2018 Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. season

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

2018 season
Owner	Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim
President	Tunku Aminah Sultan Ismail
Head Coach	Ervin Boban
Stadium	Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
Premier League	4th
Challenge Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Darren Lok (8 goals) All: Darren Lok Nicolás Fernández (8 goals)
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The 2018 season is Johor Darul Ta'zim II's 62nd season in club history and 5th season in the Malaysia Premier League after rebranding their name from Johor FA. This club is a feeder team for Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Transfers

In

1st Leg

Date	Pos.	Name	From
24 December 2017	DF	Bruno Soares	Hapoel Tel Aviv
1 January 2018	GK	Rozaimi Rahamat	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
1 January 2018	DF	Izzafiq Ruzi	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
1 January 2018	MF	Shahrul Akmal	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
1 January 2018	MF	Khairullah Halim	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
1 January 2018	MF	Fahmi Faizal	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
1 January 2018	DF	Hasbullah Bakar	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3 January 2018	FW	Murilo Damasceno	Chiapas
3 January 2018	DF	Hafiz Sujad	Tampines Rovers
4 January 2018	MF	Wan Kuzain	Sporting Kansas City
4 January 2018	DF	Adib Zainudin	UiTM FC

Out

1st Leg

Date	Pos.	Name	To
1 December 2017	MF	Nicholas Swirad	Melaka United
1 December 2017	FW	Jerónimo Barrales	Sivasspor
1 December 2017	FW	J. Satrunan Pillai	MISC-MIFA
5 December 2017	FW	Shafiq Shaharudin	Kelantan
28 December 2017	MF	Fandi Othman	Felcra
6 January 2018	MF	Azinee Taib	Penang
29 January 2018	MF	Syazwan Andik	Kuala Lumpur

Squad information

As of 2 September 2018.

No.	Name	Nat	Date of birth (Age)	Position(s)
Goalkeepers
1	Samuel Somerville		(1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 26)	GK
22	Ernest Wong		(1990-11-10) 10 November 1990 (age 30)	GK
29	Sasi Kumar		(1989-11-27) 27 November 1989 (age 30)	GK
—	Mohamad Rozaimi Rahamat		(1996-05-14) 14 May 1996 (age 24)	GK
Defenders
2	Che Rashid		(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 25)	RB / LB
3	Bruno Soares		(1988-08-21) 21 August 1988 (age 32)	CB
4	Adib Zainuddin		(1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 (age 25)	CB
5	Hasbullah Abu Bakar		(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 26)	RB / RW
12	Muhammad Izzafiq Ruzi		(1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 (age 23)	LB / LW
15	Hariz Kamarudin		(1997-07-02) 2 July 1997 (age 23)	RB / LB
18	Muhammad Azrul Haziq Aminuddin		(1997-09-14) 14 September 1997 (age 23)	CB
24	Muhammad Hafify Haikal		(1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 22)	CB / DM
26	Amer Saidin		(1992-07-25) 25 July 1992 (age 28)	CB
30	Muhammad Ghaffar Abdul Rahman		(1998-04-25) 25 April 1998 (age 22)	CB
42	Fazly Mazlan		(1993-12-22) 22 December 1993 (age 26)	LB / LWB
Midfielders
7	Irfan Fazail		(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 29)	CM
8	Saarvindran Devandran		(1992-10-18) 18 October 1992 (age 28)	RW / CM
10	Nicolás Fernández		(1986-11-17) 17 November 1986 (age 34)	AM / CM
13	Muhammad Shahrul Akmal		(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 22)	CM
16	Shakir Shaari (captain)		(1986-09-29) 29 September 1986 (age 34)	CM / DM
20	Mohamad Khairullah Abdul Halim		(1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 (age 23)	CM
23	Ramzi Haziq		(1994-12-23) 23 December 1994 (age 25)	RW / ST
27	Mohamad Fahmi Faizal		(1996-05-22) 22 May 1996 (age 24)	CM
28	Shahwan Shaharudin		(1995-03-16) 16 March 1995 (age 25)	RW / RM
41	Nazmi Faiz		(1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 (age 26)	CM
44	Amirul Hadi		(1986-05-27) 27 May 1986 (age 34)	DM
46	Junior Eldstål		(1991-09-16) 16 September 1991 (age 29)	DM / CB
Forwards
11	Rozaimi Rahman		(1992-06-11) 11 June 1992 (age 28)	ST / LW
17	Sean Giannelli		(1996-10-31) 31 October 1996 (age 24)	ST / RW / LW
43	Syafiq Ahmad		(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 25)	ST
45	Darren Lok		(1990-12-14) 14 December 1990 (age 29)	ST

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Za'nal Misran
Head Coach	Ervin Boban [1]
Assistant Coach
Fitness Coach	Azmi Ibrahim
Goalkeeping coach	Jalil Man
Physiotherapist	Lifizan Haili

Pre-season and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
30 December 2017	Johor Darul Ta'zim	A	0–5
6 January 2018	Tampines Rovers	A	1–2	Fernández 85'
10 January 2018	Mitra Kukar	H	1–2	Njamuddin 89'
16 January 2018	Petaling Jaya Rangers	H	2–2
26 January 2018	Geylang International	A	0–3

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2019 Malaysia Premier League

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
2 February 2018	MISC-MIFA	A	1–1	Syafiq 8'		6th
7 February 2018	UiTM	H	2–2	Syafiq 15', Darren 30'		6th
10 February 2018	UKM	A	0–1			9th
26 February 2018	Felda United	H	1–4	Saarvindran 58'		11th
9 March 2018	Penang	A	0–2			12th
10 April 2018	PDRM	A	0–0			11th
16 April 2018	Terengganu II	A	1–2	Hadi 69'		11th
27 April 2018	Felcra	H	1–2	Hadi ??'		11th
1 May 2018	Sabah	A	1–1	Rozaimi 37'		11th
7 May 2018	Sarawak	H	2–0	Fernández 15', Hafify Haikal 81',		11th
11 May 2018	Sabah	H	2–2	Lucas 12', Darren 47',		11th
22 May 2018	Sarawak	A	2–0	Soares 38', Fernández 42'		8th
25 May 2018	Terengganu II	H	2–0	Soares 14', Darren 45+1'		8th
8 June 2018	PDRM	H	1–0	Darren 62'		8th
21 June 2018	Penang	H	2–1	Saarvindran 88', Fernández 90+6'		6th
27 June 2018	Felda United	A	2–2	Fernández 44', Darren 58'		6th
14 July 2018	MISC-MIFA	H	0–1			6th
18 July 2018	Felcra	A	2–1	Fernández 21', Amer 40'		6th
21 July 2018	UiTM	A	2–1	Darren 44',56'		4th
27 July 2018	UKM	H	4–0	Hafiy Haikal 5', Darren 39', Hadi 59', Rashid 83',		4th

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
2	Felcra	20	9	7	4	30	24	+6	34	Withdraw from league for next season
3	MIFA (P)	20	9	5	6	36	26	+10	32	Promotion to 2019 Malaysia Super League
4	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	20	8	6	6	28	23	+5	30
5	PDRM	20	8	5	7	28	31	−3	29
6	Sabah	20	7	7	6	35	26	+9	28

Updated to match(es) played on 30 December 2018. Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(P) Promoted.

Challenge Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Challenge Cup

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	6	4	1	1	15	4	+11	13	Advance to Semi-finals
2	ATM	6	3	1	2	5	5	0	10
3	UiTM	6	1	2	3	4	6	−2	5
4	Penang	6	1	2	3	3	11	−8	5

Updated to match(es) played on 18 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
8 August 2018	UiTM	A	2–3	Saarvindran 68', Amirul 85', Kumaahran 90'
15 August 2018	Penang	H	4–0	Bruno 6', Fernàndez 28', 36', Saarvindran 79'
29 August 2018	ATM	H	2–1	Junior 65'
5 September 2018	ATM	A	2–0	Khairullah 24', Amirul 35'
12 September 2018	Penang	A	1–5
18 September 2018	UiTM	H	0–0

Knock-stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
24 September 2018	UKM	A	1–1	Kumaahran 12'
1 October 2018	UKM	H	0–1

Squad appearances statistics

As of 1 October 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	10	0	1	11
2	DF	Che Rashid	16+2	0	8	24+2
3	DF	Bruno Soares	17+1	0	7	24+1
4	DF	Adib Zainudin	12+3	0	1	13+3
5	DF	Hasbullah Bakar	14+1	0	6+2	20+3
8	MF	D. Saarvindran	6+4	0	5+1	11+5
10	MF	Nicolás Fernández	16	0	6	22
11	FW	Rozaimi Rahman	3+3	0	4+1	7+4
12	FW	Kumaahran Sathasivam	0+1	0	2+4	2+5
16	MF	Shakir Shaari	18	0	7	25
17	FW	Sean Giannelli	0	0	2+1	2+1
19	MF	Harry Novillo	3	0	0	3
20	GK	Ernest Wong	3	0	1	4
23	MF	Ramzi Haziq	4+2	0	0+2	4+4
24	DF	Hafiy Haikal	9+5	0	1	10+5
26	DF	Amer Saidin	4+2	0	7	11+2
27	MF	Fahmi Faizal	4+2	0	0	4+2
28	MF	Shahwan Shaharudin	0+1	0	0+4	0+5
36	MF	Khairullah Halim	10+4	0	1+2	11+6
37	MF	Awang Mohd Faiz Haziq	0+2	0	0	0+2
38	MF	M. Yogaraj	0	0	0	0
41	MF	Nazmi Faiz	2	0	0	2
42	DF	Fazly Mazlan	14	0	6	20
43	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	5	0	0	5
44	MF	Amirul Hadi	3+3	0	7+1	10+4
45	FW	Darren Lok	13+1	0	7	20+1
46	DF	Junior Eldstål	6+4	0	2+2	8+6
50	GK	Haziq Nadzli	7	0	6	13
51	DF	Dominic Tan	6	0	1	6
52	DF	Adam Nor Azlin	2	0	0	2
–	MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	1	0	0	1
Left club during season
9	FW	Hadi Fayyadh	5+7	0	0	5+7
19	FW	Syahrul Azwari	2+1	0	0	2+1
22	MF	Lucas Ontivero	2	0	0	2
25	FW	Murilo Damasceno	7	0	0	7
–	MF	Hafiz Sujad	1+7	0	0	1+7

Squad goals statistics

As of 24 September 2018

No.	Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	GK	Samuel Somerville	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Che Rashid	1	0	0	1
3	DF	Bruno Soares	1	0	1	2
4	DF	Adib Zainudin	0	0	0	0
5	DF	Hasbullah Bakar	0	0	0	0
8	MF	D. Saarvindran	2	0	2	4
10	MF	Nicolás Fernández	5	0	3	8
11	FW	Rozaimi Abdul Rahman	1	0	1	2
12	FW	Kumaahran Sathasivam	0	0	2	2
16	MF	Shakir Shaari	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Harry Novillo	0	0	0	0
20	GK	Ernest Wong	0	0	0	0
23	MF	Ramzi Haziq	0	0	0	0
24	DF	Hafiy Haikal	2	0	0	2
26	DF	Amer Saidin	1	0	1	2
27	MF	Fahmi Faizal	0	0	0	0
28	MF	Shahwan Shaharudin	0	0	1	1
36	MF	Khairullah Halim	0	0	1	1
41	MF	Nazmi Faiz	0	0	0	0
42	DF	Fazly Mazlan	0	0	0	0
43	FW	Syafiq Ahmad	2	0	0	2
44	MF	Amirul Hadi	0	0	2	2
45	FW	Darren Lok	8	0	0	8
46	DF	Junior Eldstål	0	0	1	1
Left club during season
9	FW	Hadi Fayyadh	3	0	0	3
19	FW	Syahrul Azwari	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Lucas Ontivero	1	0	0	1
25	FW	Murilo Damasceno	0	0	0	0

References

1. "JDT to announce new coach, send Ben Mora back to second team". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 June 2017.