The Malaysian national team are nicknamed the Tigers, as the tiger is a national symbol of Malaysia. Before the national team kit manufactured by Nike, the national team kit was manufactured by Adidas. Adidas has been the sponsor for national team kit since 1970s.
On 2007, the Official Malaysia National team Kit is manufactured by Nike. It was officially launched in January 2007 and made its debut in the Asean Football Championship 2007 in Bangkok. The association with Nike will last till 2011.
The home kit's design of black and yellow stripes is a throwback to the kit used by Malaysian national team of the 1920s. The great national team of 1970s also sported similar stripes, which are supposed to be reminiscent of the stripes of a tiger, the symbol of Malaysia's national football team.
This new home kit also sports black shorts and yellow socks. The new away kit features a blue jersey, white shorts, and blue socks. What will give further distinction to the new Malaysian kit is also the representation of the Malay ‘keris’ at the bottom left corner of each shirt.
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