2015 Negeri Sembilan FA season

The 2015 season was NS Matrix's (for sponsorship reason) 92nd season in club history and second season in the Malaysia Premier League.

NS Matrix

2015 season
President	Mohammad Hassan
Manager	Abdul Halim Abdul Latif
Head Coach	K. Devan
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	6th
FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Play-off
Top goalscorer	League: Francis Forkey Doe (17) All: Francis Forkey Doe (19)
Highest home attendance	7,000 vs UiTM (13 February 2015)
Lowest home attendance	420 vs Putrajaya SPA (7 July 2015)
Average home league attendance	2,209
Home colours Away colours

Background

Background Information

Negeri Sembilan have finished the previous season in 6th place in the Malaysia Premier League. Negeri Sembilan were knocked out of the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup in the first round by Felda United, were knocked out of 2014 Malaysia Cup in play-off by T-Team.

Club

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
Chairman	Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Honorable Secretary	Dato' Haji Abd. Halim bin Haji Abd. Latif
General Manager	Dato' Abdul Ghani Haji Hassan
Assistant Manager	Dato' Haji Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah
Head Coach	K. Devan
Assistant Coach	Mohd Asri Ninggal
Assistant Coach	Ahmad Osman
Goalkeeper Coach	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin
Medical Officer	Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim
Physiotherapist	Zulkefli Abu Samah
Media Officer	Abd Malek Hassan
Security Officer	Anuar Abd Rahman
Physical Therapist	Asyraf M R Asri
Team Assistant	Shahrizal Mat Sah

Last updated: January
Source:

Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Main sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors
	Kappa

Players

Full Squad

No.	Name	Age	Nat.	Position	Join	Signed From	D.O.B	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Helmi Eliza Elias	32		GK	2015	PDRM FA	20 Jan. 1983
22	Kaharuddin Rahman	24		GK	2012	NS Matrix U21	7 Aug. 1991
30	Mohd Yatim Abdullah	23		GK	2014	NS Matrix U21	12 Dis. 1992
Defenders
2	Azizi Matt Rose	34		CB	2015	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	6 Nov. 1981
3	Mohd Fauzi Nan	35		RB / CB	2013	Kedah FA	20 Jan. 1980	Vice-captain
4	Jean Alexandre	29		CB	2014	Orlando City	24 Aug. 1986	Import
5	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30		RB / CB	2015	Kedah FA	10 Dis. 1985
6	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	24		CB	2013	NS Matrix U21	18 Aug. 1991
20	Dzaiddin Zainudin	23		LB / DM	2014	DRB-Hicom F.C.	4 Aug. 1992
21	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34		LB / CB	2015	ATM FA	2 June 1981
26	Segar Arumugam	22		LB / LW	2014	NS Matrix U21	3 Jan. 1993
Midfielders
7	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33		DM / CM	2015	ATM FA	30 Apr. 1982
10	Bruno Martelotto	33		DM / CM / AM	2015	ATM FA	3 Dis. 1982	Import
12	G. Puaneswaran	32		RW / LW	2014	Terengganu FA	27 May 1983
14	V. Kavi Chelvan	26		RW / LW	2014	Selangor FA	2 July 1989
15	Kim Jin-yong	33		DM / CM / AM / CB	2014	Gangwon FC	9 Oct. 1982	Import
16	S. Sivanesan	25		DM / CM / AM / RW	2013	Felda United F.C.	28 Dis. 1990
17	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26		RW / LW	2015	ATM FA	8 Oct. 1989
18	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28		RW / LW / AM / ST	2015	Kedah FA	9 May 1987
23	Rezal Zambery Yahya	37		DM / CM	2015	ATM FA	10 Oct. 1978	Captain
25	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22		DM / CM	2015	NS Matrix U21	19 Sep. 1993
27	Izzudin Zainudin	22		RW / LW	2015	NS Matrix U21	27 Sep. 1993
33	Thanabalan Nadarajah	20		RW / LW	2014	NS Matrix U21	25 Feb. 1995
Forwards
8	Shahrizal Saad	28		ST / RW / LW	2015	Perak FA	5 June 1987
9	Francis Forkey Doe	30		ST	2015	Kelantan FA	25 Dis. 1985	Import
11	Rudie Ramli	33		ST	2015	ATM FA	15 May 1982

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
1	GK	Helmi Eliza Elias	32	PDRM FA
2	DF	Azizi Matt Rose	34	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
5	DF	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30	Kedah FA
7	MF	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33	ATM FA
8	FW	Shahrizal Saad	28	Perak FA
9	FW	Francis Forkey Doe	30	Kelantan FA	Import
10	MF	Bruno Martelotto	33	ATM FA	Import
11	FW	Rudie Ramli	33	ATM FA
17	MF	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26	ATM FA
18	MF	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28	Kedah FA
21	DF	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34	ATM FA
23	MF	Rezal Zambery Yahya	37	ATM FA
25	MF	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22	NS Matrix U21	Promoted
27	MF	Izzudin Zainudin	22	NS Matrix U21	Promoted

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
3	DF	Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad	29	Sime Darby F.C.
5	DF	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	34	Kelantan FA
7	FW	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	27	Sime Darby F.C.
8	MF	Abdul Halim Zainal	27	Sime Darby F.C.
9	MF	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	36	Sime Darby F.C.
11	MF	Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini	26	Sime Darby F.C.
13	DF	K. Nanthakumar	38	MISC-MIFA
17	DF	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	29	Sime Darby F.C.
18	DF	Muszaki Abu Bakar	26	Kuantan FA
19	MF	M. Sivakumar	31	PKNS F.C.
22	GK	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	37	PDRM FA
23	DF	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar	31	PKNS F.C.
24	DF	Sumardi Hajalan	30	Perak FA
26	DF	Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis	25	Kedah United F.C.
27	FW	Ivan Babić	31	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Import
30	FW	Philani Kubheka	36	Retired	Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

NS Matrix v Penjara F.C.

8 Disember 2014 1	NS Matrix	4 – 1	Penjara F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe Irwan Fadzli Idrus Izzudin Zainudin S. Sivanesan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v ATM FA

13 Disember 2014 2	NS Matrix	3 – 1	ATM FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  (pen.)		(pen.)	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v LionsXII

19 Disember 2014 3	NS Matrix	0 – 0	LionsXII	Paroi
20:45				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v MISC-MIFA

23 Disember 2014 4	NS Matrix	6 – 0	MISC-MIFA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  (pen.) G. Puaneswaran V. Kavi Chelvan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Sime Darby F.C.

30 Disember 2014 5	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Sime Darby F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  62'		52' (pen.) Mohd Rafiq Shah Zaim	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Melaka United

9 January 2015 6	NS Matrix	1 – 0	Melaka United	Tampin
20:45	Francis Doe  35' (pen.)			Stadium: Mini Tampin Stadium

NS Matrix v Perak FA

16 January 2015 7	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Perak FA	Paroi
20:45	G. Puaneswaran  36' Francis Doe  65'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Terengganu FA

23 January 2015 8	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Terengganu FA	Paroi
20:45	Vincent Bikana  61' (O.G.) Francis Doe  90+4'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Sarawak FA

27 January 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Sarawak FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  33' Dzaiddin Zainudin  53'		16' Ryan Griffiths  69' Billy Mehmet	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Megah Murni F.C.

31 January 2015 10	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Megah Murni F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Irwan Fadzli Idrus Bruno Martelotto Dzaiddin Zainudin			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Friendly Match

  Win   Draw   Loss

NS Matrix v Hougang United FC

2 Jun 2015 1	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Hougang United FC	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  8', 63', 70'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Kelantan FA

9 Jun 2015 2	NS Matrix	4 – 3	Kelantan FA	Paroi
20:45	S. Sivanesan  22' Francis Doe  63', 90' Ahmad Fauzi Saari  90+2'		Austin Amutu  47', 53' Ahmad Fakri Saarani  75'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competition

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
4	PKNS	22	11	8	3	41	22	+19	41
5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	22	10	4	8	37	32	+5	34
6	NS Matrix	22	8	8	6	33	28	+5	32
7	Sabah	22	8	3	11	37	42	−5	27
8	UiTM	22	7	4	11	28	42	−14	25

Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

DRB-Hicom F.C. v NS Matrix

6 February 2015 1	DRB-Hicom F.C.	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Krubong
16:45	Mohd Fakrul Aiman Sidid  17'		18' Jean Alexandre  51' Francis Doe  78' G. Puaneswaran	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

NS Matrix v UiTM F.C.

13 February 2015 2	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  40', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

Putrajaya SPA F.C. v NS Matrix

20 February 2015 3	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Nik Azlam Nik Januaha  82'		22' Francis Doe	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 610 Referee: Sukri Bin Abd. Rahman

Kuantan FA v NS Matrix

6 March 2015 4	Kuantan FA	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Kuantan
20:45	Im Kyung-hyun  8'		1' Shahrizal Saad  4', 72' Francis Doe	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 865 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

NS Matrix v T–Team F.C.

13 March 2015 5	NS Matrix	3 – 5	T–Team F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  26', 51' Shahrizal Saad  64'		6', 61' Nor Hakim Hassan  23', 74' Sadriddin Abdullaev  46' Farhod Tadjiyev	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

PKNS F.C. v NS Matrix

3 April 2015 6	PKNS F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Gabriel Guerra  75'		32' Shahrizal Saad	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Wan Zainudin Harun

NS Matrix v Penang FA

8 May 2015 ^1 7	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45	S. Sivanesan  58' N. Thanabalan  89'		13', 90' Mohd Faiz Subri	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin

Kedah FA v NS Matrix

17 April 2015 8	Kedah FA	2 – 1	NS Matrix	Alor Setar
20:45	Chidi Edeh  12' Liridon Krasniqi  83'		76' Jean Alexandre	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

NS Matrix v Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

26 April 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  42' Jean Alexandre  61'		44' Nicolás Delmonte	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Kuala Lumpur FA v NS Matrix

1 May 2015 10	Kuala Lumpur FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	Paroi
20:45	Modibo Konte  59'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkefli

NS Matrix v Sabah FA

19 June 2015 11	NS Matrix	1 – 3	Sabah FA	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe  86'		6' Alto Linus  37' Joel Chianese  42' Abdoulaye Faye	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ahmad Tajudin Bin Mohd Yusof

Sabah FA v NS Matrix

22 June 2015 12	Sabah FA	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Kota Kinabalu
21:15	Éamon Zayed  23' El Hadji Diouf  79'		34' Azizi Matt Rose  63' Bruno Martelotto	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

NS Matrix v DRB-Hicom F.C.

26 June 2015 13	NS Matrix	1 – 0	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Paroi
22:00	N. Thanabalan  17'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: S. Jayaraman

UiTM F.C. v NS Matrix

3 July 2015 14	UiTM F.C.	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Paroi
22:00	Dao Bakary  20' (pen.) Abdi Kassim  25'		40' (pen.) Francis Doe  86' Rezal Zambery Yahya	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

NS Matrix v Putrajaya SPA F.C.

7 July 2015 15	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe  39'		73' Raja Mohd Hafillah Raja Mamat	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 420 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

NS Matrix v Kuantan FA

31 July 2015 16	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kuantan FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  49', 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 576 Referee: Ahmad Fareez Mat Suburi

T–Team F.C. v NS Matrix

4 August 2015 17	T–Team F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Kuala Terengganu
20:45	Muhamad Zulhanizam Shafine  67'		59' Francis Doe	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Mohamad

NS Matrix v PKNS F.C.

7 August 2015 18	NS Matrix	1 – 2	PKNS F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  25'	750	45' Gonzalo Soto  74' Gabriel Guerra	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Muhammad Firdaus Ibrahim

Penang FA v NS Matrix

11 August 2015 19	Penang FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	George Town
20:45	Mohd Faiz Subri  5'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Zulkarnain Bin Zakaria

NS Matrix v Kedah FA

14 August 2015 20	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kedah FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  73' N. Thanabalan  83'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan

Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. v NS Matrix

18 August 2015 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	0 – 0	NS Matrix	Pasir Gudang
20:45				Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

NS Matrix v Kuala Lumpur FA

21 August 2015 22	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Kuala Lumpur FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad  52' Azizi Matt Rose  79'		68' Choi Hyun-yeon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

¹Match delayed due to bad weather.

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

NS Matrix v UiTM F.C.

27 February 2015 First round	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  21', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 3,504 Referee: Azman Jamaluddin

NS Matrix v Penang FA

17 March 2015 Second round	NS Matrix	1 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad  3'		13' Beto Gonçalves  80' Lee Kil-hoon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,066 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup

Play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss

ATM FA v NS Matrix

25 August 2015 Play-off	ATM FA	3 – 0	NS Matrix	Selayang
20:45	Abdulafees Abdulsalam  13', 62' Abdul Shukur Jusoh  38'			Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan

Statistics

Top Scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Francis Forkey Doe	17	2	0	19
2	FW	8	Shahrizal Saad	4	1	0	5
3	DF	4	Jean Alexandre	3	0	0	3
	MF	33	Thanabalan Nadarajah	3	0	0	3
4	DF	2	Azizi Matt Rose	2	0	0	2
5	MF	12	G. Puaneswaran	1	0	0	1
	MF	16	S. Sivanesan	1	0	0	1
	MF	23	Rezal Zambery Yahya	1	0	0	1
	MF	10	Bruno Martelotto	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
TOTALS				33	3	0	36

Disciplinary Record

J	Pos	Nat.	Player	Premier League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Total			Notes
9	FW		Francis Forkey Doe	4			1						5
7	MF		Ahmad Fauzi Saari	3		1	1						4		1
15	MF		Kim Jin-yong	4									4
23	MF		Rezal Zambery Yahya	3									3
4	DF		Jean-Marc Alexandre	3									3
17	MF		Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	3									3
3	DF		Mohd Fauzi Nan	3									3
12	MF		G. Puaneswaran	2			1						3
10	MF		Bruno Martelotto	2									2
8	FW		Shahrizal Saad	2									2
11	FW		Rudie Ramli	1									1
33	MF		Thanabalan Nadarajah	1									1
21	DF		Irwan Fadzli Idrus	1									1
6	DF		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	1									1
16	MF		S. Sivanesan	1									1
2	DF		Azizi Matt Rose	1									1
5	DF		Mohd Fazliata Taib	1									1

References