KUALA LUMPUR • National football head coach Kim Pan Gon has called up 27 players for the Harimau Malaya centralised training camp in Johor Baru to prepare for the two Tier 1 international friendlies against Turkmenistan and Hong Kong (HK) on March 23 and 28 respectively.

The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) said Pan Gon has retained nine of the 23 players who featured in the 2022 Asean Football Federation (AFF) Cup competition in January.

“Among the players called up for the training camp, which will begin on Saturday (March 18), are goalkeepers Damien Lim and Sikh Izhan Nazrel Sikh Azman; as well as Fayadh Zulkifli Amin (winger), Daniel Ting (defender), Paulo Josue (midfield), Endrick Dos Santos (midfielder), Feroz Baharudin (defender) and Nooa Laine (midfielder),” FAM said in a statement today.

The two international friendlies against Turkmenistan and Hong Kong will be played at the Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri.

Following is the list of 27 players called up for the centralised training camp:

• 1. AHMAD SYIHAN HAZMI MOHAMED – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 2. SHAHRUL MOHD SAAD – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 3. LA’VERE LAWRENCE CORBIN-ONG – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 4. ARIF AIMAN MOHD HANAPI – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 5. MUHAMMAD AKHYAR ABDUL RASHID – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 6. MATTHEW DAVIES – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 7. MUHAMMAD SYAFIQ AHMAD – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 8. MUHAMMAD SYAHMI SAFARI – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 9. MOHAMED SYAMER KUTTY ABBA – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 10. MUHAMAD FEROZ BAHARUDIN – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 11. ENDRICK DOS SANTOS – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 12. DARREN LOK – SABAH FC
• 13. DOMINIC TAN – SABAH FC
• 14. STUART JOHN WILKIN – SABAH FC
• 15. DANIEL SANG TING – SABAH FC
• 16. DAMIEN LIM – SABAH FC
• 17. BRENDAN GAN – SELANGOR FC
• 18. MOHAMAD FAISAL ABDUL HALIM – SELANGOR FC
• 19. QUENTIN CHENG JIUN-HO – SELANGOR FC
• 20. AHMAD KHUZAIMI PIEE – SELANGOR FC
• 21. KALAMULLAH AL-HAFIZ MAT ROWI – KEDAH DARUL AMAN FC
• 22. MUHAMMAD FAYADH MOHD ZULKIFLI AMIN – KEDAH DARUL AMAN FC
• 23. MUHAMAD NOR AZAM ABDUL AZIH – SRI PAHANG FC
• 24. PAULO JOSUE – KUALA LUMPUR CITY FC
• 25. SIKH IZHAN NAZREL SIKH AZMAN – NEGERI SEMBILAN FC
• 26. DION-JOHAN COOLS – BURIRAM UNITED
• 27. NOOA LAINE – SJK SEINAJOKI

The 13 players on the standby list:

• 1. NATHANIEL SHIO HONG WAN – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 2. MUHAMMAD NAZMI FAIZ MANSOR – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 3. MOHD AFIQ FAZAIL – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 4. MOHAMADOU SUMAREH – JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM FC
• 5. SHARUL NAZEEM ZULPAKAR – SELANGOR FC
• 6. MUHAMMAD FAZLY MAZLAN – SELANGOR FC
• 7. SERGIO FABIAN EZEQUIEL AGUERO – SRI PAHANG FC
• 8. MUHAMAD BAQIUDDIN SHAMSUDIN – SRI PAHANG FC
• 9. MUHAMMAD SAFAWI RASID – RATCHABURI FC
• 10. JUNIOR ELDSTAL – PT PRACHUAP FC
• 11. LEE ANDREW TUCK – KEDAH DARUL AMAN FC
• 12. MUHAMMAD SYAFIK ISMAIL – TERENGGANU FC
• 13. A. SELVAN – NEGERI SEMBILAN FC – Bernama / pic TMR File