2015 Pahang FA season
# 2015 Pahang FA season

The 2015 season has been Pahang FA's 12th season in the Malaysia Super League. Parang began the season on 31 January 2015, with the opening game of their Malaysia Super League campaign. They also competed in the three domestic cups: the Malaysia FA Cup, the Malaysia Cup and the Malaysia Charity Shield.

## Club

### Current coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| - | - |
| Manager | Dato' Che Nasir B Salleh |
| Head coach | Zainal Abidin Hassan |
| Assistant coach | Ahmad Shaharuddin Rosdi |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mudzar Mohamad |
| Fitness coach | Mohd Kaizai Zainuddin |
| Physiotherapist | Adam Zuhairy Zafri |
| Kit man/Equipment | Abdul Razak B Akil/ Abdul Rahim Kadir Ku Jambu |
| Media Officer | Fuzzemi Ibrahim |
| Safety Officer | Zolkefli Ibrahim |
| U21 Manager | Datuk Mohd Tajuddin Abdullah |
| U21 Head Coach | Azaruddin Aziz |
| U21 Assistant Coach | Fahim Kow Abdullah |
| U21 Goalkeeping Coach | Syed Nasir Akil |
| U21 Physiotherapist | Mohd Mahyuddin Mohd Idris |

### Kit manufacturers and sponsors

* Corporation
* Kits manufacturers
* Puma
* Financial sponsors
* Resorts World Genting
* Chili's
* Aras Kuasa
* Allianz Malaysia
* DRB-HICOM
* THR.fm

## Competitions

### Overview

| Competition | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Super League | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 059.09 |
| FA Cup | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Malaysia Cup | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 040.00 |
| AFC Cup | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 037.50 |
| Total | 46 | 23 | 13 | 10 | 81 | 66 | +15 | 050.00 |

### Malaysia Super League

**League table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim (C) | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 46 | Qualification to AFC Champions League qualifying preliminary round 2 |
| 2 | Selangor | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 28 | +15 | 39 | Qualification to AFC Cup group stage |
| 3 | Pahang | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 29 | +14 | 38 | |
| 4 | Terengganu | 22 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 40 | 33 | +7 | 38 | |
| 5 | Felda United | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 36 | |

* ↑ Since LionsXII, a side managed by the Football Association of Singapore and thus ineligible to represent Malaysia in continental competition, won the 2015 Piala FA, the 2015 Liga Super runners-up will be chosen to represent Malaysia in the AFC Cup.
* ↑ Pahang was docked 6 points due to involvement in the delay in the process of solving the problem of salary and compensation by the former imports season 2013, Mohamed Borji.

**Matches**

Win  Draw  Loss  Upcoming fixture

## Malaysia FA Cup

| Date | Round | Opponents | H / A | Result F–A | Scorers | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 March 2015 | Round 2 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | H | 1–1 (p 4–2) | Conti 20' | 21,970 |
| 21 March 2015 | Round 3 | MIFA | H | 2–1 | R Gopinathan 49', Fauzi Roslan 54' | 5,400 |
| 7 April 2015 | Quarter Final | Penang | H | 2-0 | Mohd Hafiz Kamal 8', Dickson Nwakaeme '14 | 8,500 |
| 22 April 2015 | Quarter Final | Penang | A | 2-2 (arg 4–2) | Dickson Nwakaeme 6', 11' | 12,104 |
| 9 May 2015 | Semi Final | Kelantan | H | 1-0 | Conti 2' | 31,663 |
| 16 May 2015 | Semi Final | Kelantan | A | 1-3 (arg 2–3) | R. Gopinathan 57' | 14,253 |

## AFC Cup

### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | SCA | PAH | GLO | YAD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | South China | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 18 | Advance to knockout stage | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 |
| 2 | Pahang | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 8 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 7–4 |
| 3 | Global | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 5 | | 1–6 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 |
| 4 | Yadanarbon | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 3 | | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — |

### Knock-out stage

The Persipura Jayapura v Pahang match was not played as scheduled as Pahang players were denied entry into Indonesia due to visa issues. The AFC announced on 10 June 2015 that as a result, Persipura Jayapura forfeited the match and was considered to have lost the match by 3–0, based on the AFC Cup 2015 Competition Regulations and the AFC Disciplinary Code.

## First team and squad statistics

| No. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Malaysia Cup | AFC Cup | AFC Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| Goalkeeper ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Khairul Azhan Khalid | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Muhammad Saufie Mohamad | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Mohd Nasril Nourdin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Jalaluddin Jaafar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mohd Saiful Nizam Miswan | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | Damion Stewart | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Zesh Rehman | 14 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Mohd Razman Roslan (captain) | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Mohd Faisal Mohd Rosli | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Mohd Hazri Rozali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Muhammad Syawal Norsam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Mohd Shahrizan Salleh | 4(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 9(3) | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Matthew Davies | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 7 | R. Surendran | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 2(4) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Azidan Sarudin | 7(6) | 2 | 2(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4(1) | 0 | 13(11) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | D. Saarvindran | 2(3) | 1 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(1) | 2 | 3(5) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Mohd Hafiz Kamal | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | R. Gopinathan | 14 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4(2) | 1 | 24(2) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mohd Rizua Shafiqi Kamarulzaman | 1(3) | 0 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(2) | 0 | 4(7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Mohd Norazam Abdul Azih | 6(6) | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5(1) | 0 | 16(8) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | Matías Conti | 14 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Dickson Nwakaeme | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 6 | 26(2) | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil | 9(3) | 1 | 3(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2(1) | 0 | 14(6) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Mohd Fauzi Roslan | 4(8) | 0 | 2(4) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3(2) | 0 | 7(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Mohd Shafie Zahari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Scoring records

**First goal of the season**

* Super League: Matías Conti against Selangor (56th minute) (14 February 2015)
* FA Cup: Matías Conti against Johor DT (20th minute) (2 March 2015)
* Malaysia Cup: TBA
* AFC Cup: Dickson Nwakaeme against Yadanarbon (6th minute) (25 February 2015)

**Fastest goal of the season**

* Super League: D. Saarvindran against PDRM (6th minute) (20 June 2015)
* FA Cup: Matías Conti against Kelantan FA (2nd minute) (9 May 2015)
* Malaysia Cup: TBA
* AFC Cup: Dickson Nwakaeme against Yadanarbon (6th minute) (25 February 2015)

**Biggest win**

* Super League: against PDRM (5-3) (20 June 2015)
* FA Cup: TBA
* Malaysia Cup: TBA
* AFC Cup: against Yadanarbon (7–4) (29 April 2015)

**Biggest loss**

* Super League: against Johor DT (0–2) (31 January 2015) against Lions XII [4-2]
* FA Cup: TBA
* Malaysia Cup: against PKNS (1-4)
* AFC Cup: against FC Istiklol [4-0]

### Clean sheet

| Rank | Player | Position | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Khairul Azhan Khalid | GK | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 |

### Own goal

| Rank | Player | Position | Super League | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | AFC Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Damion Stewart | DF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos. | No. | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November 2014 | DF | 5 | Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail | Kelantan FA | Undisclosed |
| November 2014 | MF | 15 | D. Saarvindran | Harimau Muda A | Free |
| November 2014 | MF | 35 | Mohd Rizua Shafiqi Kamarulzaman | Pahang U-21 | Undisclosed |
| November 2014 | MF | 33 | Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih | Harimau Muda B | Free |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | No. | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November 2014 | FW | 11 | Mohd Faizol Hussien | Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. | Undisclosed |
| November 2014 | FW | | Mohd Shafizi Mohd Zain | Real Mulia F.C. | Undisclosed |
| November 2014 | MF | | Mohd Shahrul Aizad Zulkifli | Kuantan FA | Undisclosed |

### Out on loan

| Date form | Date to | Pos. | No. | Name | To |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| November 2014 | October 2015 | MF | | Abdul Malik Mat Ariff | Kuantan FA |
