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The 2019 season was Felda United's 13th competitive season and 1st season in the Malaysia Super League since the club's promotion to the Malaysia Super League after only a one-year absence, winning the Malaysia Premier League. The club's license from the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been obtained to continue their tracks in the Malaysian Football League.

Background

In 2018, Felda United won the Premier League on their first season in the league. They played in the second-tier division due to complications in obtaining the club's license to play in the Super League in 2019. The team huddled through the season until they became champion in the guidance of then head coach, B. Sathianathan and then captain, Shukor Adan.

In the Malaysia FA Cup, Felda United was up against PKNP in the quarter-finals. The team managed to score 1–0 in their first leg during the away match. Sadly, PKNP bust the team with a score of 1–2 in the second leg, leaving PKNP with the upper hand to continue in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, in the Malaysia Cup, Felda United was grouped with 3 other competitive clubs which were the PDRM, Melaka United and PKNP in Group B. Felda United managed to place second in the group with 10 points, after PKNS being placed first with 13 points. The team however failed to qualify into semifinals as they got dunked by Terengganu, with defeats in both first leg and second leg with a score of 1–2 and 3–4. The aggregate sides Terengganu with a 4–6 victory.

However, throughout the end of 2018, Felda United was bummed with financial issues, the players and the coaches weren't paid for 3 months since the 2018 Malaysian Election. The situation was a blur and Felda United had to drop their key players and change all four of their previous import players including Thiago Fernandes due to budget cut in order to face the Super League in 2019. This season, the club will be represented by young, fresh and talented players but lacking of experience to play in the top flight, as mentioned by Christie Jayaseelan.

Despite the disappointing ending for the 2018 season, the club signed three new import players and retained one of Felda United's Brazilian import player, Thiago Junio. Thiago Junio played very well in the previous season and he is back to be Felda United's shield. Besides Thiago, the club introduced three import players which are Jaycee John from Bahrain, Kei Ikeda from Japan and another Brazil-born player, Jocinei.

Friendlies

Friendlies

19 January 2019 (2019-01-19) 4	Felda United	3–1	Home United	Bangi
21:00 UTC+8				Stadium: Padang Institut Semarak Felda

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

League table

1. PKNS F.C. relegated after withdrawing license to complete for the 2020 Malaysia Premier League season as they become feeder club to Selangor FA.

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

3 February 2019 (2019-02-03) 1	Selangor	1–1	Felda United	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	German 41'	Report	Sadam  25' Haziq  47' Hadin 70',  81'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

10 February 2019 (2019-02-10) 2	Felda United	1–1	PKNP	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Hadin 68'	Report	Abbey 36'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

16 February 2019 (2019-02-16) 3	Kedah	4–0	Felda United	Alor Setar
21:00 UTC+8	Zaquan 17' Almubaraki 42' Shakir 54' Danel 74'	Report	Haziq  72'	Stadium: Darul Aman Stadium Referee: Mohd Hasrol Mohd Amir

23 February 2019 (2019-02-23) 4	Perak	1–1	Felda United	Ipoh
21:00 UTC+8	Gilmar 71' (pen.),  88'	Report	Hadin 44' Watanabe  45+1' Haziq  75' Jasazrin  89' Norazlan  90+2'	Stadium: Perak Stadium Referee: Fusser Mad Sallih

2 March 2019 (2019-03-02) 5	Felda United	1–0	Petaling Jaya City	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Ikeda 30' (pen.)	Report	Serginho  11' Thivandran  63'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Referee: Khairul Azuan Kidam

9 March 2019 (2019-03-09) 6	PKNS	2–0	Felda United	Shah Alam
21:00 UTC+8	Morales 24' Kozubaev 47'	Report	Watanabe  45+3' Raffi  65'	Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Referee: Mohd Nafeez Abdul Wahab

30 March 2019 (2019-03-30) 7	Felda United	1–3	Pahang	Jengka
21:00 UTC+8	Watanabe  40' Thiago Junio 49'	Report	Norshahrul 45+1' Zé Love 64' (pen.) Faisal 90+2'	Stadium: Tun Abdul Razak Stadium Attendance: 15,877 Referee: Suhaizi Shukri

5 April 2019 (2019-04-05) 8	Johor Darul Ta'zim	3–1	Felda United	Johor Bahru
21:00 UTC+8	Adam  70' Cabrera 88' Akhyar 90+3' Diogo 90+10'	Report	Zahril  29'  61' Thiago Junio  42'  85' Jasazrin  65' Hadin  75'  89'	Stadium: Larkin Stadium Referee: Fitri Maskon

Malaysia FA Cup

2 April 2019 Second round	Kuching	0–1	Felda United	Kuching
21:00 UTC+8		Report	Chanturu 90+5'	Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium Referee: S. Logeswaran

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Squad information

As of 11 January 2019

No.	Name	Nat	Date of birth (Age)	Since	Previous club
Goalkeepers
1	Azri Ghani		(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 25)	2018	Youth system
20	Norazlan Razali		(1985-12-19) 19 December 1985 (age 39)	2019	Selangor
24	Syah Fadil Jokori		(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29)	2019	Young Fighters
Defenders
2	Arif Fadzilah		(1997-04-20) 20 April 1997 (age 27)	2019	Terengganu II
3	Tasnim Fitri		(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 25)	2018	Youth system
4	Raffi Nagoorgani		(1994-06-17) 17 June 1994 (age 30)	2019	PKNP
5	Ali Imran Alimi		(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 26)	2017	Youth system
6	Faiz Mazlan		(1997-01-20) 20 January 1997 (age 27)	2019	Youth system
13	Masaki Watanabe		(1986-12-02) 2 December 1986 (age 38)	2019	Perlis
15	Azarul Nazarith		(1998-07-02) 2 July 1998 (age 26)	2019	Youth system
17	Zulhelmi Asyraf			2019	Young Fighters
18	Jadid Ilias		(1996-12-21) 21 December 1996 (age 27)	2019	Sultan Idris Education University
25	Anwar Ibrahim		(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 25)	2018	Youth system
26	Thiago Junio		(1984-04-03) 3 April 1984 (age 40)	2018	Perak
30	Haziq Puad		(1993-05-26) 26 May 1993 (age 31)	2019	Kelantan
Midfielders
7	Aizat Mukhlis Yazir		(1997-08-15) 15 August 1997 (age 27)	2019	Youth system
8	Jocinei		(1990-02-04) 4 February 1990 (age 34)	2019	Criciúma
10	Kei Ikeda		(1986-10-20) 20 October 1986 (age 38)	2019	Sagan Tosu
11	Zahril Azri		(1999-02-04) 4 February 1999 (age 25)	2018	Youth system
16	Danial Amier		(1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 27)	2017	Youth system
19	Christie Jayaseelan		(1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38)	2018	Pahang
21	Jasazrin Jamaluddin		(1986-04-03) 3 April 1986 (age 38)	2019	Penang
23	Chanturu Suppiah		(1987-12-14) 14 December 1987 (age 37)	2019	Melaka United
27	Hadin Azman (C)		(1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 30)	2015	Johor Darul Ta'zim
29	Nasril Izzat		(1990-04-15) 15 April 1990 (age 34)	2019	PDRM
Forwards
9	Khairul Amri		(1985-03-14) 14 March 1985 (age 39)	2019	Tampines Rovers
12	Azim Rahim		(1997-01-01) 1 January 1997 (age 27)	2019	Felcra
14	Sadam Hashim		(1992-08-11) 11 August 1992 (age 32)	2019	UiTM

Club Statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 August 2019

No.	Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		Malaysia Cup		Total		Discipline
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	Azri Ghani	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	DF	Arif Fadzilah	15	0	2	0	0	0	17	0
3	DF	Tasnim Fitri	4(1)	0	3	0	2	0	9(1)	0
4	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	15	0	2(2)	0	2	0	19(1)	0	2
5	DF	Ali Imran	0(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0(2)	0
6	DF	Faiz Mazlan	7(8)	2	3(1)	0	0(2)	0	10(10)	2
7	MF	Aizat Mukhlis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	MF	Jocinei	17(4)	3	5	1	2	0	23(4)	4	1
10	MF	Kei Ikeda	12(9)	6	5(1)	0	0	0	17(10)	6	3
11	MF	Zahril Azri	12(3)	1	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	13(6)	1	4	1
12	FW	Azim Rahim	9(4)	1	2(2)	2	0	0	11(6)	3	2
13	DF	Masaki Watanabe	12	0	5	0	0	0	16	0	8
14	MF	Sadam Hashim	4(8)	0	1(2)	0	0	0	5(10)	0	1
15	DF	Azarul Nazarith	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Danial Amier	2(2)	0	0(1)	0	2	0	4(3)	0
17	DF	Zulhelmi Asyraf	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	DF	Jadid Ilias	6(1)	0	1	0	2	0	9(1)	0	2
19	MF	Christie Jayaseelan	11(5)	0	3	0	2	1	16(5)	1	2
20	GK	Norazlan Razali	22	0	6	0	2	0	30	0	2
21	MF	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	19(1)	1	4	0	2	0	25(1)	1	6
22	FW	Khairul Amri	6(1)	4	1	0	2	3	9(1)	7	2
23	FW	Chanturu Suppiah	17(2)	2	5(1)	2	2	1	25(3)	4	3
24	GK	Syah Fadil Jokori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	Anwar Ibrahim	9(3)	0	4(1)	0	0	0	13(4)	0
26	DF	Thiago Junio	17	2	4(1)	2	2	0	22(1)	4	8	1
27	MF	Hadin Azman	12(1)	5	3(1)	2	0(2)	0	15(4)	6	2	1
29	MF	Nasril Izzat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	DF	Haziq Puad	11(4)	0	4	0	0	0	15(4)	0	7
33	FW	Syahmi Zamri	0(2)	0	0(2)	0	0	0	0(4)	0	0
Players who left the club during season
9	FW	Thiago Quirino	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
22	FW	Jaycee John	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Transfers and contracts

In

First leg

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Transferred from
2	DF	Arif Fadzilah	27	Terengganu II
4	DF	Raffi Nagoorgani	30	PKNP
6	MF	Faiz Mazlan	27	Youth system
7	MF	Aizat Mukhlis	27	Youth system
8	MF	Jocinei	34	Criciúma
9	FW	Thiago Quirino	39	Kagoshima United
10	MF	Kei Ikeda	38	Sagan Tosu
12	FW	Azim Rahim	27	Felcra
13	DF	Masaki Watanabe	38	Perlis
14	MF	Sadam Hashim	32	UITM
15	DF	Azarul Nazarith	26	Youth system
17	DF	Zulhelmi Asyraf		Young Fighters
18	DF	Jadid Ilias	27	Sultan Idris Education University
20	GK	Norazlan Razali	39	Selangor
21	MF	Jasazrin Jamaluddin	38	Penang
22	FW	Jaycee John	39	Bangkok United
23	FW	Chanturu Suppiah	37	Melaka United
24	GK	Syah Fadil	29	Young Fighters
29	MF	Nasril Izzat	34	PDRM
30	DF	Haziq Puad	31	Kelantan

Second leg

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Transferred from
9	FW	Khairul Amri	39	Tampines Rovers

Out

First leg

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Transferred to
1	GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	29	Petaling Jaya City
3	DF	Fazly Alias	43
8	MF	Khairu Azrin	33	Terengganu
9	FW	Thiago Fernandes	34	Manama
10	FW	Gilberto Fortunato	37	Sport Boys Warnes
11	MF	Wan Zack Haikal	33	Selangor
12	DF	Shukor Adan	45	Melaka United
13	MF	Syamim Yahya	34	Terengganu
14	DF	Azreen Zulkafali	33	Selangor
16	MF	Stuart Wark	35	Penang
17	MF	Iain Ramsay	36	Sukhothai
18	DF	Irwan Fadzli Idrus	43
20	DF	Wan Amirul Afiq	32	Melaka United
21	DF	Prabakaran Kanadasan	33	Selangor
23	DF	Safwan Hashim	30
28	DF	Alif Yusof	33	Kedah
30	GK	Farizal Harun	38	Selangor

Second leg

No.	Pos.	Name	Age	Transferred to
9	FW	Thiago Quirino	39	Unattached
22	FW	Jaycee John	39	Bangkok United

References

1. Felda United captured 2018 Malaysia Premier League Title Zulhilmi Zainal, 18 July 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
2. Terengganu Qualify for Malaysia Cup Semis after seven years Malik Muhamad, 29 September 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
3. Felda United Owes the Team Sulaiman Ismail, 19 December 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
4. Felda United Drop Key Players The Star, 18 November 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
5. Felda tukar semua pemain import Asrol Awang, 18 November 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
6. Christie Carries on Fighting for the Fighters The Star, 18 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
7. Felda United's Import Players Firdaus Hashim, 18 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.

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