2015 Perak FA season

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Perak
2015 season
PresidentZainol Fadzi Paharudin
ManagerAzhar Ahmad
Head CoachVjeran Simunić (until 1 January)
M. Karathu (from 1 January)
StadiumPerak Stadium
Super League8th
FA CupQuarter-finals
Malaysia CupGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Charles Souza Chad
Namkung Woong (9)

All:
Namkung Woong (13)
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The 2015 season was Perak's 12th consecutive season in the Malaysian Super League.

Background[edit]

On September 16, Croatian coach Vjeran Simunic was named as new head coach,[1] replacing Abu Bakar Fadzim who managed to steer Perak clear of relegation with the help of technical director Karlheinz Weigang, who was himself appointed mid-season.[2]

The official 2015 squad was named on December 4. Some of the notable signings included Malaysian international Bobby Gonzales and former Harimau Muda A goalkeeper Mohd Zamir Selamat. Of the foreign players from the previous season, only Marco Tulio was retained. The remaining foreign player slots were filled by Charles Souza Chad and Thiago Junior Aquino. Namkung Woong was named to fill the Asian foreign player quota despite rumours linking Mohd Shahrazen Said.[3]

On December 31, Simunic was officially replaced by M. Karathu, without having ever taken charge in an official match.[4]

Players[edit]

First team squad[edit]

No. Name Nationality Position
Goalkeepers
1 Syazani Puat Malaysia GK
18 Zamir Selamat Malaysia GK
22 Azizon Abdul Kadir Malaysia GK
Defenders
2 Azmizi Azmi Malaysia RB, LB
5 Muhd Arif Ismail Malaysia CB, LB
6 Syazwan Roslan Malaysia RB, CB
15 Idris Ahmad Malaysia CB, LB
17 Tuah Iskandar Jamaluddin Malaysia RB
21 Sumardi Hajalan Malaysia LB
24 Hisyamudin Sha'ari Malaysia CB, RB
26 Thiago Junio Brazil CB
Rafiq Faeez Fuad Malaysia RB, CB
Midfielders
4 Mohd Nasir Basharuddin (captain) Malaysia CM, DM
7 Hafiz Ramdan Malaysia LM, LW
11 Ridzuan Azly Hussham Malaysia RM, RW
12 Vikneswaren a/l Sarkunanan Malaysia RM, RW, RB
13 Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid Malaysia CM
16 Nurridzuan Abu Hassan Malaysia LM, LW
19 Namkung Woong South Korea AM, CM, ST
20 Marco Tulio Lopes Silva Brazil AM, CM, LM
25 Norhakim Isa Malaysia CM
35 Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri Malaysia RM, LM, RW, LW
36 Horace James Jamaica AM
Mohd Faizal Mansor Malaysia LM, LB
Forwards
8 Hamizul Izaidi Zulkifli Malaysia ST
9 Bobby Gonzales Malaysia ST
10 Charles Souza Chad Brazil ST
23 Haris Safwan Kamal Malaysia ST

Pre-season And Friendlies[edit]

15 Dec 2014 Friendly Perak 1–2 Kedah Stadium Perak, Ipoh
20:45 UTC+08:00 Charles Souza Chad 7' Keith Nah 49, 62'
30 Dec 2014 Friendly Kedah 1–1 Perak Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
20:45 UTC+08:00 Keith Nah 28' Namkung Woong 68'

Competitions[edit]

Super League[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 PDRM 22 11 2 9 42 39 +3 35
7 LionsXII[a] 22 9 6 7 36 32 +4 33
8 Perak 22 8 4 10 32 33 −1 28
9 Kelantan 22 8 4 10 34 38 −4 28
10 Sarawak 22 4 7 11 28 40 −12 19
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. ^ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Matches[edit]

  Win   Draw   Loss

7 February 2015 1 Perak 2–0 Sime Darby Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Nurridzuan 29'
Namkung 86'
Report Dragičević Red card 58' Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
14 February 2015 2 ATM 0–2 Perak Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Report Nasir 21'
Nurridzuan 53'
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim
21 February 2015 3 Perak 2–2 LionsXII Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Chad 27'
Namkung 48'
Khairul Amri 3'
Firdaus Kasman 67'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri
6 March 2015 4 Perak 0–0 Kelantan Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
14 March 2015 5 Perak 1–3 PDRM Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Nurridzuan 47' Report Traore 48, 61'
Ezrie 56'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
4 April 2015 6 Felda United 1–4 Perak Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Edward Junior 47' Report Chad 6, 50, 90+3'
Namkung 82'
Stadium: Selayang Stadium
Attendance: 4,525
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
14 March 2015 7 Perak 2–3 Terengganu Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Namkung 21'
Chad 82'
Report Bikana 64'
Ismail 75'
Helmi 85'
Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed
24 April 2015 8 Perak 2–1 Johor Darul Ta'zim Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Kamara (o.g.) 50'
Chad 56'
Report Aidil 27' Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Suhaizi Shukri
2 May 2015 9 Selangor 1–2 Perak Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 de Paula 19' Report Namkung 45+3'
Nurridzuan 62'
Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Attendance: 17,884
Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar
5 May 2015 10 Pahang 1–0 Perak Kuantan, Pahang
20:45 UTC+08:00 Conti 71' Report Stadium: Darulmakmur Stadium
Attendance: 9,689
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
20 June 2015 11 Sarawak 1–1 Perak Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Griffiths 60' Report Namkung 58' Stadium: Sarawak Stadium
Attendance: 2,100
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
23 June 2015 12 Perak 3–1 Sarawak Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Chad 12, 33'
Namkung 60'
Report Mehmet 58' Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 1,625
Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad
27 June 2015 13 Sime Darby 1–3 Perak Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Perovic 18' Report James 30'
Chad 45+1'
Nasir 75'
Stadium: Selayang Stadium
Attendance: 2,317
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
4 July 2015 14 Perak 2–1 ATM Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Nurridzuan 22'
Namkung 66'
Report Venice Elphi 42' Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Lismotia Mohem Tisan
8 July 2015 15 LionsXII 2–1 Perak Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
20:45 UTC+08:00 Hafiz 45'
Safuwan 52'
Namkung 12' Attendance: 3,108
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab
1 August 2015 16 Kelantan 1–0 Perak Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC+08:00 Wan Zack 72' Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
Attendance: 6,343
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
5 August 2015 17 PDRM 3–2 Perak Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC+08:00 Ali Ashfaq 11, 68'
Traore 58'
Thiago Junio 90+2'
James 90+4'
Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad
8 August 2015 18 Perak 0–2 Felda United Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Shukor 60'
Raffi Cohen 69'
Stadium: Perak Stadium
15 August 2015 20 Perak 1–1 Pahang Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Bobby 69' Hafiz 32' Stadium: Perak Stadium
22 August 2015 22 Perak 0–2 Selangor Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Hazwan 27'
de Paula 70'
Stadium: Perak Stadium

FA Cup[edit]

Knockout stage
28 February 2015 Round of 32 Shahzan Muda 1–3 Perak Temerloh, Pahang
16:15 UTC+08:00 Sukri Jaafar 28' Namkung 5', 48'
Tulio 45+1'
Stadium: Temerloh Mini Stadium
Attendance: 231
Referee: Ramli Mat Dahlan
17 March 2015 Round of 16 Perak 2–1 T-Team Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Namkung 17', 32' Tadjiyev 15' Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
Quarter-finals
7 April 2015 First Leg Terengganu 1–1 Perak Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC+08:00 Ismail Red card 57'
Rangel 90+5' (pen.)
Zubir 45' (o.g.) Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Attendance: 8,782
Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin
21 April 2015 Second Leg Perak 0–2
(1–3 agg.)
Terengganu Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+08:00 Rangel 21'
Nakajima-Farran 56'
Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts JDT SAR ATM PER
1 Johor Darul Ta'zim 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 16 Advance to knockout phase 1–1 4–0 2–0
2 Sarawak 6 2 2 2 5 7 −2 8 0–3 1–0 1–0
3 ATM 6 2 1 3 10 13 −3 7 2–3 2–2 4–3
4 Perak 6 1 0 5 5 11 −6 3 1–2 1–0 0–2
19 September 2015 2 Perak 1–0 Sarawak Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8 Bobby 63' Report Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
26 September 2015 3 Perak 0–2 ATM Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8 Report Pelacios 40'
Venice 89'
Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin
17 October 2015 4 Sarawak 1–0 Perak Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC+8 J. Partiban 35' Report Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium
Attendance: 0 [5]
Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim
4 November 2015 5 Perak 1–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC+8 Chad 29' Report Amri 37'
Safee 45+2'
Stadium: Perak Stadium
Attendance: 5,339
Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad
8 November 2015 6 ATM 4–3 Perak Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC+8 Karlović 12', 59'
Norfazly 32'
Abdulafees 36'
Report Khairil Anuar 45'
Chad Souza 63', 88'
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 360
Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

Pos Player Transferred From
GK Malaysia Azizon Abdul Kadir Malaysia PDRM
GK Malaysia Zamir Selamat Malaysia PKNS
DF Malaysia Azmizi Azmi Malaysia Kedah
DF Malaysia Arif Ismail Malaysia Sime Darby
DF Brazil Thiago Junio Vietnam Đồng Nai
DF Malaysia Sumardi Hajalan Malaysia Negeri Sembilan
DF Malaysia Faizal Mansor Malaysia PBAPP
MF South Korea Namkung Woong Malaysia Kedah
MF Malaysia Nurridzuan Abu Hassan Malaysia Harimau Muda A
ST Brazil Charles Chad Malaysia PDRM
ST Malaysia Bobby Gonzales Malaysia PDRM
ST Malaysia Haris Safwan Kamal Malaysia Felda United

Out[edit]

Pos Player Transferred To
GK Malaysia Razi Effendi Suhit Malaysia ATM
GK Malaysia Muhd Fitry Kamal Ariffin Malaysia Kuantan
GK Malaysia Mohd Nor Haziq Aris Malaysia PKNS
DF Malaysia Mohd Fazli Zulkifli Unattached
DF Malaysia Mohd Norhizwan Hassan Malaysia Kuantan
DF Malaysia Noor Hazrul Mustafa Malaysia Kelantan
DF Malaysia Azmeer Yusof Malaysia ATM
DF Lebanon Hassan Daher Unattached
MF Malaysia Yoganathan a/l Munusamy Malaysia Sabah FA
MF Malaysia Mohammad Hardi Jaafar Unattached
MF Malaysia Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran Malaysia Sarawak
MF Malaysia Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal Malaysia Sarawak
MF Malaysia Mohd Hidayat Amaruddin Malaysia UiTM
ST Malaysia Razali Umar Kandasamy Unattached
MF Malaysia Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli Malaysia Melaka United
MF Malaysia Mohamed Faridzuan Yusuf Malaysia UiTM
ST Malaysia Shahrizal Saad Malaysia Negeri Sembilan
ST Nigeria Abdulafees Abdulsalam Malaysia ATM
ST Montenegro Milan Purović Malaysia Kuantan

Statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

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

Rnk Pos No. Player Super League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 MF 19 South Korea Namkung Woong 9 4 0 13
2 FW 10 Brazil Charles Souza Chad 9 0 3 12
3 MF 16 Malaysia Nurridzuan 5 0 0 5
4 MF 4 Malaysia Nasir Basharudin 2 1 0 3
ST 9 Malaysia Bobby Gonzales 2 0 1 3
6 DF 26 Brazil Thiago Junio 2 0 0 2
MF 36 Jamaica Horace James 2 0 0 2
8 ST 20 Brazil Marco Tulio 0 1 0 1
MF 35 Malaysia Khairil Anuar 0 0 1 1
# Own goals 1 0 0 1
Total 32 6 5 43

Updated to match played 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Perak name Vjeran Simunic as new head coach". Goal.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ^ "Weigang returns to Perak as technical advisor". Goal.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Perak FA announce official squad list for 2015". Fourth Official. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  4. ^ "Perak appoint Datuk M Karathu as new head coach". Fourth Official. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  5. ^ "TM PIALA MALAYSIA: SARAWAK BERTEMU PERAK TANPA PENONTON DI STADIUM KUCHING". New Straits Times (in Malay). 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.