2021 Negeri Sembilan FC season
# 2021 Negeri Sembilan FC season

The 2021 season was Negeri Sembilan's 98th year in their history and 9th season in Malaysia Premier League since it was first introduced in 2004. Also it was the third season in the Malaysia Premier League since 2019 following relegation 2018 season. Along with the league, the club will also compete in the Malaysia Cup.

## Events

On 26 December 2020, the club signed several new players. Among them were Raja Imran Shah Raja Amin, Barathkumar Ramaloo, Aroon Kumar, Damien Lim, Saiful Ridzuwan Selamat, Annas Rahmat and Ferris Danial. The club also signed, Tasnim Fitri and Osman Yusoff.

On 17 March 2021, the club won over Perak II in a league match.

On 25 April 2021, the club draw 1-1 against Sarawak United in a league match.

On 30 June 2021, two foreign players, Fernando Barbosa and Rafinha has been replaced with Francis Koné and Arthur Cunha during mid season transfer.

## Players

### Current squad

    As of 1 August 2021

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhaimin Mohamad |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aroon Kumar |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Tasnim Fitri |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Annas Rahmat |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Halim Zainal |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Bae Beom-geun |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Zaquan Adha (captain) |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Francis Koné |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Alif Romli |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Barathkumar Ramaloo |
| 13 | GK | MAS | Kaharuddin Rahman |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Alain Akono |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Selvan Anbualagan |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Nasrullah Haniff |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Osman Yusoff |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Javabilaarivin Nyanasegar |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Raja Imran Shah |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Damien Lim |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Danial Hadri |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Saiful Ridzuwan |
| 25 | FW | MAS | Ferris Danial |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Fahmi Faizal |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Deevan Raj |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Zamri Pin Ramli |
| 31 | GK | MAS | Azeem Farhan |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha |
| 72 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply |

## Transfers

### In

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhaimin Mohamad (from Felda United) |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aroon Kumar (from Petaling Jaya City) |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Tasnim Fitri (from Felda United) |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Annas Rahmat (from Melaka United) |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Bae Beom-geun (from Sereď) |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Zaquan Adha (from Kedah Darul Aman) |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Francis Koné (from Kuala Lumpur City) |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Alif Romli (from Kelantan United) |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Barathkumar Ramaloo (from Petaling Jaya City) |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Alain Akono (from Azam) |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Nasrullah Haniff (from Terengganu) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Osman Yusoff (from Felda United) |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Raja Imran Shah (from Selangor II) |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Damien Lim (from Petaling Jaya City) |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Saiful Ridzuwan (from Melaka United) |
| 25 | FW | MAS | Ferris Danial (from Melaka United) |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Fahmi Faizal |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Deevan Raj (from Melaka United) |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Zamri Pin Ramli (from Penang) |
| 31 | GK | MAS | Azeem Farhan (from youth system) |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha (from Sliema Wanderers) |
| 72 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply (from Kedah Darul Aman) |

### Out

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Hamka Daud (to PDRM) |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Matheus Vila (to America) |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Norhafiz Zamani |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Asraf Roslan |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Shunsuke Nakatake |
| 9 | MF | MAS | Shahurain Abu Samah |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Almir |
| 11 | DF | MAS | Adam Othman |
| 16 | FW | MAS | Arip Amiruddin |
| 17 | MF | MAS | Izuan Salahuddin |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Che Mohd Safwan (to Kelantan) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 19 | MF | MAS | Aiman Khalidi |
| 20 | FW | BRA | Igor Luiz |
| 23 | DF | MAS | Izaaq Izhan (to Perak) |
| 25 | MF | MAS | Azriddin Rosli (to Kelantan United) |
| 29 | FW | MAS | Fauzi Latif (to UiTM) |
| 31 | FW | MAS | Nazrul Kamaruzaman |
| 55 | DF | MAS | Shahrom Kalam |
| 77 | MF | MAS | Shamie Iszuan (to Sarawak United) |

## Competitions

### Malaysia Premier League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Negeri Sembilan (C, P) | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 41 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 2 | Sarawak United (P) | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 14 | +23 | 38 | Promotion to Super League and Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |
| 3 | Terengganu II | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 18 | +19 | 35 | |
| 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 34 | |
| 5 | Kuching City | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 27 | Qualification for the Malaysia Cup group stage |

* 1 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II cannot be promoted from Malaysia Premier League and play in Malaysia Cup as Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. , Perak FA, Selangor F.C. and Terengganu FC (their parent clubs) remain in Malaysia Super League and play in Malaysia Cup. Should the team be relegated to Malaysia Premier League or will not play in Malaysia Cup, Johor Darul Ta'zim II, Perak II, Selangor II and Terengganu II will have to drop to Malaysia M3 League or will play in Malaysia Cup.

**Results by round**

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

### Malaysia Cup

**Group stage**

The draw for the group stage was held on 15 September 2021.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MEL | KED | KLU | NSE |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Melaka United | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 16 | Quarter-finals | — | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Kedah Darul Aman | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 12 | Quarter-finals | 1–3 | — | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Kelantan United | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 4 | | 3–3 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 |
| 4 | Negeri Sembilan | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 3 | Withdrew | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | — |

* 1 2 3 4 5 Negeri Sembilan withdrew from the tournament on 22 October 2021, after 20 players and 4 staff members had caught the Coronavirus, this prompted them to withdraw for the safety of all parties and were advised by the team's medical doctor. As according to MFL's rule book, all of Negeri Sembilan's remaining matches will be awarded a 3–0 win to the opposing team.

## Statistics

### Appearances and goals

    As of 1 October 2021

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League | League | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | MAS | Muhaimin Mohamad | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | MAS | Aroon Kumar | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | MAS | Tasnim Fitri | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | MAS | Annas Rahmat | 18 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | MAS | Halim Zainal | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | KOR | Bae Beom-geun | 20 | 0 | 13+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | MAS | Zaquan Adha | 17 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | TOG | Francis Koné | 10 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | MAS | Alif Romli | 4 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | MAS | Barathkumar Ramaloo | 21 | 5 | 16+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | MAS | Kaharuddin Rahman | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | CMR | Alain Akono | 19 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | MAS | Selvan Anbualagan | 20 | 1 | 0+19 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | MAS | Nasrullah Haniff | 21 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | MAS | Osman Yusoff | 5 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | MAS | Javabilaarivin Nyanasegar | 11 | 1 | 4+6 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | MAS | Raja Imran Shah | 9 | 0 | 0+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | MAS | Damien Lim | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | MAS | Danial Hadri | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | MF | MAS | Saiful Ridzuwan | 20 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | MAS | Ferris Danial | 13 | 0 | 3+8 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | MAS | Fahmi Faizal | 18 | 1 | 2+14 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | MAS | Deevan Raj | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | DF | MAS | Zamri Pin Ramli | 22 | 0 | 16+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 44 | DF | BRA | Arthur Cunha | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 72 | DF | MAS | Zulkhairi Zulkeply | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players transferred out during the season ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | BRA | Fernando Barbosa | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | BRA | Rafinha | 10 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 1 October 2021

| Rank | No. | Pos. | Player | League | Malaysia Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 22 | GK | Damien Lim | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 1 | GK | Muhaimin Mohamad | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | 9 | 1 | 10 |
