2017 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C.

2017 season
President	Rendra Kresna
Head coach	Aji Santoso (until 31 July) [1] Joko Susilo (from 31 July) [2]
Stadium	Kanjuruhan Stadium Gajayana Stadium (only 10 and 17 June)
Liga 1	9th
Top goalscorer	Cristian Gonzáles (9)
Highest home attendance	27,610 (vs. Persib, 12 August)
Lowest home attendance	1,611 (vs. Persiba, 18 August)
Average home league attendance	10,048
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2017 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 30th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

Squad information

First team squad

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   IDN Kurnia Meiga 4 DF   IDN Syaiful Cahya 5 DF   IDN Bagas Adi 6 MF   IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 7 DF   IDN Beny Wahyudi 10 FW   IDN Cristian Gonzáles 11 FW   ARG Estebán Vizcarra 12 MF   IDN Hendro Siswanto 13 DF   IDN Marco Kabiay 14 FW   IDN Arif Suyono 17 MF   IDN Dio Permana 18 MF   IDN Adam Alis 19 MF   IDN Ahmad Bustomi 20 FW   COL Juan Pablo Pino

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 FW   IDN Nasir 27 FW   IDN Dedik Setiawan 29 FW   IDN Andrianto 31 DF   IDN Junda Irawan 33 GK   IDN Dwi Kuswanto 36 GK   IDN Ahmad Ibnu Adam 41 FW   IDN Dendi Santoso 44 DF   BRA Arthur Cunha 77 MF   IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu 87 DF   IDN Johan Alfarizi (captain) 90 MF   TKM Ahmet Ataýew 93 GK   IDN Utam Rusdiana 94 MF   IDN Feri Aman Saragih 98 FW   IDN Muhammad Rafli

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Bagas Adi	PSS	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	[3]
6	MF	Hanif Sjahbandi	Persiba	Free	1 January 2017	[3]
18	MF	Adam Alis	Barito Putera	Free	1 January 2017	[4]
21	FW	Nasir	Persatu	Free	1 January 2017
77	MF	Dalmiansyah Matutu	Youth sector	Free	1 January 2017
98	FW	Muhammad Rafli	ASIFA	Free	1 January 2017
3	DF	Jad Noureddine	Pusamania Borneo	Free	1 April 2017	[5]
20	FW	Juan Pablo Pino	Free agent	Free	16 April 2017	[6]
90	MF	Ahmet Ataýew	Altyn Asyr	Undisclosed	7 August 2017	[7]
13	DF	Marco Kabiay	PSBS	Free	15 August 2017	[8]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
6	DF	Ryuji Utomo	Persija	Free	1 January 2017	[9]
8	MF	Raphael Maitimo	PSM	Free	1 January 2017	[10]
16	DF	Goran Gančev	Persegres	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	[11]
23	DF	Hamka Hamzah	PSM	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	[12]
25	FW	Febri Setiadi Hamzah	Free agent	Free	1 January 2017
71	FW	Ahmad Nufiandani	PS TNI	Free	1 January 2017	[13]
23	MF	Juan Revi	Persela	Undisclosed	1 January 2017	[14]
21	GK	I Made Wardana	Bali United	Free	20 January 2017	[15]
3	DF	Jad Noureddine	Safa	Free	24 July 2017	[16]

Loan Out

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned to	Start	End	Source
15	FW	Sunarto	Persiba	1 August 2017	31 December 2017	[17]
89	DF	Oky Derry	Persiba	1 August 2017	31 December 2017	[17]

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
9 April 2017	PSMS	A	2–0	Noureddine 45', Andrianto 77'

Trofeo Bhayangkara

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
29 January 2017	Persija	N	1–0	Dendi 40'
29 January 2017	Bhayangkara	N	0–0

Indonesia President's Cup

Main article: 2017 Indonesia President's Cup

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
5 February 2017	Bhayangkara	H	2–0	Vizcarra 20', Alfarizi 8', Dendi 77'	7,223	1st
11 February 2017	Persija Jakarta	H	1–1	Gonzáles 23'	29,389	1st
16 February 2017	PS TNI	H	4–0	Gonzáles (2) 38' (pen.), 49', Dendi 61', Vizcarra 66'	5,460	1st

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Arema (H)	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Knockout stage
2	Bhayangkara	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Persija Jakarta	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	PS TNI	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: ^[18]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head; 5) Drawing.
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 February 2017	Quarter-finals	Sriwijaya	N	1–0	Adam Alis 48'	9,453
2 March 2017	Semi-finals First leg	Semen Padang	A	0–1		10,000
5 March 2017	Semi-finals Second leg	Semen Padang	H	5–2	Gonzáles (5) 28', 31', 65', 89', 90+5'	43,000
12 March 2017	Final	Pusamania Borneo	N	5–1	Hanif 30', Orah 37' (o.g.), Gonzáles (3) 42', 53', 64'	20,068

Match results

Liga 1

Main article: 2017 Liga 1

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
15 April 2017	Persib	A	0–0		34,150	9th
23 April 2017	Bhayangkara	H	2–0	Dedik 18', Vizcarra 72'	12,911	4th
1 May 2017	Persiba	A	1–0	Dedik 70'	20,000	4th
5 May 2017	Barito Putera	H	1–0	Dedik 17'	7,447	2nd
10 May 2017	PSM	A	0–1		13,008	3rd
14 May 2017	Madura United	H	1–1	Gonzáles 71' (pen.)	14,240	4th
21 May 2017	Persela	A	0–4		12,200	8th
28 May 2017	Mitra Kukar	H	2–0	Feri 50', Hendro 81'	4,588	4th
2 June 2017	Persija	A	0–2		28,967	7th
10 June 2017	Perseru	H	0–0		4,929	9th
17 June 2017	Bali United	H	2–0	Gonzáles (2) 40' (pen.), 51'	11,430	6th
3 July 2017	PS TNI	A	0–0		1,498	6th
7 July 2017	Sriwijaya	H	3–2	Gonzáles 32', Dendi (2) 62', 68'	12,382	5th
12 July 2017	Persegres	A	3–2	Gonzáles 19', Noureddine 83', Dedik 90+1'	10,602	4th
16 July 2017	Persipura	H	0–2		13,849	6th
21 July 2017	Semen Padang	A	0–2		9,754	7th
30 July 2017	Borneo	H	0–0		5,375	7th
4 August 2017	Bhayangkara	A	1–2	Gonzáles 27'	2,600	8th
12 August 2017	Persib	H	0–0		27,610	7th
18 August 2017	Persiba	H	3–0	Bustomi 41', Gonzáles 44', Dedik 86'	1,611	7th
23 August 2017	Barito Putera	A	2–1	Pino 55', Vizcarra 68'	6,648	7th
30 August 2017	PSM	H	3–3	Pino (2) 59' (pen.), 69' (pen.), Adam Alis 64'	6,116	7th
10 September 2017	Madura United	A	0–2		8,327	7th
16 September 2017	Persela	H	2–0	Syaiful 45+2', Vizcarra 67'	6,008	7th
20 September 2017	Mitra Kukar	A	3–0	Alfarizi 17', Hendro 55', Ataýew 59'	3,674	7th
24 September 2017	Persija	H	1–1	Vizcarra 80'	26,917	7th
29 September 2017	Perseru	A	0–2		1,638	7th
8 October 2017	Bali United	A	1–6	Vizcarra 32'	23,320	9th
14 October 2017	PS TNI	H	1–1	Vizcarra 63'	4,363	9th
20 October 2017	Sriwijaya	A	1–1	Kabiay 29'	3,525	9th
25 October 2017	Persegres	H	2–0	Arthur 25', Gonzáles 38'	2,269	9th
29 October 2017	Persipura	A	1–3	Ataýew 41' (pen.)	12,805	9th
4 November 2017	Semen Padang	H	5–3	Arif (2) 9', 29', Alfarizi 22', Dendi 68', Vizcarra 70'	9,141	9th
11 November 2017	Borneo	A	2–3	Gonzáles 39' (pen.), Dedik 74'	12,371	9th

League table

Arema

Bali United

Barito Putera

Bhayangkara
Persija

Borneo

Madura United

Mitra Kukar

Persegres

Persela

Perseru

Persib

Persiba

Persipura

PS TNI

PSM

Semen Padang

Sriwijaya

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Locations of the 2017 Liga 1 teams

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Barito Putera	34	15	8	11	48	44	+4	53
8	Borneo	34	15	7	12	50	39	+11	52
9	Arema	34	13	10	11	43	44	−1	49
10	Mitra Kukar	34	13	4	17	49	74	−25	43
11	Sriwijaya	34	11	9	14	50	50	0	42 [a]

Source: Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1 ^{[ usurped ]}, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal Difference; 4) Goals Scored; 5) Drawing.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Sriwijaya 2–1 PS TNI; PS TNI 2–1 Sriwijaya.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga 1
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IDN	Kurnia Meiga	19	0	19	0
33	GK	IDN	Dwi Kuswanto	9	0	9	0
36	GK	IDN	Ahmad Ibnu Adam	0	0	0	0
93	GK	IDN	Utam Rusdiana	6	0	6	0
Defenders
4	DF	IDN	Syaiful Cahya	27	1	25+2	1
5	DF	IDN	Bagas Adi	9	0	9	0
7	DF	IDN	Beny Wahyudi	22	0	18+4	0
13	DF	IDN	Marco Kabiay	6	1	6	1
31	DF	IDN	Junda Irawan	12	0	11+1	0
44	DF	BRA	Arthur Cunha	27	1	27	1
87	DF	IDN	Johan Alfarizi	30	2	29+1	2
Midfielders
6	MF	IDN	Hanif Sjahbandi	14	0	11+3	0
12	MF	IDN	Hendro Siswanto	30	2	26+4	2
17	MF	IDN	Dio Permana	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	IDN	Adam Alis	31	1	26+5	1
19	MF	IDN	Ahmad Bustomi	20	1	15+5	1
77	MF	IDN	Dalmiansyah Matutu	1	0	0+1	0
90	MF	TKM	Ahmet Ataýew	14	0	14	0
94	MF	IDN	Feri Aman Saragih	20	1	9+11	1
Forwards
10	FW	IDN	Cristian Gonzáles	31	9	26+5	9
11	FW	ARG	Estebán Vizcarra	29	7	26+3	7
14	FW	IDN	Arif Suyono	9	2	3+6	2
20	FW	COL	Juan Pablo Pino	19	3	13+6	3
21	FW	IDN	Nasir	5	0	5	0
27	FW	IDN	Dedik Setiawan	28	6	8+20	6
29	FW	IDN	Andrianto	7	0	7	0
41	FW	IDN	Dendi Santoso	30	3	9+21	3
98	FW	IDN	Muhammad Rafli	7	0	5+2	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
3	DF	LBN	Jad Noureddine	13	1	11+2	1
15	FW	IDN	Sunarto	1	0	0+1	0
89	DF	IDN	Oky Derry	3	0	3	0

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga 1	Total
1	FW	10	Cristian Gonzáles	9	9
2	FW	11	Estebán Vizcarra	7	7
3	FW	27	Dedik Setiawan	6	6
4	FW	20	Juan Pablo Pino	3	3
	FW	41	Dendi Santoso	3	3
5	MF	12	Hendro Siswanto	2	2
	MF	14	Arif Suyono	2	2
	DF	87	Johan Alfarizi	2	2
	MF	90	Ahmet Ataýew	2	2
9	DF	4	Syaiful Cahya	1	1
	DF	13	Marco Kabiay	1	1
	MF	18	Adam Alis	1	1
	MF	19	Ahmad Bustomi	1	1
	DF	44	Arthur Cunha	1	1
	DF	94	Feri Aman Saragih	1	1
	DF	3	Jad Noureddine	1	1
Total				43	43

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