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Malaysia national football team

National Football Team
NameMalaysia
NicknameHarimau Malaya (Malayan Tiger)
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia (FAM)
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Head coachK. Rajagopal
Asst coachTan Cheng Hoe
Faozi Mukhlas
Rustov Bozik
CaptainMohd Safiq Rahim
Most capsSoh Chin Aun (252)
Top scorerMokhtar Dahari (125)
Home stadiumNational Stadium, Bukit Jalil (Kuala Lumpur)
FIFA codeMAS
FIFA ranking144
Highest FIFA ranking75 (August 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking170 (April 2008)
Elo ranking158
Highest Elo ranking49 (14 December 1978)
Lowest Elo ranking169 (October 2007)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalMalaya Malaya 2 - 3 South Korea
(Singapura; April 13, 1953)
Malaysia Malaysia 11 - 1 Thailand
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 1964)
Biggest winMalaya Malaya 15 - 1 Philippines
(Jakarta, Indonesia; August 27, 1962)
Malaysia Malaysia 11 - 0 Philippines
(Tehran, Iran; September 7, 1974)
Biggest defeatMalaya Malaya 1 - 6 South Vietnam
(Tokyo, Japan; May 25, 1958)
Malaysia Malaysia 2 - 8 New Zealand
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; November 16, 1967)
Malaysia Malaysia 1 - 7 China
(Bangkok, Thailand; December 20, 1978)
Regional cup statistics
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances3
First apps.1976
Best resultRound 1, 1976, 1980, 2007

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The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia.

The Malaysian national team are nicknamed the Tigers, as the tiger is a national symbol of Malaysia. Their main regional rivalries are against Singapore and Indonesia. Before 1963, the team represented the Federation of Malaya and was known as the Malaya national football team.

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Malaysia Celebrates Controversial ASEAN Football Championship - Kuala Lumpur News Tweet this news
Kuala Lumpur News---Malaysia's- prime minister has declared a national holiday in honor of the country's victory in a regional -football- tournament marred by complaints of ... - Date : Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:53:08 GMT+00:00
Malaysia holiday after football win over Indonesia - USA Today Tweet this news
USA Today---...- the holiday in a statement to the national news agency Bernama late Wednesday, saying that the victory marked "the greatest night in -Malaysian football-. ... - Date : Thu, 30 Dec 2010 04:35:36 GMT+00:00
Twitter war over football - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--FIRST, congratulations to the -Malaysian football- team for their victory in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Suzuki Cup. But, I have to make a frank ... - Date : Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:54:10 GMT+00:00
Umno KDM Task Force organising charity football match - Daily Express Tweet this news
Daily Express--Kota Kinabalu: Umno KDM Task Force -Malaysia- is organising a charity -football- match, which would be held at the Ranau town field at 4pm, this Friday. ... - Date : Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:20:12 GMT+00:00
Terengganu Ready To Splash Rm5 Million In Title Chase - Bernama Tweet this news
Bernama--Team manager Datuk Che Mat Jusoh said this season Terengganu's target was to win the -Malaysia- Cup and league title. "Based on the performance and spirit of ... - Date : Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:22:35 GMT+00:00
Indonesian VIPs to grace football final - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--Indonesian Ambassador to -Malaysia- Da'i Bachtiar said that the embassy would coordinate with the -Football- Association of -Malaysia- (FAM) to welcome them. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 23:54:10 GMT+00:00
Malaysia Football Team In the AFF 2010 Final - Malaysia Star (blog) Tweet this news
Malaysia Star (blog)--I am really happy and proud for coach Rajagopal to see his young -football- team qualified for the AFF 2010 Suzuki Cup Final. Now the young -football- team must ... - Date : Mon, 20 Dec 2010 13:50:51 GMT+00:00
Officials should accept soccer match invitations: State secretary - Jakarta Post Tweet this news
Jakarta Post---...- officials should not be apprehensive about attending the final match of Asian -Football- Federation Cup between Indonesia and -Malaysia-, scheduled for Dec. ... - Date : Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:57:56 GMT+00:00
Malaysia count on 'King Raja' to pull off another surprise - Malaysia Star Tweet this news
Malaysia Star--The flamboyant coach is now looking at taking -Malaysia- to the final of the Asean -Football- Federation (AFF) tournament for senior national teams. ... - Date : Tue, 14 Dec 2010 23:30:22 GMT+00:00
1000 Vietnamese football supporters to fly to Malaysia - VOVNews.vn Tweet this news
VOVNews.vn---...- from Noi Bai (Hanoi) and Tan Son Nhat (Ho Chi Minh City) international airports to -Malaysia- to enable Vietnamese -football- fans to attend the matches. ... - Date : Fri, 10 Dec 2010 11:25:33 GMT+00:00

FIFA World Cup :
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
UY 1930 - MX 1970 Did not enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
DE 1974 - ZA 2010 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
Total   -   -   -   -   -   -   - -

AFC Asian Cup :
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
HK 1956 to
TH 1972		 Did Not Qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
IR 1976 Round 1 5/6 2 0 1 1 1 3
KW 1980 Round 1 6/10 4 1 2 1 5 5
SG 1984 to
CN 2004		 Did Not Qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
MYIDTHVN 2007 Round 1 16/16 3 0 0 3 1 12
QA 2011 Did Not Qualify   -   -   -   -   -   - -
Total 3/14   - 9 1 3 5 7 20

Asian Games :
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
IN 1951 Did Not Enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
PH 1954 Did Not Enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
JP 1958 Round 1 12/14 3 0 0 3 2 8
ID 1962 Third Place 3/8 5 3 0 2 23 9
TH 1966 Round 1 15/17 3 0 0 3 1 4
TH 1970 Round 1 16/16 3 0 0 3 0 4
IR 1974 Third Place 3/15 7 3 2 2 20 13
TH 1978 Round 2 7/14 5 2 0 3 4 10
IN 1982 Round 1 14/16 3 0 0 3 1 4
KR 1986 Round 1 15/18 3 0 1 2 2 5
CN 1990 Did Not Enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
JP 1994 Round 1 11/18 4 1 1 2 6 11
TH 1998 Did Not Enter   -   -   -   -   -   - -
QA 2006 Round 1 23/24 3 0 0 3   - -
CN 2010 Round 2 16/24 4 1 0 3 3 9
Total 9/13 2 Third Place 36 9 4 23 59 69

AFF Football Championship :
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
SG 1996 Runners-up 2/10 6 3 2 1 18 4
VN 1998 Round 1 6/8 3 0 1 2 0 3
TH 2000 Third Place 3/9 6 4 1 1 12 4
IDSG 2002 Fourth Place 4/9 5 2 1 2 9 5
VNMY 2004 Third Place 3/10 7 5 0 2 14 9
SGTH 2007 Semi-finalist 3/8 5 1 3 1 6 3
IDTH 2008 Group Stage 5/8 3 1 0 2 5 6
IDVN 2010 In progress 6 3 2 1 11 6
Total 8/8 1 Runners-up 40 18 10 12 73 40

Merdeka Cup :
Date Opponent Result Venue Tournament Malaysia Scorers
January 6 United Arab Emirates 1-0 (L) Sharjah Stadium, UAE 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification
February 27 Yemen 1-0 (W) National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia Friendly Match Baddrol  
August 31 Qatar Al-Jaish 2-1 (L) Al-Wakrah Stadium, Qatar Friendly Match1 Fakri  
September 3 Oman 0-3 (L) Al-Wakrah Stadium, Qatar Friendly Match
November 26 Malaysia Selangor FA 2-2 (D) MBPJ Stadium, Malaysia Friendly Match1 Faizal   K. Gurusamy  
December 1 Indonesia 1-5 (L) Bung Karno Stadium, Indonesia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Norsharul  
December 4 Thailand 0-0 (D) Bung Karno Stadium, Indonesia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
December 7 Laos 5-1 (W) Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium, Indonesia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Amri   Hadi   Norshahrul   Jasuli  
December 12 Malaysia Kuala Lumpur FA 2-0 (W) KLFA Stadium, Malaysia Friendly Match1 Amri   Khyril  
December 15 Vietnam 2-0 (W) National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Safee  
December 18 Vietnam 0-0 (D) My Dinh National Stadium, Vietnam 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup
December 22 Malaysia Felda United FC 2-0 (W) Wisma FAM, Malaysia Friendly Match1 Ashaari   Safee  
December 26 Indonesia 3-0 (W) National Stadium, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup Safee   Ashaari  
December 29 Indonesia Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Indonesia 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup

Previous squads :
Manager Malaysia Subahan Kamal
Head coach Malaysia K. Rajagopal
Assistant coach Malaysia Tan Cheng Hoe
Fitness coach Slovakia Rustov Bozik
Goalkeeping coach Malaysia Mohd Faozi Mukhlas
Phsyiotherapist Malaysia S. Sivanesvaran

Previous squads :
Coach Malaysia career Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
Malaysia Neoh Boon Hean
Malaysia Edwin Dutton
Singapore Choo Seng Quee
West Germany Otto Westphal
Malaysia C. De Silva
Malaysia Peter Velappan
Malaysia Abdul Ghani Minhat 1969
England Harold Hassall
England Australia Dave McLaren 1970 � 1971
Malaysia Jalil Che Din 1972
Malaysia M. Kuppan 1973 � 1977
Malaysia Jalil Che Din 1974
Malaysia Chow Kwai Lam 1978
West Germany Karl-Heinz Weigang 1979 � 1982
Malaysia M. Chandran 1982 � 1983
England Frank Lord 1983 � 1985
Malaysia Mohamad Bakar 1985 � 1986
Slovakia Jozef Venglos 1986 � 1987
Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 1987
England Richard Bate 1988
Malaysia M. Chandran 1988
England Trevor Hartley 1989
Malaysia Ahmad Shafie 1990
Malaysia Rahim Abdullah 1991
Australia Ken Worden 1992 � 1993
France Claude Le Roy 1994 � 1995
Tunisia Hatem Souisi 1995
Malaysia Wan Jamak Wan Hassan 1996 � 1997
Tunisia Hatem Souisi 1998
Malaysia Abdul Rahman Ibrahim 1998 � 2000
England Allan Harris 2001 � 2004
Malaysia K. Rajagopal  2004
Hungary Bertalan Bicskei 2004 � 2005
Malaysia Norizan Bakar 2005 � 2007
Malaysia B. Sathianathan 2007 � 2009
Malaysia K. Rajagopal 2009 � present


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No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club

Football in Malaysia

League competitionsSuper League, Premier League, FAM Cup, President Cup, National Futsal League
Cup competitionsMalaysia Cup, FA Cup Malaysia, Merdeka Tournament, Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Cup
National teamsMen, Women, U-23, U-20

International association football

AsiaAFC � Asian Cup
AfricaCAF � Africa Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAF � Gold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFC � Nations Cup
EuropeUEFA � European Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-Board � Viva World Cup

National football teams of Asia (AFC)

Afghanistan, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Guam, Hong Kong*, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Korea DPR, Korea Republic, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau*, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northern Mariana Islands �, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
� Provisional Associate Member - Not a member of FIFA

ASEAN Football Federation

International CompetitionsASEAN Football Championship, AFF Futsal Championship
Club CompetitionsASEAN Club Championship
Age RelatedU-19 Youth Championship, U-16 Youth Championship, SEA Games
National TeamsAustralia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
Domestic LeaguesAustralia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam



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