Malaysia call up six uncapped players for Airmarine Cup
Seng Foo Lee
March 5, 2019 08:15 MYT
March 5, 2019 08:15 MYT
National head coach Tan Cheng Hoe has named six uncapped players among his 25-man squad for Malaysia's upcoming international action.
The six players are Selangor duo Abdul Halim Saari and Faiz Nasir, English-Malaysian defender Nicholas Swirad, Kedah goalkeeper Ifwat Akmal Chek Kassim, PKNP midfielder Hafiz Ramdan and Perak youngster Firdaus Saiyadi.
The newcomers are among the 12 players who weren't involved in the Harimau Malaya's run to the 2018 AFF Suzuki Cup final — the other six are Abdul Latiff Suhaimi (Selangor), Hadin Azman (Felda United), Matthew Davies (Pahang), Nor Azam Abdul Azih (Pahang), Rizal Ghazali (Kedah), and S. Kumaahran (Johor Darul Ta'zim II).
These players will be involved in the 2019 Airmarine Cup, where Malaysia will face Singapore on March 20 before taking on either Oman or Afghanistan on March 23.
Malaysia will also be playing an international friendly against Nepal on March 26.
| PLAYER | AGE | POSITION | TEAM |
| Ifwat Akmal Chek Kassim | 23 | Goalkeeper | Kedah |
| Khairul Fahmi Che Mat | 30 | Goalkeeper | Melaka United |
| Hafizul Hakim Khairul Nizam Jothy | 26 | Goalkeeper | Perak |
| Syazwan Andik Ishak | 23 | Defender | Johor Darul Ta’zim |
| Rizal Ghazali | 27 | Defender | Kedah |
| Irfan Zakaria | 24 | Defender | Kuala Lumpur |
| Matthew Davies | 24 | Defender | Pahang |
| Shahrul Saad | 26 | Defender | Perak |
| Nazirul Naim Che Hashim | 26 | Defender | Perak |
| Nicholas Swirad | 28 | Defender | PKNS |
| Abdul Latiff Suhaimi | 30 | Defender | Selangor |
| Nor Azam Abdul Azih | 24 | Midfielder | Pahang |
| Kenny Pallraj | 26 | Midfielder | Perak |
| Firdaus Saiyadi | 23 | Midfielder | Perak |
| Akram Mahinan | 26 | Midfielder | Pkns |
| Faiz Nasir | 27 | Midfielder | Selangor |
| Abdul Halim Saari | 25 | Midfielder | Selangor |
| Hadin Azman | 25 | Winger | Felda United |
| Mohamadou Sumareh | 25 | Winger | Pahang |
| Hafiz Ramdan | 26 | Winger | PKNP |
| Syazwan Zainon | 30 | Winger | Selangor |
| Ahmad Hazwan Bakri | 28 | Forward | Johor Darul Ta’zim |
| S Kumaahran | 23 | Forward | Johor Darul Ta’zim II |
| Zaquan Adha Abdul Radzak | 32 | Forward | Kedah |
| Norshahrul Idlan Talaha | 33 | Forward | Pahang |