2016 Pahang FC season

Pahang
2016 season
President	Tengku Abdul Rahman ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
Manager	Dato' Che Nasir Salleh
Head Coach	Shaharuddin Rosdi ; (until 12 March); Razip Ismail ; (from 17 March)
Stadium	Darul Makmur Stadium
Super League	9th
FA Cup	Round of 16
Malaysia Cup	Group stage
Top goalscorer	League: ; Dalibor Volaš (6); All: ; Dalibor Volaš (7)
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The 2016 season was Pahang Football Club's first season in the Malaysia Super League after rebranding their name from Pahang FA. The club's first league match was played on 13 February 2016.

Players

First team squad

No.	Name	Pos.
Goalkeeper
1	Mohd Nasril Nourdin	GK
22	Saufi Mohamad	GK
51	Helmi Eliza Elias	GK
–	Daniel Wafiuddin Sadun	GK
Defenders
2	Matthew Davies	RB,RWB
3	Saiful Nizam Miswan	CB,RB,LB
4	Ridhwan Maidin	CB,DM
5	Zesh Rehman (captain)	CB,DM
14	Faisal Mohd Rosli	LB,LWB
20	Mohd Shahrizan Salleh	LB,LWB,LM,CM
23	Nejc Potokar	CB
30	Ashar Al-Aafiz	RB,RWB,RM
Midfielders
6	D. Saarvindran	AM,CM,LM,LW
8	Salomon Raj	CM,DMC
11	Muhd Nor Azam Abdul Azih	CM
16	M. Kogileswaran Raj	AMC,ST
17	Rizua Shafiqi	RM, RW
18	Shah Amirul Mohd Zamri	RM, RW
21	Helmi Abdullah	AM,ST
24	R. Dinesh	LM,LW,LB
–	Hariz Fazrin Mohd Nazri	LM,LW
Forwards
7	Faisal Halim	ST
9	Dalibor Volaš	ST
10	German Pacheco	LW,AMC, ST
13	Faizal Abdul Rani	ST
15	Amirul Kasmuri	ST
19	Mohd Fauzi Roslan	ST, LW
26	Mohd Shafie Zahari	ST

Competitions

Super League

Win Draw Loss

13 February 2016 1	Pahang	2–2	T-Team	Kuantan
21:00 (UTC+9)				Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

16 February 2016 2	Penang	4–1	Pahang	Penang
21:00 (UTC+9)				Stadium: City Stadium

27 February 2016 3	Pahang	1–3	Selangor	Kuantan
21:00 (UTC+9)				Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

1 March 2016 4	Pahang	1–2	Terengganu	Kuantan
21:00 (UTC+9)				Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

FA Cup

Win Draw Loss

19 February 2016 Round of 32	Pahang	2–1 (a.e.t)	T-Team	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 (UTC+9)	German Pacheco 45+1' Dalibor Volas 112'	Report	Safawi Rashid 8'	Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

5 March 2016 Round of 16	Pahang	0–1	Sime Darby	Kuantan, Pahang
21:00 (UTC+8)				Stadium: Darul Makmur Stadium

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	SEL	KEL	PHG	KLU
1	Selangor	6	3	2	1	12	6	+6	11	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–3	3–0	1–0
2	Kelantan	6	3	1	2	7	9	−2	10	Advance to knockout phase	1–4	—	1–0	1–0
3	Pahang	6	3	0	3	5	7	−2	9		1–0	2–0	—	2–1
4	Kuala Lumpur	6	1	1	4	4	6	−2	4		1–1	0–1	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 20 August 2016. Source: FAM FMLLP

Transfers

In

Pos.	Name	From
	Nejc Potokar	NK Slaven Belupo
	Germán Pacheco	Juan Aurich
	Dalibor Volaš	NK Maribor
	M. Kogileswaran Raj	Harimau Muda C
	Muhd Shah Amirul Mohd Zamri	Harimau Muda C
	R. Dinesh	Harimau Muda C
	Muhammad Hariz Fazrin Mohd Nazri	Shahzan Muda F.C.
	Muhd Helmi Abdullah	Shahzan Muda F.C.
	Mohd Daniel Wafiuddin Sadun	Pahang U21
	Mohd Faizal Abdul Rani	Pahang U21
	Mohd Ridhwan Maidin	Pahang U21
	Muhd Amirul Kasmuri	Pahang U21
	Muhd Ashar Al-Aafiz Abdullah	Pahang U21
	Mohd Faisal Abdul Halim	Penang FA U21
	A. Salomon Raj	Selangor FA U21

Out

Pos.	Name	To
	Matías Conti	C.D. Universidad de Concepción
	Mohd Azamuddin Md Akil	Johor Darul Takzim F.C.
	Azidan Sarudin	Kuala Lumpur FA
	Mohammad Abdul Aziz Ismail	Melaka United
	Mohd Hazri Rozali	Melaka United
	Muhammad Syawal Norsam	Melaka United
	R. Surendran	Melaka United
	Mohd Zaiza Zainal Abidin	PKNS F.C.
	Khairul Azhan Khalid	Selangor FA
	Mohd Hafiz Kamal	Selangor FA
	Mohd Razman Roslan	Selangor FA
	R. Gopinathan	Selangor FA
	Damion Stewart	Free Agent
	Dickson Nwakaeme	Free Agent
	Jalaluddin Jaafar	RETIRED