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Malaysia national under-23 football team

Malaysia national under-23 football team (Malay: Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan bawah-23 Malaysia), also known as Malaysia Under-23, Malaysia U-23 or Malaysia Olympic football team is the national association football team of Malaysia in under-23 and 22 level, representing the country at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments including the AFC U-23 Championship.

Malaysia U-23
Nickname(s)Harimau Muda
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachJuan Torres Garrido
CaptainMukhairi Ajmal
Most capsFadhli Shas (50)
Top scorerRozaimi Rahman (20)
Akmal Rizal (20)
Home stadiumBukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA codeMAS
First colours
Second colours
First international
Malaysia Malaysia 1–1 Japan 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1]
Biggest win
Malaysia Malaysia 11–0 East Timor 
(Vientiane, Laos; 2 December 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Thailand 9–0 Malaysia Malaysia
(Bangkok, Thailand; November 1998)
Asian Games
Appearances4 (first in 2002)
Best resultRound of 16 (2010, 2018)
AFC U-23 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2018)
Best resultQuarter-finals (2018)
Southeast Asian Games
Appearances12 (first in 2001)
Best result Gold Medal (2009, 2011)
Medal record
Malaysia national under-23 football team
Medal record
SEA Games
Silver medal – second place 2001 Malaysia Team
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Vietnam Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Philippines Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Laos Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Indonesia Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Malaysia Team
Merdeka Tournament
Gold medal – first place 2007 Malaysia Team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Malaysia Team

It is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The team won the 2009 and 2011 SEA Games gold medal.

History edit

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national football team. It is for players aged 23 and less, however 3 senior players can also be selected to play. Also in existence are national teams for the Under-20s, Under-17s and Under-15s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-23s, senior side and then again for the U-23s.

Olympic 2000 edit

After the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship, FAM was aiming to qualify for the 2000 Sydney Olympic. Thus, the FAM spent about US$6 million and continued the contract of Malaysian youth team coach, Hatem Souissi. Then FAM formed a squad known as Olympic 2000 with a combination of 1997 youth squad and other under 23 players. FAM decided to include Olympic 2000 as one of the teams in Malaysia League. Their first match was against Johor FA in a qualification match for Malaysia Premier I League. The team won their first match away 1–0 before drawing 1–1 at home to qualify for Malaysia Premier I League. However the team finished bottom during the 1998 season with only 4 wins in 22 matches.[2] The Olympic 2000 also showed poor performance at the international stage. They were humiliated by the Thailand Asian Games squad in a 1998 friendly match as the Thais beat them 9–0. During the qualification matches, Olympic 2000 only managed to finish third behind Hong Kong and Japan. It was questioned among fans how a squad that had been playing together since 1995 with fine talents and given so much exposure cannot achieve expectations.

Disbandment of Harimau Muda edit

After Harimau Muda project disbanded, FAM needed a fresh start for the U-23 team where a new set of players was brought in for the team with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team.[3] The players in the team mainly consisted of players with ages around 18 to 21 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 22 years old when 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia started. With a bigger pool of players within age of 18–22, the players in the team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the younger side such as U-21 and U-22 when needed.

Revival of the team edit

Southeast Asian Games edit

2009 Southeast Asian Games edit

Main article: Football at the 2009 Southeast Asian Games

In July 2009, K. Rajagopal was named as the new coach of the Malaysia U-23 team. Under his management, Malaysia qualified for the semifinals of the 2009 SEA Games after becoming the runners-up of Group A with only one point behind the group champion, Vietnam. Malaysia then defeated Laos 3–1 in the semifinals, before meeting Vietnam again and defeating them 1–0 in the final with an own goal scored by Mai Xuân Hợp in 85th minute.[4] This was to be their fifth SEA Games gold medal and also the first great achievement for the U-23 team under Rajagopal who also led Malaysia to qualify for the second round of the 2010 Asian Games as one of the four best third-placed teams after a lapse of 32 years.[5]

2011 Southeast Asian Games edit

Main article: Football at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games
2011 SEA Games winners final starting line-up.[6]

In 2011, the team was taken over by Ong Kim Swee. The new coach later arranged two friendly matches against Thailand and Singapore in preparation for the 2012 Olympics qualifiers. Malaysia lost narrowly by 1–2 to Thailand[7] but won 2–0 against Singapore.[8]

Malaysia then advanced to the semifinals of the 2011 SEA Games by topping Group A after defeating the host, Indonesia 1–0. Then, Malaysia also beat Myanmar 1–0 in the semifinals to advance to the final. In the final, they met Indonesia again and held them to a 1–1 draw until the end, resulting in a penalty shoot-out which Malaysia won 4–3. This was also the sixth SEA Games football gold medal led by Ong Kim Swee after the successful achievement in 2009.[9]

Summer Olympics Qualification edit

2012 Summer Olympics Qualification edit

Main article: Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The team then continued their success by qualifying for the third round of 2012 Olympic Asian Qualifiers after defeating Pakistan in the first round and Lebanon in the second round where they became the sole team from Southeast Asia to qualify for the third round. However, in the third round, Malaysia lost all of their first three third round matches at the 2012 Olympic Asian qualifying matches, losing 0–2 to both Japan and Syria and 2–3 to Bahrain. Malaysia also lost their second three third round matches and was subsequently eliminated.

AFC U-23 Championship edit

2018 AFC U-23 Championship edit

Main articles: 2018 AFC U-23 Championship qualification and 2018 AFC U-23 Championship

Several years after the revival, the team made another debut to pass the AFC U-23 qualification in 2018. Positioned in Group H, the team managed to defeat Indonesia by a score of 3–0 while suffering a similar score defeat to Thailand in the second match, the team subsequently bounced back and defeated Mongolia by 2–0. By leading the group, Malaysia was able to qualify for the AFC U-23 Championship. The team was then placed in Group C, losing to Iraq in the first match by 1–4 before bouncing back to hold Jordan 1–1 and defeating Saudi Arabia 1–0, to end up as the group runner-up and subsequently became the first Southeast Asian representatives alongside Vietnam to qualify for the quarterfinal of the tournament for the first time in both teams' history.[10] In their quarterfinal match however, Malaysia lost to South Korea by 1–2.[11]

Asian Games edit

2018 Asian Games edit

Main article: Football at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's tournament

The team then achieved surprising results after being drawn in Group E in the 2018 Asian Games together with Kyrgyzstan, defending champion South Korea and Bahrain. Malaysia opened their group matches with a 3–1 victory against Kyrgyzstan before defeating the tournament favourites South Korea that was led by their 2018 FIFA World Cup players such as the famous pair of strikers Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan and their goalkeeper Jo Hyeon-woo by 2–1, but the goalkeeper did not play in the match since he was rested.[12] Malaysia's victory against South Korea is their first win against the South Korea in the Asian Games tournament after 16 years.[13] With expectations running high from the fans and rising, the team however failed to continue their success after losing to Bahrain by 2–3 after already having qualified for the second round and leading the group.[14][15] The team then met Japan and was eliminated from the tournament after their players wasted attacking opportunities by playing cautiously in addition to their defensive mistakes in the 90th minute that subsequently gave the advantage to their opponents with a penalty kick being awarded which was successfully converted by Japanese striker Ayase Ueda resulting in a 0–1 score until the end of the match.[16][17]

International scene edit

Further information: Malaysia national football team

In 2009, the Malaysian team started using the same squad for their under-23 team and senior team under the new management of coach K. Rajagopal. The senior team uses players below the age of 23, together with their senior players like Safee Sali and Norhafiz Zamani Misbah. This was set for the national team to prepare for the challenges ahead of them. Since then, Malaysia also used some of their under-23 players for other tournaments such as the Ho Chi Minh City Cup, 2010 Asian Games and 2010 AFF Championship. Malaysia followed this practice since the Football Association of Malaysia chairman, HRH Sultan Ahmad Shah, planned this and set it mainly for Rajagopal.[citation needed] This is as a result of the humiliating loss of the senior team by 0–5 to the United Arab Emirates at the 2011 AFC Asian Cup qualification.

Tournament records edit

Olympic Games edit

Olympic Games Record Olympic qualification Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA Pld W D L GF GA
  1992 did not qualify 8 4 1 3 13 7
  1996 4 0 1 3 1 6
  2000 8 3 2 3 17 17
  2004 6 0 1 5 3 17
  2008 6 1 1 4 4 9
  2012 10 2 2 6 7 17
  2016 did not qualify and reach best place in 2016 AFC U-23 Championship
  2020 did not qualify and reach best place in 2020 AFC U-23 Championship
  2024 [to be determined] – – – – – – – – – – – – –
  2028 [to be determined] – – – – – – – – – – – – –
Total Best: 0/7 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 10 8 24 45 73
Note

Asian Games edit

Asian Games Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  2002 Group Stage 17/24 3 1 0 2 3 6
  2006 30/32 3 0 0 3 2 10
  2010 Round of 16 14/24 4 1 0 3 3 9
  2014 Group Stage 19/29 3 1 0 2 4 6
  2018 Round of 16 12/25 4 2 0 2 7 6
  2022 did not enter
Total Best: Round 2 5/5 17 5 0 12 19 37
Note

AFC U-23 Asian Cup edit

AFC U-23 Asian Cup record AFC U-23 qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
  2013 See Malaysia national under-22 football team See Malaysia national under-22 football team
  2016 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 3 3
  2018 Quarter-finals 4 1 1 2 4 7 3 2 0 1 5 3
  2020 Did not qualify 3 2 1 0 6 2
  2022 Group stage 3 0 0 3 1 9 3 2 1 0 2 0
  2024 Qualified 3 2 0 1 6 1
  2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Best: Quarter-finals 7 1 1 5 5 16 15 9 2 4 22 9

Note edit

  • Since 2016 edition, AFC changes the competition format from under-22 into under-23 tournament.
  • Since 2022 edition, the competition name changes to AFC U-23 Asian Cup. Before that edition, it was called AFC U-23 Championship.
  • Bold in the Round column indicates that it was the team's best result in all editions of the competition.

SEA Games edit

SEA Games Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  2001   Silver 2/9 5 4 0 1 10 2
  2003   Bronze 3/8 5 3 1 1 17 8
  2005 3/9 5 3 0 2 12 6
  2007 Group Stage 5/8 3 1 1 1 6 4
  2009   Gold 1/9 6 5 0 1 22 5
  2011 1/11 6 4 2 0 9 3
  2013 Fourth Place 4/10 6 3 2 1 11 6
  2015 Group Stage 5/11 5 3 0 2 7 7
  20171   Silver 2/11 6 5 0 1 11 5
  2019 Group Stage 8/11 4 1 1 2 6 5
  2021 Fourth Place 4/10 6 2 3 1 10 8
  2023 Group Stage 5/10 4 2 0 2 13 5
  2025 [to be determined] – – – – – – –
Total Best: Champions 12/12 61 36 10 15 134 64
Note
*Win on penalty kicks.
**Loss on penalty kicks.

ASEAN U-23 edit

AFF U-23 Youth Championship Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  2005 Fourth Place 4/8 5 2 2 1 7 10
  2011 CC/DNP
  2019 Group Stage 5/8 3 1 1 1 3 3
  2022 7/9 2 0 0 2 1 4
  2023 Fourth Place 4/10 4 2 1 1 6 6
Total Best: Fourth Place 4/4 14 5 4 5 17 23
Note
  • * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Summer Universiade edit

Summer Universiade Record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
  2013 Eighth Place 8/15 5 1 1 3 4 10
Total Best: Eighth Place 1/1 5 1 1 3 4 10
Note

Results and fixtures edit

Main article: Malaysia national under-23 football team results

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Lose

2023 edit

3 May 2023 2023 SEA Games GS Malaysia   5−1   Laos Phnom Penh, Cambodia
20:00 UTC+8
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Attendance: 4,850
Referee: Clifford Daypuyat (Philippines)
6 May 2023 2023 SEA Games GS Thailand   2–0   Malaysia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
17:00 UTC+8
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Attendance: 2,473
Referee: Kim Hee-gon (South Korea)
8 May 2023 2023 SEA Games GS Malaysia   1–2   Vietnam Phnom Penh, Cambodia
20:00 UTC+8
Report
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Referee: Jumpei Iida (Japan)
11 May 2023 2023 SEA Games GS Singapore   0–7   Malaysia Phnom Penh, Cambodia
17:00 UTC+8 Report
Stadium: Prince Stadium
Attendance: 1,320
Referee: Hasan Akrami (Iran)
18 August 2023 2023 AFF U-23 Championship Malaysia   2–1   Indonesia Rayong, Thailand
21:00 UTC+8 Tierney   54' (pen.), 63' Report Sananta   29' Stadium: Rayong Province Stadium
Attendance: 700
Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan)
22 August 2023 2023 AFF U-23 Championship East Timor   1–3   Malaysia Rayong, Thailand
21:00 UTC+8 Olagar   41' Ikmalrizal   5', 64'
Izwan   13'		 Stadium: PTT Stadium
Referee: Abdul Hakim Haidi (Brunei)
24 August 2023 2023 AFF U-23 Championship Malaysia   1–4   Vietnam Rayong, Thailand
17:00 UTC+8 Ikmalrizal   49' Đinh Xuân Tiến   8', 44'
Nguyễn Quốc Việt   32'
Nguyễn Hồng Phúc   85'		 Stadium: Rayong Province Stadium
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
26 August 2023 2023 AFF U-23 Championship Malaysia   0–0
(3–4 p)		   Thailand Rayong, Thailand
17:00 UTC+8 Stadium: Rayong Province Stadium
Attendance: 774
Referee: Choi Hyun-jai (South Korea)
Penalties
6 September 2023 (2023-09-06) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Malaysia   2–0   Bangladesh Chonburi, Thailand
16:30 UTC+7
Report Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Attendance: 750
Referee: Omar Mohamed Al Ali (United Arab Emirates)
9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Philippines   0–4   Malaysia Chonburi, Thailand
16:30 UTC+7 Report
Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Referee: Ahmad Alali (Kuwait)
12 September 2023 (2023-09-12) 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup qualification Thailand   1–0   Malaysia Chonburi, Thailand
20:30 UTC+7
Report Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
23 December 2023 (2023-12-23) Friendly China   0–1   Malaysia Shanghai, China
14:00 UTC+8 Harith   90+5' Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre
26 December 2023 (2023-12-26) Friendly China   2–1   Malaysia Shanghai, China
14:00 UTC+8 Du   5'
Tao   45+4'		 Izwan   34' Stadium: Jinshan Sports Centre

2024 edit

22 March 2023 (2023-03-22) Closed Door Friendly Malaysia   2–1   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
22:00 UTC+8
Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium
25 March 2024 Closed Door Friendly Malaysia   1–1   India Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
22:00 UTC+8
Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Stadium
4 April 2024 Closed Door Friendly China   2–1   Malaysia Doha, Qatar
01:30 UTC+8 Asqer   26' (pen.), 85' (pen.) Tierney   61' Stadium: Qatar University Stadium
7 April 2024 Closed Door Friendly Qatar   1–0   Malaysia Doha, Qatar
--:-- UTC+8
Stadium: Abdullah bin Khalifa Stadium
17 April 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS Uzbekistan   v   Malaysia Al Rayyan, Qatar
16:00 UTC+3 Stadium: Khalifa International Stadium
20 April 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS Malaysia   v   Vietnam Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3 Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah
23 April 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup GS Kuwait   v   Malaysia Al Wakrah, Qatar
18:30 UTC+3 Stadium: Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium, Al Wakrah

Coaching staffs edit

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles Names Appointment date
Technical Director   Scott O'Donell 21 Jan 2022
Head coach   Juan Torres Garrido 12 October 2023
Assistant coach   Shukor Adan 12 October 2023
Goalkeeping coach   Yong Wai Hwang 1 September 2022
Fitness coach   Oscar Balaguer Cabeza 12 October 2023
Performance analyst   Lee Je-yoon 1 September 2022
Malaysia national football team management and supporting staff
Roles Names Appointment date
Physiotherapist   Harris Zafran Ahmad Haraman
Masseur   Ahmad Ramzi Ahmad Zaini
Kitman   Sukri Haimi
Team Doctor   Ridzuan Azmi
Video analyst   Ahmad Hilmi Abdul Latif
Nutritionist   Norazmi Ramliy
Media Officer   Wan Mohd Fakhrul Anwar Wan Bakar
Team Administrator   Azfendy Azzudin

Source:[18] Source:[19]

Squad edit

Current squad edit

The following 23 players were called up for the 2024 AFC U-23 Asian Cup in April 2024.[20]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Club
23 1GK Sikh Izhan (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22)   Negeri Sembilan
16 1GK Azim Al-Amin (2001-09-20) 20 September 2001 (age 22)   Selangor
1 1GK Firdaus Irman (2001-07-23) 23 July 2001 (age 22)   Perak
2 2DF Aiman Yusni (2002-05-11) 11 May 2002 (age 21)   Perak
13 2DF Umar Hakeem (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 (age 21)   Johor Darul Ta'zim
5 2DF Harith Haiqal (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 21)   Selangor
14 2DF Zikri Khalili (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 (age 21)   Selangor
3 2DF Ubaidullah Shamsul (2003-11-30) 30 November 2003 (age 20)   Terengganu
19 2DF Safwan Mazlan (2002-02-22) 22 February 2002 (age 22)   Terengganu
20 2DF Azrin Afiq (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22)   Negeri Sembilan
21 2DF Saiful Jamaluddin (2002-05-28) 28 May 2002 (age 21)   Sri Pahang
17 3MF Syahir Bashah (2001-09-16) 16 September 2001 (age 22)   Selangor
12 3MF Nooa Laine (2002-11-22) 22 November 2002 (age 21)   Selangor
7 3MF Mukhairi Ajmal (2001-11-07) 7 November 2001 (age 22)   Selangor
9 3MF Aliff Izwan (2004-02-10) 10 February 2004 (age 20)   Selangor
4 3MF Muhammad Abu Khalil (2005-04-11) 11 April 2005 (age 19)   Selangor
8 4FW T. Saravanan (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 23)   Sri Pahang
11 4FW Alif Zikri (2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 21)   Perak
6 4FW Najmudin Akmal (2003-01-11) 11 January 2003 (age 21)   Johor Darul Ta'zim
18 4FW Daryl Sham (2002-11-30) 30 November 2002 (age 21)   Johor Darul Ta'zim
15 4FW Fergus Tierney (2003-03-19) 19 March 2003 (age 21)   Johor Darul Ta'zim
22 4FW Haqimi Azim (2003-01-06) 6 January 2003 (age 21)   Kuala Lumpur City
10 4FW Luqman Hakim (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)   YSCC Yokohama

Recent call-ups edit

These players are called up for the last 36 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Syahmi Adib (2003-03-30) 30 March 2003 (age 21) - -   Selangor II
DF Firdaus Ramli (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22) - -   Johor Darul Ta'zim
DF Hariz Mansor (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 22) - -   Kedah Darul Aman v.   Thailand, 12 Sept 2023
DF Rakesh Munusamy (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 21) - -   Terengganu v.   Thailand, 12 Sept 2023
MF Aiman Afif (2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 23) - -   Kedah Darul Aman
MF Adam Farhan (2004-03-04) 4 March 2004 (age 20) - -   Johor Darul Ta'zim
MF Wan Kuzri (2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 21) - -   Akron Zips v.   Thailand, 12 Sept 2023

Coaches edit

Honours edit

Regional edit

Others edit

See also edit

References edit

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External links edit

Preceded by SEA Games Champions
2009 (First title for U-23)
2011 (Second title for U-23) 		Succeeded by
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