Malaysia Soccer History
Football arrived in Malaya with the British but it was not structured properly. Even when the Selangor Amateur Football League took shape in 1905, to ensure proper management and organization, competition is limited to clubs in Kuala Lumpur area.
In 1921, the national tournament with the participation of all countries which consists Malaya began. It is known as the Malaya Cup. In 1963 it was renamed Malaysia Cup and since then continuously.
1926 in Selangor Amateur Football League was founded and in 1936 the Selangor Football Association was formed and inspire other states in Malaya to follow suit. In the same year, Perak Football Association, Football Association of Selangor, Football Association of Negeri Sembilan, Football Association of Malacca and the Singapore Amateur Football Association came together to form the Malayan Football Association (MFA) in order to field a team against the Australian team which visited Singapore that year.
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