Football national side
Malaysia
National team · Malaysia
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| 5 Oct | FIFA Asean Cup |
Vietnam
H
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| 1 Oct | FIFA Asean Cup |
Singapore
H
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6:0 | W |
| 28 Sep | FIFA Asean Cup |
Indonesia
A
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0:0 | D |
| 25 Sep | FIFA Asean Cup |
Bangladesh
A
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3:0 | W |
| 19 Aug | AFF Championship |
Vietnam
A
|
0:2 | L |
| 16 Aug | AFF Championship |
Vietnam
H
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0:2 | L |
Standing
FIFA Asean CupGroup stage · Division 1 - Group A
| # | Team | M | W | D | L | Goals | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Indonesia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:2 | 7 |
| 2 |
 Malaysia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9:0 | 7 |
| 3 |
Singapore
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1:8 | 3 |
| 4 |
Bangladesh
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2:13 | 0 |
Team statistics
matches counted in total: 72| Metric | Total | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | 72 | 38 | 34 |
| Scored | 130 | 96 | 34 |
| Conceded | 101 | 39 | 62 |
| Scored per game | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Conceded per game | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Difference | +29 | +57 | −28 |
Key players
by appearances over the last year
Squad of Malaysia
by appearances over the last year| Number | Player | Position | Age | Matches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 |  G. Pavithran |
Forward | 3 | ||
| 9 |  |
 Bergson |
Forward | 35 | 3 |
| 21 |  Dion Cools |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 19 |  Paulo Josué Stürmer dos Reis |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 16 |  Ahmad Syihan Hazmi bin Mohamed |
Goalkeeper | 3 | ||
| 4 |  Manuel Hidalgo |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 20 |  Nazmi Faiz Mansor |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 2 |  D. Ting |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 15 |  Nooa Hamzah Laine |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 1 |  Azri Abdul Ghani |
Goalkeeper | 3 | ||
| 10 | |
 Arif Aiman bin Mohd Hanapi |
Forward | 24 | 3 |
| 12 |  Stuart John Wilkin |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Harith Haiqal bin Adam Afkar |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 13 |  F. Tierney |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 8 |  Muhamad Syahir bin Bashah |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 6 |  Quentin Cheng Jiun Ho |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 18 |  Muhammad Syahmi bin Safari |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 5 |  B. Tapp |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 3 |  U. Shamsul |
Defender | 3 | ||
| 23 |  Haziq Nadzli |
Goalkeeper | 3 | ||
| 11 |  Nathaniel Shio Hong Wan |
Midfielder | 3 | ||
| 22 |  La'Vere Lawrence Corbin-Ong |
Defender | 2 | ||
| 7 |  Mohamad Faisal bin Abdul Halim |
Forward | 2 |
Fixtures of Malaysia
Honours of Malaysia
- Merdeka Tournament 1958, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1986, 1993 10
- SEA Games 1977, 1979, 1989 3
- AFF Championship 2010 1