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Malaysia national under-16 football team

Malaysia national under-16 football team

National association football team

The Malaysia national under-16 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-16 or Malaysia U-16) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-16 Championship, AFC U-16 Championship and FIFA U-17 World Cup, as well as any other under-17 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 15 to 16 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 17 years old when the next U-17 tournament started.

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History

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national under-19 football team. It is for players aged 16 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-22s (Under-21s and Under-20s), Under-19s and Under-15s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-16s, senior side and then again for the U-16s.

AFF U-16 Youth Championship

The team best performance in the AFF U-16 Youth Championship is by winning the 2013 edition in Myanmar.

Players was called up for international duty with the international selection as the team will represent the nation in the 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship in July 2016. The team did not managed to pass the group stage.[1][2][3]

AFC U-16 Championship qualifying

Malaysia achieved their best ever quarter-final appearance in 2014 edition before being eliminated by Australia after a narrow 1–2 defeat. The team continued to show their improvement at youth level by advancing to the 2016 competition with three wins from four during their qualifying campaign under the guidance of coach P.Somasundram. The team targeting for reaching the semi-finals and qualify for the World Cup.[4]

The team will participated for the 2016 edition in Group C alongside South Korea, Oman, and Iraq.[5][6] They face the 2016 campaign with failed to get past the group stage, defeated twice each with Oman 0–3 and South Korea 0–3 and draw 1–1 with Iraq in the group, closing their chances to qualify to the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup qualifying

The team qualifying will be determined after AFC U-16 Youth Championship 2018 result.

NFDP collaboration

After a recent slump in performance of national team, Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) and National Football Development Programme (NFDP) has collaborated to increase the quality of grassroots football development in Malaysia in order to produce better players for the national team.[7] The current target is to produce players which will represent Malaysia in Under 17 World Cup competition in near future.[7]

International records

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ASEAN Confederation

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Invited tournaments

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Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2023

6 June Friendly Malaysia  2–3  Uzbekistan Selangor, Malaysia
20:45 UTC+8
  • Farish 18'
  • Ryan 79'
Stadium: UiTM Stadium
9 June Friendly Malaysia  1–4  Saudi Arabia Selangor, Malaysia
16:45 UTC+8
  • Dainei 45+1'
  • Nawaf 5', 47'
  • Talal 65'
  • Amar 84'
 Stadium: UiTM Stadium
15 June 2023 AFC U-17 GS Yemen  4–0  Malaysia Rangsit, Thailand
17:00 UTC+7
  • Al Khader 21'
  • Abbas 31'
  • Al Turaiqi 48' (pen.)
  • Adib 88' (o.g.)
 Report Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 129
Referee: Payam Heidari (Iran)
18 June 2023 AFC U-17 GS Malaysia  0–3  Thailand Pathum Thani, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7 Report
  • Pacharaphol 45+2'
  • Chanasorn 54'
  • Chanothai 78'
 Stadium: BG Stadium
Attendance: 1,515
Referee: Ahmed Al-Ali (Jordan)
21 June 2023 AFC U-17 GS Malaysia  2–1  Laos Rangsit, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7
  • Dainei 43', 78'
  • Sayfon 12'
 Stadium: Thammasat Stadium
Attendance: 135
Referee: Nasrullo Kabirov (Tajikistan)


Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2019 AFF U-16 Youth Championship.

Head Coach: Osmera Omaro

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Previous call up

The following players have also been called up this year (2017).

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Coaching staff

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Coaching history

Honours

Regional

Others

See also

Notes

      References

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        Zulhilmi Zainal (19 July 2016). "Australia U16 simply too strong for Malaysia U16". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        "AFC U-16 Championship – Group C: MD1 Preview". Asian Football Confederation. 15 September 2016. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        Khairul Nizam (31 May 2016). "Cabaran sukar pasukan bawah 16 tahun Malaysia". Fourth Official. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        "Malaysia layak ke pusingan akhir Kejohanan B16 AFC 2016" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        "Perjalanan ke Piala Dunia b-17 bermula tahun depan". Bernama (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        "AFF U16 FINAL: Malaysia Lift First-Ever Crown". ASEAN Football Federation. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        Eric Samuel (1 October 2013). "Coach wants U16 squad to scale greater heights". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        Suryati Mohd Nor (2 December 2014). "B16 Tahun: Jurulatih Balachandran Akui Letak Jawatan, Masalah Peribadi" (in Malay). mStar. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        Nik Afiq (4 December 2014). "Balachandran has left the Malaysia under 16 team and decided to join Frenz United as their new head coach". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        K. Rajan (21 September 2015). "Under-16 football coach aiming for better results in AFC Finals". The Star. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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        Syafiq Aznan (27 September 2018). "FAM sack National Under-16 coach Teong Kim". New Straits Times. Retrieved 27 September 2018.
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