Malaysia national team has announced 33 players in the squad to prepare for FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 Group D Matchday 3-4 from 21-26 March 2024.
The following is the list of 33 players called up by Kim Pan-Gon, head coach, to join the Malaysia national team’s centralised training camp beginning on 8 March 2024.
Based on the abovementioned list, Pan-Gon retained a total of 21 of 26 players from the AFC Asian Cup 2023 squad in Qatar last January.
The list of 33 players is as follows.
SYIHAN HAZMI (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
MATTHEW DAVIES (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
LA’VERE CORBIN-ONG (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
ENDRICK DOS SANTOS (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
ARIF AIMAN (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
SHAHRUL SAAD (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
SYAMER KUTTY ABBA (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
JUNIOR ELDSTAL (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
ROMEL MORALES (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
FAISAL HALIM (SELANGOR FC)
SHARUL NAZEEM (SELANGOR FC)
HARITH HAIQAL (SELANGOR FC)
MUKHAIRI AJMAL (SELANGOR FC)
NOOA LAINE (SELANGOR FC)
ZIKRI KHALILI (SELANGOR FC)
RUVENTHIRAN VENGADESAN (SELANGOR FC)
ALIFF IZWAN (SELANGOR FC)
SUHAIMI HUSIN (TERENGGANU FC)
SAFAWI RASID (TERENGGANU FC)
AKHYAR RASHID (TERENGGANU FC)
AZAM AZMI MURAD (TERENGGANU FC)
SAFWAN MAZLAN (TERENGGANU FC)
DOMINIC TAN (SABAH FC)
DANIEL TING (SABAH FC)
STUART WILKIN (SABAH FC)
DARREN LOK (SABAH FC)
AZRI AB GHANI (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
PAULO JOSUE (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
HAQIMI AZIM ROSLI (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
T. SARAVANAN (SRI PAHANG FC)
SIKH IZHAN NAZREL (PENANG FC)
DION-JOHAN COOLS (BURIRAM UNITED)
BRENDAN GAN (Unknown)
The 12 new players who are on the list are goalkeeper Suhaimi Husin, Azam Azmi Murad and Safwan Mazlan from Terengganu FC; Sharul Nazeem Zulpakar, Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar, Mukhairi Ajmal Mahadi, Nooa Laine, Ahmad Zikri Khalili, Ruventhiran and Aliff Izwan Yuslan from Selangor FC; Haqimi Azim Rosli from Kuala Lumpur City FC and T. Saravanan from Sri Pahang FC.
However, some of these 33 players will report later on Friday, March 15, 2024 and shortly after their arrival, some players will be released to the national U-23 squad centralized training camp with Juan Torres Garrido.
“We understand that clubs are undergoing pre-season training and at the same time, the International Match Calendar will only start from 18 to 26 March 2024.” said the national head coach, Kim Pan-Gon.
“However, we still need to prepare early for these two matches against Oman, and for that reason, we decided to start the centralized training camp on March 8 by calling together some players from the Malaysia U23 national team squad.”
“After discussions with the clubs involved, some players will only report on March 15 because I understand that they have just returned from holidays and have just started training with their clubs, compared to other players who began training with their respective clubs much earlier,”
Malaysia national team ahead of the third and fourth matches of the FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2, Group D against Oman in Muscat on 21 March 2024 and in Bukit Jalil on 26 March 2024.
Credit Photo : FAM
