Malaysia national under-22 football team

Malaysia national under-22 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-22, Malaysia U-22 or Malaysia B-22) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in Olympic Games, Asian Games and SEA Games, as well as any other under-23, under-22, and under-21 international football tournaments. It is managed by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).

This team will only be maintained for the 2017 SEA Games and will be reverted back to U-23 after the tournament ends.^[1]

History

After Harimau Muda project disbanded in 2015, FAM needed a fresh start for the U-23 team where a new set of players was brought in for the team with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team which was then announced as the national under-22 team.^[1][2] The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age around 18 to 21 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 22 years old when 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia started.^[1] With bigger pool of players within age of 18-22, the team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the younger side such as U-21 and U-22 when needed.

The team is considered to be the feeder team for the Malaysia national football team. It is for players under the aged of 22 and less. Also in existence are national teams for Under-19s, Under-16s and Under-14s. As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, hence it is possible for one to play for the U-22s, senior side and then again for the U-22s.

Frank Bernhardt Era

Frank Bernhardt has been announced as the new head coach for the newly created Malaysia under-22 national football team in preparation for 2017 Southeast Asian Games. The 46-year-old began his new job as national under-22 boss on Monday at Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) headquarters in Kelana Jaya. His first task is to pick an assistant from four candidates—Hassan Sazali, P. Maniam, Reduan Abdullah and Azlan Johar. And then Bernhardt will choose a squad of 25 players to work with ahead of the SEA Games football tournament on home soil in August 2017.^[3]

25 players, including President's Cup players from DRB-Hicom and Sime Darby are to join the U22 national team third training camp.^[4]

Tournament records

Note: All Malaysian participants are from U-22 since 31 March 2016.

Olympic Games

Olympic Games Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2020 - - - - - - - Total 0/0 – – – – – – – Asian Games Asian Games Record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 2018 - - - - - - - Total 0/0 – – – – – – – *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. SEA Games SEA Games Record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA 2017 - - - - - - - 2019 - - - - - - - Total 0/0 – – – – – – – U-22 from 2017 onwards. *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil. Recent results   Win   Draw   Lose 2016 Malaysia  v  Singapore 3 June 2016 (2016-06-03) 2016 Nations Cup Malaysia  3 – 0  Singapore Malacca City, Malaysia 20:45 (UTC+8) Safawi  4' Syafiq  52' Shamie  83' Report Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Thailand  v  Malaysia 5 June 2016 (2016-06-05) 2016 Nations Cup Thailand  2 – 1  Malaysia Malacca City, Malaysia 22:00 (UTC+8) Namvech  3' Samphaodi  79' Report Shamie  35' Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Yokohama F.C. v  Malaysia 13 June 2016 (2016-06-13) Training Match Yokohama F.C. Cancelled  Malaysia FC Machida Zelvia v  Malaysia 20 June 2016 (2016-06-20) Training Match FC Machida Zelvia 3 – 3  Malaysia Machida, Japan Otake  4' Shigematsu  55' Nakamura  81' Report Arif  7' Faris  35' (pen.) Jafri  79' Stadium: Machida Athletic Stadium Shonan Bellmare v  Malaysia 22 June 2016 (2016-06-22) Training Match Shonan Bellmare 1 – 0  Malaysia Kanagawa, Japan Tamura  15' (pen.) Report Stadium: Shonan Bellmare Training Ground Malaysia  v  Bahrain 30 August 2016 (2016-08-30) Friendly Malaysia  0 – 0  Bahrain Shah Alam, Malaysia 21:00 (UTC+8) Report Stadium: Shah Alam Stadium Malaysia  v  Bahrain 2 September 2016 (2016-09-02) Friendly Malaysia  1 – 2  Bahrain Shah Alam, Malaysia 16:45 (UTC+8) Kumaahran  54' Report Hazza  53', 90' (pen.) Stadium: UiTM Stadium Referee: Muhammad Nazmi Nasarruddin (Malaysia) Malaysia  v  Brunei 6 October 2016 (2016-10-06) Friendly Malaysia  2 – 0  Brunei Paroi, Malaysia 20:45 (UTC+8) Syafiq  74', 84' Report Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Malaysia  v  Brunei 8 October 2016 (2016-10-08) Friendly Malaysia  1 – 0  Brunei Paroi, Malaysia 17:15 (UTC+8) Syafiq  11' Report Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium Philippines  v  Malaysia 8 December 2016 (2016-12-08) Friendly Philippines  v  Malaysia Manila, Philippines[5] TBD (UTC+8) Stadium: Philippine Sports Stadium Myanmar  v  Malaysia 9 December 2016 (2016-12-09) Friendly Myanmar  Cancelled[6]  Malaysia Yangon, Myanmar (UTC+06:30) Stadium: Thuwunna YTC Stadium Myanmar  v  Malaysia 12 December 2016 (2016-12-12) Friendly Myanmar  Cancelled[6]  Malaysia Yangon, Myanmar (UTC+06:30) Stadium: Thuwunna YTC Stadium Players Current Squad The following players were called up for the Friendly: Match date: 6 and 8 October 2016 Opposition:  Brunei 0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Muhammad Haziq Nadzli (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 0 0 PDRM FA U21 22 1GK Amierul Hakimi Awang (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995 0 0 Terengganu FA 23 1GK Ahmad Syihan Hazmi Mohamed (1996-02-22) 22 February 1996 0 0 Kelantan FA U21 2 2DF Mohd Adib Zainuddin (1995-02-15) 15 February 1995 0 0 UiTM F.C. 4 2DF Muhammad Zulkhairi Zulkeply (1995-05-02) 2 May 1995 0 0 UiTM F.C. U21 5 2DF Dinesh a/l Rajasingam (1998-02-13) 13 February 1998 0 0 Pahang F.C. 6 2DF Mohammad Faris Shah Mohd Rosli (1995-04-17) 17 April 1995 0 0 Kelantan FA U21 8 2DF Muhammad Syazwan Zaipol Bahari (1995-02-24) 24 February 1995 0 0 Perak FA U21 9 2DF Mohamad Arif Fadzilah Abu Bakar (1996-04-20) 20 April 1996 0 0 T–Team F.C. U21 13 2DF Muhammad Aqil Irfanuddin Mohd Sabri (1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 0 0 T–Team F.C. U21 17 2DF Dominic Tan Jun Jin (1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 0 0 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. 7 3MF Mohamad Amirul Hisyam Awang Kechik (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 6 0 Kedah FA 10 3MF Ahmad Khairil Anuar Ahmad Zamri (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 0 0 Perak FA U21 14 3MF Muhammad Nor Azam Abdul Azih (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 0 0 Pahang F.C. 15 3MF Muhammad Syahmi Safari (1998-02-05) 5 February 1998 0 0 Selangor FA U21 16 3MF Muhammad Irfan Zakaria (1995-06-04) 4 June 1995 0 0 Kuala Lumpur FA 18 3MF Mohd Zarulizwan Mazlan (1997-01-19) 19 January 1997 0 0 T–Team F.C. U21 20 3MF Muhammad Syazwan Andik Mohd Ishak (1996-08-04) 4 August 1996 1 0 Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. U21 3 4FW Muhammad Syafiq Ahmad (1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 4 1 Kedah FA 11 4FW Muhd Jafri Muhammad Firdaus Chew (1997-06-11) 11 June 1997 0 0 Penang FA 12 4FW Muhammad Danial Ashraf Abdullah (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 0 0 Kelantan FA U21 19 4FW Thanabalan A/L Nadarajah (1995-02-25) 25 February 1995 0 0 Negeri Sembilan FA U21 21 4FW Muhammad Arif Mohamed Anwar (1995-03-14) 14 March 1995 0 0 Kuala Lumpur FA Previous Call Up Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up DF Matthew Thomas Davies (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 4 0 Pahang F.C. v.  Bahrain, 30 August 2016 (Friendly) DF Sanjef Dinesh A/L R S Baskeran (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996 0 0 Felda United F.C. U21 v. Shonan Bellmare, 22 June 2016 (Training Camp in Chiba, Japan) DF Muhammad Ariff Farhan Md Isa (1996-07-04) 4 July 1996 6 0 Kedah FA v. FC Machida Zelvia, 20 June 2016 (Training Camp in Chiba, Japan) DF Muhammad Danish Haziq Saipul Hisham (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 0 0 Negeri Sembilan FA U21 v.    Nepal, 27 March 2016 (Friendly) DF Rodney Calvin Akwensivie (1996-11-25) 25 November 1996 0 0 Sarawak FA U21 v.    Nepal, 27 March 2016 (Friendly) DF Mohamad Raphi Azizan Mariappen (1996-01-28) 28 January 1996 1 0 Kedah FA v.  Philippines, 23 March 2016 (Friendly) MF Mohamad Faisal Abdul Halim (1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 0 0 Pahang F.C. v.  Bahrain, 2 September 2016 (Friendly) MF Nur Shamie Iszuan Amin (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995 0 0 Sarawak FA U21 v.  Bahrain, 2 September 2016 (Friendly) MF Mohammad Farhan Roslan (1996-12-03) 3 December 1996 3 0 Kedah FA v.  Bahrain, 30 August 2016 (Friendly) MF Muhammad Safawi Rashid (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 0 0 T–Team F.C. U21 v.  Bahrain, 30 August 2016 (Friendly) MF Muhammad Zuasyraf Zulkiefli (1996-04-27) 27 April 1996 0 0 T–Team F.C. U21 v. FC Machida Zelvia, 20 June 2016 (Training Camp in Chiba, Japan) MF Muhamad Shahrul Hakim Rahim (1995-02-02) 2 February 1995 0 0 Kelantan FA U21 v.  Singapore, 3 June 2016 (2016 Nations Cup) MF Muhammad Shah Amirul Mohd Zamri (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 0 0 Pahang F.C. v.    Nepal, 27 March 2016 (Friendly) FW Kumaahran A/L Sathasivam (1996-07-03) 3 July 1996 4 0 Penang FA v.  Bahrain, 2 September 2016 (Friendly) FW Adam Nor Azlin (1996-01-05) 5 January 1996 6 1 Selangor FA v.  Bahrain, 30 August 2016 (Friendly) FW Muhammad Firdaus Saiyadi (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 0 0 Perak FA U21 v.   Nepal, 27 March 2016 (Friendly) Coaching staff Manager Assistant manager Head coach Frank Bernhardt Assistant coach Aminuddin Hussin Goalkeeping coach Megat Amir Faisal Al Khalidi Ibrahim Fitness coach Mashidee Sulaiman Physiotherapist Muhd Zhariff Ismail Masseur Zahari Mazlan Kitman Sukri Haimi Video Analyst Ahmad Hilmi Abdul Latif Team Doctor Halim Mokhtar Psychologist Jolly Security Officer Dali Wahid Coaches Frank Bernhardt (2016–present)[7] See also Malaysia national football team Malaysia women's national football team Malaysia national under-19 football team Malaysia national under-16 football team References 1 2 3 Lim Say Heng (19 February 2016). "Football to revert to U-23 format after 2017 SEA Games". TNP. Retrieved 2 December 2016.  ↑ Nik Afiq (25 November 2015). "FAM Terminates Harimau Muda Program". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.  ↑ "SEA Games gold medal in sights of new Malaysia U22 coach Bernhardt". ESPN FC. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.  ↑ Nik Afiq (27 April 2016). "Bernhadt Calls Up 25 Players For Next 2017 Sea Games Project Squad Training Camp". Goal.com. Retrieved 20 September 2016.  ↑ Nik Afiq (2 December 2016). "Malaysia U22 to play Philippines U22 in Manila on Dec 8". Goal.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.  1 2 Neyla Zannia (2 December 2016). "Malaysia cancels two U22 soccer matches with Myanmar in protest of its ethnic cleansing on Rohingya Muslims". The Online Citizen. Retrieved 2 December 2016.  ↑ Nik Afiq (31 August 2016). "Malaysia U22 players Prefer Call-Up Approach". Goal.com. 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