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Malaysia at the AFC Asian Cup

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TheMalaysian team had participated in four editions ofAFC Asian Cups in their history, the1976,1980,2007 (where Malaysia co-hosted withIndonesia,Thailand andVietnam) and the latest in2023.

Malaysia first appearance in AFC Asian Cup were in the 1976 edition when they first qualified as Group 4 winner of the qualifying round. Malaysia again qualified for 1980 edition, however failed to qualify for the next 6 consecutive editions before being selected as host in 2007 together with Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. However, the 2007 AFC Asian Cup was Malaysia worst performance ever and, as a host nation in the AFC Asian Cup history. After the disastrous poor performance in 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia failed to qualify again for the 2011, 2015 and 2019 editions.

After 43 years since the 1980 AFC Asian Cup and for the first time since co-hosting the 2007 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia finally returned and qualified on merit for the 2023 edition that were held in Qatar.

Overall record

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AFC Asian Cup record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1956	SeeMalaya national football team¹								SeeMalaya national football team¹
1960	SeeMalaya national football team¹								SeeMalaya national football team¹
1964	Did not qualify								Group stage	3	1	0	2	9	10
1968									Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	5
1972									Group stage	5	4	0	1	15	3
1976	Group stage	5th of 6	2	0	1	1	1	3	Group stage^Q	4	3	1	0	6	1
1980	Group stage	6th of 10	4	1	2	1	5	5	Group stage^Q	5	2	2	1	8	4
1984	Did not qualify								Group stage	4	2	1	1	10	3
1988									Group stage	4	1	1	2	4	6
1992									Group stage	3	0	2	1	2	6
1996									Group stage	2	1	1	0	5	2
2000									Group stage	6	2	1	3	12	13
2004									Group stage	6	1	2	3	9	12
2007	Group stage	16th of 16	3	0	0	3	1	12	Qualified as co-hosts
2011	Did not qualify								Group stage	4	0	0	4	2	12
2015									Group stage	6	2	1	3	5	7
2019									Third round	14	1	2	11	8	45
2023	Group stage	21st of 24	3	0	1	2	3	8	Third round	13	8	0	5	30	18
2027	To be determined								To be determined
Total	Appearances: 4	Best: 5th	12	1	4	7	10	28	Best: Third round	82	29	15	38	129	147

Iran 1976

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Main article:1976 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Malaysia squad –1976 AFC Asian Cup
GK Arumugam GK Hamid DF Zainuddin DF Abdullah DF Santokh DF Yahya DF Radzi DF Shukor MF Khor MF Dharmalingam MF Vithilinggam FW Umaparam FW Ali FW Isa FW Mohktar FW Irfan Coach: Kuppan

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kuwait	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4	Advance toKnockout stage
2	China	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1	Advance toKnockout stage
3	Malaysia	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Source:RSSSF

3 June 1976

Kuwait	2–0	Malaysia
Al-Anberi 10' Al-Dakhil 42'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium,Tabriz

5 June 1976

China	1–1	Malaysia
Wang Jilian 58'		Mokhtar Dahari 50'

Reza Pahlavi Stadium,Tabriz

Malaysia's inaugural performance at the 1976 Asian Cup is still considered a hard pill to swallow as the Chinese advanced to thelast four via ongoal difference.^[1]

Kuwait 1980

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Main article:1980 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Malaysia squad –1980 AFC Asian Cup
GK Yu Tiang GK Peter DF Jamal DF Wan Jamak DF Davendran DF Yahya DF Kamaruddin DF Nik Fauzi DF Chin Ann DF Bakri DF Shukor MF Pusphanathan MF Torairaju MF Abdah FW Ramli FW Tukamin FW Zulkifli Coach: Che Su

Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	7	Advance toKnockout stage
2	Kuwait(H)	4	2	1	1	8	5	+3	5	Advance toKnockout stage
3	Malaysia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	4
4	Qatar	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	3
5	United Arab Emirates	4	0	1	3	3	9	−6	1

Source:RSSSF
(H) Hosts

16 September 1980

18:30

South Korea	1–1	Malaysia
Choi Soon-ho 69'		Zulkifli 90'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium,Kuwait City

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Sudarso Hardjowasito (Indonesia)

18 September 1980

Kuwait	3–1	Malaysia
Kameel 20' Yaqoub 53' (pen.),77' (pen.)		Zulkifli 44'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium,Kuwait City

Attendance: 20,000

20 September 1980

Malaysia	2–0	United Arab Emirates
Abdah 32' Tukamin 89'

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium,Kuwait City

23 September 1980

Malaysia	1–1	Qatar
Tukamin

Sabah Al-Salem Stadium,Kuwait City

Malaysia's performance at 1980 Asian Cup is still considered today as the finest performance ever of Malaysia despite not advancing toKnockout stage whenSoh Chin Ann named into the Team of the Tournament by the AFC, the first Southeast Asian player to receive such honour, a record which would stand until the2019 AFC Asian Cup.^[2]^[3] since then, Malaysia did not qualify for the Asian Cup until 2007.

Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand/Vietnam 2007

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Main article:2007 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Malaysia squad –2007 AFC Asian Cup
1 Azizon 2 Hamzani 3 Fauzi N. 4 Nazrul Erwan 5 Nor Hafiz 6 Thirumurugan 7 Kaironnisam (c) 8 Safee 9 Eddy 10 Hardi 11 Nor Farhan 12 Shukor 13 Indra Putra 14 Akmal 15 Shahrul 16 Fauzi S. 17 Nanthakumar 18 Fadzli 19 Rosdi 20 Hairuddin 21 Suffian 22 Ivan 23 Aidil Coach: Norizan

Group C

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advance toKnockout stage
2	Uzbekistan	3	2	0	1	9	2	+7	6	Advance toKnockout stage
3	China	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
4	Malaysia(H)	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

Source:[1]
Rules for classification:Tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

All times areUTC+8.

10 July 2007

20:30UTC+8

Malaysia	1–5	China
Indra Putra 74'	Report	Han Peng 15',55' Shao Jiayi 36' Wang Dong 51',90+3'

Bukit Jalil Stadium,Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 21,155

Referee:Muhsen Basma (Syria)

14 July 2007

18:15UTC+8

Uzbekistan	5–0	Malaysia
Shatskikh 10',89' Kapadze 30' Bakayev 45+2' (pen.) Ibrahimov 85'	Report

Bukit Jalil Stadium,Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 7,137

Referee:Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar)

18 July 2007

20:30UTC+8

Malaysia	0–2	Iran
	Report	Nekounam 29' (pen.) Teymourian 77'

Bukit Jalil Stadium,Kuala Lumpur

Attendance: 4,520^[4]

Referee:Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Malaysia's performance in 2007 Asian Cup is still remembered as the worst performance ever for a host nation in the Asian Cup when the team did not manage to collect any single point with conceded the most goals. After the tournament, criticisms run high with the defeat of the Malay Tigers, even in the foreign press.^[5]

Qatar 2023

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Main article:2023 AFC Asian Cup

v t e Malaysia squad –2023 AFC Asian Cup
1 Azri 2 Davies (c) 3 Shahrul 4 Daniel 5 Syahmi 6 Dominic 7 Faisal 8 Wilkin 9 Lok 10 Endrick 11 Safawi 12 Arif 13 Sumareh 14 Syamer 15 Eldstål 16 Syihan 17 Josué 18 Brendan 19 Akhyar 20 Afiq 21 Cools 22 Corbin-Ong 23 Nazrel 24 Natxo 25 Khuzaimi 26 Morales Coach: Kim Pan-gon

Group E

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Main article:2023 AFC Asian Cup Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Bahrain	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6	Advance toknockout stage
2	South Korea	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5
3	Jordan	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
4	Malaysia	3	0	1	2	3	8	−5	1

Source:AFC

15 January 2024 (2024-01-15)

20:30

Malaysia	0–4	Jordan
	Report	Al-Mardi 12',32' Al-Taamari 18' (pen.),85'

Al Janoub Stadium,Al Wakrah

Attendance: 20,410

Referee:Mohammed Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)

20 January 2024 (2024-01-20)

17:30

Bahrain	1–0	Malaysia
Madan 90+5'	Report

Jassim bin Hamad Stadium,Al Rayyan

Attendance: 10,386

Referee:Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman)

25 January 2024 (2024-01-25)

14:30

South Korea	3–3	Malaysia
Jeong Woo-yeong 21' Lee Kang-in 83' Son Heung-min 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Faisal 51' Arif 62' (pen.) Morales 90+15'

Al Janoub Stadium,Al Wakrah

Attendance: 30,117

Referee:Khalid Al-Turais (Saudi Arabia)

Malaysia's performance in 2023 Asian Cup is currently remembered as the better performance than previous 2007 Asian Cup edition when the team managed to collect one point through the monumental 3−3 drawn against the powerhouse South Korea andFaisal Halim first goal has been picked by fans as the 2023 Asian Cup best goal.^[6]^[7]

Goalscorers

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Player	Goals	1976	1980	2007	2023
Tukamin Bahari	2		2
Zulkifli Hamzah	2		2
Mokhtar Dahari	1	1
Abdah Alif	1		1
Indra Putra Mahayuddin	1			1
Arif Aiman	1				1
Faisal Halim	1				1
Romel Morales	1				1
Total	10	1	5	1	3

References

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^"Moments and Milestones: The 1976 AFC Asian Cup". AFC. Archived fromthe original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved4 June 2017.
^"Vote for your best ever AFC Asian Cup defender". AFC. Archived fromthe original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved11 October 2018.
^"Soh Chin Ann: The unforgettable Malaysian football icon". FIFA. Archived fromthe original on 4 July 2023. Retrieved19 May 2023.
^"Asian Cup 2007 Results [Malaysia 0–2 Iran]". SportStats.com. 18 July 2007. Retrieved6 June 2018.
^"Malaysian malaise in Group C".Agence France-Presse. ABC News. 13 July 2007. Archived fromthe original on 29 October 2016. Retrieved6 June 2018.
^"Malaysia save their best for last to claim monumental draw against powerhouses South Korea".Gabriel Tan.ESPN. 24 January 2024. Archived fromthe original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved25 January 2024.
^"Faisal beats Asian rivals by a mile for Best Goal award".NST. Archived fromthe original on 26 February 2024. Retrieved26 February 2024.

v t e Countries at theAFC Asian Cup
Team appearances
AFF	Australia Cambodia Indonesia Malaysia Myanmar Philippines Singapore Thailand Vietnam¹
CAFA	Iran Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan Uzbekistan
EAFF	China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan North Korea South Korea
SAFF	Bangladesh India
WAFF	Bahrain Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen
Former	Israel² South Yemen³
¹ Considered a successor team by FIFA, or have competed under other name(s).² Israel was a member of the AFC until 1974.³ Recognized by FIFA as defunct.

Malaysia national football team

Football Association of Malaysia

General

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Wisma FAM

Notable matches

2018 AFF Championship final

Rivalries

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