Malaysia national football team

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This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Malaysia women's national football team. For the men's futsal team, see Malaysia national futsal team.

Malaysia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Harimau Malaya
(Malayan Tigers)[1]
Skuad Kebangsaan
(National Team)
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia (FAM)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachTan Cheng Hoe
CaptainFarizal Marlias
Most capsSoh Chin Aun (252)
Top scorerZainal Abidin Hassan (78)[2]
Home stadiumBukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA codeMAS
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 158 Increase 1 (19 September 2019)[3]
Highest75 (August 1993)
Lowest178 (March 2018)
Elo ranking
Current 171 Increase 13 (29 September 2019)[4]
Highest60 (1 March 1977)
Lowest185 (September 2018)
First international
 Malaysia 1–1 Thailand 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 October 1963)[n 1]
Biggest win
 Malaysia 11–0 Philippines 
(Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974)
Biggest defeat
 United Arab Emirates 10–0 Malaysia 
(Abu Dhabi, UAE; 3 September 2015)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances3 (first in 1976)
Best resultGroup stage, 1976, 1980 and 2007

The Malaysia national football team (Malay: Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Malaysia) represents Malaysia in international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The national team was founded in 1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the establishment of the Malaysian Federation. Malaysia national football team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football team; the Malaysian team is nicknamed Harimau Malaya in reference of the Malayan tiger.

It is one of the successful teams in Southeast Asia along with Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, winning bronze at the Asian Games in 1974 as well winning the ASEAN Football Championship in 2010 and other competitions while improving at the same time. However, Malaysia fails to achieve greater honour outside Southeast Asia; although they have participated in the Summer Olympics once and three AFC Asian Cup, the team failed to progress beyond the group stage in all occasion.

In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Malaysia's main rival on the international stage are their geographical neighbours, Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore, and past matches between these three teams have produced much drama.

Etymology[edit]

Malayan tiger, where the nickname is been derived.[6]

The Harimau Malaya nickname have been used since the former Malaya national football team; the nickname refer to the national animal of Malaysia, the Malayan tiger.[6][7] Another source stated the name was believed to have been derived from a Malayan football player from Stulang Laut, Johor named Abdullah Mohd Don (Dollah Don) after he been called as "Harimau Malaya" by the founding father of Indonesia, Sukarno when managed to chasing his team lost of 0–3 against an Indonesian football club by scoring hat-trick in a match between Singaporean Malay Club and Peseja (Persija Jakarta) in 1953.[8][9] Although the Federation of Malaysia have been formed on 16 September 1963, the name are still being maintained for the national squad, thus there is some debate as most Malaysian in the East felt the "Malaya" term does not cover the whole country.[10] Some supporters in the East felt offended when the media in the West Malaysia keep continuously using the term even some in the West said it is just a small matter and the naming issue had been politicised as the term "Malayan tiger" came from an endangered endemic tiger subspecies in Malay Peninsula rather than a geopolitical reason.[11][12][13]

As part of rebranding of the national football team by FAM from 2 February 2016 onward, the nickname Harimau Malaya was officially changed to Harimau Malaysia in a bid to be more inclusive especially to the East Malaysian sides;[14][15] the Harimau Malaysia nickname was also used to refer the former national player, Shaharuddin Abdullah. Since the 1970s, he was known as "Harimau Malaysia" by the football fans due to his ability to score many goals, he once scored 15 goals for Malaysia in the Merdeka Cup tournament which stood as a record for years.[16] However, after a recent changes during FAM congress in March 2017, a drastic measures has been taken to restructure all aspect of national football organisation and management;[17] this include the restoration of the old nickname (from the current nickname of Malaysian tiger which just used for a year)[18] starting from 3 April 2017.[1] The sudden changes has also affected all related websites and social media regarding the previous name which has since been indefinitely terminated.[1]

History[edit]

Early history[edit]

Main article: Football in Malaysia
The public watching a football match in British Malaya's capital of Kuala Lumpur, c. 1903.

Football together with other sports such as rugby, golf and hockey was introduced into the present-day Malaysia by the British.[19] By the 19th century, football had become the central pillars in most sports clubs in British Malaya although at the early stage it lacked in organisational structure.[20] In 1921, HMS Malaya make a visit to several ports in the Malay Peninsula.[19][21] The ship called at Port Swettenham, Singapore, Malacca, Penang and Port Dickson with its crews playing with the locals throughout their journey.[19][22] Three months after the ship returned to Europe, its captain H. T. Buller sent a letter to the Chief Secretary of the Federated Malay States to offered two cups; one to be competed for rugby and the other for football as a token gratitude for the warm welcome the ship had received throughout their visits;[23] the cup for the football was later named as "Malaya Cup" (renamed as Malaysia Cup in 1967).[19][22] Football began to spread rapidly throughout the region following the establishment of the cup although the composition of the team at the time were mainly based on ethnic background.[20][21][24] With the growing local football culture and rivalries among them, the Football Association of Malaya (FAM) was established in Singapore in 1933 as the successor of Malaya Football Association in 1926;[25] the FAM was later relocated into the Malay Peninsula after the Second World War.[20] In British Borneo, football also become the most popular choice of sports among Malay schools there.[26]

Early years (1963–1969)[edit]

The winner of the second season of Merdeka Cup in 1958, Malaya football team, five years before the merger to form Malaysia. Also in the picture is Tunku Abdul Rahman (centre), the first Prime Minister of Malaya.

Before the establishment of Malaysia on 16 September 1963, North Borneo (now Sabah), Sarawak, Malaya and Singapore were represented by their own national teams, a situation which pre-dated the establishment of a Malaysia.[27] Malaya and Singapore usually competed in an international competition such as the Merdeka Tournament while North Borneo and Sarawak competed in Borneo Cup. Malaya's biggest achievement in football was becoming the bronze medalist of the 1962 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia after defeating South Vietnam 4–1.[19]

The winner of the first season of Borneo Cup in 1962, North Borneo football team, one year before the merger to form Malaysia.

The beginning of Malaysia football team match took place in Merdeka Stadium on 8 August 1963 with the combined strength of Singapore and Malaya (although the federation was only existed after 16 September 1963). With the combined forces of Malaya and Singapore, the team start their match with Japan, thought lost 3–4;[28] the team continued to use combination of players from Singapore and Malay Peninsula until the formation of the Malaysian Federation with the Football Association of Malaya being succeeded as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).[20] The combination players with Singapore ended when the latter separated from Malaysia along with the establishment of Football Association of Singapore (FAS) and their subsequent reaffiliation with FIFA in 1965.[29] Since then the squad was only represented by West Malaysian players, mainly due to difficulties of that time to travel to East Malaysia and the players were not well known to mainstream West Malaysian football.

Asia's most formidable (1970–1980)[edit]

In 1971, James Wong of Sabah is the first player from East Malaysia to represent the country.[30][31] Malaysia qualified for the 1972 Olympics in Munich, beating Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines along the way. Although they managed to defeat the United States 3–0, they lost the other 2 matches with a score of 0–3 to West Germany and 0–6 to Morocco, ranking 10th in the final standings. From 1972, Mokhtar Dahari is considered as the legend footballer for the Malaysian team as he booked his place as one of the best players in Asia,[32] he manage to score 175 goals, of which the 175 goals for Selangor FA, 20 goals in 13 appearances for Kwong Yik Bank and another 125 goals for the national team, giving a total of 320 goals in his career.[33][34]

Together with the record of Soh Chin Aun, it is however not recognised by FIFA.[35] Two years later, Malaysia won their second bronze medal at the 1974 Asian Games after defeating North Korea 2–1; the team went on to qualify twice in a row for the AFC Asian Cup, in 1976 and 1980. It was only in 1977; when the FAM sent a talent scout to the East;[36][37] the list continued by the late James Yaakub of Sarawak in 1977. The team also won the Merdeka Tournament three times, became runner-up four times and achieved third place twice during the 1970s. Malaysia qualified again for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, but joined the US-led boycott of the games as the Malaysian government made a decision to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.[38][39][40]

1976 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Kuwait 2 2 0 0 3 0 +3 4
 China PR 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
 Malaysia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1

Malaysia participated the 1976 AFC Asian Cup for the first time, meeting Kuwait and China. During the tournament, Malaysia performed worse in the first match, losing 0–2 to Kuwait but managed to held China 1–1 in the second match.

1980 AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Korea 4 3 1 0 10 2 +8 7
 Kuwait 4 2 1 1 8 5 +3 5
 Malaysia 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 4
 Qatar 4 1 1 2 3 8 −5 3
 United Arab Emirates 4 0 1 3 3 9 −6 1

Malaysia participated the 1980 AFC Asian Cup for the second time, meeting South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. During the tournament, Malaysia managed to held South Korea 1–1 in the first match, despite losing 1–3 to Kuwait before regaining a 2–0 victory against United Arab Emirates and holding Qatar 1–1 in their last match.

Falling performances and drought (1990–2009)[edit]

The Malaysian team (yellow) against New Zealand (white) during a friendly match in Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand on 19 February 2006.

In 1994, Malaysian football was embroiled in one of the largest bribery scandals in the country.[41][42] With the dearth of mainstream interest and lack of funds, Malaysian football has failed to repeat the achievements of the 1970s and 1980s, despite the recruitment of Claude LeRoy. Allan Harris appointed as a new head coach in 2001. Harris came with strong credentials, having assisted Terry Venables at FC Barcelona. In the second half of 2004, FAM appoint Bertalan Bicskei, former Hungarian goalkeeper and national coach, to succeed Allan Harris. Bicskei led the national side to third place at the regional Tiger Cup tournament, but was demoted to youth development duties by FAM for his actions during a friendly against Singapore in Penang on 8 June 2005. Bicskei, disgusted by the standard of officiating, threw a bottle onto the pitch before confronting a Singapore player. In September 2005, his contract was terminated after a mutual agreement.[43]

Norizan Bakar became the next head coach of the Malaysian team, he guided the Malaysian squad to the 2007 AFF Championship semifinals in 2007, where Malaysia lost through penalties to Singapore. Norizan's position as the head coach was criticised by the Malaysian football community, fans and officials alike, after the team's performances during the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, where Malaysia lost to China 1–5, Uzbekistan 0–5 and Iran 0–2. After the removal of Norizan Bakar, B. Sathianathan took over as head coach. Although he guided the squad to win the 2007 Merdeka Tournament, Malaysia once again failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing 1–4 and drawing 0–0 with Bahrain in the qualifying round. In March 2008, Sathianathan once again reach the final of the Merdeka Tournament. However, Malaysia lost on penalties to Vietnam. Sathianathan also led Malaysia to the semi finals of the 2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup. However, Malaysia then shockingly lost 1–4 to eventual winners, Myanmar.[44]

During the 2008 AFF Championship, Malaysia started their campaign with a 3–0 win over Laos, but were defeated in the second match by Vietnam with a score of 2–3 and were finally eliminated when they lost 0–3 to Thailand in the final match of the group stage; this was the first time that the Malaysian squad had not passed through the group stages in 12 years. There are also reports that match-fixing and bribery that infiltrate the Malaysian football in the 1994 are returned.[45] In the 2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Malaysian team lost 0–5 to the United Arab Emirates; this defeat was the final straw in the eyes of Malaysian supporters, and in February 2009, the contracts of Sathianathan and manager Soh Chin Aun were terminated.[46]

AFF Championship triumph (2010)[edit]

2010 AFF Championship champion second-leg finals starting line-up.[47]

In April 2009, K. Rajagopal was named the new coach of Malaysia replacing B. Sathianathan as head coach of Malaysia. He took over the position in July 2009, of which he also the coach of the Malaysia Under-23 squad.[48] Rajagopal's first match was against Zimbabwe, which Malaysia won 4–0.[49] Rajagopal also coached Malaysia in two games against visiting English champions, Manchester United, losing both matches 2–3 and 0–2. During his time as the coach of the Under-23 team, Rajagopal led Malaysia to their fifth SEA Games gold medal and also led Malaysia to qualify for the second round of the 2010 Asian Games as one of the best four third-placed teams after a lapse of 32 years.[50][51]

During the 2010 AFF Championship, Malaysia had 14 players that were under the age of 23 while the other players were over 23. Malaysia were in group A with host Indonesia, Thailand and qualifiers winner, Laos. Malaysia began their campaign with an embarrassing 1–5 loss to Indonesia. Malaysia bounced back from their defeat and later drew with Thailand and beat Laos 5–1; as runner up of group, Malaysia qualified for the semi finals to meet Group B winners and defending champions Vietnam. In the first leg of the semifinal, Malaysia won 2–0 on home soil and later drew 0–0 in the second leg, advancing to the final with an aggregate of 2–0.[52] In the finals, Malaysia met favourites Indonesia, who were unbeaten in all their matches.

On the first leg of the finals, Malaysia won 3–0 at home. Malaysia scored twice through Safee Sali and once through Mohd Ashaari Shamsuddin on a night when Bukit Jalil National Stadium was filled over capacity for the first time since it was built; the match attracted so many people that after tickets were sold out, policemen manning the gates were seen allowing friends and relatives into the stadium, causing people having to trespass onto the cable bridge above the electronic display besides standing on the aisles and corridors to view the game. On the second leg of the finals that was held in Jakarta, Malaysia lost 1–2 to Indonesia but the final aggregate was 4–2 to Malaysia, thus Malaysia were awarded the title, it was the first time in history that Malaysia were crowned the champions of AFF Championship and a trophy in the international stage.[53]

Hope for resurgence (2011–present)[edit]

Since the 2010s, the expectations to regain their success in the 1980s are rising despite the team still failed to deliver any new high achievements records.[54] In June 2014, Dollah Salleh replaced Rajagobal as the head coach after his contract has ended.[55] Dollah guiding Malaysia to the final of the 2014 AFF Championship but failed to replicate the same form as the previous head coach. In international fixtures, the coach has also recorded a lose of 0–6 to Oman and Palestine as well as 1–1 draw against Timor-Leste. However, the 0–10 defeat to the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia worst ever defeat in 50 years, have prompted his resignation as the head coach;[56] the place was taken by interim coach Ong Kim Swee who later promoted as the head coach until the end of March 2017.[57] The official coaching post then was taken over by Portuguese coach Nelo Vingada in the hope to raise the Malaysian football performances. On 13 June, Malaysia played their first match in the 2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification against Lebanon. Despite having a 1–0 lead during the first half, they eventually lost the match with a score 1–2.[58] Malaysia's poor performance however, continued. Despite given high hope and expectation from the match against Hong Kong, Malaysia only managed a 1–1 draw, before losing to the same team 0–2 in Hong Kong; as for the result, frustration happened in the team and Malaysia had suffered two consecutive defeats on the hand of North Korea, both ended 1–4. Malaysia also losing the second final matches against Lebanon in Beirut by 1–2. With only 1 draw and 5 defeats, Malaysia subsequently eliminated from the qualification;[59] the coaching position was taken over by the team assistant coach Tan Cheng Hoe in late 2017 after Vingada stepped down following a string of poor results.[60]

After the failure to qualify into the 2019 AFC Asian Cup in the qualification, Malaysia proceed their journey in the 2018 AFF Championship where they was grouped with rival Vietnam together with Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia. Malaysia managed a fine performance, won the second place with three wins and one loss to Vietnam, especially the crucial 3–0 win to Myanmar that allowed the team to progress into the semi-finals.[61] By qualifying as the group runners-up, Malaysia faced Thailand, the fierce rival in their long-time head to head records as well the reigning champions in the tournament where they able to overcame the latter by holding them 2–2 in Thai home stadium of Bangkok, winning the match by away goals rule in one of the tournament's greatest shock despite being tied 0–0 earlier at home.[62][63] Having qualify to the final, they meet Vietnam again and held the latter 2–2 at home before losing 0–1 in Vietnam's home ground of Hanoi, subsequently finishing the tournament with an aggregate of 2–3 as the runners-up for the third time in their AFF Cup history.[64] Despite their failure to achieve the AFF Cup for the second time, the successful performance of Malaysia was seen with the emergence of new talents coming from its youth football development which brought a hope for the future of Malaysian football.[6][65]

Team image[edit]

Media coverage[edit]

All Malaysia team matches are shown live on Astro Arena (friendlies, World Cup (2nd round only), and Asian Cup qualifiers), RTM (AFF Championship matches (except 2014 season), World Cup, and Asian Cup qualifiers), and Media Prima (AFF Championship matches for 2014 season only). All matches are broadcast with both English (Astro only) and Malaysian commentary.[66]

Kits[edit]

Kit provider Period Ref
Germany Adidas 1970–2007
United States Nike 2007–present [67]
2010 AFF Cup Final 2nd leg kit

From the 1970s to 2007, the national team kit was manufactured by Adidas, who also sponsored the national team kit. Since 2007, the official Malaysia team kit is manufactured by Nike; the home kit design of black and yellow stripes is a throwback to the kit used by Malayan national team in the 1920s. The great national team of the 1970s also sported similar stripes, which are supposed to be reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger, the symbol of Malaysia's national football team.

In November 2010, Nike Malaysia created a new football kit for the Malaysians specially made for the 2010 AFF Championship; the home kit's design of black and yellow stripes is shaped by a black row of lines. The away kit features a plain blue front and red and white at the edge of the sleeves. Nike used the Malaysian flag as their logo instead of putting the Football Association of Malaysia logo to remembering the team success in the 1970s.[68] On the underside of the flag, the quote "Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku" (The land that I spill my blood for) can be found; the quote is part of the Malaysia National Anthem, alluding that they are doing their best for the country.

The practice of using the flag on the kits ended when Malaysia got a new kit in late 2016, they have the FAM logo on the kits.

Grounds[edit]

Home Stadium

Malaysia's home stadium is the Bukit Jalil National Stadium; the stadium capacity is 87,411 (seated)[69] which makes it the eighth largest football stadium in the world. Malaysia's previous national stadium was the Merdeka Stadium before the Bukit Jalil sports complex was constructed. Malaysia also uses other stadiums for their matches such as the Kuala Lumpur Stadium.

Malaysia national football team home stadiums
Image Stadium Capacity Location Last match
National Stadium Bukit Jalil 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup final.jpg Bukit Jalil National Stadium 87,411 Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur v   Sri Lanka
(5 October 2019; Friendly)
No image available.svg Kuala Lumpur Stadium 18,000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur v   Fiji
(5 July 2018; Friendly)

Training ground

The team training on the artificial turfed football pitch of Wisma FAM.

Wisma FAM is the main headquarters for the Football Association of Malaysia which located at Kelana Jaya, Malaysia; the training facility for the Malaysia national football team also located at the Wisma FAM. Others than that, it also serves as a meeting point for the coaches and national players; also equipped with a room for press statement and small apartment rooms available for the national players during the training camp. Sometimes, ticket matches also sold on this training facility.

Supporters[edit]

A part of the action from Ultras Malaya during the 2014 AFF Championship second leg final match between Malaysia and Thailand.

Ultras Malaya is the name of the major supporters for the national team in Malaysia, they are known for their high fanaticism and support towards the national team. Even in every international match the national team played, they will be found in a group standing at the supporters area; the main colours for these supporter are usually in black with a yellow scarf and banners just like the national team kits colours. These supporters always bring flares, drums and large national flags to the stadiums.[70]

Sponsorship[edit]

According to the website of Football Association of Malaysia, Malaysia main sponsors include Telekom Malaysia, Bank Islam, Yakult, Nike, 100plus, One Goal, MYCAT and Malaysia Airlines.[71]

Squad[edit]

Foreign-born player[edit]

Further information: List of Malaysia footballers born outside Malaysia

Current squad[edit]

The following is a list of 26 players that were called up for the friendly match against Sri Lanka and the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round against  Vietnam on 10 and 15 October 2019 respectively. [72] Caps and goals are correct as of 5 October 2019, after the match against Sri Lanka.[73]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Farizal Marlias (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 33) 43 0 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
2 2DF Matthew Davies (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 24) 26 0 Malaysia Pahang
3 2DF Shahrul Saad (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 26) 36 4 Malaysia Perak
4 2DF Syahmi Safari (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 (age 21) 14 1 Malaysia Selangor
5 2DF Adam Nor Azlin (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 (age 23) 14 1 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
6 2DF La'Vere Corbin-Ong (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 28) 6 1 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
7 2DF Aidil Zafuan Radzak (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 32) 83 3 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
8 3MF Azam Azih (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 24) 10 0 Malaysia Pahang
9 4FW Norshahrul Idlan Talaha (1986-06-08) 8 June 1986 (age 33) 77 14 Malaysia Pahang
10 4FW Shahrel Fikri Fauzi (1994-10-17) 17 October 1994 (age 24) 15 5 Malaysia Perak
11 4FW Safawi Rasid (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 22) 23 7 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
12 3MF Akram Mahinan (1993-01-19) 19 January 1993 (age 26) 26 0 Malaysia PKNS
13 4FW Mohamadou Sumareh (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 25) 16 5 Malaysia Pahang
14 3MF Syamer Kutty Abba (1997-10-01) 1 October 1997 (age 22) 16 0 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
15 3MF Brendan Gan Seng Ling (1988-06-03) 3 June 1988 (age 31) 11 0 Malaysia Perak
16 4FW Partiban Janasekaran (1992-11-28) 28 November 1992 (age 26) 2 0 Malaysia Perak
17 2DF Irfan Zakaria (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 (age 24) 12 1 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur
18 2DF Dominic Tan Jun Jin (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 22) 2 0 Thailand Police Tero
19 4FW Akhyar Rashid (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 20) 19 4 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
20 4FW Syafiq Ahmad (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 24) 15 8 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim
21 2DF Nazirul Naim Che Hashim (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993 (age 26) 21 0 Malaysia Perak
22 1GK Hafizul Hakim Khairul Nizam Jothy (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 26) 9 0 Malaysia Perak
23 1GK Khairulazhan Khalid (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 29) 9 0 Malaysia Selangor
24 3MF Halim Saari (1994-11-14) 14 November 1994 (age 24) 4 0 Malaysia Selangor
25 3MF Danial Amier Norhisham (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 22) 2 0 Malaysia FELDA United
26 3MF Azzizan Nordin (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 25) 2 0 Malaysia Sabah

Recent call-ups[edit]

The following footballers were part of a national selection in 2019, but are not part of the current squad.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ifwat Akmal Chek Kassim (1996-08-10) 10 August 1996 (age 23) 1 0 Malaysia Kedah v.  Sri LankaINJ
GK Zarif Irfan Hashimuddin (1995-02-21) 21 February 1995 (age 24) 0 0 Malaysia PKNS 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, 11 June 2019 ,v.  Timor-Leste
GK Khairul Fahmi Che Mat (1989-01-07) 7 January 1989 (age 30) 55 0 Malaysia Melaka United 2019 AIRMARINE Cup
DF Syazwan Andik Ishak (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 (age 23) 17 1 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, 11 June 2019, v.  Timor-Leste
DF Rodney Celvin Akwensivie (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 (age 22) 0 0 Malaysia PKNS 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, v.  Timor-LestePRE
DF Rizal Ghazali (1992-10-01) 1 October 1992 (age 27) 12 0 Malaysia Kedah 2019 AIRMARINE Cup
DF Latiff Suhaimi (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989 (age 30) 3 0 Malaysia Selangor 2019 AIRMARINE Cup
DF Nicholas Swirad (1991-05-28) 28 May 1991 (age 28) 0 0 Malaysia PKNS 2019 AIRMARINE Cup PRE
MF Faiz Nasir (1992-07-21) 21 July 1992 (age 27) 3 2 Malaysia Selangor v.  Jordan, 30 August 2019 PRE
MF Kenny Pallraj Davaragi (1993-04-21) 21 April 1993 (age 26) 7 0 Malaysia Perak 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, 11 June 2019, v.  Timor-Leste
MF Firdaus Saiyadi (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 (age 22) 0 0 Malaysia Perak 2019 AIRMARINE Cup PRE
FW Hadin Azman (1994-07-02) 2 July 1994 (age 25) 9 1 Malaysia FELDA United 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC Second Round, 5 September 2019, v.  Indonesia
FW Hazwan Bakri (1991-06-19) 19 June 1991 (age 28) 32 7 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim v.  Jordan, 30 August 2019
FW Jafri Firdaus Chew (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 (age 22) 0 0 Malaysia PKNS v.  Jordan, 30 August 2019 PRE
FW Syazwan Zainon (1989-11-13) 13 November 1989 (age 29) 18 2 Malaysia Selangor 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, 11 June 2019, v.  Timor-Leste
FW Faisal Halim (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 21) 1 0 Malaysia Pahang 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC First Round, 11 June 2019, v.  Timor-Leste
FW Zaquan Adha Radzak (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 32) 48 12 Malaysia Kedah 2019 AIRMARINE Cup
FW Kumaahran Sathasivam (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 (age 23) 5 0 Malaysia Johor Darul Ta'zim II 2019 AIRMARINE Cup
FW Hafiz Ramdan (1993-06-28) 28 June 1993 (age 26) 0 0 Malaysia PKNP 2019 AIRMARINE Cup PRE

Results and fixtures[edit]

All time results[edit]

See also: Malaysia national football team results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019[edit]

2020[edit]

  • 1 : Non FIFA 'A' international match

Team officials[edit]

Competition record[edit]

Further information: Malaysia national football team results

     Champion       Runners-up       Third place        Fourth place  

FIFA World Cup[edit]

FIFA World Cup Finals record Qualifications record
Host/Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Round GP W D L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 See Malaya national football team 1 See Malaya national football team 1
Italy 1934
France 1938
Brazil 1950
Switzerland 1954
Sweden 1958
Chile 1962
England 1966 Did not enter Did not enter
Mexico 1970
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify Round 1 4 1 1 2 2 4
Argentina 1978 Round 1 4 1 2 1 7 6
Spain 1982 Round 1 3 0 1 2 3 8
Mexico 1986 Round 1 4 3 0 1 8 2
Italy 1990 Round 1 6 3 1 2 8 8
United States 1994 Round 1 6 2 2 2 16 7
France 1998 Round 1 6 3 2 1 5 3
South Korea Japan 2002 Round 1 6 2 1 3 8 11
Germany 2006 Round 2 6 0 0 6 2 18
South Africa 2010 Round 1 2 0 1 1 1 4
Brazil 2014 Round 2 4 1 1 2 8 10
Russia 2018 Round 2 8 1 1 6 3 30
Qatar 2022 To be determined To be determined
CanadaMexicoUnited States 2026
Total N/A 0/21 0 0 0 0 0 0 N/A 59 17 13 29 71 111

Olympic Games[edit]

Olympics Finals record Qualifications record
Host/Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Round GP W D L GS GA
United Kingdom 1948 See Malaya national football team 1 See Malaya national football team 1
Finland 1952
Australia 1956
Italy 1960
West Germany 1972 Round 1 10th of 16 3 1 0 2 3 9 Group Stage Q 4 4 0 0 12 0
Canada 1976 Did not qualify Group Stage 4 2 0 2 17 5
Soviet Union 1980 Withdrew B Group Stage Q 5 4 1 0 21 3
United States 1984 Did not qualify Final Stage 12 6 3 3 16 10
South Korea 1988 Group Stage 2 0 1 1 2 3
Spain 1992 See Malaysia national under-23 football team 2 See Malaysia national under-23 football team 2
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012
Brazil 2016
Total Appearance: 1 Best: 10th 3 1 0 2 3 9 - 27 16 5 6 68 21

AFC Asian Cup[edit]

Main article: Malaysia at the AFC Asian Cup
AFC Asian Cup Finals record Qualifications record
Host/Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Round GP W D L GS GA
Hong Kong 1956 See Malaya national football team 1 See Malaya national football team 1
South Korea 1960
Israel 1964 Did not qualify Group Stage 3 1 0 2 9 10
Iran 1968 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 4 5
Thailand 1972 Group Stage 2 2 0 0 4 2
Iran 1976 Group Stage 5th of 6 2 0 1 1 1 3 Group Stage Q 4 3 1 0 6 1
Kuwait 1980 Group Stage 6th of 10 4 1 2 1 5 5 Group Stage Q 4 1 2 1 5 3
Singapore 1984 Did not qualify Group Stage 4 2 1 1 10 3
Qatar 1988 Group Stage 4 1 1 2 4 6
Japan 1992 Group Stage 3 0 2 1 2 6
United Arab Emirates 1996 Group Stage 2 1 1 0 5 2
Lebanon 2000 Group Stage 6 2 1 3 12 13
China 2004 Group Stage 6 1 2 3 9 12
Indonesia
Malaysia
ThailandVietnam
2007
 Group Stage 16th of 16 3 0 0 3 1 12 Qualified as co-host
Qatar 2011 Did not qualify Group Stage 4 0 0 4 2 12
Australia 2015 Group Stage 6 2 1 3 5 7
United Arab Emirates 2019 Third Round 5 0 1 4 4 13
China 2023 To be determined In progress
Total Appearances: 3 Best: 5th 9 1 3 5 7 20 - 54 17 14 23 79 87

AFF Football Championship[edit]

Asian Games[edit]

Southeast Asian Games[edit]

  • * : Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
  • 1 : The competition represent by Malaya national football team.
  • 2 : The competition represent by Malaysia national under-23 football team.
  • 3 : Non FIFA 'A' international competition.
  • 4 : The competition represent by Malaysia national under-22 football team.
  • 5 : Previously known as Southeast Asian Peninsular Games (SEAP Games).
  • B : Qualified to the final round, but boycott the tournament.
  • C : These matches are not regarded as part of the national team's record, nor are caps awarded.
  • Q : Qualified to the final round of participating tournament
  • S : Shared the medal

Notes:

  • Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil

Statistics and records[edit]

FIFA world rankings[edit]

Last update was on 25 October 2018. Source:[82]

     Worst Ranking       Best Ranking       Worst Mover       Best Mover  

Malaysia's FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
Played 		Won Lost Drawn Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
- 2019 (to be determined) - - - - - - -
     178 2018 8 4 3 1 167 Increase +12 178 Decrease –4
174 2017 8 0 6 2 155 Increase +4 174 Decrease –12
161 2016 14 4 5 5 156 Increase +9 174 Decrease –8
170 2015 11 2 6 3 153 Increase +4 171 Decrease –11
154 2014 15 5 7 3 141 Increase +9 156 Decrease –8
154 2013 7 1 5 1 154 Increase +4 164 Decrease –5
158 2012 16 5 5 6 148 Increase +5 163 Decrease –6
148 2011 10 3 4 3 138 Increase +7 155 Decrease –6
144 2010 10 4 4 2 139 Increase +3 159 Decrease –5
160 2009 8 1 4 3 150 Increase +5 163 Decrease –8
156 2008 11 5 3 3 151 Increase +9 170 Decrease –6
159 2007 15 3 8 8 149 Increase +7 166 Decrease –7
152 2006 6 0 3 3 124 Increase +1 153 Decrease –19
123 2005 4 1 3 0 111 Increase +6 123 Decrease –7
120 2004 14 5 8 1 114 Increase +4 122 Decrease –4
116 2003 7 1 3 3 99 Increase +21 119 Decrease –11
128 2002 9 3 4 2 111 Increase +1 128 Decrease –6
111 2001 11 3 6 2 105 Increase +3 111 Decrease –3
107 2000 24 13 7 4 104 Increase +8 117 Decrease –3
117 1999 8 4 4 0 113 Increase +2 118 Decrease –3
113 1998 3 0 2 1 88 Increase +3 113 Decrease –11
87 1997 14 6 5 3 84 Increase +13 97 Decrease –3
     96 1996 8 4 1 3 91 Increase +21 112 Decrease –10
     106 1995 5 1 3 1 94 Increase +14 117 Decrease –23
89 1994 5 1 3 8 84 Increase +8 95 Decrease –6
     79 1993 14 6 5 3 75 Increase +16 79 Decrease –2

Head to head records (FIFA 'A' International Matches)[edit]

Last update was against   Sri Lanka on 5 October 2019.

Malaysia national football team head to head records
Opponents Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Confederation Last Matches
 Afghanistan 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 AFC 23 March 2019; Friendly
 Australia 7 1 0 6 1 19 −18 AFC 7 October 2011; Friendly
 Bahrain 9 2 3 4 14 20 −6 AFC 15 November 2013; 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
 Bangladesh 9 6 2 1 10 3 +7 AFC 29 August 2015; Friendly
 Bhutan 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 AFC 1 April 2018; Friendly
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 UEFA 27 June 2011; Merdeka Tournament SF
 Brazil 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4 CONMEBOL 25 May 2002; Friendly
 Brunei 10 10 0 0 44 3 +41 AFC 6 Aug 1999; 1999 Sea Games
 Cambodia 27 20 3 4 81 26 +54 AFC 8 November 2018; 2018 AFF Championship
 Canada 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5 CONCACAF 25 August 1986; Merlion Cup
 China PR 11 0 2 9 3 32 −31 AFC 10 September 2013; Friendly
 Chinese Taipei 10 6 2 3 22 12 +10 AFC 7 September 2018; Friendly
 England 1 0 0 1 2 4 −2 UEFA 12 June 1991; Friendly
 Fiji 5 2 1 2 5 8 −3 OFC 5 July 2018; Friendly
 Finland 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 UEFA 21 February 1997; 1997 Dunhill Cup – Friendly
 Germany 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 UEFA 29 August 1972; Summer Olympic
 Hong Kong 22 10 6 6 33 24 +9 AFC 6 June 2015; Friendly
 India 22 10 6 6 45 27 +16 AFC 16 November 2011; Friendly
 Indonesia 74 25 18 31 105 118 –13 AFC 5 September 2019; 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
 Iran 5 0 0 5 0 11 −11 AFC 18 July 2007; AFC Asian Cup
 Iraq 8 0 3 5 3 14 −11 AFC 20 October 2003; 2004 AFC Asian Cup qualification
 Israel 2 0 0 2 3 11 −8 UEFA, AFC 3 September 1974; Asian Games
 Jamaica 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2 CONCACAF 28 June 2007; Friendly
 Japan 22 8 7 7 31 26 +5 AFC 7 February 2004; Friendly
 Jordan 4 0 2 2 0 2 −2 AFC 30 August 2019; Friendly
 Kenya 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 CAF 12 August 2009; Friendly
 Kyrgyzstan 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 AFC 16 October 2018; Friendly
 Kuwait 12 2 2 8 8 29 −21 AFC 8 November 2013; Friendly
 Laos 12 9 2 1 39 6 +33 AFC 12 November 2018; 2018 AFF Championship
 Lesotho 2 2 0 0 9 0 +9 CAF 11 September 2009; Friendly
 Liberia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 CAF 27 August 1984; Merdeka Tournament
 Libya 3 0 2 1 2 2 0 CAF 30 September 1980; Islamic Games
 Liechtenstein 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 UEFA 5 October 1981; Friendly
 Lebanon 2 0 0 2 2 4 –2 AFC 27 March 2018; 2019 AFC Asian Cup Q – 3rd Round
 Macau 3 2 1 0 14 0 +14 AFC 28 March 2016; Friendly
 Maldives 4 4 0 0 11 1 +10 AFC 3 November 2018; Friendly
 Mongolia 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 AFC 22 March 2018; Friendly
 Morocco 3 1 0 2 3 8 −5 CAF 7 February 1981; Friendly
 Myanmar 50 23 8 19 88 67 +21 AFC 24 November 2018; 2018 AFF Championship
   Nepal 7 6 1 0 23 0 +23 AFC 2 June 2019; Friendly
 New Zealand 13 2 2 9 9 31 −22 OFC 23 February 2006; Friendly
 North Korea 8 1 3 4 5 14 −9 AFC 13 November 2017; Asian Cup qualification
 Oman 5 1 0 4 2 6 −4 AFC 23 March 2015; Friendly
 Pakistan 4 3 0 1 15 4 +11 AFC 10 Oct 2008; Friendly
 Palestine 4 1 0 3 4 16 −12 AFC 12 November 2015; 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
 Papua New Guinea 3 2 0 1 15 4 +11 OFC 14 November 2016; Friendly
 Philippines 15 11 3 1 59 3 +56 AFC 22 March 2017; Friendly
 Qatar 6 0 3 3 3 11 −8 AFC 19 November 2013; 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification
 Saudi Arabia 10 1 2 7 8 21 −13 AFC 24 March 2016; 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
 Senegal 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 CAF 13 August 1982; Merdeka Tournament
 Singapore 49 19 16 14 75 56 +19 AFC 7 October 2016; Friendly
 South Korea 54 11 9 34 47 98 −51 AFC 3 October 2002; Asian Games
 South Vietnam 13 7 3 3 27 15 +12 AFC 23 March 1975; Asian Cup qualification
 Sri Lanka 9 8 0 1 33 7 +10 AFC 5 October 2019; Friendly
 Sweden 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2 UEFA 14 November 1979; Friendly
 Syria 4 2 0 2 10 8 +2 AFC 22 August 2017; Friendly
 Tajikistan 1 0 0 1 1 4 −3 AFC 8 August 2014; Friendly
 Thailand 110 40 35 35 158 149 +9 AFC 5 December 2018; 2018 AFF Championship Semi-final
 Timor-Leste 6 5 1 0 22 3 +19 AFC 11 June 2019; 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
 Turkey 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3 UEFA 5 October 1980 Islamic Games
 United Arab Emirates 9 2 0 7 6 24 −18 AFC 10 September 2019; 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
 United States 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3 CONCACAF 29 August 1972; Summer Olympics
 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6 CONMEBOL 1 June 1985; Friendly
 Uzbekistan 6 0 0 6 2 21 −19 AFC 18 November 2009; Asian Cup qualification
 Vietnam 19 5 3 11 19 25 −6 AFC 11 December 2018; 2018 AFF Championship
 Yemen 2 2 0 1 4 3 +1 AFC 5 March 2014; Asian Cup qualification
Total 707 272 154 283 1138 1023 1118
Notes
  • Table above is a list of all FIFA 'A' international matches Malaysia have played against FIFA recognised teams.[4][83][84][85]

Honours and achievements[edit]

Continental[edit]

Asian Games
Honours Years Head Coach Team
Med 3.png Bronze medal 1974 Malaysia Jalil Che Din Squad

Regional[edit]

Minor[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Result count since after the Federation of Malaysia formation on 16 September 1963.[5]
  2. ^ The home match of Malaysia against Timor-Leste, originally to be played on 6 June 2019, was later postponed due to Eid al-Fitr celebrations following a request from the Football Association of Malaysia.[74]
  3. ^ Timor-Leste played their home match against Malaysia in the latter country due to a lack of a suitable venue in their country.[75]
  4. ^ Earned Malaysian nationality after Malaysia formed on 16 September 1963. Became Singaporean after Singapore separation from Malaysia in 1965.

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External links[edit]

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