2017 Arema F.C. season

Arema F.C.
2017 season
PresidentRendra Kresna
Head coachAji Santoso
(until 31 July)[1]
Joko Susilo
(from 31 July)[2]
StadiumKanjuruhan Stadium
Gajayana Stadium
(only 10 and 17 June)
Liga 19th
Top goalscorerCristian Gonzáles (9)
Highest home attendance27,610 (vs. Persib, 12 August)
Lowest home attendance1,611 (vs. Persiba, 18 August)
Average home league attendance10,048

The 2017 Arema F.C. season is Arema's 30th competitive season. The club will compete in Indonesia League 1. Arema Football Club a professional football club based in Malang, East Java, Indonesia. The season covers the period from 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017.

Squad information

First team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Indonesia IDN Kurnia Meiga
4 DF Indonesia IDN Syaiful Cahya
5 DF Indonesia IDN Bagas Adi
6 MF Indonesia IDN Hanif Sjahbandi
7 DF Indonesia IDN Beny Wahyudi
10 FW Indonesia IDN Cristian Gonzáles
11 FW Argentina ARG Estebán Vizcarra
12 MF Indonesia IDN Hendro Siswanto
13 DF Indonesia IDN Marco Kabiay
14 FW Indonesia IDN Arif Suyono
17 MF Indonesia IDN Dio Permana
18 MF Indonesia IDN Adam Alis
19 MF Indonesia IDN Ahmad Bustomi
20 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Pino
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 FW Indonesia IDN Nasir
27 FW Indonesia IDN Dedik Setiawan
29 FW Indonesia IDN Andrianto
31 DF Indonesia IDN Junda Irawan
33 GK Indonesia IDN Dwi Kuswanto
36 GK Indonesia IDN Ahmad Ibnu Adam
41 FW Indonesia IDN Dendi Santoso
44 DF Brazil BRA Arthur Cunha
77 MF Indonesia IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu
87 DF Indonesia IDN Johan Alfarizi (captain)
90 MF Turkmenistan TKM Ahmet Ataýew
93 GK Indonesia IDN Utam Rusdiana
94 MF Indonesia IDN Feri Aman Saragih
98 FW Indonesia IDN Muhammad Rafli

Transfers

In

No. Pos Player Transferred From Fee Date Source
5 DF Indonesia Bagas Adi Indonesia PSS Undisclosed 1 January 2017 [3]
6 MF Indonesia Hanif Sjahbandi Indonesia Persiba Free 1 January 2017 [3]
18 MF Indonesia Adam Alis Indonesia Barito Putera Free 1 January 2017 [4]
21 FW Indonesia Nasir Indonesia Persatu Free 1 January 2017
77 MF Indonesia Dalmiansyah Matutu Youth sector Free 1 January 2017
98 FW Indonesia Muhammad Rafli Indonesia ASIFA Free 1 January 2017
3 DF Lebanon Jad Noureddine Indonesia Pusamania Borneo Free 1 April 2017 [5]
20 FW Colombia Juan Pablo Pino Free agent Free 16 April 2017 [6]
90 MF Turkmenistan Ahmet Ataýew Turkmenistan Altyn Asyr Undisclosed 7 August 2017 [7]
13 DF Indonesia Marco Kabiay Indonesia PSBS Free 15 August 2017 [8]

Out

No. Pos Player Transferred To Fee Date Source
6 DF Indonesia Ryuji Utomo Indonesia Persija Free 1 January 2017 [9]
8 MF Indonesia Raphael Maitimo Indonesia PSM Free 1 January 2017 [10]
16 DF North Macedonia Goran Gančev Indonesia Persegres Undisclosed 1 January 2017 [11]
23 DF Indonesia Hamka Hamzah Indonesia PSM Undisclosed 1 January 2017 [12]
25 FW Indonesia Febri Setiadi Hamzah Free agent Free 1 January 2017
71 FW Indonesia Ahmad Nufiandani Indonesia PS TNI Free 1 January 2017 [13]
23 MF Indonesia Juan Revi Indonesia Persela Undisclosed 1 January 2017 [14]
21 GK Indonesia I Made Wardana Indonesia Bali United Free 20 January 2017 [15]
3 DF Lebanon Jad Noureddine Lebanon Safa Free 24 July 2017 [16]

Loan Out

No. Pos Player Loaned to Start End Source
15 FW Indonesia Sunarto Indonesia Persiba 1 August 2017 31 December 2017 [17]
89 DF Indonesia Oky Derry Indonesia Persiba 1 August 2017 31 December 2017 [17]

Pre-seasons and friendlies

Friendlies

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
9 April 2017 PSMS A 2–0 Noureddine 45', Andrianto 77'

Trofeo Bhayangkara

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
29 January 2017 Persija N 1–0 Dendi 40'
29 January 2017 Bhayangkara N 0–0

Indonesia President's Cup

Group stage

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance Group
position
5 February 2017 Bhayangkara H 2–0 Vizcarra 20', Alfarizi 8', Dendi 77' 7,223 1st
11 February 2017 Persija Jakarta H 1–1 Gonzáles 23' 29,389 1st
16 February 2017 PS TNI H 4–0 Gonzáles (2) 38' (pen.), 49', Dendi 61', Vizcarra 66' 5,460 1st

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Arema (H) 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Knockout stage
2 Bhayangkara 3 2 0 1 3 3 0 6
3 Persija Jakarta 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4 PS TNI 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: [18]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head; 5) Drawing.
(H) Hosts

Knockout phase

Date Round Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance
26 February 2017 Quarter-finals Sriwijaya N 1–0 Adam Alis 48' 9,453
2 March 2017 Semi-finals
First leg
Semen Padang A 0–1 10,000
5 March 2017 Semi-finals
Second leg
Semen Padang H 5–2 Gonzáles (5) 28', 31', 65', 89', 90+5' 43,000
12 March 2017 Final Pusamania Borneo N 5–1 Hanif 30', Orah 37' (o.g.), Gonzáles (3) 42', 53', 64' 20,068

Match results

Liga 1

Matches

Date Opponents H / A Result
F–A
Scorers Attendance League
position
15 April 2017 Persib A 0–0 34,150 9th
23 April 2017 Bhayangkara H 2–0 Dedik 18', Vizcarra 72' 12,911 4th
1 May 2017 Persiba A 1–0 Dedik 70' 20,000 4th
5 May 2017 Barito Putera H 1–0 Dedik 17' 7,447 2nd
10 May 2017 PSM A 0–1 13,008 3rd
14 May 2017 Madura United H 1–1 Gonzáles 71' (pen.) 14,240 4th
21 May 2017 Persela A 0–4 12,200 8th
28 May 2017 Mitra Kukar H 2–0 Feri 50', Hendro 81' 4,588 4th
2 June 2017 Persija A 0–2 28,967 7th
10 June 2017 Perseru H 0–0 4,929 9th
17 June 2017 Bali United H 2–0 Gonzáles (2) 40' (pen.), 51' 11,430 6th
3 July 2017 PS TNI A 0–0 1,498 6th
7 July 2017 Sriwijaya H 3–2 Gonzáles 32', Dendi (2) 62', 68' 12,382 5th
12 July 2017 Persegres A 3–2 Gonzáles 19', Noureddine 83', Dedik 90+1' 10,602 4th
16 July 2017 Persipura H 0–2 13,849 6th
21 July 2017 Semen Padang A 0–2 9,754 7th
30 July 2017 Borneo H 0–0 5,375 7th
4 August 2017 Bhayangkara A 1–2 Gonzáles 27' 2,600 8th
12 August 2017 Persib H 0–0 27,610 7th
18 August 2017 Persiba H 3–0 Bustomi 41', Gonzáles 44', Dedik 86' 1,611 7th
23 August 2017 Barito Putera A 2–1 Pino 55', Vizcarra 68' 6,648 7th
30 August 2017 PSM H 3–3 Pino (2) 59' (pen.), 69' (pen.), Adam Alis 64' 6,116 7th
10 September 2017 Madura United A 0–2 8,327 7th
16 September 2017 Persela H 2–0 Syaiful 45+2', Vizcarra 67' 6,008 7th
20 September 2017 Mitra Kukar A 3–0 Alfarizi 17', Hendro 55', Ataýew 59' 3,674 7th
24 September 2017 Persija H 1–1 Vizcarra 80' 26,917 7th
29 September 2017 Perseru A 0–2 1,638 7th
8 October 2017 Bali United A 1–6 Vizcarra 32' 23,320 9th
14 October 2017 PS TNI H 1–1 Vizcarra 63' 4,363 9th
20 October 2017 Sriwijaya A 1–1 Kabiay 29' 3,525 9th
25 October 2017 Persegres H 2–0 Arthur 25', Gonzáles 38' 2,269 9th
29 October 2017 Persipura A 1–3 Ataýew 41' (pen.) 12,805 9th
4 November 2017 Semen Padang H 5–3 Arif (2) 9', 29', Alfarizi 22', Dendi 68', Vizcarra 70' 9,141 9th
11 November 2017 Borneo A 2–3 Gonzáles 39' (pen.), Dedik 74' 12,371 9th

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Barito Putera 34 15 8 11 48 44 +4 53
8 Borneo 34 15 7 12 50 39 +11 52
9 Arema 34 13 10 11 43 44 −1 49
10 Mitra Kukar 34 13 4 17 49 74 −25 43
11 Sriwijaya 34 11 9 14 50 50 0 42[a]
Source: Go-Jek Traveloka Liga 1, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head; 3) Goal Difference; 4) Goals Scored; 5) Drawing.
Notes:
  1. ^ Head-to-head results: Sriwijaya 2–1 PS TNI; PS TNI 2–1 Sriwijaya.

Statistics

Squad appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Liga 1
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK Indonesia IDN Kurnia Meiga 19 0 19 0
33 GK Indonesia IDN Dwi Kuswanto 9 0 9 0
36 GK Indonesia IDN Ahmad Ibnu Adam 0 0 0 0
93 GK Indonesia IDN Utam Rusdiana 6 0 6 0
Defenders
4 DF Indonesia IDN Syaiful Cahya 27 1 25+2 1
5 DF Indonesia IDN Bagas Adi 9 0 9 0
7 DF Indonesia IDN Beny Wahyudi 22 0 18+4 0
13 DF Indonesia IDN Marco Kabiay 6 1 6 1
31 DF Indonesia IDN Junda Irawan 12 0 11+1 0
44 DF Brazil BRA Arthur Cunha 27 1 27 1
87 DF Indonesia IDN Johan Alfarizi 30 2 29+1 2
Midfielders
6 MF Indonesia IDN Hanif Sjahbandi 14 0 11+3 0
12 MF Indonesia IDN Hendro Siswanto 30 2 26+4 2
17 MF Indonesia IDN Dio Permana 1 0 0+1 0
18 MF Indonesia IDN Adam Alis 31 1 26+5 1
19 MF Indonesia IDN Ahmad Bustomi 20 1 15+5 1
77 MF Indonesia IDN Dalmiansyah Matutu 1 0 0+1 0
90 MF Turkmenistan TKM Ahmet Ataýew 14 0 14 0
94 MF Indonesia IDN Feri Aman Saragih 20 1 9+11 1
Forwards
10 FW Indonesia IDN Cristian Gonzáles 31 9 26+5 9
11 FW Argentina ARG Estebán Vizcarra 29 7 26+3 7
14 FW Indonesia IDN Arif Suyono 9 2 3+6 2
20 FW Colombia COL Juan Pablo Pino 19 3 13+6 3
21 FW Indonesia IDN Nasir 5 0 5 0
27 FW Indonesia IDN Dedik Setiawan 28 6 8+20 6
29 FW Indonesia IDN Andrianto 7 0 7 0
41 FW Indonesia IDN Dendi Santoso 30 3 9+21 3
98 FW Indonesia IDN Muhammad Rafli 7 0 5+2 0
Players transferred or loaned out during the season the club
3 DF Lebanon LBN Jad Noureddine 13 1 11+2 1
15 FW Indonesia IDN Sunarto 1 0 0+1 0
89 DF Indonesia IDN Oky Derry 3 0 3 0

Top scorers

The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.

Rnk Pos No. Player Liga 1 Total
1 FW 10 Indonesia Cristian Gonzáles 9 9
2 FW 11 Argentina Estebán Vizcarra 7 7
3 FW 27 Indonesia Dedik Setiawan 6 6
4 FW 20 Colombia Juan Pablo Pino 3 3
FW 41 Indonesia Dendi Santoso 3 3
5 MF 12 Indonesia Hendro Siswanto 2 2
MF 14 Indonesia Arif Suyono 2 2
DF 87 Indonesia Johan Alfarizi 2 2
MF 90 Turkmenistan Ahmet Ataýew 2 2
9 DF 4 Indonesia Syaiful Cahya 1 1
DF 13 Indonesia Marco Kabiay 1 1
MF 18 Indonesia Adam Alis 1 1
MF 19 Indonesia Ahmad Bustomi 1 1
DF 44 Brazil Arthur Cunha 1 1
DF 94 Indonesia Feri Aman Saragih 1 1
DF 3 Lebanon Jad Noureddine 1 1
Total 43 43

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