Malaysia national under-19 football team

Malaysia national under-19 football team ( besides known as Malaysia Under-19 or Malaysia U-19 ) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, deoxyadenosine monophosphate well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. The players in the current team chiefly consist of players with age within 17 to 19 years old where the oldest players will be below the age prerequisite of 20 years honest-to-god when the adjacent U-20 tournament started. The team will besides play in other age-restricted tournament as the older or younger side such as U-20 and U-18 when needed. After the disband of Harimau Muda project, Football Association of Malaysia needed a newly starting signal for the U-19 team where a new fructify of players was brought in for the U-23 side with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team with the team chiefly consist of players with historic period around 18 to 21 years old. [ 1 ] The set of players that still under 19 years previous can then besides be selected to represent Malaysia for the U-20 side tournament with the Under 19 team .

history [edit ]

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-23 football team. It is for players aged 19 and less. besides in universe are national teams for Under-23s ( Under-22s and Under-21s ), Under-17s and Under-15s. arsenic long as they are eligible, players can play at any floor, hence it is potential for one to play for the U-19s, elder side and then again for the U-19s.

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Harimau Muda Project era [edit ]

After the abysmal performance of Malaysia national football team in international scene, Football Association of Malaysia created Harimau Muda Project where the under-19 side was called to represent Malaysia as a single team club called Harimau Muda C. Harimau Muda C was formed to provide a bigger pool of players and become a bird feeder team for Harimau Muda B, as Harimau Muda B did to Harimau Muda A. Harimau Muda C made their debut in the 3rd Division of Malaysian football, the FAM League and fielded under-18 aged players. The team is aimed at developing malaysian young person players and will not recruit any alien nationals in its police squad. By entering Harimau Muda C in domestic competitions, FAM hopes to expose top Malaysia under-19 players to competitive matches, therefore helping them prepare for international tournaments. As such, Harimau Muda C is one of a little number of football clubs in the world which places an age-restrictions on team members while playing in a national professional league. Harimau Muda C played in the Malaysia FAM League from 2013 to 2015 season. [ 2 ] In 2015, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, former FAM ’ second Deputy President has stated that the Football Association of Malaysia must disband the Harimau Muda system, stating the Harimau Muda arrangement is no longer relevant, it was not planned for the farseeing term, and the department of state football associations should take the duty to groom electric potential players. [ 3 ] On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the Harimau Muda has disbanded by FAM which means all the player from Harimau Muda A, Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C will be returned to their own submit team. [ 4 ]

revival of the team [edit ]

Since Harimau Muda Project was disbanded, the under-19 team enter hibernation department of state and entirely recently surfaced again as a dinner dress under-19 national team rather of a clubhouse .

AFF U-19 Youth Championship [edit ]

Players was called up for external duty with the international choice as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship in September 2016. [ 5 ]

AFC U-19 Championship qualifying [edit ]

The team was not qualified for the 2016 edition .

FIFA U-20 World Cup qualifying [edit ]

The team was not qualified for the 2017 edition as they were already knock-out from 2016 AFC U-19 Championship reservation .

International records [edit ]

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

AFF Youth Championship record [edit ]

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

Invited tournament [edit ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Win Draw Lose

2019 [edit ]

Note

1 : Non FIFA ‘A’ International match

Players [edit ]

current police squad [edit ]

The following 23 players were selected for 2019 AFF U-18 Championship. [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

previous cry up [edit ]

The following players have besides been called up for 2018 .

former police squad [edit ]

The surveil 23 players were selected for 2018 AFC U-19 Championship. [ 9 ] Caps and goals correct as of 14 July 2018 .

lead appearances [edit ]

As of matches on 14 July 2018 .
Note: Club(s) represents the permanent wave cabaret during the player ‘s fourth dimension in the Under-19s .

top goalscorers [edit ]

Rank	Player	Club(s)	Year(s)	U-19 Goals
1	Jafri Chew	Penang	2013–2016	13

Note: Club(s) represents the permanent club during the player ‘s time in the Under-19s .

Captain history [edit ]

Former squads [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

Malaysia national football team Coaching staff
Roles	Names
Team Manager
Head Coach	Brad Maloney
Assistant Coach
Fitness Trainer
Goalkeeping Coach
Physiotherapist
Team Doctor
Administrator
Video Analyst
Masseur
Kitman

Malaysia national under-19 football team – Wikipedia