Melaka United

Melaka United
Full name Melaka United Soccer Association
Nickname(s) Hang Jebat
Hang Tuah
The Mousedeers (Sang Kancil)
Founded 1924 (1924) as Melaka FA
2013 (2013) as Melaka United S.A.
Ground Hang Jebat Stadium
Krubong, Malaysia
Ground Capacity 40,000
President Idris Haron
Manager Mohd Yusoff Hj. Mahadi
Coach Mat Zan Mat Aris
League Malaysia Premier League
2015 Malaysia FAM League, Champions
Website Club home page

Melaka United are a professional football club in Malacca City. Founded in 1924, the club's home ground since then has been Hang Tuah Stadium before moving to Hang Jebat Stadium in Paya Rumput which was built for the purpose of the 2010 Sukma Games. The team are managed by Melaka United Soccer Association (Malay: Persatuan Bolasepak Melaka Bersatu) and represents the state of Malacca in Malaysian football competitions. The team are based in Malacca City.

They currently play in the second division in Malaysian football, the Malaysia Premier League after been promoted as champion from 2015 Malaysia FAM League.[1][2]

The club was formerly named simply as Malacca or fully as Malacca FA before being rebranded in August 2013 as Melaka United which will be used for 2014 season onwards.[3][4] The club's nickname was Mousedeer before it was changed to Hang Tuah, the name being synonymous with strength and intelligence.

Melaka United's regular kit colours are green and white for shirts, shorts and socks. The club's crest has not been changed for a long time and for the revival of the team to Malaysia's Premier League, a new crest was revealed in attempts to re-brand the club and modernise its image. The previous crest still will be used as the association logo which has been introduced in the early 1920s while the new logo will be used for the club for the competition.

History

The club has been in an up and down performance in Malaysia Premier League since the league inception in 2004 where they played for three season and was promoted to top-tier league, Malaysia Super League before been relegated in their first season. After that the team continue to play and fighting for relegation in Malaysia Premier League for another three season before been relegated in 2010 and has been a consistent team in third-tier league, Malaysia FAM League for five straight season before make a comeback to second-tier league, Malaysia Premier League in 2016 after been promoted as champion of 2015 Malaysia FAM League.

Before winning the FAM League, the team has been in drought of championship for 32 years where the last time Melaka United won the Malaysiantop-tier league is in 1983 where they won the Malaysia Premier Division 1.During that time,national footballer Soh Chin Aun was playing for Malacca[5][6]

Stadium

Main article: Hang Jebat Stadium
Hang Jebat Stadium
ستاديوم هڠ جبت

Hang Jebat Stadium during a Melaka United football matches.
Location Krubong, Melaka, Malaysia
Coordinates 2°17′21″N 102°13′59″E / 2.28908°N 102.233094°E / 2.28908; 102.233094
Owner Perbadanan Stadium Melaka
(Malacca Stadium Corporation)
Operator Melaka Football Association
Capacity 40,000
Field size 105 m × 68 m (344 ft × 223 ft)
Surface Grass pitch
Track
Opened 2004
Tenants
Melaka United (2005–present)
Sukma Games (2010)
Harimau Muda B (2015)

Melaka United are currently based at Hang Jebat Stadium in Krubong, Melaka. The capacity of the stadium is 40,000. In addition to the football field, the stadium also consists of a running track.

Crest and colours

Crest

Melaka United has historically utilised one primary crest. The first, adopted when the club was founded, was the image of a Malacca tree, where it is famous from the legend of how the city was first forms and remained for more than half-century.

Colours

Melaka United have always worn green and white shirts as their home kit as it is an iconic colour for the club and it is different from majority of other teams in the league.

Melaka United's away colours are usually all white with green trim or various combination colours of blue, red, yellow and white as it represent the colour of Malacca's Flag.

Supporters

Ultras Taming Sari is the name of the official supporters of the Melaka United. Founded in 11 January 2011. These supporters always bring, drums and large colorful flags to the stadiums.

Melaka United are one of the most widely supported football clubs in Malacca. Melaka United's traditional fanbase comes from all over Melaka Tengah, Alor Gajah and Jasin area. There are also numerous official supporters clubs in Malacca and Malaysia.

Ownership and finances

The club were founded in 1924 and owned by Melaka United Soccer Association with the financial backing by the state government and sponsors.

Sponsorship

Melaka United's kit has been manufactured by Kronos since 2014, which is contracted to supply the club's kit from 2014 to 2015. The partnership was extended from for another 2 years to 2017.

Melaka United's current main shirt sponsor is Edra as shirt sponsor 1 and Mamee as shirt sponsor 2. Edra Global Energy Bhd has sponsored the team for RM 5 Million for coming season.[7] The club has a variety of other sponsors and official partners such as Kronos, Tag Marine, Restoran Melayu Melaka, Hatten Hotel for 2016 season.[8]

Kits

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1981–1985 Schwarzenbach None
1986 Topper
1987 CW
1988 Diadora None
1989 Asics Dunhill & EON
1990 Lotto Dunhill & EON
1991–1992 Cheetah Dunhill & EON
1993 ClubMan Dunhill & EON
1994–1998 Mizuno Dunhill
1999–2000 J-King Dunhill
2001 Mikasa Dunhill
2002–2003 Kronos Dunhill
2004 Admiral Dunhill
2005 Kronos TM Net
2006 Lotto TM Net & Creative
2007 Figos TM & Cubic
2008 Ambros Celcom & Metaforce
2009 Kika Streamyx
2010 Shemsy TM
2011 Kappa Interpacific
2012 Ambros Ambros
2013 Arora None
2014–2015 Kronos Mamee
2016 Edra & Mamee

Players

First team squad

As of 1 February 2016[9]
No. Name Nationality Position D.O.B
Goalkeeper
1 Ahmad Solehin Mamat Malaysia GK 24/3/96
29 Muhammad Syazwan Yusoff Malaysia GK 17/4/92
Defenders
3 Mohamad Faiz Suhaimi (Vice-captain) Malaysia CB, RB 13/3/93
4 Mohd Alif Shamsudin Malaysia RB,RWB,DMC 1/2/89
5 Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail Malaysia LB,LWB 7/8/88
6 Rusmanizam Roseland Malaysia CB, ST 11/10/93
11 Fiqri Azwan Ghazali Malaysia LB,LWB 20/3/92
14 Shin Jae-pil South Korea CB 15/5/82
15 Ahmad Shahir Ismail Malaysia CB 2/7/87
18 Muhd Syawal Norsam Malaysia CB 29/5/89
20 Wan Amirul Afiq Wan Abdul Rahman Malaysia RB,RWB 18/7/92
Midfielders
7 Surendran Ravindran Malaysia RM, RW 17/5/87
8 Mohd Hazri Rozali Malaysia DM, CM 26/6/86
10 Labinot Harbuzi Sweden AM,CM 4/4/86
12 R. Barath Kumar Malaysia LM, LW 23/4/91
13 See Kok Luen Malaysia CM 3/6/88
16 Mohd Iskandar Hanapiah Malaysia RM,LM, RW,LW 2/6/93
17 G. Puaneswaran Malaysia RM, RW 27/5/83
23 Jasmir Mehat Malaysia LM, LW 6/2/94
24 Balša Božović Montenegro CM 1/5/87
26 Khair Jones MalaysiaNew Zealand LW,LM,LB, CB, RB 29/9/89
27 V. Kavi Chelvan Malaysia LM, LW 2/7/89
Forwards
9 Ilija Spasojević Montenegro ST 11/9/87
19 Nurshamil Abd Ghani Malaysia ST 25/9/94
30 Mohd Syazwan Nordin Malaysia ST 15/4/93

Transfers

President and youth

Further information: Melaka United President & Youth

Head coaches

Coach Years Honours
Marco Bilic 1992
Mahathir Taha 1997
Mohd Shah Alias Norbit 1998
G. Torairaju 1999
Remeli Junit 2000–01
Ong Kim Swee 2005
E. Elavarasan 2005–06 Runner up 2005-06 Premier League Malaysia
K. Devan 2007
Ramli Junit 2007–08
Mohd Nick Sham Abdullah 2008–09
Abdul Rahim Abdullah 2009–10
Mahathir Taha 2010
Manja Man 2011
G. Selvamohan 2012
Mohd Asri Ninggal Jan 2013 – April 2013
Hashim Abdullah April 2013
Ladislav Totkovič Nov 2013– Apr 2014
Mat Zan Mat Aris Sept 2014–present Winner 2015 Malaysia FAM League

Team Managers

Year Manager
1999-02 Datuk Ibrahim Durum
2005 Datuk Chua Peng Song
2006–08 Karim Yaacob
2008– Mohd Yazid Khamis
2009–2010 Abdul Malik Kassim
2011–2013 Datuk Mohd Yunos Husin
April 2013– November 2013 Datuk Wira Idris Haron
November 2013 – present Datuk Mohd Yusoff Bin Hj Mahadi

Management team

As of 1 February 2016[10]

Club personnel

Position Name
President Malaysia Datuk Seri Ir. Idris Haron
general manager Malaysia Datuk Wira Mohd Yusoff Hj Mahadi
Assistant Manager Malaysia Mohd Nor Derus
Head Coach Malaysia Mat Zan Mat Aris
Assistant Coach Malaysia Norizam Ali Hassan
Goalkeeper Coach Malaysia Mazlan Abdul Wahid
Fitness Coach Malaysia Junaidi Abdul Latip
Physio Malaysia Muhd Rozairen Hairudin
U21 Manager Malaysia Khairi Anuar Ahmad
U21 Assistant Manager Malaysia Tan Ching Yang
U21 Head Coach Malaysia G. Torairaju
U21 Assistant Coach Malaysia Sapian Abdul Wahid
U21 Fitness Coach Malaysia Mirsad Amri Mohd Sim
U21 Goalkeeper Coach Malaysia S. Rosli Hashim
U21 Physio Malaysia Ahmad Faisal Miswan
U19 Manager Malaysia Shamsuddin Hassan
U19 Head Coach Malaysia G. Selvamohan
U19 Assistant Coach Malaysia Rashid Mahmud
U19 Coach Malaysia Azni Ariffin
U19 Goalkeeper Coach Malaysia Zulkarnain Osman
U19 Fitness Coach Malaysia Mohd Fauzzi Kassim
U19 Physio Malaysia Zainal Jalil

Honours

Domestic

Title Winners Runners-up
Division 1/Premier 1/Super League (1x) 1983
Division 2/Premier 2/Premier League
Malaysian FA Cup
Malaysia Cup
Malaysia FAM Cup (1x) 2015 1957,1958 (2x)
Malaysian Charity Shield

Youth

Title Winners Runners-up
Malaysia President Cup (1x) 1993 1990 (1x)

Performance in AFC competitions

1986: ASEAN Qualifying (4th place)
AFC Champions League / AFC Cup
Season Competition Round Nat Club 1st Leg 2nd Leg Aggregate
1985 Asian Club Championship Qualifying Round Indonesia Krama Yudha Tiga Berlian 2—0 (Loss) 4th place
Brunei ADP FC 1–0 (Win)
Thailand Bangkok Bank F.C. 5—1 (Loss)
Singapore Tiong Bahru CSC 0—0 (Draw)

Club record

Updated on 21 February 2016.

Note:

Season League Cup Asia
Division P W D L F A D Pts Pos Charity Malaysia FA Competition Result
2004 MPL 24 6 9 9 32 38 -6 27 7th
(Group B)
3rd round
2005 MPL 21 3 1 17 17 50 -33 10 11th
(Group B)
1st round
2005–06 MPL 21 13 3 5 39 22 17 42 Runner-up
1st (Group B)
Group stage 1st round
2006–07 MSL 24 2 3 19 24 72 -48 9 13th Quarter-finals
2007–08 MPL 24 8 2 14 29 43 -14 26 9th Group stage Quarter-finals
2009 MPL 24 3 9 12 17 32 -15 18 11th Group stage 1st round
2010 MPL 22 4 3 15 31 68 -37 15 11th 1st round
2011 FAM League 20 7 5 8 45 40 +5 26 6th 1st round
2012 FAM League 16 5 1 10 10 20 -5 16 7th 1st round
2013 FAM League 20 10 3 8 30 33 0 33 6th 1st round
2014 FAM League 22 8 4 10 35 37 -3 28 6th 1st round
2015 FAM League 16 11 3 2 30 13 +17 36 Champions
1st (Group B)
1st round
2016 MPL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 TBD TBD 2nd round

Source:[11]

Affiliated Clubs

References

External links

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