2017 Sabah FA season

Sabah
2017 season
President	Musa Aman
Manager	Juil Nuatim
Head Coach	Steve Vilmiaire ; (until 21 March 2017); Jelius Ating ; (from 21 March 2017)
Stadium	Likas Stadium
Liga Premier	7th
Piala FA	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Rodoljub Paunović (6); All: ; Rodoljub Paunović (6)
Highest home attendance	4,100 vs Negeri Sembilan; (1 April 2017)[1]
Lowest home attendance	800 vs Terengganu; (5 May 2017)[2]; 800 vs MOF; (11 March 2017)
Average home league attendance	1,722
Home colours	Away colours

The 2017 season was Sabah's 5th competitive season in the second tier of Malaysian football, Liga Premier after relegated in the 2012 Liga Super.

Squad information

First team squad

As of 27 October 2017.[3][4]

No.	Name	Position(s)	Date of Birth (Age)	Games	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mohd Sakri Masri	GK	(1997-08-05) 5 August 1997	0	0
22	Robson Rendy Rining	GK	(1993-03-05) 5 March 1993	2	0
30	Rozaimie Rohim	GK	(1984-11-06) 6 November 1984	22	0
Defenders
3	Rawilson Batuil (captain)	CB	(1994-04-29) 29 April 1994	20	2
4	Dendy Lowa	CB	(1992-05-31) 31 May 1992	9	0
5	Igor Čerina	CB	(1988-10-10) 10 October 1988	11	1
11	Alto Linus	RB	(1986-09-25) 25 September 1986	15	0
14	Jenius Karib	LB	(1993-03-27) 27 March 1993	14	0
15	Randy Baruh	RB	(1995-06-19) 19 June 1995	11	0
16	Azlan Zainal	CB / DM	(1986-04-16) 16 April 1986	2	0
25	Francis Kasonde	CB / RB / DM	(1986-09-01) 1 September 1986	9	0
38	Evan Wensley ^U19	CB	1995	1	0
Midfielders
8	Azzizan Nordin (vice-captain)	CM	(1994-07-03) 3 July 1994	15	0
9	Lee Kil-Hoon	AM / DM / CM	(1983-03-06) 6 March 1983	10	5
10	Masaya Jitozono	AM	(1989-09-06) 6 September 1989	11	2
13	Heo Jae-Nyeong	DM / CM	(1992-05-14) 14 May 1992	7	0
18	Saliun Mastar	CM / LB	(1995-10-14) 14 October 1995	4	0
19	Ummareng Bacok	RW	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994	21	1
20	Ricco Nigel Milus	CM	(1993-12-21) 21 December 1993	13	0
21	Radzi Mohd Hussin	CM	(1986-06-12) 12 June 1986	0	0
24	Sofiane Choubani	AM / RW / LW	(1990-03-29) 29 March 1990	7	3
27	Sabri Sahar	RW / LW	(1992-09-01) 1 September 1992	22	2
28	Mohd Azwan Abdul Fattah	LW	(1994-01-08) 8 January 1994	1	0
31	O'Neil Shanahan Marcellinus Bungkilan ^U21	LM / LW	(1996-02-04) 4 February 1996	2	0
Forwards
7	Jonathan Béhé	ST	(1989-01-13) 13 January 1989	7	3
10	Rodoljub Paunović	ST	(1985-06-20) 20 June 1985	9	6
17	Leopold Alphonso	ST	(1991-06-09) 9 June 1991	17	1
23	Maxius Musa	ST	(1993-05-21) 21 May 1993	18	4
26	Rahman Shah Marajeh	ST	(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996	8	2
35	Hamran Peter ^U21	ST	(1997-06-06) 6 June 1997	8	1

* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season
* U21 = Under-21 player

Transfers

First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.[5]

In

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
November 2016	RW / LW	Sabri Sahar	Negeri Sembilan
November 2016	CM / LB	Saliun Mastar	Youth team
1 January 2017	ST	Jonathan Béhé	Warriors
1 January 2017	AM	Masaya Jitozono	Albirex Niigata
1 January 2017	LB	Sumardi Hajalan	Perlis
2 January 2017	AM / RW / LW	Sofiane Choubani	UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole
17 January 2017	CB / DM	Azlan Zainal	Kuala Lumpur

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
18 May 2017	DM / CM	Heo Jae-Nyeong	Muangthong United
19 May 2017	AM / DM / CM	Lee Kil-Hoon	Dreams Sports Club
2 June 2017	ST	Rodoljub Paunović	Iskra Danilovgrad
5 June 2017	CB / RB / DM	Francis Kasonde	Power Dynamos

Out

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
November 2016	GK	Aldrian J. Agus	KDMM
November 2016	LB / LM	Julamri Muhammad	PDRM
November 2016	CB	Mohd Badrul Afendy Mohd Fadzli	Petaling Jaya Rangers
November 2016	RW / LW	Rexjeson Pitrus	KDMM
November 2016	ST	Everton Souza Santos	Unattached
November 2016	MF	Shafuan Adli Shaari	Terengganu City
November 2016	CM / AM	Felexsius Amil	KDMM
November 2016	CM	Muhd Azrie Basalie	Unattached
November 2016	ST	Shafie Talib	KDMM
November 2016	AM / CM	Stuart Wark	Felda United
November 2016	ST	Muamer Salibašić	Zvijezda

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
6 June 2017	AM	Masaya Jitozono	Nongbua Pitchaya
9 June 2017	ST	Jonathan Béhé	Negeri Sembilan
29 July 2017	AM / RW / LW	Sofiane Choubani	JSM Skikda

Competitions

Liga Premier

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
5	Negeri Sembilan	22	11	8	3	37	24	+13	41	Promotion to Super League
6	UiTM	22	9	6	7	44	30	+14	33
7	Sabah	22	9	3	10	33	38	−5	30
8	PDRM	22	7	4	11	36	41	−5	25
9	Kuantan	22	5	1	16	41	64	−23	16

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

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	W	W	D	W	W	L	W
Position	12	12	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7

Updated to match(es) played on 27 October 2017. Source: SPMB
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Win Draw Loss

20 January 2017 (2017-01-20) 1	Negeri Sembilan	3–0	Sabah	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
21:00 UTC+8	Suzuki 15', 25', 39'	Report		Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,606 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

26 January 2017 (2017-01-26) 2	Sabah	1–2	Kuala Lumpur	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Čerina 20'	Report	Nicolás 30' Guilherme 88'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

3 February 2017 (2017-02-03) 3	Perlis	1–3	Sabah	Kangar, Perlis
16:45 UTC+8	Shahrizal 85'	Report	Béhé 31' Maxsius 56', 65'	Stadium: Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Jefri Zolkefli

10 February 2017 (2017-02-10) 4	Sabah	2–5	ATM	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Béhé 27' Rawilson 51'	Report	Smolyachenko 3', 77', 90+2' Rafizol 13', 86'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,200 Referee: Ahmad Fareez Mat Suburi

17 February 2017 (2017-02-17) 5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–0	Sabah	Pasir Gudang, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Hadi Fayyadh 50'	Report		Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 2,549 Referee: Ismail Asib Md Amin

15 March 2017 (2017-03-15) 6	MISC-MIFA	3–1	Sabah	Petaling, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Bodric 6', 39' Ijezie 15'	Report	Choubani 49'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 7	Sabah	2–3	UiTM	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Ummareng 26' Choubani 58'	Report	Čerina 24' (o.g.) Asnan Awal 28' Dong-hyun 50'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Helmi Ali

3 March 2017 (2017-03-03) 8	PKNP	1–1	Sabah	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8	Randy 31' (o.g.)	Report	Béhé 15'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,741 Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Muhammad

25 April 2017 (2017-04-25) 9	Sabah	1–3	PDRM	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Jitozono 39'	Report	Safuwan 16' Bakary 34' (pen.) Shahurain 68'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,300 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

7 April 2017 (2017-04-07) 10	Terengganu	2–0	Sabah	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Faiz 33' Lázaro 52'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

14 April 2017 (2017-04-14) 11	Sabah	2–1	Kuantan	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Rahman Shah 29' Maxius 61'	Report	Baranin 2'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

24 May 2017 (2017-05-24) 12	Kuantan	3–3	Sabah	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Malik 27', 67', 90+2'	Report	Maxsius 6' Leopold 45' Kil-Hoon 48'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 103 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

5 May 2017 (2017-05-05) 13	Sabah	2–1	Terengganu	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Hamran 83' Jitozono 90+2'	Report	Partiban 63'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

30 June 2017 (2017-06-30) 14	PDRM	0–1	Sabah	Krubong, Melaka
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Kil-Hoon 78'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

10 July 2017 (2017-07-10) 15	Sabah	1–3	PKNP	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Rahman Shah 70'	Report	Shahrel Fikri 22' Krjauklis 64' Sukri 87'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

14 July 2017 (2017-07-14) 16	UiTM	0–1	Sabah	Shah Alam, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Paunović 69'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Attendance: 335 Referee: Hamdan Awang

21 July 2017 (2017-07-21) 17	Sabah	2–1	MISC-MIFA	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Sabri 15', 27'	Report	Sherman 56'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Hasman Hissam Ansgari

25 July 2017 (2017-07-25) 18	Sabah	1–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Rawilson 32'	Report	Che Rashid 44'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,400 Referee: Muhd Nasrudin Tamrin

4 August 2017 (2017-08-04) 19	ATM	0–2	Sabah	Tanjung Malim, Perak
16:45 UTC+8		Report	Paunović 45+1' Jae-Nyeong 82'	Stadium: Proton City Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: P. Jeevanathan

19 September 2017 (2017-09-19) 20	Sabah	5−1	Perlis	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Paunović 34', 62' Lee Kil-Hoon 58' (pen.), 74', 88'	Report	Makeche 67'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,150 Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin

26 September 2017 (2017-09-26) 21	Kuala Lumpur	2–0	Sabah	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Guilherme 14', 55'	Report		Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 1,347 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

27 October 2017 (2017-10-27) 22	Sabah	2−1	Negeri Sembilan	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Paunović 39', 42'	Report	Fauzan 47'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,400 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Piala FA

Win Draw Loss

14 February 2017 (2017-02-14) 2nd Round	Sabah	1–0	UKM	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Čerina 14'	Report		Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

11 March 2017 (2017-03-11) 3rd Round	Sabah	4–2	MOF	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8	Rahman 5', 22' Sofiane 45+2' Ummareng 86'	Report	Farizal 9' Aikal 13'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

1 April 2017 (2017-04-01) Quarter-final 1	Sabah	0–1	Negeri Sembilan	Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Šimić 26'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 4,100 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

21 April 2017 (2017-04-21) Quarter-final 2	Negeri Sembilan	0–0 (1–0 agg.)	Sabah	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 20,736 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Statistics

Squad appearances

No.	Pos.	Name	Liga Premier	Piala FA	Total
1	GK	Mohd Sakri Masri	0	1	1
3	DF	Rawilson Batuil	20	3	23
4	DF	Dendy Lowa	9	2	11
5	DF	Igor Čerina	11	4	15
8	MF	Azzizan Nordin	15	2	17
9	MF	Lee Kil-Hoon	10	9	19
10	FW	Rodoljub Paunović	9	0	9
11	DF	Alto Linus	15	3	18
13	MF	Heo Jae-Nyeong	7	0	7
14	DF	Jenius Karib	14	3	17
15	DF	Randy Baruh Samson	11	3	14
16	DF	Azlan Zainal	2	0	2
17	FW	Leopold Alphonso	17	4	21
18	MF	Saliun Mastar	4	1	5
19	MF	Ummareng Bacok	21	4	25
20	MF	Ricco Nigel Milus	13	2	15
21	MF	Radzi Mohd Hussin	0	1	1
22	GK	Robson Rendy Rining	3	1	4
23	FW	Maxius Musa	18	3	21
25	DF	Francis Kasonde	9	0	9
26	FW	Rahman Shah Marajeh	8	3	11
27	MF	Sabri Sahar	22	4	26
28	MF	Mohd Azwan Abdul Fattah	1	0	1
30	GK	Rozaimie Rohim	21	2	23
31	FW	O'Neil Shanahan Marcellinus Bungkilan	2	0	2
35	FW	Hamran Peter	8	0	8
38	DF	Evan Wensley	1	0	1
Left club during season
7	FW	Jonathan Béhé	7	2	9
10	MF	Masaya Jitozono	11	4	15
24	MF	Sofiane Choubani	7	3	10

Last updated: 27 October 2017.
Source: SPMB

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga Premier	Piala FA	Total
1	FW	10	Rodoljub Paunović	6	0	6
2	MF	9	Lee Kil-Hoon	5	0	5
3	FW	23	Maxius Musa	4	0	4
3	FW	26	Rahman Shah Marajeh	2	2	4
5	FW	7	Jonathan Béhé	3	0	3
5	MF	24	Sofiane Choubani	2	1	3
7	DF	3	Rawilson Batuil	2	0	2
	DF	5	Igor Čerina	1	1	2
	MF	10	Masaya Jitozono	2	0	2
	MF	19	Ummareng Bacok	1	1	2
	MF	27	Sabri Sahar	2	0	2
12	FW	13	Heo Jae-Nyeong	1	0	1
	FW	17	Leopold Alphonso	1	0	1
	FW	35	Hamran Peter	1	0	1
Own goals			none	0	0	0
Total				33	5	38

* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season

Last updated: 27 October 2017.
Source: Liga Malaysia

Clean sheets

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Liga Premier	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	30	Rozaimie Rohim	3	0	0	3
Total			3	0	0	3

Last updated: 27 October 2017.
Source: Liga Malaysia

Summary

Games played	26 (22 Liga Premier) (4 Piala FA)
Games won	11 (9 Liga Premier) (2 Piala FA)
Games drawn	3 (2 Liga Premier) (1 Piala FA)
Games lost	11 (10 Liga Premier) (1 Piala FA)
Goals scored	38 (33 Liga Premier) (5 Piala FA)
Goals conceded	41 (38 Liga Premier) (3 Piala FA)
Goal difference	−11 (−13 Liga Premier) (+2 Piala FA)
Clean sheets	5 (3 Liga Premier) (2 Piala FA)
Yellow cards	49 (40 Liga Premier) (9 Piala FA)
Red cards	4 (4 Liga Premier)
Most appearances	Sabri Sahar (26 Appearances)
Top scorer	Rodoljub Paunović (6 goals)
Winning Percentage	Overall: 11/26 (42.30%)

Last updated: 27 October 2017.
Source: SPMB

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References

Report: Sabah 0 Negeri Sembilan 1; Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak, Retrieved 28 October 2017
Report: Sabah 2 Terengganu 1; Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak, Retrieved 28 October 2017
"Sabah FA squad 2017". sabahfa.blogspot.my. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
"Skuad Sabah FA dan jersi musim liga 2017". sabahup2date.blogspot.my. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
"Senarai Rumours Dan Perpindahan Pemain Liga Malaysia 2017". Blogger Bola Malaysia. Retrieved 1 March 2017.

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[1] Report: Sabah 0 Negeri Sembilan 1; Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak, Retrieved 28 October 2017

[2] Report: Sabah 2 Terengganu 1; Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Bolasepak, Retrieved 28 October 2017

[3] "Sabah FA squad 2017". sabahfa.blogspot.my. 1 July 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[4] "Skuad Sabah FA dan jersi musim liga 2017". sabahup2date.blogspot.my. 1 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

[5] "Senarai Rumours Dan Perpindahan Pemain Liga Malaysia 2017". Blogger Bola Malaysia. Retrieved 1 March 2017.