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| clubname      = Harimau Muda A
| image         = 2012 Young Tigers Logo.png
| fullname      = Harimau Muda A
| nickname      = The Young Tigers
| founded       = {{start date and age|df=yes|2009}}
| dissolved     = {{start date and age|df=yes|2015}}
| ground        = [[MBPJ Stadium|Stadium Petaling Jaya]]
| capacity      = 25,000
| chairman      = Afandi Hamzah
| mgrtitle      = Head coach
| manager       = [[Ong Kim Swee]]
| captain       = 
| league        =
| Season        = [[2014 National Premier Leagues#Queensland|2014]]
| Position      = 9
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'''Harimau Muda A''' was the '''Malaysia under-22 national football team''', representing [[Malaysia]] in international [[football (soccer)|football]] competitions such as the [[AFC U-22 Asian Cup]], [[Champions Youth Cup]] as well as other under-22 international football tournaments. It was managed by the [[Football Association of Malaysia]]. The squad was the feeder team for [[Malaysia national under-23 football team|Malaysia U-23]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/aysha-ridzuan/article/thanks-for-the-memories-harimau-muda-a|title=Thanks for the memories, Harimau Muda A|author=Aysha Ridzuan|publisher=The Malaysian Insider|date=23 January 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215162719/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion/aysha-ridzuan/article/thanks-for-the-memories-harimau-muda-a|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 25 November 2015, it was confirmed that Harimau Muda A, [[Harimau Muda B]], and [[Harimau Muda C]] were disbanded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/skuad-harimau-muda-dibubar-1.162356|title=Skuad Harimau Muda dibubar|language=ms|work=Utusan Malaysia|date=26 November 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821032702/http://www.utusan.com.my/sukan/bola-sepak/skuad-harimau-muda-dibubar-1.162356|archive-date=21 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/01/22/8177052/khairy-jamaluddin-reveals-harimau-muda-system-was-not-made|title=Khairy Jamaluddin reveals Harimau Muda system was not made for long term|author=Nik Afiq|publisher=Goal.com|date=22 January 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404074647/http://www.goal.com/en-my/news/3896/malaysia/2015/01/22/8177052/khairy-jamaluddin-reveals-harimau-muda-system-was-not-made|archive-date=4 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> Harimau Muda A last competed in the [[National Premier Leagues Queensland]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27676234|title=Malaysia Announcement Strengthens Partnership|author=Michael Flynn|publisher=Sports TG|date=5 January 2015|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://websites.sportstg.com/assoc_page.cgi?client=1-9385-0-0-0&sID=269940&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=27649163|title=Malaysia Under 23 To Compete In NPL Queensland|publisher=Sports TG|date=12 January 2014|access-date=16 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://queenslandsoccernews.com/2014/01/14/an-insight-into-harimau-muda/|title=An insight into Harimau Muda|publisher=Queensland Soccer News|date=14 January 2014|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205003/https://queenslandsoccernews.com/2014/01/14/an-insight-into-harimau-muda/|archive-date=16 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> having earlier participated in the [[S.League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/2012/01/06/2832876/malaysia-u-23-to-be-based-in-singapore-for-2012-sleague|title=Malaysia U-23 to be based in Singapore for 2012 S.League|publisher=Goal.com|date=6 January 2012|access-date=16 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180404083805/http://www.goal.com/en/news/14/asia/2012/01/06/2832876/malaysia-u-23-to-be-based-in-singapore-for-2012-sleague|archive-date=4 April 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
On 19 October 2007, the FAM decided to include Malaysia U-21 as one of the team in [[2007–08 Premier League Malaysia]] known as ''Harimau Muda'' (The Young Tigers).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/sport/other-sport/2007/10/20/brunei-dpmm-get-to-play-in-fa-cup-not-malaysia-cup/|title=Brunei DPMM get to play in FA Cup, not Malaysia Cup|author=Eric Samuel|work=The Star|date=20 October 2007|access-date=25 August 2016}}</ref> During the 2010 season, Harimau Muda A went to a training camp in [[Zlaté Moravce]], [[Slovakia]]. After the stint in Slovakia, Harimau Muda A joined the [[2011 Super League Malaysia]] replacing [[PLUS FC|KL PLUS FC]], finishing at 5th place.

For the 2012 season, Harimau Muda A swapped places with the [[Young Lions (Singapore football team)|Young Lions]] of [[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]], joining the [[S. League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=600787|title=Harimau Muda to play in S-League, Young Lions In Malaysia's Super League|publisher=Bernama|date=12 July 2011|access-date=12 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120603165507/http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=600787|archive-date=3 June 2012|url-status=dead}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Harimau Muda B will continue to participate in the [[Malaysia Premier League]]. For the [[2012 S. League]] season, Harimau Muda A  continued to use their training centre at [[Wisma FAM]]. However, for the league matches they were based at the [[Yishun Stadium]].

== Competition records ==
{| class="wikitable float-right"
|-
!Year
!League position
!League competitions
!Cup competitions
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[2007–08 Premier League Malaysia|2007–08]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|8/13
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[Malaysia Premier League]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[Malaysia FA Cup]]&nbsp;– Round 1
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[2009 Premier League Malaysia|2009]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|1/13 '''Champions'''
| valign="middle" align="centre"|Malaysia Premier League
| valign="middle" align="centre"|Malaysia FA Cup&nbsp;– Quarter Final
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|2010
| valign="middle" align="centre"|
| valign="middle" align="centre"|
| valign="middle" align="centre"|–
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[2011 Super League Malaysia|2011]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|5/14
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[Malaysia Super League]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|Malaysia FA Cup&nbsp;– Round 2
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[2012 S. League|2012]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|4/13
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[S.League]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[Singapore League Cup]]&nbsp;– Did not enter
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|2013
| valign="middle" align="centre"|Slovakia Centralised Training Camp
| valign="middle" align="centre"|N/A
| valign="middle" align="centre"|–
|-
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[2014 National Premier Leagues#Queensland|2014]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|9/13<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230521064030/https://websites.mygameday.app/team_info.cgi?c=0-9385-0-281020-18686124 Harimau Muda A - Football Queensland - NPL]</ref>
| valign="middle" align="centre"|[[National Premier Leagues Queensland]]
| valign="middle" align="centre"|–
|-
|}

== Honours ==
=== Domestic ===
* '''[[Malaysia Premier League]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' [[2009 Malaysia Premier League|2009]]

=== International ===
* '''[[AFC Youth Championship]]'''
** Runner-up (3): 1959, 1960, 1968
** Third place (1): [[1965 AFC Youth Championship|1965]]
** Fourth place (1): 1962
* '''[[AFF U-19 Youth Championship|AFF Youth Championship]]'''
** Runner-up (3): [[2005 AFF U-20 Youth Championship|2005]], [[2006 AFF U-20 Youth Championship|2006]], [[2007 AFF U-20 Youth Championship|2007]]
** Third place (1): [[2011 AFF U-19 Youth Championship|2011]]
** Fourth place (1): [[2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship|2009]]

=== Others ===
* '''[[International U-21 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup|International U-21 Football Tournament Thanh Nien Cup]]'''
** '''Winners (1):''' 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aseanfootball.org/?p=10271|title=Hazwan Header Gives Malaysia Thanh Nien Crown|publisher=ASEAN Football Federation|date=22 October 2012|access-date=26 November 2012}}</ref>

== International records ==
=== FIFA World Youth Championship ===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[FIFA World Youth Championship|FIFA U-20 World Cup Record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|-
|{{flagicon|TUN}} [[1977 FIFA World Youth Championship|1977]] to <br>{{flagicon|QAT}} [[1995 FIFA World Youth Championship|1995]]|| colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship|1997]]||Round 1||24/24||3||0||0||3||2||9
|-
|{{flagicon|NGA}} [[1999 FIFA World Youth Championship|1999]] to <br>{{flagicon|EGY}} [[2009 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2009]]|| rowspan="4" colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[2011 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2011]]
|-
|{{flagicon|TUR}} [[2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2013]]
|-
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup|2015]]
|-
|'''Total'''||1/17||-||3||0||0||3||2||9
|}
:''**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=4|FIFA World Youth Championship History
|-
!Year!!Round!!Score!!Result
|-
|rowspan=3|[[1997 FIFA World Youth Championship|1997]]
|Round 1||align="left"|{{fb|MAS}} '''1&nbsp;– 3''' {{fb|MAR}}||Loss
|-
|Round 1||align="left"|{{fb|MAS}} '''1&nbsp;– 3''' {{fb|URU}}||Loss
|-
|Round 1||align="left"|{{fb|MAS}} '''0&nbsp;– 3''' {{fb|BEL}}||Loss
|}
{{col-end}}

=== AFC Youth Championship ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[AFC Youth Championship|AFC Youth Championship Record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- bgcolor=silver
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Malaya}} [[1959 AFC Youth Championship|1959]]|| rowspan="2" |Runners-up||2/4||3||2||0||1||14||2
|- bgcolor=silver
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Malaya}} [[1960 AFC Youth Championship|1960]]||-||-||-||-||-||-||-
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1961 AFC Youth Championship|1961]]||Round 1||5/10||4||2||1||1||15||7
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1962 AFC Youth Championship|1962]]||Fourth Place||4/10||5||2||2||1||11||6
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|Malaya}} [[1963 AFC Youth Championship|1963]]||Round 1||5/12||5||3||0||2||10||6
|-
|{{flagicon|VIE}} [[1964 AFC Youth Championship|1964]]|| colspan="8"|''Unknown''
|- bgcolor=#CFAA88
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1965 AFC Youth Championship|1965]]||Third Place||3/10||5||3||0||2||6||7
|-
|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1966 AFC Youth Championship|1966]]||Quarter Final||5/12||4||2||1||1||8||3
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1967 AFC Youth Championship|1967]]||Round 1||14/14||2||0||0||2||1||10
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[1968 AFC Youth Championship|1968]]||Runners-up||2/12||7||4||0||3||9||15
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1969 AFC Youth Championship|1969]]||Quarter Final||5/15||4||1||1||2||4||8
|-
|{{flagicon|PHI}} [[1970 AFC Youth Championship|1970]]|| colspan="8"|''Unknown''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[1971 AFC Youth Championship|1971]]||Quarter Final||5/16||4||2||0||2||3||6
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1972 AFC Youth Championship|1972]] to <br>{{flagicon|THA}} [[AFC Youth Championship 1974|1974]]|| colspan="8"|''Unknown''
|-
|{{flagicon|KUW}} [[1975 AFC Youth Championship|1975]]|| rowspan="4" |Round 1||15/19||4||0||2||2||3||7
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1976 AFC Youth Championship|1976]]|||14/15||3||0||0||3||0||9
|-
|{{flagicon|IRN}} [[1977 AFC Youth Championship|1977]]||8/13||3||0||2||1||1||4
|-
|{{flagicon|BAN}} [[1978 AFC Youth Championship|1978]]||14/18||3||1||0||2||3||9
|-
|{{flagicon|THA}} [[1980 AFC Youth Championship|1980]] to <br>{{flagicon|QAT}} [[AFC Youth Championship 2002|2002]]|| colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[2004 AFC Youth Championship|2004]]||Quarter Final||8/16||4||2||0||2||4||6
|-
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[2006 AFC Youth Championship|2006]]||Round 1||15/16||3||0||0||3||1||7
|-
|{{flagicon|KSA}} [[2008 AFC U-19 Championship|2008]]|| rowspan="4" colspan="8"|''Did not qualify''
|-
|{{flagicon|CHN}} [[2010 AFC U-19 Championship|2010]]
|-
|{{flagicon|UAE}} [[2012 AFC U-19 Championship|2012]]
|-
|{{flagicon|MYA}} [[2014 AFC U-19 Championship|2014]]
|-
|'''Total'''||-||3 Runners-up||-||-||-||-||-||-
|}
:''**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

=== AFF Youth Championship record ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|[[AFF U20 Youth Championship|AFF U-20 Youth Championship Record]]
|-
!Year
!Round
!Position
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|IDN}} [[AFF U20 Youth Championship 2005|2005]]|| rowspan="3" |Runners-up||2/10||5||3||1||2||21||8
|-bgcolor=silver
|style="border: 3px solid red"|{{flagicon|MAS}} [[ASEAN Football Federation Youth Championship 2006|2006]]||2/4||3||1||1||1||4||4
|- bgcolor=silver
|{{flagicon|VIE}} [[ASEAN Football Federation Youth Championship 2007|2007]]||2/8||5||3||0||2||13||7
|-
|'''Total'''||3/3||3 Runners-up||13||7||2||5||38||19
|}
:''**Red border colour indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

=== Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;font-size:89%;"
!colspan=8|{{flagicon|Brunei}} [[Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy]] {{flagicon|Brunei}}
|-
!Year
!Round
!GP
!W
!D
!L
!GS
!GA
|- style="background:#CD7F32;"
|[[2002 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy|2002]]||'''Third Place'''||5||2||0||3||13||9
|-
|[[2005 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy|2005]]||Group Stage||4||2||0||2||3||7
|- style="background:#CD7F32;"
|[[2007 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy|2007]]||'''Third Place'''||4||1||1||2||4||7
|-
|'''Total'''||'''Best: Third Place'''||'''13'''||'''5'''||'''1'''||'''7'''||'''20'''||'''23'''
|}

:* ''Malaysia sent [[Harimau Muda B]] beginning from [[2012 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy|2012 edition]].''

== Coaches ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:89%;"
! Year !! Head coach
|-
| 1992–1994 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[M. Karathu]]
|-
| 1994–1995 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} N. Raju
|-
| 1995–1998 || {{flagicon|Tunisia}} Hatem Souissi
|-
| 1999–2000 || {{flagicon|England}} [[Allan Harris]]
|-
| 2000–2004 || {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Jorvan Vieira]]
|-
| 2004–2009 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[K. Rajagopal (footballer)|K. Rajagopal]]
|-
| 2009–2010 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Mohd Azraai Khor Abdullah]]
|-
| 2009–2014 || {{flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Ong Kim Swee]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[Malaysia national football team]]
* [[Malaysia national under-23 football team]]
* [[Malaysia Pahang Sports School]]
* [[Malaysia League XI|Malaysia XI]]
* [[FAM-MSN Project]]
* [[Singa Muda Perlis F.C.]]
* [[National Football Development Programme of Malaysia]]
* [[Mokhtar Dahari Academy]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.fam.org.my Football Association of Malaysia]
* [http://www.footballqueensland.com.au Football Queensland] 
* [http://www.nplqld.com.au National Premier Leagues Queensland]

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