Malaysia national under-16 football team

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.

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
(Singapore; August 1980)
Biggest win
 Guam 0–15 Malaysia
(Yangon, Myanmar; 12 June 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Bahrain 6–0 Malaysia
(Singapore; August 1980)
Malaysia 0–6 Thailand 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 1992)
Malaysia 0–6 Laos 
(Canberra, Australia; 9 October 2009)
 Australia 7–1 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)

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
1980Lion City CupRound 15122312
1981Lion City Cup5005119
1982Lion City Cup410357
2005Lion City CupRunners-up5311113
2006Lion City Cup421133
2012Frenz International CupFourth Place521284
2014FAM-FRENZ Asia Champions TrophyChampions138324417
2015International Youth Championships421131
2016Dream Come True TournamentRunners-up6510643
2016AIFF Youth CupFourth Place5023512
2016Bari CupRunners-up5401205
2017Tournament of NationsTenth Place510437
2018JENESYS Japan-ASEAN TournamentFifth place4301162
2019Jockey Club Football TournamentChampions3300111
2019CFA Football TournamentChampions321052
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 Khairil  14'
Nabil  20'		 Stadium: Persada Plus Mini Stadium
27 June 2019 (2019-06-27) Friendly Malaysia  4–0  Singapore Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 Zubaidi  39'
Irfan  64'
Harry  73'
Shahril  82'		 Stadium: Persada Plus Mini Stadium
18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) 2019 CFA Tournament (Round-robin) Iran  0–2  Malaysia Hainan, China
16:00 UTC+8 Aliff  65'
Daniel  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 Yasser  24' (o.g.) Nabil  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 Aliff  20'
Nabil  57'		 Yom Chol-Gyong  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 Harry  6', 13', 46'
Zubaidi  40+1', 40+3'
Hakim  40+4'
Nabil  57'
Aliff  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 Izrin  63'
Aliff  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 Daniel  4' (pen.)
Nabil  28'
Izrin  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 Vongsakda  80' (o.g.) Report Thipphachan  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 Pornsawan  18' Report Sittha  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 Nabil  14', 49'
Aliff  77'		 Report Phạm Văn Phong  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 Theekawin  16'
Phakphum  55'  79'
Kongpop  80+4'		 Report Izrin  68'
Nabil  80'
Khairil  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 Khairil  11'
Nabil  18'
Aliff  25'
Farhan  43'
Zubaidi  51'
Harry  71', 77', 78'
Irfan  88'
Syafiq  90+1'		 Stadium: Shah Alam Mini Stadium
9 September 2019 (2019-09-09) Friendly Malaysia  4–0  Mongolia Shah Alam, Malaysia
--:-- UTC+8 Adam  5'
Nabil  9'
Aliff  45+3'
Harry  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 Adam  7' (pen.)
Farhan  16'
Akid  22', 30'
Harry  52'
Nabil  65'
Khairil  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 Somthongkham  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
  • Osako  63' (pen.)
  • Naito  90+4'
 Report
  • Daniel  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 Zulhilmi Sharani Mokhtar Dahari Academy
22 1GK Ahmad Azeem Izhar Mokhtar Dahari Academy
23 1GK Adika Arman Azmi Mokhtar Dahari Academy
13 2DF Ahmad Rozaini Abu Bakar Mokhtar Dahari Academy
14 2DF Muhammad Kholil Ahmad Azian Mokhtar Dahari Academy
21 2DF Muhammad Yasser Sariffudin Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2 2DF Daniel Edzuan Anuar Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3 2DF Adam Daniel Mohamad Mokhtar Dahari Academy
6 2DF Alif Farhan Fauzi Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4 2DF Adam Farhan Faizal Mokhtar Dahari Academy
15 3MF Radzilah Helmi Roizat Ibrahim Fikri Secondary School
25 3MF Afiq Amsyar Zarizal Mokhtar Dahari Academy
5 3MF Adam Uwais Armi Mokhtar Dahari Academy
8 3MF Mohammad Ashraf Ahmad Mokhtar Dahari Academy
11 3MF Muhammad Izrin Ibrahim Mokhtar Dahari Academy
20 3MF Danish Irfan Ezal Mokhtar Dahari Academy
17 3MF Wan Muhammad Hakim Mokhtar Dahari Academy
10 4FW Dhia Azrai Young Lions
9 4FW Khairil Zain Mokhtar Dahari Academy
7 4FW Nabil Qayyum Zainuddin Mokhtar Dahari Academy
18 4FW Zubaidi Mohd Buang Mokhtar Dahari Academy
16 4FW Muhammad Shahril Sobri Mokhtar Dahari Academy
12 4FW Harry Danish Haizon SSTMI U-15

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

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