Malaysia national under-19 football team

Malaysia U-19
Nickname(s)	Harimau Muda; (Young Tigers)
Association	Football Association of Malaysia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Brad Maloney
Captain	Syaiful Alias
Most caps	Dominic Tan (20)
Top scorer	Jafri Chew (13)
Home stadium	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
FIFA code	MAS
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Malaya 12–0 Ceylon ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959)
Biggest win
	Malaya 12–0 Ceylon ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959); Malaysia 12–0 Brunei ; (Palembang, Indonesia; 13 August 2005)
Biggest defeat
	Malaysia 0–8 Mexico ; (Beijing, China; 5 September 2014)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 1997)
Best result	Round 1 (1997)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances	22 (first in 1959)
Best result	Runners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)

Malaysia national under-19 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-19 or Malaysia U-19) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 17 to 19 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 20 years old when the next U-20 tournament started. The team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the older or younger side such as U-20 and U-18 when needed.

After the disbanded of Harimau Muda project, Football Association of Malaysia needed a fresh start for the U-19 team where a new set of players was brought in for the U-23 side with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team with the team mainly consist of players with age around 18 to 21 years old.[1] The set of players that still under 19 years old can then also be selected to represent Malaysia for the U-20 side tournament with the Under 19 team.

History

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-23 football team. It is for players aged 19 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-23s (Under-22s and Under-21s), 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-19s, senior side and then again for the U-19s.

Harimau Muda Project era

After the abysmal performance of Malaysia national football team in international scene, Football Association of Malaysia created Harimau Muda Project where the under-19 side was called to represent Malaysia as a single team club called Harimau Muda C.

Harimau Muda C was formed to provide a bigger pool of players and become a feeder team for Harimau Muda B, as Harimau Muda B did to Harimau Muda A. Harimau Muda C made their debut in the 3rd Division of Malaysian football, the FAM League and fielded under-18 aged players.

The team is aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and will not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad. By entering Harimau Muda C in domestic competitions, FAM hopes to expose top Malaysia under-19 players to competitive matches, thus helping them prepare for international tournaments. As such, Harimau Muda C is one of a small number of football clubs in the world which places an age-restrictions on team members while playing in a national professional league. Harimau Muda C played in the Malaysia FAM League from 2013 to 2015 season.[2]

In 2015, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, former FAM's Deputy President has stated that the Football Association of Malaysia must disband the Harimau Muda system, stating the Harimau Muda system is no longer relevant, it was not planned for the long term, and the state football associations should take the responsibility to groom potential players.[3]

On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from Harimau Muda A, Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C will be returned to their own state team.[4]

Revival of the team

Since Harimau Muda Project was disbanded, the under-19 team enter hibernation state and only recently surfaced again as a formal under-19 national team instead of a club.

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

Players was called up for international duty with the international selection as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in September 2016.[5]

AFC U-19 Championship qualifying

The team was not qualified for the 2016 edition.

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying

The team was not qualified for the 2017 edition as they were already knock-out from 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

International records

FIFA World Youth Championship

FIFA World Youth Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1977	Did Not Qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Round 1	24/24	3	0	0	3	2	9
1999	Did Not Qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	TBD
Total	Best: Round 1	1/17	3	0	0	3	2	9

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA World Youth Championship History
Year	Round	Score	Result
1997	Round 1	Malaysia 1 – 3 Morocco	Loss
	Round 1	Malaysia 1 – 3 Uruguay	Loss
	Round 1	Malaysia 0 – 3 Belgium	Loss

AFC Youth Championship

AFC Youth Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1959	Runners-up	2/4	3	2	0	1	14	2
1960	Runners-up	2/8	4	3	0	1	16	6
1961	Round 1	5/10	4	2	1	1	15	7
1962	Fourth place	4/10	5	2	2	1	11	6
1963	Round 1	5/12	5	3	0	2	10	6
1964	Third place	3/10	4	2	1	1	12	7
1965	Third place	3/10	5	3	0	2	6	7
1966	Quarter Final	5/12	4	2	1	1	8	3
1967	Round 1	14/14	2	0	0	2	1	10
1968	Runners-up	2/12	7	4	0	3	9	15
1969	Quarter Final	5/15	4	1	1	2	4	8
1970	Round 1	11/17	3	1	0	2	4	5
1971	Quarter Final	5/16	4	2	0	2	3	6
1972	Round 1	11/17	4	2	1	1	16	3
1973	Round 1	12/14	3	0	1	1	3	6
1974	Quarter Final	8/16	4	2	0	2	5	7
1975	Round 1	15/19	4	0	2	2	3	7
1976		14/15	3	0	0	3	0	9
1977		8/13	3	0	2	1	1	4
1978		14/18	3	1	0	2	3	9
1980	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1985	Withdrew
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Withdrew
1990	Did not qualify
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004	Quarter Final	8/16	4	2	0	2	4	6
2006	Round 1	15/16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018	Round 1	13/16	3	0	1	2	3	6
2020	Qualified
Total	Best: Runners-up	23/40	88	35	13	40	152	158

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

AFF Youth Championship record

AFF U-19 Youth Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2002	Round 1	7/10	4	1	1	2	6	11
2003	Runners-up	2/9	6	5	0	1	16	6
2005		2/10	5	3	1	2	21	8
2006		2/4	3	1	1	1	4	4
2007		2/8	5	3	0	2	13	7
2008	Did not enter
2009	Fourth place	4/8	3	2	0	1	9	3
2010	Did not enter
2011	Third place	3/10	4	2	1	1	12	1
2012	Did not enter
2013	Round 1	5/11	5	2	2	1	9	4
2014	Did not enter
2015	Fourth place	4/10	6	2	2	2	7	8
2016	Round 1	6/11	4	2	0	2	10	7
2017	Runners-up	2/11	6	5	1	1	8	16
2018	Champions	1/11	6	4	2	0	11	5
2019	Runners-up	2/12	7	4	0	3	13	7
Total	Best: Champions	13/17	65	35	12	19	144	86

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Invited tournament

Invited Tournament Record
Year	Tournament	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2005	Lion City Cup	Champions	4	4	1	0	9	4
2012	Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy	Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	6
2014	Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy	Semi Final	6	3	1	2	7	5
2014	Beijing Hyundai Youth Tournament	Fourth Place	3	0	0	3	1	15
2019[6]	Sanix Cup	Twelve place	6	1	1	4	2	14

Results and fixtures

Win Draw Lose

2020

16 October 2020 (2020-10-16) 2020 AFC Championship Group Stage	Tajikistan	v	Malaysia	AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
19:00

19 October 2020 (2020-10-19) 2020 AFC Championship Group Stage	Malaysia	v	Qatar	AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
19:00

22 October 2020 (2020-10-22) 2020 AFC Championship Group Stage	Malaysia	v	Yemen	AGMK Stadium, Olmaliq
19:00

Note

¹ : Non FIFA 'A' International match

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for 2019 AFF U-18 Championship.[7][8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Muhamad Firdaus Irman Fadhil (captain)	(2001-07-23) 23 July 2001	PKNP
22	1GK	Muhammad Riezman Irfan Mustafah	(2001-09-26) 26 September 2001	Pahang
23	1GK	Sikh Izhan Nazrel	(2002-03-23) 23 March 2002	Selangor FA

2	2DF	Muhammad Firdaus Ramli	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
14	2DF	Ahmad Zikri Mohd Khalili	(2002-06-25) 25 June 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
15	2DF	Muhammad Nuh Azlan Syah Yusof	(2002-07-25) 25 July 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4	2DF	Muhammad Azrin Afiq Rusmini	(2002-01-01) 1 January 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
19	2DF	Muhammad Fahmi Daniel Mohd Zaaim	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
12	2DF	Muhammad Aidil Azuan	(2001-02-25) 25 February 2001	PKNP
3	2DF	Muhammad Wazif Nazarail	(2001-02-22) 22 February 2001	Felda United

8	3MF	Muhammad Firdaus Kaironnisam	(2002-12-10) 10 December 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
16	3MF	Muhammad Umar Hakeem Suhar	(2002-08-26) 26 August 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
5	3MF	Harith Haikal Adam Afkar	(2002-06-22) 22 June 2002	Mokhtar Dahari Academy
9	3MF	Muhammad Muslihuddin Atiq	(2001-12-31) 31 December 2001	Terengganu
6	3MF	Muhamad Azam Azmi Murad	(2001-02-12) 12 February 2001	Terengganu
13	3MF	Muhammad Fakrul Iman Naszari	(2001-03-29) 29 March 2001	Selangor
11	3MF	Muhammad Faris Kamardin	(2001-03-04) 4 March 2001	Selangor
7	3MF	Mukhairi Ajmal	(2001-11-07) 7 November 2001	PKNP
21	3MF	Akmal Hazim Ismail	(2001-04-22) 22 April 2001	Perak
20	3MF	Mohd Aiman Afif Afizul	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001	Kedah
17	3MF	Alan Lagang Keryer	(2001-01-17) 17 January 2001	Sarawak

10	4FW	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002	K.V. Kortrijk
18	4FW	Mohd Nasip Mohammad Zain	(2001-07-07) 7 July 2001	Sabah
20	4FW	Ramadhan Saifullah Usman	(2000-12-09) 9 December 2000	JDT

Previous call up

The following players have also been called up for 2018.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Firdaus Irman	(2002-07-06) 6 July 2002	1	0	SSTMI
GK	Fawzal Abdul Mutalib		0	0	Selangor U21
GK	Aiman Zulkarnain	(1999-05-03) 3 May 1999	1	0	Selangor U-19	2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

DF	Gerald Gadit	(1999-05-16) 16 May 1999	2	0	Sabah U-19
DF	Zainul Arifin	(2000-04-02) 2 April 2000	1	0	Melaka United U19
DF	Ariffin Norhisyam	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999	2	0	Kuala Lumpur U-19	2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
DF	Haziq Rahimi	(1999-10-20) 20 October 1999	0	0	Sarawak U-19	Training Camp
DF	Adam Addruse	(1999-03-07) 7 March 1999	0	0	JDT IV	Training Camp
DF	Syafiq Danial	(1999-08-02) 2 August 1999	4	1	Terengganu U-19	2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

MF	Awang Mohd Faiz	(1999-03-06) 6 March 1999	9	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
MF	Nizarruddin Jazi	(2000-02-12) 12 February 2000	5	1	Melaka United U-19
MF	Ivaan Hakimi Abdullah		1	0	Kelantan U-19
MF	Mior Dani Armin		0	0	PKNS U-19
MF	Ridhwan Nazri	(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000	0	0	SSTMI U-17
MF	Luqman Abdullah		0	0	Kuala Lumpur U-19	Training Camp
MF	Syaiful Shahrul	(1999-06-26) 26 June 1999	0	0	Terengganu U-21	Training Camp
MF	Iskandar Adha	(1999-03-29) 29 March 1999	7	1	Selangor U-19	2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
MF	Zhafir Yusoff	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999	6	1	Kedah U-19	Friendly

FW	Syahmi Zambri	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999	1	1	Felda United U-19
FW	S. Sharvin		1	0	Selangor U-19
FW	Faizal Omar	(1999-06-10) 10 June 1999	3	0	Kuala Lumpur U-19	2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship
MF	Shafizi Iqmal	(1999-05-02) 2 May 1999	5	1	PKNS U-19	2018 AFC U-19 Championship qualification

Previous squad

The following 23 players were selected for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship.[9]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2018.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Syakir Danial	(2000-03-30)30 March 2000 (aged 18)	0	0	Perak TBG
22	1GK	Azri Ghani	(1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (aged 19)	13	0	FELDA United
23	1GK	Shafiq Afifi Suhaimi	(1999-08-06)6 August 1999 (aged 19)	4	0	PKNP

2	2DF	Shivan Pillay	(2000-12-07)7 December 2000 (aged 17)	16	4	PKNS
3	2DF	Ahmad Tasnim Fitri	(1999-01-19)19 January 1999 (aged 19)	10	0	FELDA United
6	2DF	Nabil Hakim Bokhari	(1999-02-09)9 February 1999 (aged 19)	10	0	Kuala Lumpur FA
14	2DF	Azhar Apandi	(1999-05-16)16 May 1999 (aged 19)	6	0	Kuala Lumpur FA
15	2DF	Feroz Baharudin	(2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (aged 18)	3	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim III
16	2DF	Al-Imran Halim	(1999-02-16)16 February 1999 (aged 19)	4	0	UiTM
18	2DF	Syaiful Alias	(1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 19)	13	1	Kelantan FA
5	2DF	Anwar Ibrahim	(1999-06-10)10 June 1999 (aged 19)	13	0	FELDA United

4	3MF	Zahril Azri	(1999-02-04)4 February 1999 (aged 19)	14	0	FELDA United
8	3MF	Nik Akif	(1999-05-11)11 May 1999 (aged 19)	14	4	Kelantan FA
12	3MF	Izreen Izwandy	(2000-07-16)16 July 2000 (aged 18)	0	0	Melaka United
13	3MF	Izzuddin Roslan	(1999-12-08)8 December 1999 (aged 18)	8	0	Kuala Lumpur FA
17	3MF	Thivandaran Karanan	(1999-03-08)8 March 1999 (aged 19)	6	0	Penang FA
20	3MF	Ammar Akhmall Alias	(1999-01-12)12 January 1999 (aged 19)	14	1	Felcra
21	3MF	Ramadhan Saifullah	(2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (aged 17)	0	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim III

7	4FW	Nurfais Johari	(1999-03-27)27 March 1999 (aged 19)	14	1	Penang FA
9	4FW	Arif Shaqirin	(2000-03-13)13 March 2000 (aged 18)	0	0	PKNP
10	4FW	Hadi Fayyadh	(2000-01-22)22 January 2000 (aged 18)	17	6	Fagiano Okayama
11	4FW	Akhyar Rashid	(1999-05-01)1 May 1999 (aged 19)	11	6	Kedah FA
19	4FW	Zafuan Azeman	(1999-06-10)10 June 1999 (aged 19)	11	2	Kedah FA

Top appearances

As of matches on 14 July 2018.

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-19 Caps
1	Dominic Tan	Harimau Muda C	2014–2016	20
2	Jafri Chew	Penang	2013–2016	18
3	Hadi Fayyadh	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2017–	17
4	K. Gurusamy	Harimau Muda	2008–2009	16
5	Fadhli Shas	Harimau Muda	2008–2009	16
6	Shivan Pillay	PKNS U19	2017–	16
7	Syahmi Safari	Selangor U19	2013–2017	15

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-19 Goals
1	Jafri Chew	Penang	2013–2016	13

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Captain history

Player	Club(s)	Year(s)
Faris Shah Rosli	Harimau Muda C	2013
Dominic Tan	Singapore Sports School, Harimau Muda C	2014–2015
Syahmi Safari	Selangor	2016
Syaiful Alias	Kelantan	2017–present

Former squads

Coaching staff

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles	Names
Team Manager	Kamarul Ariffin Shahar
Head Coach	Brad Maloney
Assistant Coach	Khan Hung Meng
Fitness Trainer	Reuben Jude Balraj
Goalkeeping Coach	Yong Wai Hwang
Physiotherapist	Ahmad Ibrahim Ahmad Jaafar
Team Doctor	Ridzuan Azmi
Administrator	Sentilkumar Palanisamy
Video Analyst	Azim Abdul Rahim
Masseur	Zahari Mazlan
Physiology	Norazmi Ramliy
Kitman	Sukri Haimi

Source:[10]

Coaches

Ong Kim Swee (2010–2015)
Razip Ismail (2015)
Frank Bernhardt (2015–2017)
Bojan Hodak (2017–2019)
Brad Maloney (2019–present)

Honours

International

FIFA U-20 World Cup

Round 1 : 1997

Continental

AFC U-19 Championship

Runner-up (3) : 1959, 1960, 1968
Third Place (2) : 1964, 1965

Regional

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

Winners (1) : 2018
Runner-up (6) : 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017
Third place (1) : 2011

References

Nik Afiq (25 November 2015). "FAM Terminates Harimau Muda Program". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
"Harimau Muda C terus melebarkan rekod tanpa kalah". Football Association of Malaysia. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
Nik Afiq (22 January 2015). "Khairy Jamaluddin reveals Harimau Muda system was not made for long term". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
"Skuad Harimau Muda dibubar" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
"Senarai 28 Pemain Ke Latihan Pemilihan Pusat Pertama Skuad B-19" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
"SANIX CUP INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT 2019".
"SENARAI AKHIR 23 PEMAIN SKUAD B-18 KEBANGSAAN KE HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM BAGI PIALA NEXT MEDIA B-18 AFF 2019". Retrieved 5 August 2019.
list of 23 Malaysian players pdf
"SENARAI 23 PEMAIN SKUAD MALAYSIA KE KEJUARAAN B-19 AFC 2018" (in Malay). FAM. 15 October 2018.
"AFF U18 Next Media Cup Team Registrations". ASEAN Football Federation. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

External links

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[1] Nik Afiq (25 November 2015). "FAM Terminates Harimau Muda Program". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

[2] "Harimau Muda C terus melebarkan rekod tanpa kalah". Football Association of Malaysia. 8 February 2013. Archived from the original on 6 March 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.

[3] Nik Afiq (22 January 2015). "Khairy Jamaluddin reveals Harimau Muda system was not made for long term". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[4] "Skuad Harimau Muda dibubar" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 26 November 2015. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 25 August 2016.

[5] "Senarai 28 Pemain Ke Latihan Pemilihan Pusat Pertama Skuad B-19" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.

[6] "SANIX CUP INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SOCCER TOURNAMENT 2019".

[7] "SENARAI AKHIR 23 PEMAIN SKUAD B-18 KEBANGSAAN KE HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM BAGI PIALA NEXT MEDIA B-18 AFF 2019". Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[8] st of 23 Malaysian players pdf

[9] "SENARAI 23 PEMAIN SKUAD MALAYSIA KE KEJUARAAN B-19 AFC 2018" (in Malay). FAM. 15 October 2018.

[10] "AFF U18 Next Media Cup Team Registrations". ASEAN Football Federation. 4 August 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2020.

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Malaysia national under-19 football team

History

Harimau Muda Project era

Revival of the team

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

AFC U-19 Championship qualifying

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying

International records

FIFA World Youth Championship

AFC Youth Championship

AFF Youth Championship record

Invited tournament

Results and fixtures

2020

Players

Current squad

Previous call up

Previous squad

Top appearances

Top goalscorers

Captain history

Former squads

Coaching staff

Coaches

Honours

International

Continental

Regional

See also

References

External links