The Malaysia League XI, commonly known as MSL All Stars, Malaysia Selection or Malaysia League Selection represents Malaysia Super League in friendly matches. Malaysia League XI mainly play non-FIFA 'A' international matches while the competitive matches such as FIFA World Cup qualifications and the AFC Asian Cup are played by the Malaysia national team.

Malaysia League XI
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia (Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia – FAM)
CaptainSafiq Rahim
Home stadiumBukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA codeMAS
First colours
First international
Malaysia Malaya 4–3 British Army United Kingdom
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 26 May 1962)
Biggest win
Malaysia Malaysia 6–0 Indonesia 
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 27 July 2012)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia Malaysia 0–6 Manchester United England
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 23 July 2001)

History edit

The Malaysia League XI is formed by the top players in the Malaysia Super League. Some of the players are mainly from the Malaysia national team. Malaysia League XI usually plays against football clubs throughout the world mostly from England.

In recent years, Football Association of Malaysia has always arranged matches between the Malaysian side and clubs throughout the world. Malaysia League XI doesn't play a match for a few years. They only play a match if they are invited to. The team mainly play against a pre-season match for the opposite team to be prepared for their leagues. Malaysia League XI only recorded four wins and four draws since their match at 1962.

Fixtures and results edit

Date Location Head coach Opponent Result Malaysia goalscorers Refs
26 May 1962 Merdeka Stadium Harun Haji Idris   British Army 4–3 (W) [1]
8 May 1974 Perak Stadium Jalil Che Din   Everton 0–1 (L)
11 May 1975 Merdeka Stadium M. Chandran   Arsenal 2–0 (W) Mokhtar   45', 77' [2][3]
14 May 1975 City Stadium, Penang M. Chandran   Arsenal 1–1 (D) Isa   75' [4][5][6]
31 July 1982 Merdeka Stadium M. Chandran   Nottingham Forest 0–3 (L)
18 May 1983 Merdeka Stadium Frank Lord   Newcastle United 2–5 (L) Zainal   ?'
Chen Wooi Haw   ?'
20 May 1983 Darulmakmur Stadium Frank Lord   Newcastle United 0–1 (L)
11 August 1989 Merdeka Stadium Trevor Hartley   Everton 0–0 (D)
(lose 2–4 on PSO)
20 May 1991 Merdeka Stadium Rahim Abdullah   Aston Villa 0–4 (L)
7 May 1995 Shah Alam Stadium Claude Le Roy   Flamengo XI 1–1 (D) Badrul   39' [7][8][9][10]
19 July 1999 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Abdul Rahman Ibrahim   Arsenal 0–2 (L) [a]
23 July 2001 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Allan Harris   Manchester United 0–6 (L) [b]
17 July 2004 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Allan Harris   Norwich City 0–1 (L) [11]
29 July 2008 Shah Alam Stadium B. Sathianathan   Chelsea 0–2 (L) [12][c]
18 July 2009 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Manchester United 2–3 (L) Amri   45', 52' [13][14][15][d]
20 July 2009 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Manchester United 0–2 (L) [16][17]
13 July 2011 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Arsenal 0–4 (L) [18][19][20][e]
16 July 2011 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Liverpool 3–6 (L) Safiq   44'
Safee   79', 82'
[21][22][23][f]
21 July 2011 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Ong Kim Swee   Chelsea 0–1 (L) [12][24][25][g]
24 July 2012 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Arsenal 1–2 (L) Azmi   45+2' [26][27][28][h]
27 July 2012 Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta Ong Kim Swee   Indonesia 6–0 (W) Hazwan   11'
Kubala   13' (pen.)
Azrif   31'
Amri   34', 36'
Shukor   62'
[29][30]
30 July 2012 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Manchester City 1–3 (L) Azamuddin   87' [31][32][i]
16 July 2013 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil K. Rajagopal   Chonburi 0–0 (D) [33][34]
21 July 2013 Shah Alam Stadium K. Rajagopal   Chelsea 1–4 (L) Fadhli   90+1' [12][35][36][j]
25 July 2013 Miho Ground, Shimizu, Shizuoka K. Rajagopal   Shimizu S-Pulse 0–2 (L) [37]
27 July 2013 Banyu Artificial Turf Soccer Field, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa K. Rajagopal   Shonan Bellmare 0–5 (L) [38][39]
31 July 2013 Tama City Athletic Stadium, Tama, Tokyo K. Rajagopal   Tokyo Verdy 0–5 (L) [40][41]
10 August 2013 Shah Alam Stadium K. Rajagopal   Barcelona 1–3 (L) Amri   39' [42][43][44][k]
27 May 2015 Shah Alam Stadium Dollah Salleh   Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 (L) Thiago Junio   31' [45][46][47]
24 July 2015 National Stadium, Bukit Jalil Dollah Salleh   Liverpool 1–1 (D) Patrick Wleh   13' [48][49][50][l]
28 March 2022 Jalan Besar Stadium Kim Pan-gon   Albirex Niigata Singapore 3–0 (W) Krasniqi   9'
Sumareh   45'
Faisal   65'
[51]

Players edit

Current squad edit

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club[m]
1 1GK Farizal Marlias (1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 37) 50 0   Johor Darul Ta'zim
23 1GK Khairulazhan Khalid (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34) 14 0   Selangor
21 1GK Kalamullah Al-Hafiz (1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 28) 0 0   Petaling Jaya City

7 2DF Aidil Zafuan (1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 36) 98 3   Johor Darul Ta'zim
3 2DF Shahrul Saad (1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30) 45 5   Johor Darul Ta'zim
22 2DF La'Vere Corbin-Ong (1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33) 15 1   Johor Darul Ta'zim
6 2DF Dominic Tan (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27) 8 0   Sabah
2 2DF Dion Cools (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 27) 6 0   Buriram Utd
24 2DF Khair Jones (1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 34) 4 1   Negeri Sembilan
5 2DF Quentin Cheng (1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24) 3 0   Selangor
28 2DF Khuzaimi Piee (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30) 2 0   Selangor

8 3MF Safiq Rahim (1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 36) 77 15   Johor Darul Ta'zim
14 3MF Syamer Kutty Abba (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26) 24 0   Johor Darul Ta'zim
29 3MF Nor Azam Azih (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 29) 17 0   Sri Pahang
15 3MF Kogileswaran Raj (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 25) 8 2   Petaling Jaya City
10 3MF Liridon Krasniqi (1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32) 6 1   Terengganu
25 3MF Zhafri Yahya (1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29) 0 0   Kuala Lumpur City

11 4FW Safawi Rasid (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27) 37 15   Terengganu
19 4FW Akhyar Rashid (1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 24) 28 7   Johor Darul Ta'zim
20 4FW Syafiq Ahmad (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 28) 24 8   Johor Darul Ta
13 4FW Mohamadou Sumareh (1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29) 24 6   Johor Darul Ta'zim
18 4FW Luqman Hakim Shamsudin (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22) 9 0   Kortrijk
12 4FW Arif Aiman Hanapi (2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 21) 9 0   Johor Darul Ta'zim
17 4FW Faisal Halim (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26) 5 0   Selangor
4FW Ramadhan Saifullah (2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 23) 0 0   Johor Darul Ta'zim

Head-to-head records edit

Opponents
Games played
Won
Drawn*
Lost
Goals for
Goals against
Goals difference
  Albirex Niigata Singapore 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
  Arsenal 5 1 1 3 4 9 −5
  Aston Villa 1 0 0 1 0 4 −4
  Barcelona 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
  Chelsea 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6
  Chonburi 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
  Everton 2 0 1 1 0 1 −1
  Flamengo XI 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
  Indonesia 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6
  Liverpool 2 0 1 1 4 7 −3
  Manchester City 1 0 0 1 1 3 −2
  Manchester United 3 0 0 3 2 11 −9
  Newcastle United 2 0 0 2 2 6 −4
  Norwich City 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
  Nottingham Forest 1 0 0 1 0 3 −3
  Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
  Shonan Bellmare 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
  Tokyo Verdy 1 0 0 1 0 5 −5
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Notes and references edit

Notes edit

References edit

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