{{Infobox International Football Competition | tourney_name = Merdeka Tournament | year = 1975 | othertitles = | image = | size = | caption = | country = Federation of Malaya | dates = 29 July – 17 August 1975 | num_teams = 8 | venues = 1 | cities = 1 | champion = South Korea | count = 1 | second = Malaysia | third_other = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | fourth_other = {{fb|JPN}} | matches = 28 | goals = 105 | attendance = | top_scorer = Yu Kwok Kit <br> (8 goals) | player = | prevseason = 1974 | nextseason = 1976 }}
The '''1975 Merdeka Tournament''' was the nineteenth edition of the annual football tournament hosted by Malaysia. It took place from 29 July to 17 August 1975 with eight participating nations.
==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! Kuala Lumpur |- | Merdeka Stadium |- | Capacity: '''20,000''' |- | 200px |}
==Group stage== {| 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}} |7||7||0||0||25||5||20||'''14''' |- bgcolor=ccffcc |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|MAS}} |7||6||0||1||14||6||8||'''12''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|Burma|1948}} |7||4||0||3||18||8||10||'''8''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|JPN}} |7||4||0||3||14||8||6||'''8''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|HKG|colonial}} |7||3||0||4||17||13||4||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|IDN}} |7||3||0||4||12||16||−4||'''6''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|THA}} |7||0||1||6||2||18||−16||'''1''' |- |style="text-align:left;"|{{fb|BAN}} |7||0||1||6||3||31||−28||'''1''' |}
{{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|7|29|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|MAS}} | score = 1–3 | team2 = {{fb|KOR}} | report = | goals1 = *Mokhtar {{goal|90}} | goals2 = *Kim Jin-kook {{goal|2}} *Cha Bum-kun {{goal|38}} *Park Sung-hwa {{goal|84}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|7|29|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|IDN}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = | goals1 = *Junaedi {{goal|2||24}} *Waskito {{goal|7||80}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|7|30|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb-rt|JPN}} | score = 0–2 | team2 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750731-1.2.262 | goals1 = | goals2 = *Yu Kwok Kit {{goal}} *Unknown {{own goal}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 8,000 | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|7|30|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750731-1.2.262 | goals1 = *Thein Aung {{goal}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|1|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750802-1.2.128.12 | goals1 = *Thein Aung {{goal|1}} *Than Soe {{goal|35}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 30,000 | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|1|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750802-1.2.128.8 | goals1 = *Kim Jin-kook {{goal|68}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 30,000 | referee = G.Abeysekra (Malaysia) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|2|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|THA}} | score = 1–1 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750803-1.2.104 | goals1 = *Sithipok {{goal|5|pen.}} | goals2 = *Salahuddin {{goal|56}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Chen Tam Shing (Hong Kong) }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|2|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 2–0 | team2 = {{fb|JPN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750803-1.2.103 | goals1 = *Isa {{goal|6}} *Wong Choon Wah {{goal|16}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 15,000 | referee = U Tin Htut (Burma) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|3|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | score = 2–3 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750804-1.2.125 | goals1 = *Fung Chi Ming {{goal|18||37}} | goals2 = *Risdianto {{goal|71||85}} *Waskito {{goal|82}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|3|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 3–2 | team2 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750804-1.2.124 | goals1 = *Cho Dong-hyun {{goal|8}} *Kim Jae-han {{goal|10}} *Kim Ho-kon {{goal|49|pen.}} | goals2 = *Than Soe {{goal|23}} *Khin Maung Tint {{goal|45}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = S.Kathiravale (Malaysia) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|4|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|JPN}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750805-1.2.130.11 | goals1 = *Kamamoto {{goal|12||88}} *Fujishima {{goal|58}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 4,000 | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|4|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750805-1.2.130.10 | goals1 = *Mokhtar {{goal|85}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Toshio Asami (Japan) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|6|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 3–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750807-1.2.154.7 | goals1 = *Ali {{goal|5}} *Isa {{goal|55}} *Mokhtar {{goal|59}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 4,000 | referee = Chen Tam Shing (Hong Kong) }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|6|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | score = 5–0 | team2 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750807-1.2.154.8 | goals1 = *Aye Maung Lay {{goal|36}} *Khin Maung Tint {{goal|61||?}} *Thein Aung {{goal|86}} *Mya Kyaing {{goal|?}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|7|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|JPN}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750808-1.2.114.29 | goals1 = *Kamamoto {{goal|30||38}} *Fujishima {{goal|32}} | goals2 = *Waskito {{goal|19}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|7|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 6–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750808-1.2.114.28 | goals1 = *Kim Jin-kook {{goal|14||20||43}} *Cha Bum-kun {{goal|41}} *Park Byung-chul {{goal|74}} *Lee Young-moo {{goal|83}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|8|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | score = 7–1 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750809-1.2.138.6 | goals1 = *Than Soe {{goal|29||33||35}} *Khin Maung Tint {{goal|38||73}} *Mya Kyaing {{goal|53||61}} | goals2 = *Salahuddin {{goal|67}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|8|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750809-1.2.138.5 | goals1 = *Isa {{goal|?}} *Mokhtar {{goal|56}} *Wong Choon Wah {{goal|61}} | goals2 = *Lau Wing Yip {{goal|89}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Toshio Asami (Japan) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|9|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|THA}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750810-1.2.122 | goals1 = *Preecha {{goal|88}} | goals2 = *Risdianto {{goal|55}} *Amnart {{goal|?|o.g.}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 1,000 | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|9|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 3–1 | team2 = {{fb|JPN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750810-1.2.116 | goals1 = *Cha Bum-kun {{goal|4||42||47}} | goals2 = *Ochiai {{goal|17}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|10|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | score = 9–1 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750811-1.2.113.5 | goals1 = *Kwok Ka Ming {{goal|6}} *Yu Kwok Kit {{goal|?||32||?||?}} *Lai Yik Shu {{goal|40}} *Sze Kin Hay {{goal|42||?}} *Fung Chi Ming {{goal|?}} | goals2 = *Salahuddin {{goal|85}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|10|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750811-1.2.113.2 | goals1 = *Shah Norbit {{goal|36}} *Mokhtar {{goal|?}} | goals2 = *Tin Sein {{goal|53}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 40,000 | referee = Toshio Asami (Japan) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|11|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 5–1 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750812-1.2.110.16 | goals1 = *Cha Bum-kun {{goal|22}} *Cho Dong-hyun {{goal|39||59}} *Yoo Dong-chun {{goal|82}} *Park Sung-hwa {{goal|84}} | goals2 = *Junaedi {{goal|89|pen.}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Zainal Abidin (Malaysia) }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|11|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|JPN}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{fb|THA}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750812-1.2.110.18 | goals1 = *Fujishima {{goal|9}} *Yoshimura {{goal|25}} *Watanabe {{goal|67}} *Ochiai {{goal|85}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|14|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|Burma|1948}} | score = 0–2 | team2 = {{fb|JPN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750815-1.2.274 | goals1 = | goals2 = *Watanabe {{goal|31}} *Kamamoto {{goal|35}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|14|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|MAS}} | score = 2–1 | team2 = {{fb|IDN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/page/straitstimes19750815-1.1.35 | goals1 = *Soh Chin Ann {{goal|43}} *Salleh {{goal|85}} | goals2 = *Nobon {{goal|87}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = Chen Tam Shing (Hong Kong) }} ---- {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|15|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 4–0 | team2 = {{fb|BAN}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750816-1.2.145.9 | goals1 = *Kim Jin-kook {{goal|41}} *Park Sung-hwa {{goal|57||60}} *Cha Bum-kun {{goal|87}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }} {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|15|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|THA}} | score = 0–3 | team2 = {{fb|HKG|colonial}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750816-1.2.145.9 | goals1 = | goals2 = *Yu Kwok Kit {{goal|5||11||65}} | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = | referee = }}
==Final== {{Football box | date = {{Start date|1975|8|17|df=y}} | time = | team1 = {{fb|KOR}} | score = 1–0 | team2 = {{fb|MAS}} | report = https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750818-1.2.154 | goals1 = *Lee Young-moo {{goal|31}} | goals2 = | stadium = Merdeka Stadium | location = Kuala Lumpur | attendance = 40,000 | referee = Toshio Asami (Japan) }}
==References== *Morrison, Neil. [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka75.html "Merdeka Tournament 1975 (Malaysia)".] ''RSSSF.com'' *{{Cite web|title=MERDEKA TURNAMENT: REVISED FIXTURES The Straits Times, 26 July 1975, Page 31|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750726-1.2.117.10?qt=bangladesh,%20merdeka,%20soccer&q=bangladesh%20merdeka%20soccer|website=eresources.nlb.gov.sg|archive-date=17 May 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250517173745/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19750726-1.2.117.10?qt=bangladesh,%20merdeka,%20soccer&q=bangladesh%20merdeka%20soccer|url-status=live}}
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