Malaysia national under-19 football team

Malaysia Malaysia U-19
Nickname(s)Harimau Muda
(Young Tigers)
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachJuan Torres Garrido
CaptainAysar Hadi
Most capsDominic Tan (20)
Top scorerJafri Chew (13)
Home stadiumNational Stadium, Bukit Jalil
FIFA codeMAS
First colours
Second colours
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First international
Federation of Malaya Malaya 12–0 Ceylon 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959)
Biggest win
Federation of Malaya Malaya 12–0 Ceylon 
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 1959)
Malaysia Malaysia 12–0 Brunei 
(Palembang, Indonesia; 13 August 2005)
Biggest defeat
Malaysia Malaysia 0–8 Mexico 
(Beijing, China; 5 September 2014)
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 1997)
Best resultRound 1 (1997)
AFC U-19 Championship
Appearances22 (first in 1959)
Best resultRunners-up (1959, 1960, 1968)

Malaysia national under-19 football team (also known as Malaysia Under-19 or Malaysia U-19) represents Malaysia in international football competitions in AFF U-19 Youth Championship, AFC U-19 Championship and FIFA U-20 World Cup, as well as any other under-20 international football tournaments. The players in the current team mainly consist of players with age within 17 to 19 years old where the oldest players will be below the age requirement of 20 years old when the next U-20 tournament started. The team will also play in other age-restricted tournament as the older or younger side such as U-20 and U-18 when needed.

After the disbanded of Harimau Muda project, Football Association of Malaysia needed a fresh start for the U-19 team where a new set of players was brought in for the U-23 side with the creation of SEA Games Project 2017 team with the team mainly consist of players with age around 18 to 21 years old.[1] The set of players that still under 19 years old can then also be selected to represent Malaysia for the U-20 side tournament with the Under 19 team.

  1. ^ Nik Afiq (25 November 2015). "FAM Terminates Harimau Muda Program". Goal.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.