2020 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C.

2020 season
CEO	Agoes Soerjanto
Head coach	Mario Gómez (until 3 August) Vacant (until 17 September) Carlos Oliviera (from 17 September)
Stadium	Kanjuruhan Stadium
Liga 1	Did not finish
Piala Indonesia	Cancelled
Top goalscorer	Kushedya Hari Yudo (2)
Highest home attendance	23,781 (vs. Persib, 8 March)
Average home league attendance	23,781
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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The 2020 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 31st competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1 and Piala Indonesia. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2020 to 20 January 2021.

Squad information

Current 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 Utam Rusdiana 4 DF   IDN Syaiful Indra Cahya 5 DF   IDN Bagas Adi 8 MF   BRA Bruno Smith 10 FW   IDN Muhammad Rafli 11 FW   IDN Feby Eka Putra (on loan from Persija Jakarta) 12 MF   IDN Hendro Siswanto (captain) 13 DF   IDN Rizky Dwi Febrianto 14 MF   IDN Jayus Hariono 16 FW   IDN Ridwan Tawainella 19 MF   IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 21 DF   IDN Aji Saka 23 GK   IDN Teguh Amiruddin

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 DF   IDN Taufik Hidayat 27 FW   IDN Dedik Setiawan 31 GK   IDN Andriyas Francisco 41 FW   IDN Dendi Santoso (3rd captain) 44 DF   IDN Nur Diansyah 56 FW   IDN Titan Agung 87 DF   IDN Johan Alfarizi (2nd captain) 88 MF   IDN Vikrian Akbar 92 MF   IDN Dave Mustaine 95 DF   BRA Caio Ruan 96 GK   IDN Kartika Ajie 99 FW   IDN Kushedya Hari Yudo

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
5	DF	Bagas Adi	Bhayangkara	Free	7 January 2020	[1]
42	DF	Ganjar Mukti	PSIS	Free	7 January 2020	[2]
4	DF	Syaiful Indra Cahya	PSIM	Free	8 January 2020	[3]
44	DF	Nur Diansyah	Borneo	Free	8 January 2020	[3]
21	DF	Aji Saka	Youth sector	Promoted	10 January 2020	[4]
99	FW	Kushedya Hari Yudo	PSS	Free	10 January 2020	[5]
92	MF	Dave Mustaine	PSS	Free	11 January 2020	[6]
78	FW	Mariando Uropmabin	Semen Padang	Free	14 January 2020	[7]
7	MF	Oh In-kyun	Persipura	Free	15 January 2020	[8]
26	DF	Taufik Hidayat	PSM	Free	15 January 2020	[9]
77	FW	Pandi Lestaluhu	Kalteng Putra	Free	15 January 2020	[10]
23	GK	Teguh Amiruddin	TIRA-Persikabo	Free	21 January 2020	[11]
32	FW	Jonathan Bauman	Kedah	Free	25 January 2020	[12]
17	DF	Matías Malvino	Defensor Sporting	Free	30 January 2020	[13]
43	DF	Gitra Yuda Furton	Martapura	Free	10 March 2020	[14]
9	FW	Pedro Bartoli	G.D. Chaves U-19	Free	20 August 2020	[15]
13	DF	Guilherme Grillo	Cuiabá Esporte Clube U-20	Free	20 August 2020	[15]
13	DF	Rizky Dwi Febrianto	Free agent	Free	14 September 2020	[16]
95	DF	Caio Ruan	Free agent	Free	28 September 2020	[17]
8	MF	Bruno Smith	Imperatriz	Free	21 October 2020	[18]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
7	FW	Ahmad Nur Hardianto	Bhayangkara	Free	1 January 2020	[19]
11	FW	Rivaldi Bawuo	Madura United	Free	1 January 2020	[20]
21	FW	Ricky Kayame	Persita	Free	1 January 2020	[21]
22	DF	Rachmat Latief	Free agent	Free	1 January 2020	[22]
23	DF	Hamka Hamzah	Persita	Free	1 January 2020	[23]
37	DF	Agil Munawar	Free agent	Free	1 January 2020	[24]
77	MF	Takafumi Akahoshi	-	Retired	1 January 2020	[25]
18	DF	Ricky Ohorella	Semen Padang	Free	4 January 2020	[26]
17	MF	Zidane Pulanda	Free agent	Free	6 January 2020	[27]
6	DF	Ikhfanul Alam	Badak Lampung	Free	8 January 2020	[21]
8	MF	Nasir	Persebaya	Free	8 January 2020	[21]
15	FW	Sunarto	Badak Lampung	Free	8 January 2020	[27]
10	MF	Makan Konaté	Persebaya	Free	16 January 2020	[28]
86	GK	Sandy Firmansyah	PSIM	Free	20 January 2020	[29]
99	FW	Sylvano Comvalius	Persipura	Free	22 January 2020	[30]
32	FW	Jonathan Bauman	Quilmes Atlético Club	Released	3 August 2020	[31]
7	MF	Oh In-kyun	-	Retired	21 August 2020	[32]
—	DF	Arthur Cunha	Sliema Wanderers	Free	9 September 2020	[33]
9	FW	Pedro Bartoli	Free agent	Free	14 September 2020	[34]
—	DF	Guilherme Grillo	Free agent	Free	16 September 2020	[35]
17	DF	Matías Malvino	Free agent	Released	28 September 2020	[36]
78	FW	Mariando Uropmabin	Free agent	Released	5 October 2020	[37]
43	DF	Gitra Yuda Furton	Free agent	Released	4 November 2020	[38]

Loan In

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned From	Start	End	Source
33	FW	Elías Alderete	Chacarita Juniors	28 January 2020	28 September 2020	[39]
11	FW	Feby Eka Putra	Persija	25 February 2020	31 December 2020	[40]
38	DF	Mifathul Ikhsan	Borneo	27 February 2020	4 November 2020	[41]

Loan Out

No.	Pos	Player	Loaned To	Start	End	Source
—	DF	Arthur Cunha	Persipura	22 January 2020	9 September 2020	[42]
15	DF	Alfin Tuasalamony	Madura United	22 February 2020	31 December 2020	[43]
42	DF	Ganjar Mukti	Persiraja	22 February 2020	31 December 2020	[44]
77	FW	Pandi Lestaluhu	Mitra Kukar	22 February 2020	31 December 2020	[43]

Review and events

The season featured a seven-month hiatus from March to October 2020 after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. On 29 September 2020, PSSI has officially decided to postpone the continuation of Liga 1 for a month after coordinating with Kemenpora and PT LIB because the police have not given permission to the crowd. ^[45] PSSI stated on 29 October 2020 that the competition will not be held until 2021. But it's still not clear whether this season will continue or cancelled. ^[46] They determined that the Liga 1 will be held again in February 2021 and scheduled to finish in July 2021. On 20 January 2021, the results of the exco PSSI meeting stated that the League 1 competition was officially canceled. ^[47]

On 3 August 2020, Head coach Mario Gómez resigned because disagree with SKEP 48 and 53 PSSI issues, which were taken into account during the COVID-19 pandemic. ^[48] After Mario Gomez resigned, management handed over team leadership to the three assistant coaches. ^[49] On 17 September 2020, Arema FC officially introduces the new head coach from Brazil Carlos Oliviera. ^[50]

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
22 January 2020	Bintang Semeru	N	10–1	Rafli (2), Kushedya (2), In-kyun, Hendro, Dave, Hanif, Titan, Ridwan	N/A
5 February 2020	Semeru FC	H	1–1	Rafli 17'	N/A
23 February 2020	Barito Putera	H	3–0	Dave 5', Bauman 12', Titan 82'	19,600
15 August 2020	Arema U20s	H	5–2	Dedik, Dendi, Syaiful, Alderete, Titan	0
29 August 2020	Kaki Mas Dampit	H	7–0	Dedik, Alderete, Kushedya, Titan, Ridwan, Bartoli (2)	0
10 September 2020	PON Jatim	H	2–0	Ridwan 2', Rafli 84' (pen.)	0
17 September 2020	Martapura	H	Match cancelled due to safety reasons
16 October 2020	Arema U20s	H	8–0	Rizky 20', Jayus 25', Dave 37', Bagas 39', Kushedya (2) 57', 76', Titan (2) 59', 62'	0
21 October 2020	Madura United	H	4–3	Dedik 9', Caio 19', Seiya 62', Kushedya 73'	0

East Java Governor Cup

Main article: 2020 East Java Governor Cup

Group stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
11 February 2020	Sabah	H	2–0	In-kyun 3', Randy 33' (o.g.)	6,748	2nd
13 February 2020	Persela	H	3–1	Kushedya 23', Bauman 52', Alderete 76'	5,600	2nd
15 February 2020	Persija	H	1–1	Alfarizi 81'	22,000	2nd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persija	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Knockout stage
2	Arema (H)	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Sabah	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1
4	Persela	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: DetikSport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goal scored.
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 February 2020	Semi-finals	Persebaya	N	2–4	Alfarizi 3', Alderete 73'	0

Match results

Liga 1

Main article: 2020 Liga 1

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
2 March 2020	TIRA-Persikabo	A	2–0	Kushedya (2) 5', 48'	6,098	3rd
8 March 2020	Persib	H	1–2	Alderete 45' (pen.)	23,781	7th
14 March 2020	PSIS	A	0–2		16,272	12th
3 April 2020	Borneo	H
11 April 2020	Persebaya	A
17 April 2020	Bhayangkara	H
27 April 2020	Persik	A
2 May 2020	Persija	H
10 May 2020	Persipura	H
16 May 2020	Persipura	H
13 June 2020	Persiraja	A
21 June 2020	PSS	A
27 June 2020	Persita	H
3 July 2020	Barito Putera	A
9 July 2020	Madura United	H
15 July 2020	Bali United	A
19 July 2020	PSM	A
24 July 2020	TIRA-Persikabo	H
30 July 2020	Persib	A
3 August 2020	PSIS	H
9 August 2020	Borneo	A
14 August 2020	Persebaya	H
18 August 2020	Bhayangkara	A
22 August 2020	Persik	H
29 August 2020	Persija	A
9 September 2020	Persipura	A
16 September 2020	Persela	A
20 September 2020	Persiraja	H
27 September 2020	PSS	H
3 October 2020	Persita	A
15 October 2020	Barito Putera	H
20 October 2020	Madura United	A
25 October 2020	Bali United	H
TBD	PSM	H

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
10	TIRA-Persikabo	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
11	Bhayangkara	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
12	Arema	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
13	Persik	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
14	Persita	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

Source: Shopee Liga 1 2020 ^{[ usurped ]}, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga 1		Piala Indonesia
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	GK	IDN	Utam Rusdiana	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	GK	IDN	Teguh Amiruddin	3	0	3	0	0	0
31	GK	IDN	Andriyas Francisco	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	GK	IDN	Kartika Ajie	0	0	0	0	0	0
Defenders
4	DF	IDN	Syaiful Indra Cahya	2	0	2	0	0	0
5	DF	IDN	Bagas Adi	2	0	2	0	0	0
13	DF	IDN	Rizky Dwi Febrianto	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	DF	IDN	Aji Saka	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	DF	IDN	Taufik Hidayat	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
44	DF	IDN	Nur Diansyah	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
87	DF	IDN	Johan Alfarizi	3	0	3	0	0	0
95	DF	BRA	Caio Ruan	0	0	0	0	0	0
Midfielders
8	MF	BRA	Bruno Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	MF	IDN	Hendro Siswanto	3	0	3	0	0	0
14	MF	IDN	Jayus Hariono	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	IDN	Hanif Sjahbandi	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	MF	IDN	Vikrian Akbar	0	0	0	0	0	0
92	MF	IDN	Dave Mustaine	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Forwards
10	FW	IDN	Muhammad Rafli	3	0	1+2	0	0	0
11	FW	IDN	Feby Eka Putra	2	0	2	0	0	0
16	FW	IDN	Ridwan Tawainella	1	0	1	0	0	0
27	FW	IDN	Dedik Setiawan	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	IDN	Dendi Santoso	3	0	3	0	0	0
56	FW	IDN	Titan Agung	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
99	FW	IDN	Kushedya Hari Yudo	3	2	3	2	0	0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
7	MF	KOR	Oh In-kyun	3	0	3	0	0	0
17	DF	URU	Matías Malvino	2	0	2	0	0	0
32	FW	ARG	Jonathan Bauman	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
33	FW	ARG	Elías Alderete	2	1	1+1	1	0	0
38	DF	IDN	Mifathul Ikhsan	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	IDN	Gitra Yuda Furton	0	0	0	0	0	0
78	FW	IDN	Mariando Uropmabin	0	0	0	0	0	0

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga 1	Piala Indonesia	Total
1	FW	99	Kushedya Hari Yudo	2	0	2
2	FW	33	Elías Alderete	1	0	1
Total				3	0	3

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