The Malaysian national football team nicknamed Harimau Malaya, as the Malayan Tiger, is the national team of Malaysia and is controlled by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM). Before 1963, the team represented the Federation of Malaya and was known as the Malaya national football team. Malaysia and a few countries such as Thailand is the only national team in the ASEAN stage that has not use any naturalized players as Indonesia and Singapore did for their national team.