2021 Melaka United F.C. season

The 2021 season was Melaka United Football Club's 97th season in club history and 5th season in the Malaysia Super League.

Melaka United

2021 season
President	Datuk Sulaiman Md Ali
Manager	Yusoff Mahadi
Head coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan[1]
Stadium	Hang Jebat Stadium (capacity:40,000)
Malaysia Super League	8th
Malaysia Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Stefan Nikolić S. Kumaahran (4) All: Sony Norde (8)
Highest home attendance	0
Lowest home attendance	0
Average home league attendance	0
Home colours Away colours Third colours
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Kits

• Supplier: al-Ikhsan
• Main sponsors: RedOne
• Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups

Home

Away

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Goalkeeper

Goalkeeper

Management team

Position	Name
Head coach	Zainal Abidin Hassan
Assistant head coaches	Asri Ninggal
	Md Noor Md Derus
Goalkeeper coach	Mazlan Wahid
Fitness coach	Norhudahiroshi Razak
Physiotherapist	Rozairen Hairudin
	Fakhrusy Syakirin

Players

No.	Name	Nationality	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Since	Contract ends
Goalkeepers
1	Solehin Mamat		(1996-03-24) 24 March 1996 (age 29)	Kuala Lumpur City	2019	2021
19	Khairul Fahmi (captain)		(1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 36)	Kelantan	2018	2022
22	Norazlan Razali		(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 39)	Felda United	2019	2021
Defenders
2	Che Rashid		(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
3	Akmal Zahir		(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 (age 31)	UKM	2020	2021
6	Jang Suk-won		(1989-08-11) 11 August 1989 (age 36)	Seongnam (K1)	2019	2021
11	Syamim Yahya		(1990-05-17) 17 May 1990 (age 35)	Terengganu	2020
13	Razman Roslan		(1984-08-14) 14 August 1984 (age 41)	Selangor	2019	2021
15	Khairul Anwar		(1990-10-09) 9 October 1990 (age 34)	Terengganu	2020
18	Wan Amirul Afiq		(1992-07-18) 18 July 1992 (age 33)	Felda United	2019	2020
24	Farid Azmi		(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994 (age 31)	Sarawak United	2021	2021
25	Faris Shah		(1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 (age 30)	Kelantan	2018	2020
28	Amirul Hamer		(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 27)	Youth team	2020
31	Khairul Helmi		(1988-03-31) 31 March 1988 (age 37)	Kedah Darul Aman	2021
35	Hasbullah Abu Bakar		(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 30)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
Midfielders
7	Wan Zaharulnizam		(1991-05-08) 8 May 1991 (age 34)	Kelantan	2021
8	Manny Ott		(1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 33)	United City (P1)	2021
10	Sony Norde		(1989-07-27) 27 July 1989 (age 36)	Zira (A1)	2020
14	Fakhrullah Rosli		(1991-01-08) 8 January 1991 (age 34)	SAMB	2020
20	Faizal Talib		(1997-07-28) 28 July 1997 (age 28)	Youth team	2019
21	Gary Steven Robbat		(1992-09-03) 3 September 1992 (age 32)	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2021
23	Jasmir Mehat		(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994 (age 31)	SAMB	2020
30	Shyamierul Razmee		(1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 (age 27)	SAMB	2020
Forwards
9	Giovane Gomes		(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 (age 30)	Caxias (B4)	2021	2021
12	Kumaahran Sathasivam		(1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 29)	Pahang	2021	2021
17	Hazim Abu Zaid		(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 (age 24)	Youth team	2020
27	Adriano		(1994-08-30) 30 August 1994 (age 30)	Galves (B4)	2021	2021
Players who left during the season
9	Alex		(1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 (age 35)	Persikabo 1973 (I1)	2021
90	Stefan Nikolić		(1990-04-16) 16 April 1990 (age 35)	Krupa (B1)	2021

Transfers

Transfers in

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
DF	Farid Azmi	Sarawak United	Free transfer
FW	Casagrande	Penang	Loan return
DF	Khairul Helmi	Kedah Darul Aman	Free transfer	[2][3][4]
MF	Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria	Kelantan	Free transfer	[5]
MF	Manny Ott	United City	Free transfer
FW	S.Kumaahran	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Season loan	[6]
DF	Che Rashid	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Season loan
DF	Hasbullah Abu Bakar	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Season loan
FW	Alex	Persikabo 1973	Free transfer
FW	Stefan Nikolić	Krupa	Free transfer

Mid-season

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Ref.
MF	Gary Steven Robbat	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	Season loan	[7]
FW	Giovane Gomes	Caxias	Season loan	[8]
FW	Adriano	Galvez	Season loan	[9]

Transfers out

Pre-season

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
DF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	Unattached
DF	Annas Rahmat	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[10]
DF	Curran Singh Ferns	Unattached
DF	Khair Jones	Unattached
DF	Mohd Aizulridzwan Razali	Unattached
DF	Lee Yong Cheng	Unattached
MF	Saiful Ridzuan	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[11]
MF	Deevan Raj	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer
MF	Safiq Rahim	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Free transfer
MF	Romel Morales	Kuala Lumpur City	Free transfer
FW	Casagrande	Penang	Free transfer
FW	Uche Agba	Sarawak United	Free transfer
FW	Ferris Danial	Negeri Sembilan	Free transfer	[12]
FW	Ramzi Haziq	Unattached

Mid-season

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Ref.
FW	Alex	Persita Tangerang	Free transfer
FW	Stefan Nikolić	Unattached

Extension of contract

Pos.	Player	Notes	Ref.
GK	Khairul Fahmi	2 years signed in 2021
GK	Solehin Mamat
GK	Norazlan Razali
DF	Jang Suk-won		[13]
DF	Faris Shah		[14]
DF	Wan Amirul Afiq		[15]
DF	Razman Roslan
MF	Sony Norde		[16]
MF	Syamim Yahya

Friendlies

Pre-season

JDT Invitation Cup (19-25 February 2021)

Terengganu v Melaka United

19 February 2021 1	Terengganu	1–1	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
				Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United

21 February 2021 2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–3	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
				Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim II v Melaka United

23 February 2021 3	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	1–3	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
				Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United

26 February 2021 Finals	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
				Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium

Others

Melaka United v Kelantan

28 February 2021 1	Melaka United	2–1	Kelantan	Krubong
	Fakhrullah 14', 43'		7' (pen.)	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Mid-season

Melaka United v Selangor

17 July 2021 1	Melaka United	3–2	Selangor	Krubong
	Norde 9' Giovane Gomes 16', 25'		Olusegun 63' (pen.) Nik Sharif 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Super League

Fixtures and results

Melaka United v Sabah

6 March 2021 1	Melaka United	1–1	Sabah	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Kumaahran 62'		Hamran Peter 45'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Khirulazuan Kidam

Petaling Jaya City v Melaka United

9 March 2021 2	Petaling Jaya City	2–2	Melaka United	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Darren 70', 85' (pen.) Raffi  30' Rajes  90'		Kumaahran 55' Faris 90+5' Afiq  73' Syamim  83'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Melaka United v Sri Pahang

13 March 2021 3	Melaka United	0–0	Sri Pahang	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8			Wague  24'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

Terengganu v Melaka United

17 March 2021 4	Terengganu	1–1	Melaka United	Kuala Nerus
21:00 UTC+8	Mintah 66'		Alex 9' (pen.)	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium Referee: Noor Azriel

Melaka United v Kuala Lumpur City

20 March 2021 5	Melaka United	2–1	Kuala Lumpur City	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Alex 51' (pen.), 91' (pen.)		Azim 89'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Shahrizan Mohamad Solihim

Johor Darul Ta'zim v Melaka United

2 April 2021 6	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–0	Melaka United	Iskandar Puteri
21:00 UTC+8	Adam 3' Bergson 8', 82' Hariss  58'		Syamim  63' Afiq  68'	Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Melaka United v Penang

6 April 2021 7	Melaka United	1–2	Penang	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Nikolić 62' Razman  46'		Casagrande 39', 48' Latiff  71' Utomo  77'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

UiTM v Melaka United

10 April 2021 8	UiTM	0–3	Melaka United	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8			Norde 36' Nikolić 60' Kumaahran 65'	Stadium: UiTM Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Melaka United v Selangor

18 April 2021 9	Melaka United	2–3	Selangor	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Faris  16' Nikolić 45+3' (pen.),  68' Syamim 59' Fakhrullah  87'		Olusegun 51', 70' Konrad  62' Syahmi 88'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Perak v Melaka United

25 April 2021 10	Perak	0–1	Melaka United	Ipoh
22:00 UTC+8	Idris  44' Danish  65' Shakir  84'		Zaharulnizam 61' Kumaahran  25' Afiq  58' Norde  87'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Razlan Joffri Ali

Melaka United v Kedah Darul Aman

30 April 2021 11	Melaka United	1–3	Kedah Darul Aman	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Nikolić  15', 37' (pen.) Syamim  72' Razman  73'		Sherman 18' (pen.), 62' Baddrol 87' Ariff  45+1'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Tuan Mohd Yaasin Tuan Mohd Hanafiah

Sabah v Melaka United

5 May 2021 12	Sabah	3–1	Melaka United	Kota Kinabalu
21:15 UTC+8	Amri 6', 47' Azzizan 16'		Fakhrullah 65'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

Melaka United v Petaling Jaya City

9 May 2021 13	Melaka United	0–0	Petaling Jaya City	Krubong
22:00 UTC+8	Syamim  63' Hasbullah  70'		Filemon  40' Prabakaran  49' Mahalli  88'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Sri Pahang v Melaka United

25 July 2021 14	Sri Pahang	1–1	Melaka United	Kuantan
21:00 UTC+8	Hidalgo 1'		Zaharulnizam 90+7' Akmal  69'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Referee: S. Logeswaran

Melaka United v Terengganu

28 July 2021 15	Melaka United	2–0	Terengganu	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Norde 36',  51' Adriano 77' Kumaahran  81'	Report	Carli de Murga  19' Azam  41' Arif  68'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab

Kuala Lumpur City v Melaka United

31 July 2021 16	Kuala Lumpur City	1–1	Melaka United	Cheras
21:00 UTC+8	Zhafri 53' Irfan  62' Partiban  90+6'	Report	Robbat  34' Akmal  41' Jang  45+2', 90+8'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

Melaka United v Johor Darul Ta'zim

3 August 2021 17	Melaka United	0–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Razman  70'	Report	Bergson 2' (pen.) Afiq  51' Arif  84' Davies  90' Sumareh  90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Hamdan Awang

Penang v Melaka United

7 August 2021 18	Penang	2–1	Melaka United	Penang
21:00 UTC+8	Khairu  21'  66' Utomo  60' Rafael 75'	Report	Afiq  31' Faris  45+2' Jang  73' Giovane 90'	Stadium: City Stadium Referee: Noor Azriel Baharudin

Melaka United v UiTM

22 August 2021 19	Melaka United	1–1	UiTM	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Kumaahran 45'	Report	Nirennold 53'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Muhammad Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi

Selangor v Melaka United

28 August 2021 20	Selangor	1–1	Melaka United	Petaling Jaya
21:00 UTC+8	Heing 18' Ashmawi  28'	Report	Akmal  45+2' Fakhrullah  82' Ott 90+4'	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Yaacob

Melaka United v Perak

3 September 2021 21	Melaka United	2–1	Perak	Krubong
21:00 UTC+8	Khairul  27' Ott 67' Norde 79' Faizal  88' Fahmi  90+3'	Report	Agüero 30' (pen.),  73' Nazmi  62' Noureddine  69' Aizat  90+2'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

Kedah Darul Aman v Melaka United

August 2021 22	Kedah Darul Aman	4–1	Melaka United	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Tchétché 24', 30' Renan  43' Baddrol 66' Fayadh 69'	Report	Khairul  39' Adriano 59' Akmal  80'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Kuala Lumpur City	22	8	9	5	27	20	+7	33[a]	Qualification for AFC Cup group stage
7	Petaling Jaya City	22	6	6	10	16	28	−12	24
8	Melaka United	22	5	9	8	25	31	−6	21[b]
9	Sabah	22	4	7	11	21	38	−17	19
10	Sri Pahang	22	4	6	12	23	37	−14	18

Source: Malaysian Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. KL City qualified to 2022 AFC Cup as winner of 2021 Malaysia Cup
2. Melaka have been docked three points based on the following of the decision from FAM (Football Association of Malaysia).^[17]

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup group stage § Group C

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.^[18]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		MEL	KED	KLU	NSE
1	Melaka United	6	5	1	0	15	5	+10	16	Quarter-finals		—	2–0	2–1	2–0
2	Kedah Darul Aman	6	4	0	2	13	6	+7	12			1–3	—	3–0	3–0[a]
3	Kelantan United	6	1	1	4	8	12	−4	4			3–3	1–3	—	0–1
4	Negeri Sembilan[a]	6	1	0	5	1	14	−13	3	Withdrew		0–3[a]	0–3[a]	0–3[a]	—

Source: MFL, FAM
Notes:

1. Negeri Sembilan withdrew from the tournament on 22 October 2021, after 20 players and 4 staff members had caught the Coronavirus, this prompted them to withdraw for the safety of all parties and were advised by the team's medical doctor. As according to MFL's rule book, all of Negeri Sembilan's remaining matches will be awarded a 3–0 win to the opposing team.^[19]

Melaka United v Negeri Sembilan

27 September 2021 1	Melaka United	2–0	Negeri Sembilan	Krubong
21:00 UTC +8	Adriano 28' Khairul  54' Kumaahran 65'	Report	Arthur Cunha  22' Koné  47' Akono  72'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Mat Hassan

Kedah Darul Aman v Melaka United

30 September 2021 2	Kedah Darul Aman	1–3	Melaka United	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC +8	Sherman 7' Rizal  55' Amirul  90+4'	Report	Norde 23' Ott 39', 52' Jang  80' Afiq  90'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

Melaka United v Kelantan United

29 October 2021 3	Melaka United	2–1	Kelantan United	Krubong
21:00 UTC +8	Norde 25' Adriano 54'	Report	Fukai 43' Hariz  60' Imran  63'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 796 Referee: S. Logeswaran

Kelantan United v Melaka United

1 November 2021 4	Kelantan United	3–3	Melaka United	Kota Bharu
21:00 UTC +8	Tanigawa 22' Evan  27' Gassama 39' Imran  68' Shafizi 78'	Report	Norde 25' Kumaahran 55' Ott 84'	Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 41 Referee: Abdul Rahman Wahab

Negeri Sembilan v Melaka United

6 November 2021 5	Negeri Sembilan	0–3	Melaka United
21:00 UTC +8

Melaka United v Kedah Darul Aman

9 November 2021 6	Melaka United	2–0	Kedah Darul Aman	Krubong
21:00 UTC +8	Ott 24',  78' Norde  40' Hasbullah  65' Gomes 89' Adriano  90+1'	Report	Renan  12' Rodney  45+1' Fadzrul  90+1'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 1,399 Referee: Hamdan Awang

Knockout stage

Main article: 2021 Malaysia Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Sabah v Melaka United

14 November 2021 First leg	Sabah	0–1	Melaka United	Kota Kinabalu
20:15 UTC +8	Rawilson  17'	Report	Jang  16' Norde 52' Adriano  90'	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 7,213 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

Melaka United v Sabah

18 November 2021 Second leg	Melaka United	2–1	Sabah	Krubong
21:00 UTC +8	Adriano 3' Norde 78'		Mitrevski 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 6,328 Referee: Fairuzi Mat Desa

Semi-finals

Kuala Lumpur City v Melaka United

22 November 2021 First leg	Kuala Lumpur City	1–1	Melaka United	Cheras
21:00 UTC +8	Kenny  25' Zhafri 50'	Report	Adriano 8' Ott  35' Gomes  44'	Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium Referee: Mohammad Hasrol Mohd Amir

Melaka United v Kuala Lumpur City

26 November 2021 Second leg	Melaka United	1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–5 p)	Kuala Lumpur City	Krubong
21:00 UTC +8	Syamim 66'		Partiban 9'	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 17,500 Referee: Mohd Fusser Mad Sallih
	Penalties
	Gomes Ott Adriano Norde		Hadin Gallifuoco Paulo Josué Morales Indra Putra

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Players with no appearances not included in the list.

As of match played 26 November 2021

No.	Pos.	Name	League		Malaysia Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	Che Rashid	3(7)	0	0(2)	0	12	0
3	DF	Akmal Zahir	11(4)	0	8	0	23	0
6	DF	Jang Suk-won	19	1	9	0	28	1
7	MF	Wan Zaharulnizam	10(4)	2	2(3)	0	19	2
8	MF	Manny Ott	22	2	9	4	31	6
9	FW	Giovane Gomes	8	1	6(3)	1	17	2
10	MF	Sony Norde	21	3	9	5	30	8
11	DF	Syamim Yahya	12	1	3(4)	1	19	2
12	FW	S. Kumaahran	15	4	8	2	23	6
13	DF	Razman Roslan	9(6)	0	1(6)	0	22	0
14	MF	Fakhrullah Rosli	1(15)	1	0(6)	0	22	1
15	DF	Khairul Anwar	12(1)	0	9	0	22	0
17	MF	Hazim Abu Zaid	0(6)	0	0	0	6	0
18	DF	Wan Amirul Afiq	20	0	2(4)	0	26	0
19	GK	Khairul Fahmi	18	0	9	0	27	0
20	FW	Faizal Talib	3(1)	0	0(2)	0	6	0
21	MF	Gary Steven Robbat	3	0	0	0	3	0
22	GK	Norazlan Razali	4	0	0	0	4	0
23	MF	Jasmir Mehat	1(6)	0	0	0	7	0
24	DF	Farid Azmi	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
25	MF	Faris Shah	15(4)	1	7	0	26	1
27	FW	Adriano	9	2	8(1)	4	18	6
28	DF	Amirul Hamer	0(1)	0	0	0	1	0
31	DF	Khairul Helmi	4(4)	0	0(1)	0	9	0
35	DF	Hasbullah Abu Bakar	7(5)	0	9	0	21	0
Players who have played this season but had left the club or on loan to other club
9	FW	Alex	9(1)	3	0	0	10	3
90	FW	Stefan Nikolić	6(1)	4	0	0	7	4

Notes