Education Minister waives SPM for U-19 players

The FA of Malaysia (FAM) have extended their well-regard appreciation to Education Minister Dato’ Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein for stepping in to resolve the issues of the eight players involved in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U19 qualifiers in November.
Dato’ Azzuddin Ahmad, the general secretary of the FAM said that the national body is highly [...]

Overseas plans for Malaysian U-16 team, AGAIN!!

There are big plans being formulated for the national Under-16 team based in Bukit Jalil Sports School following their recent win of the Youth Cup.
The national U16 squad won the Youth Cup – which is really for U19 players – when they beat Kuala Lumpur 1-0 in the final with the only goal of [...]

Kedah reaping the rewards for investing in kids!

PETALING JAYA: The seeds of Kedah’s unprecedented treble were sown almost three years ago. And on Saturday night, it all came to fruition.
Having already bagged the Super League and FA Cup, the youthful Kedah side added the Malaysia Cup to their trophy cabinet when they defeated Perak 3-0 in the final on [...]

Will Datuk Azzuddin be the one to lead Malaysian football back to glory?

Sometime this week, it is expected that Datuk Azzuddin Ahmad will be announced as the new Secretary General of FAM. The other 2 candidates, Tan Sri Aseh Che Mat, the current FAM disciplinary board chairman, and FA of Selangor (FAS) secretary Hamidin Mohd Amin, apparently don’t have a prayer, as Sultan Ahmad Shah (the president) [...]

What? Khairy Jamaluddin new Deputy President of FAM?

I am totally shocked and outraged by this. All i want to know is, what does our esteemed Umno Youth deputy chief know about developing and promoting soccer in this country? What are his qualifications? Can someone enlighten me?
While incumbent Datuk Raja Ahmad Zainuddin lost by just two votes in the hotly-contested battle for [...]

Kedah walks past Perak to record historic treble!

Kedah thumped Perak 3-0 last night in Bukit Jalil to record a historic treble. I wonder if they can go on to dominate Malaysian football for the next few years. They certainly have a good coach, and a young talented team.
First half goals from Mohd Khyril Muhymeen and Marlon James deflated a Perak side, who [...]

FAM football awards, who’s yer favourite player?

The 2ND 100PLUS-FAM NATIONAL FOOTBALL AWARDS are back and the top 5 nominees for each category are below. I wonder why they have to have 2 different MVP awards, one for local and one for foreign? Is it because if there was only 1 MVP award, none of our locals would make it into the [...]

Malaysia Cup Final: Perak v Kedah

Kedah are bang on course for a historic treble, after a fine 2-0 win over Terengganu. They always say 2-0 leads are tricky, but it was good enough for them, with Nelson Martin and Hasmawi Hassan scoring the goals.

Kedah: Mohd Helmi Eliza, Shafizan Hashim, A.Victor, Cornelius Hugging, V.Thirumurugan, Ahmad Fauzi Shaari (Bunyamin [...]

Malaysia, Merdeka Cup champions after 14 years!

Malaysia 3 – Myanmar 1
14 years people, 14 bloody winless years.
I won’t bother with the match report, as you can click the scoreline above to read that. However there were some interesting pre-match quotes, that i think captured the current mood in Malaysia football:
“But there’s promise for the future because Malaysia have a [...]

Sathianathan leads Malaysia to Merdeka cup final!

After the recent embarrassments of the national football team, in comes at a great relief (and pride) that Malaysia (under-23 team) has reached the final of the Merdeka cup. And they did it in style.
Striker Safee Sali was the hero, helping himself to 2 goals as Malaysia beat perenial arch rivals Singapore 3-1!
Malaysia will play [...]