Malaysia national team has announced 26 players in the squad for Pestabola Merdeka 2024 (International Friendly ‘A’ Match) from 4 – 8 September 2024 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur.
New head coach Pau Marti, who recently took over from Kim Pan Gon, has retained 18 players from the last FIFA World Cup 2026 Asian Qualifiers Round 2 in June.
Key [layers returning include Syihan Hazmi, Arif Aiman, Romel Morales, and Safawi Rasid, among others.
The list of 26 players is as follows.
SYIHAN HAZMI (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
MATTHEW DAVIES (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
FEROZ BAHARUDIN (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
LA’VERE CORBIN-ONG (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
AFIQ FAZAIL (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
ARIF AIMAN (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
ROMEL MORALES (JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM)
SAFAWI RASID (TERENGGANU FC)
AKHYAR RASHID (TERENGGANU FC)
SAFWAN MAZLAN (TERENGGANU FC)
AZAM AZMI MURAD (TERENGGANU FC)
AZRI AB GHANI (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
ZHAFRI YAHYA (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
PAULO JOSUE (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
HAQIMI AZIM ROSLI (KUALA LUMPUR CITY)
DOMINIC TAN (SABAH FC)
DANIEL TING (SABAH FC)
DARREN LOK (SABAH FC)
NOOA LAINE (SELANGOR FC)
HARITH HAIQAL (SELANGOR FC)
KALAMULLAH AL-HAFIZ (KEDAH DARUL AMAN)
SYAFIQ AHMAD (KEDAH DARUL AMAN)
SYAMER KUTTY ABBA (PENANG FC)
ADIB RA’OP (PENANG FC)
DION-JOHAN COOLS (BURIRAM UNITED)
ENDRICK DOS SANTOS (HO CHI MINH CITY)
Malaysia will face the Philippines in their semi-final match on September 4, 2024, at 9:00 pm, with another semi-final between Lebanon and Tajikistan earlier in the day.
The winners of the semi-finals will meet in the final on September 8, while the losing teams will compete for third place.
Credit Photo : Simon Yap/SNE-Photo
