2018 Terengganu F.C. I season

The 2018 season was Terengganu's first season in the Malaysia Super League since the rebranding in 2017.

Terengganu

2018 season
Owner	Persatuan Bola Sepak Negeri Terengganu (PBSNT)
President	Datuk Seri Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman (Until 7 July 2018) Dr. Samsuri Mokhtar (Elected on 8 July 2018)
Manager	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
Stadium	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
Super League	5th
FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Kipré Tchétché (13) All: Kipré Tchétché (24)
Home colours Away colours
← 2017 2019 →

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Irfan Bakti Abu Salim
Assistant manager	Mohamad Nik
Coaches	Nafuzi Zain
	Kamaruddin Annuar
Goalkeeping Coach	Yazid Yassin

Squad information

As of 25 January 2017

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  MAS Faizal Yusoff 2 DF  MAS Wan Amirzafran 3 DF  MAS Fitri Omar 4 DF  MAS Kamal Azizi 7 MF  ENG Lee Tuck 8 MF  CAM Thierry Bin 10 FW  SGP Faris Ramli 12 MF  MAS Shahrul Aizad 13 MF  MAS Latiff Suhaimi (vice-captain) 15 MF  MAS Faiz Nasir 16 MF  MAS Partiban Janasekaran 17 DF  MAS Nasrullah Haniff 18 MF  MAS Fauzi Kadar

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW  KOR Do Dong-Hyun 21 GK  MAS Syazwan Yusoff 22 DF  MAS Adib Aizuddin 23 FW  CIV Kipré Tchétché (captain) 24 DF  SRB Igor Zonjić 25 MF  MAS Azi Shahril 26 DF  MAS Hasnizaidi Jamian 27 GK  MAS Wan Azraie 29 GK  MAS Suffian Rahman 30 FW  MAS Ashari Samsudin 41 MF  MAS Haidhir Suhaini 42 MF  MAS Alif Fitri 43 DF  MAS Hafizal Mohamad

Transfers

In

1st leg

Date	Pos	No	Player	From	Type	Window	Fee	Ref
8 November 2017	GK	27	Wan Azraie	Pahang	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[1]
16 November 2017	MF	7	Lee Tuck	Negeri Sembilan	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[2]
17 November 2017	LB	3	Fitri Omar	Kedah	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
19 November 2017	LM	18	Fauzi Kadar	Terengganu II	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
21 November 2017	FW	10	Faris Ramli	Kuantan	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
21 November 2017	FW	–	Kim Hyun-woo	PKNP	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
24 November 2017	RB	4	Kamal Azizi Zabri	Terengganu II	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
24 November 2017	CB	2	Wan Ahmad Amirzafran	Terengganu II	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
1 December 2017	RM	12	Shahrul Aizad	Kuantan	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
1 December 2017	MF	8	Thierry Bin	Krabi	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed
1 December 2017	CB	24	Igor Zonjić	FK Rad	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed
14 December 2017	FW	30	Ashari Samsudin	Pahang	Transfer	Pre-season	Free	[3]
-	RB	26	Hasni Zaidi	Felda United	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
4 February 2018	FW	–	Lee Jun-hyeob	National Defense Ministry	Transfer	Pre-season	Undisclosed

2nd leg

Date	Pos	No	Player	From	Type	Window	Fee	Ref
4 June 2018	MF	19	Do Dong-hyun	Kelantan	Transfer	Mid-season	Undisclosed

Out

1st leg

Date	Pos	No	Player	To	Type	Window	Fee	Ref
10 November 2017	GK	1	Amierul Hakimi	Terengganu II	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
3 December 2017	RB	19	Mohd Firdaus Faudzi	Kuala Lumpur	Transfer	Pre-season	Free
1 February 2018	FW	–	Kim Hyun-woo	Unattached	Transfer	Pre-season	Released

Pre-season and friendlies

Tour of Cambodia^[4]

Svay Rieng v Terengganu

6 January 2018 Friendly	Svay Rieng	0–1	Terengganu	Svay Rieng
			Kipré Tchétché 30'	Stadium: Svay Rieng Stadium

National Defense Ministry v Terengganu

9 January 2018 Friendly	National Defense Ministry	6–3	Terengganu	Phnom Penh
	Lee Jun-hyeob 25', 29', 45' Kan Pisal 61' Yudai Ogawa 70' No Daeho 84'		Kipré Tchétché 30' Kim Hyun-woo 47' Lee Tuck 52'	Stadium: RCAF Old Stadium

Phnom Penh Crown v Terengganu

10 January 2018 Friendly	Phnom Penh Crown	2–1	Terengganu	Phnom Penh
	Jonny Campbell 49' Pov Ponvuthy 76'		Lee Tuck 2'	Stadium: RSN Stadium

MB Terengganu Cup

Terengganu v Pahang

15 January 2018 Friendly	Terengganu	4–2	Pahang	Kuala Terengganu
	Ashari Samsudin Igor Zonjić Kipré Tchétché Faiz Nasir		Philip Hellquist Norshahrul Idlan	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Terengganu v Terengganu II

16 January 2018 Friendly	Terengganu	0–2	Terengganu II	Kuala Terengganu
			Akanni-Sunday Wasiu Bruno Suzuki	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Terengganu v Melaka United

17 January 2018 Friendly	Terengganu	5–0	Melaka United	Kuala Terengganu
	Shahrul Aizad Igor Zonjić Kipré Tchétché Lee Tuck Chanturu Suppiah 0' (o.g.)			Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
3	PKNS	22	10	5	7	37	29	+8	35
4	Pahang	22	9	7	6	35	21	+14	34
5	Terengganu	22	10	4	8	32	31	+1	34
6	Kedah	22	9	5	8	37	36	+1	32
7	Melaka United	22	9	4	9	33	38	−5	31

Source: FAM, FMLLP
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Results by matchday

Matchday	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A
Result	D	D	W	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	W	L
Position	6	8	5	2	5	3	4	4	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	3	5	6	4	5

Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2018. Source: Matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Terengganu v PKNS

3 February 2018 1	Terengganu	2–2	PKNS	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Nasrullah  26' Kipré 37' (pen.), 74',  63' Lee Tuck  59'	Report	Qayyum 39' Ramazotti 69'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

Kelantan v Terengganu

6 February 2018 2	Kelantan	1–1	Terengganu	Kota Bharu
21:00 MYT	Dong 39' (pen.) Ferdinand  50' Gomis  90+2'	Report	Kipré 1' Aizad  32' Fitri  39'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Terengganu v Selangor

10 February 2018 3	Terengganu	4–1	Selangor	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Lee Tuck 33', 68' Aizad 60' Kipré 66' Nasrullah  81'	Report	Evan Dimas  49' Razman  84' Amri 89'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Negeri Sembilan v Terengganu

23 February 2018 4	Negeri Sembilan	1–2	Terengganu	Paroi
21:00 MYT	Júnior  45+2' Syahid  69' Fakrul 74'	Report	Nasrullah  7' Ashari 14' Lee Jun-hyeob 85' Fitri  90'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

10 March 2018 5	Terengganu	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Thierry Bin  15' Latiff  27' Zonjić  42'	Report	Marcos António 30' Azrif  73'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Melaka United v Terengganu

13 April 2018 6	Melaka United	0–3	Terengganu	Krubong
21:00 MYT		Report	Kipré 27', 76' Fitri  38' Nasrullah  42' Lee Tuck 81' Thierry  86'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Terengganu v Kedah

27 April 2018 7	Terengganu	1–1	Kedah	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Latiff  20' Zonjić  28' Partiban 44'	Report	Rizal  62' Baddrol 64' Silva  88'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Terengganu v Pahang

1 May 2018 8	Terengganu	1–3	Pahang	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Lee Tuck 73' (pen.) Latiff  89' Thierry  90'	Report	Cruz 38', 53' Faisal  72' Kogileswaran  90+2' Faizal 90+5'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Perak v Terengganu

6 May 2018 9	Perak	3–2	Terengganu	Ipoh
21:00 MYT	Wander Luiz 5' Gilmar 13', 38' (pen.) Azhan  29'	Report	Cornthwaite 19' (o.g.) Azi Shahril  70' Lee Tuck 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Pahang v Terengganu

11 May 2018 10	Pahang	0–1	Terengganu	Kuantan
21:00 MYT		Report	Adib  30' Lee Tuck  45+2' Partiban  50' Faiz 63' Nasrullah  73' Kamal  89'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Terengganu v Perak

22 May 2018 11	Terengganu	2–0	Perak	Kuala Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Thierry Bin  22' Kipré 26' (pen.), 52' Lee Tuck  45+2' Wan Azraie  61'	Report	Rafiuddin  25'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Terengganu v Melaka United

26 May 2018 12	Terengganu	1–0	Melaka United	Kuala Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Kamal Azizi  2' Ashari 61' Latiff  83'	Report		Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Kuala Lumpur v Terengganu

2 June 2018 13	Kuala Lumpur	3–0	Terengganu	Kuala Lumpur
22:00 UTC+8	Zhafri 45+2',  74' De Paula 46' Paulo Josué 81'	Report		Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Muhd Rahmat Jantan

PKNP v Terengganu

5 June 2018 14	PKNP	2–1	Terengganu	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Shahrel 52' (pen.), 61' Fadhil  54'	Report	Kipré 30' Zonjić  83'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Terengganu v PKNP

9 June 2018 15	Terengganu	2–1	PKNP	Kuala Terengganu
22:00 UTC+8	Lee Tuck  33', 71' Kipré 68' Thierry Bin  77'	Report	Anzité  32' Kim Sang-Woo 79'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

20 June 2018 16	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Terengganu	Larkin
21:00 UTC+8	Marcos António 8' Cabrera 35' Aidil Zafuan  72'	Report	Lee Tuck  21'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Terengganu v Negeri Sembilan

27 June 2018 17	Terengganu	3–2	Negeri Sembilan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Kipré 32', 57' (pen.), 66' Kamal Azizi  74' Suffian  90+5'	Report	Vélez  44',  73' Fakhrul Aiman  56'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Terengganu v Kuala Lumpur

10 July 2018 18	Terengganu	3–1	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Malik 38' Zonjić 53' Latiff 90+2'	Report	Firdaus  31' de Paula 34'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

PKNS v Terengganu

14 July 2018 19	PKNS	4–0	Terengganu	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Bruno Matos 16' (pen.), 79' Zac Anderson 38' Jafri Chew 66' Romel Morales  71'	Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Kedah v Terengganu

17 July 2018 20	Kedah	1–1	Terengganu	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Baddrol 44'	Report	Kamal Azizi 62'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Terengganu v Kelantan

23 July 2018 21	Terengganu	2–0	Kelantan	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Thierry Bin  17' Tchétché 44' Kamal Azizi 54' Lee Tuck  62'	Report	Cristiano Santos  61'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Selangor v Terengganu

29 July 2018 22	Selangor	2–0	Terengganu	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8	Syahmi 72' Rufino 90'	Report	Zonjić  90+2'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia FA Cup

Petaling Jaya Rangers v Terengganu

3 March 2018 Second round	Petaling Jaya Rangers	0–4	Terengganu	Petaling Jaya
16:15 MYT		Report	Lee Tuck 37' Zonjić 59' Aizad 75' Kipré 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

Terengganu v Selangor

16 March 2018 Third round	Terengganu	1–3	Selangor	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Aizad 25' Thierry Bin  60' Fitri  70'	Report	Amri  7' Rufino 27', 69' (pen.) Evan Dimas 61' Pacheco  83' Halim  90'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2018 Malaysia Cup group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		TER	PRK	FLC	KL
1	Terengganu	6	3	1	2	18	12	+6	10	Advance to knockout stage		—	1–2	2–2	2–3
2	Perak	6	3	1	2	9	7	+2	10			3–4	—	0–0	1–0
3	Felcra	6	2	2	2	10	14	−4	8			1–4	2–1	—	1–4
4	Kuala Lumpur	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6			1–5	0–2	3–4	—

Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2018. Source: FAM FMLLP

Kuala Lumpur v Terengganu

4 August 2018 1	Kuala Lumpur	1–5	Terengganu	Cheras
21:00 MYT	Hafiz  38' Azmeer  43' Zaquan 85' (pen.)	Report	Kipré 25', 55', 72' Tuck 44' Zonjić 64' Thierry Bin  81'	Stadium: KLFA Stadium Referee: Razlan Jeffri Ali

Perak v Terengganu

11 August 2018 2	Perak	3–4	Terengganu	Ipoh
21:00 MYT	Leandro  33', 90+5' (pen.) Brendan  57' Wander 86', 90'	Report	Ashari 8' Tuck  32'  71', 45+5' (pen.) Amirzafran  51', 57' Faiz 82'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

Terengganu v Felcra

18 August 2018 3	Terengganu	2–2	Felcra	Kuala Terengganu
21:00 MYT	Ashari 21', 46' Zonjić  53' Adib  56' Amirzafran  60'	Report	Alif 60',  76' Casagrande  70' Azim 90'	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Felcra v Terengganu

25 August 2018 4	Felcra	1–4	Terengganu	KLFA Stadium, Cheras
21:00 UTC+8	David Laly 3'	Report	Kipré 18' Tuck 22', 61' (pen.), 79'	Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

Terengganu v Perak

2 September 2018 5	Terengganu	1–2	Perak	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Ashari Samsudin 65'	Report	Gilmar 21', 87'	Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Terengganu v Kuala Lumpur

15 September 2018 6	Terengganu	2–3	Kuala Lumpur	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Do 34' Aizad 66'	Report	Guilherme 4', 37' Paulo Josué 37'	Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Knock-stage

Quarter-finals

Felda United v Terengganu

21 September 2018 First leg	Felda United	1–2	Terengganu	Tun Abdul Razak Stadium, Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Gilberto 56'	Report	Haniff 9' Lee Tuck 81' (pen.)	Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Terengganu v Felda United

28 September 2018 Second leg	Terengganu	4–3	Felda United	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Lee Tuck 57' Adib Aizuddin 69' Malik Ariff 83' Kipré Tchétché 87'	Report	Thiago Junio 12' Syamim Yahya 49' Gilberto Fortunato 79'	Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

Semi-finals

Terengganu v Johor Darul Ta'zim

6 October 2018 First leg	Terengganu	1–0	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium, Kuala Terengganu
21:00 UTC+8	Malik Ariff 78'	Report		Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Terengganu

20 October 2018 Second leg	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2-2	Terengganu	Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium, Larkin
21:00 UTC+8	Fernando Márquez 41' (pen.) Cabrera 62'	Report	Kipré Tchétché 69', 90+2'	Referee: Nazmi Nasaruddin

Finals

Terengganu v Perak

27 October 2018 Final	Terengganu	3-3 (1–4 p)	Perak	Shah Alam Stadium, Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Kipré Tchétché 1', 42' Igor Zonjić  59' Lee Tuck  37'  66' Faiz Nasir 96'	Report	Wander Luiz  35' Firdaus Saiyadi 47' Gilmar  56' Brendan Gan 90+1' Igor Zonjić 120+1' (o.g.) Leandro  120+1'	Attendance: 75,000 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman
	Penalties
	Igor Zonjić Thierry Bin Nasrullah Haniff		Wander Luiz Amirul Azhan Shahrul Saad Leandro

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Faizal Yusoff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	CB	Wan Amirzafran	1(2)	0	0(1)	0	6	1	7(3)	1	2	0
3	LB	Fitri Omar	11(2)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	14(3)	0	4	0
4	RB	Kamal Azizi	20(1)	2	2	0	10(1)	0	32(2)	2	3	0
5	CB	Radhi Yusof	0	0	0	0	1(1)	0	1(1)	0	0	0
7	MF	Lee Tuck	20	6	2	1	10	7	32	14	9	2
8	MF	Thierry Bin	20	0	2	0	10	0	32	0	3	0
10	FW	Faris Ramli	11(3)	1	2	0	1(5)	1	14(8)	2	1	0
12	RM	Shahrul Aizad	7(1)	1	2	2	10(1)	1	19(2)	4	1	0
13	MF	Latiff Suhaimi	6(7)	1	0	0	3	0	9(7)	1	2	0
15	AM	Faiz Nasir	9(10)	1	0(2)	0	3(6)	2	12(18)	3	0	0
16	RM	J. Partiban	19(1)	1	0(1)	0	10	0	29(2)	1	1	0
17	CB	Nasrullah Haniff	18	0	2	0	2(5)	1	22(5)	1	5	0
18	LM	Fauzi Kadar	0(7)	0	0	0	0(4)	0	0(11)	0	0	0
19	FW	Do Dong-Hyun	8(1)	0	0	0	1(1)	1	9(2)	1	0	0
21	GK	Syazwan Yusoff	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
22	LB	Adib Aizuddin	13(2)	0	1	0	9	1	22(2)	1	3	0
23	FW	Kipré Tchétché (c)	20	14	2	1	11	9	33	24	1	0
24	CB	Igor Zonjić	20	1	2	1	10(1)	1	32(1)	4	3	0
25	MF	Azi Shahril	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	RB	Hasnizaidi Jamian	1	0	0(1)	0	1	0	2(1)	0	0	0
27	GK	Wan Azraie	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0
29	GK	Suffian Rahman	15	0	2	0	11	0	28	0	2	0
30	FW	Ashari Samsudin	5(13)	2	2	0	8(2)	4	15(15)	6	0	0
41	LM	Haidhir Suhaini ‡	2(2)	0	0	0	0	0	2(2)	0	0	0
42	MF	Alif Fitri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	DF	Hafizal Mohamad ‡	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
44	MF	Fazirhikwan Rani ‡	0(1)	0	0	0	1(2)	0	1(3)	0	1	1
Left club during season
—	FW	Bruno Suzuki	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0
—	FW	Lee Jun-hyeob	0(4)	1	0	0	0	0	0(4)	1	0	0
—	FW	Akanni-Sunday Wasiu	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0

^‡ Players who played for both Terengganu I and Terengganu II.

Last updated: 27 October 2018.
Source: Soccerway

Clean sheets

Rnk	No.	Player	League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	27	Wan Azraie	3	0	0	3
2	29	Suffian Rahman	1	1	0	2
3	21	Syazwan Yusoff	1	0	0	1