2017 Melaka United season

Melaka United
2017 season
President	Idris Haron
Manager	Yusoff Mahadi
Head Coach	Eduardo Almeida ; (from 17 June 2017)
Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium; (capacity:40,000)
Super League	8th
FA Cup	Third round
Malaysia Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Marko Šimić (9); All: ; Marko Šimić (12)
Highest home attendance	14,336 vs Johor Darul Ta'zim; (15 September 2017)
Lowest home attendance	1,288 vs UiTM; (18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	5,216
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 season was Melaka United Soccer Association's 94th season in club history and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League after 10 years did not play in the top-tier league.^[1]

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.^[2] On 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.^[3] Eric Williams has previously managed the Myanmar giant, Yangon United F.C. in 2014 season.

Kit

Supplier: Kronos
Main sponsors: Edra & Mamee
Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups

Home

Away

Goalkeeper

Squads

First-team squad

No.	Name	Position(s)	Join	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
Goalkeeper
1	Mohd Fazli Paat	GK	2017	(1989-11-27)27 November 1989 (aged 27)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
20	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	GK	2017	(1978-04-02)2 April 1978 (aged 38)	Kuala Lumpur
21	Muhd Syazwan Abdullah	GK	2017	(1996-04-02)2 April 1996 (aged 20)	Kedah	Under-21 player
29	Mohd Firdaus Muhamad	GK	2017	(1994-01-03)3 January 1994 (aged 22)	Penang
30	Norhadi Ubaidillah	GK	2017	(1987-10-24)24 October 1987 (aged 29)	Kuala Lumpur
Defenders
3	Mohd Faizal Muhammad	CB	2017	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 27)	PDRM
5	Nicholas Swirad	CB	2017	(1991-05-28)28 May 1991 (aged 26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	On loan
11	Mohd Fandi Othman	LB / LM	2017	(1992-04-25)25 April 1992 (aged 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	On loan
12	Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee	CB / LB / DM	2016	(1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (aged 23)	PKNS	Originally from youth system
15	Mohd Akmal Md Zahir	CB	2017	(1994-02-16)16 February 1994 (aged 22)	Sime Darby
16	Isma Alif Mohd Salim	RB	2017	(1987-02-22)22 February 1987 (aged 29)	Kuala Lumpur
18	Muhd Syawal Norsam	CB	2016	(1989-05-29)29 May 1989 (aged 27)	Pahang FA
25	Jasmin Mecinović	CB	2017	(1990-10-22)22 October 1990 (aged 26)	FK Pelister
26	Khair Jones	CB / LB / LWB / RB / LM	2016	(1989-09-29)29 September 1989 (aged 27)	Hawke's Bay United FC
Midfielders
6	S. Sivanesan	AM / CM	2017	(1990-12-28)28 December 1990 (aged 26)	PKNS
7	Surendran Ravindran	RM / LM	2016	(1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 29)	Pahang
8	Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie	CM / DM	2017	(1986-02-24)24 February 1986 (aged 30)	FELDA United
10	Felipe Almeida De Souza	AM / CM	2017	(1991-06-04)4 June 1991 (aged 25)	Oeste FC
13	Mohd Norhakim Isa	CM / AM	2017	(1993-01-24)24 January 1993 (aged 24)	Perak
17	Mohd Azniee Taib	LM / AM	2017	(1990-07-18)18 July 1990 (aged 26)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	On loan
19	Jeon Woo-young	CM / DM	2017	(1987-12-27)27 December 1987 (aged 29)	Jeonnam Dragons
23	Jasmir Mehat	LM / AM	N/A	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 22)	Youth system
27	G. Puaneswaran	RM / LM / RB	2016	(1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 33)	Negeri Sembilan
28	Muhd Nazri Ahmad	RM / LM / RB	2017	(1990-03-17)17 March 1990 (aged 26)	Kuala Lumpur
Forwards
9	Marko Šimić	ST / CF / RM / LM	2017	(1988-01-22)22 January 1988 (aged 29)	Negeri Sembilan
14	Izzaq Faris Ramlan	ST / CF	2017	(1990-04-18)18 April 1990 (aged 26)	T–Team
24	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	ST / CF / RM / LM / AM	2017	(1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 28)	Pahang

Out on loan

No.	Name	Position(s)	Join	Date of Birth (Age)	Signed from	Notes
19	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	ST / CF / AM	2015	(1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (aged 22)	Harimau Muda B	Loan to Selangor
5	Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq	CB	2017	(1988-06-06)6 June 1988 (aged 28)	Petaling Jaya Rangers	Loan to SAMB
4	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	RB / RWB / DM	2016	(1986-02-01)1 February 1986 (aged 30)	Sime Darby	Loan to FELCRA
2	Akmal Ishak	AM / ST / CM	2017	(1994-07-19)19 July 1994 (aged 22)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Loan to Petaling Jaya Rangers
6	Tam Sheang Tsung	LM / RM	2017	(1995-05-24)24 May 1995 (aged 21)	Gainare Tottori	Loan to Kuala Lumpur

Friendly matches

Win Draw Loss

17 December 2016 (2016-12-17) Friendly	Melaka United	2–0	FELCRA	Melaka City, Malacca
16:45 UTC+8	Alif 55' Nurshamil 78'			Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium Attendance: TBA

24 December 2016 (2016-12-24) Friendly	Melaka United	2–2	PKNP	Melaka City, Malacca
16:45 UTC+8				Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium

29 December 2016 (2016-12-29) Friendly	Melaka United	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Melaka City, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium

5 January 2017 (2017-01-05) Friendly	Army FC	3–1	Melaka United	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: RCAF Old Stadium

6 January 2017 (2017-01-06) Friendly	Tiger FC	Cancelled	Melaka United	Siem Reap, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Siem Reap Stadium

8 January 2017 (2017-01-08) Friendly	Asia Euro United	0–3	Melaka United	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

9 January 2017 (2017-01-09) Friendly	Boeung Ket Angkor FC	2–2	Melaka United	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Olympic Stadium

14 January 2017 (2017-01-14) Friendly	Melaka United	1–2	FELDA United	Malacca City, Malacca
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium

16 January 2017 (2017-01-16) Friendly	Melaka United	0–2	Geylang International	Malacca City, Malacca
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium

12 May 2017 (2017-05-12) Friendly	Melaka United	0–3	PDRM	Malacca City, Malacca
20:45 UTC+8				Stadium: Hang Tuah Stadium

6 June 2017 (2017-06-06) Friendly	Negeri Sembilan	2–3	Melaka United	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
22:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

19 June 2017 (2017-06-19) Friendly	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–3	Melaka United	Pasir Gudang, Johor
22:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Pasir Gudang Stadium

22 May 2017 (2017-05-22) Friendly	Melaka United	5–1	Malaysia U-22	Krubong, Malacca
22:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Competitions

Overall

Competition	Started round	Current position / round	Final position / round	First match	Last match
Super League	Matchday 1	8th	8th	21 January 2017	28 October 2017
FA Cup	Second round	—	Third round	14 February 2017	11 March 2017
Malaysia Cup	Group stage	Quarter-finals	Quarter-finals	4 July 2017	24 September 2017

Updated to match played 28 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Super League	22	6	6	10	33	45	−12	027.27
FA Cup	2	1	0	1	1	2	−1	050.00
Malaysia Cup	8	3	1	4	15	21	−6	037.50
Total	32	10	7	15	49	68	−19	031.25

Last updated: 28 October 2017
Source: Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Selangor	22	9	6	7	32	28	+4	33
7	PKNS	22	6	7	9	33	38	−5	25
8	Melaka United	22	6	6	10	33	46	−13	24
9	T–Team (R)	22	7	5	10	30	45	−15	23^[a]	Relegation to Premier League
10	Kelantan	22	7	4	11	31	39	−8	22^[b]

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for T-Team.
^ Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Kelantan.

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	6	6	10	33	45	−12	24	3	3	5	20	24	−4	3	3	5	13	21	−8

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Results by matchday

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	A	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	D	D	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	L
Position	10	8	10	11	9	8	8	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	9	8	8

Updated to match(es) played on 28 October 2017. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

21 February 2017 (2017-02-21) 1	Kelantan	0–2	Melaka United	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8		Report	59' Spasojević 90+1' Fauzi	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 8,963 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 2	Selangor	1–1	Melaka United	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Astafei 81'	Report	69' Khairu	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 5,777 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 3	Perak	3–2	Melaka United	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Thiago 31' Pinto 64' Mirchev 90+3'	Report	43' Woo-young 79' Izzaq	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 4	Melaka United	1–2	T–Team	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Jeon 48'	Report	5' Samassa 15' Tadjiyev	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 7,322 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

18 February 2017 (2017-02-18) 5	Sarawak	0–1	Melaka United	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	14' Jeon	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 7,703++ Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

25 February 2017 (2017-02-25) 6	Melaka United	1–3	Pahang	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Khuzaimi 89'	Report	21' Joseph 42' Matheus 56' Sumareh	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 12,151 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

1 March 2017 (2017-03-01) 7	Penang	1–1	Melaka United	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Lobo 88'	Report	6' Khuzaimi	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

4 March 2017 (2017-03-04) 8	Kedah	4–0	Melaka United	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Ilsø 34', 90+3' Sandro 49', 79'	Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

26 April 2017 (2017-04-26) 9	Melaka United	2–2	PKNS	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Spasojević 33', 43'	Report	36' Wleh 41' Safee	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,399 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

9 April 2017 (2017-04-09) 10	Johor Darul Ta'zim	7–0	Melaka United	Johor Bahru, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Guerra 7' Safiq 18', 59', 81' (pen.) Amirul 23' Cabrera 34' Azamuddin 47'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 14,475 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

15 April 2017 (2017-04-15) 11	Melaka United	1–1	FELDA United	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Khair 82'	Report	90+2' Cano	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

24 May 2017 12	FELDA United	3−0	Melaka United	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Cano 29' Krangar 33' Cellerino 85' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 1,367 Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

6 May 2017 (2017-05-06) 13	Melaka United	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Jeon Woo-young 88'	Report	59' Safiq	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 11,037 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

1 July 2017 (2017-07-01) 14	PKNS	1–1	Melaka United	Shah Alam Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Safee 70' (pen.)	Report	50' Felipe	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,616 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

11 July 2017 (2017-07-11) 15	Melaka United	2–4	Kedah	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 10', 31'	Report	15', 41' Baddrol 56' Akram 90+4' Asri	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 7,048 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

15 July 2017 (2017-07-15) 16	Melaka United	2–3	Penang	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 36', 89' (pen.)	Report	5' Faiz 54' Hartmann 61' Kumaahran	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 4,004++ Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

22 July 2017 (2017-07-22) 17	Pahang	2–0	Melaka United	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Romero 5' Sumareh 53'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 2,455 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

26 July 2017 (2017-07-26) 18	Melaka United	4–2	Sarawak	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 31' Fauzi 35' Surendran 39' Felipe 90+3'	Report	23' Roskam 29' Tommy	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,237 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

5 August 2017 (2017-08-05) 19	T–Team	1–5	Melaka United	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Fauzi 33'	Report	50', 89' Šimić 61', 70' Fauzi 74' Felipe	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

20 September 2017 (2017-09-20) 20	Melaka United	3–1	Perak	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 300' Jeon Woo-young 72' Felipe 83' (pen.)	Report	50' Shahrul	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1,683 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

27 September 2017 (2017-09-27) 21	Melaka United	2–1	Selangor	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Mecinović 6' Šimić 42'	Report	Rufino 57'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,059 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

28 October 2017 (2017-10-28) 22	Melaka United	1–3	Kelantan	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Swirad 30'	Report	Bako 75' Celin 81', 88'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 4,723 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) Second Round	Melaka United	1–0	PKNS	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Amri 66'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 4,002 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) Third Round	Pahang	2–0	Melaka United	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KDH	MLK	KLT	UITM
1	Kedah	6	5	1	17	5	+12	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	2–0	1–0
2	Melaka United	6	3	3	13	16	−3	9	Advance to knockout phase	2–6	—	3–0	2–1
3	Kelantan	6	2	4	8	12	−4	6		3–1	2–3	—	3–1
4	UiTM	6	2	4	9	14	−5	6		0–5	5–3	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 9 September 2017. Source: FAM FMLLP

Win Draw Loss

4 July 2017 (2017-07-04) Group stage	Kedah	2–0	Melaka United	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Sandro 29' Baddrol 64'	Report		Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

8 July 2017 (2017-07-08) Group stage	Melaka United	3–0	Kelantan	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 21' Surendran 30' Fauzi 49'	Report		Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 5,529 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

18 July 2017 (2017-07-18) Group stage	Melaka United	2–1	UiTM	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Felipe 23', 64'	Report	45+1' Sunday	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1,288 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

29 July 2017 (2017-07-29) Group stage	Melaka United	2–6	Kedah	Krubong, Malacca
21:00 UTC+8	Azniee 22' Fauzi 53'	Report	5' Fakri 35', 39' Sandro 45+3' Akram 77' Ilsø 90' Akhyar	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 6,548 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

2 August 2017 (2017-08-02) Group stage	Kelantan	2–3	Melaka United	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8	Danso 51' Izuan 86'	Report	Jeon Woo-young 5', 31' Šimić 33'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 2,699 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

9 September 2017 (2017-09-09) Group stage	UiTM	5–3	Melaka United	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Wasiu 13', 38' (pen.), 90+1' Do Dong-hyun 30', 73'	Report	Jeon Woo-young 33' Azinee 56'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 439 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Knock-out stage

Quarter-finals

15 September 2017 First Leg	Melaka United	1–4	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Krubong, Melaka
21:00 UTC+8	Šimić 45+1'	Report	Ghaddar 7', 34' Insa 68' Safiq 85'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 14,336^[4] Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

24 September 2017 Second Leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	1–1 (5–2 agg.)	Melaka United	Larkin, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Nazmi 21'	Report	Felipe 44' (pen.)	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 10,230^[5] Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Statistics

Appearances

No.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total
No.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohd Fazli Paat	15	0	2	0	4 (1)	0	21 (1)	0
20	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	6	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	8 (1)	0
21	Muhd Syazwan Abdullah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	Mohd Firdaus Muhamad	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
30	Norhadi Ubaidillah	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Defenders
3	Mohd Faizal Muhammad	13 (3)	0	2	0	4 (1)	0	19 (4)	0
5	Nicholas Swirad	8 (1)	1	0	0	3	0	11 (1)	1
11	Mohd Fandi Othman	0 (5)	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (6)	0
12	Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee	10 (5)	2	1 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	13 (7)	2
15	Mohd Akmal Md Zahir	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
16	Isma Alif Mohd Salim	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
18	Muhd Syawal Norsam	2 (2)	0	0	0	4	0	6 (2)	0
25	Jasmin Mecinović	5	1	0	0	5	0	10	1
26	Khair Jones	21 (1)	1	2	0	6	0	29 (1)	1
Midfielders
6	S. Sivanesan	5 (1)	0	1	0	3 (1)	0	9 (2)	0
7	Surendran Ravindran	19 (1)	1	2	0	5 (1)	1	26 (2)	2
8	Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie	11 (8)	0	2	0	4 (2)	0	17 (10)	0
10	Felipe Almeida De Souza	9	4	0	0	8	3	17	7
13	Mohd Norhakim Isa	2 (2)	0	0	0	3 (2)	0	5 (4)	0
17	Mohd Azniee Taib	0 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	4 (1)	2	4 (4)	2
19	Jeon Woo-young	19 (1)	5	1	0	7	3	27 (1)	8
23	Jasmir Mehat	0 (8)	0	0	0	1 (6)	0	1 (14)	0
27	G. Puaneswaran	21	1	2	0	5	0	28	1
28	Muhd Nazri Ahmad	1 (4)	0	0	0	1	0	2 (4)	0
Forwards
9	Marko Šimić	9	9	0	0	5 (1)	3	14 (1)	12
14	Izzaq Faris Ramlan	0 (5)	1	0	0	0 (2)	0	0 (7)	1
24	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	10 (10)	3	0 (2)	0	5 (3)	3	15 (15)	6
Players transferred out or on loan during the season
2	Akmal Ishak	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
4	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Tam Sheang Tsung	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Ilija Spasojević	9 (1)	3	1	0	0	0	10 (1)	3
10	Sergio Ezequiel Agüero	7 (1)	0	1	0	0	0	8 (1)	0
11	Omid Nazari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Muhd Khairu Azrin Khazali	12	1	2	0	0	0	14	1
17	Mohd Amri Yahyah	10	0	2	1	0	0	12	1
19	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad	4 (2)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	4 (3)	0
25	Godwin Antwi	11 (1)	0	2	0	0	0	13 (1)	0
–	Ashvin Tharumanathan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Marko Šimić	9	0	3	12
2	MF	19	Jeon Woo-young	5	0	3	8
2	FW	24	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	4	0	3	7
4	MF	10	Felipe Almeida De Souza	4	0	3	7
5	FW	9	Ilija Spasojević	3	0	0	3
6	MF	7	Surendran Ravindran	1	0	1	2
6	DF	12	Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee	2	0	0	2
8	MF	5	Nicholas Swirad	1	0	0	1
	MF	13	Khairu Azrin Khazali	1	0	0	1
	FW	14	Izzaq Faris Ramlan	1	0	0	1
	FW	17	Mohd Amri Yahyah	0	1	0	1
	MF	17	Azinee Taib	0	0	2	2
	DF	25	Jasmin Mecinović	1	0	0	1
	DF	26	Khair Jones	1	0	0	1
#	Own goals			0	0	0	0
Total				33	1	15	49

* Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Clean sheets

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	1	Mohd Fazli Paat	2	1	0	3
Total			2	1	0	3

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Discipline

The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player
1	DF	12	Ahmad Khuzaimi Piee	3
2	DF	3	Mohd Faizal Muhammad	2
	MF	5	Nicholas Swirad	2
	MF	8	Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie	2
	DF	25	Jasmin Mecinović	2
6	GK	1	Mohd Fazli Paat	1
	MF	7	Surendran Ravindran	1
	MF	10	Felipe Almeida De Souza	1
	FW	10	Sergio Ezequiel Agüero	1
	MF	13	Norhakim Isa	1
	MF	13	Khairu Azrin Khazali	1
	MF	19	Jeon Woo-young	1
	MF	27	G. Puaneswaran	1
Total				19

* Player names in bold denotes transferred out or on loan during the season

Last updated: 28 October 2017.
Source: Competitions

Transfers

In

Early season

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
November 2016	MF	Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie	FELDA United
November 2016	DF	Godwin Antwi	DRB-HICOM
November 2016	MF	Omid Nazari	Global
November 2016	FW	Izzaq Faris Ramlan	T–Team
November 2016	FW	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	Pahang
November 2016	DF	Mohd Faizal Muhammad	PDRM
November 2016	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	PKNS
November 2016	MF	Akmal Ishak	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
November 2016	MF	Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad	Sime Darby
November 2016	DF	Mohd Akmal Md Zahir	Sime Darby
1 December 2016	MF	Tam Sheang Tsung	Gainare Tottori
13 December 2016	FW	Ezequiel Agüero	Tatabánya
15 December 2016	GK	Mohd Firdaus Muhamad	Penang
15 December 2016	GK	Mohd Fazli Paat	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
15 December 2016	GK	Muhd Syazwan Abdullah	Kedah
15 December 2016	DF	Abdul Thaufiq Abdul Haq	Petaling Jaya Rangers
15 December 2016	GK	Norhadi Ubaidillah	Kuala Lumpur
16 December 2016	FW	Mohd Amri Yahyah	Johor Darul Ta'zim
December 2016	MF	Isma Alif Mohd Salim	Kuala Lumpur
December 2016	MF	Muhd Nazri Ahmad	Kuala Lumpur
December 2016	MF	Ashvin Tharumanathan	University of Queensland
23 January 2017	MF	Jeon Woo-young	Jeonnam Dragons

Mid-season

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Note(s)
May 2017	DF	Jasmin Mecinović	Pelister
June 2017	MF	Felipe Almeida De Souza	Oeste
June 2017	MF	Mohd Norhakim Isa	Perak
June 2017	MF	S. Sivanesan	PKNS
June 2017	MF	Mohd Azniee Taib	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	loan
June 2017	DF	Mohd Fandi Othman	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	loan
June 2017	DF	Nicholas Swirad	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	loan
May 2017	FW	Marko Šimić	Negeri Sembilan

Out

Early season

Date	Pos	No	Player	Transferred To	Note(s)
November 2016	DF	15	Ahmad Shahir Ismail	SAMB
November 2016	FW	30	Mohd Syazwan Nordin	Felcra
November 2016	DF	55	Alexandru Tudose	Târgu Mureș
November 2016	MF	10	Labinot Harbuzi	Released
November 2016	MF	59	Ahmad Ezrie Shafizie	FELDA United	End of Loan
November 2016	MF	60	Mohd Ferris Danial	FELDA United	End of Loan
November 2016	MF	13	See Kok Luen	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	GK	29	Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff	Kelantan	End of Loan
November 2016	GK	1	Ahmad Solehin Mamat	Kuala Lumpur
November 2016	DF	20	Wan Amirul Afiq	FELDA United
November 2016	DF	11	Fiqri Azwan Ghazali	Felcra
November 2016	MF	16	Iskandar Hanapiah	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	MF	12	R. Barath Kumar	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	MF	57	Mohd Saiful Mustafa	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	GK	52	Mohd Fadzley Rahim	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	MF	8	Mohd Hazri Rozali
November 2016	MF	58	Reeshafiq Alwi	MOF
November 2016	FW	51	Yashir Pinto	Perak
November 2016	DF	5	Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail	Kelantan
January 2017	FW	19	Nurshamil Abd Ghani	Selangor	On loan
23 January 2017	MF	11	Omid Nazari	Ceres-Negros	Terminated

Mid-season

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
May 2017	FW	Mohd Amri Yahyah	Selangor
May 2017	MF	Syed Sobri Syed Mohamad	T–Team
May 2017	MF	Khairu Azrin Khazali	PKNS
May 2017	FW	Sergio Agüero
May 2017	DF	Godwin Antwi
May 2017	FW	Ilija Spasojević	Bhayangkara

References

^ Melaka United Soccer Association
^ "Jangan cari pasal dengan Melaka!". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
^ "Melaka lantik Eric Williams sebagai jurulatih baru". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
^ "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st leg – Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
^ "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

[table_hth_TTE0.59164814585431-4] Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to lift the transfer ban and reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for T-Team.

[table_hth_KEL0.59164814585431-5] Kelantan and T–Team was sentenced to a six-point deduction immediately on offense failed to complete the registration process Malaysian League (M-League) 2017. Later, upon careful consideration of the aforementioned appeals, Football Malaysia have decided to only reduce the deduction of 6 points to 3 points for Kelantan.

[1] Melaka United Soccer Association

[2] "Jangan cari pasal dengan Melaka!". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

[3] "Melaka lantik Eric Williams sebagai jurulatih baru". Stadium Astro. Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-21.

[md01_5-6] "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 1st leg – Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 15 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2017.

[md01_6-7] "Full Time Summary Quarter-finals 2nd leg – Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United". FAM. Football Association of Malaysia. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

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