Association | Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) |
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Confederation | AFC (Asia) |
Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) |
Head coach | Mohd Asyraaf Abdullah |
Captain | Angela Kais |
Home stadium | Bukit Jalil National Stadium |
FIFA code | MAS |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 86 1 (26 August 2016) |
Highest | 69 (July 2003) |
Lowest | 133 (September 2011) |
Biggest win | |
Timor-Leste 0–13 Malaysia (Mandalay, Myanmar; 31 July 2016) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Chinese Taipei 16–0 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 25 May 2005) |
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AFC Women's Asian Cup | |
Appearances | 9 (first in 1975) |
Best result | Third Place, 1983 |
Chinese Taipei 16–0 Malaysia
(Iloilo, Philippines; 7 November 1999)
The Malaysia women's national team is Malaysia's national women's football team and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The team represents Malaysia in international women's football. The Malaysian team is now nicknamed as Harimau Malaysia.
The Malaysia women's U-19 national team previously were under fire after a miserable run in AFC U-19 Championship in Kuala Lumpur. After that, the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) decided to take in the team for better management.
In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Asian Games in Marikina in December.