2013 LionsXII season

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LionsXII
2013 season
Chairman Zainudin Nordin
Manager V. Sundramoorthy
Stadium Jalan Besar Stadium
Malaysia Super League 1st
Malaysia FA Cup 1st Round
Malaysia Cup Quarter-Finals
Top goalscorer League:
Shahril Ishak (8)
All:
Shahril Ishak (9)
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2013 season is LionsXII's 2nd season in the Malaysia Super League. LionsXII won their first MSL title.

LionsXII were set a target of finishing top five for the 2013 Malaysia Super League.[1] Five senior players, namely Shahril Ishak, Isa Halim, Fazrul Nawaz, Irwan Shah and Baihakki Khaizan were included in the 29-men squad to guide the younger players.[2][3] Other key players such as Shahdan Sulaiman and Shaiful Esah no longer featured. The main aim was to develop the U–23 players and prepare them for the upcoming 2013 Southeast Asian Games that would be held at the end of the year.

Malaysia Super League

LionsXII began their campaign by defeating ATM FA 1–0 away. Subsequently, they vanquished the nation's traditional rivals Selangor FA. However, LionsXII stumbled to three losses against lowly T-Team FC and PKNS FC away. One sent them crashing out of the 2013 Malaysia FA Cup. In a turn of events, LionsXII went on a long unbeaten streak, securing important wins over Pahang FA (3–0), Kelantan FA (1–0), and ATM FA (3–1) at home.[4]

On 2 July 2013, a 4–0 win over relegation-threatened FELDA United FC in the penultimate league game made LionsXII league champions.[5] Singapore's Prime Minister, Lee Hsien Loong was present for the match played in front of a sold-out crowd at the Jalan Besar Stadium. The MSL trophy was also brought to the stadium as the LionsXII received it on home soil after the final whistle. LionsXII became the first foreign team to win the MSL, adding to the four Malaysian league titles it had won in 1979, 1981, 1985, and 1994. The title run was defined by a combination of good defence (15 goals conceded, the best record in the MSL) and goals from set-pieces (17 out of 32). The club chalked up their best home record (10 wins and 1 draw) in the league, making Jalan Besar Stadium a fortress.

The news of V. Sundramoorthy leaving to helm Negeri Sembilan FA was confirmed on 7 October 2013.[6] On 13 October, the Football Association of Singapore posted an advertisement openly to recruit the succeeding LionsXII coach. Former Johor Darul Takzim coach and ex-Singapore international Fandi Ahmad is speculated to take over the position.[7] Other candidates include former Warriors FC coach Richard Bok[8] and Liverpool F.C. stalwart Steve McMahon.

Date Pos. Opponents H/A Score Goalscorers
9 Jan 5th ATM A 0–1 Shahril 66'
12 Jan 2nd Selangor H 1–0 Fazrul 23'
15 Jan 4th PKNS A 1–0
19 Jan 3rd Terengganu H 2–1 Safuwan 64', Syafiq 74'
22 Jan 4th T-Team A 1–0
16 Feb 2nd Pahang H 3–0 Faris 12', Safuwan 64', Fazrul 76'
19 Feb 2nd Johor Darul Takzim A 2–2 Hariss 4', Baihakki 38'
2 Mar 3rd FELDA United A 0–0
9 Mar 3rd Kelantan H 1–0 Shahfiq 87'
30 Mar 1st Negeri Sembilan H 1–0 Shahril 79'
6 Apr 1st Perak H 2–1 Shahril 7', 57'
13 Apr 1st Negeri Sembilan A 1–1 Fazrul 19'
20 Apr 1st ATM FA H 3–1 Shahfiq 27', 70', Shahril 45'+1 (pen.)
27 Apr 1st Selangor A 0–0
7 May 1st Terengganu A 1–2 Baihakki 78', Hasmizan 90'+1 (o.g.)
11 May 1st T-Team H 3–0 Shahril 9', Shakir 28', Fazrul 35'
17 May 1st Pahang A 1–1 Shahril 11'
27 May 1st PKNS H 3–1 Hariss 54', Nazrul 58', Khairul Nizam 89'
22 Jun 1st Johor Darul Takzim H 1–1 Safuwan 82'
25 Jun 1st Perak A 1–1 Shahfiq 75'
2 Jul 1st FELDA United H 4–0 Azrul 46' (o.g.), Shahril 57', Fazrul 61', Shahfiq 83'
6 Jul 1st Kelantan A 2–0

Final standings

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Malaysia FA Cup

Following inclement weather and a water-logged pitch, the match against PKNS was abandoned in the 38th minute with PKNS leading 1–0.[9] The scoreline was reset for the rescheduled match but the teams had to submit the same starting line-ups. LionsXII were forced to bring on two substitutes in Faris Azienuddin and Izzdin Shafiq in the first minute as initial players Faritz Hameed and Shahril Ishak were unavailable. Raihan Rahman was dismissed for a second yellow card in the 24th minute with his first caution from the abandoned match carrying over. Fauzan Dzulkifli scored the only goal in the match to knock the Lions out of the competition.[10]

Date Round Opponents H/A Score Goalscorers
26 Jan Round 1 PKNS A 1–0

Malaysia Cup

On 27 July, LionsXII were drawn into Group D for the 2013 Malaysia Cup with Perak FA, Sarawak FA and Kedah FA. They drew Kedah (2–2) in Singapore and succumbed to two collapses against Perak (1–0) and Sarawak (2–1). With those results, they nearly bowed out of the tournament. At that time, coach V. Sundramoorthy was rumoured to leave LionsXII at the end of the season to take charge of Malaysian Premier League side Negeri Sembilan FA.[11]On the contrary, LionsXII eked out three victories (2–1 versus Perak,[12] 1–0 versus Sarawak and 3–1 versus Kedah which marked the biggest away accomplishment of the season) out of the three remaining games to progress to the next round.

On 28 September, LionsXII narrowed a 1–0 victory over ATM FA in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the 2013 Malaysia Cup but squandered to a 1–4 mauling to the Gladiators in the return tie on 4 October.

Date Round Opponents H/A Score Goalscorers
20 Aug Group stage Kedah H 2–2 Shahril 10', Shahfiq 64'
24 Aug Group stage Sarawak A 2–1 Safuwan 76'
27 Aug Group stage Perak A 1–0
31 Aug Group stage Perak H 2–1 Hariss 61', Safuwan 84'
18 Sep Group stage Sarawak H 1–0 Fazrul 63'
21 Sep Group stage Kedah A 1–3 Hariss 23', Baihakki 37', Hafiz 65'
28 Sep Quarter-finals ATM H 1–0 Madhu 39'
4 Oct Quarter-finals ATM A 4–1 Hafiz 48'

Squad statistics

Squad
No.		 Pos. Name Malaysia Super League Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Yellow card.svg Red card.svg
1 GK Izwan Mahbud 21 0 1 0 8 0 30 0 1 0
2 DF Shakir Hamzah 14 1 0 0 8 0 22 1 3 0
3 DF Faris Azienuddin 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
4 MF Isa Halim 21 0 1 0 8 0 30 0 5 0
5 DF Baihakki Khaizan 15 2 1 0 8 1 24 3 13 1
6 DF Madhu Mohana 4 0 0 0 3 1 7 1 3 1
7 MF Gabriel Quak 11 0 1 0 3 0 15 0 1 0
8 MF Hafiz Sujad 18 0 1 0 7 2 26 2 11 0
9 DF Faritz Hameed 16 0 1 0 7 0 24 0 3 0
10 FW Fazrul Nawaz 18 5 1 0 7 1 26 6 3 1
11 MF Safirul Sulaiman 16 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 0
13 MF Izzdin Shafiq 9 0 1 0 1 0 11 0 0 0
14 MF Hariss Harun (vc) 16 2 0 0 8 2 24 4 3 0
15 MF Zulfahmi Arifin 5 0 0 0 3 0 8 0 2 0
16 MF Fazli Ayob 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0
16* MF Raihan Rahman 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 2 1
17 MF Shahril Ishak (c) 21 8 1 0 6 1 28 9 2 0
18 GK Khairulhin Khalid 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
19 DF Irwan Shah 15 0 1 0 2 0 18 0 2 0
20 FW Khairul Nizam 3 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0
21 DF Safuwan Baharudin 18 3 1 0 7 2 26 5 9 0
22 FW Randy Pay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22* FW Iqbal Hussain 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
23 MF Nazrul Nazari 15 1 0 0 6 0 21 1 4 0
24 MF Faris Ramli 8 1 0 0 6 0 14 1 0 0
25 DF Ali Hudzaifi Yusof 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
26 FW Shahfiq Ghani 13 5 0 0 6 1 19 6 3 1
27 MF Aqhari Abdullah 4 0 1 0 3 0 8 0 2 0
28 GK Neezam Aziz 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 GK Syed Sufian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 FW Syafiq Zainal 8 1 0 0 1 0 9 1 0 0
31 DF Fariss Hamran 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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  • Five senior players aged 23 and over were included in the 2013 squad.

Statistics accurate as of match played 4 October 2013[13]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.tnp.sg/msiacup/content/top-five-target-lionsxii
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://lionsxii.sg/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/LionsXII_Team_2013.pdf
  4. ↑ Malaysian coaches concede MSL title is Singapore's – TODAYonline, 27 June 2013
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3879/malaysia-super-league/2013/10/07/4316693/sundram-leaves-lionsxii
  7. ↑ http://www.todayonline.com/sports/football/fas-refute-claim-fandi-next-lionsxii-coach
  8. ↑ http://voxsports.co/football/s-league-most-successful-coach-richard-bok-declares-interest-for-lionsxii-post
  9. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/lionsxii-coach-sundramoorthy-set-join-negeri-sembilan-after-malaysia-cup-
  12. ↑ http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/sports/story/football-lionsxii-eke-out-2-1-win-over-perak-win-crucial-boost-malaysia-c
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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