Malaysia national under-19 football team explained

Malaysia U-19
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Fifa Trigramme:	MAS
Nickname:	Harimau Muda (Young Tigers)
Association:	Football Association of Malaysia
Confederation:	AFC (Asia)
Sub-Confederation:	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Coach:	Juan Torres Garrido
Home Stadium:	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
Most Caps:	Dominic Tan (20)
Top Scorer:	Jafri Chew (13)
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First Game:	Malaya 12–0 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959)
Largest Win:	Malaya 12–0 (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959) Malaysia 12–0 (Palembang, Indonesia; 13 August 2005)
Largest Loss:	Malaysia 0–8 (Beijing, China; 5 September 2014)
Regional Name:	FIFA U-20 World Cup
Regional Cup Apps:	1
Regional Cup First:	1997
Regional Cup Best:	Round 1 (1997)
2Ndregional Name:	AFC U-19 Championship
2Ndregional Cup Apps:	22
2Ndregional Cup First:	1959
2Ndregional Cup Best:	Runners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)

Malaysia national under-19 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-19 or Malaysia U-19) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 17 to 19 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 20 years old when the next U-20 tournament started. The team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the older or younger side such as U-20 and U-18 when needed.

After the disbanded of Harimau Muda project, Football Association of Malaysia needed a fresh start for the U-19 team where a new set of players was brought in for the U-23 side with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team with the team mainly consist of players with age around 18 to 21 years old.^[1] The set of players that still under 19 years old can then also be selected to represent Malaysia for the U-20 side tournament with the Under 19 team.

History

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-23 football team. It is for players aged 19 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-23s (Under-22s and Under-21s), Under-17s 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-19s, senior side and then again for the U-19s.

Harimau Muda Project era

After the abysmal performance of Malaysia national football team in international scene, Football Association of Malaysia created Harimau Muda Project where the under-19 side was called to represent Malaysia as a single team club called Harimau Muda C.

Harimau Muda C was formed to provide a bigger pool of players and become a feeder team for Harimau Muda B, as Harimau Muda B did to Harimau Muda A. Harimau Muda C made their debut in the 3rd Division of Malaysian football, the FAM League and fielded under-18 aged players.

The team is aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and will not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad. By entering Harimau Muda C in domestic competitions, FAM hopes to expose top Malaysia under-19 players to competitive matches, thus helping them prepare for international tournaments. As such, Harimau Muda C is one of a small number of football clubs in the world which places an age-restrictions on team members while playing in a national professional league. Harimau Muda C played in the Malaysia FAM League from 2013 to 2015 season.^[2]

In 2015, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, former FAM’s Deputy President has stated that the Football Association of Malaysia must disband the Harimau Muda system, stating the Harimau Muda system is no longer relevant, it was not planned for the long term, and the state football associations should take the responsibility to groom potential players.^[3]

On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from Harimau Muda A, Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C will be returned to their own state team.^[4]

Revival of the team

Since Harimau Muda Project was disbanded, the under-19 team enter hibernation state and only recently surfaced again as a formal under-19 national team instead of a club.

AFF U-19 Youth Championship

Players was called up for international duty with the international selection as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in September 2016.^[5]

AFC U-19 Championship qualifying

The team was not qualified for the 2016 edition.

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying

The team was not qualified for the 2017 edition as they were already knock-out from 2016 AFC U-19 Championship qualification.

International records


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	Did not qualify
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995
1997	Round 1	24/24	3	0	0	3	2	9
	Did not qualify
2001
2003
2005
2007
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
	To be determined
Total	Best: Round 1	1/24	3	0	0	3	2	9

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


Year	Round	Score	Result
1997	Round 1	1 – 3	Loss
	Round 1	1 – 3	Loss
	Round 1	0 – 3	Loss


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1959	Runners-up	2/9	4	3	0	1	26	2
1960	Runners-up	2/8	4	3	0	1	16	6
1961	Round 1	5/10	4	2	1	1	15	7
1962	Fourth place	4/10	5	2	2	1	11	6
1963	Round 1	5/12	5	3	0	2	10	6
1964	Third place	3/10	4	2	1	1	11	7
1965	Third place	3/10	6	3	0	3	6	16
1966	Quarter-final	5/12	4	2	1	1	8	3
1967	Round 1	14/14	2	0	0	2	1	10
1968	Runners-up	2/12	7	4	0	3	9	15
1969	Quarter-final	5/15	4	1	1	2	4	8
1970	Round 1	11/17	3	1	0	2	3	5
1971	Quarter-final	5/16	4	2	0	2	3	6
	Round 1	11/17	4	2	1	1	16	3
	Round 1	12/14	2	0	1	1	3	6
1974	Quarter-final	8/16	4	2	0	2	5	7
1975	Round 1	15/19	4	0	2	2	3	7
1976		14/15	3	0	0	3	0	9
1977		8/13	3	0	2	1	1	4
1978		14/18	3	1	0	2	3	9
	did not qualify
1982
1985	Withdrew
1986	did not qualify
1988	Withdrew
1990	did not qualify
1992
1994
1996

2000
2002
2004	Quarter-final	8/16	4	2	0	2	4	6
2006	Round 1	15/16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2008	did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018	Round 1	13/16	3	0	1	2	3	6
~~2020~~	Qualified, but later cancelled
2023	did not qualify
Total	Best: Runners-up	23/40	89	35	13	41	159	161

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

AFF Youth Championship record


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2002	Round 1	7/10	4	1	1	2	6	11
	Runners-up	2/9	6	5	0	1	16	6
2005		2/10	5	3	1	2	21	8
2006		2/4	3	1	1	1	4	4
2007		2/8	5	3	0	2	13	7
2008	did not enter
2009	Fourth place	4/8	3	2	0	1	9	3
2010	did not enter
2011	Third place	3/10	4	2	1	1	12	1
2012	did not enter
2013	Round 1	5/11	5	2	2	1	9	4
2014	did not enter
2015	Fourth place	4/10	6	2	2	2	7	8
2016	Round 1	6/11	4	2	0	2	10	7
2017	Runners-up	2/11	6	5	1	1	8	16
2018	Champions	1/11	6	4	2	0	11	5
2019	Runners-up	2/12	7	4	0	3	13	7
2022	Champions	1/11	6	4	1	1	11	5
Total	Best: Champions	14/18	70	40	12	20	150	92

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

Invited tournament


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		Champions	4	4	1	0	9	4
		Round 1	4	1	1	2	3	6
		Semi-final	6	3	1	2	7	5
		Fourth Place	3	0	0	3	1	15
2019^[6]		Twelve place	6	1	1	4	2	14
		Runners-up	4	1	2	1	4	3

Results and fixtures

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Players

The following 23 players were selected for the 2024 ASEAN U-19 Boys Championship.^[7]

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up since 2019.

Top appearances

As of matches on 14 July 2018.

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1	Dominic Tan	Harimau Muda C	2014–2016	20
2	Jafri Chew	Penang	2013–2016	18
3	Hadi Fayyadh	Johor Darul Ta'zim II	2017–2018	17
4	K. Gurusamy	Harimau Muda	2008–2009	16
5	Fadhli Shas	Harimau Muda	2008–2009	16
6		PKNS U19	2017–2018	16
7	Syahmi Safari	Selangor U19	2013–2017	15

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent clubs during the player's time in the Under-19s.

Top goalscorers

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1	Jafri Chew	Penang	2013–2016	13