseph  90' Sharbinee  90'		Marzuki  40' Asrol  64'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Saiful Mohd Rodzali

15 July 2016 14	Terengganu	1−6	Kelantan	Kuala Nerus
21:00	Issey Nakajima-Farran  7'	Report	Blazhe Ilijoski  3', 63', 77', 86' Wander Luiz Bitencourt Junior  44' Wan Zack Haikal  59'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 7,500 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

23 July 2016 15	Perak	2−0	Terengganu	Ipoh
21:00				Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,117 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

27 July 2016 16	Terengganu	0−2	PDRM	Kuala Nerus
21:00				Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

3 August 2016 17	Sarawak	2−1	Terengganu	Kuching
21:00		Report	Vincent Bikana  21'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 955 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

6 August 2016 17	FELDA United	2−2	Terengganu	Bandar Pusat Jengka
21:00		Report	Issey Nakajima-Farran  8' Ashari Samsudin  61'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 3,544 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

16 August 2016 18	Selangor	1−1	Terengganu	Shah Alam
21:00		Report	Ashari Samsudin  64'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,379 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

24 August 2016 19	Terengganu	1−1	Pahang	Kuala Nerus
21:00	Issey Nakajima-Farran  88' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 421 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

9 September 2016 20	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3−0	Terengganu	Larkin
21:00				Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium

24 September 2016 21	Terengganu	0−3	Kedah	Kuala Nerus
21:00				Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 768 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

22 October 2016 22	Penang	1−0	Terengganu	George Town
21:00				Stadium: City Stadium

Kickoff times are in +08:00 GMT.

Piala FA

  Win   Draw   Loss

19 February 2016 Second round	PKNS	3–1	Terengganu	Malacca City
21:00	Jadue  47' P. Gunalan  64' Soto  73' Cobelli  90+4' (Pen.)		Dhiyaulrahman  57' Fakhrurazi  61' Bikana  69' Sharbinee  90+3'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 795 Referee: Khairulazuan Kidam

Piala Malaysia

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FEL	NSE	MEL	TRG
1	FELDA United	6	4	0	2	9	5	+4	12	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	3–1	2–1	0–1
2	Negeri Sembilan	6	4	0	2	9	8	+1	12			2–0	—	3–2	1–0
3	Malacca United	6	3	0	3	9	7	+2	9			0–1	2–0	—	2–1
4	Terengganu	6	1	0	5	3	10	−7	3			0–3	1–2	0–2	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 August 2016. Source: FAM FMLLP

  Win   Draw   Loss

12 July 2016	Melaka United	2–1	Terengganu	Malacca City
21:00 UTC+8	Spasojević  54' (pen.) Surendran  58'	Report	Milić  74'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

20 July 2016	FELDA United	0–1	Terengganu	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Norshahrul  49'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 1,493 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

30 July 2016	Terengganu	1–2	Negeri Sembilan	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8	Milić  23'	Report	Jerković  71' (pen.) Afiq  78'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 2,200 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

9 August 2016	Negeri Sembilan	1–0	Terengganu	Seremban
21:00 UTC+8	Jerković  18'	Report		Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,717 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

12 August 2016	Terengganu	0–3	FELDA United	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Norfazly  20' Forkey Doe  45' Zah Rahan  78'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 1,751 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

19 August 2016	Terengganu	0–2	Melaka United	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Saiful  61' Ezrie  78'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Statistics

Squad statistics

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga Super		Piala FA		Piala Malaysia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK		Amierul Hakimi Awang	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
17	GK		Sharbinee Allawee	20	0	19	0	1	0	0	0
24	GK		Shamirza Yusoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
3	DF		Radhi Yusof	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF		Vincent Bikana	21	1	19+1	1	1	0	0	0
6	DF		Yong Kuong Yong	16	0	13+2	0	1	0	0	0
12	DF		Hafizal Mohamad	12	0	10+2	0	0	0	0	0
13	DF		Hasmizan Kamarodin	19	0	19	0	0	0	0	0
16	DF		Zubir Azmi	10	0	9	0	0+1	0	0	0
33	DF		Naim Asraff Nordin	10	0	9	0	0+1	0	0	0
36	DF		Che Mohd Arif	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
7	MF		Zairo Anuar	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
14	MF		Fakhrurazi Musa	17	1	10+6	0	1	1	0	0
15	MF		Nasril Izzat	7	0	3+4	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF		Nordin Alias	14	1	13+1	1	0	0	0	0
19	MF		Joseph Kalang Tie	20	4	14+5	4	0+1	0	0	0
21	MF		Affize Faisal	12	0	5+6	0	1	0	0	0
25	MF		Ismail Faruqi	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
30	MF		Sharin Sapien	19	0	18	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	MF		Dhiyaulrahman Hasry	13	0	11+1	0	1	0	0	0
34	MF		Azrean Aziz	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
35	MF		Haidhir Suhaini	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Forwards
8	FW		Gustavo López	12	1	11	1	1	0	0	0
9	FW		Norshahrul Idlan	18	2	15+2	1	1	0	0	1
10	FW		Bogdan Milić	9	2	6+3	0	0	0	0	2
11	FW		Issey Nakajima-Farran	18	7	16+2	7	0	0	0	0
20	FW		Hairuddin Omar	8	0	3+4	0	1	0	0	0
22	FW		Amirul Syahmi	7	2	4+3	2	0	0	0	0
26	FW		Ashari Samsudin	16	3	11+5	3	0	0	0	0
–	FW		Juan Morales	8	1	0+7	1	1	0	0	0

Last updated: 26 May 2016
Source: Competitions

Disciplinary record

N	P	Nat.	Name	Liga Super			Piala FA			Piala Malaysia			Total			Notes
5	DF		Vincent Bikana	4		1	1						5		1
19	MF		Joseph Kalang	4		1							4		1
11	FW		Issey Nakajima	4									4
13	MF		Hasmizan	3									3
17	GK		Sharbinee Allawee	2			1						3
12	DF		Hafizal Mohamad	2									2
14	DF		Fakhrurazi Musa	2									2
30	MF		Sharin Sapien	2									2
1	GK		Amierul Hakimi	1									1
6	MF		Yong Kuong	1									1
10	FW		Bogdan Milić	1									1
16	DF		Zubir Azmi	1									1
18	MF		Nordin Alias	1									1
20	FW		Hairuddin Omar	1									1
26	FW		Ashari Samsudin	1									1
31	MF		Dhiyaulrahman Hasry				1						1
34	MF		Azrean Aziz	1									1

Last updated: 26 May 2016
Source: Competitive matches
Ordered by , and
= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

See also

• 2016 Liga Super season

References

1. "Pengurus letak jawatan, jurulatih direhatkan". Utusan Online. 22 February 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
2. "Terengganu umum tiga pemain baru untuk musim 2016". Terengganu FA Official Website. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
3. "Duit bukan faktor utama buat Joseph Kalang Tie". Terengganu FA Official Website. 3 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
4. "Amiridzwan melihat Terengganu sebagai cabaran baru". Terengganu FA Official Website. 5 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
5. "Menyertai Terengganu satu keputusan mudah buat Yong Kuong Yong". Terengganu FA Official Website. 4 December 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 4 December 2015.
6. "Hairuddin pulang ke Terengganu". Terengganu FA Official Website. 31 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
7. "Bekas penyerang Terengganu Manaf Mamat sertai Kelantan 2016". Terengganu times. 5 December 2015. Retrieved 5 December 2015.

External links

• Terengganu FA Website