Malaysian national soccer team

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Malaysia
مليسيا
Nickname (s) Harimau Malaya
Association Football Association of Malaysia
confederacy AFC
Head coach MalaysiaMalaysia Tan Cheng Hoe (since 2017)
captain Muhammad Shukor Adan
Record scorer Mokhtar Dahari (125)
Record player R. Arumugam (196)
Home stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA code MAS
FIFA rank 154. (1040 points)
(as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey
Second jersey
statistics
First international Malaya 2: 3 South Korea ( Singapore ; April 13, 1953 ) Malaysia 1: 1 Thailand ( Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia ; 1964 )
Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya Korea SouthSouth Korea

MalaysiaMalaysia ThailandThailand
Biggest win Malaya 15: 1 Philippines ( Jakarta , Indonesia ; Aug. 26, 1962 )
Malaya FederationFederation of Malaya Philippines 1944Philippines
Biggest defeat Malaysia 0:11 PR China ( Bangkok , Thailand ; December 20, 1978 )
MalaysiaMalaysia China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
Successes in tournaments
Asian Championship
Participation in the finals 3 ( first : 1976 )
Best results Preliminary round 1976, 1980, 2007
Olympic games
Preliminary round 1972
(As of September 26, 2008)

The Malaysian national soccer team is the national team of Malaysia . The Football Association of Malaysia is the football association. It was founded in 1933 and joined FIFA in 1956. The team completed their first international match in 1953 as a selection of the Malaya Federation, which was dependent on Great Britain until 1957 . Since 1963, the team has represented Malaysia, which has expanded to include North Borneo.

The team has not yet qualified for a soccer world championship. In 1976, 1980 and 2007 Malaysia qualified for the Asian Cup , but failed in the first round. Under the German coach Karl-Heinz Weigang he qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow . Since Malaysia joined the Olympic boycott of other countries, it did not take part.

Participation in the Olympic Games

1900 to 1960 not participated
1964 in Tokyo not qualified
1968 in Mexico City not participated
1972 in Munich Preliminary round
1976 in Montreal not qualified
1980 in Moscow qualified but withdrawn because of the invasion of Afghanistan by the USSR
1984 in Los Angeles not qualified
1988 in Seoul not qualified

After 1988 the senior national team stopped taking part in the Olympic Games and the qualifying games. An Olympic team has not yet qualified.

Participation in the soccer world championships

Participation in the Asian Championships

  • 5th Asian Football Championship 1976 - preliminary round
  • 6th Asian Football Championship 1980 - preliminary round
  • 13th Asian Football Championship 2007 - preliminary round

Participation in the ASEAN soccer championships

Known players

Malaysia's national team at the AFF Suzuki Cup , 2008

Trainer

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Karl-Heinz Weigang dies of heart attack ( memento of the original from June 22, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on June 14, 2017 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.thesundaily.my