Harimau Muda A

Harimau Muda

Full name	Harimau Muda A
Nickname(s)	Young Tigers
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Dissolved	2015; 9 years ago (2015)
Ground	Stadium Petaling Jaya
Capacity	25,000
Chairman	Afandi Hamzah
Coach	Ong Kim Swee
Home colours Away colours Third colours

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.

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 in 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.

• Malaysia Premier League
  • Winners (1): 2009

• AFC Youth Championship
  • Runner-up (3): 1959, 1960, 1968
  • Third place (1): 1965
  • Fourth place (1): 1962
• AFF Youth Championship
  • Runner-up (3): 2005, 2006, 2007
  • Third place (1): 2011
  • Fourth place (1): 2009

• International U-21 Football Tournament Thanh Nien Cup
  • Winners (1): 2012^[11]

FIFA U-20 World Cup Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 1977 to 1995 Did not qualify 1997 Round 1 24/24 3 0 0 3 2 9 1999 to 2009 Did not qualify 2011 2013 2015 Total 1/17 - 3 0 0 3 2 9 **Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

FIFA World Youth Championship History Year Round Score Result 1997 Round 1  Malaysia 1 – 3  Morocco Loss Round 1  Malaysia 1 – 3  Uruguay Loss Round 1  Malaysia 0 – 3  Belgium Loss

AFC Youth Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1959	Runners-up	2/4	3	2	0	1	14	2
1960		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1961	Round 1	5/10	4	2	1	1	15	7
1962	Fourth Place	4/10	5	2	2	1	11	6
1963	Round 1	5/12	5	3	0	2	10	6
1964	Unknown
1965	Third Place	3/10	5	3	0	2	6	7
1966	Quarter Final	5/12	4	2	1	1	8	3
1967	Round 1	14/14	2	0	0	2	1	10
1968	Runners-up	2/12	7	4	0	3	9	15
1969	Quarter Final	5/15	4	1	1	2	4	8
1970	Unknown
1971	Quarter Final	5/16	4	2	0	2	3	6
1972 to 1974	Unknown
1975	Round 1	15/19	4	0	2	2	3	7
1976		14/15	3	0	0	3	0	9
1977		8/13	3	0	2	1	1	4
1978		14/18	3	1	0	2	3	9
1980 to 2002	Did not qualify
2004	Quarter Final	8/16	4	2	0	2	4	6
2006	Round 1	15/16	3	0	0	3	1	7
2008	Did not qualify
2010
2012
2014
Total	-	3 Runners-up	-	-	-	-	-	-

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

AFF U-20 Youth Championship Record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2005	Runners-up	2/10	5	3	1	2	21	8
2006		2/4	3	1	1	1	4	4
2007		2/8	5	3	0	2	13	7
Total	3/3	3 Runners-up	13	7	2	5	38	19

**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
2002	Third Place	5	2	0	3	13	9
2005	Group Stage	4	2	0	2	3	7
2007	Third Place	4	1	1	2	4	7
Total	Best: Third Place	13	5	1	7	20	23

• Malaysia sent Harimau Muda B beginning from 2012 edition.

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

• Harimau Muda (football team)
• Harimau Muda C
• Bukit Jalil Sports School
• Zlaté Moravce
• Tengku Mahkota Ismail Sports School
• Malaysia Pahang Sports School

• Harimau Muda (football team)
• Harimau Muda C

• Football Association of Malaysia
• Football Queensland / National Premier Leagues Queensland