2019 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan
2019 season
President	Tunku Syed Razman Tunku Syed Idrus Al-Qadri
Head coach	Mat Zan Mat Aris
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	6th
Malaysia FA Cup	Second round
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Almir (8); All: ; Igor Luiz (12)
	← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 season was Negeri Sembilan's 96th year in their history and 7th season in Malaysia Premier League since it was first introduced in 2004. Also it was the first season in the Malaysia Premier League following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club also participated in the Malaysia FA Cup and the Malaysia Cup.

Events

Negeri Sembilan has got a new head coach, Mat Zan Mat Aris^[1] to face the Malaysia Premier League in 2019. Negeri Sembilan has also signed several new players such as Norhafiz Zamani Misbah^[2] and Shunsuke Nakatake.^[3]

On January 22, 2019, the Negeri Sembilan Football Association (PBNS) has announced that Rhino SEA will sponsor the new kit for the Negeri Sembilan team. The club became the first team in Malaysia and Southeast Asia to collaborate with the brand.^[4]

On 15 February 2019, the club was defeated by UiTM FC at home with a heavy defeat of 4–1 in league match.^[5]

In April 2019, Negeri Sembilan FC signed new player from Brazil which is Almir on the mid-season.^[6]

On 3 August 2019, Negeri Sembilan lost to the Kedah team in the first match of the Malaysia Cup group A stage. The club lost 3–1 at Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium.

On 23 August 2019, the club win over Terengganu in the 2019 Malaysia Cup. The result was 3–2.^[7]

Players

No.	Name	Age	Notes
Goalkeepers
22	Fadzley Rahim	32
12	Kaharuddin Rahman	26
1	Hamka Daud	23
Defenders
3	Adam Othman Arfah	25
16	D. Ganesan	20
18	Osman Yusoff	24
5	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	36	Captain
6	L. Kalaiharasan	22
30	Matheus Vila	26
13	Noor Hazrul Mustafa	29
28	Azrul Nizam	23
2	Aroon Kumar	24
4	Fauzan Fauzi	23
15	Danish Haziq	20
Midfielders
8	Abdul Halim Zainal	26
11	Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi	23
7	Shunsuke Nakatake	28
	Muhamad Asraf Roslan	22
24	Aiman Khalidi	22
20	Mohd Faizal Abu Bakar	27
Forwards
17	Izuan Salahuddin	26
9	Almir	31
10	Thomas Koroma	25
21	Fauzi Latif	21
25	Ferris Danial	25
58	Ángel Guirado	33

Competitions

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sabah (C, P)	20	13	4	3	33	17	+16	43	Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
2	Johor Darul Ta'zim II^[a]	20	9	6	5	31	19	+12	33
3	PDRM (P)	20	9	3	8	30	27	+3	30	Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
4	Terengganu II^[a]	20	8	6	6	21	24	−3	30
5	UiTM^[b] (P)	20	8	5	7	33	25	+8	29	Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
6	Negeri Sembilan	20	8	5	7	29	25	+4	29	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
7	Penang	20	8	6	6	32	27	+5	24^[c]	Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage
8	UKM	20	6	4	10	28	32	−4	22
9	Selangor United	20	6	3	11	24	37	−13	21
10	Kelantan	20	4	8	8	23	32	−9	17^[d]
11	Sarawak (R)	20	4	4	12	25	44	−19	16	Qualification to relegation play-off
12	Perlis^[e]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Disqualified

Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Premier League and play for Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and Terengganu F.C. (their parent clubs) remain in Super League and play for Malaysia Cup. Should Johor Darul Ta'zim and Terengganu be relegated to Premier League or will not play for Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II will have to drop to M3 League or will play for Malaysia Cup.
^ UiTM F.C. is promoted to replaced PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.
^ Penang have been docked six points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former Brazilian import defender, Reinaldo Lobo.
^ Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former technical director Alfredo Carlos Gonzalez.
^ Perlis were disqualified on 20 February 2019.

Malaysia FA Cup

Qualified teams

The following teams are qualified for the competition. Reserve teams are excluded.

Liga Superthe 12 teams of the 2019 season	Liga Premierthe 9 non-reserve teams of the 2019 season	Liga M3the 14 teams of the 2019 season	Liga M4the 24 teams of the social leagues around Malaysia
Felda United Johor Darul Ta'zim Kedah Kuala Lumpur Melaka United Pahang Perak PJ City PKNP PKNS Selangor Terengganu	Kelantan Negeri Sembilan PDRM Penang Sabah Sarawak Selangor United UiTM UKM	Armed Forces Batu Dua Banggol Tokku DDM Glory United Johor Bahru Kelantan United Kuching Penjara Protap Puchong Fuerza SAMB Tun Razak Ultimate	Ampang United Blastier Galicia FC Pemanis ISMA F.C. Jerantut Kampung Raja Uda Kingstown-Klang Klasiko F.C. KSR Sains Kuatagh F.C. Markless MD Besut MOFAH F.C. MPKJ MPPD Newbies F.C. Persada Integriti Bersatu Raja Permin Rawang City Real Chukai SA United Shah Alam Antlers Klang Southern F.C. XBBSB

Second round

The draw for the second round was held on 4 March 2019 at 15:00 involving 12 teams from Liga Super, 9 teams from Liga Premier and 10 teams that progressed from first round. Fourteen matches took place from 2 to 3 April 2019. Postponed match between PDRM and Sarawak will be held on 9 April 2019. Johor Darul Ta'zim received bye into the Third Round.

3 April 2019	Perak (1)	2–1	Negeri Sembilan (2)	Ipoh, Perak
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Perak Stadium

Malaysia Cup

Format

In the competition, the top eleven teams from the 2019 Malaysia Super League were joined by the top five teams from the 2019 Malaysia Premier League. The teams were drawn into four groups of four teams.

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Johor Darul Ta'zim Pahang Selangor Kedah	Perak Melaka United Terengganu PJ City	PKNS Felda United PKNP Sabah	PDRM UiTM Negeri Sembilan Pulau Pinang

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	KED	TER	NSE	PKNS
1	Kedah	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	13	Advance to knockout stage	—	0–2	4–2	3–2
2	Terengganu	6	4	0	2	14	8	+6	12	Advance to knockout stage	2–3	—	3–1	3–1
3	Negeri Sembilan	6	2	0	4	11	15	−4	6		1–3	3–2	—	1–2
4	PKNS	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4		1–1	0–2	1–3	—

Source: FAM MFL

3 August 2019 1

Negeri Sembilan

1–3

Kedah

7 August 2019 2

Negeri Sembilan

1–2

PKNS

17 August 2019 3

Terengganu

3–1

Negeri Sembilan

23 August 2019 4

Negeri Sembilan

3–2

Terengganu

13 September 2019 5

PKNS

1–3

Negeri Sembilan

17 September 2019 6

Kedah

4–2

Negeri Sembilan

Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of match played 20 July 2019

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	MAS	Hamka Daud	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	0
2	DF	MAS	Aroon Kumar	22	0	16	0	1	0	5	0
3	DF	MAS	Adam Othman Arfah	4	0	2+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
4	MF	MAS	Abdul Halim Zainal	19	0	12+2	0	1	0	4	0
5	DF	MAS	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	16	0	9+2	0	0	0	3+2	0
6	DF	MAS	Kalaiharasan Letchumanan	13	0	10+2	0	0+1	0	0	0
7	MF	JPN	Shunsuke Nakatake	27	4	20	4	1	0	6	0
8	MF	MAS	Asraf Roslan	6	0	1+5	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	BRA	Almir	26	10	19	8	1	1	6	1
11	MF	MAS	Dzulfahmi Abdul Hadi	18	1	11+3	1	0+1	0	1+2	0
12	GK	MAS	Kaharuddin Rahman	18	0	13	0	1	0	4	0
13	MF	MAS	Ridzuan Abdunloh	18	2	9+5	2	1	0	0+3	0
14	DF	MAS	Danial Hadri	14	0	5+3	0	0	0	6	0
15	DF	MAS	Danish Haziq	6	0	2	0	0	0	2+2	0
16	DF	MAS	Durrkeswaran Ganasan	8	0	3+4	0	0	0	0+1	0
17	FW	MAS	Izuan Salahuddin	16	0	6+5	0	1	0	2+2	0
18	DF	MAS	Osman Yusoff	16	0	11+1	0	1	0	3	0
19	MF	MAS	Aiman Khalidi	19	0	6+7	0	0+1	0	4+1	0
21	FW	MAS	Fauzi Latif	6	0	2+4	0	0	0	0	0
22	GK	MAS	Fadzley Rahim	8	0	5+2	0	0	0	1	0
23	DF	MAS	Izaaq Izhan	4	0	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	0
25	FW	MAS	Ferris Danial	22	9	15	4	1	0	6	5
28	DF	MAS	Azrul Nizam	9	0	6+2	0	1	0	0	0
30	DF	BRA	Matheus Vila	27	2	20	2	1	0	6	0
32	MF	MAS	Farouq Adam Khan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
60	FW	BRA	Igor Luiz	16	12	10	7	0	0	6	5
Player(s) who left the club but featured in 2019 season
10	FW	SLE	Thomas Koroma	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0

References

^ "Mat Zan kini jurulatih Negeri Sembilan". Bharian.com.my. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Norhafiz sertai NS". Bharian.com.my. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
^ "Negeri Sembilan uji Nakatake". Bharian.com.my.
^ "NS inks multi faceted deal with Rhino for 2019 season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Negeri Sembilan rebah di Paroi". Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Mat Zan tagih kudrat penyerang Brazil". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
^ "Negeri kejutkan TFC di Paroi | Harian Metro". www.hmetro.com.my. Retrieved 2023-01-27.

[table_note_JDT0.09106722152376-8] Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Premier League and play for Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. and Terengganu F.C. (their parent clubs) remain in Super League and play for Malaysia Cup. Should Johor Darul Ta'zim and Terengganu be relegated to Premier League or will not play for Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II and Terengganu II will have to drop to M3 League or will play for Malaysia Cup.

[table_note_UIT0.09106722152376-9] UiTM F.C. is promoted to replaced PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

[table_hth_PEN0.09106722152376-10] Penang have been docked six points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former Brazilian import defender, Reinaldo Lobo.

[table_hth_KEL0.09106722152376-11] Kelantan have been docked three points following the club’s failure to comply with FIFA’s decision over claims made by former technical director Alfredo Carlos Gonzalez.

[table_note_PER0.09106722152376-12] Perlis were disqualified on 20 February 2019.

[1] "Mat Zan kini jurulatih Negeri Sembilan". Bharian.com.my. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[2] "Norhafiz sertai NS". Bharian.com.my. Retrieved 23 January 2023.

[3] "Negeri Sembilan uji Nakatake". Bharian.com.my.

[4] "NS inks multi faceted deal with Rhino for 2019 season | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.

[5] "Negeri Sembilan rebah di Paroi". Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[6] "Mat Zan tagih kudrat penyerang Brazil". www.astroawani.com. Retrieved 2023-01-27.

[7] "Negeri kejutkan TFC di Paroi | Harian Metro". www.hmetro.com.my. Retrieved 2023-01-27.

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