Harimau Muda A

Not to be confused with other Harimau Muda teams, Harimau Muda B and Harimau Muda C.
Harimau Muda
Full name Harimau Muda A
Nickname(s) Young Tigers
Founded 2009
Dissolved 2015
Ground Stadium Petaling Jaya
Ground Capacity 25,000
Chairman Malaysia Datuk Afandi Hamzah
Coach Malaysia Ong Kim Swee

Harimau Muda A was the club name for the former Malaysia Under-22 National Football Team, representing Malaysia in international football competitions such as the AFC U-22 Asian Cup, Champions Youth Cup as well as other under-22 international football tournaments. It was managed by Football Association of Malaysia. The squad was the feeder team for Malaysia U-23 and senior national football team. In 2015, Harimau Muda once again became a single team composed of former Harimau Muda A & B players.[1] On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that the club was disbanded by FAM which meant that all the players were returned to their own state sides.[2]

Harimau Muda A last competed in Australia's National Premier Leagues Queensland, having lastly participated in a domestic league competition is the 2012 S. League.

The team was aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and does not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad.

The name "Harimau Muda" means "Young Tigers" in English.

History

On 19 October 2007, FAM decided to include Malaysia U-21 as one of the team in 2007–08 Premier League Malaysia and will be known as Harimau Muda (Young Tigers).[3] Due to international duties, the Malaysia national U-21 team were needed to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. In local competition, they participated in the Premier League and the FA Cup.

The Harimau Muda were split into 2 teams on July 2009, Harimau Muda A and Harimau Muda B. The Harimau Muda B were sent to Zibo, China to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification and Harimau Muda A was to participate in the Premier League and FA Cup.

During the 2010 season, Harimau Muda A went to a training camp in Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia for 8 months while Harimau Muda B participated in the 2010 Malaysia Premier League.

After the stint in Slovakia, Harimau Muda A joined the 2011 Super League Malaysia replacing KL PLUS FC and Harimau Muda B continued to play in the Malaysia Premier League. Harimau Muda A finished 5th while Harimau Muda B played their worst season being in the bottom 3. However, they managed to avoid relegation and will continue to play in the Malaysia Premier League.

For the 2012 season, Harimau Muda A swapped places with the Young Lions of Singapore, which is made up of the Singapore's national under-23 team. Young Lions will replace Harimau Muda A in the Super League while the Harimau Muda A will replace the Young Lions in the S. League.[4] Harimau Muda B will continue to participate in the Malaysia Premier League.

For the 2012 S. League season, Harimau Muda A will continue to use their training centre and main headquarters at Wisma FAM, Kelana Jaya as always, however for the league matches, Harimau Muda A will be based at the Yishun Stadium in Yishun, Singapore.[5] Like the rest of the teams that are participating in the 2012 season, Harimau Muda A will be sponsored by Yeo's H-TWO-O Original. The logo will be printed on the back of the Harimau Muda A's home and away kit.

In 2013, The Football Association of Malaysia agreed to replace Harimau Muda A with Harimau Muda B in the 2013 S.League campaign. Instead, Harimau Muda A will undergo an 8 month long training in central Europe and will be mainly based at Zlaté Moravce, Slovakia to prepare to defend their title in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. Harimau Muda B will use aged under- 20 players for the S. League with no foreign players and will be based in the Pasir Gudang Stadium, replacing Yishun Stadium as their previous home stadium.

After a year without club competition, Harimau Muda A was competing in the Australia's National Premier Leagues Queensland, starting in the 2014 season. This follows an announcement of the agreement between FA of Malaysia and Football Queensland of Australia on 14 January 2014.[6][7] For their participation in the NPL Queensland, Harimau Muda A does not have a 'home ground' like other teams; instead, all their matches will be played as away matches at the opponent's ground. They also are not eligible for the end-of-season playoffs for the NPL championship, and also cannot participate in the FFA Cup.[8]

In 2015, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, former FAM’s Deputy President has stated that the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) must disband the Harimau Muda system, stating the Harimau Muda system is no longer relevant, it was not planned for the long term, and the state football associations should take the responsibility to groom potential players.[9] The new Harimau Muda participated and won the 2015 Bangabandhu Cup, their first international tournament.

Competition records

Year League Position League Competitions Cup Competitions
2007–08 8/13 Malaysia Premier League Malaysia FA Cup – Round 1
2009 1/13 Champions Malaysia Premier League Malaysia FA Cup – Quarter Final
2010
2011 5/14 Malaysia Super League Malaysia FA Cup – Round 2
2012 4/13 S.League Singapore League Cup – Did not enter
2013 Slovakia Centralised Training Camp N/A
2014 9/13 National Premier Leagues Queensland

Honours

Domestic

International

Others

International records

FIFA World Youth Championship Record

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Tunisia 1977 to
Qatar 1995
Did Not Qualify-------
Malaysia 1997Round 124/24300329
Nigeria 1999 to
Egypt 2009
Did Not Qualify-------
Colombia 2011Did Not Qualify-------
Turkey 2013Did Not Qualify-------
New Zealand 2015Did Not Qualify-------
Total1/17-300329
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA World Youth Championship History
YearRoundScoreResult
1997 Round 1 Malaysia 1 – 3  MoroccoLoss
Round 1 Malaysia 1 – 3  UruguayLoss
Round 1 Malaysia 0 – 3  BelgiumLoss

AFC Youth Championship Record

AFC Youth Championship Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Federation of Malaya 1959Runners-up2/43201142
Federation of Malaya 1960Runners-up-------
Thailand 1961Round 15/104211157
Thailand 1962Fourth Place4/105221116
Federation of Malaya 1963Round 15/125302106
Vietnam 1964Unknown-------
Japan 1965Third Place3/10530267
Philippines 1966Quarter Final5/12421183
Thailand 1967Round 114/142002110
South Korea 1968Runners-up2/127403915
Thailand 1969Quarter Final5/15411248
Philippines 1970Unknown-------
Japan 1971Quarter Final5/16420236
Thailand 1972 to
Thailand 1974
Unknown-------
Kuwait 1975Round 115/19402237
Thailand 1976Round 114/15300309
Iran 1977Round 18/13302114
Bangladesh 1978Round 114/18310239
Thailand 1980 to
Qatar 2002
Did not qualify-------
Malaysia 2004Quarter Final8/16420246
India 2006Round 115/16300317
Saudi Arabia 2008Did not qualify-------
China 2010Did not qualify-------
United Arab Emirates 2012Did not qualify-------
Myanmar 2014Did not qualify-------
Total-3 Runners-up------
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

AFF Youth Championship Record

AFF U-20 Youth Championship Record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
Indonesia 2005Runners-up2/105312218
Malaysia 2006Runners-up2/4311144
Vietnam 2007Runners-up2/85302137
Total3/33 Runners-up137253819
**Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Record

Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy Brunei
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
2002Third Place5203139
2005Group Stage420237
2007Third Place411247
TotalBest: Third Place135172023

Coaches

Year Head coach
1992–1994 Malaysia M. Karathu
1994–1995 Malaysia N. Raju
1995–1998 Tunisia Hatem Souissi
1999–2000 England Allan Harris
2000–2004 Brazil Jorvan Vieira
2004–2009 Malaysia Datuk K. Rajagopal
2009–2010 Malaysia Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah
2009–2014 Malaysia Ong Kim Swee

Affiliated Clubs

See also

References

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