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    Sri Lanka National Football Team tour of Pre-Olympic in Singapore 1980.

    Standing from left.
    Keerthi, Nihal Tissera, Pakir Ali, Shahir, Pala Wijesekara, Luke Breman, Mahinda Fernando, Sumathipala, Bernard Silva.

    Seated from left.
    Clement DeSilva, Sahabdeen, Gamini Madurawala, Asoka Ravindra, Lakshman Weraduwa, Thamodara Chandrasiri.

    One I've just found. Sadly no details on the Mauritania team.

    23/11/1984 Mauritania 3 Liberia 0

    LIBERIA Boye COOPER, Nelson SONPON, Thomas WEEKS, Johnny GRANT (Matthew BROWNE), Theophilus SWANCY, Emmett TRINITY, Ezekiel DOE, Terry JOHNSON, Joseph SION, Alphonso DOYEN, Teah SAMSON (Isaiah LINCOLN)

    A trawl through Costa Rica newspaper archives last month found this.

    24/06/80 Costa Rica 3 Cuba 0 Nacional, San José Eduardo BARRANTES (Costa Rica)

    COSTA RICA Julio MORALES, Javier MASÍS, William JIMÉNEZ, Ricardo GARCÍA, Carlos TOPPINGS, Francisco HERNÁNDEZ, Tomás VELÁSQUEZ, Herbeth QUESADA, Jorge WHITE, Omar ARROYO, Marvin OBANDO Subs: William ÁVILA, Luis FERNÁNDEZ, Roger ÁLVAREZ, Dennis MARSHALL

    Goals: L. Fernández, F. Hernández, Marshall

    CUBA Fermin MADERA, Miguel LÓPEZ, Carlos LORETO, Luis DREKE, Luis Manuel SÁNCHEZ, Regino DELGADO, Jorge MASSO, Andrés ROLDÁN, CEPEDÁ, Ramón NUÑEZ, Dagoberto LARA


    Not sure about Cepeda, I have found nothing about him. It could be a misprint for Julio Cepero who was still in the squad in 1979. Report is not very specific about the goals. Half time was 0-0.

    New Zealand missing DOBs

    Ronald Weir Armstrong08/11/1951Woodford (ENG)
    Lee Strickland20/08/1956London (ENG)
    David Alexander Taylor24/02/1950
    Thomas Duncan Ormond10/10/1950Harthill (SCOT)
    Garry Welch20/07/1955Hayes (ENG)
    Alistair Elder11/10/1957
    Mark Armstrong19/07/1959Auckland

    1980

    Malaysia vs Macau

    Goals:

    Macau: de Jesus

    Malaysia: None


    Partial Line-ups:

    Macau: Tou Weng Keong (GK), Eduardo de Jesus, Yong Wai Kwok

    Malaysia: Zainal Abidin, Wan Jamak, Ong Yu Tiang (GK - came on in second half)


    Malaysia vs North Cyprus

    Goals:

    North Cyprus: Erbay Gönelli (4’), Mete Adanır (78')

    Malaysia: Zainal Abidin Hassan (32’ (P))


    Partial Line-ups:

    North Cyprus: Mustafa (gk) Erbay Gönelli (forward), Mete Adanır (midfielder)

    Malaysia: Veerappan Marimuthu (GK), Roshidi Shaari, Fadzil Ismail, Zainal Abidin Hassan


    Mete Adanır (b.14/11/1961 in Limassol, Cyprus - died 20/1/1989)

    87-89 Samsunspor (Turkey)

    85-87 Konyaspor (Turkey)

    81-85 Altay SK (Turkey)

    79-80 Leighton Orient (England)

    78-79 Doğan Türk Birliği (North Cyprus)

    Edited 3 times, last by mrfil79 (March 9, 2026 at 7:46 AM).

    Singapore vs. Malaysia 1981-04-05

    Squads:

    SINGAPORE: Edmund Wee (David Lee) - Hasli Ibrahim, Syed Mutalib, Samad Allapitchay, Pak Kuan Au-Yeong, Thambiyah Pathmanathan, Tang Boom Lim, Hashim Hosni (Kunjuraman Kannan), Kim Song Quah (Malek Awab), Mohamed Noh, Fandi Ahmad.

    MALAYSIA: Arumugam Rengasamy (Chee Keong Chow) - Jamal Nasir, Subramaniam Puspanathan, Chin Ann Soh, Santokh Singh, Shukor Salleh (Aw Kim Leong), Govindaswamy Torairaju, James Wong (Ahmed Yusof), Mokhtar Dahari, Hassan Sani, Muhidin Husin.

    Goalscorers: Fandi Ahmad ('49) - Mokhtar Dahari ('38, penalty)

    Source: Berita Harian, 6 April 1981

    Edited once, last by luccavi95 (March 11, 2026 at 8:44 AM).

    Reports from La Republica (First game reprinted from La Tribuna, Honduras)

    06/03/80 Honduras 1 Costa Rica 1 Nacional, Tegucigalpa Rolando PAZ ESCOTO (Honduras)

    HONDURAS José Belarmino RIVERA, René SUAZO, Anthony COSTLY, Héctor ZELAYA José Fernando BULNES, José Roberto FIGUEROA, Ramón MARADIAGA, Jorge BRAND, Prudencio NORALES (Mario LÓPEZ), Jimmy BAILEY, Walter JIMMINSON (Javier TOLEDO)

    Goal: Norales 26

    COSTA RICA Julio MORALES, Carlos TOPPINGS, Ricardo GARCÍA, Álvaro CASTRO, Marvin OBANDO, Rodolfo MILLS (William ÁVILA), Tomás VELÁSQUEZ (Johnny ALVARADO), Francisco HERNÁNDEZ, Jorge WHITE, Fernando MONTERO, Javier JIMÉNEZ (CABRERA)

    Goal: Mills 4

    16/04/80 Costa Rica 1 Honduras 1 Nacional, San José Carlos Luis ALFARO (Costa Rica)

    COSTA RICA Didier GUTIÉRREZ, Javier MASÍS, Álvaro CASTRO, Ricardo GARCÍA, Carlos TOPPINGS, Francisco HERNÁNDEZ, Rodolfo MILLS, Roger ÁLVAREZ, Javier JIMÉNEZ, Marvin OBANDO, William ÁVILA Subs: Mínor ALPIZAR, Carlos TORRES, Herbeth QUESADA, Tomás VELÁSQUEZ, Fernando MONTERO

    Goal: Montero 59

    HONDURAS José Dagoberto TEJEDA, Domingo DRUMMOND, Anthony COSTLY, Héctor ZELAYA, Ramón MARADIAGA, Karl BENNETT, Javier TOLEDO, Walter JIMMINSON, Prudencio NORALES, Luis REYES, Jorge BRAND Subs: Jimmy BAILEY, HARRIS, René SUAZO

    Goal: Bailey 80

    Missing data for James Kinyanjui (Kenya):

    Thika United:

    2017 = 2 appearances and 0 goals

    2018 = 21 appearances and 2 goals

    Mathare United:

    2019/20 = 33 appearances and 2 goals

    2020/21 = 3 appearances and 0 goals

    Bandari:

    Joined them in 2021/22

    Kenya Commercial Bank:

    Joined them in 2024/25

    2024/25 = ? appearances and 5 goals

    AFC Leopards:

    Joined them in 2025/26

    Edited 2 times, last by OpalRaptor (March 10, 2026 at 4:11 PM).

    16/03/80 Malaysia 3 China 1 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

    MALAYSIA Ramazamy ARUMUGAM (Peter RAJAH) (ONG Yu Tiang), Jamal NASIR, Santokh SINGH, SOH Chin Aun, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH (D DEVENDRAN), Khaled ALI (Subramaniam PUSHPANATHAN), Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Abdullah ALI (Tukamin BAHARI), James WONG (Hassan SANI), Zulfikli HAMZAH

    Goals: Sani 61, 84, Wong

    Missed Pen 42

    CHINA LI Fusheng, WANG Feng, LIU Zhicai, CHI Shangbin, LIN Lefeng, HE Jia, HUANG Xiangdong, ZUO Shusheng (XIANG Hengqing), GU Guangming, LI Fubao (XU Yonglai), SHEN Xiangfu

    Goal: Li Fubao 55 Red Card: Wang 42

    25/03/80 Malaysia 3 South Korea 0 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Abdulwahab AL BANNI (Kuwait)

    MALAYSIA Ramazamy ARUMUGAM, Jamal NASIR (D DEVENDRAN 29), Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Shukor SALLEH (Abdah ALIF 79), Khaled ALI, Abdullah ALI, Bakri IBNI, James WONG, Hassan SANI

    Goals: Wong 6, Ali 32, Choi og 69

    S. KOREA KIM Hwang-Ho, CHOI Jong-Deok, CHO Young-Jeung, HONG Seong-Ho, LEE Jang-Soo, PARK Sang-In, KIM Gang-Nam (CHO Gwang-Rae 46), KIM Hong-Joo, SHIN Hyun-Ho, LEE Young-Moo (JEONG Hae-Wan 46), HUH Jeong-Moo

    27/03/80 Malaysia 3 Brunei 1 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur ZOU Guangda (China)

    MALAYSIA Peter RAJAH, D DEVENDRAN, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Shukor SALLEH, Khalid ALI (Ramli JUNIT 65), Abdah ALIF, Zulfikli HAMZAH (Abdullah ALI 46), James WONG, Hassan SANI

    Goals: Hamzah 13, Wong 71, 87 Yellow Card: Devendran

    BRUNEI Ali ISMAIL, Pengiran ROSLI, Sahari TUAH, Yusoff RASHID, Murni MOHAMMED, Ahmed METARSAD, Sahari TIMBANG, Zulfikli ANIS, Ismail BONGSU (Zakaria YUSOF), Roslan SUHAILI, Tejuddin OTHMAN

    Goal: Anis 10

    30/03/80 Malaysia 1 Japan 1 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Ibrahim AL DOY (Bahrain)

    MALAYSIA Peter RAJAH, Jamal NASSIR, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Abdullah ALI, James WONG, Subramaniam PUSHPANATHAN (Abdah ALIF 46), Hassan SANI

    Goal: Wong 75 Yellow Card: Abdullah 56

    02/04/80 Malaysia 8 Philippines 0 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur ZOU Guangda (China)

    MALAYSIA ONG Yu Tiang, Jamal NASIR, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Wan JAMAK, Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Khalid ALI, Tukamin BUKARI, Ramli JUNIT, Hassan SANI (Abdah ALIF 46)

    Goals: Ali 11, 44, Sani 14, 17, Junit 22, 80, Nasir, Alif 74

    PHILIPPINES Oliver GAY (Sherlock CORDOVA 28), Pancho ZULIA, Raúl RODRIGUES, Jimmy ESLAO, Paul ZULUAGA, Alberto HONASAN, Antonio ARANETA, Ramsey PADERNILLA, Francisco TANCIO, Tom CARLOS, Antonio GUTIÉRREZ

    06/04/80 Malaysia 2 South Korea 1 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Abdulwahab AL BANNI (Kuwait)

    MALAYSIA Ramuzamy ARUMAGAM, Jamal NASIR, Santokh SINGH, SOH Chin Aun, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Bakri IBNI, Shukor SALLEH (Abdah ALIF 46), Khalid ALI, Hassan SANI, James WONG, Abdullah ALI

    Goals: Ibni 13, Wong 86 Yellow Card: Abdullah 83, K. Ali 86

    S. KOREA KIM Hwang-Ho, CHOI Jong-Deok, CHO Young-Jeung, LEE Jang-Soo, KIM Hong-Joo, PARK Sang-In, KIM Gang-Nam, CHO Gwang-Rae, SHIN Hyun-Ho (LEE Young-Moo 46), JEONG Hae-Wan, HUH Jeong-Moo

    Goal: Kim G.N. 58

    15/10/80 Malaysia 2 Morocco 0 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

    MALAYSIA CHOW Chee Keong, Yahaya JUSOH, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Abdullah ALI (Zulfikli HAMZAH), Mokhtar DAHARI, Hassan SANI

    Goals: Sani 64, Dahari 83 (P)

    17/10/80 Malaysia 3 Burma 2 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Bill MUNRO (New Zealand)

    MALAYSIA CHOW Chee Keong, Yahaya JUSOH, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Abdullah ALI, Mokhtar DAHARI, Hassan SANI

    Goals: Jusoh 39, Ali 65, Sani 84

    Missed Pen: Dahari 24 (Saved)

    MYANMAR Myint LWIN, Han TUN, Ko KO, Maung Aung THAN, Tun TUN, Pauk SI, Maung Aye MAUNG, Sein Win LEI, Myo THANT, Maung Tin WIN

    Goals: Lei 12, Thant Yellow Card: Than

    20/10/80 Malaysia 2 Thailand 2 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur BAEK Bong Ki (S. Korea)

    MALAYSIA CHOW Chee Keong, SOH Chin Aun, Yahaya JUSOH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH, Santokh SINGH (R SUBRAMANIAM 62), Shukor SALLEH, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Bakri IBNI, Hassan SANI, Mokhtar DAHARI, Abdullah ALI

    Goals: Dahari 23, Ibni 64

    THAILAND Nawee SUKYING, Sittipultong THAWEEPAK, Vichai VAITAYANGKOL, Amnat CHALERMCHAVALUT, Juta THINGSABAT, Sithipon PONGSRI, Chaiwat SUNTHANNON, Vorawan CHITTAVANICH (Chalermvut SAGNAPOL), Daoyot DARA, Chirdsak CHAIBUTR, Chalor HONGKAJOHN (Boonnum SUKSWAT)

    Goals: Dara 59, Soh og 88

    23/10/80 Malaysia 1 Indonesia 1 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

    MALAYSIA CHOW Chee Keong, Yahaya JUSOH, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Kamaruddin ABDULLAH (Zainal ABIDIN), Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Abdullah ALI, Mokhtar DAHARI, Hassan SANI (Zulfikli HAMZAH)

    Goal: Sani 42

    INDONESIA PURWONO, Simson RUMAHPASAL, Didik DARMADI, SUBANGKIT, Ronny PATTINASARANY, Berty TUTUARIMA, Nasir SALASSA, Zulham EFFENDY (Stepanus KORWA), Hadi ISMANTO (Joko IRIANTO), Bambang NURDIANSYAH, Rully NERE

    Goal: Pattinasarany

    30/10/80 Malaysia 2 New Zealand 0 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur

    MALAYSIA CHOW Chee Keong, Yahaya JUSOH, SOH Chin Aun, Santokh SINGH, Zainal ABIDIN, Shukor SALLEH, Bakri IBNI, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Abdullah ALI, Hassan SANI, Mokhtar DAHARI

    Goals: Dahari 68, Sani 85

    02/11/80 Malaysia 1 Morocco 2 Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur Bill MUNRO (New Zealand)

    MALAYSIA CHOW Che Keong, SOH Chin Aun, Yahaya JUSOH, Zainal ABIDIN, Santokh SINGH, Shukor SALLEH, Govindasamy TORAIRAJU, Bakri IBNI (Ramli JUNIT), Hassan SANI, Mokhtar DAHARI, Abdullah ALI

    Goal: Soh 74

    MOROCCO Hassan ASTRA, Driss MOUTTAQUI, Labied KHALIFA, Mohamed DERDAKI, Abderrahim FIKRAT, Mohamed CHANAOUT (Mohamed BEYAD), Miloud SGHIR, Abdelkebir TISSIR (Abdelilah MARZAK), Houssaine BELAHSEN, Hamid KHOURAG, Abdelhak FETHI

    Goals: Khourag 30, Khalifa 78

    Abdul Mohamed Khalid Mohamed Ali

    Khalid Ali

    01/05/1957 Ampang

    Hanis Devendran Abdullah

    D Devendran

    19/03/1954

    Rameli Junit

    Kamaruddin Abdullah

    Ramli Junit


    20/12/1955 Port Dickson

    25/01/1952 Kota Baru

    First column real name; second column playing name.

    R Rorairaju should read Torairaju (brother of Govindasamy Torairaju, but haven't found his full name yet). Avimon is Anizan Daud.

    Edited once, last by bakerrp (March 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM).

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    I amstill thinking about including these. So much to do.