Kudos to the real 1972 Munich Olympics team - both players who helped the team qualify for Munich Olympics and squad who played in Munich.
All of you certainly have done proud to the nation and a memorable team indeed who have more often been forgotten and the real players not known to many.
TRIBUTE TO THE MUNICH OLYMPICS
MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL TEAM
Team Manager: Datuk Harun Idris
Assistant Team Manager: Datuk Peter Velappan
Coach: Jalil Che Din
M.
Chandran, Bahwandi Hiralal, Osman Abdullah, Salleh Ibrahim, Mohd Bakar, Zawawi Yusoff, Harun Jusoh, Shaharuddin Abdullah, V. Krishnasamy, Ali Bakar, Rahim Abdullah, Wong Kam Fook, Looi Loon Teik, Khoo Luan Khen, Lim Fung Kee, Soh Chin Aun, Wong Choon Wah, Namat Abdullah, Hamzah Hussein
Members of the qualifying team who
won the ticket to Munich in Seoul but who did not travel to Munich:
Syed Ahmad, Dell Akbar Khan, Chan Kok
Leong, Wong Hee Kok, V. Kalimutu and Yap Eng Hock
In the pre-Olympics qualifier in
Seoul, Malaysia defeated beating
South Korea 1-0 and thrashing Japan 3-0 and Taiwan and Philippines.
At
the Olympics, Malaysia played in the opening match of the tournament against
host Germany and lost 3-0.
In
the next game, Malaysia beat USA 3-0 before going down to Morocco 6-0 in the
last game to finish third in the four team Group A.
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1972 Malaysia Olympic Footballers and Officials (Left to Right) Back Row: V. Krishnasamy, Othman Abdullah, Wong Kam Fook, Ali Bakar, Looi Loon Teik, Lim Fung Kee, Bahwandi Hiralal, Khoo Luan Khen, Wong Choon Wah, Salleh Ibrahim Sitting: Shahruddin Abdullah, Dato M. Chandran, Dato Peter Vellapan, Dato Harun Idris, Jalil Che Din, Dato Namat Abdullah, Dato Soh Chin Aun, Front Row: Wan Zawawi, Harun Jusoh, Rahim Abdullah, Mohammed Bakar, Hamzah Hussein |
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