Malaysia national football team
national team of Malaysia
Malaysia national football team represents Malaysia in soccer.
| Nickname(s) | Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
| Current | 154  (23 December 2021)[2] | ||
| 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  (Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 United Arab Emirates 10–0 Malaysia (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 3 September 2015) | |||
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "AFF Suzuki Cup Hero: Zainal Abidin Hassan – Harimau Legend". Fox Sports Malaysia. 1 November 2018. 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.
- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 23 December 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ↑ "Malaysia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Malaysia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
Notes
- ↑ Result count since after the Federation of Malaysia formation on 16 September 1963.[3]