Malaya national football team#Records

{{Infobox national football team

| Name = Malaya

| date = 1948–1963

| Badge = Flag of Malaya.svg

| FIFA Trigramme = MAL

| Nickname = Harimau Malaya (Malayan tiger)

| Association = Football Association of Malaya (FAM)

| Confederation = AFC (Asia)

| Coach =

| Most caps =

| Top scorer = Abdul Ghani Minhat (58){{cite web |first=Roberto |last=Mamrud |url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-minhat-intlg.html|title=Abdul Ghani Minhat – Goals in International Matches|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=30 March 2021 |access-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210626050511/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/malay-minhat-intlg.html|archive-date=26 June 2021 |url-status=live}}

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| Home Stadium = Stadium Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

| First game = {{fb|SIN|colonial}} 4–2 {{fb-rt|Malaya|1948}}
(Singapore; 20 June 1948){{cite web|url=http://www.eloratings.net/Malaysia|title=Malaysia matches, ratings and points exchanged|publisher=World Football Elo Ratings: Malaysia|access-date=25 November 2016}}

| Last game = {{fb|Malaya}} 3–0 {{fb-rt|KOR|1949}}
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 16 August 1963)

| Largest win = {{fb|Malaya}} 15–1 {{fb-rt|PHI|1936}}
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 26 August 1962)

| Largest loss = {{fb|VSO}} 6–1 {{fb-rt|Malaya}}
(Tokyo, Japan; 27 May 1958)
{{fb|IDN}} 5–0 {{fb-rt|Malaya}}
(Jakarta, Indonesia; 20 April 1960)
{{fb|Malaya}} 0–5 {{fb-rt|VSO}}
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 11 August 1963)

| World cup apps =

| World cup first =

| World cup best =

| Regional name = AFC Asian Cup

| Regional cup apps =

| Regional cup first =

| Regional cup best =

| medaltemplates =

}}

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.[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19630615-1.2.135.7 It's Malaysia in M-tourney and after say SAFA] – The Straits Times, 15 June 1963.

Competitive record

= FIFA World Cup =

width="140" \|Year ! width="80" \|Result ! width="80" \|Position ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|Pld\|Games played}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|W\|Won}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|D\|Drawn}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|GF\|Goals for}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|GA\|Goals against}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|Round}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|Pld\|Games played}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|W\|Won}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|D\|Drawn}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|L\|Lost}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|GF\|Goals for}} ! width="20" \|{{Abbr\|GA\|Goals against}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! colspan="9" style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|FIFA World Cup}} ! colspan="7" style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|FIFA World Cup qualification}}
{{flagicon\|URU}} 1930 \|colspan="8" rowspan="5"\|Not a FIFA member \|colspan="7" rowspan="5"\|Not a FIFA member
{{flagicon\|Italy\|1861}} 1934
{{flagicon\|France\|1794}} 1938
{{flagicon\|Brazil\|1889}} 1950
{{flagicon\|Switzerland}} 1954
{{flagicon\|Sweden}} 1958 \|colspan="8" rowspan="2"\|Did not enter \|colspan="7" rowspan="2"\|Did not enter
{{flagicon\|Chile}} 1962
Total !0/0 !— !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !– !—

= Olympic Games =

colspan=9 style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|Football at the Summer Olympics record}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: centre;"
Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D !L !GS !GA
{{flagicon\|UK}} 1948 \| rowspan="4" colspan="8" \|{{center\|Did not enter}}
{{flagicon\|FIN}} 1952
{{flagicon\|AUS}} 1956
{{flagicon\|ITA}} 1960

= AFC Asian Cup =

colspan=9 style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|AFC Asian Cup record}} !style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;\| !colspan=7 style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|AFC Asian Cup qualifiers record}}
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Round !Position !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}} ! style="width:1%;" rowspan="19"\| !{{Tooltip\|Pld\|Games played}} !{{Tooltip\|W\|Won}} !{{Tooltip\|D\|Drawn}} !{{Tooltip\|L\|Lost}} !{{Tooltip\|GF\|Goals for}} !{{Tooltip\|GA\|Goals against}}
{{flagicon\|HKG\|1910}} 1956 \| rowspan="2" colspan="8" \|did not qualify \|4	1	1	2	14	12
{{flagicon\|KOR\|1949}} 1960 \|2	1	0	1	5	3
Total	—	0/0	–	–	–	–	–	– !6	2	1	3	19	15

= Asian Games =

colspan=9 style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|Football at the Asian Games record
class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D !L !GS !GA
{{flagicon\|IND}} 1951 \| rowspan="2" colspan="8" \|did not enter
{{flagicon\|PHI\|1936}} 1954
{{flagicon\|JPN\|1947}} 1958	Group stage	12/14	3	0	0	3	2	8
style="background:#cfaa88;" \|{{flagicon\|IDN}} 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 =

colspan=9 style="background: #000000; color: #FFFFFF; border:2px solid #FFFF00;\|Football at the Southeast Asian Games record}}
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Year !Round !Position !GP !W !D !L !GF !GA
style="background:#cfaa88;" \|{{flagicon\|THA}} 1959	Third Place	3/4	3	2	0	1	5	5
style="background:Gold;" \|{{flagicon\|Burma\|1948}} 1961	Winners	1/5	4	4	0	0	10	3
Total	Best results: Winners	2/2	7	6	0	1	15	8

Records

colspan=6 \|Top goalscorers{{cite web \|last1=Mamrud \|first1=Roberto \|title=Malaysia - Record International Players \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-recintlp.html \|website=RSSSF}}
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# !width=160px\|Player !width=50px\|Goals !width=100px\|Career
1	style="text-align: left;"\| Abdul Ghani Minhat \| 58	1956–1962
2	style="text-align: left;"\| Robert Choe \| 20	1958–1962
3	style="text-align: left;"\| Arthur Koh \| 14	1958–1962
4	style="text-align: left;"\| Stanley Gabrielle \| 11	1959–1964
5	style="text-align: left;"\| Rahim Omar \| 11	1957–1962

All-time results

Source: World Football Eloratings

:*Malaya's score listed first.

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!style="background:black;"|Date

!style="background:black;"|Opponent

!style="background:black;"|Score*

!style="background:black;"|Venue

20 June 1948

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

|2–4

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

13 September 1953

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

|3–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

17 March 1956

|{{flagicon|CAM}} Cambodia

|9–2

|{{fb|CAM}}

3 May 1956

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–4

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

24 May 1956

|{{fb|VSO}}

|3–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

16 February 1957

|{{fb|IND}}

|2–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

11 May 1957

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|1–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

1 September 1957

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|5–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

3 September 1957

|{{fb|VSO}}

|1–4

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

4 September 1957

|{{fb|HKG|colonial}}

|3–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

7 September 1957

|{{fb|IDN}}

|2–4

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

31 October 1957

|{{fb|CAM}}

|3–1

|{{flagicon|CAM}} Cambodia

1 March 1958

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|5–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

2 March 1958

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|3–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

3 May 1958

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|3–3

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

4 May 1958

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|3–0

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

14 May 1958

|{{fb|PAK}}

|4–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

25 May 1958

|{{fb|ROC}}

|1–2

|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan

27 May 1958

|{{fb|VSO}}

|1–6

|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan

4 June 1958

|{{fb|HKG|colonial}}

|2–2

|{{flagicon|HKG|colonial}} Hong Kong

3 July 1958

|{{fb|IDN}}

|2–4

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

30 August 1958

|{{fb|IDN}}

|3–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

1 September 1958

|{{fb|HKG|colonial}}

|3–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

2 September 1958

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|0–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

4 September 1958

|{{fb|VSO}}

|2–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

28 December 1958

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|6–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

4 January 1959

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|1–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

22 January 1959

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|4–2

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

24 January 1959

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|2–3

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

27 January 1959

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|0–2

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

11 May 1959

|{{fb|SIN|colonial}}

|5–2

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

13 May 1959

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–1

|{{flagicon|SIN|colonial}} Singapore

2 September 1959

|{{fb|VSO}}

|4–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

4 September 1959

|{{fb|IND}}

|1–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

6 September 1959

|{{fb|HKG|colonial}}

|2–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

13 December 1959

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|2–1

|{{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

14 December 1959

|{{fb|THA}}

|1–3

|{{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

15 December 1959

|{{fb|VSO}}

|2–1

|{{flagicon|THA}} Thailand

20 April 1960

|{{fb|IDN}}

|0–5

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

6 May 1960

|{{fb|IND}}

|0–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

7 August 1960

|{{fb|THA}}

|8–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

12 August 1960

|{{fb|PAK}}

|1–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

14 August 1960

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|0–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

28 May 1961

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|2–3

|{{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Japan

2 August 1961

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|3–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

5 August 1961

|{{fb|VSO}}

|3–1

{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

9 August 1961

|{{fb|IND}}

|1–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

13 August 1961

|{{fb|IDN}}

|1–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

23 October 1961

|{{fb|IDN}}

|3–1

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

26 October 1961

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–1

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

12 December 1961

|{{fb|CAM}}

|4–0

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

13 December 1961

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|2–1

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

14 December 1961

|{{fb|THA}}

|2–2

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

16 December 1961

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|2–0

|{{flagicon|Burma|1948}} Burma

4 June 1962

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|1–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

6 June 1962

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|3–4

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

8 June 1962

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|1–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

26 August 1962

|{{fb|PHI|1936}}

|15–1

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

28 August 1962

|{{fb|IDN}}

|3–2

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

29 August 1962

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–3

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

1 September 1962

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|1–2

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

3 September 1962

|{{fb|VSO}}

|1–4

|{{flagicon|IDN}} Indonesia

8 September 1962

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|2–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

13 September 1962

|{{fb|Burma|1948}}

|3–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

16 September 1962

|{{fb|PAK}}

|0–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

27 October 1962

|{{fb|THA}}

|4–2

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

28 October 1962

|{{fb|IDN}}

|1–2

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

30 October 1962

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–2

|{{flagicon|VSO}} South Vietnam

18 November 1962

|{{fb|SWE}}

|0–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

22 November 1962

|{{fb|SWE}}

|0–1

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

8 August 1963

|{{fb|JPN|1947}}

|3–4

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

11 August 1963

|{{fb|VSO}}

|0–5

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

12 August 1963

|{{fb|TPE}}

|2–3

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

14 August 1963

|{{fb|THA}}

|2–2

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

16 August 1963

|{{fb|KOR|1949}}

|3–0

|{{flagicon|Malaya}} Malaya

Coaches

{{flagicon|Malaya}} G. Paul (1956)
{{flagicon|Malaya}} Neoh Boon Hean (1957)
{{flagicon|Singapore|colonial}} Choo Seng Quee (1958){{cite web|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1840_2011-09-21.html|title=Choo Seng Quee|publisher=National Library Board|access-date=25 November 2016}}
{{flagicon|Malaya}} Harun Idris (1961–1962)

Honours

File:1958 Merdeka Cup Winner, Malaya.jpg 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.the-afc.com/60th-anniversary-asias-history-makers-60th-anniversary-news/asian-icons-tunku-abdul-rahman-putra-al|title=ASIAN ICONS: TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN PUTRA AL HAJ|publisher=AFC at Wayback Machine|date=5 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923085438/https://www.the-afc.com/60th-anniversary-asias-history-makers-60th-anniversary-news/asian-icons-tunku-abdul-rahman-putra-al|accessdate=13 January 2018|archive-date=23 September 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://olympic.org.my/museum/hof/ind/tarn.htm|title= OCM Sports Museum & Hall of Fame: Tunku Abdul Rahman|publisher=OCM at Wayback Machine|date=12 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412094508/https://olympic.org.my/museum/hof/ind/tarn.htm|accessdate=15 January 2019|archive-date=12 April 2010}} ]]

=Continental=

Asian Games¹
File:Med 3.png Bronze medal (1): 1962

=Regional=

SEA Games
File:Med 1.png Gold medal (1): 1961
File:Med 3.png Bronze medal (1): 1959

=Friendly=

Pestabola Merdeka
File:Simple cup icon.svg Winners (3): 1958, 1959, 1960*
File:Med 2.png Runners-up (1): 1961

South Vietnam Independence Cup
File:Med 2.png Runners-up (1): 1961

:*trophy shared

;Notes:

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

Titles

{{succession box

| before = 1959 {{fb-rt|South Vietnam}}

| title = SEA Games Champions

| years = 1961 (First title)

| after = 1963 Not held

}}

References

Category:Former national association football teams in Asia

colspan=6 \|Top goalscorers{{cite web \|last1=Mamrud \|first1=Roberto \|title=Malaysia - Record International Players \|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/malay-recintlp.html \|website=RSSSF}}
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
# !width=160px\|Player !width=50px\|Goals !width=100px\|Career
1	style="text-align: left;"\| Abdul Ghani Minhat \| 58	1956–1962
2	style="text-align: left;"\| Robert Choe \| 20	1958–1962
3	style="text-align: left;"\| Arthur Koh \| 14	1958–1962
4	style="text-align: left;"\| Stanley Gabrielle \| 11	1959–1964
5	style="text-align: left;"\| Rahim Omar \| 11	1957–1962