Malaysia League XI

National association football team

Malaysia League XI

Association

Football Association of Malaysia (Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia – FAM)

Captain

Safiq Rahim

Home stadium

Bukit Jalil National Stadium

FIFA code

MAS

First colours

First international

Malaya 4–3 British Army

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaya; 26 May 1962)

Biggest win

Malaysia 6–0 Indonesia

(Jakarta, Indonesia; 27 July 2012)

Biggest defeat

Malaysia 0–6 Manchester United

(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; 23 July 2001)

The Malaysia League XI, commonly known as MSL All Stars, Malaysia Selection or Malaysia League Selection represents Malaysia Super League in friendly matches. Malaysia League XI mainly play non-FIFA 'A' international matches while the competitive matches such as FIFA World Cup qualifications and the AFC Asian Cup are played by the Malaysia national team.

History

The Malaysia League XI is formed by the top players in the Malaysia Super League. Some of the players are mainly from the Malaysia national team. Malaysia League XI usually plays against football clubs throughout the world mostly from England.

In recent years, Football Association of Malaysia has always arranged matches between the Malaysian side and clubs throughout the world. Malaysia League XI doesn't play a match for a few years. They only play a match if they are invited to. The team mainly play against a pre-season match for the opposite team to be prepared for their leagues. Malaysia League XI only recorded four wins and four draws since their match at 1962.

Fixtures and results

Date	Location	Head coach	Opponent	Result	Malaysia goalscorers	Refs
26 May 1962	Merdeka Stadium	Harun Haji Idris	British Army	4–3 (W)		^[1]
8 May 1974	Perak Stadium	Jalil Che Din	Everton	0–1 (L)
11 May 1975	Merdeka Stadium	M. Chandran	Arsenal	2–0 (W)	Mokhtar 45', 77'	^[2]^[3]
14 May 1975	City Stadium, Penang	M. Chandran	Arsenal	1–1 (D)	Isa 75'	^[4]^[5]^[6]
31 July 1982	Merdeka Stadium	M. Chandran	Nottingham Forest	0–3 (L)
18 May 1983	Merdeka Stadium	Frank Lord	Newcastle United	2–5 (L)	Zainal ?' Chen Wooi Haw ?'
20 May 1983	Darulmakmur Stadium	Frank Lord	Newcastle United	0–1 (L)
11 August 1989	Merdeka Stadium	Trevor Hartley	Everton	0–0 (D) (lose 2–4 on PSO)
20 May 1991	Merdeka Stadium	Rahim Abdullah	Aston Villa	0–4 (L)
7 May 1995	Shah Alam Stadium	Claude Le Roy	Flamengo XI	1–1 (D)	Badrul 39'	^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
19 July 1999	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Abdul Rahman Ibrahim	Arsenal	0–2 (L)		^[a]
23 July 2001	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Allan Harris	Manchester United	0–6 (L)		^[b]
17 July 2004	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Allan Harris	Norwich City	0–1 (L)		^[11]
29 July 2008	Shah Alam Stadium	B. Sathianathan	Chelsea	0–2 (L)		^[12]^[c]
18 July 2009	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester United	2–3 (L)	Amri 45', 52'	^[13]^[14]^[15]^[d]
20 July 2009	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester United	0–2 (L)		^[16]^[17]
13 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Arsenal	0–4 (L)		^[18]^[19]^[20]^[e]
16 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Liverpool	3–6 (L)	Safiq 44' Safee 79', 82'	^[21]^[22]^[23]^[f]
21 July 2011	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Ong Kim Swee	Chelsea	0–1 (L)		^[12]^[24]^[25]^[g]
24 July 2012	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Arsenal	1–2 (L)	Azmi 45+2'	^[26]^[27]^[28]^[h]
27 July 2012	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium, Jakarta	Ong Kim Swee	Indonesia	6–0 (W)	Hazwan 11' Kubala 13' (pen.) Azrif 31' Amri 34', 36' Shukor 62'	^[29]^[30]
30 July 2012	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Manchester City	1–3 (L)	Azamuddin 87'	^[31]^[32]^[i]
16 July 2013	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	K. Rajagopal	Chonburi	0–0 (D)		^[33]^[34]
21 July 2013	Shah Alam Stadium	K. Rajagopal	Chelsea	1–4 (L)	Fadhli 90+1'	^[12]^[35]^[36]^[j]
25 July 2013	Miho Ground, Shimizu, Shizuoka	K. Rajagopal	Shimizu S-Pulse	0–2 (L)		^[37]
27 July 2013	Banyu Artificial Turf Soccer Field, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa	K. Rajagopal	Shonan Bellmare	0–5 (L)		^[38]^[39]
31 July 2013	Tama City Athletic Stadium, Tama, Tokyo	K. Rajagopal	Tokyo Verdy	0–5 (L)		^[40]^[41]
10 August 2013	Shah Alam Stadium	K. Rajagopal	Barcelona	1–3 (L)	Amri 39'	^[42]^[43]^[44]^[k]
27 May 2015	Shah Alam Stadium	Dollah Salleh	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2 (L)	Thiago Junio 31'	^[45]^[46]^[47]
24 July 2015	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil	Dollah Salleh	Liverpool	1–1 (D)	Patrick Wleh 13'	^[48]^[49]^[50]^[l]
28 March 2022	Jalan Besar Stadium	Kim Pan-gon	Albirex Niigata Singapore	3–0 (W)	Krasniqi 9' Sumareh 45' Faisal 65'	^[51]

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Albirex Niigata Singapore, on 28 March 2022.^[51]
Caps and goals are correct as of 26 March 2022 after the match against Singapore with national senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club^[m]
1	1GK	Farizal Marlias	(1986-06-29) 29 June 1986 (age 37)	50	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
23	1GK	Khairulazhan Khalid	(1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 (age 34)	14	0	Selangor
21	1GK	Kalamullah Al-Hafiz	(1995-07-30) 30 July 1995 (age 28)	0	0	Petaling Jaya City

7	2DF	Aidil Zafuan	(1987-08-03) 3 August 1987 (age 36)	98	3	Johor Darul Ta'zim
3	2DF	Shahrul Saad	(1993-07-08) 8 July 1993 (age 30)	45	5	Johor Darul Ta'zim
22	2DF	La'Vere Corbin-Ong	(1991-04-22) 22 April 1991 (age 32)	15	1	Johor Darul Ta'zim
6	2DF	Dominic Tan	(1997-03-12) 12 March 1997 (age 27)	8	0	Sabah
2	2DF	Dion Cools	(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 27)	6	0	Buriram Utd
24	2DF	Khair Jones	(1989-09-29) 29 September 1989 (age 34)	4	1	Negeri Sembilan
5	2DF	Quentin Cheng	(1999-11-20) 20 November 1999 (age 24)	3	0	Selangor
28	2DF	Khuzaimi Piee	(1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 30)	2	0	Selangor

8	3MF	Safiq Rahim	(1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 36)	77	15	Johor Darul Ta'zim
14	3MF	Syamer Kutty Abba	(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 26)	24	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
29	3MF	Nor Azam Azih	(1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 29)	17	0	Sri Pahang
15	3MF	Kogileswaran Raj	(1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 25)	8	2	Petaling Jaya City
10	3MF	Liridon Krasniqi	(1992-01-01) 1 January 1992 (age 32)	6	1	Terengganu
25	3MF	Zhafri Yahya	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Kuala Lumpur City

11	4FW	Safawi Rasid	(1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)	37	15	Terengganu
19	4FW	Akhyar Rashid	(1999-05-01) 1 May 1999 (age 24)	28	7	Johor Darul Ta'zim
20	4FW	Syafiq Ahmad	(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995 (age 28)	24	8	Johor Darul Ta
13	4FW	Mohamadou Sumareh	(1994-09-20) 20 September 1994 (age 29)	24	6	Johor Darul Ta'zim
18	4FW	Luqman Hakim Shamsudin	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Kortrijk
12	4FW	Arif Aiman Hanapi	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002 (age 21)	9	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim
17	4FW	Faisal Halim	(1998-01-07) 7 January 1998 (age 26)	5	0	Selangor
	4FW	Ramadhan Saifullah	(2000-12-09) 9 December 2000 (age 23)	0	0	Johor Darul Ta'zim

Head-to-head records

Opponents	Games played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	Goals for	Goals against	Goals difference
Albirex Niigata Singapore	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
Arsenal	5	1	1	3	4	9	−5
Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Barcelona	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Chelsea	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6
Chonburi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Everton	2	0	1	1	0	1	−1
Flamengo XI	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Liverpool	2	0	1	1	4	7	−3
Manchester City	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Manchester United	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9
Newcastle United	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4
Norwich City	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Nottingham Forest	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
Shimizu S-Pulse	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Shonan Bellmare	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5
Tokyo Verdy	1	0	0	1	0	5	−5

*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Notes and references

Notes

^ See 1998–99 Arsenal F.C. season.
^ See 2001–02 Manchester United F.C. season.
^ See 2008–09 Chelsea F.C. season.
^ See 2009–10 Manchester United F.C. season.
^ See 2011–12 Arsenal F.C. season.
^ See 2011–12 Liverpool F.C. season.
^ See 2011–12 Chelsea F.C. season.
^ See 2012–13 Arsenal F.C. season.
^ See 2012–13 Manchester City F.C. season.
^ See 2013–14 Chelsea F.C. season.
^ See 2013–14 FC Barcelona season.
^ See 2015–16 Liverpool F.C. season.
^ The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the call-up.

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External links

Official website

Malaysia national football team

Football Association of Malaysia

General

History
International footballers
Managers
Results

Home stadium

Training ground

Wisma FAM

Notable matches

2018 AFF Championship final

Rivalries

Other teams

Current	Men's U-23 (results) Men's U-22 (results) Men's U-19 (results) Men's U-16 Women's XI Futsal (women's) Beach Football (women's)
Former	Harimau Muda (U-22) Harimau Muda A (U-22) Harimau Muda B (U-21) Harimau Muda C (U-19)

Football in Malaysia

History

National teams

Current	Men's (results) Men's U-23 (results) Men's U-22 (results) Men's U-19 (results) Men's U-16 Women's XI Futsal (women's) Beach Football (women's)
Former	Harimau Muda (U-22) Harimau Muda A (U-22) Harimau Muda B (U-21) Harimau Muda C (U-19)

League competitions

Main league	Malaysia Super League (Level 1) Malaysia Premier League (Level 2) Malaysia M3 League (Level 3) Malaysia M4 League (Level 4) Malaysia M5 League (Level 5–7)
Development League	Malaysia MFL Cup (U-23) Piala Presiden (U-21) Piala Belia (U-19)
Others	Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Men) Malaysia Premier Futsal League (Women)
Defunct	Malaysian League (Liga Malaysia (1982–1988) (Amateur), Liga Semi-Pro (Divisyen 1 & Divisyen 2), Liga Perdana, Liga Perdana 1 & Liga Perdana 2) Liga Nasional (Amateur) Liga Bolasepak Rakyat

Cup competitions

Current	Malaysia Cup Malaysia FA Cup Malaysia Challenge Cup Piala Sumbangsih Piala Emas Raja-Raja Merdeka Tournament Piala Tun Sharifah Rodziah (Women's) Piala Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi Malaysia Futsal Cup
Defunct	Burnley Cup Borneo Cup Malaysia FAM Cup