Harimau Muda A

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Harimau Muda
2012 Young Tigers Logo.png
Full nameHarimau Muda A
Nickname(s)Young Tigers
Founded2009;14 years ago (2009)
Dissolved2015;8 years ago (2015)
Ground Stadium Petaling Jaya
Capacity25,000
ChairmanAfandi Hamzah
Coach Ong Kim Swee

Harimau Muda A was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-22 National Football Team, representing Malaysia in international football competitions such as the AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Champions Youth Cup as well as other under-22 international football tournaments. It was managed by Football Association of Malaysia. The squad was the feeder team for Malaysia U-23 and senior national football team. In 2015, Harimau Muda once again became a single team composed of former Harimau Muda A & B players. [1] On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the club was disbanded by FAM which meant that all the players were returned to their own state sides. [2]

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Harimau Muda A last competed in Australia's National Premier Leagues Queensland, having lastly participated in a domestic league competition is the 2012 S. League. The team was 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 19 October 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). [3] 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 in 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. [4] 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. [5] 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 an 8 month long training in central Europe and will be mainly based at Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia to prepare to defend their title in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Harimau Muda B will use aged under- 20 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 was 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. [6] [7] For their participation in the NPL Queensland, Harimau Muda A does not have a 'home ground' like other teams; instead, all their matches will be played as away matches at the opponent's ground. They also are not eligible for the end-of-season playoffs for the NPL championship, and also cannot participate in the FFA Cup. [8]

In 2015, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, former FAM's Deputy President has stated that the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) must disband the Harimau Muda system, stating the Harimau Muda system is no longer relevant, it was not planned for the long term, and the state football associations should take the responsibility to groom potential players. [9] The new Harimau Muda participated and won the 2015 Bangabandhu Cup, their first international tournament.

Competition records

YearLeague PositionLeague CompetitionsCup Competitions
2007–08 8/13 Malaysia Premier League Malaysia FA Cup  – Round 1
2009 1/13 ChampionsMalaysia Premier LeagueMalaysia FA Cup – Quarter Final
2010–
2011 5/14 Malaysia Super League Malaysia FA Cup – Round 2
2012 4/13 S.League Singapore League Cup  – Did not enter
2013Slovakia Centralised Training CampN/A–
2014 9/13 [10] National Premier Leagues Queensland –

Honours

Domestic

International

Others

International records

FIFA World Youth Championship record

AFC Youth Championship record

AFC Youth Championship Record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA
Flag of Malaya.svg 1959 Runners-up2/43201142
Flag of Malaya.svg 1960 -------
Flag of Thailand.svg 1961 Round 15/104211157
Flag of Thailand.svg 1962 Fourth Place4/105221116
Flag of Malaya.svg 1963 Round 15/125302106
Flag of Vietnam.svg 1964 Unknown
Flag of Japan.svg 1965 Third Place3/10530267
Flag of the Philippines.svg 1966 Quarter Final5/12421183
Flag of Thailand.svg 1967 Round 114/142002110
Flag of South Korea.svg 1968 Runners-up2/127403915
Flag of Thailand.svg 1969 Quarter Final5/15411248
Flag of the Philippines.svg 1970 Unknown
Flag of Japan.svg 1971 Quarter Final5/16420236
Flag of Thailand.svg 1972 to
Flag of Thailand.svg 1974 		Unknown
Flag of Kuwait.svg 1975 Round 115/19402237
Flag of Thailand.svg 1976 14/15300309
Flag of Iran.svg 1977 8/13302114
Flag of Bangladesh.svg 1978 14/18310239
Flag of Thailand.svg 1980 to
Flag of Qatar.svg 2002 		Did not qualify
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2004 Quarter Final8/16420246
Flag of India.svg 2006 Round 115/16300317
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2008 Did not qualify
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg 2010
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 2012
Flag of Myanmar.svg 2014
Total-3 Runners-up------
**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

AFF Youth Championship record

AFF U-20 Youth Championship Record
YearRoundPositionGPWDLGSGA
Flag of Indonesia.svg 2005 Runners-up2/105312218
Flag of Malaysia.svg 2006 2/4311144
Flag of Vietnam.svg 2007 2/85302137
Total3/33 Runners-up137253819
**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Record

Flag of Brunei.svg Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Flag of Brunei.svg
YearRoundGPWDLGSGA
2002 Third Place5203139
2005 Group Stage420237
2007 Third Place411247
TotalBest: Third Place135172023

Coaches

YearHead coach
1992–1994 Flag of Malaysia.svg M. Karathu
1994–1995 Flag of Malaysia.svg N. Raju
1995–1998 Flag of Tunisia.svg Hatem Souissi
1999–2000 Flag of England.svg Allan Harris
2000–2004 Flag of Brazil.svg Jorvan Vieira
2004–2009 Flag of Malaysia.svg K. Rajagopal
2009–2010 Flag of Malaysia.svg Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
2009–2014 Flag of Malaysia.svg Ong Kim Swee

Affiliated clubs

See also

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