Malaysia League XI

The Malaysia League XI, commonly known as MSL All Stars, Malaysia Selection or Malaysia League Selection represents Malaysia Super League in friendly matches. Malaysia League XI mainly play non-FIFA 'A' international matches while the competitive matches such as FIFA World Cup qualifications and the AFC Asian Cup are played by the Malaysia national team.

Malaysia League XI

Association	Football Association of Malaysia (Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia – FAM)
Captain	Safiq Rahim
Home stadium	Bukit Jalil National Stadium
FIFA code	MAS
First colours
First international
Malaya 4–3 British Army (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 26 May 1962)
Biggest win
Malaysia 6–0 Indonesia  (Jakarta, Indonesia; 27 July 2012)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia 0–6 Manchester United (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 23 July 2001)

History

The Malaysia League XI is formed by the top players in the Malaysia Super League. Some of the players are mainly from the Malaysia national team. Malaysia League XI usually plays against football clubs throughout the world mostly from England.

In recent years, Football Association of Malaysia has always arranged matches between the Malaysian side and clubs throughout the world. Malaysia League XI doesn't play a match for a few years. They only play a match if they are invited to. The team mainly play against a pre-season match for the opposite team to be prepared for their leagues. Malaysia League XI only recorded four wins and five draws since their match at 1962.

Fixtures and results

See also: Malaysia national football team results

Date	Location	Head coach	Opponent	Result	Malaysia goalscorers	Refs
26 May 1962	Merdeka Stadium	Harun Haji Idris	British Army	4–3 (W)		[1]
8 May 1974	Perak Stadium	Jalil Che Din	Everton	0–1 (L)
11 May 1975	Merdeka Stadium	M. Chandran	Arsenal	2–0 (W)	Mokhtar 45', 77'	[2][3]
14 May 1975	City Stadium, Penang	M. Chandran	Arsenal	1–1 (D)	Isa 75'	[4][5][6]
31 July 1982	Merdeka Stadium	M. Chandran	Nottingham Forest	0–3 (L)
18 May 1983	Merdeka Stadium	Frank Lord	Newcastle United	2–5 (L)	Zainal ?' Chen Wooi Haw ?'
20 May 1983	Darulmakmur Stadium	Frank Lord	Newcastle United	0–1 (L)
11 August 1989	Merdeka Stadium	Trevor Hartley	Everton	0–0 (D) (lose 2–4 on PSO)
20 May 1991	Merdeka Stadium	Rahim Abdullah	Aston Villa	0–4 (L)
7 May 1995	Shah Alam Stadium	Claude Le Roy	Flamengo XI	1–1 (D)	Badrul 39'	[7][8][9] [10]
19 July 1999	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Abdul Rahman Ibrahim	Arsenal	0–2 (L)		[a]
23 July 2001	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Allan Harris	Manchester United	0–6 (L)		[b]
17 July 2004	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Allan Harris	Norwich City	0–1 (L)		[11]
29 July 2008	Shah Alam Stadium	B. Sathianathan	Chelsea	0–2 (L)		[12][c]
18 July 2009	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester United	2–3 (L)	Amri 45', 52'	[13][14][15][d]
20 July 2009	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester United	0–2 (L)		[16][17]
13 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Arsenal	0–4 (L)		[18][19][20][e]
16 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Liverpool	3–6 (L)	Safiq 44' Safee 79', 82'	[21][22][23][f]
21 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Ong Kim Swee	Chelsea	0–1 (L)		[12][24][25][g]
24 July 2012	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Arsenal	1–2 (L)	Azmi 45+2'	[26][27][28][h]
27 July 2012	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta	Ong Kim Swee	Indonesia	6–0 (W)	Hazwan 11' Kubala 13' (pen.) Azrif 31' Amri 34', 36' Shukor 62'	[29][30]
30 July 2012	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester City	1–3 (L)	Azamuddin 87'	[31][32][i]
16 July 2013	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Chonburi	0–0 (D)		[33][34]
21 July 2013	Shah Alam Stadium	K. Rajagopal	Chelsea	1–4 (L)	Fadhli 90+1'	[12][35][36][j]
25 July 2013	Miho Ground, Shimizu, Shizuoka	K. Rajagopal	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2 (L)		[37]
27 July 2013	Banyu Artificial Turf Soccer Field, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	K. Rajagopal	Shonan Bellmare	0–5 (L)		[38][39]
31 July 2013	Tama City Athletic Stadium, Tama, Tokyo	K. Rajagopal	Tokyo Verdy	0–5 (L)		[40][41]
10 August 2013	Shah Alam Stadium	K. Rajagopal	Barcelona	1–3 (L)	Amri 39'	[42][43][44][k]
27 May 2015	Shah Alam Stadium	Dollah Salleh	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2 (L)	Thiago Junio 31'	[45][46][47]
24 July 2015	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Dollah Salleh	Liverpool	1–1 (D)	Patrick Wleh 13'	[48][49][50][l]
28 March 2022	Jalan Besar Stadium	Kim Pan-gon	Albirex Niigata Singapore	3–0 (W)	Krasniqi 9' Sumareh 45' Faisal 65'	[51]

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Albirex Niigata Singapore, on 28 March 2022.^[51]
• Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March 2022 after the match against Singapore with national senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club[m]
1	1GK	Farizal Marlias	(1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 38)	50	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
23	1GK	Khairulazhan Khalid	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 35)	14	0	Selangor
21	1GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Petaling Jaya City
7	2DF	Aidil Zafuan	(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 37)	98	3	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3	2DF	Shahrul Saad	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 31)	45	5	Johor Darul Ta'zim
22	2DF	La'Vere Corbin-Ong	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 33)	15	1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
6	2DF	Dominic Tan	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	8	0	Sabah
2	2DF	Dion Cools	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 28)	6	0	Zulte Waregem
24	2DF	Khair Jones	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 35)	4	1	Negeri Sembilan
5	2DF	Quentin Cheng	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 25)	3	0	Selangor
28	2DF	Khuzaimi Piee	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31)	2	0	Negeri Sembilan
8	3MF	Safiq Rahim	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 37)	77	15	Johor Darul Ta'zim
14	3MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 27)	24	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
29	3MF	Nor Azam Azih	(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 29)	17	0	Sri Pahang
15	3MF	Kogileswaran Raj	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26)	8	2	Petaling Jaya City
10	3MF	Liridon Krasniqi	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32)	6	1	Odisha
25	3MF	Zhafri Yahya	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Kuala Lumpur City
11	4FW	Safawi Rasid	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)	37	15	Johor Darul Ta'zim
19	4FW	Akhyar Rashid	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 25)	28	7	Johor Darul Ta'zim
20	4FW	Syafiq Ahmad	(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 29)	24	8	Kedah Darul Aman
13	4FW	Mohamadou Sumareh	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 30)	24	6	Johor Darul Ta'zim
18	4FW	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Kortrijk
12	4FW	Arif Aiman Hanapi	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
17	4FW	Faisal Halim	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Terengganu
27	4FW	Ramadhan Saifullah	(2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Head-to-head records

Opponents	Games played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goals difference
Albirex Niigata Singapore	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Arsenal	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5
Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Barcelona	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Chelsea	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
Chonburi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Everton	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Flamengo XI	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Liverpool	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3
Manchester City	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Manchester United	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Newcastle United	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Shimizu S-Pulse	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Shonan Bellmare	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Tokyo Verdy	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Notes and references

Notes

1. See 1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season.
2. See 2001–02 Manchester United F.C. season.
3. See 2008–09 Chelsea F.C. season.
4. See 2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season.
5. See 2011–12 Arsenal F.C. season.
6. See 2011–12 Liverpool F.C. season.
7. See 2011–12 Chelsea F.C. season.
8. See 2012–13 Arsenal F.C. season.
9. See 2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season.
10. See 2013–14 Chelsea F.C. season.
11. See 2013–14 FC Barcelona season.
12. See 2015–16 Liverpool F.C. season.
13. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

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External links

• Official website