Malaysia national under-22 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-22, Malaysia U-22 or Malaysia B-22) represents Malaysia in international football competitions including in the SEA Games of the 2017 edition. It is managed by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). This team was created for the 2013 AFC U-22 Championship qualification, 2017 SEA Games and participated in the 2019 AFF U-22 Youth Championship.[1][2]

Malaysia U-22

Nickname(s)	Harimau Muda (Young Tigers)
Association	Football Association of Malaysia
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	E. Elavarasan
Captain	Mukhairi Ajmal
Home stadium	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil
FIFA code	MAS
First colours Second colours

History

After Harimau Muda project disbanded in 2015, FAM needed a fresh start for the U-23 team where a new set of players was brought in for the team with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team which was then announced as the national under-22 team.[1][3] The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age around 18 to 21 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 22 years old when 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia started.[1] With bigger pool of players within age of 18-22, the team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the younger side such as U-21 and U-22 when needed.^{[citation needed]}

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national football team. It is for players under the aged of 22 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-19s, Under-16s and Under-14s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-22s, senior side and then again for the U-22s.^{[citation needed]}

Frank Bernhardt era

Frank Bernhardt has been announced as the new head coach for the newly created Malaysia under-22 national football team in preparation for 2017 Southeast Asian Games. The 46-year-old began his new job as national under-22 boss on Monday at Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) headquarters in Kelana Jaya. His first task is to pick an assistant from four candidates—Hassan Sazali, P. Maniam, Reduan Abdullah and Azlan Johar. And then Bernhardt will choose a squad of 25 players to work with ahead of the SEA Games football tournament on home soil in August 2017.[4]

25 players, including President's Cup players from DRB-Hicom and Sime Darby were picked to join the U22 national team third training camp.[5]

Tournament records

AFC U-22 Championship

Note: AFC U-22 in 2013.

AFC U-22 Championship Record									AFC U-22 qualification Record							Head Coach
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
2013	Did not qualify								5	3	0	2	17	7		Ong Kim Swee
Total	Best: None	–	–	–	–	–	–		5	3	0	2	17	7

SEA Games

Note: All Malaysian participants from U-22 since 31 March 2016 are only for SEA Games.

SEA Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2017	Runners-up	2/11	6	5	0	1	11	5
Total	Best: Runners-up	1/1	6	5	0	1	11	5

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy record

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Third Place	5	2	0	3	13	9
2005	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	3	7
2007	Third Place	4	1	1	2	4	7
Total	Best: Third Place	13	5	1	7	20	23

Recent results

  Win   Draw   Lose

2019

Malaysia  v  Cambodia

18 February 2019 (2019-02-18) 2019 AFF U-22 GS	Malaysia	0–1	Cambodia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7		Report	Rosib 62'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Attendance: 3,875 Referee: Nguyễn Hiền Triết (Vietnam)

Indonesia  v  Malaysia

20 February 2019 (2019-02-20) 2019 AFF U-22 GS	Indonesia	2–2	Malaysia	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
15:30 UTC+7	Marinus 52' Witan 77'	Report	Nik Akif 62' Hadi 86'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium, Phnom Penh Attendance: 600 Referee: Steve Supresencia (Philippines)

Malaysia  v  Myanmar

22 February 2019 (2019-02-22) 2019 AFF U-22 GS	Malaysia	1–0	Myanmar	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
18:30 UTC+7	Hadi 45'	Report		Stadium: RSN Stadium Attendance: 115 Referee: Sivakorn Pu-udom (Thailand)

Squad

The following players have also been called up to the Phase 2 central training camp in October 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Firdaus Irman Fadhil				Selangor II
	1GK	Sikh Izhan Nazrel	(2002-03-23) 23 March 2002 (age 20)			Selangor
	1GK	Azri Ghani	(1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 23)			Perak
	2DF	Azrin Afiq	(2002-01-02) 2 January 2002 (age 20)			Selangor II
	2DF	Zikri Khalili	(2002-06-25) 25 June 2002 (age 20)			Selangor II
	2DF	Faiz Amer Runnizar				Selangor II
	2DF	Fahmi Daniel Zaaim				Selangor II
	2DF	Firdaus Ramli	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 20)			Johor Darul Ta'zim II
	2DF	Annil Vigneswaran				Karlsruher SC
	3MF	Aiman Afif	(2001-02-18) 18 February 2001 (age 21)			Kedah Darul Aman
	3MF	Hong Wan	(2000-08-17) 17 August 2000 (age 22)			Johor Darul Ta'zim
	3MF	Umar Hakeem	(2002-08-26) 26 August 2002 (age 20)			Johor Darul Ta'zim the II
	3MF	Nik Akif	(1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 (age 23)			Terengganu
	3MF	Shafi Azswad	(2001-03-09) 9 March 2001 (age 21)			Johor Darul Ta'zim III
	2DF	Alif Mutalib	(2002-01-16) 16 January 2002 (age 20)			Johor Darul Ta'zim II
	4FW	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 20)			FK Jerv
	4FW	Hakimi Abdullah	(1999-11-09) 9 November 1999 (age 22)			Terengganu
	4FW	Azhad Harraz Arman	(2003-05-09) 9 May 2003 (age 19)			FAM-MSN
	4FW	Khairi Suffian				Selangor II

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Malaysia squad within last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Norman Haikal Rendra Iskandar	(2004-01-22) 22 January 2004 (age 18)			Mito HollyHock
GK	Muhammad Yassin Mohd Hussaini	(2004-09-21) 21 September 2004 (age 18)			Selangor
GK	Pravin Gunasilan	(2004-03-25) 25 March 2004 (age 18)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Muhammad Azril Mohmad Yusof	(2003-08-14) 14 August 2003 (age 19)			Selangor
DF	Khairul Nabil Adam Khairudin	(2008-01-22) 22 January 2008 (age 14)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Ahmad Muzhaffar Amran	(2008-10-04) 4 October 2008 (age 14)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Jason Chan Ka Jun	(2008-11-24) 24 November 2008 (age 13)			Penang
DF	Muhammad Firdaus Hasni	(2002-06-08) 8 June 2002 (age 20)			Negeri Sembilan
DF	Mohamad Assalam Asyraq Salehudin	(2004-10-03) 3 October 2004 (age 18)			Shimizu S-Pulse
DF	Muhamad Danial Iman Amir	(2008-06-16) 16 June 2008 (age 14)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Naresh Vikneswaran	(2008-03-27) 27 March 2008 (age 14)			Selangor
DF	Muhammad Imtiyaz Haffiey Mohamad Ismail	(2008-12-14) 14 December 2008 (age 13)			Perak
DF	Muhammad Firdaus Mohd Noh	(2005-08-18) 18 August 2005 (age 17)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Amirul Naim Shahruddin	(2002-04-30) 30 April 2002 (age 20)			Kedah Darul Aman
DF	Muhammad Danial Mohd Saifulazhar	(2003-09-16) 16 September 2003 (age 19)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Mithran Santhirasekar	(2008-11-20) 20 November 2008 (age 13)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Bready	(2007-09-13) 13 September 2007 (age 15)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Haidar Hassan Shauqee Rohaizad	(2008-09-15) 15 September 2008 (age 14)			Kuala Lumpur City
DF	Narveen Raveentranath Tagoor	(2003-05-16) 16 May 2003 (age 19)			Selangor
DF	Airell Naqeeb Airoll Najeek	(2008-07-11) 11 July 2008 (age 14)			Johor Darul Ta'zim II
DF	Nur Syameel Ariq Mohamad Nor Shaidan	(2008-08-12) 12 August 2008 (age 14)			Sarawak United
MF	Muhammad Hazriq Danish Abdullah	(2005-04-25) 25 April 2005 (age 17)			Taipower
MF	Lokman Hakim Mohd Hussin	(2003-11-19) 19 November 2003 (age 18)			Johor Darul Ta'zim
MF	Mohamad Darwisy Amsyar Sahamizam	(2007-07-02) 2 July 2007 (age 15)			Perlis United
MF	Mohammad Iqbal Ali	(2004-10-27) 27 October 2004 (age 18)			Nagoya Grampus
MF	Anaqi Rafiqin Hisham	(2008-01-21) 21 January 2008 (age 14)			Christchurch United
MF	Wan Kuzri	(2002-08-09) 9 August 2002 (age 20)			Akron Zips
MF	Ong Whye Li	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 16)			New York Red Bulls Academy
MF	Aiman Fitri Zubir	(2004-11-20) 20 November 2004 (age 17)			San Jose Earthquakes II
MF	Richard Chin	(2002-10-15) 15 October 2002 (age 20)			Charlton Athletic
MF	Nooa Laine	(2002-11-22) 22 November 2002 (age 19)			Seinajoen Jalkapallokerho
FW	Muhamad Iqbal Ariffin	(2009-02-21) 21 February 2009 (age 13)			Auckland City
FW	Ahmad Shahmi Md Azhar	(2005-11-01) 1 November 2005 (age 17)			Perak
FW	Muhammad Durrani Aufa Muhammad Hafiss	(2007-05-03) 3 May 2007 (age 15)			Cavalry
FW	Aieman Rafique Azman	(2007-09-27) 27 September 2007 (age 15)			Kelantan United
FW	Kabilan M. Narentheran	(2004-05-22) 22 May 2004 (age 18)			Selangor
FW	Dhia Azrai Naim Rosman	(2005-06-19) 19 June 2005 (age 17)			Tampines Rovers
FW	Muhammad Rahimi Rosfazli	(2006-09-11) 11 September 2006 (age 16)			Ulsan Hyundai
FW	Muhammad Ridzuan Abdullah	(2009-01-20) 20 January 2009 (age 13)			Sabah
FW	Amirul Farhan Shahruddin	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 17)			Kuala Lumpur City
FW	Nishan Velupillay	(2001-05-07) 7 May 2001 (age 21)			Melbourne Victory

Team officials

As of 18 May 2017

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles	Names
Head Coach	Vacant
Assistant Coach	Aminuddin Hussin
Fitness Coach	Rastislav Bozik
Goalkeeping Coach	Megat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi Ibrahim

Malaysia national football team management and supporting staff
Roles	Names
Manager	Yusof Mahadi
Assistant Manager	vacant
Fitness Coach	Rastislav Bozik
Physiotherapist	Vladimir Gramblicka
Masseur	Abdul Aziz Manaff
Kitman	Sukri Haimi
Video Analyst	Ahmad Hilmi Abdul Latif
Team Doctor	Halim Mokhtar
Psychologist	Jolly
Security Officer	Dali Wahid

Head coaches

• Frank Bernhardt (2016–2017)[6]
• Ong Kim Swee (2017– )

Head coaches records

As of 25 March 2017

Malaysia national football team head coaches
Name	Country	Period	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA	GD	Win %
Frank Bernhardt	Germany	2016–2017	14	5	5	4	17	18	−1	035.71
Ong Kim Swee	Malaysia	2017–2021	0	0	0	0	0	0	+0	!—

See also

• Malaysia national football team
• Malaysia women's national football team
• Malaysia national under-19 football team
• Malaysia national under-16 football team

References

External links