2017 Terengganu FA season
# 2017 Terengganu FA season

The 2017 season was Terengganu's 1st season in Liga Premier since relegated in 2016 season.

## Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| - | - |
| Manager | Marzuki Sulong |
| Head coach | Irfan Bakti Abu Salim |
| Assistant coach | Mohd Nafuzi Mohd Zain |
| Coach | Kamaruddin Annuar |
| Fitness coach | Muhammad Afeeq Aqmal Noorazmi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin |
| Head physiotherapist | Zulkifli Mohd Zin |
| Team doctor | Dr. Lee Leong Tiong |
| Under-21 Manager | Jasmira Othman |
| Under-21 Assistant Manager | Mohd Rashidi Hamat |
| Under-21 Head Coach | Mustaffa Kamal Abdul Wahab |
| Under-21 Assistant Coach | Wan Adremy Indera Wan Adnan |
| Under-21 Goalkeeping coach | Zubir Ibrahim |
| Under-21 Fitness coach | Mohd Noruddin Abdul Manaf |
| Under-21 Physio | Marzuki Abdullah |
| Under-19 Manager | Wan Zaulkifli Wan Gati |
| Under-19 Assistant Manager | Che Wan Mohd Azlizan Che Wan Abu Bakar |
| Under-19 Head Coach | Subri Sulong |
| Under-19 Assistant Coach | Abdul Jalal Abdul Wahid |
| Under-19 Goalkeeping coach | Mohd Yusran Mat Sharif |
| Under-19 Physio | Tun Saiful Ridzuan Razali |

## Squad information

### First-team squad

    As of 26 September 2017.

| No. | Name | Position | Since | Date of Birth (Age) | Signed from |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers |||||||
| 1 | Syazwan Yusoff | GK | 2017 | (1992-04-17) 17 April 1992 (age 31) | Kelantan |
| 24 | Amierul Hakimi Awang | GK | 2016 | (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 (age 28) | Youth |
| 26 | Mohamad Faizal Yusoff | GK | 2017 | (1987-04-25) 25 April 1987 (age 36) | Sungai Ara |
| 29 | Suffian Abdul Rahman | GK | 2017 | (1978-02-23) 23 February 1978 (age 45) | Unattached |
| Defenders |||||||
| 2 | Adam Othman Arfah | DF | 2017 | (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993 (age 30) | UKM |
| 3 | Radhi Yusof | DF | 2017 | (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 30) | Youth |
| 4 | Izuan Jarudin | CB | 2017 | (1985-07-04) 4 July 1985 (age 38) | Perlis |
| 5 | Lázaro | CB | 2017 | (1990-06-28) 28 June 1990 (age 33) | Manama Club |
| 17 | Nasrullah Haniff | CB | 2017 | (1990-06-25) 25 June 1990 (age 33) | DRB-Hicom |
| 19 | Firdaus Faudzi | RB | 2017 | (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 (age 35) | Felda United |
| 22 | Adib Aizuddin Abdul Latif | LB | 2017 | (1986-01-23) 23 January 1986 (age 37) | Felda United |
| Midfielders |||||||
| 6 | Abdul Shukur Jusoh | AM / RW | 2017 | (1989-02-28) 28 February 1989 (age 34) | Felda United |
| 7 | Partiban Janasekaran | LM / LW | 2017 | (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 30) | Sarawak |
| 8 | Gabriel Davis Dos Santos | AM / SS | 2017 | (1989-10-23) 23 October 1989 (age 33) | Lajeadense |
| 11 | Issey Nakajima-Farran | RW / LW / AM | 2015 | (1984-05-16) 16 May 1984 (age 39) | Unattached |
| 12 | Ezaidy Khadar | AM / RW | 2017 | (1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 40) | Perlis |
| 13 | Abdul Latiff Suhaimi | AM / CF | 2017 | (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 34) | PDRM |
| 15 | Faiz Nasir | AM / CM / RW | 2017 | (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 31) | Felcra FC |
| 16 | Hafizal Mohamad | MF | 2014 | (1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 30) | Youth |
| 20 | Ridzuan Abdunloh | RW / LW / SS | 2017 | (1994-02-23) 23 February 1994 (age 29) | Felda United |
| 21 | Hazeman Abdul Karim | LW / CM / DM | 2017 | (1989-10-01) 1 October 1989 (age 33) | Felcra FC |
| 27 | Ismail Faruqi | AM / CM | 2011 | (1986-10-15) 15 October 1986 (age 36) | T-Team |
| 28 | Azi Shahril Azmi | CM DM | 2017 | (1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 37) | Felcra FC |
| 31 | Dhiyaulrahman Hasry | LM / LW | 2017 | (1996-07-27) 27 July 1996 (age 27) | Youth |
| Forwards |||||||
| 9 | Amirul Syahmi | ST | 2015 | (1994-06-09) 9 June 1994 (age 29) | Youth |
| 10 | Ferris Danial | ST | 2017 | (1992-08-21) 21 August 1992 (age 30) | Felda United |
| 23 | Kipré Tchétché | ST | 2017 | (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 (age 35) | Al-Suwaiq |

## Transfers

First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.

### In

**December to January**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Syazwan Yusoff | Kelantan | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Ezzrul Ikmanizar Abdul Rahman | Kangar FC | November 2016 |
| 17 | DF | Nasrullah Haniff | DRB-Hicom | November 2016 |
| 22 | DF | Adib Aizuddin Abdul Latif | Felda United | November 2016 |
| 19 | DF | Mohd Firdaus Faudzi | Felda United | November 2016 |
| 4 | DF | Mohd Izuan Jarudin | Perlis | November 2016 |
| – | MF | Mohd Asrol Ibrahim | T-Team | November 2016 |
| 6 | MF | Abdul Shukur Jusoh | Felda United | November 2016 |
| 13 | MF | Abdul Latiff Suhaimi | PDRM | November 2016 |
| 15 | MF | Faiz Nasir | Felcra FC | November 2016 |
| 12 | MF | Mohd Ezaidy Khadar | Perlis | November 2016 |
| 7 | MF | J. Partiban | Sarawak | December 2016 |
| 21 | MF | Mohd Hazeman Abdul Karim | Felcra FC | December 2016 |
| 10 | FW | Mohd Ferris Danial | Felda United | December 2016 |
| – | FW | Federico Falcone | Valletta | 1 January 2017 |
| 5 | DF | Lázaro | Manama Club | 12 January 2017 |
| – | DF | Lutfulla Turaev | Felda United | 12 January 2017 |
| 29 | GK | Mohd Suffian Abdul Rahman | Unattached | 20 February 2017 |

**May to June**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred From | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | GK | Mohamad Faizal Yusoff | Sungai Ara | June 2017 |
| 8 | MF | Gabriel Davis | Tupi | July 2017 |
| 23 | FW | Tchetche Hermann Brice Kipre | Al-Suwaiq | July 2017 |
| 20 | MF | Ridzuan Abdunloh Pula | Felda United | July 2017 |
| 28 | MF | Azi Shahril Azmi | Felcra FC | July 2017 |

### Out

**December to January**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| – | GK | Shamirza Yusoff | Unattached | November 2016 |
| – | GK | Mohd Suhaimi Husin | T-Team | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Vincent Bikana | Unattached | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Yong Kuong Yong | Penang | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Hasmizan Kamarodin | Kelantan | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Nasril Izzat Jalil | PDRM | November 2016 |
| – | DF | Zubir Azmi | Pahang | November 2016 |
| – | MF | Zairo Anuar | Terengganu City | November 2016 |
| – | MF | Ahmad Nordin Alias | Pahang | November 2016 |
| – | MF | Joseph Kalang Tie | Pahang | November 2016 |
| – | MF | Affize Faisal Mamat | PKNS | November 2016 |
| – | FW | Bogdan Milić | Saipa | November 2016 |
| – | FW | Hairuddin Omar | Retired | November 2016 |
| – | FW | Ashari Samsudin | Pahang | November 2016 |
| – | FW | Mohd Naim Asraff Nordin | PJ Rangers | November 2016 |
| – | FW | Mohd Hasrolsyawal Hamid | Sime Darby | December 2016 |
| – | MF | Mohd Fakhrurazi Musa | T-Team | December 2016 |
| – | GK | Sharbinee Allawee | Unattached | 20 February 2017 |

**June to July**

| No. | Pos | Player | Transferred To | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| – | DF | Ezzrul Ikmanizar Abd Rahman | Unattached | June 2017 |
| – | MF | Mohd Asrol Ibrahim | T-Team | 7 June 2017 |
| – | MF | Lutfulla Turaev | Olmaliq FK | 9 July 2017 |
| – | FW | Federico Falcone | Aves | 1 July 2017 |

## Competitions

### Liga Premier

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kuala Lumpur | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 47 | Promotion to Super League |
| 2 | Terengganu | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 47 | Promotion to Super League |
| 3 | PKNP | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 46 | Promotion to Super League |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 41 | |
| 5 | Negeri Sembilan | 22 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 24 | +13 | 41 | Promotion to Super League |

**Result summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 27 October 2017. Source: Soccerway

**Results by matchday**

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | A |
| Result | W | W | W | L | L | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L |
| Position | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss

### Piala FA

Win  Draw  Loss

### Piala Malaysia

On 22 May 2017, the group stages were confirmed with Terengganu facing Selangor, Johor Darul Ta'zim and Sarawak in Group D.

**Group stage**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | JDT | SGR | SWK | TRG |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 13 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 3–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Selangor | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 10 | Advance to knockout phase | 3–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Sarawak | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 5 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Terengganu | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 4 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | — |

Win  Draw  Loss

## Statistics

### Appearances

| No. | Pos. | Name | Liga Premier | Liga Premier | Piala FA | Piala FA | Piala Malaysia | Piala Malaysia | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | Syazwan Yusoff | 4 (1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Adam Othman Arfah | 0 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Radhi Yusof | 2 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Izuan Jarudin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Lázaro | 20 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 32 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Shukur Jusoh | 7 (8) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 12 (10) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Partiban Janasekaran | 8 (9) | 2 | 1 (3) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 12 (13) | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gabriel Davis | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 (1) | 0 | 14 (1) | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Amirul Syahmi | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Ferris Danial | 15 (3) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 (3) | 0 | 23 (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Issey Nakajima-Farran | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ezaidy Khadar | 0 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (1) | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Abdul Latiff Suhaimi | 11 (1) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 (1) | 3 | 7 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | Faiz Nasir | 12 (6) | 5 | 5 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 21 (7) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Hafizal Mohamad | 5 (3) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 11 (4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Nasrullah Haniff | 17 (2) | 1 | 6 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 26 (3) | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Firdaus Faudzi | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Ridzuan Abdunloh | 4 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 6 (4) | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Hazeman Abdul Karim | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Adib Aizuddin Abdul Latif | 18 (1) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 26 (2) | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | FW | Kipré Tchétché | 9 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Amierul Hakimi Awang | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | GK | Mohamad Faizal Yusoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Ismail Faruqi | 4 (4) | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 (1) | 1 | 5 (7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | Azi Shahril Azmi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 7 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | GK | Suffian Abdul Rahman | 10 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Sharin Sapien | 9 (1) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | MF | Dhiyaulrahman Hasry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Ridzuan Razali | 0 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left the club in June/July transfer window or on loan |||||||||||||
| 14 | DF | Ezzrul Ikmanizar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Lutfulla Turaev | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Federico Falcone | 11 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Asrol Ibrahim | 0 (5) | 0 | 0 (3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Sharbinee Allawee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

Last updated: 27 October 2017. Source: Stadium Astro

### Top scorers

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

| Rnk | Pos | No. | Player | Liga Premier | Piala FA | Piala Malaysia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 23 | Kipré Tchétché | 9 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | MF | 11 | Issey Nakajima-Farran | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 15 | Faiz Nasir | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 18 | Lutfulla Turaev | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 20 | Federico Falcone | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 5 | Lázaro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Gabriel Davis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 13 | Abdul Latiff Suhaimi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | MF | 7 | Partiban Janasekaran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 10 | Ferris Danial | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 17 | Nasrullah Haniff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Ridzuan Abdunloh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 22 | Adib Aizuddin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 27 | Ismail Faruqi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| # | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 42 | 4 | 6 | 52 |

* Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season

Last updated: 27 October 2017. Source: Liga Malaysia

### Clean sheets

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

| Rnk | No. | Player | Liga Premier | Piala FA | Piala Malaysia | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 29 | Suffian Abdul Rahman | 5 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | Syazwan Yusoff | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | 24 | Amierul Hakimi Awang | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |

Last updated: 27 October 2017. Source: Liga Malaysia

