How Malaysia Never Reached The World Cup

How Malaysia Never Reached The World Cup

Book Review
2015
Muhammad Izarul Kayat
Sekretariat Perdagangan
Strategik
Background
• Author – Lucius
Maximus
• First printing – April
2014
• Original title – Cerita
Malaysia Tidak Layak
Ke Piala Dunia (2012)
• Genre – Sport
The World Cup and Malaysia
1974 - 2014
Participated
Games
Played
Won
Draw
Lose
Scored
Conceded
Biggest
win
Biggest
lost
11 times
51
11
13
23
66
81
Vs
Macau
9-0
1994
Vs
Kuwait
6-1
2006
Failed in all attempts to qualify
for the World Cup
Match Played
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
Argentina ‘78
West Germany ‘74
• Debut to qualify for world cup
• Bronze medal in 1974 Asian
Games in Tehran
• Qualified for 1972 Olympic
Games in Munich
• Lost to Hong Kong in
classification match
• Group 2 - Israel, South Korea &
Thailand
• Namat Abdullah, Mohammed
Chandran, Mohammed Bakar,
Soh Chin Aun, Mokhtar Dahari &
R. Arumugam
• 3rd in group behind Israel & South
Korea
• Champion of 1974 & 1974
Merdeka Tournament defeating
South Korea & Japan
• Bronze Medal in 1975 SEAP
Games
• Qualified for 1976 Asian Cup
• Group 1 – Hong Kong Singapore,
Indonesia & Thailand
• 3rd in group behind Hong Kong &
Singapore
• Silver in 1981 &
Bronze in 1983 SEA
Games
• Two qualifying slots
for Asia
• B Zone Group 1 –
South Korea & Nepal
• Lim Teong Kim,
Dollah Salleh, Wong
Hung Nung, Nasir
Yusof & Zainal Abidin
Hassan
• Last campaign for
Mokhtar Dahari
• 2nd in group behind
South Korea
Italy ‘90
Mexico ‘86
Spain ‘82
• Gold medal 1977 &
1979 SEA Games
• Qualified for 1980
Olympic Games in
Moscow
• Group 3 – Kuwait,
South Korea &
Thailand
• Only 1 point from 3
match
• 3rd in group behind
Kuwait & South
Korea
• Bronze in 1985 &
Silver in 1987 SEA
Games
• Semi-professional
status
• Group 4 – South
Korea, Singapore &
Nepal
• “…my grandmother is
more energetic than
Zainal Abidin
Hassan..”-Trevor
Hartney, Malaysia’s
National Football
Coach 1989
• 2nd in group behind
South Korea
• Asteroid of corruption
in 1994
• Failed to progress from
group stage in 1993 &
1995 SEA Games
• Runner-up of 1996
Tiger Cup
• 3.5 slots for Asia
• Muadzar Mohamed,
Faizal Zainal, Yap Wai
Loon, Rizal Sukiman &
K. Sanbagamaran
• Group 1 – Saudi Arabia,
Taiwan & Bangladesh
• 2nd in group behind
Saudi Arabia
Korea & Japan ‘02
France ‘98
USA ‘94
• Gold Medal in 1989
SEA Games
• Champions of 1993
Merdeka Tournament
• Khairul Azman
Mohamad, Mubin
Mokhtar, Azman
Adnan
• Played without a team
manager
• Group E – Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait & Macau
• 3rd in group behind
Saudi Arabia & Kuwait
• 3rd in 2000 Tiger Cup
• Kamarulzaman Hassan,
Norhafiz Zamani, Juzaii
Sameon, Shukor Adan,
Khalid Jamlus,
Hairuddin Omar &
Akmal Rizal
• Hard Rock Incident
• Group 3 – Qatar,
Palestine & Hong Kong
• 3rd in group behind
Qatar & Palestine
• 3rd in 2004 Tiger
Cup
• Qualified for 2007
Asian Cup as cohost
• Aidil Zafuan, Safee
Sali, Zaqwan Adha
& Syed Adni
• The express
campaign
• AFC First Round of
Matches – Bahrain
won on aggregate
4-1
Brazil ‘14
South Africa ‘10
Germany ‘06
• 4.5 slots for Asia
• Did not qualify for
2004 Asian Cup
• Amri Yahyah, Wan
Rohaimi, Rosdi
Talib, Indra Putra &
Fadzli Shaari
• Group 4 – Kuwait,
China & Hong Kong
• Lost all 6 matches
• Bottom of the
group
• Failed to qualified
2011 Asian Games
• Champion of 2010
AFF Cup
• Khairul Fahmi, Safiq
Rahim, Hadi Yahya ,
Mahali Jasuli &
Fakhri Saarani
• AFC Round 1 of
Matches – won on
away goals againt
Taiwan
• AFC Round 2 of
Macthes – Lost to
Singapore 6-4
The journey
continues…
Malaysia
received a bye
through to the
second round
4.5 slots for based on the
Asia
FIFA World
Ranking of
January 2015
The second
round draw
will take
place on 11
April 2015
First match
will be
played on 15
June 2015