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  MAS Florian Rison Laes
2 DF  MAS Ronny Harun
3 DF  MAS Ridwan Ma'on
4 DF  ITA Davide Grassi
6 MF  MAS K. Thanaraj
7 MF  MAS J. Partiban
8 MF  MAS Akmal Mohd Noor
9 MF  AUS Ndumba Makeche
11 MF  MAS Ashri Chuchu
12 DF  MAS Ramesh Lai
13 DF  MAS Dzulazlan Ibrahim
15 MF  MAS K. Gurusamy
16 MF  MAS Shahrol Saperi
17 DF  MAS Hairol Mokhtar
18 FW  MAS Syahrul Azwari (on loan from Kelantan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF  TLS Juninho
20 FW  MAS Shreen Tambi
21 GK  MAS Iqbal Suhaimi
22 DF  MAS Mazwandi Zekeria
23 MF  MAS Dalglish Papin Test
24 DF  MAS Dzulfadli Awang Marajeh
25 GK  MAS Shahril Saa'ri
26 MF  MAS Alif Hassan
27 FW  MAS Hafis Saperi
29 DF  LBR Teah Dennis
30 FW  BRA Gilmar
33 MF  MAS Shamie Iszuan
34 MF  MAS Tommy Mawat Bada
35 DF  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 Ndumba Makeche 100212
2 MF 19 Juninho 7007
FW 30 Gilmar 7007
4 MF 33 Shamie Iszuan 2024
5 MF 7 J. Partiban 1102
6 MF 15 K. Gurusamy 1001
MF 18 Syahrul Azwari 1001
FW 34 Tommy Mawat 1001
# Own goals 2 0 0 2
Total 32 1 4 37

References
  1. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2016/01/17/coach-rajagopal-to-make-sarawak-feared-again/
  2. https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/football/2016/05/11/rajagopal-not-quitting-coaching-after-sarawak/
  3. https://shootsampeibisak.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/sarawak-2016-home-kit-released/
  4. https://sarawakcrocs.com/crocs-launch-bold-new-jerseys-for-2016/
  5. Sarawak FA 2016 https://sarawakcrocs.com/sarawak-fa-2016
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