Harimau Muda A

Harimau Muda

Full name	Harimau Muda
Nickname(s)	Young Tigers
Founded	2007
Ground	Stadium Nasional Bukit Jalil, Bukit Jalil, Malaysia
Ground Capacity	100000
Chairman	Tengku Abdullah ibni Sultan Ahmad Shah
Manager	Datuk Afandi Hamzah
Coach	Ong Kim Swee
League	National Premier Leagues Queensland
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Harimau Muda A is the club name for Malaysia national under-22 football team representing Malaysia in international football competitions such as AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Champions Youth Cup as well as other under-22 international football tournaments. It is managed by Football Association of Malaysia. The squad is the feeder team for Malaysia U-23 and senior national football team. The A players are between age 19 to 22 while Harimau Muda B is for under-19 players and Harimau Muda C for under-17 players. Harimau Muda A lastly participated in a domestic league competition is the 2012 S. League.

The team is aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and does not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad.

The name "Harimau Muda" means "Young Tigers" in English.

History

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 into 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.

For the 2012 S. League season, Harimau Muda A will continue to use their training centre and main headquarters at Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya as always, however for the league matches, Harimau Muda A will be based at the Yishun Stadium in Yishun, Singapore.^[3] Like the rest of the teams that are participating in the 2012 season, Harimau Muda A will be sponsored by Yeo's H-TWO-O Original. The logo will be printed on the back of the Harimau Muda A's home and away kit.

In 2013, The Football Association of Malaysia agreed to replace Harimau Muda A with Harimau Muda B in the 2013 S.League campaign. Instead, Harimau Muda A will undergo a 8 month long training in central Europe and will be mainly based at Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia in order to prepare to defend their title in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Harimau Muda B will use aged under-19 players for the S. League with no foreign players and will be based in the Pasir Gudang Stadium, replacing Yishun Stadium as their previous home stadium.

After a year without club competition, Harimau Muda A is competing in the Australia's National Premier Leagues Queensland, starting in the 2014 season. This follows an announcement of the agreement between FA of Malaysia and Football Queensland of Australia on 14 January 2014.^[4][5]

Competition records

Honours

Domestic

• Malaysia Premier League
  • Winners (1): 2009

International

• AFC Youth Championship
  • Runner-up (3): 1959, 1960, 1968
  • Third place (1): 1965
  • Fourth place (1): 1962

• AFF Youth Championship
  • Runner-up (3): 2005,2006,2007
  • Third place (1): 2011
  • Fourth place (1): 2009

Others

• International U-21 Football Tournament Thanh Nien Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012^[6]

International 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 - - - - - - - 2011 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2013 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - - 2015 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 1 – 3  Morocco Loss Round 1  Malaysia 1 – 3  Uruguay Loss Round 1  Malaysia 0 – 3  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 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2012 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 2014 Did not qualify - - - - - - - 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 19 **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil. Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Record Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Year Round GP W D L GS GA 2002 Semifinal 5 2 0 3 13 9 2005 Group Stage 4 2 0 2 3 7 2007 Semifinal 4 1 1 2 4 7 Total Best: Semifinal 13 5 1 7 20 23 Malaysia sent Harimau Muda B beginning from 2012 edition. 2013 Fixtures and Results 2013 Slovakia Centralized Training Camp In 2013, Harimau Muda A Fixtures and Results during their 8 month training in Europe.[7][8] East European Tour (Friendly) Friendly 16 March Veľké Ludince 0 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 23 March Slovakia  1 – 1 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 26 March Georgia  7 – 1 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 3 April MŠK Žilina 4 – 1 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 6 April Norway  0 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 17 April MŠK Žilina 3 – 2 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 24 April FGSZ Siofok 4 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 30 April Kaposvári Rákóczi 3 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 7 May FC Nitra 2 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 23 May Slavia Praha 1 – 2 Harimau Muda A   ?  ?' Report Zaharulnizam  ?' Rozaimi  ?' Friendly 29 May Sparta Praha 1 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 4 June Slovan Duslo Sala 2 – 2 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 15 June Ruzomberok 1 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 22 June Vienna FC 1894 4 – 2 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 26 June Wiener Neustadt 1 – 6 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 23 July 2013 FK Pohronie 2 – 3 Harimau Muda A Štadión Dolná Ždaňa Hliník nad Hronom   Friendly 30 July 2013 FC ViOn Zlaté Moravce 5 – 1 Harimau Muda A   Other Friendly Friendly 29 August 2013 Harimau Muda A 4 – 0 UiTM Wisma FAM   Friendly 3 September 2013 Harimau Muda A 5 – 0 UiTM Darul Makmur Stadium   Friendly 12 October 2013 Harimau Muda A 0 – 2 ATM Wisma FAM   Friendly 12 November 2013 Jordan  3 – 1 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 14 November 2013 Jordan  5 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Friendly 29 November 2013 Johor Darul Takzim II 0 – 0 Harimau Muda A   Report Friendly 4 December 2013 Harimau Muda A 3 – 1 F.C. Ryukyu MBPJ Stadium   Thamil  16' Rozaimi  50', 90' Report Takahashi  14' Squad No. Name Nationality Position Goalkeepers Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar GK Mohd Firdaus Muhamad GK Defenders Shahrul Mohd Saad RB,CB Mohd Amer Saidin CB Wan Ahmad Amirzafran Wan Nadris CB Mohd Fandi Othman LB,LM Nazirul Naim Che Hashim LB,LM Kenny Pallraj a/l Davaragi LB,RB,CB Midfielders Saiful Ridzuan Selamat CM D. Saarvindran LW,RW Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh LM,RM,LW,RW Muhammad Ariff Farhan Mohd Isa CM,LB Gary Steven Robbat CM,DM Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul Hisham RM,RW,RB Muhammad Nurridzuan Abu Hassan LM,LW Mohd Ridzuan Abdunloh LM,LW,RM,RW Forwards Mohd Ferris Danial RW,ST Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim RW,ST 2014 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 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 GK Mohd Izham Tarmizi (to Johor Darul Takzim F.C.) DF Mohd Fadhli Mohd Shas (to Johor Darul Takzim F.C.) DF Muhd Hazwan Rahman (to T-Team F.C.) MF Mohd Syahid Zaidon (to Felda United F.C.) MF Mohd Irfan Fazail (to Johor Darul Takzim F.C.) MF Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria (to Kelantan FA) FW Thamil Arasu Ambumamee (to Selangor FA) No. Position Player FW Ahmad Hazwan Bakri (to Selangor FA) FW Izzaq Faris Ramlan (to Terengganu FA) FW Rozaimi Abdul Rahman (to Sabah FA) For recent transfers, see List of Malaysian football transfers 2014 Coaching staff Manager Dato’ Afandi Bin Hamzah Head coach Ong Kim Swee Assistant coach Rusdi Suparman Fitness coach Rastislav Bozik Goalkeeping coach Yong Wai Hwang Physiotherapist Mohd Nasrul Ahmad Tajuddin Logistic officer 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– Ong Kim Swee Affiliated Clubs Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda C Bukit Jalil Sports School Zlaté Moravce Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School Sekolah Sukan Malaysia Pahang See also Harimau Muda Harimau Muda B Harimau Muda C References ↑ Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup ↑ "Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions In Malaysia's Super League". BERNAMA. Retrieved 2011-06-12.  ↑ http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/2012/01/06/2832876/malaysia-u-23-to-be-based-in-singapore-for-2012-sleague ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27676234 ↑ http://www.foxsportspulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27649163 ↑ "Hazwan Header Gives Malaysia Thanh Nien Crown". ASEAN Football Federation. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-11-26.  ↑ Harimau Muda A Latihan Di Slovakia Harimau Muda A 2013 (Malay) Retrieved at 24/05/13 ↑ "SEA GAMES 2013: Malaysia Head to East Europe". ASEAN Football Federation. 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