2016 season | |||
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President | YAB Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali | ||
Manager | YB Tuan Amirudin Shari | ||
Stadium | 1. Shah Alam Stadium 2. Majlis Perbandaran Selayang Stadium (interim) |
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Super League | 5th | ||
FA Cup | Third Round | ||
Malaysia Cup | Runners-up | ||
Charity Shield | Runners-up | ||
AFC Cup | Group Stage (3rd) | ||
Top goalscorer |
League: (9 goals) Patrick Wleh All: (19 goals) Patrick Wleh |
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Highest home attendance | 15,186 Malaysia Cup Selangor vs T–Team (1 October 2016) |
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Lowest home attendance | 1,647 Super League Selangor vs Pahang (10 September 2016) |
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Average home league attendance | 4,995 | ||
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The 2016 Selangor FA Season is Selangor FA's 11th season playing soccer in the Malaysia Super League since its inception in 2004.
Selangor FA began the season on 7 February 2016. They will also compete in three domestic cups: the FA Cup Malaysia, Malaysia Cup; the Malaysia Charity Shield; and an international cup, the AFC Cup.
(Squad Build and First Transfers)
On 18 December 2015, Selangor made announcement with signing of four new local players from Pahang, Hafiz Kamal, R. Gopinathan, Khairul Azhan and Razman Roslan. Selangor also bring in a new goalkeeper from AirAsia, Zarif Irfan Hashimuddin.
On 31 December 2015, Selangor announced that Mehmet Durakovic would step down at the end of the season after successfully led the Red Giants to win the Malaysia Cup last season. He was then replaced by Zainal Abidin Hassan from Pahang on 1 January 2016.
New coach Selangor, Zainal Abidin then bring in new foreign players from Argentina and Liberia, Mauro Olivi and Patrick Wleh, to replace Brazilian duo Guilherme de Paula and Leandro Dos Santos, after both their contracts were not renewed by the club. Selangor signs Patrick Wleh from PKNS on loan, while Mauro Olivi brought in as a free agent after the expiration of the contract with the football club Peru, León de Huánuco.