KUALA LUMPUR: National coach Kim Pan Gon has called up 33 players for the 2026 World Cup-2027 Asian Cup qualifying matches against Oman on March 21 and 26.
The South Korea also included 12 new names, namely Suhaimi Husin, Azam Azmi Murad, Safwan Mazlan, Sharul Nazeem Zulpakar, Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar, Mukhairi Ajmal Mahadi, Nooa Laine, Ahmad Zikri Khalili, V. Ruventhiran, Aliff Izwan Yuslan, Haqimi Azim Rosli and T. Saravanan.
The players will report for centralised training in stages from March 8.
"We understand that clubs are undergoing pre-season training, and at the same time, the Fifa window is between March 18-26.
"However, we still need to prepare early for these two matches against Oman and for that reason we decided to start centralised training on March 8 by also inviting some Under-23 players.
"After discussions with the concerned clubs, some players will only report on March 15. Some players have just joined their clubs after a short break," said Pan Gon.
Pan Gon only retained 21 of the 26 players from his Asian Cup squad for the qualifiers.
Harimau Malaya defeated Kyrgyzstan (4-3) and Taiwan (1-0) in their opening Group D qualifying matches.
They will face Oman in Muscat on March 21, followed by the return match in Bukit Jalil five days later.
The squad: Ahmad Syihan Hazmi, Matthew Davies, La'Vere Corbin-Ong, Endrick dos Santos, Arif Aiman Hanapi, Shahrul Saad, Syamer Kutty Abba, Junior Eldstal, Romel Morales (JDT), Faisal Halim, Sharul Nazeem Zulpakar, Harith Haiqal Adam Afkar, Mukhairi Ajmal Mahadi, Nooa Laine, Ahmad Zikri Khalili, V. Ruventhiran, Aliff Izwan Yuslan (Sel), Safawi Rasid, Akhyar Rashid, Azam Azmi Murad, Safwan Mazlan (Ter), Dominic Tan, Daniel Ting, Stuart Wilkin, Darren Lok (Sab), Azri Ghani, Paulo Josue, Haqimi Azim Rosli (KL City), T. Saravanan (Phg), Sikh Izhah Nazrel Sikh Azman (Pen), Dion Cools, (Buriram), Brendan Gan.