Malaysia national futsal team explained

Malaysia
Nickname:	Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers)^[1] Skuad Kebangsaan (National Team)
Association:	Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Sub-Confederation:	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Manager:	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib
Coach:	Rakphol Sainetngam
Home Stadium:	Panasonic Sports Complex (3.0561°N 101.5475°W)
Captain:	Abu Haniffa Hasan
Most Caps:	Addie Azwan (105)
Top Scorer:	Addie Azwan (61)
Fifa Trigramme:	MAS
Fifa Rank:	81 (2023)^[2]
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First Game:	Malaysia 13–3 Philippines (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 16 August 1996)
Largest Win:	Malaysia 16–0 Bhutan (Incheon, South Korea; 28 June 2013)
Largest Loss:	Malaysia 0–17 Iran (Jakarta, Indonesia; 24 October 2002)
World Cup Apps:	1
World Cup First:	1996
World Cup Best:	Round 1 (1996)
Regional Name:	AFC Futsal Championship
Regional Cup Apps:	12
Regional Cup First:	1999
Regional Cup Best:	Round 2 (plate), 2005
2Ndregional Name:	AFF Futsal Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	17
2Ndregional Cup First:	2001
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Runners-up (2003, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2018)
3Rdregional Name:	OFC Futsal Championship
3Rdregional Cup Apps:	2
3Rdregional Cup First:	2013
3Rdregional Cup Best:	Champion, 2014

The Malaysia national futsal team represents Malaysia in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. Malaysia once played in the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996.^[3]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup.

FIFA Futsal World Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	DIF
1989	did not enter
1992
1996	Group Stage	14/16	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20
2000	did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
2024
Total	1/10	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

See also: AFC Futsal Asian Cup.

AFC Futsal Asian Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1999	Round 1	8/9	3	0	1	2	11	24
2000	did not enter
2001	Round 1	13/14	4	0	0	4	11	27
2002		12/14	3	1	0	2	8	30
2003		14/16	3	0	0	3	3	20
2004		11/18	3	1	0	2	18	18
2005	Round 2 (Plate)	19/24	6	2	1	3	25	18
2006	Round 1	12/16	3	1	0	2	6	15
2007		16/16	3	0	0	3	3	26
2008		11/16	3	1	0	2	8	19
2010	did not qualify
2012
2014	Round 1	13/16	3	1	0	2	8	11
2016		16/16	3	0	0	3	4	19
2018		12/16	3	1	0	2	7	9
2020	did not qualify
2022
2024
Total	12/15	Round 2 (Plate)	40	8	2	30	112	236

• Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

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

OFC Futsal Championship

See also: OFC Futsal Championship.

Oceanian Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	did not enter
1996
2000
2004
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013^	Runners-up	2/8	5	3	1	1	23	13
2014^	Champions	1/5	4	3	0	1	21	14
2016	did not enter
Total	2/11	Champions	9	6	1	2	44	27

^Malaysia is not part of the OFC, invited as a guest nation.

• Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFF Futsal Championship

See also: AFF Futsal Championship.

AFF Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2001	Third place	3/5	4	2	0	2	16	23
2003	Runners-up	2/6	6	4	0	2	21	19
2005		2/6	6	3	1	2	21	15
2006	Group stage	5/7	3	1	0	2	11	9
2007	Third place	3/8	5	1	2	2	21	27
2008		3/8	5	4	0	1	22	11
2009	Group stage	5/7	3	1	0	2	8	14
2010	Runners-up	2/5	5	3	0	2	9	14
2012	Fourth place	4/10	6	3	0	3	22	24
2013	Group stage	5/10	4	2	0	2	26	10
2014		6/10	4	2	0	2	19	12
2015	Third Place	3/10	6	4	0	2	30	20
2016		3/7	5	3	0	2	33	17
2017	Runners-up	2/9	5	3	0	2	21	15
2018		2/9	5	4	0	1	26	13
2019	Group stage	8/8	3	0	0	3	8	13
2022		5/9	4	2	0	2	20	15
Total	16/16	5 Runners-up	79	42	3	34	334	271

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

See also: Futsal at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	did not enter
2007	Quarter final	8/18	4	2	0	2	13	17
2009		8/13	4	2	0	2	16	24
2013	Group stage	10/22	2	1	0	1	17	4
2017	did not enter
Total	3/4	2 Quarter final	10	5	0	5	46	45

Southeast Asian Games

See also: Futsal at the Southeast Asian Games.

Southeast Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2007	Runners-up	2/7	5	3	0	2	19	22
2011	Fourth place	4/6	4	1	0	3	10	18
2013	Group stage	5/6	2	0	1	1	8	9
2015	Not held
2017	Runners-up	2/5	4	2	1	1	14	9
Total	4/4	Runners-up	9	4	0	5	29	40

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1997	did not enter
1999	Group stage	9/9	2	0	0	2	0	17
2001	did not enter
2003	Final (Bowl)	9/12	4	2	0	2	14	16
2008	Semi-final (Plate)	7/10	4	2	0	2	10	18
Total	3/5	Bowl Winners	8	4	0	4	24	34

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

Current staff

• Team Manager – Rosmadi Ismail
• Security Officer - Dali Wahid
• Head coach – Rakphol Sainetngam
• Assistant coach - Chiew Chun Yong
• Assistant coach - Jasman Patmee Meera
• Assistant coach - Jamhuree Zainuddin
• Physiotherapist - Harris Zafran Ahmad Haraman

Players

Current squad

The following players were named for 2024 Asia Cup Qualifiers.

Previous squads

AFC Futsal Championship

• 2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads

Notes:

• ^INJ Withdrew due to injury
• ^RET Retired from the national team

Honours

Continental

• Oceanian Futsal Championship

• Champion (1) : 2014

• Runner-up (1) : 2013

Regional

• ASEAN Futsal Championship

• Runner-up (5) : 2003, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2018

• Third place (4) : 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016

• Fourth place (1) : 2012
• SEA Games

• Silver medal (2) : 2007, 2017

• Fourth place (1) : 2011
• Pre-SEA Games Futsal Test match 2013

• Runner-up

Others

• KL World 5's

• Bowl Winners (1) : 2003^[4]
• Taipei 2004 International Tournament

• Fourth place
• Alcudia International Futsal Tournament

• Third place (1) : 2013
• England International Futsal 4 Nations Tournament

• Fourth place (1) : 2013
• Belt & Road Cup CFA Futsal

• Winners (1) : 2018^[5]

All-time team record

The following table shows Malaysia's all-time international record, correct as of 8 September 2019.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	For	Against	Diff
	4	1	2	1	13	9	+4
	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6
	9	0	2	7	15	35	−20
	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1
	1	0	0	1	2	11	−9
	1	1	0	0	16	0	+16
	1	0	0	1	0	15	−15
	8	6	2	0	49	24	+25
	7	6	0	1	62	12	+50
	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7
	7	3	0	4	29	31	−2
	1	0	0	1	1	12	−11
	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
	1	0	0	1	3	7	−4
	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1
	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
	2	2	0	0	25	0	+25
	1	0	0	3	7	17	−10
	1	0	0	1	0	12	−12
	24	9	3	12	75	86	−11
	5	0	0	5	6	64	−58
	1	0	0	1	2	8	−6
	1	0	0	1	1	10	−9
	5	0	1	4	6	31	−25
	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
	2	0	0	2	4	12	−8
	2	0	1	1	7	8	−1
	3	3	0	0	23	6	+17
	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8
	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12
	2	2	0	0	17	4	+13
	2	1	0	1	10	4	+6
	11	9	1	1	44	24	+20
	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
	2	2	0	0	14	6	+8
	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3
	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
	10	10	0	0	84	25	+59
	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5
	3	1	1	1	11	11	0
	4	2	1	1	21	9	+12
	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
	1	0	0	1	0	15	−15
	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3
	1	0	0	1	1	9	−8
	4	4	0	0	28	7	+21
	26	0	1	26	30	168	−138
	2	0	2	0	12	12	0
	2	0	0	2	3	18	−15
	2	0	0	2	4	9	−5
	9	0	0	9	15	64	−49
	1	1	0	0	9	5	+4
	24	8	4	12	74	82	-8
Total	226	83	25	119	820	986	−166

• Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Player history

Players in bold are still active. As of 16 August 2014.

Top goalscorers

	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position
1	Addie Azwan	2002–2011	61	105	Pivot
2	Saiful Mohd Noor	2001–2008	35		Ala
3	Fawzul Hadzir	2012–	31	48	Ala
4	Qaiser Heshaam	2009–	28	74	Ala
	Shamsul Akmar	2012–	28		Ala
5	Fadhil Yusoff	2004–2009	24		Ala
6	Muizuddin Haris	2006–2013	22	93	Ala
7	Ruzaley Aziz	2003–2011	21		Pivot
8	Asmie Amir	2011–	20		Pivot
9	Khairul Effendy	2009–	18		Ala
	Feroz Karnim	2003–2008	18		Ala
10	Faizul Gaffar	2002–2007	16		Fixo
	Ali Mahat	2010–	16		Pivot
11	Fadzil Karnim	2007–2010	14		Ala
12	Jamhuri Zainuddin	2003–2009	13		Fixo
	Abu Haniffa	2011–	13		Fixo
13	Saiful Nizam	2012–	12		Pivot
14	Ng Boon Leong	2004–2006	11		Ala
	Rizal Rahim	2004–2007	11		Pivot
15	Safar Mohammad	2008–2012	10		Pivot

Notable former players

• Anuar Jusoh
• Azman Adnan
• Mazran Ramli
• Azrul Amri Burhan
• Dollah Salleh
• Mudzar Mohamad
• Nazri Yunus
• Jamhuri Zainuddin
• Mior Zaki
• Faizul Gaffar
• Jerry Dinesh
• Fadzhim Khushaini
• Feroz Karnim
• Saiful Mohd Noor
• Rizal Rahim
• Zaidi Ibrahim
• Fairuz Mohd Noor
• Maizal Hairi Marzuki
• Addie Azwan
• Raizuwah Idris
• Khairul Azman Mohamed
• Lim Seng Kong
• Rosdee Sulong
• Zainal Abidin Hassan
• Zami Mohamed Nor
• Mohd Noor Derus
• Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz
• Yap Wai Loon
• Idris Abdul Karim
• Nazzab Hidzan
• Chiew Chun Yong
• Faris Ahmad
• Faidi Zakaria
• Ng Boon Leong
• Ruzaley Aziz
• S. Sathiyaseelan
• Fadhil Yusoff
• S. Devandran
• Fadzil Karnim
• Safar Mohammad
• Muizuddin Haris

See also

• Malaysia Premier Futsal League
• Malaysia Futsal Cup

References

1. Web site: FAM reverts team name back to Harimau Malaya. Ooi Kin Fai. Goal.com. 3 April 2017. 4 April 2017.
2. Web site: Ranking. Futsal World Ranking. 27 September 2023.
3. Web site: FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview. Erik Garin. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 October 2016. 4 April 2018.
4. https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/futs-kl-w5-03.html KL World 5's (Futsal, Kuala Lumpur) 2003
5. https://www.aseanfootball.org/v3/malaysia-win-belt-road-cup-cfa-futsal-meet/ Malaysia win Belt & Road Cup CFA Futsal meet

External links

• Arena Futsal Malaysia
• Football Association of Malaysia