2016 Sarawak FA season

The 2016 season was Sarawak's 4th season in Liga Super the top tier of Malaysian football since being promoted in 2014. Another gloomy season campaign for Bujang Senang after another trophy drought years. With improvement in league position by finishing 8th compared to previous season, but failed in both cup competitions, loss to Perak 3–1 in FA cup and finished bottom of the group in Malaysia Cup with later Champions, Kedah as group winner and behind feeder team, T team and JDT II.

Sarawak
2016 season
PresidentPosa Majais
ManagerAbdullah Julaihi
Head CoachDavid Usop
StadiumSarawak State Stadium
(Capacity: 26,000)
Liga Super8th
Piala FASecond round
Piala MalaysiaGroup stage
Top goalscorerLeague:
Ndumba Makeche (10)
All:
Ndumba Makeche (12)

With announcing former national head coach, Datuk K Rajagopal[1] as new coach it seems like new beginning for Sarawak with the arrival of exciting young talent from national junior team, Syahrul Azwari. Unfortunately, he 'rested' in May,[2] in Malaysian football culture if the coach verified as 'rested' surely soon later he will be sacked and his contract terminated by mutual consent.

Team Kit

After 5 years since 2011 played with red-black AC Milan strip for home games and blue-black Internazionale for away fixture. The management decided to re-introduce all red kit for home matches,[3] the same pattern when the team kit was sponsored by Rossi during 2000's. Whereas, yellow neon kit introduced as away kit, the all black with tribal design was chosen for alternate or third kit.[4]

Players

First-team squad
As of 5 December 2015[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Malaysia MAS Florian Rison Laes
2 DF Malaysia MAS Ronny Harun
3 DF Malaysia MAS Ridwan Ma'on
4 DF Italy ITA Davide Grassi
6 MF Malaysia MAS K. Thanaraj
7 MF Malaysia MAS J. Partiban
8 MF Malaysia MAS Akmal Mohd Noor
9 MF Australia AUS Ndumba Makeche
11 MF Malaysia MAS Ashri Chuchu
12 DF Malaysia MAS Ramesh Lai
13 DF Malaysia MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim
15 MF Malaysia MAS K. Gurusamy
16 MF Malaysia MAS Shahrol Saperi
17 DF Malaysia MAS Hairol Mokhtar
18 FW Malaysia MAS Syahrul Azwari (on loan from Kelantan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF East Timor TLS Juninho
20 FW Malaysia MAS Shreen Tambi
21 GK Malaysia MAS Iqbal Suhaimi
22 DF Malaysia MAS Mazwandi Zekeria
23 MF Malaysia MAS Dalglish Papin Test
24 DF Malaysia MAS Dzulfadli Awang Marajeh
25 GK Malaysia MAS Shahril Saa'ri
26 MF Malaysia MAS Alif Hassan
27 FW Malaysia MAS Hafis Saperi
29 DF Liberia LBR Teah Dennis
30 FW Brazil BRA Gilmar
33 MF Malaysia MAS Shamie Iszuan
34 MF Malaysia MAS Tommy Mawat Bada
35 DF Malaysia MAS Rodney Akwensivie

Transfers

1st leg

2nd leg

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Rnk Pos No. Player Liga Super Piala FA Piala Malaysia Total
1 MF 9 Australia Ndumba Makeche 100212
2 MF 19 East Timor Juninho 7007
FW 30 Brazil Gilmar 7007
4 MF 33 Malaysia Shamie Iszuan 2024
5 MF 7 Malaysia J. Partiban 1102
6 MF 15 Malaysia K. Gurusamy 1001
MF 18 Malaysia Syahrul Azwari 1001
FW 34 Malaysia Tommy Mawat 1001
# Own goals 2 0 0 2
Total 32 1 4 37

References
  1. "Football: Coach Rajagopal to make Sarawak feared again | The Star".
  2. "Football: Rajagopal not quitting coaching after Sarawak farce | The Star".
  3. "Sarawak 2016 Home Kit Released". 8 February 2016.
  4. "Crocs launch bold new jerseys for 2016". 6 February 2016.
  5. Sarawak FA 2016 https://sarawakcrocs.com/sarawak-fa-2016
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