Malaysia national football team

Malaysia national football team represents Malaysia in soccer.

Malaysia

Nickname(s)	Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers)
Association	FAM
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Tan Cheng Hoe
Top scorer	Zainal Abidin Hassan (78)[1]
Home stadium	Bukit Jalil
FIFA code	MAS
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	145 1 (22 December 2022)[2]
Highest	75 (August 1993)
Lowest	178 (March 2018)
First international
Malaysia 1–1 Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 October 1963)[note 1]
Biggest win
Malaysia 11–0 Philippines  (Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974)
Biggest defeat
United Arab Emirates 10–0 Malaysia  (Abu Dhabi, UAE; 3 September 2015)

References

1. "AFF Suzuki Cup Hero: Zainal Abidin Hassan – Harimau Legend". Fox Sports Malaysia. 1 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2019. But more importantly, aside from his fruitful club career, what further cements his place as a distinguished footballer in the Southeast Asian region are his services to his national team, the Harimau Malaya. A total of 78 goals in 138 appearances (0.57 goal/game) is a goalscoring rate of high regard for one's country. Although he might have been in a generation when Southeast Asian football was singlehandedly dominated by Thailand, he was part of the Malaysian team that was able to get a gold medal in the 1989 Southeast Asian Games.
2. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
3. "Malaysia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Malaysia. Retrieved 24 November 2016.

Notes

1. Result count since after the Federation of Malaysia formation on 16 September 1963.^[3]