Malaysia national under-23 football team
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Malaysia National Under-23 football team (Malay: Pasukan bola sepak kebangsaan bawah-23 Malaysia), also known as Malaysia Under-23, Malaysia U-23 or Malaysia Olympic football team is the national association football team of Malaysia in under-23 and 22 level, representing the country at the Olympic Games, Asian Games and Southeast Asian Games, as well as any other under-23 international football tournaments including the AFC U-23 Championship.
National association football team
| Nickname(s) | Harimau Muda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Football Association of Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | E. Elavarasan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Mukhairi Ajmal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Bukit Jalil National Stadium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | MAS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Malaysia 1–1 Japan  (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; December 1990)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest win | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Malaysia 11–0 Timor-Leste  (Vientiane, Laos; 2 December 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Thailand 9–0 Malaysia (Bangkok, Thailand; November 1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2002) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Round of 16 (2010, 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| AFC U-23 Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter-finals (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Asian Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 12 (first in 2001) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | .svg){kind=icon} Gold Medal (2009, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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It is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). The team won the 2009 and 2011 SEA Games gold medal.