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)
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
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
Appearances	5 (first in 2004)
Best result	Quarter-final (2014)
AFF U-16 Championship
Appearances	8 (first in 2002)
Best result	Champions (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

World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup FIFA U-17 World Cup record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Did Not Qualify 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 Total 0/19 – – – – – –

Asian Confederation AFC U-16 Championship AFC U-16 Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 1985 Withdrew 1986 Did Not Qualify 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 2006 Did Not Qualify 2008 Round 1 3 1 0 2 5 7 2010 Did Not Qualify 2012 2014 Quarter-final 4 2 0 2 4 4 2016 Round 1 3 0 1 2 1 7 2018 Round 1 3 1 0 2 8 8 2020 Did Not Qualify Total Best: Quarter-final 16 4 2 10 19 33

ASEAN Confederation

AFF U17 Youth Championship AFF U17 Youth Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 2002 Fourth Place 4 3 0 1 12 8 2005 3 2 0 1 6 4 2007 Round 1 4 1 2 1 13 8 Total Best: Fourth Place 11 6 2 3 31 20

AFF U-16 Youth Championship AFF U16 Youth Championship record Year Result GP W D* L GS GA 2008 Third Place 4 2 1 1 6 5 2011 Round 1 4 1 3 0 7 5 2013 Champions 6 3 3 0 13 3 2015 Round 1 5 2 0 3 4 8 2016 5 2 1 2 6 12 2017 Fourth Place 7 4 0 3 13 7 2018 Third Place 6 4 0 2 13 4 2019 Champions 7 5 2 0 20 4 Total Best: Champions 44 23 10 11 82 48

Invited tournaments

Invited Tournament
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

Singapore  v  Malaysia

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

Malaysia  v  Myanmar

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

Hong Kong  v  Malaysia

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

Malaysia  v  Singapore

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

Malaysia  v  Singapore

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

Iran  v  Malaysia

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

China PR  v  Malaysia

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

Malaysia  v  North Korea

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

Malaysia  v  Brunei

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)

Malaysia  v  Cambodia

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)

Australia  v  Malaysia

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)

Malaysia  v  Laos

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)

Thailand  v  Malaysia

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)

Malaysia  v  Vietnam

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)

Thailand  v  Malaysia

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)

Malaysia  v  Mongolia

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

Malaysia  v  Mongolia

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

Malaysia  v  Cambodia

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)

Laos  v  Malaysia

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)

Japan  v  Malaysia

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

• AFF U-16 Youth Championship
  • Champions (2): 2013, 2019
  • Third Place (2): 2008, 2018

Others

Coaches

• S. Balachandran (2013–2014)[9][10][11][12][13]
• Somasundram a/l Periasamy (2015–2016)[14]
• Lim Teong Kim (2017–2018)[15]
• P. Maniam (2019–present)

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

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

References

1. "Skuad Somasundram Sasar Separuh Akhir Kejuaraan B-16 AFF 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 9 July 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "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.
5. Khairul Nizam (31 May 2016). "Cabaran sukar pasukan bawah 16 tahun Malaysia". Fourth Official. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
6. "Malaysia layak ke pusingan akhir Kejohanan B16 AFC 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
7. "Perjalanan ke Piala Dunia b-17 bermula tahun depan". Bernama (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
8. "27 Pemain Telah Dipanggil Ke Kem Latihan Pusat Skuad Malaysia B-15". Retrieved 4 July 2019.
9. "AFF U16 FINAL: Malaysia Lift First-Ever Crown". ASEAN Football Federation. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
10. "Malaysia crowned ASEAN U16 champions". Asian Football Confederation. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
11. Eric Samuel (1 October 2013). "Coach wants U16 squad to scale greater heights". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
12. Suryati Mohd Nor (2 December 2014). "B16 Tahun: Jurulatih Balachandran Akui Letak Jawatan, Masalah Peribadi" (in Malay). mStar. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
13. 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.
14. K. Rajan (21 September 2015). "Under-16 football coach aiming for better results in AFC Finals". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
15. Syafiq Aznan (27 September 2018). "FAM sack National Under-16 coach Teong Kim". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 September 2018.

External links

• Harimau Malaysia (National Team)
• FIFA profile: Malaysia / Fixtures & Results
• Football Association of Malaysia