2017 Sarawak FA season

The 2017 season was Sarawak's 13th season in club history and 5th season in the Liga Super since being promoted in 2014.[1]

Sarawak

2017 season
President	Abdullah Julaihi
Manager	Pengiran Bala (from 14 July 2017)
Stadium	Stadium Negeri
Liga Super	Relegated
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Piala FA	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Mateo Roskam (9 goals) All: Mateo Roskam (13 goals)
Highest home attendance	8,011 vs Pahang (4 February 2017)
Lowest home attendance	761 vs Terengganu (18 July 2017)
Average home league attendance	17,051

Season Summary

After few seasons battle with bottom half finished, Bujang Senang finally bid farewell to the top flight after relegated. Bottom teams fate need to be decided until final day of the season. Kelantan did the great escape by winning 3-1 in Melaka thus secured 3 points to avoid relegation, meanwhilst Sarawak goalless draw with T Team saw the team down to Liga Perdana next term. Due to new rules and regulation regarding the FAM & AFC{{clarify{What is FAM & AFC?|date=October 2019}} license requirement,[2] Sarawak and Penang alongside Felda United and T-Team altogether 4 teams relegated to premier league for 2018.

Which saw Negeri Sembilan and PKNP promoted to 2018 super league replacing demoted T-team and Felda united. After Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu advanced as 2017 premier league winners and runners up. By following the AFC, FAM rules and condition Terengganu and T Team later rebrand as Terengganu FC II are disallowed to compete in same league/division since they acted as reserve team/feeder team to Terengganu FC I. The same law applied to JDT I and JDT II where they need to plays in different division to avoid matchfixing or conflict of interest.

Sarawak had bright campaign in FA Cup by trashing Misc Mifa 6-3 in second round, beating Perlis 2-1 in away fixture before drawn with Terengganu in quarterfinal, which saw them tied 2-2 on aggregate, only to be separated by penalty shoot out 4-1 win to the east coast team which saw Terengganu advanced to semi final against Kedah, eventual winner.

Dismal draw in Malaysia cup when Sarawak had to face 2 giants, JDT and Selangor, against with Terengganu in a group stage. Ngap sayot finished the group as expected in 3rd position with later winner, JDT and Selangor advanced to the next round.

Highlight of the season

Sarawak welcoming the arrival of Demerson Bruno, the survival of Chapecoense team that scheduled to play in Copa Sudamericana final unfortunately involved in air disaster. Mark Hartmann also scored a wonderful goal against Misc Mifa during FA cup match that resemble to Papiss Cisse wonder goal against Chelsea in 2012, local crowd nominated that goal for Puskas Award but nothing further action were taken. Thus denying second consecutive time for Malaysia to win the award after Faiz Subri achievement.

Background information

Sarawak had their eyes on a promising season with transfers such as Mateo Roskam and Demerson coming to help aid them in reaching the top half of the table after the previous season's unimpressive 8th place ranking.

Competitions

Overview

Competition	Record
	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Liga Super	22	4	6	12	20	35	−15	018.18
FA Cup	4	2	2	0	10	6	+4	050.00
Malaysia Cup	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	016.67
Total	32	7	10	15	36	53	−17	021.88

Source: Competitions

Liga Super

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	Melaka United	22	6	6	10	33	46	−13	24
9	T–Team (R)	22	7	5	10	30	45	−15	23[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to Premier League
10	Kelantan	22	7	4	11	31	39	−8	22[lower-alpha 2]
11	Sarawak (R)	22	5	6	11	24	34	−10	21	Relegation to Premier League
12	Penang (R)	22	3	3	16	16	43	−27	12

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

1. 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.
2. 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.

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

T-Team v Sarawak

21 January 2017 (2017-01-21) 1	T-Team	1–1	Sarawak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Hakim  50'	Report	Roskam  80'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 1,763 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Kedah v Sarawak

27 January 2017 (2017-01-27) 2	Kedah	3–2	Sarawak	Alor Setar, Kedah
21:00 UTC+8	Baddrol  22' Mendonça  71' Syazwan  72'	Report	Hartmann  10' Tommy  26'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Sarawak v Pahang

4 February 2017 (2017-02-04) 3	Sarawak	0–1	Pahang	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Dike  24'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 8,011 Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

Penang v Sarawak

11 February 2017 (2017-02-11) 4	Penang	0–1	Sarawak	Batu Kawan, Penang
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Hartmann  72'	Stadium: Penang State Stadium Attendance: 4,946 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Sarawak v Melaka United

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

PKNS v Sarawak

25 February 2017 6	PKNS	2−3	Sarawak	Shah Alam, Selangor
16:45 UTC+8	Espíndola  55' Khairul  90+3'	Report	Roskam  18' Hartmann  60' Hafiz  63'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 1,007 Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Sarawak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

28 February 2017 (2017-02-28) 7	Sarawak	0–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Cabrera  9', 70'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 6,153 Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

FELDA United v Sarawak

4 March 2017 8	FELDA United	2−0	Sarawak	Jengka, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Cano  53' Hadin  70'	Report		Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 1,552 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Selangor v Sarawak

8 March 2017 9	Selangor	2−1	Sarawak	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Astafei  22' Doe  49'	Report	Roskam  83'	Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Attendance: 2,928 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

Sarawak v Perak

15 April 2017 10	Sarawak	3−3	Perak	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Roskam  9' Hairol  22' Rahim  50'	Report	Toski  17' Hafiz  20' Hadi  73'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,465 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

Sarawak v Kelantan

26 April 2017 11	Sarawak	0−0	Kelantan	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,596 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Sarawak v Selangor

9 May 2017 12	Sarawak	1−1	Selangor	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Roskam  33'	Report	Rizal Fahmi  44'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,185 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

Perak v Sarawak

24 May 2017 13	Perak	0−0	Sarawak	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,350 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Kelantan v Sarawak

1 July 2017 14	Kelantan	0−2	Sarawak	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Demerson  22' Roskam  35'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 1,251 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Sarawak v FELDA United

11 July 2017 15	Sarawak	1−3	FELDA United	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Alif  70'	Report	Fernandes  10', 35', 55'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,497 Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sarawak

15 July 2017 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3−1	Sarawak	Larkin, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Ghaddar  12', 75' Safawi  78'	Report	Sahil  64'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 10,126 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Sarawak v PKNS

22 July 2017 17	Sarawak	0−1	PKNS	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Alif  69'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,211++ Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Melaka United v Sarawak

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

Sarawak v Penang

5 August 2017 19	Sarawak	2−0	Penang	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Alif  51' Kamaruddin  72'	Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,214 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Pahang v Sarawak

20 September 2017 20	Pahang	3−0	Sarawak	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 UTC+8	Kogileswaran Raj  23' Jayaseelan  28', 42'	Report		Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 944 Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

Sarawak v Kedah

27 September 2017 21	Sarawak	4−2	Kedah	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Shamie  54' Roskam  59', 64' Hairol  77'	Report	Ilsø  9' Baddrol  45+2'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,162 Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

Sarawak v T-Team

28 October 2017 22	Sarawak	0−0	T-Team	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,009 Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Source: Fixtures / Result

FA Cup

Main article: 2017 Malaysia FA Cup

  Win   Draw   Loss

Knock-out stage

Sarawak v MIFA

14 February 2017 Round of 32	Sarawak	6−3	MIFA	Kuching, Sarawak
21:00 UTC+8	Hartmann  12', 60', 81' Roskam  24', 38' Ronny  33'	Report	Ooi  57' Ijezie , 70' (pen.), 78' (pen.)	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,798 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Perlis v Sarawak

11 March 2017 Round of 16	Perlis	1−2	Sarawak	Kangar, Perlis
16:15 UTC+8	Oh  49'	Report	Rahim  26' Hartmann  35'	Stadium: Tuanku Syed Putra Stadium Attendance: 1,033 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Quarter-finals

Terengganu v Sarawak

1 April 2017 First Leg	Terengganu	1−1	Sarawak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Falcone  21'	Report	Lee Jong-ho  53'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Sarawak v Terengganu

21 April 2017 Second Leg	Sarawak	1−1 (a.e.t.) (2−2 agg.) (1−4 p)	Terengganu	Petra Jaya, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Demerson  80'	Report	Issey Nakajima-Farran  9'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 4,527 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed
	Penalties
	Mateo Demerson Shreen		Issey Falcone Lazaro Parthiban

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		JDT	SGR	SWK	TRG
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	4	1	1	16	4	+12	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	3–1	4–0	5–0
2	Selangor	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10			3–2	—	1–2	1–1
3	Sarawak	6	1	2	3	6	12	−6	5			0–2	1–2	—	0–0
4	Terengganu	6	0	4	2	6	12	−6	4			0–0	2–3	3–3	—

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

  Win   Draw   Loss

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Sarawak

4 July 2017 Group stage	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4−0	Sarawak	Larkin, Johor
21:00 UTC+8	Marcos António  12' Guerra  27' (pen.), 73' Insa  84'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 13,285 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajuddin

Sarawak v Selangor

8 July 2017 Group stage	Sarawak	1−2	Selangor	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8	Shreen  82'	Report	Forkey Doe  39' Dzulazlan  64' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Sarawak v Terengganu

18 July 2017 Group stage	Sarawak	0−0	Terengganu	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 761 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Sarawak v Johor Darul Ta'zim

29 July 2017 Group stage	Sarawak	0−2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuching, Sarawak
20:15 UTC+8		Report	Ghaddar  41' Safiq  76'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 1,102 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Selangor v Sarawak

2 August 2017 Group stage	Selangor	1−2	Sarawak	Selayang, Selangor
21:00 UTC+8	Ukah  37'	Report	Roskam  52' Raičković  65'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 1,721 Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Terengganu v Sarawak

9 September 2017 Group stage	Terengganu	3−3	Sarawak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Nakajima-Farran  22' Kipré  29', 43'	Report	Roskam  35' Rahim  61' Raičković  84'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 543 Referee: Fitri Maskon

Statistics

Appearances

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

No.	Pos.	Name	Liga Super	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	GK	Florian Rison	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Ronny Harun	15	3	2	20
3	DF	Demerson	19	3	3	25
6	DF	Izray Roslan	1 (3)	0	1	2 (3)
7	MF	Shamie Iszuan	11 (5)	0	3 (2)	14 (7)
8	MF	Tommy Mawat Bada	21	3	4	28
9	FW	Mateo Roskam	21	3	2 (1)	26 (1)
11	MF	Hafiz Abu Bakar	1 (9)	1 (2)	1 (1)	3 (12)
12	DF	Ramesh Lai	14 (1)	2 (1)	4	20 (2)
13	DF	Dzulazlan Ibrahim	19	3	2 (1)	24 (1)
14	DF	Najmuddin	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Shahrol Saperi	5 (1)	1 (1)	2 (1)	8 (3)
17	DF	Hairol Mokhtar	9+1)	1	4	14 (1)
18	GK	Zul Mohi	0	0	0	0
20	MF	Shreen Tambi	8 (7)	0 (2)	1 (2)	9 (11)
21	GK	Aidil Mohamad	3	1	2	6
22	DF	Mazwandi	11 (1)	1	2	14 (1)
23	MF	Dalglish	1 (3)	1 (1)	0 (1)	2 (5)
24	DF	Dzulfadli Marajeh	0	0	0	0
25	GK	Shahril Saa'ri	19	2	4	25
26	MF	Alif Hassan	7 (4)	0	3 (2)	10 (6)
27	FW	Hafis Saperi	0 (1)	0	3	3 (1)
28	MF	Kamaruddin Bohan	6 (3)	1 (1)	3 (1)	10 (5)
29	FW	Alexander Jerome	0	0	0	0
30	MF	Rahim Razak	9 (10)	2	5 (2)	16 (12)
32	DF	Jimmy Raymond	2 (1)	0	3	5 (1)
34	FW	Azizi Ramlee	0	0	0 (2)	0 (2)
35	DF	Rodney Akwensivie	4 (2)	0	4	8 (2)
51	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	8+2)	0	3 (1)	11 (3)
52	MF	Miloš Raičković	10	0	5 (1)	15 (1)
Players who left the club in mid transfer window or on loan
10	FW	Mark Hartmann	9 (3)	3	0	12 (3)
19	MF	Lee Jong-ho	9 (1)	2 (1)	0	11 (2)

Top scorers

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Pos	Liga Super	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	9	Mateo Roskam	FW	9	2	2	13
2	10	Mark Hartmann	FW	3	4	0	7
3	30	Rahim Razak	MF	1	1	1	3
4	3	Demerson	DF	1	1	0	2
	8	Tommy Mawat Bada	MF	2	0	0	2
	17	Hairol Mokhtar	DF	2	0	0	2
	26	Alif Hassan	MF	2	0	0	2
	52	Miloš Raičković	MF	0	0	2	2
9	2	Ronny Harun	DF	0	1	0	1
	7	Shamie Iszuan	MF	1	0	0	1
	11	Hafiz Abu Bakar	MF	1	0	0	1
	20	Shreen Tambi	MF	0	0	1	1
	28	Kamaruddin Bohan	MF	1	0	0	1
	51	Sahil Suhaimi	FW	1	0	0	1
Total				24	9	6	39

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

Clean sheets

Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017

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

Rnk	No.	Player	Liga Super	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	25	Shahril Saa'ri	6	0	0	6
2	21	Aidil Mohamad	0	0	1	1
Total			6	0	1	7

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.[3]

In

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
November 2016	GK	Aidil Mohamad	Mukah
November 2016	GK	Zul Mohi	Kuching
November 2016	DF	Izray Roslan	Kuching
November 2016	FW	Hafiz Abu Bakar	Kuching
November 2016	DF	Najmudin	Sarikei
November 2016	MF	Azizi Ramlee	Youth team
November 2016	FW	Rahim Razak	Youth team
November 2016	FW	Mark Hartmann	Geylang
November 2016	FW	Lee Jong-ho	Svay Rieng
15 January 2017	FW	Mateo Roskam	Sime Darby
15 January 2017	FW	Demerson	Chapecoense

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred From
June 2017	MF	Miloš Raičković	Budućnost Podgorica
June 2017	FW	Sahil Suhaimi	Tampines Rovers

Out

First window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
November 2016	DF	Thanaraj	Unattached
November 2016	DF	Riduwan Ma'on	Unattached
November 2016	MF	Gurusamy	PKNS
November 2016	MF	Akmal Noor	MOF
November 2016	MF	Júnior	Unattached
November 2016	FW	Syahrul Azwari	Johor Darul Ta'zim II
November 2016	FW	Partiban	Terengganu
November 2016	GK	Iqbal Suhaimi	Unattached
December 2016	DF	Teah Dennis Jr.	BYC
January 2017	FW	Gilmar	Caxias do Sul
9 February 2017	FW	Ndumba Makeche	Bali United

Second window

Date	Pos	Player	Transferred To
June 2017	FW	Mark Hartmann	Penang
June 2017	FW	Lee Jong-ho	Unattached

References

1. "Transfer summary: Sarawak FA 2017". sarawakcrocs.com. 8 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 August 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
2. https://asiancorrespondent.com/2017/09/football-seven-12-malaysia-super-league-clubs-granted-license-compete-2018/#8FE34AgAIlYDlir7.97
3. "Senarai Rumours Dan Perpindahan Pemain Liga Malaysia 2017". Blogger Bola Malaysia. Retrieved 1 March 2017.