Zainal Abidin Hassan � Century of International Appearances (original) (raw)


The outstanding Malaysian player, who obtained 129 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps; he scored 50 international goals for his National Team and thereby entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players withTwo Score Goals for his national team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.


Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition

1 23-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 1-1 Merdeka Tournament 2 27-10-80 Kuala Lumpur Kuwait 2-1 Merdeka Tournament 3 30-10-80 Kuala Lumpur New Zealand 2-0 Merdeka Tournament 4 2-11-80 Kuala Lumpur Morocco 1-2 Merdeka Tournament 5 17- 6-81 Jeonju South Korea 0-2 President's Cup 6 19- 6-81 Daegu Japan 0-2 President's Cup 7 5- 9-81 Kuala Lumpur New Zealand 0-1 Merdeka Tournament 8 9- 9-81 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 2-0 Merdeka Tournament 9 12- 9-81 Kuala Lumpur UA Emirates 0-1 Merdeka Tournament 10 15- 9-81 Kuala Lumpur India 2-2 Merdeka Tournament 11 11-11-81 Chonburi Singapore 0-1 King's Cup 12 1 1 13-11-81 Bangkok Pakistan 3-2 King's Cup 13 1 15-11-81 Bangkok Thailand 0-2 King's Cup 14 1 6-12-81 Manila Burma 1-0 SEA Games 15 1 9-12-81 Pasig Thailand 2-2 SEA Games 16 1 13-12-81 Pasig Singapore 1-1 [1] SEA Games 17 1 15-12-81 Manila Thailand 1-2 SEA Games 18 1 10- 6-82 Seoul Thailand 1-1 President's Cup 19 1 7- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur UA Emirates 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 20 1 13- 8-82 Kuala Lumpur Senegal 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 21 1 6-10-82 Singapore Singapore 1-0 Merlion Cup 22 1 10-10-82 Singapore Brunei 4-0 Merlion Cup 23 1 14-10-82 Singapore Australia 0-5 Merlion Cup 24 1 17-10-82 Singapore Indonesia 0-0 [2] Merlion Cup 25 1 28- 5-83 Singapore Singapore 1-2 SEA Games 26 1 30- 5-83 Singapore Philippines 0-0 SEA Games 27 1 2 4- 6-83 Singapore Thailand 1-1 [3] SEA Games 28 2 4 5- 6-83 Singapore Brunei 5-0 SEA Games 29 3 7 19- 9-83 Kota Bharu Algeria 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 30 7 28- 9-83 Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 31 2 9 10-10-83 Kuala Lumpur Saudi Arabia 3-1 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 32 1 10 16-10-83 Singapore Indonesia 1-1 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 33 1 11 20-10-83 Singapore Singapore 2-0 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 34 11 22-10-83 Singapore India 3-3 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 35 11 25-10-83 Singapore India 2-0 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 36 1 12 28-10-83 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 2-0 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 37 12 1-11-83 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1-0 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 38 12 31- 3-84 Wellington New Zealand 0-2 39 12 3- 4-84 Christchurch New Zealand 1-6 40 12 8- 4-84 Auckland New Zealand 0-0 41 12 16- 4-84 Singapore Qatar 0-2 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 42 1 13 18- 4-84 Singapore Japan 2-1 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 43 13 23- 4-84 Singapore Thailand 0-0 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 44 13 26- 4-84 Singapore Iraq 0-2 [!] Olympic G. Qualifier 45 1 14 12- 8-84 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 1-0 Ovaltine Cup 46 1 15 18- 8-84 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Ovaltine Cup 47 1 16 24- 8-84 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 48 1 17 26- 8-84 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 2-2 Merdeka Tournament 49 3 20 29- 8-84 Kota Bharu Liberia 3-1 Merdeka Tournament 50 1 21 4- 9-84 Kuala Lumpur Papua N.Guinea 5-1 Merdeka Tournament 51 2 23 11-10-84 Calcutta Pakistan 5-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 52 1 24 14-10-84 Calcutta India 2-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 53 24 16-10-84 Calcutta South Korea 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 54 2 26 18-10-84 Calcutta North Yemen 4-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 55 26 10- 3-85 Kuala Lumpur South Korea 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 56 26 16- 3-85 Kathmandu Nepal 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 57 3 29 31- 3-85 Kuala Lumpur Nepal 5-0 World Cup Qualifier 58 29 19- 5-85 Seoul South Korea 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 59 29 30- 7-85 Kuala Lumpur Ghana 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 60 1 30 13-10-85 Singapore Brunei 4-0 Merlion Cup 61 30 20-10-85 Singapore Singapore 0-2 Merlion Cup 62 30 23-10-85 Singapore Singapore 0-4 Merlion Cup 63 30 8-12-85 Bangkok Thailand 1-1 SEA Games 64 2 32 10-12-85 Bangkok Philippines 6-0 SEA Games 65 1 33 14-12-85 Bangkok Singapore 2-2 [4] SEA Games 66 33 16-12-85 Bangkok Indonesia 1-0 SEA Games 67 2 35 24- 7-86 Kuala Lumpur India 3-0 Merdeka Tournament 68 1 36 27- 7-86 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 2-0 Merdeka Tournament 69 1 37 1- 8-86 Kuala Lumpur Japan 2-1 Merdeka Tournament 70 37 21- 9-86 Gwangju Saudi Arabia 1-3 Asian Games 71 37 23- 9-86 Gwangju Qatar 1-1 Asian Games 72 37 27- 9-86 Gwangju Indonesia 0-1 Asian Games 73 37 14- 3-87 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 0-1 Olympic G. Qualifier 74 37 18- 3-87 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 2-2 Olympic G. Qualifier 75 2 39 7- 4-88 Kuala Lumpur Pakistan 4-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 76 39 11- 4-88 Kuala Lumpur Japan U-23 0-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 77 39 14- 4-88 Kuala Lumpur Jordan 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 78 39 18- 4-88 Kuala Lumpur Kuwait 0-5 Asian Cup Qualifier 79 39 27- 3-89 Doha Qatar 0-1 80 39 23- 5-89 Seoul Nepal 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 81 39 25- 5-89 Seoul Singapore 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 82 39 27- 5-89 Seoul South Korea 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 83 39 3- 6-89 Singapore Singapore 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 84 1 40 7- 6-89 Singapore Nepal 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 85 40 21- 8-89 Kuala Lumpur Philippines 3-0 SEA Games 86 40 23- 8-89 Kuala Lumpur Brunei 2-1 SEA Games 87 40 25- 8-89 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia 2-0 SEA Games 88 1 41 28- 8-89 Kuala Lumpur Thailand 1-0 SEA Games 89 41 31- 8-89 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 3-1 SEA Games 90 41 12- 9-91 Kuala Lumpur England 2-4 91 41 19- 4-92 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 92 41 23- 4-92 Singapore China 0-4 Asian Cup Qualifier 93 1 42 25- 4-92 Singapore Indonesia 1-1 Asian Cup Qualifier 94 42 11- 8-92 Jakarta Australia 1-0 Piala Kemerdekaan 95 42 1- 5-93 Kuala Lumpur Kuwait 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 96 42 3- 5-93 Kuala Lumpur Saudi Arabia 1-1 World Cup Qualifier 97 1 43 5- 5-93 Kuala Lumpur Macao 9-0 World Cup Qualifier 98 43 14- 5-93 Taif Kuwait 0-2 World Cup Qualifier 99 43 16- 5-93 Riyadh Saudi Arabia 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 100 1 44 9- 6-93 Singapore Brunei 3-1 SEA Games 101 1 45 11- 6-93 Singapore Laos 9-0 SEA Games 102 45 13- 6-93 Singapore Myanmar 1-2 SEA Games 103 45 15- 6-93 Singapore Thailand 0-2 SEA Games 104 45 4-12-95 Chiang Mai Vietnam 0-2 SEA Games 105 45 6-12-95 Chiang Mai Thailand 0-0 SEA Games 106 45 8-12-95 Chiang Mai Indonesia 0-3 SEA Games 107 1 46 10-12-95 Lamphun Cambodia 9-0 SEA Games 108 46 2- 3-96 Shah Alam Indonesia 0-0 Asian Cup Qualifier 109 2 48 6- 6-96 Shah Alam India 5-2 Asian Cup Qualifier 110 48 1- 9-96 Singapore Singapore 1-1 Tiger Cup 111 48 4- 9-96 Singapore Philippines 7-0 Tiger Cup 112 1 49 8- 9-96 Singapore Thailand 1-1 Tiger Cup 113 49 10- 9-96 Singapore Brunei 6-0 Tiger Cup 114 49 13- 9-96 Singapore Indonesia 3-1 Tiger Cup 115 49 15- 9-96 Singapore Thailand 0-1 Tiger Cup 116 49 21- 2-97 Kuala Lumpur Finland 2-1 Dunhill Cup 117 49 23- 2-97 Kuala Lumpur Singapore 0-0 Dunhill Cup 118 49 25- 2-97 Kuala Lumpur China 0-2 Dunhill Cup 119 49 28- 2-97 Kuala Lumpur Bosnia-Herzeg. 0-1 Dunhill Cup 120 49 16- 3-97 Kuaal Lumpur Bangladesh 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 121 49 18- 3-97 Kuala Lumpur Saudi Arabia 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 122 49 20- 3-97 Kuala Lumpur Taiwan 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 123 49 27- 3-97 Jeddah Taiwan 0-0 World Cup Qualifier 124 49 29- 3-97 Jeddah Saudi Arabia 0-3 World Cup Qualifier 125 1 50 31- 3-97 Jeddah Bangladesh 1-0 World Cup Qualifier 126 50 5-10-97 Jakarta Vietnam 1-0 SEA Games 127 50 7-10-97 Jakarta Philippines 4-0 SEA Games 128 50 9-10-97 Jakarta Indonesia 0-4 SEA Games 129 50 14-10-97 Jakarta Laos 0-1 SEA Games

[1] Malaysia won 5-4 on penalty kicks. [2] Malaysia lost 3-4 on penalty kicks. [3] Malaysia lost 1-4 on penalty kicks. [4] Malaysia lost 5-6 on penalty kicks. [!] Olympic matches considered full internationals by FA of Malaysia.

NB: the following matches are not full A-international matches and therefore not included here:

         25-10-80	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea B	1-1	Merdeka Tournament
         10- 8-82	Kuala Lumpur	South Korea B	1-2	Merdeka Tournament
          8-10-82	Singapore	South Korea B	1-3	Merlion Cup
        3- 9-83	Kuala Lumpur	Singapore Ol.	0-0	Ovaltine Cup

(1 goal) 10- 9-83 Singapore Singapore Ol. 1-0 Ovaltine Cup 14- 9-83 Kuala Lumpur South Korea B 1-1 Merdeka Tournament 22- 9-83 Kuala Lumpur Algeria A 1-0 Merdeka Tournament 24- 9-83 K. Terengganu Buenos Aires 1-2 Merdeka Tournament 1- 9-84 Kuantan Minas Gerais 0-4 Merdeka Tournament 7- 9-84 Kuala Lumpur South Korea U21 1-3 Merdeka Tournament 28- 2-85 Dubai UA Emirates 1-1 (2 goals) 2- 3-85 Dubai UA Emirates 2-0 (1 goal) 23- 7-85 Kuala Lumpur Swansea City 3-1 Merdeka Tournament 26- 7-85 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia U18 1-1 Merdeka Tournament 1- 8-85 Kuala Lumpur South Korea Ol. 0-3 Merdeka Tournament 29- 9-85 Johor Bahru Singapore Ol. 1-1 (1 goal) 6-10-85 Singapore Singapore Ol. 1-2 14-10-85 Singapore Indonesia B 2-1 Merlion Cup 16-10-85 Singapore Yugoslavia Am. 1-5 Merlion Cup 18-10-85 Singapore Eintr.Frankfurt 2-8 Merlion Cup 22- 7-86 Kuala Lumpur South Korea B 1-0 Merdeka Tournament (1 goal) 28- 7-86 Kuala Lumpur Indonesia Leag. 3-0 Merdeka Tournament (1 goal) 3- 8-86 Kuala Lumpur Sigma Olomouc 3-0 Merdeka Tournament (1 goal) 8-12-87 Kuala Lumpur Vejle BK 3-1 Merdeka Tournament 11-12-87 Kuala Lumpur Halmstads BK 0-1 Merdeka Tournament 13-12-87 Kuala Lumpur Cz'slovakia Ol. 0-2 Merdeka Tournament 17-12-87 Kuala Lumpur South Korea B 0-1 Merdeka Tournament (1 goal) 13- 1-88 Bangkok Thailand B 1-1 King's Cup 17- 1-88 Bangkok Soviet Union B 0-5 King's Cup 19- 1-88 Bangkok Denmark League 1-1 King's Cup
(1 goal) 8- 8-92 Jakarta Indonesia B 1-1 Piala Kemerdekaan (1 goal) 13- 8-92 Jakarta Thailand U19 2-0 Piala Kemerdekaan 14- 8-92 Jakarta South Korea B 0-1 Piala Kemerdekaan 16- 8-92 Jakarta South Korea B 2-1 Piala Kemerdekaan (1 goal) 2-12-92 Kuala Lumpur Uzbekistan Lg. 1-1 8-12-92 Singapore Singapore 0-3 Merlion Cup 10-12-92 Singapore Thailand Ol. 0-1 Merlion Cup 13-12-92 Singapore Lok. Moskva 1-1 Merlion Cup 4- 2-97 Dubai UA Emirates 1-1

Total Record

Matches Won Draw Lost For-Against Points Percentage
129 59 32 38 211- 135 150 58.14

Type of Matches and Goals

SEA Games 29 10 Merdeka Tournament 20 13 World Cup Qualifier 20 6 Asian Cup Qualifier 13 10 Olympic Games Qualifier 13 6 Friendlies 5 0 Merlion Cup 7 1 Tiger Cup 6 1 King's Cup 3 1 President's Cup 3 0 Asian Games 3 0 Ovaltine Cup 2 2 Other Tournaments 5 0

Total: 129 50


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