2013 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan

2013 season
President	Mohammad Hassan
Manager	Abdul Halim Abdul Latif
Head Coach	Divaldo Alves (Until May 2013) Ridzuan Abu Shah (From May 2013)
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Super League	12th (relegated)
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: Nazrin Nawi (2) Rashid Mahmud (2) Shahurain Abu Samah (2) All: Fábio Leandro Barbosa (6)
Highest home attendance	10,000 vs Kelantan (27 August 2013) vs Terengganu (21 September 2013)
Lowest home attendance	400 vs Perak (19 January 2013)
Average home league attendance	2,673
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The 2013 season was Negeri Sembilan's 8th season in Malaysia Super League since it was first introduced in 2004, the top flight of Malaysian football. The club finished 12th in the table and were relegated to the Malaysia Premier League.

Review

Pre-season

Negeri Sembilan put eight new faces including two import players to cover Hoben Jang Hoben squad challenges in Super League 2013 season. Two import players are striker from Argentina, Emanuel De Porras and defender of Cameroon, William Paul Modibo offered a year contract as the latest backup squad Jangs in forming a strong team and the caliber of providing high quality performances for them to compete in the league . 8 new faces in squad of the 2013 season are Mohd Hamsani Ahmad, Abdul Ghani Rahman and S. Sivanesan (Felda United), Mohd Fauzi Nan (Kedah), Azmeer Yusof (Pos Malaysia), Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan (Johor FC), Mohd Alafi Mahmud (MP Muar) and Mohd Radzuan Abdullah promote from Negeri Sembilan President's. Players who remain with squad are Kaharuddin, Badrulzaman, Tengku Qayyum, Norhafiz Zamani, Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis, Rashid Mamud, Muszaki, Mohd Alif, Norismaidham, Shahurain, Idris Karim, Halim Zainal, Mohd Nazrin Mohd Nawi, Mohd Firdaus Azizul, Shakir Ali. While the 9 pillars of migratory jangs is Qhairul Anwar and Effa Owona choose not to renew the contract and join Terengganu, Farizal Marlias migrated to Perak, Shukor Adan to ATM, S. Kunanlan to Selangor, G. Mahathevan to T-Team Titans and PBNS release defender from Czechoslovakia, Marian Farbák, Vijayan Parameswaran and Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman.
Source: BERNAMA

Club

Coaching Staff

Position	Staff
General Manager	Dato' Haji Abdul Halim bin Haji Abdul Latif
Assistant manager	Hj. Zainordin A.Rahman
Head Team Coach	Divaldo Alves
Assistant Coach	Ridzuan Abu Shah
Goalkeeping coach	Yazid Yassin
Fitness coach	Mashiedee Sulaiman
Physiotherapist	Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim Zulkefli Abu Samah

Other information

President	Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Secretary	Dato' Haji Abdul Halim bin Haji Abdul Latif
Ground (capacity and dimensions)	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium (40,000 / 120x70 metres)

Updated to match played 11 January 2013
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Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Main sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors

Players

Full squad

No.	Name	Age	Nat.	Position	Join	Signed From	D.O.B	Notes
Goalkeepers
1	Kaharuddin Rahman	22		GK	2012	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	7 Aug. 1991
21	Mohd Hamsani Ahmad	37		GK	2013	Felda United F.C.	25 Feb. 1976
22	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	35		GK	2012	PKNS F.C.	2 Apr. 1978
Defenders
2	Mohd Fauzi Nan	33		RB / CB	2013	Kedah FA	20 Jan. 1980
3	Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad	27		LB	2007	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	5 Mar. 1986
5	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	32		CB / DM	2011	PLUS F.C.	15 July 1981	Captain
6	William Modibo	34		CB	2013	C.D. Tondela	18 May 1979	Import
12	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	22		CB	2013	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	18 Aug. 1991
13	Abdul Ghani Rahman	28		CB	2013	Felda United F.C.	12 Dis. 1985
17	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	27		RB / DM	2009	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	1 Feb. 1986
18	Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim	30		LB / CB	2013	PKNS F.C.	2 July 1983
24	Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis	23		LB	2012	Kedah FA	17 Aug. 1990
27	Fiqri Azwan Ghazali	21		LB	2010	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	30 Mar. 1992
Midfielders
7	Idris Abdul Karim	37		DM / CM / AM	2005	Johor FC	29 Nov. 1976
8	Muhammad Hafiz Husin	19		DM / CM / AM	2012	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	3 DECEMBER 1994
9	Shahurain Abu Samah	27		RW / LW / ST	2006	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	23 Dis. 1986
10	Abdul Halim Zainal	25		DM / CM / AM	2008	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	29 July 1988
11	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	34		RW / LW	2013	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.	8 Dis. 1979
15	Rashid Mahmud	35		DM / CM / CB	2012	Felda United F.C.	26 Apr. 1978	Vice-captain
16	S. Sivanesan	23		DM / CM / AM / RW	2013	Felda United F.C.	28 Dis. 1990
23	Nazrin Nawi	25		LW	2012	Kuala Lumpur FA	7 Feb. 1988
29	Muhamad Bukhairi Idris	21		DM / CM	2012	Harimau Muda B	2 Jan. 1992
Forwards
4	Mohd Amirul Omar	27		ST / AM	2013	Penang FA	23 Feb. 1986
14	Mohd Alafi Mahmud	28		ST / RW / LW	2013	MP Muar	29 Apr. 1985
19	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	25		ST / RW / LW	2008	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	3 Jan. 1988
20	Fábio Leandro Barbosa	35		ST	2013	Army United F.C.	5 Dis. 1978	Import
25	Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali	24		ST	2012	Kedah FA	5 Mar. 1989
26	Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib	19		ST	2013	Perak FA U21	30 Sep. 1994

Transfers

Disember

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
2	DF	Mohd Fauzi Nan	33	Kedah FA
6	DF	William Modibo	34	C.D. Tondela	Import
11	MF	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	34	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
12	DF	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	22	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	Promoted
13	DF	Abdul Ghani Rahman	28	Felda United F.C.
14	FW	Mohd Alafi Mahmud	28	MP Muar
16	MF	S. Sivanesan	23	Felda United F.C.
20	FW	Emanuel De Porras	32	Tristán Suárez	Import
21	GK	Mohd Hamsani Ahmad	37	Felda United F.C.
23	DF	Azmeer Yusof	23	Pos Malaysia FC
26	FW	Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib	19	Perak FA U21

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
7	MF	S. Kunanlan	27	Selangor FA
10	FW	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	30	Terengganu FA	Import
11	MF	Mohd Shaffik Abdul Rahman	29	Free Agent
12	MF	Shukor Adan	34	ATM FA
13	DF	Marian Farbák	30	TJ Jednota Brestovec	Import
14	DF	G. Mahathevan	25	T–Team F.C.
16	DF	Qhairul Anwar Roslani	26	Terengganu FA
19	MF	Parameswaran Vijayan	26	Free Agent
25	GK	Mohd Farizal Marlias	27	Perak FA
26	FW	Khairul Ridzwan Othman	22	Sime Darby Plantation F.C.
29	MF	Abdul Rahman Abdul Ghani	22	Free Agent
33	FW	Khairul Izuan Abdullah	27	PDRM FA	Loan End
34	DF	Azmeer Yusof	23	Pos Malaysia F.C.	Loan End
35	MF	K. Thanaraj	27	Sabah FA	Loan End

April

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
4	FW	Mohd Amirul Omar	27	Penang FA
18	DF	Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim	30	PKNS F.C.
20	FW	Fábio Leandro Barbosa	35	Army United F.C.	Import

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
4	DF	Azmeer Yusof	23	Free Agent
18	DF	Muszaki Abu Bakar	24	Free Agent
20	FW	Emanuel De Porras	32	Free Agent	Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendly Match

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
8	PKNS	22	8	4	10	34	34	0	28
9	Terengganu	22	7	6	9	25	31	−6	27
10	T-Team	22	5	4	13	19	33	−14	19
11	Felda United	22	4	7	11	13	35	−22	19	Relegation to 2014 Liga Premier
12	Negeri Sembilan	22	1	7	14	11	28	−17	10

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

Quarter-finals

  Win   Draw   Loss

Terengganu FA won 6–1 on aggregate and advanced to the Semi-finals.

Malaysia Cup

Play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		KEL	PAH	NEG	TER
Kelantan FA (A)	6	3	2	1	13	6	+7	11			4–0	2–3	2–0
Pahang FA (A)	6	2	2	2	11	11	0	8		1–1		3–0	1–1
Negeri Sembilan FA	6	2	2	2	11	13	−2	8		1–1	3–5		2–2
Terengganu FA	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5		1–3	2–1	0–2

  Win   Draw   Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	20	Fábio Leandro Barbosa	1	0	5	6
2	MF	16	S. Sivanesan	0	0	5	5
3	MF	23	Mohd Nazrin Mohd Nawi	2	1	1	4
4	MF	15	Rashid Mahmud	2	1	0	3
5	MF	9	Shahurain Abu Samah	2	0	0	2
	DF	2	Mohd Fauzi Nan	1	1	0	2
	FW	20	Emanuel De Porras	0	2	0	2
6	FW	19	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	1	0	0	1
	MF	11	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	1	0	0	1
	FW	26	Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
TOTALS				11	5	11	27

Disciplinary record

J	Pos	Nat.	Player	Super League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Total			Notes
10	MF		Abdul Halim Zainal	4			2			1			7
6	DF		William Modibo	4			1			2			7
2	DF		Mohd Fauzi Nan	5						1			6
23	MF		Mohd Nazrin Mohd Nawi	5			1						6
13	DF		Abdul Ghani Rahman	4		1				1			5		1
15	MF		Rashid Mahmud	3						2			5
17	DF		Mohd Alif Shamsudin	5									5
11	MF		Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	3			1						4
9	MF		Shahurain Abu Samah	3									3
8	MF		Norismaidham Ismail	3									3
16	MF		S. Sivanesan	1	1					1			2	1
21	GK		Mohd Hamsani Ahmad	2									2
20	FW		Fábio Leandro Barbosa	1						1			2
25	FW		Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali	1	1	1	1						2	1	1
4	MF		Mohd Amirul Omar	2									2
20	FW		Emanuel De Porras	1									1
19	FW		Mohd Firdaus Azizul	1									1
22	GK		Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	1									1
18	DF		Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim	1									1
12	DF		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah							1			1

= Number of bookings; = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card; = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.

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