Malaysia Nat.Team 2008 Home kit

The Malaysia national football team is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia. It has never qualified for the World Cup finals, although the team did qualify to play in the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. However, Malaysia did not take part after heeding a United States-led boycott of the Games due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Previously, Malaysia's first Olympic appearance was in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. While suffering losses to hosts West Germany and Morocco, Malaysia did beat the USA 3-0. The best years of Malaysian football were from the early 1970s to the early 1980s, during which time Malaysia and South Korea were the two main rivals in East Asia. However, while South Korea have gone on to compete with some success on the world stage, Malaysia's competitive level has declined. With Malaysian football no longer able to dominate even at the Southeast Asian level, local football fans have, despite the formation of the Malaysian Super League in 2004, slowly turned their interests to foreign leagues in Europe. The team's FIFA World Ranking fell to an all-time low of 157 in January 2007