Harimau Muda B

Not to be confused with the original Harimau Muda team, Harimau Muda and the Harimau Muda "A" team, Harimau Muda A

Malaysia National Under 19 Football Team

Full name	Football Association of Malaysia
Nickname(s)	Young Tigers
Founded	2007
Ground	National Stadium, Bukit Jalil (Capacity: 100,000)
Manager	Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz
Coach	Ismail Ibrahim
League	Malaysia Premier League
2011	Malaysia Premier League, 10th
Home colours Away colours

Harimau Muda B or Malaysia national under-19 football team is an under-19 soccer team from Malaysia. The team's squad is made up of members of the Malaysia national under-19 football team. The team comes under the direct control of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), but is managed as a football club and has competed in Malaysia's domestic professional football competitions since the 2007-08 season.^[1] Harimau Muda currently competes in the Malaysia Premier League and FA Cup Malaysia. By entering Harimau Muda domestic competitions, the FAM hopes to expose Malaysia's top under-19 players to top-level competition, thus helping to prepare them for international tournaments. As such, Harimau Muda is one of only a few football clubs in the world which places an age-restrictions on team members while playing in a national professional league. The team is for players aged 19 and less until the aged of 17 while Harimau Muda A is in charged of the aged 19 and over players.

The team is aimed at developing Malaysian youth players and will not recruit any foreign nationals in its squad.

The name "Harimau Muda" means "Young Tigers" in English.

History

For more details on this topic, see Harimau Muda.

On October 19, 2007 FAM decided to include Malaysia U-20 as one of the team in Malaysia Premier League 2007-08 and will be known as Harimau Muda (Young Tigers).^[2] Due to international duties, The Malaysia national U-20 team were needed to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification. But they also needed to participate in the Premier League Malaysia and the Malaysia FA Cup 2009.

On July 2009, The Harimau Muda were split in to 2 teams. Harimau Muda A and Harimau Muda B. The Harimau Muda A were sent to Zibo, China to participate in the 2010 AFC U-19 Championship qualification and Harimau Muda B were to participate in the Premier League and the 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.

On the 2011 season, 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.^[3] Harimau Muda B will continue to participate in the Malaysia Premier League.

Competition records

Year	League Position	League	Malaysia FA Cup
2007-08	8/13	Malaysia Premier League	Round 1
2009	1/13 (Champions)	Malaysia Premier League	Quarter Final
2010	5/12	Malaysia Premier League	Round 1
2011	10/12	Malaysia Premier League	Round 2

Honours

• Malaysia Premier League: Champions (2009)

AFF Youth Championship Record

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 Runners-up 2/4 3 1 1 1 4 4 2007 Runners-up 2/8 5 3 0 2 13 7 Total 3/3 3 Runners-up 13 7 2 5 38 18 **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

AFF U-19 Youth Championship Record Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA 2008 Did Not Enter - - - - - - - 2011 Group Stage - - - - - - - Total 0/2 - - - - - - -

Players

Current squad For AFF U-19

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar GK Muhd Ilham Amirullah Razali DF Mohd Ashmawi Yakin DF Muhd Ridzuan Abdunloh Pula DF Ahmad Faizal Sumar DF Mohd Syawal Nordin DF Muhd Shaaban Roslan DF Muhammad Ariff Zulkifly MF Shahrul Saad DF Mohd Syuhiran Zainal

No. Position Player MF Mohd Nor Hakim Isa MF Nur Areff Kamaruddin MF Mohd Azzizan Nordin MF Mohd Syafiq Azman MF Mohd Syafiq Shalihin Mohd Noor MF Muhammad Akram Mahinan MF Mohd Asif Azman FW Muhamad Farizzuan Azhar FW Muhd Akhir Bahari FW Muhd Akmal Ishak

Current squad For Malaysia Premier League

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar GK Zulfadhli Mohamed GK Izzat Abdul Rahim DF Mohd Faris Yusof DF Ahmad Faizal Sumar DF Mohd Syawal Nordin DF Mohd Nashriq Yahya DF Muhammad Ariff Zulkifly MF Mohd Nor Hakim Isa DF Mohd Syazwan Tajuddin DF Shahrul Saad DF Mohd Syuhiran Zainal MF D. Saarvindran

No. Position Player MF Mohd Syafiq Azman MF Muhamad Bukhairi Idris MF Mohd Syafiq Shalihin Mohd Noor MF Mohd Naim Zakaria MF Muhammad Akram Mahinan MF Mohd Asif Mohd Azman MF Ibrahim Aziz MF Muhamad Nazmi Faiz Mansor FW Muhammad Nazrul Kamaruzzaman FW Muhamad Farizzuan Azhar FW Mohd Syamim Alif Mohd Sobri FW Muhammad Arip Amiruddin

Transfers (In)

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) GK Izzat Abdul Rahim (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Ahmad Faizal Sumar (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Mohd Syawal Nordin (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Mohd Nashriq Yahya (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Mohd Syuhiran Zainal (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Muhammad Ariff Zulkifly (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Mohd Nor Hakim Isa (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Shahrul Saad (from Perak FA President's Cup Team) FW Muhammad Nazrul Kamaruzzaman (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Mohd Syafiq Azman (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Mohd Syafiq Shalihin Mohd Noor (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Mohd Naim Zakaria (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Muhammad Akram Mahinan (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Mohd Asif Mohd Azman (from Kelantan FA President's Cup Team) MF Ibrahim Aziz (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) MF Muhamad Nazmi Faiz Mansor (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) DF Mohd Syazwan Tajuddin (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) FW Muhamad Farizzuan Azhar (from Malaysia national under-17 football team) FW Mohd Syamim Alif Mohd Sobri (from Malaysia national under-17 football team)

Transfers (Out)

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Mohd Khairul Izzuwan Saari (to Muar Municipal Council FCReserve) DF Mohd Alif Fadhil Ismail (to UiTM FC) DF Khairul Anuar Khalid (to Selangor FAReserve) DF Mohd Amer Saidin (to Harimau Muda A) MF Mohd Irfan Fazail (to Harimau Muda A) MF Saiful Ridzuan Selamat (to UiTM FC) DF Nazirul Naim Che Hashim (to Harimau Muda A) FW Thamil Arasu Ambumamee (to Harimau Muda A) FW Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim (to Harimau Muda A) FW Mohd Khairul Izuan Rosli (to ATM FA) GK Mohd Izham Tarmizi (to Harimau Muda A) DF Nicholas Wee Shen Ming (to Release) FW Haziq Zikri Elias (to Harimau Muda A) DF Mohd Fakhrurazi Musa (to Terengganu FA) MF Muhd Nursalam Zainal Abidin (to UiTM FC) FW Mohd Ferris Danial (to Harimau Muda A) MF Mohd Atif Hanif (to PKNS FCReserve) FW Norfahmie Hadzrin Nordin (to PKNS FCReserve) DF Ally Imran Samarkhan Ismail (to PKNS FCReserve) DF K. Prabakaran (to Selangor FAReserve) MF Wan Zaharulnizam Zakaria (to Harimau Muda A)

Staff and Coach

• Team Manager: Datuk Astaman Abdul Aziz
• Assistant Manager: Azizul Nizam bin Bidin
• Head Coach: Ismail Ibrahim
• Assistant Coach: Mazlan Abdul Wahid
• Goalkeeper Coach: Mazlan Abdul Wahid
• Physio  : Mohd Harris Zafran
• Fitness Coach  : Ahmad Radzi Salleh

See also

• Malaysia national football team
• Malaysia women's national football team
• Malaysia national under-23 football team
• Harimau Muda A
• Malaysia national under-17 football team
• Malaysia XI
• Malaysia national futsal team

References

1. ^ Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup
2. ^ Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup
3. ^ "Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions In Malaysia's Super League" (in English). BERNAMA. http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=600787. Retrieved 2011-06-12. 

External links

• Harimau Muda
• Football Association of Malaysia