Malaysia national beach soccer team
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The Malaysia national beach soccer team represents Malaysia in international beach soccer competitions. It is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia, the governing body for football in Malaysia.
AssociationFootball Association of Malaysia
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
| Nickname | Harimau Malaysia | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Malaysia | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Mohd Saiful Md Noor | ||
| Captain | Mohd Ridhwan Zainal | ||
| Home stadium | Pantai Batu Buruk, Kuala Terengganu | ||
| FIFA code | MAS | ||
| BSWW ranking | 69  (1 June 2026)[1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Malaysia 2–7 United States  (Copacabana beach, Brazil; 10 January 1999) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Brazil 15–1 Malaysia (Figueira da Foz, Portugal; August 1998) Malaysia 0–14 Iran  (Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia; 5 March 2017) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 | ||
| Best result | Group Stage (1999) | ||
| AFC Beach Soccer Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2017) | ||
| Best result | Quarter final, 2019 | ||
| Asian Beach Games | |||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2008) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage | ||
| AFF Beach Soccer Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2014) | ||
| Best result | Winner, 2014 | ||
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Technical staff
- Team manager:
Mustaza Ahmad - Head coach: Mohd Saiful Md Noor
- Assistant coach: Saiful Noor
- Physiotherapist: Isamuddin Ali Wahid Ali
Competitive record
Beach Soccer World Championships
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
| FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | Qualification (AFC) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Pos | Pld | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | Round | Pos | Pldt | W | W+ | L | GF | GA | GD | |
| 2005 | did not enter | No qualification matches | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006 |
did not enter | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||
 2017 | did not qualify | Group stage | 9th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 26 | -16 | |||||||||
 2019 |
Quarter finals | 8th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -1 | ||||||||||
 2021 |
Cancelled[a] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 |
Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 25 | -15 | ||||||||||
 2025 |
Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | ||||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4/11 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 75 | -34 | |
- The Asian qualifiers were originally due to take place in Thailand from 18–28 March 2021.[2][3] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they were initially postponed to between 28 April and 8 May,[4] and were subsequently cancelled entirely in January 2021.[5] In place of the qualifiers, the AFC handpicked their three representatives to go to the World Cup on 21 April, choosing the best-performing nations over the course of the previous three editions of the AFC Beach Soccer Championship.[6]
AFC Beach Soccer Championship
The tournament also call as FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup qualification for Asian (AFC) region.
Asian Beach Games
AFF Beach Soccer Championship
| Asean Championship Record | |||||||||
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| Year | Result | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 2014 | Champions | 1/8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 14 | |
 2018 | Third place | 3/5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | |
 2019 | Third place | 3/5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 18 | |
| 2022 |
Runners-up | 2/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | |
| Total | Best: Champions | 4/4 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 66 | 53 | |
Notes
- see above