2016 Sarawak FA season

Sarawak

2016 season
President	Posa Majais
Manager	Abdullah Julaihi
Head Coach	David Usop
Stadium	Sarawak State Stadium (Capacity: 26,000)
Liga Super	8th
Piala FA	Second round
Piala Malaysia	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Ndumba Makeche (10) All: Ndumba Makeche (12)
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The 2016 season was Sarawak's 4th season in Liga Super the top tier of Malaysian football since being promoted in 2014. Another gloomy season campaign for Bujang Senang after another trophy drought years. With improvement in league position by finishing 8th compared to previous season, but failed in both cup competitions, loss to Perak 3–1 in FA cup and finished bottom of the group in Malaysia Cup with later Champions, Kedah as group winner and behind feeder team, T team and JDT II.

With announcing former national head coach, Datuk K Rajagopal ^[1] as new coach it seems like new beginning for Sarawak with the arrival of exciting young talent from national junior team, Syahrul Azwari. He 'rested' in May; ^[2] in Malaysian football culture if the coach verified as 'rested' surely soon later he will be sacked and his contract terminated by mutual consent.

Team Kit

After 5 years since 2011 played with red-black AC Milan strip for home games and blue-black Internazionale for away fixture. The management decided to re-introduce all red kit for home matches, ^[3] the same pattern when the team kit was sponsored by Rossi during 2000's. Whereas, yellow neon kit introduced as away kit, the all black with tribal design was chosen for alternate or third kit. ^[4]

Players

First-team squad

As of 5 December 2015 ^[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MAS Florian Rison Laes 2 DF   MAS Ronny Harun 3 DF   MAS Ridwan Ma'on 4 DF   ITA Davide Grassi 6 MF   MAS K. Thanaraj 7 MF   MAS J. Partiban 8 MF   MAS Akmal Mohd Noor 9 MF   AUS Ndumba Makeche 11 MF   MAS Ashri Chuchu 12 DF   MAS Ramesh Lai 13 DF   MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim 15 MF   MAS K. Gurusamy 16 MF   MAS Shahrol Saperi 17 DF   MAS Hairol Mokhtar 18 FW   MAS Syahrul Azwari (on loan from Kelantan)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF   TLS Juninho 20 FW   MAS Shreen Tambi 21 GK   MAS Iqbal Suhaimi 22 DF   MAS Mazwandi Zekeria 23 MF   MAS Dalglish Papin Test 24 DF   MAS Dzulfadli Awang Marajeh 25 GK   MAS Shahril Saa'ri 26 MF   MAS Alif Hassan 27 FW   MAS Hafis Saperi 29 DF   LBR Teah Dennis 30 FW   BRA Gilmar 33 MF   MAS Shamie Iszuan 34 MF   MAS Tommy Mawat Bada 35 DF   MAS Rodney Akwensivie

Transfers

1st leg

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK   MAS Florian Rison Laes(from youth) 3 DF   MAS Ridwan Ma'on(from ATM) 4 DF   ITA Davide Grassi (from Rapid București) 6 MF   MAS K. Thanaraj (from Selangor) 8 MF   MAS Akmal Mohd Noor(from Negeri Sembilan) 9 MF   AUS Ndumba Makeche (from Felda United) 15 MF   MAS K. Gurusamy (from Selangor) 18 FW   MAS Syahrul Azwari (on loan from Kelantan) 19 MF   TLS Juninho (from Avaí) 25 GK   MAS Shahril Saa'ri (from T-Team) 27 FW   MAS Hafis Saperi(from youth) 26 MF   MAS Alif Hassan (from youth) 30 FW   BRA Gilmar (from Kelantan) 35 DF   MAS Rodney Akwensivie (from youth)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player — GK   MAS Fadzley Abdul Rahim(to Sabah) — GK   MAS Aidil Mohamad (to Mukah) — DF   LBR Patrick Gerhardt (unattached) — DF   MAS A. Varathan(to Megah Murni) — MF   MAS Joseph Kalang (to Terengganu) — MF   MAS Sabri Sahar(to Negeri Sembilan) — MF   MAS G. Mahathevan (to Megah Murni) — MF   MNE Ivan Fatić (to Sloboda Tuzla) — FW   AUS Ryan Griffiths (to South China) — FW   IRL Billy Mehmet (to Tampines Rovers) — FW   MAS Nazri Kamal (to DRB-HICOM) — FW   MAS Ikhwan Izzad(unattached)

2nd leg

In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 29 DF   LBR Teah Dennis (from BYC)

Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 4 DF   ITA Davide Grassi (unattached)

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga Super	Piala FA	Piala Malaysia	Total
1	MF	9	Ndumba Makeche	10	0	2	12
2	MF	19	Juninho	7	0	0	7
	FW	30	Gilmar	7	0	0	7
4	MF	33	Shamie Iszuan	2	0	2	4
5	MF	7	J. Partiban	1	1	0	2
6	MF	15	K. Gurusamy	1	0	0	1
	MF	18	Syahrul Azwari	1	0	0	1
	FW	34	Tommy Mawat	1	0	0	1
#	Own goals			2	0	0	2
Total				32	1	4	37

References

1. "Football: Coach Rajagopal to make Sarawak feared again | The Star".
2. "Football: Rajagopal not quitting coaching after Sarawak farce | The Star".
3. "Sarawak 2016 Home Kit Released". 8 February 2016.
4. "Crocs launch bold new jerseys for 2016". 6 February 2016.
5. Sarawak FA 2016 https://sarawakcrocs.com/sarawak-fa-2016