The 2017 season was Sarawak's 13th season in club history and 5th season in the Liga Super since being promoted in 2014.
Season summary After few seasons battle with bottom half finished, Bujang Senang finally bid farewell to the top flight after relegated. Bottom teams fate need to be decided until final day of the season. Kelantan did the great escape by winning 3–1 in Melaka thus secured 3 points to avoid relegation, meanwhilst Sarawak goalless draw with T Team saw the team down to Liga Perdana next term. Due to new rules and regulation regarding the FAM & AFC license requirement, Steve Cotton. (7 September 2017).Football: Only seven of 12 Malaysia Super League clubs granted license to compete in 2018 Asian Correspondent Sarawak and Penang alongside Felda United and T-Team altogether 4 teams relegated to premier league for 2018.
Which saw Negeri Sembilan and PKNP promoted to 2018 super league replacing demoted T-team and Felda united. After Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu advanced as 2017 premier league winners and runners up. By following the AFC, FAM rules and condition Terengganu and T Team later rebrand as Terengganu FC II are disallowed to compete in same league/division since they acted as reserve team/feeder team to Terengganu FC I. The same law applied to JDT I and JDT II where they need to plays in different division to avoid matchfixing or conflict of interest.
Sarawak had bright campaign in FA Cup by trashing Misc Mifa 6–3 in second round, beating Perlis 2–1 in away fixture before drawn with Terengganu in quarterfinal, which saw them tied 2–2 on aggregate, only to be separated by penalty shoot out 4–1 win to the east coast team which saw Terengganu advanced to semi final against Kedah, eventual winner.
Dismal draw in Malaysia cup when Sarawak had to face 2 giants, JDT and Selangor, against with Terengganu in a group stage. Ngap sayot finished the group as expected in 3rd position with later winner, JDT and Selangor advanced to the next round.
Highlight of the season Sarawak welcoming the arrival of Demerson Bruno, the survival of Chapecoense team that scheduled to play in Copa Sudamericana final unfortunately involved in air disaster. Mark Hartmann also scored a wonderful goal against Misc Mifa during FA cup match that resemble to Papiss Cisse wonder goal against Chelsea in 2012, local crowd nominated that goal for Puskas Award but nothing further action were taken. Thus denying second consecutive time for Malaysia to win the award after Faiz Subri achievement.
Background information Sarawak had their eyes on a promising season with transfers such as Mateo Roskam and Demerson coming to help aid them in reaching the top half of the table after the previous season's unimpressive 8th-place ranking.
Competitions Overview
Liga Super
League table
Matches
Source: Fixtures / Result
FA Cup
Knock-out stage
Quarter-finals
Malaysia Cup
Group stage
Statistics Appearances Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017 No.Pos.NameLiga SuperFA CupMalaysia CupTotal1GK Florian Rison00002DF Ronny Harun1532203DF Demerson1933256DF Izray Roslan1 (3)012 (3)7MF Shamie Iszuan11 (5)03 (2)14 (7)8MF Tommy Mawat Bada2134289FW Mateo Roskam2132 (1)26 (1)11MF Hafiz Abu Bakar1 (9)1 (2)1 (1)3 (12)12DF Ramesh Lai14 (1)2 (1)420 (2)13DF Dzulazlan Ibrahim1932 (1)24 (1)14DF Najmuddin000016MF Shahrol Saperi5 (1)1 (1)2 (1)8 (3)17DF Hairol Mokhtar9+1)1414 (1)18GK Zul Mohi000020MF Shreen Tambi8 (7)0 (2)1 (2)9 (11)21GK Aidil Mohamad312622DF Mazwandi11 (1)1214 (1)23MF Dalglish1 (3)1 (1)0 (1)2 (5)24DF Dzulfadli Marajeh000025GK Shahril Saa'ri19242526MF Alif Hassan7 (4)03 (2)10 (6)27FW Hafis Saperi0 (1)033 (1)28MF Kamaruddin Bohan6 (3)1 (1)3 (1)10 (5)29FW Alexander Jerome000030MF Rahim Razak9 (10)25 (2)16 (12)32DF Jimmy Raymond2 (1)035 (1)34FW Azizi Ramlee000 (2)0 (2)35DF Rodney Akwensivie4 (2)048 (2)51FW Sahil Suhaimi8+2)03 (1)11 (3)52MF Miloš Raičković1005 (1)15 (1) Players who left the club in mid transfer window or on loan10FW Mark Hartmann9 (3)3012 (3)19MF Lee Jong-ho9 (1)2 (1)011 (2)
Top scorers Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017 The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal. PlayerLiga SuperFA CupMalaysia CupTotal19 Mateo RoskamFW92213210 Mark HartmannFW3407330 Rahim RazakMF111343 DemersonDF11028 Tommy Mawat BadaMF200217 Hairol MokhtarDF200226 Alif HassanMF200252 Miloš RaičkovićMF002292 Ronny HarunDF01017 Shamie IszuanMF100111 Hafiz Abu BakarMF100120 Shreen TambiMF001128 Kamaruddin BohanMF100151 Sahil SuhaimiFW1001Total249639 * Player names in bold denotes player that left mid-season
Clean sheets Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017 The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal. PlayerLiga SuperFA CupMalaysia CupTotal1 25 Shahril Saa'ri60062 21 Aidil Mohamad0011Total6017
Transfers First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.
In First window Date PlayerTransferred From November 2016 GK Aidil Mohamad Mukah November 2016 GK Zul Mohi Kuching November 2016 DF Izray Roslan Kuching November 2016 FW Hafiz Abu Bakar Kuching November 2016 DF Najmudin Sarikei November 2016 MF Azizi Ramlee Youth team November 2016 FW Rahim Razak Youth team November 2016 FW Mark Hartmann Geylang November 2016 FW Lee Jong-ho Svay Rieng 15 January 2017 FW Mateo Roskam Sime Darby 15 January 2017 FW Demerson Chapecoense
Second window Date PlayerTransferred From June 2017 MF Miloš Raičković Budućnost Podgorica June 2017 FW Sahil Suhaimi Tampines Rovers
Out First window Date PlayerTransferred To November 2016 DF Thanaraj Unattached November 2016 DF Riduwan Ma'on Unattached November 2016 MF Gurusamy PKNS November 2016 MF Akmal Noor MOF November 2016 MF Júnior Unattached November 2016 FW Syahrul Azwari Johor Darul Ta'zim II November 2016 FW Partiban Terengganu November 2016 GK Iqbal Suhaimi Unattached December 2016 DF Teah Dennis Jr. BYC January 2017 FW Gilmar Caxias do Sul 9 February 2017 FW Ndumba Makeche Bali United
Second window Date PlayerTransferred To June 2017 FW Mark Hartmann Penang June 2017 FW Lee Jong-ho Unattached
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