The 2016 Melaka United season was 93rd season in club history and 1st season in the

Malaysia Premier League The Malaysia Premier League ( ms, Liga Premier) was the second-tier professional Association football, football league in Malaysia. The league replaced the former second-tier league, Liga Perdana 2 in the Malaysian football league system. The ...

since relegated of the league in 2010 season.

Background

Background information

Melaka United won their first consecutive

Malaysia FAM League The FAM Cup (Malay: Piala FAM) was a knock-out tournament for teams in both the Malaysia M3 League and the Malaysia M4 League in Malaysian football league system, Malaysia. The tournament was a cup format, but from 2008 to 2018 was held as a thi ...

championship in the 2015 season and promote to Malaysia Premier League in the 2016 season. Melaka United were knocked out of the

2015 Malaysia FA Cup The 2015 Malaysia FA Cup (2015 XOX Piala FA) was the 26th season of the Malaysia FA Cup, a knockout competition for Malaysia's state football association and clubs. Pahang were the defending champions after beating FELDA United 2–1 the previo ...

in the first round by

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. Melaka United is preparing big budget for this season in order to achieve better position.

Transfer

Melaka United announced an addition of three import players to strengthen the squad. The players are Labinot Harbuzi from Sweden, Shin Jae Pil from South Korea and Ilija Spasojević from Montenegro. 14 local players transferred to Melaka United.

Management team

Club personnel

Kit

* Supplier: Kronos * Main sponsors: Edra & Mamee * Other sponsors: Restoran Melayu, Hatten Groups

Squads

First-team squad

Reserve squad

Out on loan

Friendly matches

Competitions

Overall

Overview

Malaysia Premier League

Table

Results summary

Results by round

Malaysia Premier League fixtures and results

Source:

Results overview

Scoring

Top scorers in 2016 Malaysia Premier League

Malaysia FA Cup

Malaysia Cup

Group stage

Scoring

Top scorers in 2016 Malaysia Cup

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goalkeeper statistics

Last updated: 21 May 2016

Discipline

Cards

Transfers

Early season

In

Out

Mid-season

In

Out

References

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