Pembentukan F.A.M
In 1933, the MFA was revived to form the Football Association of Malaya (FAM). Initially, the FAM was based in Singapore. It was chiefly responsible for the running of the Malaya Cup competition. In 1940, control of the FAM moved from Singapore to Malaya. In 1951, Tunku Abdul Rahman became the FAM president, the first non-British. It was under Abdul Rahman that football entered in Malaysia entered its next phase, with the FAM taking a much bigger role than just being the backbone in the organisation of the Malaysia Cup. The FAM was inducted as one of 14 founding members of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) in 1954, before becoming a full-fledged member of FIFA two years later.
Tunku Abdul Rahman's love for the game was the main catalyst which resulted in the construction of the Merdeka Stadium and in 1957 it became hallowed ground for all Malaysians when it was the venue chosen to announce Malaysia's independence from Britain. Pestabola Merdeka was the centrepiece of the independence celebrations. The Pestabola Merdeka proved to be a huge success and became the premier football competition in Asia. Hong Kong won the first cup . However, Malaya won the title three years in a row, in 1958, 1959 , and sharing it with South Korea in 1960. The country qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Olympics.
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