2018 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C.
2018 season
PresidentRendra Kresna
Head coachJoko Susilo
(until 14 May)
Milan Petrović
(from 14 May)
StadiumKanjuruhan Stadium
Liga 16th
Piala Indonesia[i]Advance to round of 32
Top goalscorerLeague: Makan Konaté (13)
All: Makan Konaté (15)
Highest home attendance44,912 (vs. Persija, 5 August)
Lowest home attendance2,710 (vs. Madura United, 17 September)
Average home league attendance11,224
← 2017
2019 →

The 2018 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 29th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1, Piala Indonesia and Indonesia President's Cup. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018.

On 14 May 2018, with just one wins in the first 8 league games, manager Joko Susilo was sacked.[1] His last game, one days earlier, ended in a 1–1 draw to PSM Makassar. The following day, assistant coach Milan Petrović was appointed as manager until the end of the season.

Squad information

Arema XI Go-Jek Liga 1 2018

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
5 DF Indonesia IDN Bagas Adi
8 MF Indonesia IDN Nasir
9 FW Indonesia IDN Ahmad Nur Hardianto
10 MF Mali MLI Makan Konaté
11 FW Indonesia IDN Rivaldi Bawuo
12 MF Indonesia IDN Hendro Siswanto
14 MF Indonesia IDN Jayus Hariono
15 FW Indonesia IDN Sunarto
16 MF Indonesia IDN Ridwan Tawainella
18 DF Indonesia IDN Ricky Ohorella
19 MF Indonesia IDN Hanif Sjahbandi
22 DF Indonesia IDN Purwaka Yudhi
23 DF Indonesia IDN Hamka Hamzah (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
27 FW Indonesia IDN Dedik Setiawan
28 DF Indonesia IDN Israel Wamiau
30 MF Indonesia IDN Muhammad Rafli
37 DF Indonesia IDN Agil Munawar
39 DF Indonesia IDN Alfin Tuasalamony
41 FW Indonesia IDN Dendi Santoso (vice-captain)
44 DF Brazil BRA Arthur Cunha
77 MF Indonesia IDN Jefri Kurniawan (on loan from Persija Jakarta)
83 GK Serbia SRB Srđan Ostojić
86 MF Indonesia IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu
87 DF Indonesia IDN Johan Alfarizi
93 GK Indonesia IDN Utam Rusdiana
96 GK Indonesia IDN Kartika Ajie

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
13 MF Brazil Rodrigo Ost dos Santos Brazil Esporte Clube Comercial 13 December 2017
37 DF Indonesia Agil Munawar Indonesia PS TIRA Undisclosed 14 December 2017
96 GK Indonesia Kartika Ajie Indonesia Persiba Undisclosed 26 December 2017
2 DF Indonesia Mochammad Zaenuri Indonesia Perseru Undisclosed 1 January 2018
9 FW Indonesia Ahmad Nur Hardianto Indonesia Persela Undisclosed 1 January 2018
11 FW Indonesia Rivaldi Bawuo Indonesia Kalteng Putera Undisclosed 1 January 2018
14 MF Indonesia Jayus Hariono Indonesia Persekam Metro Undisclosed 1 January 2018
18 MF Indonesia Ricky Ohorella Indonesia Borneo Undisclosed 1 January 2018
99 FW Brazil Thiago Furtuoso Indonesia Madura United Free 4 January 2018
16 MF Indonesia Ridwan Tawainella Indonesia PSM Undisclosed 6 January 2018
7 MF Indonesia Juan Revi Indonesia Persela Undisclosed 10 January 2018
33 GK Indonesia Joko Ribowo Indonesia Mitra Kukar Free 10 January 2018
28 DF Indonesia Israel Wamiau Indonesia Persipura Undisclosed 1 March 2018
10 MF Montenegro Balša Božović Montenegro FK Zeta Free 6 March 2018
23 DF Indonesia Hamka Hamzah Indonesia Sriwijaya Free 13 July 2018
39 DF Indonesia Alfin Tuasalamony Indonesia Sriwijaya Free 13 July 2018
10 MF Mali Makan Konaté Indonesia Sriwijaya Free 15 July 2018
83 GK Serbia Srđan Ostojić Serbia FK Zemun Free 17 July 2018
15 FW Indonesia Sunarto Indonesia Persis Undisclosed 8 August 2018

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
7 DF Indonesia Benny Wahyudi Indonesia Madura United Undisclosed 1 December 2017
11 FW Argentina Esteban Vizcarra Indonesia Sriwijaya Undisclosed 4 December 2017
18 MF Indonesia Adam Alis Indonesia Sriwijaya Free 5 December 2017
94 MF Indonesia Feri Aman Saragih Free agent Undisclosed 6 December 2017
14 MF Indonesia Arif Suyono Indonesia Mitra Kukar Undisclosed 20 December 2017
— MF Indonesia Dio Permana Indonesia Persela Undisclosed 20 December 2017
13 MF Indonesia Marco Kabiay Indonesia Persija Undisclosed 24 December 2017
19 MF Indonesia Ahmad Bustomi Indonesia Mitra Kukar Free 1 January 2018
20 FW Colombia Juan Pablo Pino Free agent Free 1 January 2018
33 GK Indonesia Dwi Kuswanto Indonesia Persela Free 1 January 2018
10 FW Indonesia Cristian Gonzáles Indonesia Madura United Undisclosed 18 January 2018
21 GK Indonesia Reky Rahayu Indonesia Persebaya Undisclosed 1 March 2018
4 MF Indonesia Syaiful Indra Cahya Indonesia Bali United Free 13 July 2018
91 GK Indonesia Teddy Heri Setiawan Indonesia Martapura Free 13 July 2018
33 GK Indonesia Joko Ribowo Indonesia PSIS Free 18 July 2018
90 MF Turkmenistan Ahmet Atayew Indonesia Persela Free 26 July 2018
2 DF Indonesia Mochammad Zaenuri Indonesia Persela Free 28 July 2018
10 MF Montenegro Balša Božović Montenegro FK Mornar Free 31 July 2018
31 DF Indonesia Junda Irawan Indonesia Madura United Free 1 August 2018
99 FW Brazil Thiago Furtuoso Oman Al-Nahda Club Free 14 September 2018

Loan In

No. Pos Player Loaned From Start End Source
77 MF Indonesia Jefri Kurniawan Indonesia Persija 9 December 2017 8 December 2018 [2]

Loan Out

No. Pos Player Loaned to Start End Source
7 MF Indonesia Juan Revi Indonesia Semen Padang 19 October 2018 31 December 2018

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
4 January 2018 PSIS H 5–3 Ataýew 20' (pen.), Dedik 38', Rodrigo 42', Arthur 60', Hardianto 72'
7 January 2018 PSIS A 1–0 Hendro 24'
14 January 2018 Barito Putera H 2–0 Alfarizi 62', Rafli 73'
18 March 2018 Persib A 1–2 Dendi 56'
3 June 2018 Sumbersari H 0–2 0
30 June 2018 Kodam V Brawijaya N 12–1 Dedik (4), Bawuo (2), Jefri, Dendi, Ridwan, Alfarizi, Hardianto 0
1 September 2018 Perseru H 4–0 Dedik (2), Dendi, Hardianto 0
29 September 2018 Madura United H 1–1 Dendi 50' 42,230

Indonesia President's Cup

Main article: 2018 Indonesia President's Cup

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
20 January 2018 Persela H 2–2[usurped] Furtuoso 2', Dendi 12' 19,930 2nd
25 January 2018 PSIS H 3–1[usurped] Rio 4' (o.g.), Alfarizi 8', Furtuoso 47' 8,093 1st
30 January 2018 Bhayangkara H 0–0[usurped] 20,879 1st

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arema (H) 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Advance to quarter-finals
2 Bhayangkara 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1 5
3 PSIS 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
4 Persela 3 0 2 1 3 4 −1 2
Source: Piala Presiden 2018[usurped]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head; 5) Drawing.[3]
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
4 February 2018 Quarter-finals Sriwijaya N 1–3[usurped] Hardianto 80' (pen.) 18,450

East Kalimantan Governor Cup

Main article: 2018 East Kalimantan Governor Cup

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Group
position
23 February 2018 PSIS N 2–2
(3–4p) 		Dedik 5', Arthur 89' 3rd
25 February 2018 Borneo A 1–2 Dendi 73' 4th
27 February 2018 Mitra Kukar N 3–1 Božović 26', Dendi 56', Dedik 86' 2nd
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Borneo[a] 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 8 Knockout stage
2 Arema 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3 Mitra Kukar 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4 PSIS[b] 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 2
Updated to match(es) played on 27 February 2018. Source: [citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Borneo won in penalty shoot-out against Mitra Kukar. (+1 point)
  2. ^ PSIS won in penalty shoot-out against Arema. (+1 point)

Knockout phase

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
2 March 2018 Semi-finals Persebaya N 2–0 Furtuoso 65', Hanif 85'
4 March 2018 Final Sriwijaya N 2–3 Božović 23', Furtuoso 81' (pen.)

Match results

Liga 1

Main article: 2018 Liga 1

Matches

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
24 March 2018 Mitra Kukar H 2–2[usurped] Božović 8', Syaiful 19' 12,400 6th
31 March 2018 Persija A 1–3[usurped] Ataýew 35' 62,273 13th
9 April 2018 Borneo A 1–2[usurped] Furtuoso 35' 10,329 17th
15 April 2018 Persib H 2–2[usurped] Furtuoso 19', Božović 87' 31,000 18th
21 April 2018 Madura United A 2–3[usurped] Dendi 45', Furtuoso 66' (pen.) 9,825 18th
27 April 2018 Persipura H 3–1[usurped] Rivaldi 45', Dedik (2) 47', 71' 3,025 17th
6 May 2018 Persebaya A 0–1[usurped] 50,000 18th
13 May 2018 PSM H 1–1[usurped] Furtuoso 77' 6,154 18th
18 May 2018 Bali United A 0–1[usurped] 16,095 18th
22 May 2018 Bhayangkara H 4–0[usurped] Rivaldi (2) 9', 47', Dedik (2) 24', 62' 3,394 17th
26 May 2018 PSMS A 0–2[usurped] 13,042 18th
1 June 2018 PSIS H 1–0[usurped] Dedik 37' 8,588 17th
6 June 2018 Perseru A 1–0[usurped] Furtuoso 55' (pen.) 8,203 15th
7 July 2018 Persela H 1–0[usurped] Dedik 74' 17,232 12th
11 July 2018 Barito Putera A 0–0[usurped] 6,827 13th
15 July 2018 PS TIRA H 2–2[usurped] Rivaldi 40', Alfarizi 70' 10,639 13th
21 July 2018 Sriwijaya A 3–0[usurped] Ridwan 51', Rivaldi 65', Hardianto 77' 5,157 10th
27 July 2018 Mitra Kukar A 3–4[usurped] Konaté 33' (pen.), Dedik 40', Arthur 82' 2,853 13th
5 August 2018 Persija H 1–1[usurped] Konaté 90' 44,912 13th
11 August 2018 Borneo H 2–2[usurped] Konaté (2) 53' (pen.), 70' 23,157 14th
13 September 2018 Persib A 0–2[usurped] 33,719 14th
17 September 2018 Madura United H 2–0[usurped] Konaté 45+5' (pen.), Dedik 90' 2,710 12th
22 September 2018 Persipura A 0–1[usurped] 10,036 13th
6 October 2018 Persebaya H 1–0[dead link‍] Hardianto 70' 26,293 11th
14 October 2018 PSM A 1–2[usurped] Hardianto 61' 14,112 11th
20 October 2018 Bali United H 3–1[usurped] Hanif (2) 13', 43', Konaté 67' 0[ii] 10th
24 October 2018 Bhayangkara A 0–0[usurped] 1,623 12th
28 October 2018 PSMS H 5–0[usurped] Dedik 8', Konaté (2) 12', 39', Dendi 23', Hardianto 80' 0 8th
4 November 2018 PSIS A 1–2[usurped] Dendi 72' 19,825 11th
11 November 2018 Perseru H 4–1[usurped] Konaté (2) 13', 56', Dendi 28', Sunarto 49' 0 9th
16 November 2018 Persela A 0–4[usurped] 14,346 12th
24 November 2018 Barito Putera H 3–1[usurped] Sunarto 29', Konaté 41', Hardianto 89' (pen.) 0 9th
2 December 2018 PS TIRA A 1–0[usurped] Konaté 72' 1,217 7th
9 December 2018 Sriwijaya H 2–1[usurped] Konaté 63' (pen.), Dedik 83' 0 6th

League table

class=notpageimage|
Locations of the 2018 Liga 1 teams

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Persib 34 14 10 10 49 41 +8 52
5 Persebaya 34 14 8 12 60 48 +12 50[a]
6 Arema 34 14 8 12 53 42 +11 50[a]
7 Borneo 34 14 6 14 50 49 +1 48[b]
8 Madura United 34 13 9 12 47 50 −3 48[b]
Source: Go-Jek Liga 1[usurped], Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Drawing.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Persebaya 1–0 Arema; Arema 1–0 Persebaya
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head results: Madura United 1–2 Borneo, Borneo 2–2 Madura United

Piala Indonesia

Main article: 2018–19 Piala Indonesia
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 May 2018 First Round PSBK A 2–0 Dedik (2) 29', 40'
20 November 2018 Second Round Persekam Metro A 5–1 Sunarto 9', Nasir 14', Konaté (2) 29', 88', Alfarizi 32'

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga 1 Piala Indonesia[i]
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
83 GK Serbia SRB Srđan Ostojić 5 0 4 0 1 0
93 GK Indonesia IDN Utam Rusdiana 17 0 17 0 0 0
96 GK Indonesia IDN Kartika Ajie 3 0 2 0 1 0
Defenders
5 DF Indonesia IDN Bagas Adi 13 0 11+1 0 1 0
18 DF Indonesia IDN Ricky Ohorella 16 0 10+4 0 2 0
22 DF Indonesia IDN Purwaka Yudhi 16 0 14+1 0 1 0
23 DF Indonesia IDN Hamka Hamzah 20 0 19 0 1 0
28 DF Indonesia IDN Israel Wamiau 12 0 9+3 0 0 0
37 DF Indonesia IDN Agil Munawar 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
39 DF Indonesia IDN Alfin Tuasalamony 16 0 16 0 0 0
44 DF Brazil BRA Arthur Cunha 30 1 29 1 0+1 0
87 DF Indonesia IDN Johan Alfarizi 32 2 31 1 1 1
Midfielders
8 MF Indonesia IDN Nasir 7 1 4+2 0 1 1
10 MF Mali MLI Makan Konaté 19 15 18 13 1 2
12 MF Indonesia IDN Hendro Siswanto 29 0 26+2 0 0+1 0
14 MF Indonesia IDN Jayus Hariono 11 0 9+1 0 1 0
16 MF Indonesia IDN Ridwan Tawainella 18 1 4+13 1 1 0
19 MF Indonesia IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 20 2 18+1 2 1 0
30 MF Indonesia IDN Muhammad Rafli 20 0 6+13 0 1 0
77 MF Indonesia IDN Jefri Kurniawan 10 0 9 0 1 0
86 MF Indonesia IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu 1 0 0 0 0+1 0
Forwards
9 FW Indonesia IDN Ahmad Nur Hardianto 16 5 3+12 5 0+1 0
11 FW Indonesia IDN Rivaldi Bawuo 24 5 18+6 5 0 0
15 FW Indonesia IDN Sunarto 9 3 3+5 2 1 1
27 FW Indonesia IDN Dedik Setiawan 27 12 21+5 10 1 2
41 FW Indonesia IDN Dendi Santoso 32 4 30+1 4 1 0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
2 DF Indonesia IDN Mochammad Zaenuri 3 0 2 0 1 0
4 DF Indonesia IDN Syaiful Indra Cahya 10 1 8+2 1 0 0
7 MF Indonesia IDN Juan Revi 2 0 0+2 0 0 0
10 MF Montenegro MNE Balša Božović 10 2 5+4 2 1 0
31 DF Indonesia IDN Junda Irawan 1 0 0 0 1 0
33 GK Indonesia IDN Joko Ribowo 10 0 10 0 0 0
90 MF Turkmenistan TKM Ahmet Ataýew 12 1 10+1 1 1 0
91 GK Indonesia IDN Teddy Heri Setiawan 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Brazil BRA Thiago Furtuoso 12 5 8+3 5 0+1 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 MF 10 Mali Makan Konaté 13 2 15
2 FW 27 Indonesia Dedik Setiawan 10 2 12
3 FW 9 Indonesia Ahmad Nur Hardianto 5 0 5
FW 11 Indonesia Rivaldi Bawuo 5 0 5
FW 99 Brazil Thiago Furtuoso 5 0 5
6 FW 41 Indonesia Dendi Santoso 4 0 4
7 FW 15 Indonesia Sunarto 2 1 3
8 MF 19 Indonesia Hanif Sjahbandi 2 0 2
DF 87 Indonesia Johan Alfarizi 1 1 2
MF 10 Montenegro Balša Božović 2 0 2
11 MF 8 Indonesia Nasir 0 1 1
MF 16 Indonesia Ridwan Tawainella 1 0 1
DF 44 Brazil Arthur Cunha 1 0 1
DF 4 Indonesia Syaiful Indra Cahya 1 0 1
MF 90 Turkmenistan Ahmet Ataýew 1 0 1
Total 51 7 58

Notes

  1. ^ a b The result of Piala Indonesia in this season page only for competition progress until second round. Statistics for the round of 32 onward which continued in 2019, would be put in 2019 season.
  2. ^ This match was played without spectators as part of PSSI disciplinary committee pusnishment to Arema.

References

  1. ^ "Pelatih Arema Joko Susilo Dipecat". bola.republika.co.id. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Jefri Kurniawan Dipinjamkan ke Arema FC – Persija Jakarta". Archived from the original on 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2018-11-04.
  3. ^ "REGULASI PIALA PRESIDEN 2018" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.