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The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Before 1963, the team represented the Federation of Malaya and was known as the Malaya national football team.

To date, the most significant successes of the team have come in the regional AFF Suzuki Cup (formerly known as the 'Tiger Cup'), which Malaysia won the biggest tournament in the ASEAN stage in 2010 for the first time in history. In 2010, Malaysia beat Indonesia 4–2 in aggregate in the final to capture the country's first major international football title ever.

Malaysia owned many top players since the creation of the Federation of Malaya such as the legendary Mokhtar Dahari, which led Malaysia into their golden age during the 1970s until the 1980s. Before Mokhtar, The Malaysian King of Football, Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat was the most famous and respected footballer in the whole Malaya during the 1950s until the 1960s. Ghani currently holds the all time record in Malaysia with Ghani scoring 106 goals in only 15 games and scoring 11 goals for Malaysia in a 15-1 victory over the Philippines. The 15-1 victory is currently the record for the highest win for the national team and the record has never been broken ever since. In the current generation, Mohd Safee Mohd Sali is currently known by the Malaysian fans as the best striker in Malaysia but nothing is compared during Malaysia's golden age by Mokhtar Dahari and Datuk Abdul Ghani Minhat respectively.

In the FIFA World Rankings, Malaysia's highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in August 1993, at 198th. Malaysia's main rival on the international stage is their geographical neighbour, Indonesia and Singapore, and past matches between these two teams have produced much drama. According to history, The most successful football club in Malaysia is Selangor FA

Malaysia and a few countries such as Thailand is the only national team in the ASEAN stage that has not use any naturalized players as Indonesia and Singapore did for their national team.

Malaysia football association
Malaysia – 2023 AFC Asian Cup – Group Stage

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