| Club: | Sarawak |
| Season: | 2017 |
| Manager: | Pengiran Bala (from 14 July 2017) |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Stadium Negeri |
| League: | Liga Super |
| League Result: | Relegated |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| Cup2: | Malaysia Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Group stage |
| Cup3: | Piala FA |
| Cup3 Result: | Quarter-finals |
| League Topscorer: | Mateo Roskam (9 goals) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mateo Roskam (13 goals) |
| Highest Attendance: | |
| Lowest Attendance: | |
| Average Attendance: | 17,051 |
| Prevseason: | 2016 |
| Nextseason: | 2018 |
The 2017 season was Sarawak's 13th season in club history and 5th season in the Liga Super since being promoted in 2014.[1]
After few seasons battle with bottom half finished, Bujang Senang finally bid farewell to the top flight after relegated. Bottom teams fate need to be decided until final day of the season. Kelantan did the great escape by winning 3–1 in Melaka thus secured 3 points to avoid relegation, meanwhilst Sarawak goalless draw with T Team saw the team down to Liga Perdana next term. Due to new rules and regulation regarding the FAM & AFC license requirement,[2] Sarawak and Penang alongside Felda United and T-Team altogether 4 teams relegated to premier league for 2018.
Which saw Negeri Sembilan and PKNP promoted to 2018 super league replacing demoted T-team and Felda united. After Kuala Lumpur and Terengganu advanced as 2017 premier league winners and runners up. By following the AFC, FAM rules and condition Terengganu and T Team later rebrand as Terengganu FC II are disallowed to compete in same league/division since they acted as reserve team/feeder team to Terengganu FC I. The same law applied to JDT I and JDT II where they need to plays in different division to avoid matchfixing or conflict of interest.
Sarawak had bright campaign in FA Cup by trashing Misc Mifa 6–3 in second round, beating Perlis 2–1 in away fixture before drawn with Terengganu in quarterfinal, which saw them tied 2–2 on aggregate, only to be separated by penalty shoot out 4–1 win to the east coast team which saw Terengganu advanced to semi final against Kedah, eventual winner.
Dismal draw in Malaysia cup when Sarawak had to face 2 giants, JDT and Selangor, against with Terengganu in a group stage. Ngap sayot finished the group as expected in 3rd position with later winner, JDT and Selangor advanced to the next round.
Sarawak welcoming the arrival of Demerson Bruno, the survival of Chapecoense team that scheduled to play in Copa Sudamericana final unfortunately involved in air disaster. Mark Hartmann also scored a wonderful goal against Misc Mifa during FA cup match that resemble to Papiss Cisse wonder goal against Chelsea in 2012, local crowd nominated that goal for Puskas Award but nothing further action were taken. Thus denying second consecutive time for Malaysia to win the award after Faiz Subri achievement.
Sarawak had their eyes on a promising season with transfers such as Mateo Roskam and Demerson coming to help aid them in reaching the top half of the table after the previous season's unimpressive 8th-place ranking.
See main article: article and 2017 Liga Super.
See main article: article and 2017 Malaysia FA Cup.
See main article: article and 2017 Malaysia Cup.
See main article: 2017 Malaysia Cup group stage.
Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017
| No. | Pos. | Name | Liga Super | FA Cup | Malaysia Cup | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Florian Rison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 2 | DF | Ronny Harun | 15 | 3 | 2 | 20 | ||||||||
| 3 | DF |  Demerson | 19 | 3 | 3 | 25 | ||||||||
| 6 | DF | Izray Roslan | 1 (3) | 0 | 1 | 2 (3) | ||||||||
| 7 | MF | Shamie Iszuan | 11 (5) | 0 | 3 (2) | 14 (7) | ||||||||
| 8 | MF | Tommy Mawat Bada | 21 | 3 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||
| 9 | FW | Mateo Roskam | 21 | 3 | 2 (1) | 26 (1) | ||||||||
| 11 | MF | Hafiz Abu Bakar | 1 (9) | 1 (2) | 1 (1) | 3 (12) | ||||||||
| 12 | DF | Ramesh Lai | 14 (1) | 2 (1) | 4 | 20 (2) | ||||||||
| 13 | DF | Dzulazlan Ibrahim | 19 | 3 | 2 (1) | 24 (1) | ||||||||
| 14 | DF | Najmuddin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 16 | MF | Shahrol Saperi | 5 (1) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 8 (3) | ||||||||
| 17 | DF | Hairol Mokhtar | 9+1) | 1 | 4 | 14 (1) | ||||||||
| 18 | GK | Zul Mohi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 20 | MF | Shreen Tambi | 8 (7) | 0 (2) | 1 (2) | 9 (11) | ||||||||
| 21 | GK | Aidil Mohamad | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 22 | DF | Mazwandi | 11 (1) | 1 | 2 | 14 (1) | ||||||||
| 23 | MF | Dalglish | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 0 (1) | 2 (5) | ||||||||
| 24 | DF | Dzulfadli Marajeh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 25 | GK | Shahril Saa'ri | 19 | 2 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||
| 26 | MF | Alif Hassan | 7 (4) | 0 | 3 (2) | 10 (6) | ||||||||
| 27 | FW | Hafis Saperi | 0 (1) | 0 | 3 | 3 (1) | ||||||||
| 28 | MF | Kamaruddin Bohan | 6 (3) | 1 (1) | 3 (1) | 10 (5) | ||||||||
| 29 | FW | Alexander Jerome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 30 | MF | Rahim Razak | 9 (10) | 2 | 5 (2) | 16 (12) | ||||||||
| 32 | DF | Jimmy Raymond | 2 (1) | 0 | 3 | 5 (1) | ||||||||
| 34 | FW | Azizi Ramlee | 0 | 0 | 0 (2) | 0 (2) | ||||||||
| 35 | DF | Rodney Akwensivie | 4 (2) | 0 | 4 | 8 (2) | ||||||||
| 51 | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | 8+2) | 0 | 3 (1) | 11 (3) | ||||||||
| 52 | MF |  Miloš Raičković | 10 | 0 | 5 (1) | 15 (1) | ||||||||
| Players who left the club in mid transfer window or on loan | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | FW | Mark Hartmann | 9 (3) | 3 | 0 | 12 (3) | ||||||||
| 19 | MF |  Lee Jong-ho | 9 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 | 11 (2) | ||||||||
Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.
| width=10 | width=10 | scope=col style="width:160px;" | Player | width=10 | width=80 | Liga Super | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | Malaysia Cup | width=80 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Mateo Roskam | FW | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Mark Hartmann | FW | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 3 | 30 | Rahim Razak | MF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 4 | 3 | Demerson | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 8 | Tommy Mawat Bada | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 17 | Hairol Mokhtar | DF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 | Alif Hassan | MF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 52 | Miloš Raičković | MF | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | 2 | Ronny Harun | DF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| 7 | Shamie Iszuan | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 11 | Hafiz Abu Bakar | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 20 | Shreen Tambi | MF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| 28 | Kamaruddin Bohan | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 51 | Sahil Suhaimi | FW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Total | 24 | 9 | 6 | 39 | |||||||||||
Correct as of match played on 28 October 2017The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.
| width=10 | width=10 | scope=col style="width:160px;" | Player | width=80 | Liga Super | width=80 | FA Cup | width=80 | Malaysia Cup | width=80 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Shahril Saa'ri | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| 2 | 21 | Aidil Mohamad | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
First transfer window started in December 2017 to 22 January 2017 and second transfer window will started on 15 May 2017 to 11 June 2017.[3]
| scope=col style="width:90px;" | Date | scope=col style="width:210px;" | Player | scope=col style="width:250px;" | Transferred From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2016 | GK | Aidil Mohamad | Mukah | |||
| November 2016 | GK | Zul Mohi | Kuching | |||
| November 2016 | DF | Izray Roslan | Kuching | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Hafiz Abu Bakar | Kuching | |||
| November 2016 | DF | Najmudin | Sarikei | |||
| November 2016 | MF | Azizi Ramlee | Youth team | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Rahim Razak | Youth team | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Mark Hartmann | Geylang | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Lee Jong-ho |  Svay Rieng | |||
| 15 January 2017 | FW | Mateo Roskam | Sime Darby | |||
| 15 January 2017 | FW | Demerson | Chapecoense | |||
| scope=col style="width:90px;" | Date | scope=col style="width:210px;" | Player | scope=col style="width:250px;" | Transferred From | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | MF | Miloš Raičković | Budućnost Podgorica | |||
| June 2017 | FW | Sahil Suhaimi | Tampines Rovers | |||
| scope=col style="width:90px;" | Date | scope=col style="width:210px;" | Player | scope=col style="width:250px;" | Transferred To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2016 | DF | Thanaraj | Unattached | |||
| November 2016 | DF | Riduwan Ma'on | Unattached | |||
| November 2016 | MF | Gurusamy | PKNS | |||
| November 2016 | MF | Akmal Noor | MOF | |||
| November 2016 | MF |  Júnior | Unattached | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Syahrul Azwari | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | |||
| November 2016 | FW | Partiban | Terengganu | |||
| November 2016 | GK | Iqbal Suhaimi | Unattached | |||
| December 2016 | DF |  Teah Dennis Jr. | BYC | |||
| January 2017 | FW | Gilmar | Caxias do Sul | |||
| 9 February 2017 | FW |  Ndumba Makeche |  Bali United | |||
| scope=col style="width:90px;" | Date | scope=col style="width:210px;" | Player | scope=col style="width:250px;" | Transferred To | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2017 | FW | Mark Hartmann | Penang | |||
| June 2017 | FW | Lee Jong-ho | Unattached | |||