Athletics national side

Malaysia

National team · Malaysia

71 Matches

35 wins

10 draws

26 losses

124–101 Goals

+23 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Form L W L L W D

In 2010, K. Rajagopal ended the wait that mattered most at home: Malaysia won the AFF Championship . The year before, his squad had taken gold at the SEA Games.

Malaysia qualified for the Olympic tournament in Munich in 1972 and again for Moscow in 1980, and took bronze at the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran.

The national side dates from 1963, formed to enter that year's Merdeka Tournament a month before the Federation of Malaysia formally came into being on 16 September. FIFA treats it as the continuation of the Malaya team, which explains membership dates that run earlier than the country: the AFC in 1954, FIFA two years later.

The Asian Cup has been reached four times — 1976, 1980, 2007 and 2023 — and the group stage has never been cleared. Fourteen World Cup qualifying campaigns have produced no finals appearance.

Peter Cklamovski was dismissed in June 2026.

Latest results

Fixtures and results

28 Sep	FIFA Asean Cup	Indonesia A	0:0	D
25 Sep	FIFA Asean Cup	Bangladesh A	3:0	W
19 Aug	AFF Championship	Vietnam A	0:2	L
16 Aug	AFF Championship	Vietnam H	0:2	L
8 Aug	AFF Championship	Philippines H	1:0	W
1 Aug	AFF Championship	Thailand A	0:2	L

Standing

FIFA Asean Cup

Group stage · Division 1 - Group A

#	Team	M	W	D	L	Goals	Pts
1	Malaysia	2	1	1	0	3:0	4
2	Indonesia	2	1	1	0	2:0	4
3	Singapore	2	1	0	1	1:2	3
4	Bangladesh	2	0	0	2	0:4	0

Full table

Team statistics

matches counted in total: 71

71 Matches

35 wins

10 draws

26 losses

124–101 Goals

+23 Difference

1.7 Scored per game

Match outcomes matches counted in total: 71

35 10 26

wins draws losses

Scored and conceded last matches

scored — above the line conceded — below the line

Metric	Total	Home	Away
Matches	71	37	34
Scored	124	90	34
Conceded	101	39	62
Scored per game	1.7	2.4	1.0
Conceded per game	1.4	1.1	1.8
Difference	+23	+51	−28

Key players

by appearances over the last year

Arif Aiman bin Mohd Hanapi Forward 2 Matches

Bergson Forward 2 Matches

Dion Cools Defender 2 Matches

Paulo Josué Stürmer dos Reis Forward 2 Matches

Ahmad Syihan Hazmi bin Mohamed Goalkeeper 2 Matches

Manuel Hidalgo Midfielder 2 Matches

Nazmi Faiz Mansor Midfielder 2 Matches

D. Ting Defender 2 Matches

Squad of Malaysia

by appearances over the last year

Number	Player	Position	Age	Matches
10	Arif Aiman bin Mohd Hanapi	Forward	24	2
9	Bergson	Forward	35	2
21	Dion Cools	Defender		2
19	Paulo Josué Stürmer dos Reis	Forward		2
16	Ahmad Syihan Hazmi bin Mohamed	Goalkeeper		2
4	Manuel Hidalgo	Midfielder		2
20	Nazmi Faiz Mansor	Midfielder		2
2	D. Ting	Defender		2
15	Nooa Hamzah Laine	Midfielder		2
22	La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong	Defender		2
12	Stuart John Wilkin	Midfielder		2
14	Harith Haiqal bin Adam Afkar	Defender		2
7	Mohamad Faisal bin Abdul Halim	Forward		2
13	F. Tierney	Midfielder		2
8	Muhamad Syahir bin Bashah	Midfielder		2
6	Quentin Cheng Jiun Ho	Defender		2
18	Muhammad Syahmi bin Safari	Defender		2
5	B. Tapp	Defender		2
3	U. Shamsul	Defender		2
23	Haziq Nadzli	Goalkeeper		2
11	Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan	Midfielder		2
1	Azri Abdul Ghani	Goalkeeper		2
17	G. Pavithran	Forward		2