2019 Arema F.C. season

The 2019 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 32nd competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1, Piala Indonesia and Indonesia President's Cup. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.

Arema FC

2019 season
President Director	Agoes Soerjanto
Head Coach	Milomir Šešlija
Stadium	Kanjuruhan Stadium Gajayana Stadium
Liga 1	9th
Piala Indonesia[lower-roman 1]	Round of 16
Top goalscorer	League: Makan Konaté (16) All: Makan Konaté (18)
Highest home attendance	40,412 (vs. Persija Jakarta, 23 November 2019)
Lowest home attendance	4,318 (vs. Bali United, 16 December 2019)
Average home league attendance	14,182
Home colours Away colours

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Head Coach	Milomir Šešlija
Assistant Coach	Kuncoro
	Siswantoro
Goalkeeper Coach	Yanuar Hermansyah
Fitness Coach	Singgih Pitono

Squad information

Ajie

Cunha

Hamka(C)

Alfin

Alfarizi

Hanif

Hendro

Dedik

Dendi

Konaté

Comvalius

Arema XI Shopee Liga 1 2019

First team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 6 DF  IDN Ikhfanul Alam 7 FW  IDN Ahmad Nur Hardianto 8 MF  IDN Nasir 10 MF  MLI Makan Konaté 11 FW  IDN Rivaldi Bawuo 12 MF  IDN Hendro Siswanto 14 MF  IDN Jayus Hariono 15 FW  IDN Sunarto 16 MF  IDN Ridwan Tawainella 17 FW  IDN Zidane Pulanda 18 DF  IDN Ricky Ohorella 19 MF  IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 21 FW  IDN Ricky Kayame 22 DF  IDN Rachmat Latief 23 DF  IDN Hamka Hamzah (captain)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  IDN Dedik Setiawan 30 MF  IDN Muhammad Rafli 31 GK  IDN Andriyas Francisco 32 DF  IDN Alfin Tuasalamony 37 DF  IDN Agil Munawar 41 FW  IDN Dendi Santoso 44 DF  BRA Arthur Cunha (vice-captain) 56 FW  IDN Titan Agung 77 MF  JPN Takafumi Akahoshi 86 GK  IDN Sandy Firmansyah 87 DF  IDN Johan Alfarizi 88 MF  IDN Vikrian Akbar 93 GK  IDN Utam Rusdiana 96 GK  IDN Kartika Ajie 99 FW  NED Sylvano Comvalius

Transfers

In

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source
86	GK	Sandy Firmansyah	Sriwijaya	Free	1 January 2019
6	CB	Ikhfanul Alam	PSIR Rembang	Free	10 January 2019	[1]
9 (7)	ST	Robert Gladiador	Al-Shabab	Free	10 January 2019
91	MF	Pavel Smolyachenko	Metallurg Bekabad	Free	10 January 2019
22	CB	Rachmat Latief	Borneo	Free	11 January 2019	[2]
21	FW	Ricky Kayame	Persebaya Surabaya	Free	26 February 2019	[3]
99	ST	Sylvano Comvalius	Kuala Lumpur	Undisclosed	24 April 2019	[4]
31	GK	Andriyas Francisco	Youth sector	Promoted	4 May 2019
56	FW	Titan Agung	Youth sector	Promoted	4 May 2019
17	FW	Zidane Pulanda	Persipura Jayapura	Free	6 May 2019	[5]
88	MF	Vikrian Akbar	Youth sector	Promoted	1 August 2019
77	MF	Takafumi Akahoshi	Foolad	Free	24 August 2019	[6]

Out

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source
77	LM	Jefri Kurniawan	Persija Jakarta	End of Loan	9 December 2018	[7]
83	GK	Srđan Ostojić	FK Zemun	Undisclosed	12 December 2018	[8]
28	CB	Israel Wamiau	Persipura Jayapura	Free	12 December 2018	[9]
22	CB	Purwaka Yudhi	PSS Sleman	Free	12 December 2018	[10]
7	MF	Juan Revi	Sriwijaya	Free	1 January 2019
5	CB	Bagas Adi	Bhayangkara	Free	9 January 2019	[11]
86	MF	Dalmiansyah Matutu	Badak Lampung	Free	26 February 2019	[12]
9 (7)	ST	Robert Gladiador	Free agent	Released	15 April 2019	[13]
91	MF	Pavel Smolyachenko	Free agent	Released	20 August 2019	[14]

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
18 January 2019	Tanobel	H	7–0	Gladiador (2) 10', 44', Dedik 12', Rivaldi (2) 46', 86', Hardianto 79'	5,000
10 February 2019	Indonesia U22	H	1–1	Gladiador 86'	35,000
29 April 2019	Singhasari	H	13–0	Kayame (2) 7', 14', Dedik (3) 8', 20, 41', Latief 11', Dodik 38' (o.g.), Konaté (2) 39, 40, Rivaldi 56', Nasir 58', Hanif 63', Hamka 71'	0
4 May 2019	PSIS	H	1–0	Alfarizi 6'
11 May 2019	PSIS	A	0–2
16 June 2019	Arema U20	H	8–2	Konaté (2), Dendi, Pavel, Rivaldi (2), Hardianto, Jayus	0
18 July 2019	Persekam Metro	H	4–0

Piala Presiden

Group Stage

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	Group position
4 March 2019	Barito Putera	H	3–2	Dedik (2) 78', 90+5', Hardianto 90+1'	6,879	2nd
9 March 2019	Persela	H	0–1		28,311	2nd
13 March 2019	Persita	H	6–1	Konaté 33', Ohorella 45+1', Hendro 62', Arthur 67', Hamka 73', Kayame 90+1'	8,245	2nd

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Persela	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7	Knockout stage
2	Arema (H)	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Barito Putera	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
4	Persita	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: Piala Presiden
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goal scored.
(H) Host.

Knockout phase

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
30 March 2019	Quarter-finals	Bhayangkara	A	4–0	Konaté (2) 10', 78', Hamka 40', Kayame 90+4'	8,518
2 April 2019	Semi-finals First leg	Kalteng Putra	H	3–0	Kayame 28', Hanif 61', Dedik 67'	29,285
5 April 2019	Semi-finals Second leg	Kalteng Putra	N	3–0	Dedik 10', Alfarizi 20', Kayame 40'	7,987
9 April 2019	Final First leg	Persebaya	A	2–2	Hendro 33', Konaté 79'	50,000
12 April 2019	Final Second leg	Persebaya	H	2–0	Hardianto 43', Kayame 90+2'	42,000

Liga 1

Matches

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance	League position
15 May 2019	PSS	A	1–3	Comvalius 29'	27,710	15th
22 May 2019	Borneo	A	0–2		5,648	17th
27 May 2019	Persela	H	3–2	Dendi 12', Dedik (2) 27', 30'	13,763	11th
29 June 2019	TIRA-Persikabo	H	1–2	Konaté 79'	16,670	15th
4 July 2019	Persipura	H	3–1	Konaté 7', Dedik (2) 21', 63'	11,890	12th
12 July 2019	Semen Padang	A	1–0	Dedik 39'	5,200	10th
16 July 2019	Badak Lampung	H	4–1	Konaté (3) 7', 24, 78', Comvalius 71'	7,510	10th
20 July 2019	Madura United	A	0–1		5,136	11th
26 July 2019	Bhayangkara	H	3–2	Dedik 12', Comvalius 45', Konaté 59'	5,234	5th
30 July 2019	Persib	H	5–1	Dendi 4', Konaté 5', Arthur 40', Rivaldi (2) 68', 90'	31,599	4th
3 August 2019	Persija	A	2–2	Hanif 8', Hardianto 90+5'	51,230	4th
7 August 2019	Kalteng Putra	A	2–4	Hardianto 37', Konaté 82'	4,576	6th
15 August 2019	Persebaya	H	4–0	Dendi 30', Arthur 71', Comvalius 87', Konaté 90+2'	37,406	4th
19 August 2019	Barito Putera	H	2–1	Hamka 24', Kayame 60'	5,652	3rd
24 August 2019	Bali United	A	1–2	Konaté 44'	21,597	4th
31 August 2019	PSIS	H	1–1	Hamka 16'	15,528	4th
13 September 2019	Borneo	H	2–2	Kayame (2) 40', 42'	8,578	5th
20 September 2019	Persela	A	0–2		12,938	7th
24 September 2019	PSS	H	4–0	Konaté 30' (pen.), Ridwan 38', Rivaldi 58', Hanif 67'	17,493	4th
2 October 2019	PSM	H	2–0	Comvalius 46', Rafli 72'	7,729	4th
16 October 2019	PSM	A	2–6	Dedik 26', Kayame 81'	5,237	5th
20 October 2019	Persipura	A	2–2	Konaté 75', Jayus 82'	1,361	6th
24 October 2019	TIRA-Persikabo	A	1–1	Hardianto 30'	3,189	7th
28 October 2019	Semen Padang	H	1–0	Konaté 78' (pen.)	6,082	6th
1 November 2019	Badak Lampung	A	3–4	Sunarto 50', Konaté 79' (pen.), Hamka 83'	9,797	6th
8 November 2019	Madura United	H	2–0	Konaté 4', Rivaldi 84'	6,881	5th
12 November 2019	Persib	A	0–3		26,098	5th
23 November 2019	Persija	H	1–1	Konaté 87' (pen.)	40,412	6th
27 November 2019	Bhayangkara	A	0–1		1,015	6th
1 December 2019	Kalteng Putra	H	1–1	Dendi 54'	4,343	6th
8 December 2019	PSIS	A	1–5	Rivaldi 49'	15,375	9th
12 December 2019	Persebaya	A	1–4	Hamka 90+2'	0[lower-roman 2]	10th
16 December 2019	Bali United	H	3–2	Ridwan 18', Rafli 26', Nasir 68'	4,318	8th
22 December 2019	Barito Putera	A	0–3		6,088	9th

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Borneo	34	12	15	7	55	42	+13	51[lower-alpha 1]
8	PSS	34	12	12	10	45	42	+3	48
9	Arema	34	13	7	14	59	62	−3	46
10	Persija	34	11	11	12	43	42	+1	44[lower-alpha 2]
11	Persela	34	11	11	12	47	45	+2	44[lower-alpha 2]

Source: Shopee Liga 1 2019, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goal scored; 5) Drawing.
Notes:

1. Head-to-head results: Persib 2–2 Borneo; Borneo 0–1 Persib.
2. Head-to-head points: Persija (+2) 8 pts; Persela (+0) 4 pts; PSM (–2) 4 pts.

Piala Indonesia

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
26 January 2019	Round of 32 First leg	Persita	H	4–1	Gladiador (2) 6', 78', Dedik 11', Hamka 17'
3 February 2019	Round of 32 Second leg	Persita	A	3–0	Konaté 24', Gladiador 77', Hardianto 90+5'
18 February 2019	Round of 16 First leg	Persib	A	1–1	Rafli 75'
22 February 2019	Round of 16 Second leg	Persib	H	2–2	Konaté 3', Gladiador 73'

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Liga 1		Piala Indonesia[lower-roman 1]
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Goalkeepers
31	GK		Andriyas Francisco	0	0	0	0	0	0
86	GK		Sandy Firmansyah	2	0	2	0	0	0
93	GK		Utam Rusdiana	17	0	13	0	4	0
96	GK		Kartika Ajie	19	0	19	0	0	0
Defenders
6	DF		Ikhfanul Alam	6	0	6	0	0	0
18	DF		Ricky Ohorella	11	0	8+2	0	1	0
22	DF		Rachmat Latief	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	DF		Hamka Hamzah	30	5	26	4	4	1
32	DF		Alfin Tuasalamony	24	0	21+1	0	2	0
37	DF		Agil Munawar	14	0	14	0	0	0
44	DF		Arthur Cunha	30	3	26	2	4	1
87	DF		Johan Alfarizi	27	0	20+3	0	4	0
Midfielders
8	MF		Nasir	13	1	7+5	1	1	0
10	MF		Makan Konaté	36	18	33	16	3	2
12	MF		Hendro Siswanto	32	0	29	0	3	0
14	MF		Jayus Hariono	20	1	14+3	1	2+1	0
16	MF		Ridwan Tawainella	13	2	7+5	2	0+1	0
19	MF		Hanif Sjahbandi	21	2	15+6	2	0	0
30	MF		Muhammad Rafli	19	3	4+13	2	1+1	1
56	MF		Titan Agung	0	0	0	0	0	0
77	MF		Takafumi Akahoshi	13	0	8+5	0	0	0
88	MF		Vikrian Akbar	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
Forwards
7	FW		Ahmad Nur Hardianto	17	4	8+7	3	0+2	1
11	FW		Rivaldi Bawuo	27	5	11+14	5	1+1	0
15	FW		Sunarto	9	1	1+5	1	2+1	0
17	FW		Zidane Pulanda	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	FW		Ricky Kayame	30	4	16+14	4	0	0
27	FW		Dedik Setiawan	14	8	10+1	7	2+1	1
41	FW		Dendi Santoso	31	4	29	4	2	0
99	FW		Sylvano Comvalius	27	5	21+6	5	0	0
Players transferred out during the season
9	FW		Robert Gladiador	4	4	0	0	4	4
91	MF		Pavel Smolyachenko	7	0	2+2	0	2+1	0

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga 1	Piala Indonesia	Total
1	MF	10	Makan Konaté	16	2	18
2	ST	27	Dedik Setiawan	7	1	8
3	FW	11	Rivaldi Bawuo	5	0	5
	DF	23	Hamka Hamzah	4	1	5
	ST	99	Sylvano Comvalius	5	0	5
6	ST	7 (9)	Ahmad Nur Hardianto	3	1	4
	FW	21	Ricky Kayame	4	0	4
	FW	41	Dendi Santoso	4	0	4
	ST	9 (7)	Robert Gladiador	0	4	4
10	MF	30	Muhammad Rafli	2	1	3
11	MF	16	Ridwan Tawainella	2	0	2
	MF	19	Hanif Sjahbandi	2	0	2
	DF	44	Arthur Cunha	2	0	2
14	MF	8	Nasir	1	0	1
	MF	14	Jayus Hariono	1	0	1
	FW	15	Sunarto	1	0	1
Total				59	10	69

Clean sheets

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Liga 1	Piala Indonesia	Total
1	GK	96	Kartika Ajie	4	0	4
2	GK	93	Utam Rusdiana	2	1	3
Total				6	1	7

Notes

1. The result of Piala Indonesia in this season page only for competition progress from the round of 32. Statistics for the first two round which played last year, were put in 2018 season.
2. This match was played without spectators as part of PSSI disciplinary committee pusnishment to Persebaya.

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