2014 Negeri Sembilan FA season

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.

Negeri Sembilan
2014 season
PresidentMohammad Hassan
ManagerMohammad Hassan
Head CoachV. Sundramoorthy
StadiumTuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
Malaysia Premier League6th
FA CupFirst round
Malaysia CupPlay-off
Top goalscorerLeague:
Kim Jin-yong (8)

All:
Kim Jin-yong (8)
Highest home attendance3,000 vs Kedah
(23 May 2014)
Lowest home attendance1,500 vs PBAPP
(18 April 2014)
vs Johor Darul Ta'zim II
(13 June 2014)
vs PDRM
(20 June 2014)
Average home league attendance2,000
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Review edit

Pre-season edit

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 edit

Coaching Staff edit

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
Source: [citation needed]

Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor edit

Nation Corporation
Main sponsors
  Matrix Concept Group
Shirt sponsors
  Kika

Players edit

Full Squad edit

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 edit

Disember edit

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 edit

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 edit

Pre-season edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

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
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
3 January 2014 8 ATM FA   3 – 0   Negeri Sembilan FA Subang
17:30 Juan Arostegui    
Marlon Alex James  
Stadium: RMAF
7 January 2014 9 Sime Darby F.C.   1 – 1   Negeri Sembilan FA Bukit Jelutong
20:45     Stadium: Sime Darby FC Training Ground

Friendly edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Malaysia Premier League edit

League table edit

Pos Team 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 edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

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

Knockout stage edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

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 edit

Play-off edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

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 edit

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 edit