Malaysia national under-16 football team
Nickname(s) | Harimau Muda (Young Tigers) | ||
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Association | Football Association of Malaysia | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
Head coach | P. Maniam | ||
Home stadium | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | ||
FIFA code | MAS | ||
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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 | |||
Appearances | 5 (first in 2004) | ||
Best result | Quarter-final (2014) | ||
AFF U-16 Championship | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | Champions (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
World Cup
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Asian Confederation
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ASEAN Confederation
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Invited tournaments
Invited Tournament | ||||||||
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Year | Tournament | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA |
1980 | Lion City Cup | Round 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
1981 | Lion City Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 19 | |
1982 | Lion City Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | |
2005 | Lion City Cup | Runners-up | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 |
2006 | Lion City Cup | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |
2012 | Frenz International Cup | Fourth Place | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
2014 | FAM-FRENZ Asia Champions Trophy | Champions | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 44 | 17 |
2015 | International Youth Championships | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
2016 | Dream Come True Tournament | Runners-up | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 3 |
2016 | AIFF Youth Cup | Fourth Place | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
2016 | Bari Cup | Runners-up | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
2017 | Tournament of Nations | Tenth Place | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2018 | JENESYS Japan-ASEAN Tournament | Fifth place | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 2 |
2019 | Jockey Club Football Tournament | Champions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
2019 | 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 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 Jockey Club (Round-robin) | Malaysia | 6–1 | Myanmar | Diamond Hill, Hong Kong |
--:-- UTC+8 | Stadium: 1 & 2 Field |
22 April 2019 2019 Jockey Club (Round-robin) | Hong Kong | 0–4 | Malaysia | Diamond Hill, Hong Kong |
--:-- UTC+8 | Stadium: 1 & 2 Field |
25 June 2019 Friendly | Malaysia | 2–0 | Singapore | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
--:-- UTC+8 | Khairil 14' Nabil 20' |
Stadium: Persada Plus Mini Stadium |
27 June 2019 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 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 CFA Tournament (Round-robin) | China | 1–1 | Malaysia | Hainan, China |
--:-- UTC+8 | Yasser 24' (o.g.) | Nabil 90+3' | Stadium: Haikou Wuyuanhe Stadium |
22 July 2019 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 2020 AFC U-16 qualification (Group J) | Japan | 2–2 | Malaysia | Vientiane, Laos |
15:00 UTC+7 | Report | 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
Previous call up
The following players have also been called up this year (2017).
Coaching staff
Malaysia national football team Coaching staff | ||||
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Roles | Names | |||
Head Coach | P. Maniam | |||
Assistant Coach | Fariq Abd Rahman | |||
Assistant Coach | Firdaus Aziz | |||
Goalkeeping Coach | Fairuz Firdaus Nurul Zaman |
Honours
Regional
Others
Coaches
See also
- Malaysia national football team
- Malaysia women's national football team
- Malaysia national under-23 football team
- Malaysia national under-22 football team
- Malaysia national under-19 football team
Notes
- ^ Match abandoned in the 36th minute due to heavy rain with leading result of Malaysia 1–0 Singapore.
References
- ^ "Skuad Somasundram Sasar Separuh Akhir Kejuaraan B-16 AFF 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Zulhilmi Zainal (15 July 2016). "Ten-man Malaysia U16 set up must-win group match against Myanmar after beating Singapore". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Zulhilmi Zainal (19 July 2016). "Australia U16 simply too strong for Malaysia U16". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "AFC U-16 Championship - Group C: MD1 Preview". Asian Football Confederation. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Khairul Nizam (31 May 2016). "Cabaran sukar pasukan bawah 16 tahun Malaysia". Fourth Official. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Malaysia layak ke pusingan akhir Kejohanan B16 AFC 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Perjalanan ke Piala Dunia b-17 bermula tahun depan". Bernama (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "27 Pemain Telah Dipanggil Ke Kem Latihan Pusat Skuad Malaysia B-15". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "AFF U16 FINAL: Malaysia Lift First-Ever Crown". ASEAN Football Federation. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "Malaysia crowned ASEAN U16 champions". Asian Football Confederation. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Eric Samuel (1 October 2013). "Coach wants U16 squad to scale greater heights". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Suryati Mohd Nor (2 December 2014). "B16 Tahun: Jurulatih Balachandran Akui Letak Jawatan, Masalah Peribadi" (in Malay). mStar. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Nik Afiq (4 December 2014). "Balachandran has left the Malaysia under 16 team and decided to join Frenz United as their new head coach". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ K. Rajan (21 September 2015). "Under-16 football coach aiming for better results in AFC Finals". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Syafiq Aznan (27 September 2018). "FAM sack National Under-16 coach Teong Kim". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 September 2018.