KUALA LUMPUR (2 May 2012) – The Malaysian national Under-22 squad has drawn up friendly games in Slovakia and China in preparation for the AFC Under-22 Asian Cup qualifying round next month.
The Malaysians are placed in Group G where they will be up against Chinese Taipei, Korea Republic, Myanmar, Philippines and Vietnam. The group will play all their matches in Yangon, Myanmar from 21 June to 4 July, 2012.
The squad of 33 players will report to chief coach Ong Kim Swee where they begin centralised training on 7-16 May 2012 before heading to Slovakia and Hungary for overseas training and series of friendlies (17 May to 7 June 2012).
After taking on the China U22 team on 10 June, they will head back to Kuala Lumpur before taking on Timor Leste on 17 June 2012 in their final test match. The team will leave for Yangon three days later.
Other than the regular faces in the squad, Kim Swee has also called on youngster Muhammad Ariff Farhan Md Isa from the Under-16 team of the Bukit Jalil Sports School.
MALAYSIA UNDER-22 TRAINING TEAM
Mohd Farhan Abu Bakar, Mohamad Fadhli Mohd Shas, Muhammad Nazmi Faiz Mansor, D. Saarvindran, Mohd Irfan Fazail, Wan Zaharilnizam Wan Zakaria, A. Thamil Arasu, Muhammad Ferris Danial Mat Nasir, Shahrul Mohd Saad, Gary Steven Robbat, Nazirul Naim Che Hashim, Mohammad Amer Saidin, Wan Zack Haikal Wan Nor, Mohamad Fandi Othman, Syahrul Azwari Ibrahim, Mohd Izham Tarmizi Roslan, Muhammad Syazwan Tajuddin, Muhammad Izuan Mohd Salahuddin, Ahmad Hazwan Bakri, Mohd Azzizan Nordin, Wan Ahmad Amirzafran Wan Nadris, (HARIMAU MUDA ‘A’); Ilham Amirullah Razali (HARIMAU MUDA ‘B’); Faizol Nazlin Sayuti, Muhammad Shahran Md. Zin, Muhammad Norsyahrul Hawari Hanafi, Muhamad Syazwan Yusoff (KELANTAN); Mohd Azrif Nasrulhaq Badrul Hisham (SELANGOR PKNS); Mohd Aminuddin Mohd Noor (SELANGOR PKNS); Rozaimi Abdul Rahman (SABAH); Ashri Chu Chu (SARAWAK); Muhd Zubir Mohd Azmi (TERENGGANU); Muhammad Hafiz Mohd Fauzi (KUALA LUMPUR), Muhammad Ariff Farhan Md Isa (U16 BUKIT JALIL SPORTS SCHOOL).
