Harimau Muda A

Not to be confused with the original Harimau Muda team, Harimau Muda and the Harimau Muda "B" team, Harimau Muda B

Malaysia National Under 23 Football Team

Nickname(s)	Young Tigers
Association	Football Association of Malaysia
Head coach	Ong Kim Swee
Captain	Mohd Muslim Ahmad
FIFA code	MAS
Home colours Away colours
First international
Malaya 12 - 0 Ceylon (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; April 18, 1959)
Biggest win
Malaysia 12 - 0 Brunei (Palembang, Indonesia; August 13, 2005)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 0 - 7 Iraq (Dhaka, Bangladesh; October 13, 1978)

Harimau Muda A, or Malaysia national under-23 football team, represents Malaysia in international football competitions such as AFC Youth Championship, Champions Youth Cup and as well as any other under-21 international football tournaments. It is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia U-23 and senior national football teams. It is for players aged 23 and less until the aged of 19 while Harimau Muda B is in charged of the under 19 players. Harimau Muda A will participate in the 2012 S. League replacing Young Lions.

The team is aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and will not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad.

The name "Harimau Muda" means "Young Tigers" in English.

Formations

For more details on this topic, see Harimau Muda.

On October 19, 2007 FAM decided to include Malaysia U-20 as one of the team in Malaysia Premier League 2007-08 and will be known as Harimau Muda (Young Tigers).^[1] Due to international duties, The Malaysia national U-20 team were needed to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. But they also needed to participate in the Premier League Malaysia and the Malaysia FA Cup 2009.

On July 2009, The Harimau Muda were split in to 2 teams. Harimau Muda A and Harimau Muda B. The Harimau Muda A were sent to Zibo, China to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification and Harimau Muda B were to participate in the Premier League and the FA Cup.

During the 2010 season, Harimau Muda A went to a training camp in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia for 8 months while Harimau Muda B participated in the 2010 Malaysia Premier League.

On the 2011 season, Harimau Muda A joined the 2011 Super League Malaysia replacing KL PLUS FC and Harimau Muda B continued to play in the Malaysia Premier League. Harimau Muda A finished 5th while Harimau Muda B played their worst season being in the bottom 3. However, they managed to avoid relegation and will continue to play in the Malaysia Premier League.

For the 2012 season, Harimau Muda A swapped places with the Young Lions of Singapore, which is made up of the Singapore's national under-23 team. Young Lions will replace Harimau Muda A in the Super League while the Harimau Muda A will replace the Young Lions in the S. League.^[2] Harimau Muda B will continue to participate in the Malaysia Premier League.

Achievements

• 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship
• 3 Times Runners-up AFC Youth Championship (1959, 1960, 1968)
• Third Place AFC Youth Championship 1965
• Fourth Place AFC Youth Championship 1962
• Malaysia Premier League: Champions (2009)

Competition Records

Year	League Position	League Competitions	Cup Competitions
2007-08	8/13	Premier League	FA Cup - Round 1
2009	1/13 (Champions)	Premier League	FA Cup - Quarter Final
2010	No Position (only as a guest team)	Slovak First League	Slovenský Pohár - Not Participated
2011	5/14	Super League	FA Cup - Round 2
2012	TBD	S. League	Singapore League Cup - TBD

Honours

• Malaysia Premier League: Champions (2009)

Competition Records

FIFA World Youth Championship Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1977 to 1995 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 1997 Round 1 24/24 3 0 0 3 2 9 1999 to 2009 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - Total 1/17 - 3 0 0 3 2 9 **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA World Youth Championship History Year Round Score Result 1997 Round 1  Malaysia 1 – 3  Morocco Loss Round 1  Malaysia 1 – 3  Uruguay Loss Round 1  Malaysia 0 – 3  Belgium Loss

AFC Youth Championship Record

AFC Youth Championship Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1959 Runners-up 2/4 3 2 0 1 14 2 1960 Runners-up - - - - - - - 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 Unknown - - - - - - - 1965 Third Place 3/10 5 3 0 2 6 7 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 Unknown - - - - - - - 1971 Quarter Final 5/16 4 2 0 2 3 6 1972 to 1974 Unknown - - - - - - - 1975 Round 1 15/19 4 0 2 2 3 7 1976 Round 1 14/15 3 0 0 3 0 9 1977 Round 1 8/13 3 0 2 1 1 4 1978 Round 1 14/18 3 1 0 2 3 9 1980 to 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 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 Qualification Total - 3 Runners-up - - - - - - **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. AFF Youth Championship Record AFF U-20 Youth Championship Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2005 Runners-up 2/10 5 3 1 2 21 8 2006 Runners-up 2/4 3 1 1 1 4 4 2007 Runners-up 2/8 5 3 0 2 13 7 Total 3/3 3 Runners-up 13 7 2 5 38 18 **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. AFF U-19 Youth Championship Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2008 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - Total 0/1 - - - - - - - Current Players Harimau Muda A Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player 1 GK Kishok Sasi Kumar 2 MF Mahali Jasuli 3 DF Muhd Nazri Ahmad 4 DF Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas 5 DF Mohd Faizal Muhammad 6 MF Shanmugam Sivanesan 7 MF Mohd Irfan Fazail 8 MF Abdul Shukur Jusoh 9 FW Thamil Arasu Ambumamee 10 FW Mohd Ferris Danial 11 MF Kandasamy Gurusamy (Vice captain) 12 MF Gary Steven Robbat 13 DF Nazirul Naim Che Hashim 14 FW Izzaq Faris Ramlan 15 DF Mohd Amer Saidin No. Position Player 16 MF Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor 17 DF Mohd Fandi Othman 18 MF Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim 19 MF Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria 20 GK Mohd Izham Tarmizi 21 DF Muhd Affizie Faisal Mamat 22 GK Mohd Zamir Selamat 23 MF Mohd Syahid Zaidon 24 DF Mohd Muslim Ahmad 25 MF Muhd Rafiuddin Rodin 26 FW Krishnan Ravindran 27 MF Vivenkanthan Kavi Chelvan 28 DF Bashahrul Abu Bakar 29 FW Haziq Zikri Elias Out On Loan Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player DF Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas (at FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce until 30 October 2011) DF Bashahrul Abu Bakar (at Kedah FA until 30 October 2011) DF Mohd Faizal Muhammad (at Terengganu FA until 30 October 2011) DF Muhd Nazri Ahmad (at Selangor FA until 30 October 2011) MF Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor (at FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce until 30 October 2011) No. Position Player MF Mohd Irfan Fazail (at FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce until 30 October 2011) MF Haziq Zikri Elias (at Selangor FA until 30 October 2011) MF Muhd Rafiuddin Rodin (at Perak FA until 30 October 2011) MF Shanmugam Sivanesan (at Felda United FC until 30 October 2011) FW Krishnan Ravindran (at Felda United FC until 30 October 2011) For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2010 Former players Under K. Rajagopal on 2004 - 2006 Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Position Player GK Amini Ahmad Tabarani GK Abdul Hadi Abdul Hamid GK Khairul Fahmi Che Mat DF Mohd Sabre Mat Abu DF Mohd Aidil Zafuan Abdul Radzak (captain) DF Azrul Azmi DF Mohd Asraruddin Putra Omar DF Baddrol Bakhtiar DF Hardy Charles Parsi DF Farid Ramli MF Mohd Khyril Muhymeen Zambri MF Mohd Safiq Rahim MF Amar Rohidan No. Position Player MF Mohd Nasriq Baharom MF Mohd Bunyamin Umar MF Mohd Faizol Hussain FW Shahrizal Saad FW Mohd Nur Aliff Ramli FW Muhammad Shafiq Jamal FW Mohd Farderin Kadir FW Wan Mohd Aliff Wan Jasmi FW Mohd Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak FW Wan Mohd Hoesne Wan Hussain FW Abdul Manaf Mamat FW Mohd Failee Mohd Ghazali Staff and coach 1992 Team Manager: Head Coach: M. Karathu Assistant Coach: Goalkeeping Coach: 1994 Team Manager: Head Coach: N. Raju Assistant Coach: Goalkeeping Coach: 1995 - 1998 Team Manager: Head Coach: Hatem Souissi Assistant Coach: Goalkeeping Coach: 1999 - 2000 Team Manager: Head Coach: Allan Harris Assistant Coach: Goalkeeping Coach: 2002 - 2004 Team Manager: Head Coach: Jorvan Vieira Assistant Coach: Goalkeeping Coach: 2004 - 2009 Team Manager: Head Coach: Krishnasamy Rajagopal Assistant Coach: Tan Cheng Hoe Goalkeeping Coach: Mohd. Faozi Mukhlas 2009 - 2010 Team Manager: Head Coach: Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah Assistant Coach: Azman Eusoff Goalkeeping Coach: P. Mohana Sundram 2010 - present Team Manager: Afandi Hamzah Head Coach: Ong Kim Swee Assistant Coach: Hassan Sazali Waras Goalkeeping Coach: Yong Wai Hwang Fitness Coach: Rastislav Bozik Physiotherapist: Mohd Nasrul Ahmad Tajudin See also Champions Youth Cup Malaysia national football team Malaysia women's national football team Malaysia national under-23 football team Harimau Muda B Malaysia national under-17 football team Malaysia XI Malaysia national futsal team References ^ Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup ^ "Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions In Malaysia's Super League" (in English). BERNAMA. http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=600787. Retrieved 2011-06-12.  External links Harimau Muda Football Association of Malaysia FIFA profile: Malaysia / Fixtures & Results