Malaysia national under-16 football team

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Malaysia U-16
Nickname(s)Harimau Muda
(Young Tigers)
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachP. Maniam
Home stadiumBukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA codeMAS
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Singapore 0–0 Malaysia Malaysia
(Singapore; August 1980)
Biggest win
 Guam 0–15 Malaysia Malaysia
(Yangon, Myanmar; 12 June 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Bahrain 6–0 Malaysia Malaysia
(Singapore; August 1980)
Malaysia Malaysia 0–6 Thailand 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 1992)
Malaysia Malaysia 0–6 Laos 
(Canberra, Australia; 9 October 2009)
 Australia 7–1 Malaysia Malaysia
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 18 July 2016)
AFC U-16 Championship
Appearances5 (first in 2004)
Best resultQuarter-final (2014)
AFF U-16 Championship
Appearances8 (first in 2002)
Best resultChampions (2013, 2019)

The Malaysia national under-16 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-16 or Malaysia U-16) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-16 Championship, AFC U-16 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 15 to 16 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 17 years old when the next U-17 tournament started.

History[]

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-19 football team. It is for players aged 16 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-22s (Under-21s and Under-20s), Under-19s 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-16s, senior side and then again for the U-16s.

AFF U-16 Youth Championship[]

The team best performance in the AFF U-16 Youth Championship is by winning the 2013 edition in Myanmar.

Players was called up for international duty with the international selection as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in July 2016. The team did not managed to pass the group stage.[1][2][3]

AFC U-16 Championship qualifying[]

Malaysia achieved their best ever quarter-final appearance in 2014 edition before being eliminated by Australia after a narrow 1–2 defeat. The team continued to show their improvement at youth level by advancing to the 2016 competition with three wins from four during their qualifying campaign under the guidance of coach P.Somasundram. The team targeting for reaching the semi-finals and qualify for the World Cup.[4]

The team will participated for the 2016 edition in Group C alongside South Korea, Oman, and Iraq.[5][6] They face the 2016 campaign with failed to get past the group stage, defeated twice each with Oman 0–3 and South Korea 0–3 and draw 1–1 with Iraq in the group, closing their chances to qualify to the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying[]

The team qualifying will be determined after AFC U-16 Youth Championship 2018 result.

NFDP collaboration[]

After a recent slump in performance of national team, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and National Football Development Programme (NFDP) has collaborated to increase the quality of grassroots football development in Malaysia in order to produce better players for the national team.[7] The current target is to produce players which will represent Malaysia in Under 17 World Cup competition in near future.[7]

International records[]

ASEAN Confederation[]

Invited tournaments[]

Invited Tournament
Year Tournament Result GP W D* L GS GA
Singapore Lion City Cup Round 1 5 1 2 2 3 12
Singapore Lion City Cup 5 0 0 5 1 19
Singapore Lion City Cup 4 1 0 3 5 7
Singapore Lion City Cup Runners-up 5 3 1 1 11 3
Singapore Lion City Cup 4 2 1 1 3 3
Malaysia 2012 Frenz International Cup Fourth Place 5 2 1 2 8 4
Malaysia 2014 FAM-FRENZ Asia Champions Trophy Champions 13 8 3 2 44 17
China International Youth Championships 4 2 1 1 3 1
China 2016 Dream Come True Tournament Runners-up 6 5 1 0 64 3
India 2016 AIFF Youth Cup Fourth Place 5 0 2 3 5 12
Japan 2016 Bari Cup Runners-up 5 4 0 1 20 5
ItalyAustriaSlovenia 2017 Tournament of Nations Tenth Place 5 1 0 4 3 7
Japan 2018 JENESYS Japan-ASEAN Tournament Fifth place 4 3 0 1 16 2
Hong Kong 2019 Jockey Club Football Tournament Champions 3 3 0 0 11 1
China CFA Football Tournament Champions 3 2 1 0 5 2
Total Best: Champions Invited Tournament: Ten Tournament

Results and fixtures[]

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019[]

19 April 2019 (2019-04-19) 2019 Jockey Club (Round-robin) Singapore  0–1[n 1][8]  Malaysia Diamond Hill, Hong Kong
--:-- UTC+8 Stadium: 1 & 2 Field
21 April 2019 (2019-04-21) 2019 Jockey Club (Round-robin) Malaysia  6–1  Myanmar Diamond Hill, Hong Kong
--:-- UTC+8 Stadium: 1 & 2 Field
22 April 2019 (2019-04-22) 2019 Jockey Club (Round-robin) Hong Kong  0–4  Malaysia Diamond Hill, Hong Kong
--:-- UTC+8 Stadium: 1 & 2 Field
25 June 2019 (2019-06-25) Friendly Malaysia  2–0  Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 14'
20'		 Stadium:
27 June 2019 (2019-06-27) Friendly Malaysia  4–0  Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 39'
64'
73'
82'		 Stadium:
18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) 2019 CFA Tournament (Round-robin) Iran  0–2  Malaysia Hainan, China
16:00 UTC+8 65'
85'		 Stadium: Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium
20 July 2019 (2019-07-20) 2019 CFA Tournament (Round-robin) China PR  1–1  Malaysia Hainan, China
--:-- UTC+8 24' (o.g.) 90+3' Stadium: Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium
22 July 2019 (2019-07-22) 2019 CFA Tournament (Round-robin) Malaysia  2–1  North Korea Hainan, China
--:-- UTC+8 20'
57'		 90+5' (pen.) Stadium: Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium
28 July 2019 (2019-07-28) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Group stage) Malaysia  8–0  Brunei Chonburi, Thailand
15:00 UTC+7 6', 13', 46'
40+1', 40+3'
40+4'
57'
72'		 Report Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1
Attendance: 50
Referee: Trường Hồng Vũ (Vietnam)
30 July 2019 (2019-07-30) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Group stage) Malaysia  2–0  Cambodia Chonburi, Thailand
15:30 UTC+7 63'
66'		 Report Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 2
Attendance: 7
Referee: Linjun Talaver (Philippines)
1 August 2019 (2019-08-01) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Group stage) Australia  0–3  Malaysia Chonburi, Thailand
15:00 UTC+7 Report 4' (pen.)
28'
70'		 Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1
Attendance: 80
Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)
3 August 2019 (2019-08-03) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Group stage) Malaysia  1–1  Laos Chonburi, Thailand
15:30 UTC+7 80' (o.g.) Report 33' Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 2
Attendance: 64
Referee: Linjun Talaver (Philippines)
5 August 2019 (2019-08-05) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Group stage) Thailand  1–1  Malaysia Chonburi, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 18' Report 80+3' (o.g.) Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1
Attendance: 320
Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)
7 August 2019 (2019-08-07) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Semi-finals) Malaysia  3–1  Vietnam Chonburi, Thailand
15:00 UTC+7 14', 49'
77'		 Report 9' Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1
Attendance: 105
Referee: Abdul Hakim Mohd Haidi (Brunei)
9 August 2019 (2019-08-09) 2019 AFF U-15 Championship (Finals) Thailand  1–2  Malaysia Chonburi, Thailand
18:00 UTC+7 16'
Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 79'
Red card 80+4'		 Report 68'
80'
Red card 80+4'		 Stadium: Chonburi Campus Stadium 1
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)
6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) Friendly Malaysia  10–0  Mongolia Shah Alam, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 11'
18'
25'
43'
51'
71', 77', 78'
88'
90+1'		 Stadium:
9 September 2019 (2019-09-09) Friendly Malaysia  4–0  Mongolia Shah Alam, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 5'
9'
45+3'
50'		 Stadium: Sime Darby Fc Training Ground
18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification (Group J) Malaysia  7–0  Cambodia Vientiane, Laos
18:30 UTC+7 7' (pen.)
16'
22', 30'
52'
65'
90'		 Report Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 189
Referee: Tejas Nagvenkar (India)
20 September 2019 (2019-09-20) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification (Group J) Laos  1–0  Malaysia Vientiane, Laos
18:30 UTC+7 4' Report Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)
22 September 2019 (2019-09-22) 2020 AFC U-16 qualification (Group J) Japan  2–2  Malaysia Vientiane, Laos
15:00 UTC+7
Report
  • 73' (pen.), 82'
 Stadium: New Laos National Stadium
Attendance: 721
Referee: Shukri Al-Hunfush (Saudi Arabia)

Players[]

Current squad[]

The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.

Head Coach: P. Maniam

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Malaysia
22 1GK Malaysia
23 1GK Malaysia
13 2DF Malaysia
14 2DF Malaysia
21 2DF Malaysia
2 2DF Malaysia
3 2DF Malaysia
6 2DF Malaysia
4 2DF Malaysia
15 3MF Malaysia
25 3MF Malaysia
5 3MF Malaysia
8 3MF Malaysia
11 3MF Malaysia
20 3MF Malaysia
17 3MF Malaysia
9 4FW Malaysia
7 4FW Malaysia
18 4FW Malaysia
16 4FW Malaysia
12 4FW Malaysia

Previous call up[]

The following players have also been called up this year (2017).

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Muhammad Hafizy Mohd Hajazy 0 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
GK Syahmi Umar 1 0 Malaysia
GK Wan Muhammad Syafiq Hilmi Wan Kamri (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 20) 2 0 Malaysia
GK Daniel Akmal 3 0 Malaysia 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship
MF Fahmi Daniel 15 4 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
DF Nuh Azlan Syah 15 1 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
DF Izzul Adham Suhami 13 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
DF Dinesh a/l Baskaran 10 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
DF Pengiran Mohamad Ilham Jumahat (2002-02-13) 13 February 2002 (age 19) 17 1 Malaysia
MF Muhammad Azrul Haikal Ramlee (2002-12-29) 29 December 2002 (age 19) 16 1 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
MF Arif Aiman Mohd Hanafi 7 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
MF Mohammad Marwan Abdul Rahman 8 1 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
MF Aleff Haedi Za’ba 11 1 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
MF Muhammad Aznil Hafiz Azhar 2 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
MF Aiman Zikri 9 0 Malaysia
MF Sahil Husni 3 0 Malaysia
MF Muhamad Alif Abdul Mutalib 14 6 Malaysia
MF Mohamad Faiz Mohamad Khairi 4 1 Malaysia 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
MF K. Naven Raj (2002-01-14) 14 January 2002 (age 20) 2 0 Malaysia Tournament of Nations
MF Khuzairi Abdullah (2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Malaysia Tournament of Nations
MF Azrin Afiq 5 0 Malaysia 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship
MF Razif Alimi Razaki 3 0 Malaysia 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship
FW Amirul Ashrafiq (2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 19) 16 5 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
FW Megat Syafique Syazwan 13 0 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
FW Muhammad Asman Asrul Sukarnain 8 2 Malaysia 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
FW Rafiffikri Rosman 0 0 Malaysia 2017 AFF U-15 Youth Championship
FW Aiman Haikal Azman (2002-02-07) 7 February 2002 (age 19) 8 5 Malaysia 2018 AFC U-16 Championship qualification

Coaching staff[]

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles Names
Head Coach Malaysia P. Maniam
Assistant Coach Malaysia Fariq Abd Rahman
Assistant Coach Malaysia Firdaus Aziz
Goalkeeping Coach Malaysia Fairuz Firdaus Nurul Zaman
Malaysia national football team management and supporting staff
Roles Names
Team Manager Malaysia Sivasundaram Sithamparam Pillai
Kitman Malaysia Suhardi Abang Usop
Team Admin Malaysia Muhammad Aiqal Rasman
Performance Analyst Malaysia Mohd Aimerul Mat Nuar
Physiotherapist Malaysia Chin Chee Yong
Masseur Malaysia Zahari Mazlan
Team Doctor Malaysia Ridzuan Azmi
Media Officer Malaysia Vincent Wong Yew Sing

Honours[]

Regional[]

Coaches[]

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Match abandoned in the 36th minute due to heavy rain with leading result of Malaysia 1–0 Singapore.

References[]

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