2015 Kelantan FA season

The 2015 season was Kelantan FA's 7th season in the Malaysia Super League and 20th successive season in the top flight of Malaysian football league system. They will also compete in FA Cup and Malaysia Cup. For the first time since 2012, they will not compete in AFC Cup.

Kelantan FA

2015 season
President	Annuar Musa
Head coach	George Boateng (until 24 March 2015) Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah (until 4 July 2015) Zahasmi Ismail (starting 4 July 2015)
Stadium	Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium (capacity:22,000)
Malaysia Super League	9th
Malaysia FA Cup	Runner Up
Malaysia Cup	Group Stage
Top goalscorer	League: Gilmar (6) Nor Farhan Muhammad (6) All: Gilmar (11)
Highest home attendance	19,500 Kelantan FA 0-4 PDRM FA (21 February 2015)
Lowest home attendance	3,512 Kelantan FA 1-2 Terengganu FA (8 August 2015)
Home colours Away colours

Friendlies

Pre-season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
7 Jan 2015	T–Team F.C.	A	2—2	Izuan Rosli, Carrillo		Charity match for flood victims [1][2][3]
13 Jan 2015	Terengganu FA	A	0—0			Friendly match
17 Jan 2015	Songkhla United F.C.	A	2—3	Noor Hazrul, Wan Zaharulnizam, Emmanuel Kenmogne		Friendly match
21 Jan 2015	Sungai Ara F.C.	A	1—5	Wan Zack Haikal, Erwin Carrillo(2), Nor Farhan Muhammad		Friendly match
23 Jan 2015	Pulau Pinang FA	A	2—0			Friendly match
26 Jan 2015	Kedah FA	A	3—1	Erwin Carrillo		Friendly match

During season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
14 June 2015	T–Team F.C.	H	2—2	Austin Amutu(2)		Friendly match(The match was called off after 60 minutes after one of T–Team F.C. player, David Oniya collapsed and confirmed die on-pitch[4]
9 June 2015	NS Matrix F.C.	A	3—3	Austin Amutu(2), Ahmad Fakri Saarani		Friendly match[5]

After season

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
17 Oct 2015	Terengganu FA	H	2—2	Ahmad Fakri Saarani, Jonathan McKain		Malaysia Cup Friendly match

Competition

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed

Super League

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Super League

The league will kick-off on 31 January 2015.[6]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position	Notes
7 Feb 2015	ATM	A	2—0	Noor Hazrul 14', Erwin Carrillo 62'	6,000	3rd	Kelantan played with 10 players during 2nd half after 3rd substitute Brendan Gan sustained injury. Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim Mohd Farisham Ismail Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria Erwin Carrillo
15 Feb 2015	Lions XII	H	2—0	McKain 6' Piya 42'	18,000	1st	Match postponed from 14th Jan 2015 to 15th Jan 2015. Noor Hazrul Mustafa
21 Feb 2015	PDRM	H	0—4		19,500	5th	Mohd Fitri Omar Jonathan McKain Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria Ahmad Fakri Saarani
7 Mar 2015	Perak	A	0—0		20,000	5th	Noor Hazrul Mustafa Erwin Carrillo
14 Mar 2015	Felda United	H	0—1		19,000	7th	Erwin Carrillo
4 Apr 2015	Terengganu	A	1—2	Piya 76'	7,330	8th	Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad
11 Apr 2015	Pahang	H	0—2		7,000	10th	Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim
18 Apr 2015	JDT	A	1—3	Amutu 10'	21,100	10th	Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli Ahmad Fakri Saarani
25 Apr 2015	Selangor	H	2—1	Gilmar 5' Farhan 74'	8,517	9th	Jonathan McKain Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Mohd Farisham Ismail Austin Amutu Khairul Fahmi Che Mat
2 May 2015	Sarawak	A	2—3	Erwin Carrillo 17' Kechik 85'	4,500	10th	Wan Zaharulnizam
23 June 2015	Sime Darby	A	1—1	Gilmar 90'	2,250	10th	Jonathan McKain Wan Zack Haikal Fitri Omar Amiridzwan Taj
4 July 2015	LionsXII	A	0—3		3,587	10th	Wan Zaharulnizam Nik Shahrul Azim Nor Farhan Muhammad Farisham Ismail
8 July 2015m	PDRM	A	3—1	Austin Amutu 5' Jonathan McKain 45' Erwin Carrillo 66'	2,000	9th	Jonathan McKain Fitri Omar
25 July 2015	Sime Darby F.C.	H	2-2	Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin 6' Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho 73'	8,750	9th	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho Wan Zaharulnizam Zairul Fitree
28 July 2015	ATM FA	H	5-1	Erwin Carrillo 3' 63' Wan Zack Haikal 38' Nor Farhan Muhammad 41' Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria 74'	8,220	9th	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho
1 August 2015	Perak FA	H	1-0	Wan Zack Haikal 73'	6,343	9th	Austin Amutu Nor Farhan Muhammad
5 August 2015	Felda United F.C.	A	0-0		2,467	9th	Fakri Saarani Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin Norhafiz Zamani Misbah
8 August 2015	Terengganu FA	H	1-2	Ahmad Fakri Saarani 2'	3,512	9th	Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin Fitri Omar
12 August 2015	Pahang FA	A	5-3	Nor Farhan Muhammad 12' 70' 90'	9,097	9th	Wan Zack Haikal Khairul Izuan Rosli
15 August 2015	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	H	4-1	Gilmar 4' 82' Mohd Badhri Radzi 13' Nor Farhan Muhammad 51'	5,982	9th	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho Fitri Omar Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Austin Amutu
19 August 2015	Selangor FA	A	0-3		9,686	9th	Jonathan McKain Shahrizan Ismail Erwin Carrillo
22 August 2015	Sarawak FA	H	4-3	Noor Hazrul Mustafa 11' Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli 45' Amutu 73' Gilmar 85'	3,872	9th

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	LionsXII[lower-alpha 1]	22	9	6	7	36	32	+4	33
8	Perak	22	8	4	10	32	33	−1	28
9	Kelantan	22	8	4	10	34	38	−4	28
10	Sarawak	22	4	7	11	28	40	−12	19
11	ATM (R)	22	2	5	15	21	47	−26	11	Qualification to the Relegation play-off

Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Goal scorers for Super League

As of 22 August 2015

6 goal

• Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho
• Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad

5 goal

• Erwin Carrillo

3 goal

• Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi
• Wan Zack Haikal
• Austin Amutu

2 goal

• Noor Hazrul Mustafa
• Wan Zaharulnizam
• Jonathan McKain

1 goal

• Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin
• Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli
• Ahmad Fakri Saarani

FA Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia FA Cup

The draw for the competition was made on 14 December 2014 with games expected to start in February 2015.[7][8][9]

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Notes
27 Feb 2015	Sarawak	A	2—1	Erwin Carrillo 2' Emmanuel Kenmogne 64'	15,000
17 Mar 2015	Kuala Lumpur	H	1—0	Wan Zack 66'	10,000
07 Apr 2015	Sime Darby	A	1—1	Erwin Carrillo 45+1'	5,000	aggregate 1-1
21 Apr 2015	Sime Darby	H	3—0	Piya 40'p Amutu 58' Erwin Carrillo 74'	5,000	Kelantan win with aggregate 4-1
9 May 2015	Pahang	A	0—1			aggregate 0-1
16 May 2015	Pahang	H	3—1	Kechik 18' Amutu 74' 90+2'		Kelantan win with aggregate 3-2
23 May 2015	LionsXII	N	1—3	Wan Zack Haikal 63'		Kelantan became 2015 Malaysia FA Cup runner up after they lost in the final to LionsXII 1-3

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup

The draw for the 2015 Malaysia Cup was held on 27 August 2015 at the Hilton Hotel Petaling Jaya and Kelantan FA was drawn into group C which is arguably the “Group of Death” consisting of 32-time winners Selangor FA, previous season semi-finalist Felda United F.C. and T-Team F.C.. Their Journey in Malaysia Cup ended after they finished in third place behind 2015 Malaysia Cup semi-finalist, Felda United F.C. and champion, Selangor FA.[10][11]

Group stage

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Referee	Group ranking
12 September 2015	Selangor FA	A	3-0	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho 26',53'Austin Amutu48'	-	-	2nd
18 September 2015	Felda United F.C.	H	1-1	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho 49'	-	-	1st
26 September 2015	T–Team F.C.	A	1-3	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho 87'	-	-	2nd
2 October 2015	Selangor FA	H	0-1		-	-	4th
17 October 2015	Felda United F.C.	A	2-2	Mohd Firdaus Faudzi 28'(o.g.) Badhri Radzi 43'	-	-	4th
4 November 2015	T-Team F.C.	H	3-1	Austin Amutu35',56'Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho40'	-	-	3rd

Player statistics

Squad

On 1 December 2014, Tan Sri Annuar Musa has announced the 2015 provisional squad for Kelantan.[12][13] It was finalized before the transfer window closed on 12 a.m., Friday 5 December 2014.[14][15][16]

Key: = Appearances, = Goals, = Yellow card, = Red card (Player names in italics denotes player that left mid-season)

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Total				League				FA Cup				Malaysia Cup
1		GK	Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17		DF	Tuan Muhammad Faim Tuan Zainal Abidin	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
42		DF	Amirizdwan Taj	18	1	5	0	9	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	6	0	1	0
4		DF	Jonathan McKain	26	2	10	0	16	2	4	0	6	0	2	0	4	0	2	0
5		DF	Nik Shahrul Azim Abdul Halim	24	0	3	0	13	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
6		DF	Mohd Farisham Ismail	21	0	2	0	15	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
11		MF	Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor	29	5	3	0	20	3	2	0	5	2	0	0	4	0	1	0
8		MF	Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	30	3	6	0	18	2	5	0	6	1	0	0	6	0	1	0
9		FW	Erwin Carrillo	26	6	5	0	16	5	4	0	6	1	1	0	4	0	0	0
10		FW	Mohd Nor Farhan Muhammad	26	6	3	1	17	6	3	1	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
47		ST	Austin Amutu	19	9	3	0	11	3	3	0	4	3	0	0	4	3	0	0
12		MF	Amar Rohidan	18	0	0	0	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
13		FW	Ahmad Fakri Saarani	19	1	5	0	10	1	3	0	3	0	1	0	6	0	1	0
7		MF	Brendan Gan	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2		DF	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	28	0	3	0	18	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
16		MF	Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi (c)	31	5	1	0	20	3	0	0	6	1	0	0	5	1	1	0
15		MF	Mohd Noor Hazrul Bin Mohd Mustafa	18	2	4	0	11	2	2	0	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0
3		DF/MF	Mohd Fitri Omar	19	0	5	0	16	0	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
19		GK	Khairul Fahmi Che Mat	32	0	1	0	21	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
22		DF	Faizol Nazlin Sayuti	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30		GK	Mohd Shahrizan Ismail	4	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
21		MF	Mohd Rozaimi Azwar Mat Noor	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23		MF	Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli	16	1	2	1	11	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
24		DF	Zairul Fitree Ishak	8	0	2	0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
50		FW	Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho	21	11	5	0	11	6	3	0	4	0	0	0	6	5	2	0
18		DF	Muhd Nazri Ahmad	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0

Goalscorers

As of 1 October 2015

11 goals

Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho 9 goals Austin Amutu 6 goals Nor Farhan Muhammad Erwin Carrillo 5 goals Wan Zack Haikal Mohd Badhri Mohd Radzi 3 goals Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria 2 goals Noor Hazrul Mustafa Jonathan McKain 1 goal Emmanuel Kenmogne Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin Ahmad Fakri Saarani Transfers and Loans Transfers in Entry date Position No. Player From club Fee Ref 1 July 2014 DF Jonathan McKain Adelaide United Free [17] 9 November 2014 FW Nor Farhan Muhammad Terengganu FA Free [18] 30 October 2014 DF Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Negeri Sembilan FA Undisclosed Fee [19] 30 October 2014 MF Noor Hazrul Mustafa Perak FA Undisclosed Fee [20] 1 December 2014 FW Erwin Carrillo Unión Magdalena Undisclosed Fee 6 December 2014 FW Emmanuel Kenmogne Persebaya Surabaya Undisclosed Fee [21] 1 December 2014 MF Isaac Pupo Persebaya Surabaya Undisclosed Fee [22] 1 December 2014 FW Mohd Rozaimi Azwar Mat Noor Kelantan President Team Promoted from youth team [23] 16 April 2015 FW Gilmar Jose da Silva Filho Clube Esportivo Lajeadense Undisclosed Fee 28 April 2015 DF Amirizdwan Taj Tajuddin ATM FA Undisclosed Fee Total Transfer Sales RM0 Transfers out Exit date Position No. Player To club Fee Ref. 14 November 2014 FW 10 Francis Forkey Doe Negeri Sembilan FA Released [24] 19 November 2014 FW 21 Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali Kedah FA Undisclosed Fee [25] 22 November 2014 DF 11 Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Pahang FA Released [26] 22 November 2014 MF 7 Tengku Hasbullah Raja Hassan None Released [27] 22 November 2014 DF 3 Mohamad Faiz Suhaimi Malacca United S.A. Released [28] 22 November 2014 FW 15 Famirul Asyraf Sayuti Malacca United S.A. Released [29] 1 December 2014 MF 18 Mohamed Shawky El Mokawloon SC Released 1 December 2014 DF 25 Hussein Alaa Hussein None Released 16 April 2015 MF 25 Isaac Pupo None Released 16 April 2015 FW 00 Emmanuel Kenmogne None Released Total Transfer Sales RM0 Loans in Start date End date Position No. Player From Ref 16 April 2015 December 2015 FW 47 Austin Amutu Warri Wolves F.C. Loans Out Start date End date Position No. Player To Ref 28 April 2015 December 2015 DF 22 Faizol Nazlin Sayuti Sabah FA 28 April 2015 December 2015 FW 21 Rozaimi Azwar Sabah FA Club officials Coaching and medical staff Manager-Haji Azman Ibrahim Assistant manager-Wan Badri Wan Omar Head coach-Zahasmi Ismail Assistant coach-Mohd Hashim Mustapha, Mohd Nafuzi Muhamad Zain and Sidek Shamsudin Goalkeeping coach-Ismail Chawalit Abu Bakar Fitness coach- Luka Basic Physiotherapist-Mohd Zainudin Zakaria and Ahmad Faris Musa Backroom staff Kit manager- Harun Ismail Media official- Zuki Deraman Security official-Fared bin Abdul Ghani or Dato'Mohd Farek See also List of Kelantan FA seasons Notes References "T-Team, Kelantan Anjur Perlawanan Amal Malam Esok Bantu Mangsa Banjir". BERNAMA. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015. "T-Team, Kelantan anjur perlawanan amal". Sinar Harian. 6 January 2015. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015. 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