2014 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan

2014 season
President	Mohammad Hassan
Manager	Mohammad Hassan
Head Coach	V. Sundramoorthy
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League	6th
FA Cup	First round
Malaysia Cup	Play-off
Top goalscorer	League: Kim Jin-yong (8) All: Kim Jin-yong (8)
Highest home attendance	3,000 vs Kedah (23 May 2014)
Lowest home attendance	1,500 vs PBAPP (18 April 2014) vs Johor Darul Ta'zim II (13 June 2014) vs PDRM (20 June 2014)
Average home league attendance	2,000
Home colours Away colours

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

Last updated: January
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Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Main sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors
	Kika

Players

Full Squad

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

Transfers

Disember

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
1	GK	Mohd Yatim Abdullah	22	Negeri Sembilan U21	Promoted
4	DF	Jean Alexandre	28	Orlando City	Import
10	FW	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	31	Terengganu FA	Import
11	MF	Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini	25	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.
12	MF	G. Puaneswaran	31	Terengganu FA
13	DF	K. Nanthakumar	37	Kelantan FA
14	MF	V. Kavi Chelvan	25	Selangor FA
15	MF	Kim Jin-Ryong	32	Gangwon FC	Import
18	DF	Muszaki Abu Bakar	25	Free Agent
19	MF	M. Sivakumar	30	Perak FA
20	DF	Dzaiddin Zainuddin	22	DRB-Hicom F.C.
23	DF	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar	30	Felda United F.C.
24	DF	Sumardi Hajalan	29	Sabah FA
25	FW	Jozef Kapláň	28	Geylang International FC	Import
31	DF	Segar Arumugam	21	Negeri Sembilan U21	Promoted
33	MF	Thanabalan Nadarajah	19	Negeri Sembilan U21	Promoted

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
4	FW	Mohd Amirul Omar	28	Melaka United F.C.
6	DF	William Modibo	35	Osotspa Saraburi F.C.	Import
7	MF	Idris Abdul Karim	38	Retired
8	MF	Norismaidham Ismail	30	Perlis FA
9	MF	Shahurain Abu Samah	28	Felda United F.C.
13	DF	Abdul Ghani Rahman	29	PKNS F.C.
14	FW	Mohd Alafi Mahmud	29	PDRM FA
15	MF	Rashid Mahmud	36	Melaka United F.C.
18	DF	Mohd Fadhil Mohd Hashim	31	PDRM FA
20	FW	Fábio Leandro Barbosa	36	Retired	Import
21	GK	Mohd Hamsani Ahmad	38	Selangor FA
23	MF	Nazrin Nawi	26	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
25	FW	Ahmad Shakir Mohd Ali	25	Kelantan FA
26	FW	Mohd Rahizi Mohd Rasib	20	Negeri Sembilan FA U21	Demoted
29	MF	Muhamad Bukhairi Idris	22	Melaka United F.C.
30	DF	Fiqri Azwan Ghazali	22	Putrajaya SPA F.C.

April

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From	Notes
27	FW	Ivan Babić	30	Free Agent	Import
30	FW	Philani Kubheka	35	Becamex Bình Dương F.C.	Import

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To	Notes
10	FW	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	31	Free Agent	Import
25	FW	Jozef Kapláň	28	Tampines Rovers FC	Import

Non-competitive

Pre-season

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FA v DRB-Hicom F.C.

19 November 2013 1	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 – 1	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar V. Kavi Chelvan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v PKNS F.C.

26 November 2013 2	Negeri Sembilan FA	0 – 0	PKNS F.C.	Paroi
20:45				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v Putrajaya SPA F.C.

28 November 2013 3	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 – 1	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v PDRM FA

2 December 2013 4	Negeri Sembilan FA	3 – 0	PDRM FA	Paroi
20:45	Jozef Kapláň G. Puaneswaran Kim Jin-yong			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Malacca United F.C. v Negeri Sembilan

7 December 2013 5	Malacca United F.C.	0 – 1	Negeri Sembilan	Malacca
17:45			Jozef Kapláň	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v ATM FA

10 December 2013 6	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 – 0	ATM FA	Paroi
20:45	Jozef Kapláň			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v DRB-Hicom F.C.

27 December 2013 7	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 – 1	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Paroi
17:30	Jozef Kapláň			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

ATM FA v Negeri Sembilan FA

3 January 2014 8	ATM FA	3 – 0	Negeri Sembilan FA	Subang
17:30	Juan Arostegui Marlon Alex James			Stadium: RMAF

Sime Darby F.C. v Negeri Sembilan FA

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

Negeri Sembilan FA v ATM FA

10 January 2014 10	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 – 0	ATM FA	Paroi
20:45	Jozef Kapláň			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Negeri Sembilan FA v Geylang International FC

15 January 2014 11	Negeri Sembilan FA	3 - 0	Geylang International FC	Paroi
20:45	Jean Alexandre Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini G. Puaneswaran			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Friendly

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FA v Sime Darby F.C.

1 February 2014 1	Negeri Sembilan FA	3 - 2	Sime Darby F.C.	Paroi
16:45	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah Effa Owona		Farderin Kadir Mohd Farid Ramli	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia Premier League

Main article: 2014 Malaysia Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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 v DRB-Hicom F.C.

24 January 2014 1	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 - 1	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 v Negeri Sembilan FA

27 January 2014 2	Pulau Pinang PBAPP	0 - 0	Negeri Sembilan FA	Georgetown
20:45				Stadium: Bandaraya Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

Negeri Sembilan FA v Felda United F.C.

7 February 2014 3	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 - 1	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 v Negeri Sembilan FA

10 February 2014 4	Sabah FA	2 - 1	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 v Negeri Sembilan FA

14 February 2014 5	Kedah FA	0 - 1	Negeri Sembilan FA	Alor Setar
20:45			58' Effa Owona	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Jeffri Zolkifli

Negeri Sembilan FA v Putrajaya SPA F.C.

7 March 2014 6	Negeri Sembilan FA	0 - 0	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Paroi
20:45				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Jeevanathan A/L M. Ponniamoorty

Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. v Negeri Sembilan FA

14 March 2014 7	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	2 - 0	Negeri Sembilan FA	Pasir Gudang
20:45	Shahril Ishak 52' Braulio Nóbrega 72'			Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Negeri Sembilan FA v Penang FA

21 March 2014 8	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 - 3	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

PDRM FA v Negeri Sembilan FA

24 March 2014 9	PDRM FA	2 - 2	Negeri Sembilan FA	Selangor
16:45	Charles Souza Chad 48' (pen.) Rafael Souza Silva Novais 83'		2' Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona 73' S. Sivanesan	Stadium: Petaling Jaya Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Sani Tari

Negeri Sembilan FA v UiTM F.C.

28 March 2014 10	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 - 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Kim Jin-Ryong 26'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Azaham Musa

Perlis FA v Negeri Sembilan FA

4 April 2014 11	Perlis FA	0 - 1	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 v Perlis FA

11 April 2014 12	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 - 0	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. v Negeri Sembilan FA

14 April 2014 13	DRB-Hicom F.C.	1 - 3	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 v Pulau Pinang PBAPP

18 April 2014 14	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 – 0	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. v Negeri Sembilan FA

9 May 2014 15	Felda United F.C.	1 – 0	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 v Sabah FA

16 May 2014 16	Negeri Sembilan FA	0 – 1	Sabah FA	Paroi
20:45			65' Marwan Sayedeh	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,000

Negeri Sembilan FA v Kedah FA

23 May 2014 17	Negeri Sembilan FA	1 – 2	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. v Negeri Sembilan FA

9 June 2014 18	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	3 – 3	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 v Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

13 June 2014 19	Negeri Sembilan FA	2 – 2	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 v Negeri Sembilan FA

16 June 2014 20	Penang FA	2 – 1	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 v PDRM FA

20 June 2014 21	Negeri Sembilan FA	0 – 4	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. v Negeri Sembilan FA

24 June 2014 22	UiTM F.C.	1 – 1	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

Main article: 2014 Malaysia FA Cup

Knockout stage

  Win   Draw   Loss

Negeri Sembilan FA v Felda United F.C.

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

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2014 Malaysia Cup

Play-off

  Win   Draw   Loss

T-Team F.C. v Negeri Sembilan FA

28 June 2014 Play-off	T-Team F.C.	1 – 0	Negeri Sembilan FA	Shah Alam
21:30	Ramzul Zahini Adnan 42'	Report		Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Premier League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	MF	15	Kim Jin-yong	8	0	0	8
2	FW	10	Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	4	0	0	4
	FW	25	Jozef Kapláň	4	0	0	4
	MF	16	S. Sivanesan	4	0	0	4
3	FW	27	Ivan Babić	3	0	0	3
4	DF	4	Jean-Marc Alexandre	2	0	0	2
5	DF	23	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		Abdul Halim Zainal	5	1								5	1
15	MF		Kim Jin-yong	4									4
4	DF		Jean-Marc Alexandre	4									4
22	GK		Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	3									3
2	DF		Mohd Fauzi Nan	3									3
13	DF		K. Nanthakumar	3									3
9	MF		Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	3									3
27	FW		Ivan Babić	3									3
11	MF		Shoufiq Khusaini	2									2
25	FW		Jozef Kapláň	1			1						2
19	MF		M. Sivakumar	2									2
23	DF		Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar	2									2
3	DF		Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah	2									2
10	FW		Jean-Emmanuel Effa Owona	1									1
18	DF		Muszaki Abu Bakar	1									1
31	DF		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