Zainal Abidin Hassan – Century of International Appearances


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 with Two 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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