Sub-confederation AFF (Southeast Asia) Captain Angela Kais Current 86 1 (26 August 2016) | Head coach Mohd Asyraaf Abdullah FIFA code MAS Location Malaysia | |
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Home stadium Bukit Jalil National Stadium Association Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) Ground Bukit Jalil National Stadium Confederation Asian Football Confederation (Asia) | ||
The Malaysia women's national team is Malaysia's national women's football team and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The team represents Malaysia in international women's football. The Malaysian team is now nicknamed as Harimau Malaysia.
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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 (FAM) 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.
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.
World Cup record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.AFC Women's Asian Cup record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.AFF Women's Championship record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.Southeast Asian Games record
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.Current squad
The following players have been called up for the 2016 AFF Women's Championship from 26 July to 4 August.
Coaching staff
Below is the registered officials for the Malaysia Women's Team.