Malaysia national under-16 football team

Malaysia U-16
Nickname(s) Harimau Muda
(Young Tigers)
Association Football Association of Malaysia
Confederation AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach Lim Teong Kim
Home stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA code MAS
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Singapore 0–0 Malaysia Malaysia
(Singapore; August 1980)
Biggest win
 Guam 0–15 Malaysia Malaysia
(Yangon, Myanmar; 12 June 2000)
Biggest defeat
 Bahrain 6–0 Malaysia Malaysia
(Singapore; August 1980)
Malaysia Malaysia 0–6 Thailand 
(Kathmandu, Nepal; 1992)
Malaysia Malaysia 0–6 Laos 
(Canberra, Australia; 9 October 2009)
 Australia 7–1 Malaysia Malaysia
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 18 July 2016)
World Cup
Appearances 0
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)

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

ASEAN Confederation

Invited tournaments

Invited Tournament
Year Tournament Result GP W D* L GS GA
Singapore 1980Lion City CupRound 15122312
Singapore 1981Lion City Cup5005119
Singapore 1982Lion City Cup410357
Singapore 2005Lion City CupRunners-up5311113
Singapore 2006Lion City Cup421133
Malaysia 2012Frenz International CupFourth Place521284
Malaysia 2014FAM-FRENZ Asia Champions TrophyChampions138324417
China 2015International Youth Championships421131
China 2016Dream Come True TournamentRunners-up6510643
India 2016AIFF Youth CupFourth Place5023512
Japan 2016Bari CupRunners-up5401205
ItalyAustriaSlovenia 2017Tournament of NationsTenth Place510437
Japan 2018JENESYS Japan-ASEAN U-16 Youth Football TournamentFifth place4301162
Total Best: Champions Invited Tournament: Eight Tournament

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2018


Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for 2018 AFC U-16 Championship .[8]

Caps correct as of 11 August 2018 after the match against  Myanmar.

Head Coach: Malaysia Lim Teong Kim

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Syahmi Adib Haikal Mohd Shukri 1 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
1GK Abdul Alim Al Amri Ali (2002-01-28) 28 January 2002 14 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
1GK Sikh Izhan Nazrel (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 11 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Mohammad Alias Alan (2002-10-16) 16 October 2002 11 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Ali Imran Sukari (2002-05-30) 30 May 2002 11 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Muhammad Hariz Mansor (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 12 1 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari
2DF Muhammad Firdaus Ramli (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 9 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Muhammad Danish Ishak (2002-06-26) 26 June 2002 14 3 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Ahmad Zikri Mohd Khalili 13 2 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Raimi Shamsul (2002-10-20) 20 October 2002 13 1 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
2DF Azannis Adzri 0 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Muhammad Firdaus Kaironnisam 10 1 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Mohammad Ikhwan Mohd Hafizo 16 3 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Alif Daniel Abdul Aziz (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002 15 4 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Muhammad Umar Hakeem Suhar (2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 11 1 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Harith Haikal Adam Afkar (2002-06-22) 22 June 2002 8 2 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
3MF Muhammad Syukur Fariz Januri 4 0 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4FW Luqman Hakim Shamsudin (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 9 4 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4FW Muhammad Amirul Azzim Mohd Ruzki 13 5 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4FW Najmuddin Akmal 9 4 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4FW Harith Naem Jaineh (2002-01-25) 25 January 2002 22 8 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy
4FW Muhammad Danial Amali 12 6 Malaysia Mokhtar Dahari Academy

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

Coaching staff

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles Names
Head Coach Malaysia Lim Teong Kim
Assistant Coach Malaysia Raja Azlan Shah Raja So'ib
Assistant Coach Malaysia Ahmad Nurfaizal Patrick Bin Abdullah
Fitness Coach Malaysia Arulchelvan a/l Illenggo
Goalkeeping Coach Malaysia Abdul Hafif Bin Abdul Nasir
Malaysia national football team management and supporting staff
Roles Names
Manager Malaysia Muhammad Faliq Firdaus
Assistant Manager Malaysia Sivasundaram Sithamparam Pillai
Assistant Coach 3 Malaysia Wan Rohaimi Wan Ismail
Assistant Coach 4 Malaysia P. Ganasamurthy
Kitman Malaysia Faez Redzuan Mohd Zaki
Security Officer Malaysia Muhammad Aiqal Rasman
Performance Analyst Malaysia Mohd Aimerul Mat Nuar
Physiotherapist vacant
Masseur vacant
Team Doctor vacant
Psychologist vacant

Honours

Regional

Coaches

See also

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. 1 2 "Perjalanan ke Piala Dunia b-17 bermula tahun depan". Bernama (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  8. ↑ "Senarai 23 Pemain Skuad Malaysia Ke Kejuaraan B16 AFC". FAM.org. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  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 Strait News. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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