2015 Perak FA season

Perak
2015 season
President	Zainol Fadzi Paharudin
Manager	Azhar Ahmad
Head Coach	Vjeran Simunić (until 1 January); M. Karathu (from 1 January)
Stadium	Perak Stadium
Super League	8th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Charles Souza Chad ; Namkung Woong (9); All: ; Namkung Woong (13)
	← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 season was Perak's 12th consecutive season in the Malaysian Super League.

Background

On September 16, Croatian coach Vjeran Simunic was named as new head coach,^[1] replacing Abu Bakar Fadzim who managed to steer Perak clear of relegation with the help of technical director Karlheinz Weigang, who was himself appointed mid-season.^[2]

The official 2015 squad was named on December 4. Some of the notable signings included Malaysian international Bobby Gonzales and former Harimau Muda A goalkeeper Mohd Zamir Selamat. Of the foreign players from the previous season, only Marco Tulio was retained. The remaining foreign player slots were filled by Charles Souza Chad and Thiago Junior Aquino. Namkung Woong was named to fill the Asian foreign player quota despite rumours linking Mohd Shahrazen Said.^[3]

On December 31, Simunic was officially replaced by M. Karathu, without having ever taken charge in an official match.^[4]

Players

First team squad

No.	Name	Position
Goalkeepers
1	Syazani Puat	GK
18	Zamir Selamat	GK
22	Azizon Abdul Kadir	GK
Defenders
2	Azmizi Azmi	RB, LB
5	Muhd Arif Ismail	CB, LB
6	Syazwan Roslan	RB, CB
15	Idris Ahmad	CB, LB
17	Tuah Iskandar Jamaluddin	RB
21	Sumardi Hajalan	LB
24	Hisyamudin Sha'ari	CB, RB
26	Thiago Junio	CB
—	Rafiq Faeez Fuad	RB, CB
Midfielders
4	Mohd Nasir Basharuddin (captain)	CM, DM
7	Hafiz Ramdan	LM, LW
11	Ridzuan Azly Hussham	RM, RW
12	Vikneswaren a/l Sarkunanan	RM, RW, RB
13	Ahmad Sukri Abdul Hamid	CM
16	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	LM, LW
19	Namkung Woong	AM, CM, ST
20	Marco Tulio Lopes Silva	AM, CM, LM
25	Norhakim Isa	CM
35	Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri	RM, LM, RW, LW
36	Horace James	AM
—	Mohd Faizal Mansor	LM, LB
Forwards
8	Hamizul Izaidi Zulkifli	ST
9	Bobby Gonzales	ST
10	Charles Souza Chad	ST
23	Haris Safwan Kamal	ST

Pre-season And Friendlies

15 Dec 2014 Friendly	Perak	1–2	Kedah	Stadium Perak, Ipoh
20:45 UTC 08:00	Charles Souza Chad 7'		Keith Nah 49, 62'

30 Dec 2014 Friendly	Kedah	1–1	Perak	Darul Aman Stadium, Alor Setar
20:45 UTC 08:00	Keith Nah 28'		Namkung Woong 68'

Competitions

Super League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	PDRM	22	11	2	9	42	39	3	35
7	LionsXII^[a]	22	9	6	7	36	32	4	33
8	Perak	22	8	4	10	32	33	−1	28
9	Kelantan	22	8	4	10	34	38	−4	28
10	Sarawak	22	4	7	11	28	40	−12	19

Source: FAM Official Site, Astro Arena
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
Notes:

^ LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

Matches

Win Draw Loss

7 February 2015 1	Perak	2–0	Sime Darby	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Nurridzuan 29' Namkung 86'	Report	Dragičević 58'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

14 February 2015 2	ATM	0–2	Perak	Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC 08:00		Report	Nasir 21' Nurridzuan 53'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

21 February 2015 3	Perak	2–2	LionsXII	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Chad 27' Namkung 48'		Khairul Amri 3' Firdaus Kasman 67'	Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

6 March 2015 4	Perak	0–0	Kelantan	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00				Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Zamzaidi Katimin

14 March 2015 5	Perak	1–3	PDRM	Perak Stadium, Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Nurridzuan 47'	Report	Traore 48, 61' Ezrie 56'	Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

4 April 2015 6	Felda United	1–4	Perak	Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC 08:00	Edward Junior 47'	Report	Chad 6, 50, 90 3' Namkung 82'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 4,525 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

14 March 2015 7	Perak	2–3	Terengganu	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Namkung 21' Chad 82'	Report	Bikana 64' Ismail 75' Helmi 85'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

24 April 2015 8	Perak	2–1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Kamara (o.g.) 50' Chad 56'	Report	Aidil 27'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

2 May 2015 9	Selangor	1–2	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC 08:00	de Paula 19'	Report	Namkung 45 3' Nurridzuan 62'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 17,884 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

5 May 2015 10	Pahang	1–0	Perak	Kuantan, Pahang
20:45 UTC 08:00	Conti 71'	Report		Stadium: Darulmakmur Stadium Attendance: 9,689 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

20 June 2015 11	Sarawak	1–1	Perak	Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Griffiths 60'	Report	Namkung 58'	Stadium: Sarawak Stadium Attendance: 2,100 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

23 June 2015 12	Perak	3–1	Sarawak	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Chad 12, 33' Namkung 60'	Report	Mehmet 58'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 1,625 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

27 June 2015 13	Sime Darby	1–3	Perak	Selayang, Selangor
20:45 UTC 08:00	Perovic 18'	Report	James 30' Chad 45 1' Nasir 75'	Stadium: Selayang Stadium Attendance: 2,317 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

4 July 2015 14	Perak	2–1	ATM	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Nurridzuan 22' Namkung 66'	Report	Venice Elphi 42'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Lismotia Mohem Tisan

8 July 2015 15	LionsXII	2–1	Perak	Jalan Besar Stadium, Singapore
20:45 UTC 08:00	Hafiz 45' Safuwan 52'		Namkung 12'	Attendance: 3,108 Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

1 August 2015 16	Kelantan	1–0	Perak	Kota Bharu, Kelantan
20:45 UTC 08:00	Wan Zack 72'			Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium Attendance: 6,343 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

5 August 2015 17	PDRM	3–2	Perak	Shah Alam, Selangor
20:45 UTC 08:00	Ali Ashfaq 11, 68' Traore 58'		Thiago Junio 90 2' James 90 4'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

8 August 2015 18	Perak	0–2	Felda United	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00			Shukor 60' Raffi Cohen 69'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

12 August 2015 19	Terengganu	2–1	Perak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC 08:00	Ismail 22' Nakajima-Farran 26'		Bobby 37'	Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium

15 August 2015 20	Perak	1–1	Pahang	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Bobby 69'		Hafiz 32'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

19 August 2015 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim	4–1	Perak	Larkin, Johor
20:45 UTC 08:00	Figueroa 44' Nazrin 47' Chanturu 66' Safiq 72'		Thiago Junio 60'	Stadium: Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium

22 August 2015 22	Perak	0–2	Selangor	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00			Hazwan 27' de Paula 70'	Stadium: Perak Stadium

FA Cup

Knockout stage

28 February 2015 Round of 32	Shahzan Muda	1–3	Perak	Temerloh, Pahang
16:15 UTC 08:00	Sukri Jaafar 28'		Namkung 5', 48' Tulio 45 1'	Stadium: Temerloh Mini Stadium Attendance: 231 Referee: Ramli Mat Dahlan

17 March 2015 Round of 16	Perak	2–1	T-Team	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00	Namkung 17', 32'		Tadjiyev 15'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

Quarter-finals

7 April 2015 First Leg	Terengganu	1–1	Perak	Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu
20:45 UTC 08:00	Ismail 57' Rangel 90 5' (pen.)		Zubir 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 8,782 Referee: Muhd Nazmi Nasaruddin

21 April 2015 Second Leg	Perak	0–2 (1–3 agg.)	Terengganu	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 08:00			Rangel 21' Nakajima-Farran 56'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts		JDT	SAR	ATM	PER
1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	6	5	1	0	15	4	11	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Sarawak	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–3	—	1–0	1–0
3	ATM	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7		2–3	2–2	—	4–3
4	Perak	6	1	0	5	5	11	−6	3		1–2	1–0	0–2	—

Source: FAM Astro Arena

11 September 2015 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim	2–0	Perak	Johor Bahru, Johor
20:45 UTC 8	Safee 17' Chanturu 23'	Report		Stadium: Tan Sri Dato Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium Attendance: 18,710 Referee: Syed Azhar Syed Kamar

19 September 2015 2	Perak	1–0	Sarawak	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 8	Bobby 63'	Report		Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

26 September 2015 3	Perak	0–2	ATM	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 8		Report	Pelacios 40' Venice 89'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

17 October 2015 4	Sarawak	1–0	Perak	Kuching, Sarawak
20:45 UTC 8	J. Partiban 35'	Report		Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Attendance: 0 ^[5] Referee: Samsudin Ibrahim

4 November 2015 5	Perak	1–2	Johor Darul Ta'zim	Ipoh, Perak
20:45 UTC 8	Chad 29'	Report	Amri 37' Safee 45 2'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Attendance: 5,339 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

8 November 2015 6	ATM	4–3	Perak	Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
20:45 UTC 8	Karlović 12', 59' Norfazly 32' Abdulafees 36'	Report	Khairil Anuar 45' Chad Souza 63', 88'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 360 Referee: S. Sittharanjanan

Transfers

In

Pos	Player	Transferred From
GK	Azizon Abdul Kadir	PDRM
GK	Zamir Selamat	PKNS
DF	Azmizi Azmi	Kedah
DF	Arif Ismail	Sime Darby
DF	Thiago Junio	Đồng Nai
DF	Sumardi Hajalan	Negeri Sembilan
DF	Faizal Mansor	PBAPP
MF	Namkung Woong	Kedah
MF	Nurridzuan Abu Hassan	Harimau Muda A
ST	Charles Chad	PDRM
ST	Bobby Gonzales	PDRM
ST	Haris Safwan Kamal	Felda United

Out

Pos	Player	Transferred To
GK	Razi Effendi Suhit	ATM
GK	Muhd Fitry Kamal Ariffin	Kuantan
GK	Mohd Nor Haziq Aris	PKNS
DF	Mohd Fazli Zulkifli	Unattached
DF	Mohd Norhizwan Hassan	Kuantan
DF	Noor Hazrul Mustafa	Kelantan
DF	Azmeer Yusof	ATM
DF	Hassan Daher	Unattached
MF	Yoganathan a/l Munusamy	Sabah FA
MF	Mohammad Hardi Jaafar	Unattached
MF	Partiban a/l K.Janasekaran	Sarawak
MF	Mohd Nazri Mohd Kamal	Sarawak
MF	Mohd Hidayat Amaruddin	UiTM
ST	Razali Umar Kandasamy	Unattached
MF	Muhammad Zahiruddin Zulkifli	Melaka United
MF	Mohamed Faridzuan Yusuf	UiTM
ST	Shahrizal Saad	Negeri Sembilan
ST	Abdulafees Abdulsalam	ATM
ST	Milan Purović	Kuantan

Statistics

Top scorers

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

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	MF	19	Namkung Woong	9	4	0	13
2	FW	10	Charles Souza Chad	9	0	3	12
3	MF	16	Nurridzuan	5	0	0	5
4	MF	4	Nasir Basharudin	2	1	0	3
4	ST	9	Bobby Gonzales	2	0	1	3
6	DF	26	Thiago Junio	2	0	0	2
6	MF	36	Horace James	2	0	0	2
8	ST	20	Marco Tulio	0	1	0	1
8	MF	35	Khairil Anuar	0	0	1	1
#	Own goals			1	0	0	1
Total				32	6	5	43

Updated to match played 8 November 2015
Source: Competitions

References

^ "Perak name Vjeran Simunic as new head coach". Goal.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "Weigang returns to Perak as technical advisor". Goal.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "Perak FA announce official squad list for 2015". Fourth Official. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "Perak appoint Datuk M Karathu as new head coach". Fourth Official. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
^ "TM PIALA MALAYSIA: SARAWAK BERTEMU PERAK TANPA PENONTON DI STADIUM KUCHING". New Straits Times (in Malay). 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

[table_note_LIO0.6079307350367-5] LionsXII are not eligible for any AFC competition spots

[1] "Perak name Vjeran Simunic as new head coach". Goal.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[2] "Weigang returns to Perak as technical advisor". Goal.com. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[3] "Perak FA announce official squad list for 2015". Fourth Official. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[4] "Perak appoint Datuk M Karathu as new head coach". Fourth Official. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

[6] "TM PIALA MALAYSIA: SARAWAK BERTEMU PERAK TANPA PENONTON DI STADIUM KUCHING". New Straits Times (in Malay). 15 October 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.

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