Malaysia women's national football team


The Malaysia women's national team is Malaysia's national women's football team and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. The team represents Malaysia in international women's football. The Malaysian team is now nicknamed as Harimau Malaya.

History

The Malaysia women's U-19 national team previously were under fire after a miserable run in AFC U-19 Championship in Kuala Lumpur. After that, the Football Association of Malaysia decided to take in the team for better management.
In 2005, the country was one of seven teams that included Brunei, Thailand, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar and Singapore, that were expected to field a women's football team to compete at the Asian Games in Marikina in December.

New era

Consequently, FAM has planned to set up the first women football league in Malaysia. It is planned to be named Women Division 1 and Women Super League.

Team image

Logo

The logo symbolises the unity and forward progress of Malaysian football. Comprising four main elements, the logo stands for the development and awareness of the international image and patriotism of the sport in Malaysia. The Malayan tiger leaping over a football is the main element of the logo, and symbolises the courage and dignity required while playing the game. The paddy stalks represent the prosperity and wealth of Malaysia, and the development of football in the country from the grassroots level. The Malay kris that rests at the top represents nationalism, and awareness that represents Malaysia at every level of football. The entire emblem is enclosed within a circle that represents the unity and timelessness of the sport.

Kit

Similar to the men's team, the national team kit was manufactured by Adidas from the 1970s, who also sponsored the national team kit. Since 2007, the official Malaysia team kit has been manufactured by Nike. The home kit's design of black and yellow stripes is a throwback to the kit used by Malaysian national team of the 1920s. The great national team of the 1970s also sported similar stripes, which are supposed to be reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger, the symbol of Malaysia's national football team. Since November 2010, Nike Malaysia has replaced Adidas as the team kit sponsor.

Sponsors

According to the website of Football Association of Malaysia, Malaysia main sponsors include Nike, Bank Islam, 100plus, Telekom Malaysia and One Goal.

Supporters

Ultras Malaya is the name of the major supporters for the national team in West Malaysia. They are known for their high fanaticism and support towards the national team. Even in every international match the national team played, they will be found in a group standing at the supporters area. The main colours for these supporter are usually in black with a yellow scarf and banners just like the national team kits colours. These supporters always bring flares, drums and large national flags to the stadiums.

Management and coaching staff

Below is the registered officials for the Malaysia Women's Team.
PositionName
Technical Director Jacob Joseph
Team Manager Dato Suraya Yaacob
Head coach Jacob Joseph
Assistant coach Kok Keng Lin
Fitness coach Mohd Faizal Md So'od
Goalkeeping coach Zaidi Zainol
Physiotherapist Shohaili Mansor
Kit Woman Meizora Mukol

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the friendlies against Thailand and Chonburi FC women's team in IPE Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand from 8 June to 12 June 2018.

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the Malaysia squad in the past 12 months.

Recent results and fixtures

2015 AFF Women's Championship

2016 AFF Women's Championship

Competition record

Winners Runners-up Third place
Fourth place

World Cup

AFC Women's Asian Cup

Notes:

SEA Games

Notes: