Malaysia national cerebral palsy football team

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Malaysia national cerebral palsy football team
FederationNPC Malaysia
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ASEAN Para Games
Appearances1 (First in 2015)
Best result4

Malaysia national cerebral palsy football team is the national cerebral football team for Malaysia that represents the team in international competitions. The team competed at the 2015 ASEAN Para Games.

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Background

NPC Malaysia is in charge of the national team. [1] While Malaysia was active in participating in international regional competitions by 2016, the country did not have a national championships to support national team player development. [2]

In 2013, the rules for the sport set by the CPISRA allowed for both men and women to be on the team. [3] By January 2015, the rules had changed and only men were eligible to be a member of the national team. [4]

Players

There have been a number of players for the Malaysian squad.

NameNumberClassificationPositionYears activeRef
Bin Daud Azman FT7 2016 [5]
Suntong Jemain FT5 2016 [5]
Abdul Rahman Khairil Faizi FT6 2016 [5]
Bin Zainal Mohd Afiq FT7 2016 [5]
Bin Sidi Mohd Afzainizam FT7 2016 [5]
Bin Tan I Mohd Izad Sufarin FT6 2016 [5]
Bin Zainol Mohd Nordin FT7 2016 [5]
Bin Abu Bakar Muhd Hafiz FT7 2016 [5]
Chukie Ngu FT7 2016 [5]
Gonnashakaran Rajendren FT7 2016 [5]
Sagadevan Saravanan FT6 2016 [5]
Bin Abu Hassan Zaidi FT7 2016 [5]
Amirul Mian FT7 2016 [5]
Hamdan Koderi FT5 2016 [5]
Norsham Nasir FT7 2016 [5]
Ahmad Firdaus Shah Ahmad Nasir FT7 2016 [5]
Mohamad Sobri Ghazali FT5 Midfielder2014, 2016 [5] [6]
Muhamaad Fairus Mokhatar FT5 2016 [5]
Ramadhan Ahmad FT7 2016 [5]
Muhamad Shafiq Zahari FT7 2016 [5]
Noor Mohd Ariff Yusoff FT8 2016 [5]
Shahrul Hafiz Zaini FT7 2016 [5]

Rankings

The team is unranked in the world. [7] The team is also unranked regionally in Asia-Oceania. [8] In November 2014, the team was ranked number 24 in the world. [9] In August 2013, the team was ranked number 23 in the world. [10] In September 2012, the team was ranked number 21 in the world. [11] In July 2011, the team was ranked number 21 in the world. [12]

Results

The country has never participated in a Paralympic Games since the sport made its debut at the 1984 Games. [13]

Malaysia has participated in a number of international tournaments. The team played in the 2015 ASEAN Para Games. In their 2 - 1 loss to Singapore, Mohamad Sobri scored his team's only goal that brought the score to a 1 - 1 draw. In the forty-third minute, Singapore's Muhammad Mubarak Md Rastam scored the team's go ahead goal and Malaysia was unable to answer back. 5,323 people attended the bronze medal match in Singapore. [6] [14]

CompetitionLocationYearTotal TeamsResultRef
ASEAN Para Games Singapore 201554 [15] [16] [6]

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