Malaysia national futsal team

Malaysia
Nickname(s)	Harimau Malaya; (Malayan Tigers); Skuad Kebangsaan; (National Team)
Association	Football Association of Malaysia (FAM)
Confederation	AFC (Asia); AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Addie Azwan
Captain	Khairul Effendy
Most caps	Addie Azwan (105)
Top scorer	Addie Azwan (61)
Home stadium	Panasonic Sports Complex; (3°3′22″N 101°32′51″E / 3.05611°N 101.54750°E)
FIFA code	MAS
FIFA ranking	70 11 (12 December 2025)
Home colours	Away colours
First international
	Malaysia 13–3 Philippines ; (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 16 August 1996)
Biggest win
	Malaysia 16–0 Bhutan ; (Incheon, South Korea; 28 June 2013)
Biggest defeat
	Malaysia 0–17 Iran ; (Jakarta, Indonesia; 24 October 2002)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 1996)
Best result	Round 1 (1996)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	12 (First in 1999)
Best result	Round 2 (plate), 2005
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 2001)
Best result	Runners-up (2003, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2018)
OFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2013)
Best result	Champion, 2014

The Malaysia national futsal team represents Malaysia in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. They qualified for their first and only FIFA Futsal World Cup in 1996.^[3]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal Wolrd Cup Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	DIF
1989	did not enter
1992	did not enter
1996	Group Stage	14/16	3	0	0	3	4	24	−20
2000	did not qualify
2004
2008
2012
2016
2021
2024
Total	1/10	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	24	-20

OFC Futsal Championship

OFC Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	did not enter
1996
2000
2004
2008
2009
2010
2011
2013^	Runners-up	2/8	5	3	1	1	23	13
2014^	Champions	1/5	4	3	0	1	21	14
2016	did not enter
Total	2/11	Champions	9	6	1	2	44	27

^Malaysia is not part of the OFC, invited as a guest nation.

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup										Qualification
Year	Round	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Link
1999	Group stage	8/9	3	0	1	2	11	24	-13	No qualification
2000	did not enter
2001	Group stage	13/14	4	0	0	4	11	27	-16
2002		12/14	3	1	0	2	8	30	-22
2003		14/16	3	0	0	3	3	20	-17
2004		11/18	3	1	0	2	18	18	0
2005	Round 2 (Plate)	19/24	6	2	1	3	25	18	+7
2006	Group stage	12/16	3	1	0	2	6	15	-9	4	3	1	0	30	13	+17	Link
2007		16/16	3	0	0	3	3	26	-23	Automatically qualified							Link
2008		11/16	3	1	0	2	8	19	-11	3	2	1	0	20	12	+8	Link
2010	did not qualify									3	2	1	0	19	4	+15	Link
2012	did not qualify									3	1	1	1	18	11	+7	Link
2014	Group stage	13/16	3	1	0	2	8	11	-3	2013 AFF Futsal Championship							Link
2016		16/16	3	0	0	3	4	19	-15	2015 AFF Futsal Championship							Link
2018		12/16	3	1	0	2	7	9	-2	2017 AFF Futsal Championship							Link
2020	did not qualify / Cancelled									2019 AFF Futsal Championship							Link
2022	did not qualify									2022 AFF Futsal Championship							Link
2024	did not qualify									3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	Link
2026	Group stage	16/16	3	0	0	3	2	17	-15	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	Link
Total:13/18	Round 2 (Plate)	11/16	43	8	2	33	114	253	-139	19	11	4	4	104	53	+51	–

AFF Futsal Championship

AFF Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2001	Third place	3/5	4	2	0	2	16	23
2003	Runners-up	2/6	6	4	0	2	21	19
2005	Runners-up	2/6	6	3	1	2	21	15
2006	Group stage	5/7	3	1	0	2	11	9
2007	Third place	3/8	5	1	2	2	21	27
2008	Third place	3/8	5	4	0	1	22	11
2009	Group stage	5/7	3	1	0	2	8	14
2010	Runners-up	2/5	5	3	0	2	9	14
2012	Fourth place	4/10	6	3	0	3	22	24
2013	Group stage	5/10	4	2	0	2	26	10
2014	Group stage	6/10	4	2	0	2	19	12
2015	Third Place	3/10	6	4	0	2	30	20
2016	Third Place	3/7	5	3	0	2	33	17
2017	Runners-up	2/9	5	3	0	2	21	15
2018	Runners-up	2/9	5	4	0	1	26	13
2019	Group stage	8/8	3	0	0	3	8	13
2022		5/9	4	2	0	2	20	15
2024		5/9	4	2	0	2	14	5
Total	17/17	5 Runners-up	82	43	3	36	346	276

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	did not enter
2007	Quarter final	8/18	4	2	0	2	13	17
2009	Quarter final	8/13	4	2	0	2	16	24
2013	Group stage	10/22	2	1	0	1	17	4
2017	did not enter
Total	4/4	2 Quarter final	10	5	0	5	46	45

Southeast Asian Games

SEA Games Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2007	Runners-up	2/7	5	3	0	2	19	22
2011	Fourth place	4/6	4	1	0	3	10	18
2013	Group stage	5/6	2	0	1	1	8	9
2015	Not held
2017	Runners-up	2/5	4	2	1	1	14	9
2021	Group stage	5/5	4	0	1	3	7	20
2025	Third place	4/4	4	2	0	2	14	12
Total	5/5	Runners-up	23	8	3	12	72	90

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal

Tiger's Cup/World 5's Futsal Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1997	did not enter
1999	Group stage	9/9	2	0	0	2	0	17
2001	did not enter
2003	Final (Bowl)	9/12	4	2	0	2	14	16
2008	Semi-final (Plate)	7/10	4	2	0	2	10	18
Total	3/5	Bowl Winners	8	4	0	4	24	34

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

Current staff

Roles	Names
Manager	Hamdan Mohamed Khalib
Team Manager	Rosmadi Ismail
Security officer	Dali Wahid
Head Coach	Vacant
Assistant coach	Chiew Chun Yong
Assistant coach	Jasman Patmee Meera
Assistant coach	Jamhuree Zainuddin
Physiotherapist	Harris Zafran Ahmad Haraman

Coaches

Years	Names
1996	Wan Jamak Wan Hassan
1996	Victor Hermans
1999	Abdul Rahman Ibrahim
2000–2002	Bahwandi Hiralal
2002–2005	Silvio Sergio Machado
2006–2009	P. Balakrishnan
2010–2014	Maizal Hairi Marzuki
2015–2017	Marcelo Serpa Coelho
2017–2023	Chiew Chun Yong
2023–2025	Rakphol Sainetngam
2025–	Addie Azwan

Players

Current squad

The following players were finalised for the 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup from 27 January–7 February in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[4]

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1GK	Syaifuddin Syukri	(2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 23)	Selangor
1GK	Muhammad Syawal Sabaruddin	(1997-02-10) 10 February 1997 (age 29)	Selangor

2DF	Aidil Zakwan	(age 19)	Selangor
2DF	Firdaus Ambiah	(1991-05-02) 2 May 1991 (age 34)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
2DF	Harith Na'im	(2000-01-18) 18 January 2000 (age 26)	Pahang Rangers
2DF	Syed Shahrul Niezam	(1999-10-30) 30 October 1999 (age 26)	Terengganu

3MF	Faris Johan	(2000-05-08) 8 May 2000 (age 25)	Selangor
3MF	Khairul Effendy	(1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (age 38)	Selangor
3MF	Danial Dain	(1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 29)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3MF	Saad Sani	(1998-02-27) 27 February 1998 (age 28)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3MF	Ridzwan Bakri	(1994-08-25) 25 August 1994 (age 31)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3MF	Norakmal Norizal	(2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 21)	Pahang Rangers

4FW	Awalluddin Mat Nawi	(1998-02-02) 2 February 1998 (age 28)	Johor Darul Ta'zim
4FW	Ekmal Shahrin	(2000-07-13) 13 July 2000 (age 25)	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up to the squad in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Zainulzahin Sinuan	(2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 (age 26)	-	-	Pahang Rangers

DF	Mahadir Harahap	(2000-07-03) 3 July 2000 (age 25)	-	-	Johor Darul Ta'zim
DF	Muhammad Aidil Shahril Rosli	(1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 (age 28)	-	-	Selangor

MF	Razin Rahim	(1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 31)	-	-	Pahang Rangers
MF	Syahir Iqbal	(2005-09-29) 29 September 2005 (age 20)	-	-	Selangor
MF	Haiqal Hasnor	(age 23)	-	-	Selangor
MF	Syahmie Rosli	(age 20)	-	-	Pahang Rangers

Previous squads

AFC Futsal Championship

2018 AFC Futsal Championship squads

Notes:

^INJ Withdrew due to injury
^RET Retired from the national team

Results

2025

Win Draw Lose

20 September 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Malaysia	1–0	United Arab Emirates	Kuantan, Malaysia
20:30 UTC+8	Awalludin 28'	Report		Stadium: Stadium Tertutup Sukpa

22 September 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Malaysia	7–1	Bangladesh	Kuantan, Malaysia
20:30 UTC+8	Awalludin 7' Danial 16' Mahadir 18, 28' Syahir 23' Saad 35' Faris 36'	Report	Azim 8'	Stadium: Stadium Tertutup Sukpa

24 September 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup qualification	Malaysia	0–4	Iran	Kuantan, Malaysia
20:30 UTC+8		Report	Mehdikhani 4' Derakhshani 12' Tayyebi 33' Khalilvand 36'	Stadium: Stadium Tertutup Sukpa

15 December 2025 SEA Games	Thailand	7–1	Malaysia	Nonthaburi, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7	Worasak 1' Chaowala 7' Osamanmusa 8, 20, 37' Atippong 37' Ronnachai 39'	Report	Awalludin 12'	Stadium: Nonthaburi Stadium

16 December 2025 SEA Games	Malaysia	4–2	Vietnam	Nonthaburi, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	Harith 4' Syahir 7, 21' Awalludin 18'	Report	Nguyễn Đa Hải 3' Nguyễn Mạnh Dũng 37'	Stadium: Nonthaburi Stadium Referee: Sukhrob Sattorov (Tajikistan)

17 December 2025 SEA Games	Malaysia	8–1	Myanmar	Nonthaburi, Thailand
19:00 UTC+7	Myo Mint Soe 4' (o.g.) Awalludin 7' Harith 13' Danial 14' Firdaus 17' Syahir 18, 28' Syed Shahrul 39'		Ridzwan 16' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nonthaburi Stadium Referee: Rawand Fattah Rashid (Iraq)

18 December 2025 SEA Games	Indonesia	2–1	Malaysia	Nonthaburi, Thailand
16:00 UTC+7	Evan Soumilena 4' Reza Gunawan 13'	Report	Brian Ick 17' (o.g.)	Stadium: Nonthaburi Stadium

2026

28 January 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Iran	4–1	Malaysia	Jakarta, Indonesia
17:00 UTC+7	Derakhshani 1' Azimi 24' Tayebi 26' Oladghobad 28'	Report Report (AFC)	Awalluddin 39'	Stadium: Jakarta International Velodrome Referee: Hawkar Ahmed (Iraq), Wahyu Wicaksono (Indonesia)

30 January 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Malaysia	0–7	Afghanistan	Jakarta, Indonesia
17:00 UTC+7		Report	Mousavi 7' Mahmoodi 11' Husseini 12' Moradi 14' Hossein Poor 27' Safari 32' Qanbari 38'	Stadium: Jakarta International Velodrome Referee: Timur Ramazanov (Turkmenistan), Abdulrahman Al-Doseri (Bahrain)

1 February 2026 AFC Futsal Asian Cup	Saudi Arabia	6–1	Malaysia	Jakarta, Indonesia
19:00 UTC+7	Rudayni 4' Mohamed 8', 16', 23' Al-Johani 12' Al-Aqeeli 35'	Report	Awalluddin 39'	Stadium: Indonesia Arena Referee: Lee Po-fu (Chinese Taipei), Leung Chung Yin (Hong Kong)

Honours

Continental

Oceanian Futsal Championship

Champion (1) : 2014
Runner-up (1) : 2013

Regional

ASEAN Futsal Championship

Runner-up (5) : 2003, 2005, 2010, 2017, 2018
Third place (4) : 2007, 2008, 2015, 2016
Fourth place (1) : 2012

SEA Games

Silver medal (2) : 2007, 2017
Third place (1) : 2025
Fourth place (1) : 2011

Pre-SEA Games Futsal Test match 2013

Runner-up

Others

KL World 5's

Bowl Winners (1) : 2003^[5]

Taipei 2004 International Tournament

Fourth place

Alcudia International Futsal Tournament

Third place (1) : 2013

England International Futsal 4 Nations Tournament

Fourth place (1) : 2013

Belt & Road Cup CFA Futsal

Winners (1) : 2018^[6]

All-time team record

The following table shows Malaysia's all-time international record, correct as of 8 September 2019.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	For	Against	Diff
Afghanistan	4	1	2	1	13	9	+4
Argentina	1	0	0	1	1	7	−6
Australia	9	0	2	7	15	35	−20
Bahrain	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1
Belgium	1	0	0	1	2	11	−9
Bhutan	1	1	0	0	16	0	+16
Brazil	1	0	0	1	0	15	−15
Brunei	8	6	2	0	49	24	+25
Cambodia	7	6	0	1	62	12	+50
Catalonia	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
China	4	1	0	3	7	14	−7
Chinese Taipei	7	3	0	4	29	31	−2
Colombia	1	0	0	1	1	12	−11
Czech Republic	1	0	1	0	3	3	0
Egypt	1	0	0	1	3	7	−4
England	3	1	1	1	8	9	−1
France	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Guam	2	2	0	0	25	0	+25
Guatemala	1	0	0	3	7	17	−10
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	12	−12
Indonesia	24	9	3	12	75	86	−11
Iran	5	0	0	5	6	64	−58
Iraq	1	0	0	1	2	8	−6
Italy	1	0	0	1	1	10	−9
Japan	5	0	1	4	6	31	−25
Jordan	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Kazakhstan	2	0	0	2	4	12	−8
Kuwait	2	0	1	1	7	8	−1
Laos	3	3	0	0	23	6	+17
Lebanon	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8
Macau	2	2	0	0	14	2	+12
Maldives	2	2	0	0	17	4	+13
Mexico	2	1	0	1	10	4	+6
Myanmar	11	9	1	1	44	24	+20
Netherlands	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
New Caledonia	2	2	0	0	14	6	+8
New Zealand	2	1	0	1	8	5	+3
Panama	1	0	0	1	1	4	−3
Philippines	10	10	0	0	84	25	+59
Poland	1	0	0	1	1	6	−5
Qatar	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5
Saudi Arabia	3	1	1	1	11	11	0
Singapore	4	2	1	1	21	9	+12
Solomon Islands	1	1	0	0	4	1	+3
South Africa	1	1	0	0	4	2	+2
South Korea	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Spain	1	0	0	1	0	15	−15
Tahiti	2	1	1	0	8	5	+3
Tajikistan	1	0	0	1	1	9	−8
Timor-Leste	4	4	0	0	28	7	+21
Thailand	26	0	1	26	30	168	−138
Turkmenistan	2	0	2	0	12	12	0
United States	2	0	0	2	3	18	−15
Uruguay	2	0	0	2	4	9	−5
Uzbekistan	9	0	0	9	15	64	−49
Vanuatu	1	1	0	0	9	5	+4
Vietnam	24	8	4	12	74	82	-8
Total	226	83	25	119	820	986	−166

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Player history

Players in bold are still active. As of 16 August 2014.

Top goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps	Position
1	Addie Azwan	2002–2011	61	105	Pivot
2	Saiful Mohd Noor	2001–2008	35		Ala
3	Fawzul Hadzir	2012–	31	48	Ala
4	Qaiser Heshaam	2009–	28	74	Ala
4	Shamsul Akmar	2012–	28		Ala
5	Fadhil Yusoff	2004–2009	24		Ala
6	Muizuddin Haris	2006–2013	22	93	Ala
7	Ruzaley Aziz	2003–2011	21		Pivot
8	Asmie Amir	2011–	20		Pivot
9	Khairul Effendy	2009–	18		Ala
9	Feroz Karnim	2003–2008	18		Ala
10	Faizul Gaffar	2002–2007	16		Fixo
10	Ali Mahat	2010–	16		Pivot
11	Fadzil Karnim	2007–2010	14		Ala
12	Jamhuri Zainuddin	2003–2009	13		Fixo
12	Abu Haniffa	2011–	13		Fixo
13	Saiful Nizam	2012–	12		Pivot
14	Ng Boon Leong	2004–2006	11		Ala
14	Rizal Rahim	2004–2007	11		Pivot
15	Safar Mohammad	2008–2012	10		Pivot

Notable former players

Anuar Jusoh
Azman Adnan
Mazran Ramli
Azrul Amri Burhan
Dollah Salleh
Mudzar Mohamad
Nazri Yunus
Jamhuri Zainuddin
Mior Zaki
Faizul Gaffar
Jerry Dinesh
Fadzhim Khushaini
Feroz Karnim
Saiful Mohd Noor
Rizal Rahim
Zaidi Ibrahim
Fairuz Mohd Noor
Maizal Hairi Marzuki
Addie Azwan
Raizuwah Idris
Khairul Azman Mohamed
Lim Seng Kong
Rosdee Sulong
Zainal Abidin Hassan
Zami Mohamed Nor
Mohd Noor Derus
Azmin Azram Abdul Aziz
Yap Wai Loon
Idris Abdul Karim
Nazzab Hidzan
Chiew Chun Yong
Faris Ahmad
Faidi Zakaria
Ng Boon Leong
Ruzaley Aziz
S. Sathiyaseelan
Fadhil Yusoff
S. Devandran
Fadzil Karnim
Safar Mohammad
Muizuddin Haris

References

^ Ooi Kin Fai (3 April 2017). "FAM reverts team name back to Harimau Malaya". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
^ Erik Garin (6 October 2016). "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
^ "SIARAN MEDIA: SENARAI AKHIR 14 PEMAIN SKUAD FUTSAL HARIMAU MALAYA KE PIALA ASIA FUTSAL 2026 DI JAKARTA, INDONESIA" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
^ KL World 5's (Futsal, Kuala Lumpur) 2003 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
^ Malaysia win Belt & Road Cup CFA Futsal meet - AFF.

External links

[RevertHMApril2017-1] Ooi Kin Fai (3 April 2017). "FAM reverts team name back to Harimau Malaya". Goal.com. Retrieved 4 April 2017.

[FIFA_Futsal_World_Rankings-2] "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

[3] Erik Garin (6 October 2016). "FIFA Futsal World Cup Overview". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 4 April 2018.

[4] "SIARAN MEDIA: SENARAI AKHIR 14 PEMAIN SKUAD FUTSAL HARIMAU MALAYA KE PIALA ASIA FUTSAL 2026 DI JAKARTA, INDONESIA" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 27 January 2026.

[5] KL World 5's (Futsal, Kuala Lumpur) 2003 - Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.

[6] Malaysia win Belt & Road Cup CFA Futsal meet - AFF.

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