2015 Perak FA season

The 2015 season was Perak's 12th consecutive season in the Malaysian Super League.

Perak

2015 season
President	Zainol Fadzi Paharudin
Manager	Azhar Ahmad
Head Coach	Vjeran Simunić (until 1 January) M. Karathu (from 1 January)
Stadium	Perak Stadium
Super League	8th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Charles Souza Chad Namkung Woong (9) All: Namkung Woong (13)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Background

On September 16, Croatian coach Vjeran Simunic was named as new head coach,[1] replacing Abu Bakar Fadzim who managed to steer Perak clear of relegation with the help of technical director Karlheinz Weigang, who was himself appointed mid-season.[2]

The official 2015 squad was named on December 4. Some of the notable signings included Malaysian international Bobby Gonzales and former Harimau Muda A goalkeeper Mohd Zamir Selamat. Of the foreign players from the previous season, only Marco Tulio was retained. The remaining foreign player slots were filled by Charles Souza Chad and Thiago Junior Aquino. Namkung Woong was named to fill the Asian foreign player quota despite rumours linking Mohd Shahrazen Said.[3]

On December 31, Simunic was officially replaced by M. Karathu, without having ever taken charge in an official match.[4]

Players

First team squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Syazani Puat		GK
18	Zamir Selamat		GK
22	Azizon Abdul Kadir		GK
Defenders
2	Azmizi Azmi		RB, LB
5	Muhd Arif Ismail		CB, LB
6	Syazwan Roslan		RB, CB
15	Idris Ahmad		CB, LB
17	Tuah Iskandar Jamaluddin		RB
21	Sumardi Hajalan		LB
24	Hisyamudin Sha'ari		CB, RB
26	Thiago Junio		CB
—	Rafiq Faeez Fuad		RB, CB
Midfielders
4	Mohd Nasir Basharuddin (captain)		CM, DM
7	Hafiz Ramdan		LM, LW
11	Ridzuan Azly Hussham		RM, RW
12	Vikneswaren a/l Sarkunanan		RM, RW, RB
13	Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid		CM
16	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan		LM, LW
19	Namkung Woong		AM, CM, ST
20	Marco Tulio Lopes Silva		AM, CM, LM
25	Norhakim Isa		CM
35	Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri		RM, LM, RW, LW
36	Horace James		AM
—	Mohd Faizal Mansor		LM, LB
Forwards
8	Hamizul Izaidi Zulkifli		ST
9	Bobby Gonzales		ST
10	Charles Souza Chad		ST
23	Haris Safwan Kamal		ST

Pre-season And Friendlies

Perak v Kedah

15 Dec 2014 Friendly	Perak	1–2	Kedah	Stadium Perak, Ipoh
20:45 UTC+08:00	Charles Souza Chad  7'		Keith Nah  49, 62'

Kedah v Perak

30 Dec 2014 Friendly	Kedah	1–1	Perak	Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
20:45 UTC+08:00	Keith Nah  28'		Namkung Woong  68'

Competitions

Super League

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	PDRM	22	11	2	9	42	39	+3	35
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

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

1. LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Perak v Sime Darby

7 February 2015 1	Perak	2–0	Sime Darby	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Nurridzuan  29' Namkung  86'	Report	Dragičević  58'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

ATM v Perak

14 February 2015 2	ATM	0–2	Perak	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00		Report	Nasir  21' Nurridzuan  53'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Perak v LionsXII

21 February 2015 3	Perak	2–2	LionsXII	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Chad  27' Namkung  48'		Khairul Amri  3' Firdaus Kasman  67'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Perak v Kelantan

6 March 2015 4	Perak	0–0	Kelantan	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Perak v PDRM

14 March 2015 5	Perak	1–3	PDRM	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Nurridzuan  47'	Report	Traore  48, 61' Ezrie  56'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Felda United v Perak

4 April 2015 6	Felda United	1–4	Perak	Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00	Edward Junior  47'	Report	Chad  6, 50, 90+3' Namkung  82'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 4,525 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Perak v Terengganu

14 March 2015 7	Perak	2–3	Terengganu	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Namkung  21' Chad  82'	Report	Bikana  64' Ismail  75' Helmi  85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Perak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

24 April 2015 8	Perak	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Kamara (o.g.)  50' Chad  56'	Report	Aidil  27'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Selangor v Perak

2 May 2015 9	Selangor	1–2	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00	de Paula  19'	Report	Namkung  45+3' Nurridzuan  62'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 17,884 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

Pahang v Perak

5 May 2015 10	Pahang	1–0	Perak	Kuantan, Pahang
20:45 UTC+08:00	Conti  71'	Report		Stadium: Darulmakmur Stadium Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Sarawak v Perak

20 June 2015 11	Sarawak	1–1	Perak	Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Griffiths  60'	Report	Namkung  58'	Stadium: Sarawak Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Perak v Sarawak

23 June 2015 12	Perak	3–1	Sarawak	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Chad  12, 33' Namkung  60'	Report	Mehmet  58'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Sime Darby v Perak

27 June 2015 13	Sime Darby	1–3	Perak	Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00	Perovic  18'	Report	James  30' Chad  45+1' Nasir  75'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 2,317 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Perak v ATM

4 July 2015 14	Perak	2–1	ATM	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Nurridzuan  22' Namkung  66'	Report	Venice Elphi  42'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Lismotia Mohem Tisan

LionsXII v Perak

8 July 2015 15	LionsXII	2–1	Perak	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
20:45 UTC+08:00	Hafiz  45' Safuwan  52'		Namkung  12'	Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Kelantan v Perak

1 August 2015 16	Kelantan	1–0	Perak	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00	Wan Zack  72'			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 6,343 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

PDRM v Perak

5 August 2015 17	PDRM	3–2	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00	Ali Ashfaq  11, 68' Traore  58'		Thiago Junio  90+2' James  90+4'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Perak v Felda United

8 August 2015 18	Perak	0–2	Felda United	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00			Shukor  60' Raffi Cohen  69'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

Terengganu v Perak

12 August 2015 19	Terengganu	2–1	Perak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00	Ismail  22' Nakajima-Farran  26'		Bobby  37'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

Perak v Pahang

15 August 2015 20	Perak	1–1	Pahang	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Bobby  69'		Hafiz  32'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Perak

19 August 2015 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–1	Perak	Larkin, Johor
20:45 UTC+08:00	Figueroa  44' Nazrin  47' Chanturu  66' Safiq  72'		Thiago Junio  60'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium

Perak v Selangor

22 August 2015 22	Perak	0–2	Selangor	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00			Hazwan  27' de Paula  70'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

FA Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

Shahzan Muda v Perak

28 February 2015 Round of 32	Shahzan Muda	1–3	Perak	Temerloh, Pahang
16:15 UTC+08:00	Sukri Jaafar  28'		Namkung  5', 48' Tulio  45+1'	Stadium: Temerloh Mini Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Ramli Mat Dahlan

Perak v T-Team

17 March 2015 Round of 16	Perak	2–1	T-Team	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00	Namkung  17', 32'		Tadjiyev  15'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Quarter-finals

Terengganu v Perak

7 April 2015 First Leg	Terengganu	1–1	Perak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00	Ismail  57' Rangel  90+5' (pen.)		Zubir  45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 8,782 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Perak v Terengganu

21 April 2015 Second Leg	Perak	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Terengganu	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00			Rangel  21' Nakajima-Farran  56'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2015 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts			JDT	SAR	ATM	PER
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	18	3	+15	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Sarawak	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8			0–3	—	1–0	1–0
3	ATM	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7			2–3	2–2	—	4–3
4	Perak	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3			1–2	1–0	0–2	—

Source: FAM Astro Arena

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Perak

11 September 2015 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Perak	Johor Bahru, Johor
20:45 UTC+8	Safee  17' Chanturu  23'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 18,710 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

Perak v Sarawak

19 September 2015 2	Perak	1–0	Sarawak	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8	Bobby  63'	Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Perak v ATM

26 September 2015 3	Perak	0–2	ATM	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8		Report	Pelacios  40' Venice  89'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

Sarawak v Perak

17 October 2015 4	Sarawak	1–0	Perak	Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC+8	J. Partiban  35'	Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 0 [5] Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Perak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

4 November 2015 5	Perak	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8	Chad  29'	Report	Amri  37' Safee  45+2'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

ATM v Perak

8 November 2015 6	ATM	4–3	Perak	Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+8	Karlović  12', 59' Norfazly  32' Abdulafees  36'	Report	Khairil Anuar  45' Chad Souza  63', 88'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 360 Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From
GK	Azizon Abdul Kadir	PDRM
GK	Zamir Selamat	PKNS
DF	Azmizi Azmi	Kedah
DF	Arif Ismail	Sime Darby
DF	Thiago Junio	Đồng Nai
DF	Sumardi Hajalan	Negeri Sembilan
DF	Faizal Mansor	PBAPP
MF	Namkung Woong	Kedah
MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	Harimau Muda A
ST	Charles Chad	PDRM
ST	Bobby Gonzales	PDRM
ST	Haris Safwan Kamal	Felda United

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To
GK	Razi Effendi Suhit	ATM
GK	Muhd Fitry Kamal Ariffin	Kuantan
GK	Mohd Nor Haziq Aris	PKNS
DF	Mohd Fazli Zulkifli	Unattached
DF	Mohd Norhizwan Hassan	Kuantan
DF	Noor Hazrul Mustafa	Kelantan
DF	Azmeer Yusof	ATM
DF	Hassan Daher	Unattached
MF	Yoganathan a/l Munusamy	Sabah FA
MF	Mohammad Hardi Jaafar	Unattached
MF	Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran	Sarawak
MF	Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal	Sarawak
MF	Mohd Hidayat Amaruddin	UiTM
ST	Razali Umar Kandasamy	Unattached
MF	Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli	Melaka United
MF	Mohamed Faridzuan Yusuf	UiTM
ST	Shahrizal Saad	Negeri Sembilan
ST	Abdulafees Abdulsalam	ATM
ST	Milan Purović	Kuantan

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	MF	19	Namkung Woong	9	4	0	13
2	FW	10	Charles Souza Chad	9	0	3	12
3	MF	16	Nurridzuan	5	0	0	5
4	MF	4	Nasir Basharudin	2	1	0	3
	ST	9	Bobby Gonzales	2	0	1	3
6	DF	26	Thiago Junio	2	0	0	2
	MF	36	Horace James	2	0	0	2
8	ST	20	Marco Tulio	0	1	0	1
	MF	35	Khairil Anuar	0	0	1	1
#	Own goals			1	0	0	1
Total				32	6	5	43

Updated to match played 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

References

1. "Perak name Vjeran Simunic as new head coach". Goal.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
2. "Weigang returns to Perak as technical advisor". Goal.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
3. "Perak FA announce official squad list for 2015". Fourth Official. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
4. "Perak appoint Datuk M Karathu as new head coach". Fourth Official. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
5. "TM PIALA MALAYSIA: SARAWAK BERTEMU PERAK TANPA PENONTON DI STADIUM KUCHING". New Straits Times (in Malay). 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.