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| Nickname(s) | Harimau Malaya (Malayan Tigers) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Peter Cklamovski | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Dion Cools | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mostcaps | Soh Chin Ann (195)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Mokhtar Dahari (89)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MAS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current | 116 2 (19 November 2025)[3][4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 75 (8 August 1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 178 (15 March 2018) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Malaysia 1–1Thailand  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 12 October 1963)[n 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Malaysia11–0Philippines  (Tehran, Iran; 7 September 1974)[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Arab Emirates10–0Malaysia (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; 3 September 2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFC Asian Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 (first in1976) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Group stage (1976,1980,2007,2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Appearances | 14 (first in1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions (2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Malaysia national football team (Malay:Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan Malaysia) representsMalaysia in internationalfootball and is governed by theFootball Association of Malaysia. The national team is recognised by FIFA as the successor of the defunctMalaya national football team which was founded for the1963 Merdeka Tournament one month before the institution of Malaysia. The team is officially nicknamedHarimau Malaya in reference to theMalayan Tiger.[8] Former playerMokhtar Dahari is one of the top goal scorers in international history.
Before Malaysia's formation, the Malaya national football team had already achieved notable success, including abronze medal at the1962 Asian Games. Malaysia's most significant achievements includequalifying for the1972 Summer Olympics, winning theAFF Championship in2010, and earning multipleSEA Games gold medals in1961,1977,1979, and1989. The team competes in tournaments such as theAFC Asian Cup, AFF Championship, andWorld Cup qualifiers, withBukit Jalil National Stadium serving as its home ground. Over the years, Malaysia has developed strong rivalries with teams likeThailand,Indonesia,Singapore, andCambodia contributing to the rich football culture in theregion.
Prior to 16 September 1963,North Borneo (nowSabah),Sarawak,Malaya and Singapore were represented by their own national teams, a situation which pre-dated the establishment of Malaysia.[11] Malaya and Singapore often competed in international competitions such as theMerdeka Tournament while North Borneo and Sarawak competed inBorneo Cup.Malaya's biggest achievement in football was becoming the bronze medalist of the1962 Asian Games held inJakarta, Indonesia after defeatingSouth Vietnam 4–1 led byAbdul Ghani Minhat, who at that time was the first Asian player to reach50 goals for the men's national teams.[12]
The beginning of the Malaysian football team match took place inMerdeka Stadium on 8 August 1963 with the combined strength of Singapore and Malaya (although the federation only existed after 16 September 1963). With the combined forces of Malaya and Singapore, the team began by facingJapan, and lost 3–4.[13] The team continued to use a combination of players from Singapore andMalay Peninsula until the formation of the Malaysia team, wherein the Football Association of Malaya was succeeded by theFootball Association of Malaysia (FAM). The combination players with Singapore ended when the latterseparated from Malaysia along with the establishment ofFootball Association of Singapore (FAS) and their subsequent reaffiliation withFIFA in 1965.[14] Since then the squad was only represented by West Malaysian players, mainly due to travel time difficulties toEast Malaysia and the players were not well known to the mainstream West Malaysian football. From 1966 to 1970,Chow Chee Keong was voted byAsian Football Confederation as the best Asian's goalkeeper for 5 straight years.[15]
In 1971,James Wong of Sabah was the first player from East Malaysia to represent the country.[16][17] Malaysiaqualified for the1972 Olympics inMunich, beatingJapan 3–0,South Korea 1–0,Taiwan 3–0 and thePhilippines 5–0 along the way.[18] Although they managed to defeat theUnited States 3–0,[19] they lost the other two matches with a score of 0–3 toWest Germany and 0–6 toMorocco,[20][21]ranking 10th in the final standings.[22]
Since 1972,Mokhtar Dahari has been considered a legendary football player for the Malaysian team maintaining his place as one of the best players in Asia.[23] He manage to score a total of 125 goals in 167 appearances for Malaysia (including matches played against club sides, national 'B' teams and selection teams).[24][25] Against other nations' national 'A' teams, he scored89 goals in 142 appearances.[2][26][27] This makes him asone of the world's top scorer for men's national teams at one time.[28][29]
Together with the record ofSoh Chin Ann. According to bothRSSSF andIFFHS, Soh is the player with themost international caps in men's football and become the first men's footballers to reach 200 or more international caps (219) before being overtaken byPortugal'sCristiano Ronaldo in 2025.[1][30] Two years later, Malaysia won their second bronze medal at the1974 Asian Games after defeatingNorth Korea 2–1.[31] The team went on to qualify twice in a row for theAFC Asian Cup, in1976 and1980.[32] It was only in 1977; when the FAM sent a talent scout to the East.[33][34] The list continued by the lateJames Yaakub ofSarawak in 1977. The team also won theMerdeka Tournament four times, became runner-up three times and achieved third place twice during the 1970s.[35] Malaysiaqualified again for the1980 Olympics in Moscow, beatingIndonesia 6–1, South Korea 3–0,Brunei 3–1, Philippines 8–0 and tiedwith Japan 1–1.[36] Thus, the team meet South Korea in the play-off match. Malaysia won the play-off against South Korea with a 2–1 scored in theMerdeka Stadium and qualified but joined theUS-led boycott of the games as the Malaysian government made a decision to protest theSoviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.[37][38][39]
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
 China | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | –1 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | –2 | 1 |
Malaysia participated the1976 AFC Asian Cup for the first time, meeting Kuwait and China in Group A. During the tournament, Malaysia came in third place in the group, losing 0–2 to Kuwait in the opening match and drew 1–1 with China in the second match.
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
 Qatar | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 1 |
Malaysia made its second Asian Cup appearance in1980, placed in Group B alongside South Korea, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. They managed to hold South Korea 1–1 in the first match, but would lose 1–3 to Kuwait before regaining a 2–0 victory against the United Arab Emirates. Malaysia would eventually finish 3rd after holding Qatar 1–1 in their last match.
In 1994, Malaysian football was embroiled in one of the largestbribery scandals in the country.[40][41] With the dearth of mainstream interest and lack of funds, Malaysian football has failed to repeat the performances of the 1970s and 1980s to qualify into major tournaments, despite the recruitment ofClaude LeRoy.Allan Harris appointed as a new head coach in 2001. Harris came with strong credentials, having assistedTerry Venables atFC Barcelona. In the second half of 2004, FAM appointBertalan Bicskei, former Hungarian goalkeeper and national coach, to succeed Allan Harris. Bicskei led the national side to third place at the regionalTiger Cup tournament, but was demoted to youth development duties by FAM for his actions during a friendly againstSingapore inPenang on 8 June 2005. Bicskei, disgusted by the standard of officiating, threw a bottle onto the pitch before confronting a Singapore player. In September 2005, his contract was terminated after a mutual agreement.[42]
Norizan Bakar became the next head coach of the Malaysian team. He guided the Malaysian squad to the2007 AFF Championship semifinals in 2007, where Malaysia lost through penalties to Singapore. Norizan's position as the head coach was criticised by the Malaysian football community, fans and officials alike, after the team's performances during the2007 AFC Asian Cup as co-host of the edition, where Malaysia lost toChina 1–5,Uzbekistan 0–5 andIran 0–2. After the removal of Norizan Bakar, B. Sathianathan took over as head coach. Although he guided thesquad to win the2007 Merdeka Tournament, Malaysia once again failed to qualify for the World Cup after losing 1–4 and drawing 0–0 withBahrain in the qualifying round. In March 2008, Sathianathan once again reached the final of theMerdeka Tournament. However, Malaysia lost on penalties to Vietnam. Sathianathan also led Malaysia to the semi-finals of the2008 Myanmar Grand Royal Challenge Cup. However, Malaysia then shockingly lost 1–4 to the eventual winners,Myanmar.[43]
During the2008 AFF Championship, Malaysia started their campaign with a 3–0 win over Laos but were defeated in the second match by Vietnam with a score of 2–3 and were finally eliminated when they lost 0–3 to Thailand in the final match of the group stage. This was the first time that the Malaysian squad had not passed through the group stages in 12 years. There were also reports that match-fixing and bribery that infiltrated Malaysian football in 1994 have returned.[44] In the2011 Asian Cup qualifiers, the Malaysian team lost 0–5 to theUnited Arab Emirates. This defeat was the final straw in the eyes of Malaysian supporters, and in February 2009, the contracts of Sathianathan and managerSoh Chin Ann were terminated.[45]
In July 2003, Malaysia qualified for the2003 FA Premier League Asia Cup as the host nation and as the only national team to ever do so, and on 24 July 2003, they lost 1–4 againstChelsea in the semi-finals in a match whereHairuddin Omar scored Malaysia's only goal of the tournament to bring the match to 1–1.[46] In the third-place playoff on 26 July 2003, they lost 0–4 againstBirmingham City and placed fourth in the tournament.[47]
Malaysia were placed in the 6th group in thequalifying, alongside with teams such asIraq,Bahrain &Myanmar. The Malaysian national team drew with Iraq 0–0, before smashing Myanmar with 4 to nil goals. Malaysia later scored 2 goals against Bahrain in the last 10 minutes, securing them 5 points.
However, disappointment would strike as they bombed their next matches inManama, Bahrain. Malaysia failed to score points there, losing 5–1 to Iraq, 3–1 to Bahrain & 2–1 to Myanmar. Thus, Malaysia failed to qualify for2004 AFC Asian Cup, sitting at the 3rd place with 1 win, 2 draws & 3 losses. The Malaysian media & fans reacted how the Malaysian team could lose with such a humiliating result outside Malaysia, similar to the2000 AFC Asian Cup qualification, when they bombed their second leg matches againstThailand,North Korea &Taiwan.
In April 2009,K. Rajagopal was named the new coach of Malaysia replacingB. Sathianathan and took over the position in July 2009, of which he also looked after the Malaysia under-23 squad.[49] Rajagopal's first match was againstZimbabwe, which Malaysia won 4–0.[50] Rajagopal also coached Malaysia in two games against visiting English champions,Manchester United, losing both matches 2–3 and 0–2. During his time as the coach of the Under-23 team, Rajagopal led Malaysia to their fifthSEA Games gold medal and also led Malaysia to qualify for the second round of the2010 Asian Games as one of the best four third-placed teams after a lapse of 32 years.[51][52]
During the2010 AFF Championship, a total of 14 Malaysia's players were under the age of 23. Placed in group A and lost the first match to hostIndonesia 1–5, Malaysia bounced back from defeat drawing Thailand and beating Laos 5–1. As runner up of group, Malaysia qualified for the semi-finals to meet Group B winners and defending championsVietnam. In the first leg of the semifinal, Malaysia won 2–0 on home soil and later drew 0–0 in the second leg, advancing to the final with an aggregate of 2–0.[53] An opportunity of revenge opened up in the finals as Malaysia again met Indonesia, who were unbeaten in all previous matches.
On the first leg of the finals at home, Malaysia won 3–0. Malaysia scored twice throughSafee Sali and once throughMohd Ashaari Shamsuddin on a night whenBukit Jalil National Stadium was filled over capacity for the first time since it was built. The match attracted so many people that after tickets were sold out, policemen manning the gates were seen allowing friends and relatives into the stadium, causing people to trespass onto the cable bridge above the electronic display besides standing on the aisles and corridors to view the game. On the second leg of the finals that was held inJakarta, Malaysia lost 1–2 to Indonesia but the final aggregate was 4–2 to Malaysia, thus Malaysia were awarded the title. It was the first time in history that Malaysia were crowned the champions ofAFF Championship and a trophy in the international stage.[54]
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During the 2010s, the Malaysian national team underwent several coaching changes but struggled to achieve consistent success in international competitions.
In July 2014,Dollah Salleh replacedK. Rajagopal as head coach. Under Dollah's leadership, Malaysia reached the final of the2014 AFF Championship, though the team failed to match its 2010 tournament victory. Subsequent matches saw uneven performances, including:
Ong Kim Swee served as interim coach from September 2015 until March 2017, when Portuguese managerNelo Vingada was appointed. Vingada's tenure saw disappointing results in2019 AFC Asian Cup qualification:
Vingada resigned in late 2017 and was replaced by assistant coachTan Cheng Hoe.[57]
Following their failure to qualify for the2019 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia competed in the2018 AFF Championship, being drawn in Group A alongsideVietnam,Myanmar,Laos, andCambodia. The team advanced as group runners-up with three victories and one defeat (against Vietnam).
In the semifinals, Malaysia faced reigning championsThailand:
The final against Vietnam saw:
The tournament highlighted progress in Malaysia's youth development program, with several young players making significant contributions.[60]
Malaysia entered the2022 FIFA World Cup qualification from the first round due to its FIFA ranking. In the first round, Malaysia defeatedTimor-Leste 12–2 on aggregate.[61]
In the second round, Malaysia was drawn into Group G withThailand,Indonesia,Vietnam, and theUnited Arab Emirates. The campaign included:
TheCOVID-19 pandemic significantly affected Malaysia's national team in 2021. During the final matches of2022 World Cup qualification, several key players were unavailable, forcing head coachTan Cheng Hoe to field a squad featuring new call-ups and veteran players.
The team's results during this period included:
These results eliminated Malaysia from World Cup contention. The team's struggles continued at the2020 AFF Championship (held in December 2021), where they failed to advance beyond the group stage. Following this performance, Tan Cheng Hoe resigned as head coach in January 2022.[67]
After Tan Cheng Hoe's resignation, former vice-president ofKorea Football Association,Kim Pan-gon was appointed as Malaysia's new national team coach on a 2-year contract.[68] His first task was the2022 FAS Tri-Nations Series held in Singapore in March 2022. At that time, Pan-gon recorded his first success when Malaysia won 2–0 againstPhilippines but suffered a subsequent 1–2 loss to Singapore in the next match.[69] Pan-gon's next challenge came when Malaysia facedBrunei andHong Kong in a series of friendly matches as part of preparations for the2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification.[70] Malaysia won 4–0 against Brunei[71] and 2–0 against Hong Kong,[72] raising confidence and support from FAM and Malaysians in the hope of improving Malaysian football's fortunes which had declined in the previous years.
In the third round of2023 AFC Asian Cup qualification, Malaysia faced 3 matches which began with a 3–1 victory againstTurkmenistan in the first match,[73] suffering a 1–2 loss toBahrain,[74] before successfully ending their campaign by defeatingBangladesh with 4–1.[75] Thus, Malaysia finished second in Group E behind Bahrain and automatically qualified for the2023 AFC Asian Cup on merit after 42 years.[76][77] Shortly thereafter, Malaysia's FIFA ranking rose up to 147th from 154th in March 2022.[78] Later in September 2022, Malaysia entered the2022 King's Cup in Thailand, facing the host and later,Tajikistan in the final. Malaysia won 5–3 on penalties against Thailand after a 1–1 draw but later failed to win the cup after a 0–3 lost in thepenalty shootout after being held to a goalless draw.[79]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | 2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| 2 | Malaysia(H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Turkmenistan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
At the end of 2022, before the start of the2022 AFF Championship campaign, Malaysia held 2 friendly matches againstCambodia andMaldives,[80] winning 4–0[81] and 3–0 respectively.[82] In the 2022 AFC Championship, Malaysia has won 1–0 against Myanmar withSyihan Hazmi saving a late penalty to secure the win for Malaysia.[83] In the next match, Malaysia went on to thrash Laos 5–0[84] but lost 0–3 against Vietnam in a controversial match that led toAzam Azmi's red card.[85] Yet, Malaysia won 4–1 against causeway rivals, Singapore in the last match being the first time Malaysia had won over Singapore on home soil which also sees Malaysia finishing in second place of Group B, thus seeing them automatically qualified to semi-finals match against Thailand.[86] Malaysia won the first leg of the match withFaisal Halim scoring the only goal in the match but in the second leg, Thailand scored thrice which see Malaysia failing to enter the final after with a 3–1 aggregate defeat to Thailand.[87] Despite this, Malaysia ended 2022 with astonishing results overall which see them rose up to 145th in FIFA ranking.[88]
Later in March 2023, Malaysia won again against Turkmenistan with 1–0[89] and 2–0 against Hong Kong at theSultan Ibrahim Stadium inJohor in a series of friendlies.[90] In June 2023, Malaysia won 4–1 againstthe Solomon Islands[91] and recorded their second biggest victory ever when they won 10–0 againstPapua New Guinea at theSultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium inTerengganu.[92] Shortly after, Malaysia's FIFA ranking rose up again to 137th in the world and 4th in ASEAN, behind the Philippines (135th), Thailand (113th) and Vietnam (95th), thus making it the highest ranking attained in 17 years.[93]
In September 2023, Malaysia faced their biggest challenge ever when they metSyria andChina inChengdu, China. Malaysia passed the test after coming back from two goals down to manage a 2–2 draw with Syria and 1–1 with China respectively. In October 2023, theMerdeka Tournament was held after a 10-year absence, with Malaysia meeting India and Tajikistan. In the opening match, Malaysia won 4–2 against India in the semi-final but later lost to Tajikistan again 0–2 in the final.
After 42 years of absence (excluding 2007, when Malaysia was one of the hosts), Malaysia went to the2023 AFC Asian Cup with high expectations, as they were put in a group withJordan,Bahrain, andSouth Korea. As part of the preparation for the tournament, Malaysia had a friendly match with Syria again with the same score as last year, a 2–2 draw. Malaysia opened their tournament with a disastrous start, as they were beaten 0–4 by Jordan. In the second match against Bahrain, whom they met in the qualifiers, the game looked to be ending in a draw, untilAli Madan scored a last-minute goal for Bahrain. Thus, Malaysia failed to advance past the group stages of the AFC Asian Cup again after four appearances, while they were also struggling to find their first Asian Cup win since their last win in1980.
Malaysia headed into their final group stage fixture against the favourites in the group, South Korea. Within the 21st minute, Malaysia were already 1–0 down through aJeong Woo-yeong header, heading into the second half of the match on the back foot. However, in the second half,Faisal Halim scored with an audacious chip against South Korean goalkeeperJo Hyeon-woo (which was nominated as the goal of the tournament), followed up by a penalty slotted away byArif Aiman to give Malaysia a surprising 2–1 lead against the Koreans. Eventually, aLee Kang-in free-kick and a penalty fromSon Heung-min put South Korea back in the lead. With the score 3–2 to the Koreans and the match surpassing the 90th-minute mark, it looked to be three losses out of three for Harimau Malaya until the 90+15th minute, whenRomel Morales scored an equaliser against all odds. The match ended3–3, securing a memorable draw, and earning Malaysia's first point since 1980.
Heading into the match againstOman in March, the Malaysian camp remained optimistic about getting positive results. However, Malaysia suffered 2–0 defeats, both away & at home. Malaysia then managed to get 1 point againstKyrgyzstan and 3 points againstChinese Taipei, and eventually finished in third place with 10 points. However, it proved insufficient as Kyrgyzstan finished second with 11 points, thus seeing Malaysia out of contention for the World Cup, and instead compete in the third round of the AFC Asian Cup qualification.
Following Malaysia's elimination from the World Cup qualification, on 16 July 2024, Pan-gon announced his resignation as Malaysia's national team head coach, citing personal commitments. Assistant coachPau Martí replaced Pan-gon as the caretaker coach.[94] While managing the team, Martí helped the team win the2024 Merdeka Tournament.[95] The2024 ASEAN Championship was his final international duty as the caretaker coach.
On 16 December 2024, FAM announced the appointment ofPeter Cklamovski, who was recently the former manager ofFC Tokyo, as the new head coach for the Malaysian team.[96] Cklamovski will begin his duties on 5 January 2025 with the task of leading the team to qualify for the2027 AFC Asian Cup.[97][98] Subsequently on 11 January 2025, FAM announced a new management line-up for the national team as part of its restructuring process.Rob Friend has been recruited asCEO, Dr. Craig Duncan appointed as head of high performance and sports medicine, and formerAustralian international footballerTim Cahill has been elected as a personal advisor on sports and international relations.[99]
On 26 September 2025, the FAM and seven "Malaysian heritage" playersGabriel Felipe Arrocha,Facundo Tomás Garcés,Rodrigo Julián Holgado,Imanol Javier Machuca,João Vitor Brandão Figueiredo,Jon Irazábal Iraurgui andHéctor Alejandro Hevel Serrano were sanctioned byFIFA after an investigation uncovered falsification and forgery of documents relating to the players' eligibility. The scandal involved attempts to register foreign-born footballers as Malaysian nationals, who played for Malaysia in thethird round of the 2027 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers againstNepal andVietnam. FIFA imposed a fine ofCHF 350,000 (approximatelyRM 1.9 million) on FAM, while each player received an individual fine of CHF 2,000 (about RM 10,560) and a 12-month suspension from all football related activities. FAM announced that it would appeal the sanctions.[100][101][102]
On 6 October 2025, FIFA released an official report detailing falsifications concerning the players' eligibility, including the alleged birthplaces of their grandparents. While FAM claimed that the seven players had grandparents born in Malaysia, FIFA discovered that their grandparents had in fact been born in Argentina, Brazil, Spain and the Netherlands. FIFA condemned the act as a deliberate attempt to deceive, describing it as a serious breach of sporting integrity that undermines confidence in fair competition and compromises the fundamental principles of honesty and transparency in football.[103][104]
On 3 November 2025, the FIFA Appeal Committee rejected FAM's appeal and the sanctions stood.[105]
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All matches of Malaysia are shown live onAstro Arena (friendlies,World Cup (2nd round only), andMedia Prima (Asian Cup qualifiers),RTM (AFF Championship matches (except2014 season),FIFA World Cup andAFC Asian Cup qualifiers), and (AFF Championship matches for 2014 season only). All matches are broadcast with bothEnglish (Astro only) andMalaysian commentary.[106]
| Kit provider | Period | Ref |
|---|---|---|
none | 1963–1974 | |
 Adidas | 1975–1977 | [107] |
 Umbro | 1978 | [108] |
| Adidas | 1979–2006 | [108] |
 Nike | 2007–2024 | [109] |
| Puma | 2025–2028 | [110] |
Starting from the 1975 Merdeka Tournament until 1977, the Malaysia football team wore the kit from Adidas. In 1978, Malaysia switched toUmbro. From 1979 to 2006, the national team kit was manufactured and sponsored byAdidas. Since 2025, the official Malaysia team kit has been manufactured byPuma. The home kit design of black and yellow stripes is a throwback to the kit used by the Malayan national team in the 1920s. The national team of the 1970s also sported similar stripes, which are supposed to be reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger.
In November 2010, Nike Malaysia created a new football kit specially made for the2010 AFF Championship. The home kit's design of black and yellow stripes is shaped by a black row of lines. The away kit features a plain blue front and red and white at the edge of the sleeves. Nike used the Malaysian flag as their logo instead of theFootball Association of Malaysia logo to remember the team's success in the 1970s.[111] On the underside of the flag, the quote "Tanah Tumpahnya Darahku" (The land that I spill my blood for) can be found. The quote is part of theMalaysia National Anthem, alluding that they are doing their best for the country.
The practice of using the flag on the kits ended when Malaysia got a new kit in late 2016. They have the FAM logo on the kits.
Malaysia's home stadium is theBukit Jalil National Stadium. The stadium capacity is 87,411 (seated)[112] which makes it the ninthlargest football stadium in the world. Malaysia's previous national stadium was theMerdeka Stadium before the Bukit Jalil sports complex was constructed. Since the start of 2017, Malaysia has played its home matches in 5 different stadiums all over Malaysia withKuala Lumpur Stadium second in line to host an international match.
When there were ongoing renovations at theBukit Jalil National Stadium, the team played at other stadiums such asSultan Ibrahim Stadium andSultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium. Due to the high population in the Klang Valley, the other stadiums used do not get high support from the fans. The Bukit Jalil Stadium, which is the largest stadium in Malaysia with a capacity of 87,000, is still the home of the Malaya Tigers even though there are several events taking place a few days before the match.
| Malaysia national football team home stadiums | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image | Stadium | Capacity | Location | Last match |
 | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | 87,500 | Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur | v  Nepal(18 November 2025;2027 Asian Cup qualification) |
 | Kuala Lumpur Stadium | 18,000 | Cheras, Kuala Lumpur | v  Cape Verde(29 May 2025;Friendly) |
_2021.jpg) | Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium | 50,000 | Kuala Nerus, Terengganu | v  Papua New Guinea(20 June 2023;Friendly) |
 | Sultan Ibrahim Stadium | 40,000 | Iskandar Puteri, Johor | v  Palestine(8 September 2025;Friendly) |
Wisma FAM is the main headquarters for theFootball Association of Malaysia which located atKelana Jaya, Selangor. The training facility for the Malaysia national football team is also located at the Wisma FAM. Other than that, it also serves as a meeting point for the coaches and national players. Also equipped with a room for press statements and small apartment rooms available for the national players during the training camp. Sometimes, ticket matches are also sold on this training facility.
Ultras Malaya is the name of the major supporter of the national team in Malaysia. They are known for their high fanaticism and support towards the national team. In every international match the national team plays, they are found in a group standing in the supporters' area. The main colours for these supporters are usually black with a yellowscarf andbanners just like the national team kit colours. These supporters always bringflares, drums and large national flags to the stadiums.[113]
According to the website ofFootball Association of Malaysia, Malaysia main sponsors includeMalaysia Airlines,Puma,Bank Islam,100plus, Wonda Coffee,Konami,CAT,Warner Music Malaysia, Kronos, andMilo with the association also establish social responsibilities partners withDepartment of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia (PERHILITAN).[114]
Win Draw Loss Fixture
v Malaysia| 18 November 2024Friendly | India | 1–1 | Malaysia | Hyderabad, India |
| 19:30 UTC+5:30 | Bheke 39' | Report | Josué 19' | Stadium:G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium Attendance: 15,367 Referee:Thoriq Alkatiri (Indonesia) |
v Malaysia| 8 December 2024ASEAN Championship GS | Cambodia | 2–2 | Malaysia | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
| 17:45 UTC+7 | Report | Stadium:Phnom Penh Olympic Stadium Attendance: 24,886 Referee: Kim Woo-sung (South Korea) |
v
Timor-Leste| 11 December 2024ASEAN Championship GS | Malaysia | 3–2 | Timor-Leste | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Report | Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 7,420 Referee:Omar Al-Yaqoubi (Oman) |
v Malaysia| 14 December 2024ASEAN Championship GS | Thailand | 1–0 | Malaysia | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 20:00 UTC+7 |
| Report | Stadium:Rajamangala Stadium Attendance: 25,619 Referee: Rustam Luftullin (Uzbekistan) |
v
Singapore| 20 December 2024ASEAN Championship GS | Malaysia | 0–0 | Singapore | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Report | Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 31,127 Referee: Hiroyuki Kimura (Japan) |
v Nepal| 25 March 20252027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Malaysia | 2–0 | Nepal | Johor, Malaysia |
| 22:00 UTC+8 |
| ReportReport (AFC) | Stadium:Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 7,895 Referee: Hiroki Kasahara (Japan) |
v Cape Verde| 29 May 2025Friendly | Malaysia | 1–1 | Cape Verde | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Josué 79' | Report | S. Cabral 8' | Stadium:Kuala Lumpur Stadium Attendance: 10,708 Referee: Mongkolchai Pechsri (Thailand) |
v Cape Verde| 3 June 2025Closed-doors Friendly1 | Malaysia | 0–3 | Cape Verde | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Report |
| Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 0 |
v
Vietnam| 10 June 20252027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Malaysia | 4–0 | Vietnam | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 |
| ReportReport (AFC) | Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 61,512 Referee: Hussein Abo Yehia (Lebanon) |
v Singapore| 4 September 2025Friendly | Malaysia | 2–1 | Singapore | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 |
| Report |
| Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 22,329 Referee: Ngô Duy Lân (Vietnam) |
v Palestine| 8 September 2025Friendly | Malaysia | 1–0 | Palestine | Johor, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 |
| Report | Stadium:Sultan Ibrahim Stadium Attendance: 7,084 Referee: Yudi Nurcahya (Indonesia) |
v Malaysia| 9 October 20252027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Laos | 0–3 | Malaysia | Vientiane, Laos |
| 19:00 UTC+7 | ReportReport (AFC) | Stadium:New Laos National Stadium Attendance: 5,289 Referee: Wiwat Jumpao-on (Thailand) |
v Laos| 14 October 20252027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Malaysia | 5–1 | Laos | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | ReportReport (AFC) |
| Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 18,901 Referee: Ahmed Eisa Darwish (United Arab Emirates) |
v Malaysia| 18 November 20252027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Nepal | 0–1 | Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia2 |
| 21:00 UTC+8 | Report | Faisal 56' | Stadium:Bukit Jalil National Stadium Attendance: 14,243 Referee: Kim Dae-yong (South Korea) |
v Malaysia| 31 March 20262027 Asian Cup Qualification - Third Round | Vietnam | v | Malaysia | Vietnam |
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| Roles | Names | Appointment date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Management | ||||
| CEO |  Rob Friend[116][117] | 31 December 2024[118] | ||
| Deputy CEO | Stanley Bernard | 15 April 2025 | ||
| Coaching Staff | ||||
| Head coach |  Peter Cklamovski[119] | 5 January 2025[120][121] | ||
| Assistant coaches | Matt Smith[122] | 17 March 2025 | ||
| Aidil Zafuan | 17 March 2025 | |||
| Jose Baxter | 15 May 2025 | |||
| Goalkeeping coach | John Crawley | 17 March 2025 | ||
| Head of high performance and sports medicine | Craig Duncan[123] | 2 January 2025 | ||
| Doctor |  Xavier Valle[124] | 28 August 2024 | ||
| Physiotherapist | Edu Martinez[124] | 28 August 2024 | ||
| Performance analyst |  Seiya Imazaki | 17 March 2025 | ||
| Team coordinator | Zulfadli Rozi | 17 March 2025 | ||
| Technical director | Tan Cheng Hoe | 15 April 2025 | ||
| List of Head Coaches | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Period | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | Win % | |
| Peter Velappan | 1963 | |||||||||
| Choo Seng Quee | 1963 – 1964[n 2] | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 23 | +0 | 027.27 | |
| Otto Westphal | 1965 – 1966 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 25 | −14 | 008.33 | |
| Clement De Silva | 1966 | |||||||||
| Peter Velappan | 1966 | |||||||||
| Nagalingam Rajoo | 1967 | |||||||||
| Dettmar Cramer | 1967 | |||||||||
| Edwin Dutton | 1967 | |||||||||
| Harold Hassall | 1968 | |||||||||
| Peter Velappan | 1968 | |||||||||
| Abdul Ghani Minhat | 1969 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 18 | +0 | 045.45 | |
| Harold Hassall | 1970 | |||||||||
 Dave MacLaren | 1970 | |||||||||
| C. Arasaratnam | 1971 | 39 | 21 | 6 | 12 | 81 | 61 | +20 | 053.85 | |
| Jalil Che Din | 1972 | 26 | 13 | 3 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 050.00 | |
| Tam Sitwa | 1973 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | !— | |
| M. Kuppan | 1973 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 044.44 | |
| Jalil Che Din | 1974 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 044.44 | |
| M. Kuppan | 1974 – 1977 | 82 | 36 | 24 | 22 | 154 | 90 | +64 | 043.90 | |
| Chow Kwai Lam | 1978 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 050.00 | |
| Karl-Heinz Weigang | 1979 – 1982 | 67 | 21 | 21 | 25 | 96 | 89 | +7 | 031.34 | |
| M. Chandran | 1982 – 1983 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 042.86 | |
| Frank Lord | 1983 – 1985 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 63 | 36 | +27 | 045.95 | |
| Mohamad Bakar | 1985 – 1986 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 24 | −7 | 030.77 | |
 Jozef Vengloš | 1986 – 1987 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 046.15 | |
| Abdul Rahman Ibrahim | 1987 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 010.00 | |
| Richard Bate | 1988 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 020.00 | |
| M. Chandran | 1988 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 025.00 | |
| Trevor Hartley | 1989 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 075.00 | |
| Ahmad Shafie | 1990 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 000.00 | |
| Rahim Abdullah | 1991 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 016.67 | |
| Ken Worden | 1992 – 1993 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 029.41 | |
 Claude Le Roy | 1994 – 1995 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 020.00 | |
 Hatem Souisi | 1995 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 033.33 | |
| Wan Jamak Wan Hassan | 1996 – 1997 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 18 | +17 | 045.45 | |
| Hatem Souisi | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 000.00 | |
| Abdul Rahman Ibrahim | 1998 – 2000 | 29 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 56 | 44 | +12 | 051.72 | |
| Allan Harris | 2001 – 2004 | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 022.58 | |
| K. Rajagopal | 2004C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 000.00 | |
 Bertalan Bicskei | 2004 – 2005 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 050.00 | |
| Norizan Bakar | 2005 – 2007 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 022.22 | |
| B. Sathianathan | 2007 – 2008 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 19 | +10 | 038.46 | |
| K. Rajagopal | 2009 – 2013 | 52 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 65 | 76 | −11 | 026.92 | |
| Ong Kim Swee (caretaker) | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 033.33 | |
| Dollah Salleh | 2014 – 2015 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 46 | −27 | 022.22 | |
| Ong Kim Swee | 2015 – 2017 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 033.33 | |
 Nelo Vingada | 2017 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | −10 | 000.00 | |
| Tan Cheng Hoe | 2017 – 2022 | 40 | 20 | 4 | 16 | 74 | 53 | +21 | 050.00 | |
 Kim Pan-gon | 2022 – 2024 | 35 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 054.29 | |
| Pau Martí (caretaker) | 2024 – 2025 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | −1 | 044.44 | |
| Peter Cklamovski | 2025 –present | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 3 | +16 | 087.50 | |
The following players were called up for the2027 AFC Asian Cup qualification – third round againstNepal on 18 November 2025, respectively.[125]
Caps and goals are correct as of 18 November 2025, after the match againstNepal.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1GK | Sikh Izhan | (2002-03-23)23 March 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Selangor |
| 16 | 1GK | Syihan Hazmi | (1996-02-22)22 February 1996 (age 29) | 35 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 23 | 1GK | Haziq Nadzli | (1998-01-06)6 January 1998 (age 27) | 5 | 0 | Kuching City |
| 2 | 2DF | Matthew Davies(captain) | (1995-02-07)7 February 1995 (age 30) | 59 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 3 | 2DF | Quentin Cheng | (1999-11-20)20 November 1999 (age 26) | 13 | 0 | Selangor |
| 4 | 2DF | Daniel Ting | (1992-12-01)1 December 1992 (age 32) | 18 | 1 | Sabah |
| 5 | 2DF | Junior Eldstål | (1991-09-16)16 September 1991 (age 34) | 23 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 6 | 2DF | Dominic Tan | (1997-03-12)12 March 1997 (age 28) | 38 | 0 | Sabah |
| 14 | 2DF | Ubaidullah Shamsul | (2003-11-30)30 November 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | Terengganu |
| 18 | 2DF | Harith Haiqal | (2002-06-22)22 June 2002 (age 23) | 12 | 1 | Selangor |
| 19 | 2DF | Declan Lambert | (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (age 27) | 5 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur City |
| 21 | 2DF | Dion Cools | (1996-06-04)4 June 1996 (age 29) | 37 | 6 | Cerezo Osaka |
| 22 | 2DF | La'Vere Corbin-Ong | (1991-04-22)22 April 1991 (age 34) | 48 | 6 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 2DF | Azam Azmi | (2001-02-12)12 February 2001 (age 24) | 13 | 0 | Terengganu | |
| 8 | 3MF | Stuart Wilkin | (1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (age 27) | 32 | 7 | Sabah |
| 9 | 3MF | Ezequiel Agüero | (1994-04-07)7 April 1994 (age 31) | 19 | 3 | Kanchanaburi Power |
| 10 | 3MF | Endrick | (1995-03-07)7 March 1995 (age 30) | 25 | 0 | Cong An Ho Chi Minh City |
| 15 | 3MF | Nooa Laine | (2002-11-22)22 November 2002 (age 23) | 19 | 0 | Selangor |
| 20 | 3MF | Nazmi Faiz | (1994-08-16)16 August 1994 (age 31) | 24 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 3MF | Aliff Izwan | (2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | Selangor | |
| 3MF | Ryan Lambert | (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (age 27) | 0 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur City | |
| 7 | 4FW | Faisal Halim | (1998-01-07)7 January 1998 (age 27) | 40 | 18 | Selangor |
| 11 | 4FW | Safawi Rasid | (1997-03-05)5 March 1997 (age 28) | 72 | 22 | Kuala Lumpur City |
| 12 | 4FW | Arif Aiman | (2002-05-04)4 May 2002 (age 23) | 40 | 8 | Johor Darul Ta'zim |
| 13 | 4FW | Ramadhan Saifullah | (2000-12-09)9 December 2000 (age 24) | 3 | 0 | Kuching City |
| 17 | 4FW | Paulo Josué | (1989-03-13)13 March 1989 (age 36) | 28 | 10 | Kuala Lumpur City |
| 4FW | Luqman Hakim Shamsudin | (2002-03-05)5 March 2002 (age 23) | 9 | 0 | Negeri Sembilan | |
The following footballers were part of national selection in the past twelve months, but are not part of the current call-up.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Suhaimi Husin | (1994-08-09)9 August 1994 (age 31) | 0 | 0 | Terengganu | v. Laos, 14 October 2025 |
| GK | Azri Ghani | (1999-04-30)30 April 1999 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | Negeri Sembilan | v. Laos, 9 October 2025WD |
| GK | Syed Nasrulhaq | (1999-03-06)6 March 1999 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Terengganu | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| GK | Rahadiazli Rahalim | (2001-05-28)28 May 2001 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Terengganu | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025WD |
| GK | Kalamullah Al-Hafiz | (1995-07-30)30 July 1995 (age 30) | 2 | 0 | Selangor | v. Nepal, 25 March 2025 |
| GK | Haziq Aiman | (2005-01-19)19 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Melaka | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Shahrul Saad | (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (age 32) | 63 | 5 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Laos, 14 October 2025 |
| DF | Richard Chin | (2002-10-15)15 October 2002 (age 23) | 1 | 0 | Raith Rovers | v. Laos, 14 October 2025 |
| DF | Jon Irazabal | (1996-11-28)28 November 1996 (age 28) | 2 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Palestine, 8 September 2025 |
| DF | Gabriel Palmero | (2002-01-15)15 January 2002 (age 23) | 4 | 0 | Unionistas | v. Palestine, 8 September 2025 |
| DF | Facundo Garcés | (1999-09-05)5 September 1999 (age 26) | 2 | 0 | Alavés | v. Singapore, 4 September 2025 |
| DF | Safwan Mazlan | (2002-02-22)22 February 2002 (age 23) | 3 | 0 | Terengganu | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| DF | Alif Ahmad | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| DF | Shafizan Arshad | (2005-08-15)15 August 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| DF | Aiman Hakimi | (2005-01-28)28 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Selangor | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| DF | Zikri Khalili | (2002-06-25)25 June 2002 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | Selangor | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| DF | Khuzaimi Piee | (1993-11-11)11 November 1993 (age 32) | 12 | 0 | Negeri Sembilan | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Adib Ra'op | (1999-10-25)25 October 1999 (age 26) | 5 | 1 | Penang | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Jimmy Raymond | (1996-04-26)26 April 1996 (age 29) | 3 | 0 | Kuching City | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| DF | Feroz Baharudin | (2000-04-02)2 April 2000 (age 25) | 5 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Laos, 14 November 2024WD |
| MF | Afiq Fazail | (1994-09-29)29 September 1994 (age 31) | 9 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Laos, 14 October 2025 |
| MF | Hong Wan | (2000-08-17)17 August 2000 (age 25) | 0 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Palestine, 8 September 2025 |
| MF | Hector Hevel | (1996-05-15)15 May 1996 (age 29) | 2 | 1 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Singapore, 4 September 2025INJ |
| MF | Syamer Kutty Abba | (1997-10-01)1 October 1997 (age 28) | 42 | 2 | Kuala Lumpur City | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025 |
| MF | Muhammad Abu Khalil | (2005-04-11)11 April 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Selangor | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| MF | Haykal Danish | (2005-05-05)5 May 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Selangor | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| MF | Natxo Insa | (1986-06-09)9 June 1986 (age 39) | 2 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Nepal, 25 March 2025PRE |
| MF | Danial Amier | (1997-03-27)27 March 1997 (age 28) | 4 | 0 | Kuching City | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| MF | Zhafri Yahya | (1994-09-25)25 September 1994 (age 31) | 1 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur City | v. India, 18 November 2024 |
| MF | Mukhairi Ajmal | (2001-11-07)7 November 2001 (age 24) | 12 | 0 | Selangor | v. Laos, 14 November 2024INJ |
| FW | Jordan Mintah | (1995-09-02)2 September 1995 (age 30) | 0 | 0 | Kuching City | v. Nepal 18 November 2025PRE |
| FW | Romel Morales | (1997-08-23)23 August 1997 (age 28) | 13 | 4 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Laos, 14 October 2025 |
| FW | Rodrigo Holgado | (1995-06-28)28 June 1995 (age 30) | 2 | 1 |  América de Cali | v. Palestine, 8 September 2025 |
| FW | João Figueiredo | (1996-05-27)27 May 1996 (age 29) | 3 | 3 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Palestine, 8 September 2025 |
| FW | Imanol Machuca | (2000-01-15)15 January 2000 (age 25) | 1 | 0 |  Vélez Sarsfield | v. Vietnam, 10 June 2025 |
| FW | Haqimi Azim | (2003-01-06)6 January 2003 (age 22) | 12 | 1 | Kuala Lumpur City | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| FW | Fergus Tierney | (2003-03-19)19 March 2003 (age 22) | 6 | 1 | Sabah | v. Cape Verde, 29 May 2025PRE |
| FW | Akhyar Rashid | (1999-05-01)1 May 1999 (age 26) | 56 | 10 | Terengganu | v. Nepal, 25 March 2025 |
| FW | Mohamadou Sumareh | (1994-09-20)20 September 1994 (age 31) | 33 | 7 | Johor Darul Ta'zim | v. Nepal, 25 March 2025PRE |
| FW | Syafiq Ahmad | (1995-06-28)28 June 1995 (age 30) | 43 | 11 |  DPMM | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | Darren Lok | (1990-12-14)14 December 1990 (age 34) | 38 | 6 | Sabah | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | Fazrul Amir | (2000-02-27)27 February 2000 (age 25) | 5 | 0 | Kuala Lumpur City | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | Najmuddin Akmal | (2003-01-11)11 January 2003 (age 22) | 2 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | G. Pavithran | (2005-01-10)10 January 2005 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| FW | Daryl Sham | (2002-11-30)30 November 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Johor Darul Ta'zim II | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
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| Rank | Player | Caps | Goals | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soh Chin Ann | 195 | 13 | 1969–1984 |
| 2 | Shukor Salleh | 172 | 5 | 1970–1981 |
| 3 | Mokhtar Dahari | 142 | 89 | 1972–1985 |
| Arumugam Rengasamy | 142 | 0 | 1973–1986 | |
| 5 | Zainal Abidin Hassan | 129 | 50 | 1980–1997 |
| 6 | Chandran Mutveeran | 122 | 2 | 1965–1974 |
| 7 | Santokh Singh | 119 | 7 | 1973–1984 |
| 8 | Aidil Zafuan | 98 | 3 | 2007–2022 |
| 9 | Namat Abdullah | 95 | 7 | 1968–1975 |
| 10 | Ahmad Yusof | 92 | 6 | 1981–1993 |
| Rank | Player | Goals | Caps | Ratio | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mokhtar Dahari | 89 | 142 | 0.63 | 1972–1985 |
| 2 | Zainal Abidin Hassan | 50 | 129 | 0.39 | 1980–1997 |
| 3 | Isa Bakar | 45 | 69 | 0.68 | 1974–1981 |
| 4 | Shaharuddin Abdullah | 39 | 70 | 0.56 | 1967–1974 |
| 5 | Dollah Salleh | 33 | 81 | 0.41 | 1985–1996 |
| 6 | James Wong | 23 | 36 | 0.64 | 1972–1981 |
| Safee Sali | 23 | 76 | 0.3 | 2006–2017 | |
| 8 | Safawi Rasid | 22 | 71 | 0.31 | 2016–present |
| 9 | Thanabalan Nadarajah | 20 | 46 | 0.43 | 1964–1969 |
| Wong Choon Wah | 20 | 88 | 0.23 | 1968–1977 |
Champion Runners-up Third place Fourth place
| FIFA World Cup finals | Qualification | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
as Malaya | as Malaya | |||||||||||||||
 1930 | Not a FIFA member | Not a FIFA member | ||||||||||||||
 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
 1938 | ||||||||||||||||
 1950 | ||||||||||||||||
 1954 | ||||||||||||||||
 1958 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1962 | ||||||||||||||||
| as Malaysia | as Malaysia | |||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
 1970 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Did not qualify | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1978 | Round 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1982 | Round 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1986 | Round 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
 1990 | Round 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1994 | Round 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | |||||||||
| 1998 | Round 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |||||||||
  2002 | Round 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | |||||||||
| 2006 | Round 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
 2010 | Round 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
 2014 | Round 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | |||||||||
 2018 | Round 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 30 | |||||||||
| 2022 | Round 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | |||||||||
| 2026 | Round 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | |||||||||
 2030 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
 2034 | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | N/A | 0/18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Best: Round 2 | 75 | 25 | 15 | 35 | 100 | 134 | |
| Olympic Games record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | ||
 1948 | SeeMalaya national football team1 | SeeMalaya national football team1 | |||||||||||||||
 1952 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1964 | Did not qualify | Preliminary round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||||||
| 1968 | Withdrew | Withdrew | |||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Round 1 | 10th of 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Group 1Q | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1976 | Did not qualify | Group 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 5 | |||||||||
 1980 | WithdrewB | Group 2Q | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | |||||||||
| 1984 | Did not qualify | Second round | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||||||||
 1988 | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 1992 – present | SeeMalaysia under-23 football team2 | SeeMalaysia under-23 football team2 | |||||||||||||||
| Total | Appearance: 1 | Best: 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | Best: Final stage | 28 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 71 | 25 | ||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
 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 stageQ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |
| 1980 | Group stage | 6th of 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | Group stageQ | 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 roundQ | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 18 | |
| 2027 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
| Total | Appearances: 4 | Best: 5th | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | Best: Third round | 82 | 29 | 15 | 38 | 129 | 147 | |
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Notes:
Last update was against Nepal on 18 November 2025.
| Malaysia national football team head-to-head records | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opponents | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Confederation | Last Match |
 Afghanistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | AFC | 23 March 2019;Friendly |
 Algeria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF | 23 August 1986;Friendly |
| Australia | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | −21 | AFC | 7 October 2011;Friendly |
| Bahrain | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | −10 | AFC | 20 January 2024;2023 AFC Asian Cup |
| Bangladesh | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 4 | +16 | AFC | 14 June 2022;2023 Asian Cup qualification |
 Bhutan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | +7 | AFC | 1 April 2018;Friendly |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | −1 | UEFA | 27 June 2001;Merdeka Tournament SF |
| Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −4 | CONMEBOL | 25 May 2002;Friendly |
| Brunei | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 2 | +43 | AFC | 27 May 2022;Friendly |
 Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | UEFA | 30 January 1999;1999 Dunhill Cup |
| Cambodia | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 90 | 29 | +61 | AFC | 8 December 2024;2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Canada | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | CONCACAF | 25 August 1986;Merlion Cup |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | CAF | 29 May 2025;Friendly |
| China | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 33 | −29 | AFC | 9 September 2023;Friendly |
 Chinese Taipei | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 26 | 13 | +13 | AFC | 11 June 2024;2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | UEFA | 27 August 1986;Merdeka Tournament |
| England | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | UEFA | 12 June 1991;Friendly |
 Fiji | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | OFC | 5 July 2018;Friendly |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | UEFA | 21 February 1997;1997 Dunhill Cup |
| West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | UEFA | 29 August 1972;Summer Olympic |
 Hong Kong | 31 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 48 | 33 | +15 | AFC | 28 March 2023;Friendly |
| India | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 30 | +20 | AFC | 18 November 2024;Friendly |
| Indonesia | 97 | 36 | 21 | 40 | 108 | 122 | −14 | AFC | 19 December 2021;2020 AFF Championship |
 Iran | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 11 | −11 | AFC | 18 July 2007;2007 AFC Asian Cup |
 Iraq | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 14 | −11 | AFC | 20 October 2003;2004 Asian Cup qualification |
| Israel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | UEFA,AFC | 3 September 1974;Asian Games |
 Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −2 | CONCACAF | 28 June 2007;Friendly |
| Japan | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 40 | +3 | AFC | 7 February 2004;Friendly |
 Jordan | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | −10 | AFC | 15 January 2024;2023 AFC Asian Cup |
 Kenya | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | CAF | 12 August 2009;Friendly |
 Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | AFC | 6 June 2024;2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Kuwait | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 32 | –23 | AFC | 8 November 2013;Friendly |
| Laos | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 60 | 8 | +52 | AFC | 14 October 2025;2027 Asian Cup qualification |
 Lesotho | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | CAF | 11 September 2009;Friendly |
 Liberia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | CAF | 27 August 1984;Merdeka Tournament |
 Libya | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | CAF | 30 September 1980;Islamic Games |
 Liechtenstein | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | UEFA | 5 October 1981;Friendly |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | AFC | 8 September 2024;2024 Merdeka Tournament |
 Macau | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | AFC | 28 March 2016;Friendly |
 Maldives | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | +12 | AFC | 14 December 2022;Friendly |
 Mongolia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | AFC | 22 March 2018;Friendly |
| Morocco | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | CAF | 7 February 1981;Friendly |
 Myanmar | 52 | 25 | 8 | 19 | 90 | 67 | +23 | AFC | 21 December 2022;2022 AFF Championship |
| Nepal | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 1 | +30 | AFC | 18 November 2025;2027 Asian Cup qualification |
 New Caledonia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | OFC | 26 June 2016;Friendly |
 New Zealand | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 35 | −26 | OFC | 14 October 2024;Friendly |
 North Korea | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | AFC | 13 November 2017;2019 Asian Cup qualification |
 Oman | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | –11 | AFC | 26 March 2024;2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
 Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 4 | +11 | AFC | 10 Oct 2008;Friendly |
| Palestine | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 16 | −11 | AFC | 8 September 2025;Friendly |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | +26 | OFC | 20 June 2023;Friendly |
 Philippines | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 61 | 4 | +57 | AFC | 4 September 2024;2024 Merdeka Tournament |
| Qatar | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | −8 | AFC | 19 November 2013;2015 Asian Cup qualification |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 21 | −13 | AFC | 24 March 2016;2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
 Senegal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | CAF | 13 August 1982;Merdeka Tournament |
| Singapore | 51 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 81 | 58 | +24 | AFC | 4 September 2025;Friendly |
 Solomon Islands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | OFC | 14 June 2023;Friendly |
| South Korea | 55 | 11 | 10 | 34 | 50 | 101 | −51 | AFC | 25 January 2024;2023 AFC Asian Cup |
 South Vietnam | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | +12 | AFC | 23 March 1975;1976 Asian Cup qualification |
 Sri Lanka | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 | 7 | +26 | AFC | 5 October 2019;Friendly |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | UEFA | 14 November 1979;Friendly |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | –2 | UEFA | 13 February 1981;Friendly |
 Syria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | AFC | 6 September 2023;Friendly |
 Tajikistan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | AFC | 17 October 2023;2023 Merdeka Tournament |
| Thailand | 107 | 41 | 34 | 32 | 153 | 145 | +8 | AFC | 15 December 2024;2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Timor-Leste | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 5 | +20 | AFC | 11 December 2024;2024 ASEAN Championship |
 Turkey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | UEFA | 5 October 1980Islamic Games |
| Turkmenistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | AFC | 23 March 2023;Friendly |
| United Arab Emirates | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 28 | −22 | AFC | 4 June 2021;2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | CONCACAF | 29 August 1972;Summer Olympics |
| Uruguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −6 | CONMEBOL | 1 June 1985;Friendly |
 Uzbekistan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 26 | −23 | AFC | 9 October 2021;Friendly |
| Vietnam | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 34 | −10 | AFC | 10 June 2025;2027 Asian Cup qualification |
 Yemen | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | AFC | 5 March 2014;2015 Asian Cup qualification |
 Zimbabwe | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | +5 | CAF | 14 July 2009;Friendly |
| Total | 760 | 303 | 158 | 299 | 1231 | 1095 | +136 | ||
| Opponents | Date | Score | Outcome | Match type |
| Brunei | 27 May 2022 | 4−0 | Won | Friendly |
| Cambodia | 8 December 2024 | 2−2 | Draw | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Indonesia | 19 December 2021 | 1−4 | Lost | 2020 AFF Championship |
| Laos | 14 October 2025 | 5−1 | Won | 2027 Asian Cup qualification |
| Myanmar | 21 December 2022 | 1−0 | Won | 2022 AFF Championship |
| Philippines | 4 September 2024 | 2−1 | Won | 2024 Merdeka Tournament |
| Singapore | 4 September 2025 | 2-1 | Won | Friendly |
| Thailand | 14 December 2024 | 0–1 | Lost | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Timor-Leste | 11 December 2024 | 3−2 | Won | 2024 ASEAN Championship |
| Vietnam | 10 June 2025 | 4-0 | Won | 2027 Asian Cup qualification |
Last update was on 21 December 2024.Source:[127]
Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover
| Malaysia's FIFA world rankings | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Year | Games Played | Won | Draw | Lost | Best | Worst | ||||
| Rank | Move | Rank | Move | ||||||||
| 132 | 2024 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 132 | +2 | 138 |  –8 | ||
| 130 | 2023 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 130 | +15 | 137 | –3 | ||
| 145 | 2022 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 145 | +9 | 154 |  0 | ||
| 154 | 2021 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 153 | +1 | 155 | –1 | ||
| 153 | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153 | +1 | 154 | 0 | ||
| 154 | 2019 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 154 | +9 | 168 | –1 | ||
| 178 | 2018 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 167 | +12 | 178 | –4 | ||
| 174 | 2017 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 155 | +4 | 174 | –12 | ||
| 161 | 2016 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 156 | +9 | 174 | –8 | ||
| 170 | 2015 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 153 | +4 | 171 | –11 | ||
| 154 | 2014 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 141 | +9 | 156 | –8 | ||
| 154 | 2013 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 154 | +4 | 164 | –5 | ||
| 158 | 2012 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 148 | +5 | 163 | –6 | ||
| 148 | 2011 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 138 | +7 | 155 | –6 | ||
| 144 | 2010 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 139 | +3 | 159 | –5 | ||
| 160 | 2009 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 150 | +5 | 163 | –8 | ||
| 156 | 2008 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 151 | +9 | 170 | –6 | ||
| 159 | 2007 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 149 | +7 | 166 | –7 | ||
| 152 | 2006 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 124 | +1 | 153 | –19 | ||
| 123 | 2005 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 111 | +6 | 123 | –7 | ||
| 120 | 2004 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 114 | +4 | 122 | –4 | ||
| 116 | 2003 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 99 | +21 | 119 | –11 | ||
| 128 | 2002 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 111 | +1 | 128 | –6 | ||
| 111 | 2001 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 105 | +3 | 111 | –3 | ||
| 107 | 2000 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 104 | +8 | 117 | –3 | ||
| 117 | 1999 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 113 | +2 | 118 | –3 | ||
| 113 | 1998 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 88 | +3 | 113 | –11 | ||
| 87 | 1997 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 84 | +13 | 97 | –3 | ||
| 96 | 1996 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 91 | +21 | 112 | –10 | ||
| 106 | 1995 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 94 | +14 | 117 | –23 | ||
| 89 | 1994 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 84 | +8 | 95 | –6 | ||
| 75 | 1993 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 75 | +16 | 79 | –2 | ||
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