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 U-22
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)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 1997)
Best result Round 1
Appearances (First in 1959)
Best result Runners-up

Harimau Muda A, or Malaysia national under-22 football team also known as Malaysia U-22, represents Malaysia in international football competitions such as AFC Youth Championship, Champions Youth Cup and as well as any other under-22 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 21 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.

Contents

Formation

For more details on this topic, see Harimau Muda.

On October 19, 2007 FAM decided to include Malaysia U-21 as one of the team in 2007–08 Premier League Malaysia and will be known as Harimau Muda (Young Tigers).[1] Due to international duties, the Malaysia national U-21 team were needed to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. In local competition, they participated in the Premier League and the FA Cup.

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

After the stint in Slovakia, 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.

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

Competitive 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 79 – 0  Morocco Loss
Round 1  Malaysia 24 – 2  Uruguay Loss
Round 1  Malaysia 15 – 0  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 - - - - - - -

Squad

Current squad

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 Mohd Izham Tarmizi
2 DF Mohd Syazwan Tajuddin
3 DF Shahrul Saad
4 DF Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas
5 DF Mahali Jasuli
5 DF Mohd Amer Saidin
6 MF Nur Areff Kamaruddin
7 MF Mohd Irfan Fazail
8 MF Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria
9 FW A. Thamil Arasu
10 FW Mohd Ferris Danial
11 MF D. Saarvindran
12 MF Gary Steven Robbat
13 DF Nazirul Naim Che Hashim
No. Position Player
14 FW Izzaq Faris Ramlan
15 MF Mohd Syahid Zaidon
16 MF Wan Zack Haikal Wan Noor
17 DF Mohd Fandi Othman (Vice captain)
18 FW Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim
19 MF Muhd Izuan Salahuddin
20 FW Ahmad Hazwan Bakri
21 MF Muhamad Nazmi Faiz Mansor
22 GK Mohd Shahril Saa'ri
23 GK Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar
24 MF Vivenkanthan Kavi Chelvan
25 GK Mohd Firdaus Muhammad
26 MF Mohd Azzizan Nordin
27 FW Muhammad Akmal Ishak

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 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

2012 Transfers

Transfers (In)

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 Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar (from Harimau Muda B)
GK Mohd Firdaus Muhammad (from SSBJ football team)
GK Mohd Shahril Saa'ri (from Terengganu FA)
DF Mohd Syazwan Tajuddin (from Harimau Muda B)
DF Shahrul Saad (from Harimau Muda B)
MF Nur Areff Kamaruddin (from SSBJ football team)
MF D. Saarvindran (from Harimau Muda B)
MF Muhd Izuan Salahuddin (on loan from Kelantan FA)
MF Muhamad Nazmi Faiz Mansor (from Harimau Muda B)
MF Mohd Azzizan Nordin (from SSBJ football team)
FW Ahmad Hazwan Bakri (on loan from Kuala Lumpur FA)
FW Muhammad Akmal Ishak (from SSBJ football team)

Transfers (Out)

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 Bashahrul Abu Bakar (to Kedah FA)
DF Muhd Nazri Ahmad (to Felda United FC)
MF Shanmugam Sivanesan (to Felda United FC)
MF Muhd Rafiuddin Rodin (to Perak FA)
FW Haziq Zikri Elias (to -)
FW Krishnan Ravindran (to Sarawak FA)
DF Mohd Muslim Ahmad (to Terengganu FA)
MF Abdul Shukur Jusoh (to Terengganu FA)
DF Mohd Faizal Muhammad (to Terengganu FA)
MF K. Gurusamy (to Selangor FA)
GK Mohd Zamir Selamat (to Johor FC)
GK K. Sasikumar (to Johor FA)

For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2012

Coaching staff

Manager Afandi Hamzah
Assistant manager vacant
Head coach Ong Kim Swee
Assistant coach Hassan Sazali Waras
Fitness coach Rustov Bozik
Goalkeeping coach Yong Wai Hwang
Physiotherapist Mohd Nasrul Ahmad Tajuddin
Kitman Shukrie Haimie

Coaches

Year Head coach
1992–1994 M. Karathu
1994–1995 N. Raju
1995–1998 Hatem Souissi
1999–2000 Allan Harris
2000–2004 Jorvan Vieira
2004–2009 Datuk K. Rajagopal
2009–2010 Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
2010–present Ong Kim Swee

See also

References

  1. ^ Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup
  2. ^ "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. 

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