Malaysian national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Malaya Tiger | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Nelo Vingada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Mohd Amri Yahyah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current | 158  1 (4 May 2017)
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| Highest | 75 (August 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 174 (April–May 2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current | 177 (21 May 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 60 (1 March 1977) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 177 (21 May 2017) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia 1–1 Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 October 1963) |
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Malaysia 11–0 Philippines  (Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974) |
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 United Arab Emirates 10–0 Malaysia (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 3 September 2015) |
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| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Group stage, 1976, 1980 and 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFF Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 11 (first in 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champion 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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The Malaysia national football team (Malay: Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Malaysia) is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The national team was founded in 1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the establishment of the Malaysian Federation. Malaysia national football team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunct Malaya national football team. The Malaysian team nicknamed Harimau Malaya in reference of the Malayan tiger.
It is one of the successful teams in Southeast Asia along with Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, winning bronze at the Asian Games in 1974 as well winning the ASEAN Football Championship in 2010 and other small competitions while improving at the same time.
In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 75th. Malaysia's main rival on the international stage are their geographical neighbours, Indonesia and Singapore, and past matches between these two teams have produced much drama.
The Harimau Malaya nickname have been used since the former Malaya national football team. The nickname refer to the national animal of Malaysia, the Malayan tiger. Another source stated the name was believed to have been derived from a Malayan football player from Stulang Laut, Johor named Abdullah Mohd Don (Dollah Don) after he been called as "Harimau Malaya" by the founding father of Indonesia, Sukarno when managed to chasing his team lost of 0–3 against an Indonesian football club by scoring hat-trick in a match between Singaporean Malay Club and Peseja (Persija Jakarta) in 1953.
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