Malaysia national football team
Malaysia national football team represents Malaysia in soccer.
| Nickname(s) | Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) | ||
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| Association | FAM | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Tan Cheng Hoe | ||
| Top scorer | Zainal Abidin Hassan (78)[1] | ||
| Home stadium | Bukit Jalil | ||
| FIFA code | MAS | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
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| Highest | 75 (August 1993) | ||
| Lowest | 178 (March 2018) | ||
| First international | |||
 Malaysia 1–1 Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 October 1963)[note 1] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Malaysia 11–0 Philippines [[File:{{{flag alias-1936}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]] (Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United Arab Emirates 10–0 Malaysia (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 3 September 2015) | |||
Malaysia National Football Team Media
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 and at that time president of Football Association of Malaya & Asian Football Confederation.
The Malaysian team (yellow) against New Zealand (white) during a friendly match in Queen Elizabeth II Park, Christchurch, New Zealand on 19 February 2006.
National Stadium Bukit Jalil 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup final
Aerial View of Kuala Lumpur Stadium
A part of the action from Ultras Malaya during the 2014 AFF Championship second leg final match between Malaysia and Thailand. Thailand won the competition.
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References
- ↑ "AFF Suzuki Cup Hero: Zainal Abidin Hassan – Harimau Legend". Fox Sports Malaysia. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
But more importantly, aside from his fruitful club career, what further cements his place as a distinguished footballer in the Southeast Asian region are his services to his national team, the Harimau Malaya. A total of 78 goals in 138 appearances (0.57 goal/game) is a goalscoring rate of high regard for one's country. Although he might have been in a generation when Southeast Asian football was singlehandedly dominated by Thailand, he was part of the Malaysian team that was able to get a gold medal in the 1989 Southeast Asian Games.
- ↑ "Malaysia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Malaysia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
Notes
- ↑ Result count since after the Federation of Malaysia formation on 16 September 1963.[2]