2018 Felda United F.C. season

Felda United
2018 season
PresidentMalaysia Ab Ghani Mohd Ali
ManagerMalaysia Jamaludin Ahmad
Head CoachMalaysia B. Sathianathan
StadiumTun Abdul Razak Stadium
(Capacity: 25,000)
Premier LeagueChampions
FA CupQuarter-finals
Malaysia CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Brazil Thiago Fernandes (14)
All:
Brazil Thiago Fernandes (22)
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The 2018 season was Felda United's 12th competitive season and 1st season in the Malaysia Premier League since relegated in 2017. The season was a success, the club was promoted to the Malaysia Super League after only one-year absence.

Pre-season and friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers
20 December 2017 MOF H 1–0 Hadin
23 December 2017 UKM H 3–1 Christie, Wan Zack (2)
27 December 2017 MIFA A Cancelled
30 December 2017 PKNP H 2–0 Thiago Junio, Safwan
6 January 2018 ATM H 6–0 Wan Zack 17', Fortunato 30', Thiago Augusto (2) 37', 64', Thiago Junio 74', Christie 86'
12 January 2018 MIFA H 3–1 Thiago Augusto (3) 3', 41', 57'
17 January 2018 Sarawak H 4–1 Thiago Augusto (2) 10', 45', Alif 87', Ramsay 90'
20 January 2018 Felcra H 1–0 Shukor 24'
24 January 2018 Rydelmere H 3–1

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Premier League
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance League
position
2 February 2018 UKM A 2–1 Ramsay 32', Wan Zack 67' ?? 3rd
6 February 2018 PDRM A 6–2 Fortunato (3) 8', 44', 72', Shukor 40', Syamim 49', Ramsay 55' ?? 1st
12 February 2018 Penang H 3–0 Fortunato (2) 8', 44', Christie 85' ?? 1st
26 February 2018 Johor Darul Ta'zim II A 4–1 Fortunato 8', Wan Zack 11', Fernandes 68', Christie 86' ?? 1st
10 April 2018 Terengganu II A 2–0 Shukor 45+3', Fernandes 64 (pen.)' ?? 1st
14 April 2018 Sabah A 1–1 Wan Zack 10' ?? 1st
23 April 2018 Felcra H 1–1 Fernandes 3' ?? 1st
26 April 2018 Sarawak H 3–2 Fernandes (2) 45', 87', Shukor 67' ?? 1st
1 May 2018 MISC-MIFA A 3–2 Fernandes 5', Christie 33', Hadin 90+6' ?? 1st
4 May 2018 UiTM H 2–0 Fernandes 61', Wan Zack 82' ?? 1st
12 May 2018 MISC-MIFA H 0–3 ?? 1st
21 May 2018 UiTM A 4–1 Wan Zack 39' Fernandes 41', Aquino 74', Christie 82' ?? 1st
24 May 2018 Sabah H 1–0 Wan Zack 45+3' ?? 1st
2 June 2018 Felcra A 1–1 Christie 76' ?? 1st
8 June 2018 Terengganu II H 3–2 Christie 46', Fernandes (2) 64', 72' ?? 1st
27 June 2018 Johor Darul Ta'zim II H 2–2 Fernandes (2) 86', 90+5' ?? 1st
13 June 2018 UKM H 0–0 ?? 1st
17 July 2018 Sarawak A 3–1 Fortunato (2) 7', 68' (pen.), Fernandes 40' ?? 1st
21 July 2018 PDRM H 2–2 Fernandes 37' (pen.), Fortunato 53' ?? 1st
27 July 2018 Penang A 1–1 Fortunato 75' ?? 1st
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Felda United (C, P) 20 12 7 1 44 24 +20 43 Promotion to 2019 Malaysia Super League
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
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.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup
Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance
9 March 2018 Round 2 Felcra A 5–2 Fernandes (2) 45+1' (pen.), 65', Shukor 72', Hadin 84', Fortunato 90+4' (pen.) ??
16 March 2018 Round 3 UKM H 2–1 Fortunato 14', Fernandes 40' ??
7 April 2018 Quarter-final first leg PKNP A 1–0 Fernandes 50' ??
20 April 2018 Quarter-final second leg PKNP H 2–1 Wan Zack 26' ??

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage
Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A 		Scorers Attendance Round
5 August 2018 Melaka United H 0–0 ?? 1
12 August 2018 PDRM A 5–0 Fernandes (3) 54', 80', 90+1', Fortunato 57' (pen.), Shukor 71' ?? 2
19 August 2018 PKNS A 3–2 Ramsay 38', Fortunato 68', Afiq 81' ?? 3
28 August 2018 PKNS H 0–1 4
1 September 2018 PDRM H 2–0 Fernandes 66' , Fortunato 90+3', 5
15 September 2018 Melaka United A 6–1 Zahril Azri 55' 6
21 September 2018 PKNS H 1–2 Fortunato 56' Quarter-finals

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification PKNS FEL MEL PDRM
1 PKNS 6 4 1 1 18 9 +9 13 Advance to knockout stage — 2–3 2–1 5–0
2 FELDA United 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 0–1 — 0–0 2–0
3 Melaka United 6 2 3 1 18 9 +9 9 3–3 6–1 — 2–2
4 PDRM 6 0 1 5 5 25 −20 1 2–5 0–5 1–6 —
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 21 September 2018
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Malaysia Kalamullah Al-Hafiz 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 DF Malaysia Nor Fazly Alias 4(1) 0 1 0 3 0 8(1) 0 0 0
5 DF Malaysia Ali Imran Alimi 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 MF Malaysia Danial Amier 4(1) 0 0 0 1(1) 0 5(2) 0 0 0
7 MF Malaysia Hadin Azman 4(10) 2 0(4) 1 0(3) 0 4(17) 3 0 0
8 MF Malaysia Khairu Azrin 11(3) 0 2 0 3(3) 0 15(6) 0 2 0
9 FW Brazil Thiago Augusto 18(2) 14 4 4 5 4 27(2) 22 1 0
10 FW Brazil Gilberto Fortunato 13(5) 10 4 2 7 4 24(5) 16 2 0
11 MF Malaysia Wan Zack Haikal 15(3) 6 4 1 0 0 19(3) 7 4 1
12 DF Malaysia Shukor Adan (c) 19(1) 3 4 1 7 1 30(1) 5 4 0
13 MF Malaysia Syamim Yahya 5(2) 1 0 0 3(2) 0 8(4) 1 1 0
14 DF Malaysia Azreen Zulkafali 4(1) 0 0 0 5 0 9(1) 0 0 0
16 MF Malaysia Stuart Wark 12 0 2(1) 0 3(1) 0 17(2) 0 0 0
17 MF Philippines Iain Ramsay 16(2) 2 4 0 6(1) 1 25(3) 3 2 0
18 DF Malaysia Irwan Fadzli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 MF Malaysia Christie Jayaseelan 12(8) 6 1(2) 0 5(1) 0 18(11) 6 0 0
20 DF Malaysia Wan Amirul Afiq 12(1) 0 4 0 2(4) 1 18(5) 1 2 1
21 DF Malaysia K. Prabakaran 10(3) 0 1 0 3 0 14(3) 0 0 0
23 DF Malaysia Safwan Hashim 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
26 DF Brazil Thiago Junio 14(1) 1 2 0 4(1) 0 20(2) 1 4 0
28 MF Malaysia Alif Yusof 15(2) 0 4 0 5 0 24(2) 0 5 0
30 GK Malaysia Farizal Harun 18 0 4 0 6 0 28 0 1 0
33 GK Malaysia Azri Ghani 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
34 DF Malaysia Tasnim Fitri Nasir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
35 MF Malaysia Zahril Azri 2(5) 0 0 0 7 1 9(5) 1 3 0
36 DF Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim 4(1) 0 0 0 0 0 4(1) 0 0 0
37 FW Malaysia Syahmi Zamri 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Players who left the club during season or on loan
29 MF Malaysia Curran Ferns 8(2) 0 3(1) 0 0 0 11(3) 0 1 0
24 GK Malaysia Ilham Amirullah 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Clean sheets

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 GK Malaysia Kalamullah Al-Hafiz 0 0 0 0
30 GK Malaysia Farizal Harun 4 0 3 7
33 GK Malaysia Azri Ghani 0 0 0 0

Transfers

In

1st leg

Date Pos. Name From Fee
2 December 2017
MF
 Malaysia Khairu Azrin Malaysia PKNS Undisclosed
2 December 2017
MF
 Malaysia Azreen Zulkafali Malaysia PKNS Undisclosed
6 December 2017
MF
 Malaysia Syamim Yahya Malaysia Pahang Undisclosed[1]
6 December 2017
MF
 Malaysia Christie Jayaseelan Malaysia Pahang Undisclosed[1]
7 December 2017
DF
 Brazil Thiago Junio Malaysia Perak Undisclosed[2]
20 December 2017
FW
 Brazil Gilberto Fortunato Malaysia PKNP Undisclosed[3]
3 January 2018
MF
 Philippines Iain Ramsay Philippines Ceres–Negros Undisclosed[4]

Out

1st leg

2nd leg

Date Pos. Name To Fee
1 June 2018
MF
 Malaysia Curran Ferns Thailand Sukhothai Undisclosed

References

  1. ^ a b "Christie kenang jasa Sathia". BH Online. 6 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Thiago tunggu tawaran daripada Perak". Astro Awani. 7 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Liga Perdana tetap mencabar: Gilberto". BH Online. 7 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Ramsay pilih The Fighters". BH Online. 3 January 2018.