The 2018 season was the Sriwijaya's 12th season in the club's football history. Along with Liga 1, the club competed in Piala Indonesia. In the pre-season, Sriwijaya attended two competitions, 2018 Indonesia President's Cup and 2018 East Kalimantan Governor's Cup with resulted in third place and champion respectively.
Month by month review
November 2017 The team has announced former T-Team coach, Rahmad Darmawan as their new head coach. He is also Sriwijaya's former coach from 2007 season to 2009 season. Several players from previous season left the club as their contract terms came to their end and the club didn't renew their contracts. Esteban Vizcarra, Makan Konaté, Adam Alis, Alfin Tuasalamony, and Yogi Rahardian joined the club not long after the appointment of the new coach.
December 2017 The club started their training for 2018 season on 4 December 2017 without their head coach due to his pilgrimage to Mecca. As of 8 December 2017, 13 new players had been signed for Sriwijaya, including 2017 AFC Cup best player and former FC Istiklol player, Manuchekhr Dzhalilov. However, two Semen Padang players, Irsyad Maulana and Agung Prasetyo cancelled from signing to Sriwijaya due to them accepted their previous club's new contract. Alberto Gonçalves and Esteban Vizcarra applied for Indonesian citizenship and expected to be completed before the new season league. The club held two friendly matches with local clubs with good results.
January 2018 Several new players signed for Sriwijaya in January 2018, including ex-Borneo FC, Patrich Wanggai. The club also held one more friendly match with local club before heading to Java to hold two more friendly matches in Cilegon and Bekasi. Then, the team went to Bandung to compete in 2018 Indonesia President's Cup Group A with Persib Bandung, PSMS Medan, and PSM Makassar, booked their place in quarterfinal as the group leader with two wins and one loss.
February 2018 Sriwijaya went into President's cup quarterfinal against Arema FC in Manahan Stadium, Surakarta and won against them with 3–1 score. The team failed to proceed to the final after they lost against Bali United by 0-1 aggregate. Sriwijaya won the third place of the cup after they defeated PSMS Medan with 4–0 score.
The team went to Balikpapan to attend 2018 East Kalimantan Governor's Cup in Group B with Persiba Balikpapan, Madura United, and Persebaya Surabaya. After having a win streaks against Persiba and Madura United, the team played their second team and lose against Persebaya 0-2 and booked the second place in the group and faced Borneo FC in Samarinda.
March 2018 On 2 March, Sriwijaya won against Borneo 5–4 in penalty shootout. In this match, Sriwijaya's wingback Marckho Meraudje was punched by two match officials on the corridor leading to the dressing room after being sent off by referee after a red card for his foul against Borneo player Abdur Rahman, sparking outrage from his club.
On 4 March, Sriwijaya won 2018 East Kalimantan Governor's Cup after defeating Arema 3–2. Four days later, the trophy was brought to a parade in Palembang as the team came back from Kalimantan.
On 25 March, Sriwijaya's first match was ended in an away draw against Borneo 0–0 in Samarinda. Under fears of the cup incident, the team played stagnantly in the first half of the match with little improvisation and predictable attack plans. The team situation improved in the second half with aggressive approaches and increased pace as the team spent less time in holding the ball and attacking more aggressively, but they can't score any goals.
April 2018 On 1 April 2018, Sriwijaya earned their first home victory against Persib Bandung 3–1. The first half marked by a sluggish start by Sriwijaya as the home stunned by Ezechiel N’Douassel in a counterattack, making Persib leads 1–0 against Sriwijaya. Two minutes into the second half, a long shot by Ezteban Viscarra equalised the score, then Sriwijaya leads the game 2-1 as Marckho Meraudje launched a strike to the upper left corner of the goal. Dzhalilov earned his first goal in the league as he ran onto Vizcarra's slide-rule pass before lifting his shot over Wirawan.
Coaching staff
PositionName Head coach Subangkit Assistant coach Francis Wewengkang Goalkeeping coach 1 Heri Susilo Goalkeeping coach 2 Kurnia Sandy Fitness coach Rasiman Doctor El Amin
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Squad information
First-team squad
No. Name Nat. Date of Birth (Age) Since Signed from Apps Goals Goalkeepers 1 Dikri Yusron 2017 Persela Lamongan 3 0 12 Teja Paku Alam 2013 Youth system 46 0 86 Sandy Firmansyah 2017 Gresik United 11 0 96 Rangga Pratama 2017 Barito Putera 1 0 Defenders 4 Alan Henrique 2018 Inter Turku 0 0 5 Rizky Abdiansyah 2018 PSMS Medan 0 0 16 Goran Gančev 2018 Akademija Pandev 0 0 18 Achmad Faris 2017 Gresik United 14 0 20 Beri Rahmada 2018 Youth system 0 0 22 Marckho Meraudje 2017 45 4 27 Zalnando 2016 Youth system 17 0 30 Jeki Arisandi 2018 Barito Putera 0 0 31 Samuel Christianson 2018 Persija Jakarta U-18 0 0 45 Bio Paulin 2017 Persipura Jayapura 11 0 99 Mohammadou Al Hadji 2018 Borneo 0 0 Midfielders 6 Yoo Hyun-goo 2016 Semen Padang 73 0 7 Yogi Rahadian 2018 Mitra Kukar 0 0 11 Esteban Vizcarra 2018 Arema 0 0 17 Nur Iskandar 2017 Semen Padang 43 2 21 Muhammad Rafif Putra 2018 Youth system 0 0 24 Ichsan Kurniawan 2013 Youth system 37 4 25 Syahrian Abimanyu 2017 Levante 6 0 26 Roby Andika 2018 Youth system 0 0 35 Zulfiandi 2018 Bhayangkara 0 0 54 Muhammad Iqbal 2018 Youth system 0 0 Forwards 9 Beto Gonçalves 2016 Penang 79 53 19 Muhamad Ridwan 2018 Youth system 0 0 37 Rizky Ramadhana 2011 Youth system 34 2 63 Manuchekhr Dzhalilov 2018 Istiklol 0 0 89 Hambali Tolib 2018 Youth system 0 0
New contracts
Promotion from Sriwijaya U-19
PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource 20 Beri Rahmada Sriwijaya U-19 89 Hambali Tolib Sriwijaya U-19 27 Muhammad Iqbal Sriwijaya U-19 19 Muhammad Ridwan Sriwijaya U-19
In
PlayerTransferred FromFeeDateSource Hamka Hamzah PSM Makassar Goran Gancev Academija Pandev Mouhammadou Al Hadji Borneo F.C. Alan Henrique FC Inter Turku Mouhamadou N'Diaye Free Agent Novan Sasongko Semen Padang F.C. Saepulloh Maulana Mitra Kukar Alfin Tuasalamony Bhayangkara F.C. Zulfiandi Bhayangkara F.C. Adam Alis Setyano Arema F.C. Syahrian Abimanyu Persija Jakarta Makan Konate Free Agent Esteban Vizcarra Arema F.C. Manuchekhr Dzhalilov Istiqlol Dushanbe Patrich Wanggai Borneo F.C.
Out
PlayerTransferred ToFeeDateSource Sandy Firmansyah - Hamka Hamzah Arema F.C. Mouhamadou N'Diaye Bali United Novan Sasongko Bali United Saepulloh Maulana Mitra Kukar Alfin Tuasalamony Arema F.C. Adam Alis Setyano Bhayangkara F.C. Makan Konate Arema F.C. Patrich Wanggai Persib Bandung
Pre-season
Competitions
Overview
Liga 1
League table
Results summary
Results by matchday
Matches
First round
Second round
Piala Indonesia
Matches
First round
Second round
Third round
In 2019 season
Squad statistics
Squad & Appearances
No.Pos.NameLiga 1Piala IndonesiaDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGoalkeepers 12 GK Teja Paku Alam3200000 86 GK Sandy Firmansyah200000 51 GK Dikri Yusron Afaffa101000 96 GK Rangga Pratama0 01000Defenders 3 DF Zalnando1801021 4 DF Alan Henrique1621250 16 DF Goran Gančev800010 20 DF Beri Rahmada302000 22 DF Marckho Sandy Merauje3020060 28 DF Achmad Faris1502110 30 DF Jeki Arisandi601010 31 DF Samuel Christianson202100 99 DF Mohammadou Al Hadji701030 45 DF Bio Paulin5 01000Midfielders 6 MF Yoo Hyun-goo3102020 11 MF Esteban Vizcarra32111060 26 MF Robi Andika501000 75 MF Ichsan Kurniawan300000 21 MF Muhammad Rafif Putra2 00000 25 MF Syahrian Abimanyu8 01010 35 MF Zulfiandi20 01010 89 MF Hambali Tolib6 01000 55 MF Rizky Abdiansyah3 00010Forwards 7 FW Yogi Rahadian1811000 19 FW Muhammad Ridwan310000 9 FW Alberto Gonçalves Da Costa25110010 10 FW Rizky Ramadhana1112110 7 FW Muhammad Nur Iskandar2111020 63 FW Manuchekhr Dzhalilov3071230Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club DF Hamka Hamzah1540010 DF Mahamadou N'Diaye1240051 DF Novan Sasongko800020 DF Alfin Tuasalamony1200010 MF Adam Alis Setyano1500010 MF Makan Konaté1500030 FW Patrich Wanggai1020010
Goalscorers
RankPositionNameLiga 1Piala IndonesiaPiala PresidenTotal1FW Beto110112MF Esteban Vizcarra1101123FW Manuchekhr Dzhalilov722114DF Hamka Hamzah4015DF Mahamadou N'Diaye40156DF Alan Henrique12037MF Makan Konaté0022DF Marckho Meraudje2002FW Rizky Ramadhana1102FW Patrich Wanggai20028DF Achmad Faris0101FW Muhammad Nur Iskandar1001FW Muhammad Ridwan1001MF Adam Alis0011MF Bio Paulin0011MF Syahrian Abimanyu0011DF Samuel Christianson0101FW Yogi Rahadian1001Own goals1011Total4771244
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