Sukan SEA 1977
Pada hari ini, 26 November, dalam tahun 1977, pasukan bola sepak negara berjaya memenangi pingat emas Sukan SEA ke-9 yang diadakan di Kuala Lumpur setelah mengalahkan Thailand 2–0 dalam perlawanan akhir.
Penantian ibu segala pingat emas selama 16 tahun ini terjawab dengan gol-gol jaringan Bakri Ibni (11’) dan Mokhtar Dahari (68’). Kali terakhir pasukan kebangsaan memenangi pingat emas sebelum ini adalah di Sukan SEAP 1961 di Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar).
Kemenangan ke atas Thailand bagaikan membalas dendam atas kekalahan 1–2 kepada tuan rumah di final Sukan SEAP dua tahun sebelumnya di Bangkok.
Perjalanan skuad negara ke final:
- kalah kepada Indonesia 1–2
- menang ke atas Filipina 5–0
- menang ke atas Brunei 7–0
- menang ke atas Burma 9–1 (separuh akhir)
Wira-wira Harimau Malaya yang beraksi di pentas final:
Rashid Hassan, Jamal Nasir, Yahaya Jusoh, Santokh Singh, Soh Chin Aun, Shukor Salleh, Abdah Alif, Isa Bakar, James Wong, Mokhtar Dahari, Bakri Ibni.
Pemain gantian: Yip Chee Keong, James Yaakub
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1977 SEA Games
On this day – November 26 – in 1977, the national football team won the gold medal at the 9th SEA Games, which was held in Kuala Lumpur. They defeated Thailand 2–0 in the final.
The wait for the ‘mother of all medals’ ended after goals scored by Bakri Ibni (11’) and Mokhtar Dahari (68’). The last time the national team won a gold medal at the SEA Games was in 1961 in Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar).
The win over Thailand was also viewed as a form of revenge after Malaysia’s 1–2 defeat to the hosts at the SEAP Games two years earlier in Bangkok.
The national squad’s roadmap to the final:
- Lost to Indonesia 1–2
- Won against the Philippines 5–0
- Won against the Brunei 7–0
- Won against Burma 9–1 (semi-final)
The heroes of Harimau Malaya who performed at the final match:
Rashid Hassan, Jamal Nasir, Yahaya Jusoh, Santokh Singh, Soh Chin Aun, Shukor Salleh, Abdah Alif, Isa Bakar, James Wong, Mokhtar Dahari, Bakri Ibni.
Substitutes: Yip Chee Keong, James Yaakub
