2015 Negeri Sembilan FA season

Negeri Sembilan Matrix (NS Matrix)

2015 season
Chairman	Datuk Seri Utama Haji Mohammad Haji Hassan
Manager	Dato' Abd Ghani Hasan
Stadium	Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium, Paroi, Negeri Sembilan
Premier League	6th
FA Cup	2nd-Round
Malaysia Cup	Play-off
Home colours Away colours
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The 2015 NS Matrix season is the 92th season in club history and 2nd season in the Malaysia Premier League.

Background

Background information

Negeri Sembilan FA have finished the previous season in 6th place in the Malaysia Premier League. Negeri Sembilan FA were knocked out of the 2014 Malaysia FA Cup in the 1st-round by Felda United F.C., were knocked out of 2014 Malaysia Cup in play-off by T–Team F.C..

Club

Coaching staff

Position	Staff
Manager	Dato' Abd Ghani Hasan
Assistant manager	Dato' Haji Mohammed Najeeb Abdullah
Head Coach	K. Devan
Assistant Head coach	Mohd Asri Ninggal
Assistant Coach	Ahmad Osman
Goalkeeper Coach	Mohd Yazid Mohd Yassin
Medical Officer	Dr. Rozaiman Ebrahim
Physiotherapist	Zulkefli Abu Samah
Media Officer	Abd Malek Hassan
Security Officer	Anuar Abd Rahman
Physical Therapist	Asyraf M R Asri
Team Assistant	Shahrizal Mat Sah

Last updated: January
Source:

Kit Manufacturers & Financial Sponsor

Nation	Corporation
Material manufacturers
	Kappa
Financial sponsors
	Matrix Concept Group

Players

Full Squad

No.	Name	Age	Nationality	Position	D.O.B
Goalkeepers
1	Helmi Eliza Elias	32		GK	20/1/83
22	Kaharuddin Rahman	24		GK	7/8/91
30	Mohd Yatim Abdullah	23		GK
Defenders
2	Azizi Matt Rose	34		CB	6/11/81
3	Mohd Fauzi Nan	35		RB,RWB,CB	20/1/80
4	Jean Alexandre	29		CB	24/8/86
5	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30		RB,RWB,CB	10/12/85
6	Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	24		CB	18/8/91
20	Dzaiddin Zainudin	23		LB,LWB,DM	4/8/92
21	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34		LB,LWB,CB	2/6/81
26	A. Segar	22		LB,LWB,LM,LW	3/1/93
Midfielders
7	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33		CM	30/4/82
10	Bruno Martelotto	33		AM	3/11/82
12	G. Puaneswaran	32		RM,RW	27/5/83
14	V. Kavi Chelvan	26		LM,LW	2/7/89
15	Kim Jin-yong	33		DM,CM,AM,CB	9/10/82
16	S. Sivanesan	25		DM,CM,AM,RM,RW	28/12/90
17	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26		LM,LW	8/10/89
18	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28		RM,LM,AM,RW,LW,ST	9/5/87
23	Rezal Zambery Yahya (Captain)	37		DM,CM,	10/10/78
25	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22		RM,RW	19/9/93
27	Izzudin Zainudin	22		LM,LW	27/9/93
33	N. Thanabalan	20		LM,LW	25/2/95
Forwards
8	Shahrizal Saad	28		ST	5/6/87
9	Francis Forkey Doe	30		ST	25/12/85
11	Rudie Ramli	33		ST	15/5/82

Transfers

In

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	From
9	ST	Francis Forkey Doe	30	Kelantan FA
10	LB,LWB,CB	Bruno Martelotto	33	ATM FA
8	ST	Shahrizal Saad	28	Perak FA
1	GK	Helmi Eliza Elias	32	PDRM FA
2	CB	Azizi Matt Rose	34	Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C.
5	RB,RWB,CB	Mohd Fazliata Taib	30	Kedah FA
18	RM,LM,AM,RW,LW,ST	Khyril Muhymeen Zambri	28	Kedah FA
21	LB,LWB,CB	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	34	ATM FA
7	CM	Ahmad Fauzi Saari	33	ATM FA
17	LM,LW	Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	26	ATM FA
23	DM,CM	Rezal Zambery Yahya	37	ATM FA
11	ST	Rudie Ramli	33	ATM FA
25	RM,RW	Ahmad Hazeri Hamid	22	NS Matrix U21
27	LM,LW	Izzudin Zainudin	22	NS Matrix U21

Out

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	To
27	ST	Ivan Babić	31	DRB-Hicom F.C.
5	CB,DM	Norhafiz Zamani Misbah	34	Kelantan FA
13	CB,DM,CM	K. Nanthakumar	38	MISC-MIFA
22	GK	Badrulzaman Abdul Halim	37	PDRM FA
24	LB	Sumardi Hajalan	30	Perak FA
18	RB	Muszaki Abu Bakar	26	Kuantan FA
26	LB	Mohd Zulfaizham Kamis	25	Kedah United F.C.
19	CM,DM	M. Sivakumar	31	PKNS F.C.
23	RB	Mohd Nizam Abu Bakar	31	PKNS F.C.
3	LB, DM	Tengku Qayyum Ubaidillah Tengku Ahmad	29	Sime Darby F.C.
7	RW,ST	Mohd Firdaus Azizul	27	Sime Darby F.C.
8	CM	Abdul Halim Zainal	27	Sime Darby F.C.
9	CM	Eddy Helmi Abdul Manan	36	Sime Darby F.C.
11	LM,LW	Mohd Shoufiq Khusaini	26	Sime Darby F.C.
17	RB,DM	Mohd Alif Shamsudin	29	Sime Darby F.C.
30	ST	Philani Kubheka	36	Retired

Non-competitive

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season

NS Matrix v Penjara F.C.

8 Disember 2014 1	NS Matrix	4 – 1	Penjara F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe Irwan Fadzli Idrus Izzudin Zainudin S. Sivanesan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v ATM FA

13 Disember 2014 2	NS Matrix	3 – 1	ATM FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  (pen.)		(pen.)	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v LionsXII

19 Disember 2014 3	NS Matrix	0 – 0	LionsXII	Paroi
20:45				Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v MISC-MIFA

23 Disember 2014 4	NS Matrix	6 – 0	MISC-MIFA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  (pen.) G. Puaneswaran V. Kavi Chelvan			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Sime Darby F.C.

30 Disember 2014 5	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Sime Darby F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  62'		52' (pen.) Mohd Rafiq Shah Zaim	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Melaka United

9 January 2015 6	NS Matrix	1 – 0	Melaka United	Tampin
20:45	Francis Doe  35' (pen.)			Stadium: Mini Tampin Stadium

NS Matrix v Perak FA

16 January 2015 7	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Perak FA	Paroi
20:45	G. Puaneswaran  36' Francis Doe  65'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Terengganu FA

23 January 2015 8	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Terengganu FA	Paroi
20:45	Vincent Bikana  61' (O.G.) Francis Doe  90+4'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Sarawak FA

27 January 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Sarawak FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  33' Dzaiddin Zainudin  53'		16' Ryan Griffiths  69' Billy Mehmet	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Megah Murni F.C.

31 January 2015 10	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Megah Murni F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Irwan Fadzli Idrus Bruno Martelotto Dzaiddin Zainudin			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Hougang United FC

2 Jun 2015 11	NS Matrix	3 – 0	Hougang United FC	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  8', 63', 70'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

NS Matrix v Kelantan FA

9 Jun 2015 12	NS Matrix	4 – 3	Kelantan FA	Paroi
20:45	S. Sivanesan  22' Francis Doe  63', 90' Ahmad Fauzi Saari  90+2'		Austin Amutu  47', 53' Ahmad Fakri Saarani  75'	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium

Competition

      Win       Draw       Loss

Malaysia Premier League

DRB-Hicom F.C. v NS Matrix

6 February 2015 1	DRB-Hicom F.C.	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Krubong
16:45	Mohd Fakrul Aiman Sidid  17'		18' Jean Alexandre  51' Francis Doe  78' G. Puaneswaran	Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Mohd Zamzaidi Katimin

NS Matrix v UiTM F.C.

13 February 2015 2	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  40', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

Putrajaya SPA F.C. v NS Matrix

20 February 2015 3	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Nik Azlam Nik Januaha  82'		22' Francis Doe	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 610 Referee: Sukri Bin Abd. Rahman

Kuantan FA v NS Matrix

6 March 2015 4	Kuantan FA	1 – 3	NS Matrix	Kuantan
20:45	Im Kyung-hyun  8'		1' Shahrizal Saad  4', 72' Francis Doe	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium Attendance: 865 Referee: Wan Mohamad Tarmizi

NS Matrix v T–Team F.C.

13 March 2015 5	NS Matrix	3 – 5	T–Team F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  26', 51' Shahrizal Saad  64'		6', 61' Nor Hakim Hassan  23', 74' Sadriddin Abdullaev  46' Farhod Tadjiyev	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkifli

PKNS F.C. v NS Matrix

3 April 2015 6	PKNS F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Petaling Jaya
16:45	Gabriel Guerra  75'		32' Shahrizal Saad	Stadium: MBPJ Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Wan Zainudin Harun

NS Matrix v Penang FA

8 May 2015 ^1 7	NS Matrix	2 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45 ^1Match delayed due to bad weather.	S. Sivanesan  58' N. Thanabalan  89'		13', 90' Mohd Faiz Subri	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Mohd Zohri Tajudin

Kedah FA v NS Matrix

17 April 2015 8	Kedah FA	2 – 1	NS Matrix	Alor Setar
20:45	Chidi Edeh  12' Liridon Krasniqi  83'		76' Jean Alexandre	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed

NS Matrix v Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.

26 April 2015 9	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  42' Jean Alexandre  61'		44' Nicolás Delmonte	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,315 Referee: Zulkifli Ahmad

Kuala Lumpur FA v NS Matrix

1 May 2015 10	Kuala Lumpur FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	Paroi
20:45	Modibo Konte  59'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,234 Referee: Ahmad Zuhaidi Dzulkefli

NS Matrix v Sabah FA

19 June 2015 11	NS Matrix	1 – 3	Sabah FA	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe  86'		6' Alto Linus  37' Joel Chianese  42' Abdoulaye Faye	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Ahmad Tajudin Bin Mohd Yusof

Sabah FA v NS Matrix

22 June 2015 12	Sabah FA	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Kota Kinabalu
21:15	Éamon Zayed  23' El Hadji Diouf  79'		34' Azizi Matt Rose  63' Bruno Martelotto	Stadium: Likas Stadium Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Mohd Jefri Zolkefli

NS Matrix v DRB-Hicom F.C.

26 June 2015 13	NS Matrix	1 – 0	DRB-Hicom F.C.	Paroi
22:00	N. Thanabalan  17'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: S. Jayaraman

UiTM F.C. v NS Matrix

3 July 2015 14	UiTM F.C.	2 – 2	NS Matrix	Paroi
22:00	Dao Bakary  20' (pen.) Abdi Kassim  25'		40' (pen.) Francis Doe  86' Rezal Zambery Yahya	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zulkarnain Zakaria

NS Matrix v Putrajaya SPA F.C.

7 July 2015 15	NS Matrix	1 – 1	Putrajaya SPA F.C.	Paroi
22:00	Francis Doe  39'		73' Raja Mohd Hafillah Raja Mamat	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 420 Referee: Mohd Fairuzi Mat Desa

NS Matrix v Kuantan FA

31 July 2015 16	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kuantan FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  49', 66' (pen.)			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 576 Referee: Ahmad Fareez Mat Suburi

T–Team F.C. v NS Matrix

4 August 2015 17	T–Team F.C.	1 – 1	NS Matrix	Kuala Terengganu
20:45	Muhamad Zulhanizam Shafine  67'		59' Francis Doe	Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium Attendance: 660 Referee: Ku Alauddin Ku Mohamad

NS Matrix v PKNS F.C.

7 August 2015 18	NS Matrix	1 – 2	PKNS F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  25'	750	45' Gonzalo Soto  74' Gabriel Guerra	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Referee: Muhammad Firdaus Ibrahim

Penang FA v NS Matrix

11 August 2015 19	Penang FA	1 – 0	NS Matrix	George Town
20:45	Mohd Faiz Subri  5'			Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 3,711 Referee: Zulkarnain Bin Zakaria

NS Matrix v Kedah FA

14 August 2015 20	NS Matrix	2 – 0	Kedah FA	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  73' N. Thanabalan  83'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 2,798 Referee: Ramli Mat Dahan

Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. v NS Matrix

18 August 2015 21	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	0 – 0	NS Matrix	Pasir Gudang
20:45				Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Suresh Jayaraman

NS Matrix v Kuala Lumpur FA

21 August 2015 22	NS Matrix	2 – 1	Kuala Lumpur FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad  52' Azizi Matt Rose  79'		68' Choi Hyun-yeon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 1,098 Referee: Tiong Eng Tai

Malaysia FA Cup

NS Matrix v UiTM F.C.

27 February 2015 R1	NS Matrix	2 – 0	UiTM F.C.	Paroi
20:45	Francis Doe  21', 81'			Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 3,504 Referee: Azman Jamaluddin

NS Matrix v Penang FA

17 March 2015 R2	NS Matrix	1 – 2	Penang FA	Paroi
20:45	Shahrizal Saad  3'		13' Beto Gonçalves  80' Lee Kil-hoon	Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Attendance: 5,066 Referee: Wan Mohd Tarmizi Wan Ibrahim

Malaysia Cup

ATM FA v NS Matrix

25 August 2015 Play-off	ATM FA	3 – 0	NS Matrix	Selayang
20:45	Abdulafees Abdulsalam  13', 62' Abdul Shukur Jusoh  38'			Stadium: Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium Referee: Suhaimi Bin Mat Hassan

Statistics

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kedah FA (C) (P)	22	14	6	2	47	26	+21	48	Promotion to2016 Malaysia Super League
2	Penang FA (P)	22	13	6	3	39	18	+21	45
3	T-Team F.C. (Q)	22	12	6	4	50	27	+23	42	Promotion play-off
4	PKNS F.C.	22	11	8	3	41	22	+19	41
5	Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C.	22	10	4	8	37	32	+5	34
6	NS Matrix F.C.	22	8	8	6	33	28	+5	32
7	Sabah FA	22	8	3	11	37	42	−5	27
8	UiTM F.C.	22	7	4	11	28	42	−14	25
9	Kuantan FA	22	6	3	13	30	46	−16	21
10	DRB-Hicom F.C.	22	4	8	10	25	32	−7	20
11	Kuala Lumpur FA	22	5	3	14	17	33	−16	18
12	Putrajaya SPA F.C. (R)	22	2	5	15	15	50	−35	11	Relegation to2016 Malaysia FAM League

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Top scorers

Rnk	Pos	No.	Player	Super League	FA Cup	Malaysia Cup	Total
1	FW	9	Francis Forkey Doe	17	2	0	19
2	FW	8	Shahrizal Saad	4	1	0	5
3	DF	4	Jean Alexandre	3	0	0	3
4	MF	33	N. Thanabalan	3	0	0	3
5	DF	2	Azizi Matt Rose	2	0	0	2
6	MF	12	G. Puaneswaran	1	0	0	1
7	MF	16	S. Sivanesan	1	0	0	1
8	MF	23	Rezal Zambery Yahya	1	0	0	1
9	MF	10	Bruno Martelotto	1	0	0	1
Own goals				0	0	0	0
TOTALS				33	3	0	36

Disciplinary record

J	Pos	Nat.	Player	Super League			FA Cup			Malaysia Cup			Total			Notes
23	MF		Rezal Zambery Yahya	3									3
7	MF		Ahmad Fauzi Saari	3		1	1						4		1
9	FW		Francis Forkey Doe	4			1						5
4	DF		Jean-Marc Alexandre	3									3
10	MF		Bruno Martelotto	2									2
11	FW		Rudie Ramli	1									1
15	MF		Kim Jin-yong	4									4
33	MF		N. Thanabalan	1									1
17	MF		Mohd Akmal Mohd Nor	3									3
3	DF		Mohd Fauzi Nan	3									3
21	DF		Irwan Fadzli Idrus	1									1
6	DF		Mohd Radzuan Abdullah	1									1
16	MF		S. Sivanesan	1									1
2	DF		Azizi Matt Rose	1									1
8	FW		Shahrizal Saad	2									2
5	DF		Mohd Fazliata Taib	1									1
12	MF		G. Puaneswaran	2			1						3

References