{{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = Merdeka Tournament | year = 1973 | othertitles = | image = | size = | caption = | country = Federation of Malaya | dates = 26 July – 12 August 1973 | num_teams = 10 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion = Malaysia | count = 1 | second = Kuwait | third_other = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | fourth_other = {{fb|KOR}} | matches = 32 | goals = 75 | attendance = | top_scorer = | player = | prevseason = [[1972 Merdeka Tournament|1972]] | nextseason = [[1974 Merdeka Tournament|1974]] }}
The '''1973 [[Merdeka Tournament]]''' was the seventeenth edition of the annual football tournament hosted by Malaysia. It took place from 26 July to 12 August 1973 with ten participating nations. == Venues ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! [[Kuala Lumpur]] |- | [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] |- | Capacity: '''20,000''' |- | [[file:Stadium Merdeka Complete.jpg|200px]] |}
==Preliminary round== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|26|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730727-1.1.22 | goals1 = | goals2 = |penaltyscore= 3–2 |penalties1 = |penalties2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = 20,000 | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|26|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730727-1.1.22 | goals1 = *[[Seak Poh Leong]] {{goal|19}} | goals2 = *Sok Sun Hean {{goal|59}} |penaltyscore= 2–1 |penalties1 = |penalties2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|27|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730728-1.1.22 | goals1 = *[[Magan Singh Rajvi|Magan]] {{goal|32}}<br/> Nicholas Pereira {{goal|57}} | goals2 = *Ho Thanh Cang {{goal|8}} |penaltyscore= |penalties1 = |penalties2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|27|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/beritaharian19730728-1.1.9 | goals1 = *[[Enayetur Rahman Khan|Enayetur]] {{goal|61}} *[[Kazi Salahuddin|Salahuddin]] {{goal|88}} | goals2 = *Manas Vitayan {{goal|27}} *Niwatana Sesawasdi {{goal|90}} |penaltyscore= 5–6 |penalties1 = |penalties2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = 3,000 | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|28|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{fb|KOR}} | report = https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka73.html | goals1 = | goals2 = |penaltyscore= 5–4 |penalties1 = |penalties2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
==Group stage== ===Group A=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width=175|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KOR}} |4||2||2||0||3||1||+2||'''6''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAS}} |4||2||1||1||8||4||+4||'''5''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IND}} |4||2||1||1||5||4||+1||'''5''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|THA}} |4||1||2||1||6||5||+1||'''4''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} |4||0||0||4||1||9||−8||'''0''' |}
{{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|28|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730729-1.1.23 | goals1 = *[[Soh Chin Ann]] {{goal|20}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|29|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730730-1.1.22 | goals1 = *[[Inder Singh (footballer)|Inder]] {{goal|40||60}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = Kabal Singh ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]]) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|30|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730731-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Seung Kee {{goal}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|31|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730801-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Bernard Pereira {{goal|7}} *[[Magan Singh Rajvi|Magan]] {{goal}} *[[Narayanswami Ulaganathan|Ulaganathan]] {{goal|60}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|1|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 2–2 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730802-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Wan Hassan {{goal|21}} *[[Mokhtar Dahari|Mokhtar]] {{goal|52}} | goals2 = *Parnuwat {{goal|70}} *Manas Vitayan {{goal|86}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|2|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IND}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{fb|KOR}} | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|4|df=y}}{{efn|The game was initially scheduled for 3 August, however, was postponed a day due to the death of [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]], [[Ismail Abdul Rahman|Tun Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Page 22, The Straits Times, 4 August 1973|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730804-1.1.22|language=English|access-date=2025-01-18 |website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg}}</ref>|name=Postponement1}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}} | score = 0–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730805-1.1.21 | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|4|df=y}}{{efn|name=Postponement1}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{fb|IND}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730805-1.1.21 | goals1 = *[[Rahim Abdullah (Malaysian footballer)|Rahim]] {{goal|20}} *[[Namat Abdullah|Namat]] {{goal|60}} *[[Harun Jusoh|Harun]] {{goal|62}} *[[Mokhtar Dahari|Mokhtar]] {{goal|88}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|6|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{fb|KOR}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730808-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Wong Voon Leong {{goal|65}} | goals2 = *Chung Kang Chi {{goal|15}} *Kang Tae Hyun {{goal|73}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|7|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}} | score = 4–1 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
===Group B=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- !width=175|Team !width=20|Pld !width=20|W !width=20|D !width=20|L !width=20|GF !width=20|GA !width=20|GD !width=20|Pts |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Burma|1948}} |4||4||0||0||11||1||+10||'''8''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|KUW}} |4||3||0||1||6||4||+2||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|South Vietnam}} |4||1||1||2||4||5||−1||'''3''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BAN}} |4||0||2||2||3||10||−7||'''2''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|SIN}} |4||0||1||3||1||5||−4||'''1''' |}
{{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|28|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730729-1.1.23 | goals1 = *Suoud Bohamed {{goal|48}} *Hussain Mohammed {{goal}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = 10,000 | referee = Oei Puh Hwa ([[Football Association of Malaysia|Malaysia]]) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|29|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|South Vietnam}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730730-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Nguyen Van Nong {{goal|44|pen.}} | goals2 = *[[Monwar Hossain Nannu|Nannu]] {{goal|50}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|30|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730731-1.1.22 | goals1 = *[[Than Soe]] {{goal|54}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|7|31|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/beritaharian19730801-1.1.9 | goals1 = *[[Fathi Kameel|Kameel]] {{goal|19}} *Ali Al-Shammari {{goal|75}} | goals2 = *[[Enayetur Rahman Khan|Enayetur]] {{goal|47}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|2|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|2|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|BAN}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/newnation19730804-1.1.13 | goals1 = *[[Kazi Salahuddin|Salahuddin]] {{goal|6}} | goals2 = *Shamsuddin Rahmat {{goal|20}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|5|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|South Vietnam}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|SIN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730806-1.1.25 | goals1 = *Vo Thanh Van {{goal|67}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|5|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730806-1.1.25 | goals1 = *[[Than Soe]] {{goal|30}} *Aye Kyaing {{goal|37}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|8|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 6–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730809-1.1.29 | goals1 = *[[Win Maung (footballer)|Maung Win Maung]] {{goal|12||?}} *[[Myo Win Nyunt]] {{goal|28}} *[[Ye Nyunt]] {{goal|44}} *[[Than Soe]] {{goal|62||64}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|8|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|South Vietnam}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730809-1.1.29 | goals1 = *Hussain Mohammed {{goal|5||62}} | goals2 = *Quang Duc Vinh {{goal|67}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
==Ninth place== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|10|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{fb|CAM|1970|name=Khmer Republic}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730811-1.1.22 | goals1 = *Lim Tien Jit {{goal|15}} *Jaffar Yacob {{goal|70}} *Lee Teik Gnee {{goal|80}} | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
==Seventh place== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|12|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|THA}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = | goals1 = | goals2 = | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
==Fifth place== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|9|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|South Vietnam}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|IND}} | report = https://web.archive.org/web/20160819181154/http://www.indianfootball.de/specials/india/indianteam/1973merdekacup.html | goals1 = *Nguyen Van Mong {{goal}} | goals2 = *M Prasannan {{goal}} |penaltyscore= 5–4 |penalties1 = *Ho Than Cang {{pengoal}} *Hyunh Van Chien {{pengoal}} *Cu Sinh {{pengoal}} *Quong Duo Vin {{pengoal}} *Duong Van Tho {{pengoal}} |penalties2 = *Bernard Pereira {{pengoal}} *Manuel Jayaraj {{pengoal}} *Nicholas Pereira {{pengoal}} *Thomas Fernandes {{pengoal}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }} ==Knockout stage== ===Semi-finals=== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|9|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR}} | score = 0–1 | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730810-1.1.23 | goals1 = | goals2 = *[[Fathi Kameel|Kameel]] {{goal|40}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = 5,000 | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|10|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 1–2 | team2 = {{fb|MAS}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730811-1.1.22 | goals1 = *[[Ye Nyunt]] {{goal|28}} | goals2 = *[[Wong Choon Wah]] {{goal|10}} *[[Namat Abdullah|Namat]] {{goal|61}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
===Third place=== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|11|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|Burma|1948}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|KOR}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19730812-1.1.21 | goals1 = *Maung Tin Sein {{goal}} *Shan Pain {{goal}} | goals2 = *Kang Tae Hyun {{goal|60}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
===Final=== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1973|8|12|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{fb|KUW}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19730813-1.2.86.8 | goals1 = **[[Mokhtar Dahari|Mokhtar]] {{goal|?||51}} *[[Harun Jusoh|Harun]] {{goal|20}} | goals2 = *Hussain Mohammed {{goal|2}} | stadium = [[Stadium Merdeka|Merdeka Stadium]] | location = [[Kuala Lumpur]] | attendance = | referee = }}
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
*Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka73.html "Merdeka Tournament 1973 (Malaysia)".] ''RSSSF.com''
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