2014 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan 2014 football season
Negeri Sembilan
2014 season
PresidentMohammad Hassan
ManagerMohammad Hassan
Head CoachV. Sundramoorthy
StadiumTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League6th
FA CupFirst round
Malaysia CupPlay-off
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kim Jin-yong (8)

All:
Kim Jin-yong (8)
Highest home attendance3,000 vs Kedah
(23 May 2014)
Lowest home attendance1,500 vs PBAPP
(18 April 2014)
vs Johor Darul Ta'zim II
(13 June 2014)
vs PDRM
(20 June 2014)
Average home league attendance2,000
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2014 season was the Negeri Sembilan's 91st season in club history and 3rd season in Malaysia Premier League since it was first introduced in 2004. Also it was the first season in the Malaysia Premier League after relegated from Malaysia Super League in 2013 season.

Review

Pre-season

Negeri Sembilan do a massive reshuffle after the club knocked out from 2014 Malaysia Super League. The first step that has been taken by PBNS is to induct V. Sundramoorthy as a Head Coach.

Club

Coaching Staff

Position Staff
Chairman Malaysia Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Honorable Secretary Malaysia Dato' Haji Abd. Halim bin Haji Abd. Latif
General Manager Malaysia Dato' Seri Utama Mohammad Hassan
Assistant Manager Malaysia Dato' Haji Abdul Halim bin Haji Abdul Latif
Assistant Manager Malaysia Dato' Haslah Mohamad Amin
Assistant Manager Malaysia Dato' Abdul Ghani Haji Hassan
Assistant Manager Malaysia Dato' Haji Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah
Head Team Coach Singapore V. Sundramoorthy
Assistant Coach Malaysia Ridzuan Abu Shah
Assistant Coach Malaysia Ahmad Osman
Goalkeeping Coach Malaysia Yazid Yassin
Fitness Coach Singapore K. Balagumaran
Physiotherapist Malaysia Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim
Malaysia Zulkefli Abu Samah

Last updated: January
Source: [citation needed]

Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation Corporation
Main sponsors
Malaysia Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors
Malaysia Kika

Players

Full Squad

No. Name Age Nationality Position(s) Join Signed From Date of Birth Notes
Goalkeepers
1 Mohd Yatim Abdullah 22 Malaysia GK 2014 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 12 Dis. 1992
21 Kaharuddin Rahman 23 Malaysia GK 2012 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 7 Aug. 1991
22 Badrulzaman Abdul Halim 36 Malaysia GK 2012 Selangor PKNS F.C. 2 Apr. 1978
Defenders
2 Mohd Fauzi Nan 34 Malaysia RB / CB 2013 Kedah Kedah FA 20 Jan. 1980 Vice-captain
3 Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad 28 Malaysia LB 2007 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 5 Mar. 1986
4 Jean Alexandre 28 Haiti CB 2014 United States Orlando City 24 Aug. 1986 Import
5 Norhafiz Zamani Misbah 33 Malaysia CB / DM 2011 Kuala Lumpur PLUS F.C. 15 July 1981 Captain
6 Mohd Radzuan Abdullah 23 Malaysia CB 2013 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 18 Aug. 1991
13 K. Nanthakumar 37 Malaysia CB / DM / CM 2014 Kelantan Kelantan FA 13 Oct. 1977
17 Mohd Alif Shamsudin 28 Malaysia RB / DM 2009 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 1 Feb. 1986
18 Muszaki Abu Bakar 25 Malaysia RB / DM 2014 Free Agent 15 Mar. 1989
20 Dzaiddin Zainudin 22 Malaysia LB / DM 2014 Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom F.C. 4 Aug. 1992
23 Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar 30 Malaysia RB 2014 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C. 16 Sep. 1984
24 Sumardi Hajalan 29 Malaysia LB 2014 Sabah Sabah FA 12/1/85
26 Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis 24 Malaysia LB 2012 Kedah Kedah FA 17 Aug. 1990
31 Segar Arumugam 21 Malaysia LB / LW 2014 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 3 Jan. 1993
Midfielders
8 Abdul Halim Zainal 26 Malaysia DM / CM / AM 2008 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 29 July 1988
9 Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan 35 Malaysia RW / LW 2013 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 8 Dis. 1979
11 Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini 25 Malaysia RW / LW 2014 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. 9 July 1989
12 G. Puaneswaran 31 Malaysia RW / LW 2014 Terengganu Terengganu FA 27 May 1983
14 V. Kavi Chelvan 25 Malaysia RW / LW 2014 Selangor Selangor FA 2 July 1989
15 Kim Jin-yong 32 South Korea DM / CM / AM / CB 2014 South Korea Gangwon FC 9 Oct. 1982 Import
16 S. Sivanesan 24 Malaysia DM / CM / AM / RW 2013 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C. 28 Dis. 1990
19 M. Sivakumar 30 Malaysia DM / CM 2014 Perak Perak FA 6 Mar. 1984
33 Thanabalan Nadarajah 19 Malaysia RW / LW 2014 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 25 Feb. 1995
Forwards
7 Mohd Firdaus Azizul 26 Malaysia ST / RW / LW 2008 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 3 Jan. 1988
27 Ivan Babić 30 Croatia ST 2014 Free Agent 29 Apr. 1984 Import
30 Philani Kubheka 35 South Africa ST 2014 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương F.C. 18 May 1979 Import

Transfers

Disember

In
No. Pos. Name Age From Notes
1 GK Malaysia Mohd Yatim Abdullah 22 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan U21 Promoted
4 DF Haiti Jean Alexandre 28 United States Orlando City Import
10 FW Cameroon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 31 Terengganu Terengganu FA Import
11 MF Malaysia Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini 25 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.
12 MF Malaysia G. Puaneswaran 31 Terengganu Terengganu FA
13 DF Malaysia K. Nanthakumar 37 Kelantan Kelantan FA
14 MF Malaysia V. Kavi Chelvan 25 Selangor Selangor FA
15 MF South Korea Kim Jin-Ryong 32 South Korea Gangwon FC Import
18 DF Malaysia Muszaki Abu Bakar 25 Free Agent
19 MF Malaysia M. Sivakumar 30 Perak Perak FA
20 DF Malaysia Dzaiddin Zainuddin 22 Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom F.C.
23 DF Malaysia Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar 30 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
24 DF Malaysia Sumardi Hajalan 29 Sabah Sabah FA
25 FW Czechoslovakia Jozef Kapláň 28 Singapore Geylang International FC Import
31 DF Malaysia Segar Arumugam 21 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan U21 Promoted
33 MF Malaysia Thanabalan Nadarajah 19 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan U21 Promoted
Out
No. Pos. Name Age To Notes
4 FW Malaysia Mohd Amirul Omar 28 Malacca Melaka United F.C.
6 DF Cameroon William Modibo 35 Thailand Osotspa Saraburi F.C. Import
7 MF Malaysia Idris Abdul Karim 38 Retired
8 MF Malaysia Norismaidham Ismail 30 Perlis Perlis FA
9 MF Malaysia Shahurain Abu Samah 28 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
13 DF Malaysia Abdul Ghani Rahman 29 Selangor PKNS F.C.
14 FW Malaysia Mohd Alafi Mahmud 29 Royal Malaysian Police PDRM FA
15 MF Malaysia Rashid Mahmud 36 Malacca Melaka United F.C.
18 DF Malaysia Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim 31 Royal Malaysian Police PDRM FA
20 FW Brazil Fábio Leandro Barbosa 36 Retired Import
21 GK Malaysia Mohd Hamsani Ahmad 38 Selangor Selangor FA
23 MF Malaysia Nazrin Nawi 26 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
25 FW Malaysia Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali 25 Kelantan Kelantan FA
26 FW Malaysia Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib 20 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA U21 Demoted
29 MF Malaysia Muhamad Bukhairi Idris 22 Malacca Melaka United F.C.
30 DF Malaysia Fiqri Azwan Ghazali 22 Putrajaya Putrajaya SPA F.C.

April

In
No. Pos. Name Age From Notes
27 FW Croatia Ivan Babić 30 Free Agent Import
30 FW South Africa Philani Kubheka 35 Vietnam Becamex Bình Dương F.C. Import
Out
No. Pos. Name Age To Notes
10 FW Cameroon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 31 Free Agent Import
25 FW Czechoslovakia Jozef Kapláň 28 Singapore Tampines Rovers FC Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Sime Darby F.C. Kuala Lumpur v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
7 January 2014 9 Sime Darby F.C. Kuala Lumpur 1 – 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Bukit Jelutong
20:45 Stadium: Sime Darby FC Training Ground

Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos Team
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Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4 Kedah 22 11 5 6 43 25 +18 38
5 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 22 9 8 5 30 26 +4 35
6 Negeri Sembilan 22 8 6 8 26 28 −2 30
7 DRB-Hicom 22 6 5 11 32 34 −2 23
8 Sabah 22 6 5 11 21 30 −9 23
Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom F.C.
24 January 2014 1 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 2 - 1 Kuala Lumpur DRB-Hicom F.C. Paroi
20:45 Jozef Kapláň 34', 53' 58' Ogunboye Iyanu Ezekiel Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sani Tari
Pulau Pinang PBAPP Penang v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
27 January 2014 2 Pulau Pinang PBAPP Penang 0 - 0 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Georgetown
20:45 Stadium: Bandaraya Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Tiong Eng Tai
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
7 February 2014 3 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 2 - 1 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C. Paroi
20:45 Effa Owona 21'
S. Sivanesan 32'
68' Indra Putra Mahayuddin Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin
Sabah FA Sabah v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
10 February 2014 4 Sabah FA Sabah 2 - 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Kota Kinabalu
20:45 Mohd Ezaidy Khadar 16'
Mohd Farid Ideris 22'
12' Effa Owona Stadium: Likas Stadium
Attendance: 4,500
Kedah FA Kedah v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
14 February 2014 5 Kedah FA Kedah 0 - 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Alor Setar
20:45 58' Effa Owona Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium
Referee: Mohd Jeffri Zolkifli
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Putrajaya Putrajaya SPA F.C.
7 March 2014 6 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 0 - 0 Putrajaya Putrajaya SPA F.C. Paroi
20:45 Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Jeevanathan A/L M. Ponniamoorty
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Penang Penang FA
21 March 2014 8 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 1 - 3 Penang Penang FA Paroi
20:45 Kim Jin-Ryong 10' 14', 26' Mohd Baser Napae
33' Hilton Moreira
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Azman Jamaludin
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Selangor UiTM F.C.
28 March 2014 10 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 1 - 0 Selangor UiTM F.C. Paroi
20:45 Kim Jin-Ryong 26' Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Azaham Musa
Perlis FA Perlis v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
4 April 2014 11 Perlis FA Perlis 0 - 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Alor Star
20:45 45+2' Kim Jin-Ryong Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium
Attendance: 50
Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Perlis Perlis FA
11 April 2014 12 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 2 - 0 Perlis Perlis FA Paroi
20:45 Kim Jin-Ryong 13'
Jozef Kapláň 79'
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abd Wahab
DRB-Hicom F.C. Kuala Lumpur v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
14 April 2014 13 DRB-Hicom F.C. Kuala Lumpur 1 - 3 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Malacca
16:45 Ashadi Mohd Yusoff 46' 34' Kim Jin-Ryong
38' S. Sivanesan
56' Jozef Kapláň
Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Azman Jamalludin
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Penang Pulau Pinang PBAPP
18 April 2014 14 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 2 – 0 Penang Pulau Pinang PBAPP Paroi
20:45 Ivan Babić 45+1'
Kim Jin-Ryong 51'
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan
Felda United F.C. Kuala Lumpur v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
9 May 2014 15 Felda United F.C. Kuala Lumpur 1 – 0 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Selayang
16:45 Indra Putra Mahayuddin 77' Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasaruddin
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Sabah Sabah FA
16 May 2014 16 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 0 – 1 Sabah Sabah FA Paroi
20:45 65' Marwan Sayedeh Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Kedah Kedah FA
23 May 2014 17 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 1 – 2 Kedah Kedah FA Paroi
20:45 Jean Alexandre 86' 3' Billy Mehmet
31' Namgung Woong
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin
Putrajaya SPA F.C. Putrajaya v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
9 June 2014 18 Putrajaya SPA F.C. Putrajaya 3 – 3 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Malacca
20:45 Guy Bwele 18', 61'
Eddy Viator 90+7(pen)'
17' S. Sivanesan
69' Ivan Babić
82(pen)' Kim Jin-Ryong
Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Attendance: 200
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.
13 June 2014 19 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 2 – 2 Johor Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. Paroi
20:45 Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar 67'
Ivan Babić 58'
26' Izuan Jarudin
60' Mohd Azinee Taib
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria
Penang FA Penang v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
16 June 2014 20 Penang FA Penang 2 – 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Georgetown
20:45 Lee Kil-Hoon 20', 31' 30' Kim Jin-Ryong Stadium: Bandaraya Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shamsudin Ibrahim
Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Royal Malaysian Police PDRM FA
20 June 2014 21 Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 0 – 4 Royal Malaysian Police PDRM FA Paroi
20:45 7' Bobby Gonzales
40' Mohd Fauzi Abdul Majid
49' Ali Ashfaq
71' Mohd Shahril Izwan Abdullah
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan
UiTM F.C. Selangor v Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA
24 June 2014 22 UiTM F.C. Selangor 1 – 1 Negeri Sembilan Negeri Sembilan FA Shah Alam
16:45 Obi Ikechukwu Charles 14' 79' Jean Alexandre Stadium: UiTM Stadium
Attendance: 150
Referee: Kamal Ahmad

Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan v Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C.
21 January 2014 First round Negeri Sembilan FA Negeri Sembilan 0 - 1 Kuala Lumpur Felda United F.C. Paroi
20:45 Muhammad Shukor Adan 72' Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Referee: Mohd Fairurazi Mat Desa

Malaysia Cup

Play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rnk Pos No. Player Premier League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
1 MF 15 South Korea Kim Jin-yong 8 0 0 8
2 FW 10 Cameroon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 4 0 0 4
FW 25 Czechoslovakia Jozef Kapláň 4 0 0 4
MF 16 Malaysia S. Sivanesan 4 0 0 4
3 FW 27 Croatia Ivan Babić 3 0 0 3
4 DF 4 Haiti Jean-Marc Alexandre 2 0 0 2
5 DF 23 Malaysia Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar 1 0 0 1
Own goals 0 0 0 0
TOTALS 26 0 0 26

Disciplinary record

J Pos Nat. Player Premier League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total Notes
8 MF Malaysia Abdul Halim Zainal 5 1 5 1
15 MF South Korea Kim Jin-yong 4 4
4 DF Haiti Jean-Marc Alexandre 4 4
22 GK Malaysia Badrulzaman Abdul Halim 3 3
2 DF Malaysia Mohd Fauzi Nan 3 3
13 DF Malaysia K. Nanthakumar 3 3
9 MF Malaysia Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan 3 3
27 FW Croatia Ivan Babić 3 3
11 MF Malaysia Shoufiq Khusaini 2 2
25 FW Czechoslovakia Jozef Kapláň 1 1 2
19 MF Malaysia M. Sivakumar 2 2
23 DF Malaysia Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar 2 2
3 DF Malaysia Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah 2 2
10 FW Cameroon Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 1 1
18 DF Malaysia Muszaki Abu Bakar 1 1
31 DF Malaysia Segar Arumugam 1 1

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

References

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Negeri Sembilan FC seasons