Malaya national football team

Malaya

1948–1963
Nickname(s)	Harimau Malaya (Malayan tiger)
Association	Football Association of Malaya (FAM)
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Top scorer	Abdul Ghani Minhat (58) [1]
Home stadium	Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur
FIFA code	MAL
First colours Second colours
First international
Singapore 4–2 Malaya   (Singapore; 20 June 1948) [2]
Last international
Malaya 3–0 South Korea   (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 16 August 1963)
Biggest win
Malaya 15–1 Philippines   (Jakarta, Indonesia; 26 August 1962)
Biggest defeat
South Vietnam 6–1 Malaya   (Tokyo, Japan; 27 May 1958)   Indonesia 5–0 Malaya   (Jakarta, Indonesia; 20 April 1960)   Malaya 0–5 South Vietnam   (Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 11 August 1963)
Medal record Asian Games 1962 Jakarta Team SEA Games 1961 Myanmar Team

The Malaya national football team represented the Federation of Malaya during its existence from 1948 to 1963. The modern Malaysia national football team, active since the 1963 Merdeka Tournament, is considered its direct successor. ^[3]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

[[FIFA World Cup|FIFA World Cup finals]]									[[FIFA World Cup qualification|Qualification]]
Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Not a FIFA member								Not a FIFA member
1934
1938
1950
1954
1958	Did not enter								Did not enter
1962
Total	0/0	—	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	—

Olympic Games

[[Football at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1948 Did not enter 1952 1956 1960

AFC Asian Cup

[[AFC Asian Cup|AFC Asian Cup]] record										[[AFC Asian Cup qualifiers|Qualification]] record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	did not qualify									4	1	1	2	14	12
1960										2	1	0	1	5	3
Total	—	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	–		6	2	1	3	19	15

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1951	did not enter
1954
1958	Group stage	12/14	3	0	0	3	2	8
1962	Third place	3/8	5	3	0	2	23	9
Total	Best results: Third Place	2/2	8	3	0	5	25	17

SEA Games

[[Football at the Southeast Asian Games|SEA Games]] record Year Round Position GP W D L GF GA 1959 Third Place 3/4 3 2 0 1 5 5 1961 Winners 1/5 4 4 0 0 10 3 Total Best results: Winners 2/2 7 6 0 1 15 8

Records

Top goalscorers [4]
#	Player	Goals	Career
1	Abdul Ghani Minhat	58	1956–1962
2	Robert Choe	20	1958–1962
3	Arthur Koh	14	1958–1962
4	Stanley Gabrielle	11	1959–1964
5	Rahim Omar	11	1957–1962

All-time results

Source: World Football Eloratings ^[2]

*Malaya's score listed first.

Date	Opponent	Score*	Venue
20 June 1948	Singapore	2–4	Malaya
13 September 1953	Singapore	3–1	Malaya
17 March 1956	Cambodia	9–2	Cambodia
3 May 1956	South Vietnam	0–4	South Vietnam
24 May 1956	South Vietnam	3–3	Malaya
16 February 1957	India	2–3	Malaya
11 May 1957	Singapore	1–1	Malaya
1 September 1957	Burma	5–2	Malaya
3 September 1957	South Vietnam	1–4	Malaya
4 September 1957	Hong Kong	3–3	Malaya
7 September 1957	Indonesia	2–4	Malaya
31 October 1957	Cambodia	3–1	Cambodia
1 March 1958	Singapore	5–2	Malaya
2 March 1958	Singapore	3–1	Malaya
3 May 1958	Singapore	3–3	Singapore
4 May 1958	Singapore	3–0	Singapore
14 May 1958	Pakistan	4–2	Malaya
25 May 1958	Republic of China	1–2	Japan
27 May 1958	South Vietnam	1–6	Japan
4 June 1958	Hong Kong	2–2	Hong Kong
3 July 1958	Indonesia	2–4	Singapore
30 August 1958	Indonesia	3–2	Malaya
1 September 1958	Hong Kong	3–0	Malaya
2 September 1958	Singapore	0–0	Malaya
4 September 1958	South Vietnam	2–0	Malaya
28 December 1958	Japan	6–2	Malaya
4 January 1959	Japan	1–3	Malaya
22 January 1959	Burma	4–2	Burma
24 January 1959	Burma	2–3	Burma
27 January 1959	Burma	0–2	Burma
11 May 1959	Singapore	5–2	Singapore
13 May 1959	South Vietnam	0–1	Singapore
2 September 1959	South Vietnam	4–3	Malaya
4 September 1959	India	1–1	Malaya
6 September 1959	Hong Kong	2–1	Malaya
13 December 1959	Burma	2–1	Thailand
14 December 1959	Thailand	1–3	Thailand
15 December 1959	South Vietnam	2–1	Thailand
20 April 1960	Indonesia	0–5	Indonesia
6 May 1960	India	0–0	Malaya
7 August 1960	Thailand	8–2	Malaya
12 August 1960	Pakistan	1–0	Malaya
14 August 1960	South Korea	0–0	Malaya
28 May 1961	Japan	2–3	Japan
2 August 1961	Japan	3–2	Malaya
5 August 1961	South Vietnam	3–1	Malaya
9 August 1961	India	1–2	Malaya
13 August 1961	Indonesia	1–2	Malaya
23 October 1961	Indonesia	3–1	South Vietnam
26 October 1961	South Vietnam	0–1	South Vietnam
12 December 1961	Cambodia	4–0	Burma
13 December 1961	Burma	2–1	Burma
14 December 1961	Thailand	2–2	Burma
16 December 1961	Burma	2–0	Burma
4 June 1962	South Korea	1–3	Malaya
6 June 1962	South Korea	3–4	Malaya
8 June 1962	South Korea	1–0	Malaya
26 August 1962	Philippines	15–1	Indonesia
28 August 1962	Indonesia	3–2	Indonesia
29 August 1962	South Vietnam	0–3	Indonesia
1 September 1962	South Korea	1–2	Indonesia
3 September 1962	South Vietnam	1–4	Indonesia
8 September 1962	Japan	2–2	Malaya
13 September 1962	Burma	3–2	Malaya
16 September 1962	Pakistan	0–0	Malaya
27 October 1962	Thailand	4–2	South Vietnam
28 October 1962	Indonesia	1–2	South Vietnam
30 October 1962	South Vietnam	0–2	South Vietnam
18 November 1962	Sweden	0–0	Malaya
22 November 1962	Sweden	0–1	Malaya
8 August 1963	Japan	3–4	Malaya
11 August 1963	South Vietnam	0–5	Malaya
12 August 1963	Chinese Taipei	2–3	Malaya
14 August 1963	Thailand	2–2	Malaya
16 August 1963	South Korea	3–0	Malaya

Coaches

• G. Paul (1956)
• Neoh Boon Hean (1957)
• Choo Seng Quee (1958) ^[5]
• Harun Idris (1961–1962)

Honours

The winner of the second season of Merdeka Cup in 1958, Malaya football team, five years before the merger to form Malaysia. Also in the picture is Tunku Abdul Rahman (centre), the first Prime Minister of Malaya and at that time president of Football Association of Malaya & Asian Football Confederation.

Continental

• Asian Games ¹
  • Bronze medal (1): 1962

Regional

• SEA Games
  • Gold medal (1): 1961
  • Bronze medal (1): 1959

Friendly

• Pestabola Merdeka
  • Winners (3): 1958, 1959, 1960*
  • Runners-up (1): 1961

• South Vietnam Independence Cup
  • Runners-up (1): 1961

*trophy shared

Notes

1. Competition organized by the OCA, officially not recognized by FIFA.

Titles

Preceded by 1959 South Vietnam	SEA Games Champions 1961 (First title)	Succeeded by 1963 Not held

References

1. Mamrud, Roberto (30 March 2021). "Abdul Ghani Minhat – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 26 June 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
2. "Malaysia matches, ratings and points exchanged". World Football Elo Ratings: Malaysia. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
3. It's Malaysia in M-tourney and after say SAFA – The Straits Times, 15 June 1963.
4. Mamrud, Roberto. "Malaysia - Record International Players". RSSSF.
5. "Choo Seng Quee". National Library Board . Retrieved 25 November 2016.
6. "ASIAN ICONS: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA AL HAJ". AFC at Wayback Machine. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
7. "OCM Sports Museum & Hall of Fame: Tunku Abdul Rahman". OCM at Wayback Machine. 12 April 2010. Archived from the original on 12 April 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2019.