# Jalil Che Din

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Malaysian footballer and coach

In this [Malay name](/source/Malaysian_names#Malay_names), there is no [surname or family name](/source/Surname).  The name *Che Din* is a [patronymic](/source/Patronymic), and the person should be referred to by their [given name](/source/Given_name), *Jalil*. The word "bin"/"ibn" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Jalil Che Din Personal information Full name Jalil Che Din Date of birth (1934-07-27)27 July 1934 Place of birth Malaysia Date of death 15 November 1992(1992-11-15) (aged 58) Place of death Batu Pahat, Malaysia Position Centre-half Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1950s Penang 1950s Perak International career 1950s Malaysia Managerial career 1970–1971 Malaysia (assistant) 1972 Malaysia 1974 Malaysia 1981 Malaysia Medal record 1958 Merdeka Tournament 1959 Merdeka Tournament 1974 Merdeka Tournament (as coach) 1974 Asian Games (as coach) * Club domestic league appearances and goals

**Jalil Che Din** (27 July 1934 – 15 November 1992) was a Malaysian [football](/source/Football_(soccer)) player and coach.[1][2]

As a [centre-half](/source/Midfielder#Centre-half), he represented the [Penang](/source/Penang_FA), [Perak](/source/Perak_FA) and [Malaysian national football team](/source/Malaysian_national_football_team) in the 1950s.[1] With the national team, Jalil winning the first 2 [Merdeka Tournaments](/source/Merdeka_Tournament) in 1958 and 1959.[1][3][4][5] After injury cut short his playing career, he turned into coaching. He was assistant coach of Malaysia under [Dave McLaren](/source/Dave_McLaren) from 1970 to 1971, and they guided Malaysia to success in the [qualification](/source/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_qualification) to the [1972 Munich Olympics](/source/1972_Munich_Olympics) football competition. In the [final tournament](/source/Football_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics), Jalil takes over from McLaren and oversaw 1 win (3-0 against [United States](/source/United_States_men's_national_soccer_team)) and 2 defeats (0-3 against [West Germany](/source/Germany_national_football_team), 0–6 against [Morocco](/source/Morocco_national_football_team)) from 3 group games.[6][7][8][9] Nevertheless, this remains one of the greatest achievements of Malaysia football as it is the only appearances of the national team in the Olympics.[10]

Later, Jalil returned to coach Malaysia in 2 other stints: which he helped the team won in 1974 [Merdeka Tournament](/source/Merdeka_Tournament) and won bronze medal in the [1974 Asian Games](/source/Football_at_the_1974_Asian_Games).[11][12][13] The last stints, he make a comeback to trained national team in 1981 after the failure of Malaysia in the [1982 FIFA World Cup qualification](/source/1982_FIFA_World_Cup_qualification) under [Karl Heinz Weigang](/source/Karl_Heinz_Weigang).[14]

By profession, Jalil was a [prison officer](/source/Prison_officer) under Malaysian Prisons Department, and for most of his life was working in Taiping Prison, and was Prison Director at Simpang Renggam Prison. Jalil died on 15 November 1992 aged 58, caused by heart attack while playing golf in Batu Pahat.[15]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Jalil_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Jalil_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Jalil_1-2) ["Remembering Jalil"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221117140415/https://www.thestar.com.my/opinion/columnists/comment/2022/09/09/remembering-jalil). *Rizal Hashim*. The Star. 9 September 2022. Archived from the original on 17 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Malaysia - Munich 1972 - FIFA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20101222001833/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/teams/team%3D1889798.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Pestabola Merdeka 1957-1962. Malaysia football-dimos. (In Malay). Archived from the original on 1 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2021.](https://web.archive.org/web/20220201161000/https://malaysiafootball-dimos.blogspot.com/2019/12/pestabola-merdeka-1957-1962.html?m=1)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Merdeka Tournament 1958 (Malaya)"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka58.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Merdeka Tournament 1959 (Malaya)"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merdeka59.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 1 February 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [XX. Olympiad Munich 1972 Football Tournament - RSSSF](https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/ol1972f-det.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Germany FR - Malaysia at FIFA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072907/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32127/report.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Malaysia - USA at FIFA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20080510072937/https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament%3D512/edition%3D197110/matches/match%3D32136/report.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** [Olympic Football Tournament Munich 1972 Morocco - Malaysia at FIFA.com](https://web.archive.org/web/20080409234334/http://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/tournament=512/edition=197110/matches/match=32144/report.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["The Class of '72 score highest"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210831002033/https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2021/08/722870/class-72-score-highest). New Straits Times. Archived from [the original](https://www.nst.com.my/sports/football/2021/08/722870/class-72-score-highest) on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Asian Games 1974"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/asgames74.html)-RSSSF.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Maurice Khoo (29 June 1974). ["Really, what's wrong with our forwards?"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HKstAAAAIBAJ&pg=1172%2C3339302). Retrieved 6 February 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** ["Gangsa Di Sukan Asia 1974"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210917074458/https://legasilagenda.com/2021/09/15/gangsa-di-sukan-asia-1974/) (in Malay). Legasi Lagenda. Archived from [the original](https://legasilagenda.com/2021/09/15/gangsa-di-sukan-asia-1974/) on 17 September 2021. Retrieved 17 September 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** S.C. Sekaran (1 October 1981). ["Coach Jalil keeps his job"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19811002&id=DmNPAAAAIBAJ&pg=2778,348971). Retrieved 6 February 2014.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** [Bernama](/source/Bernama) (16 November 1992). ["Jalil dies of heart attack"](https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=55VUAAAAIBAJ&pg=1212%2C2407618). Retrieved 6 February 2014.

## External links

- [Profile at Sports Council, Prison Department of Malaysia](http://jpmportal.prison.gov.my/sukpen/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=69)

v t e Malaysia football squad – 1972 Summer Olympics 1 Kam Fook 2 Othman 3 Chin Ann 4 Namat 5 Chandran 6 Luam Khen 7 Hamzah 8 Shaharuddin 9 Zawawi 10 Krishnasamy 11 Salleh 12 Harun 13 Fung Kee 14 Choon Wah 15 Ali 16 Mohammed 17 Loon Teik 18 Rahim 19 Bahwandi Coach: Jalil

v t e Malaysia national football team – managers Velappan (1963) Choo S.Q. (1963–64) Westphal (1965–66) De Silva (1966) Velappan (1966) Nagalingam (1967) Cramer (1967) Dutton (1967) Hassall (1968) Velappan (1968) Abdul-Ghani (1969) Hassall (1970) MacLaren (1970) Arasaratnam (1971) Jalil (1972) Sitwa (1973) Kuppan (1973–77) Jalil (1974) Chow K.L. (1978) Weigang (1979–82) Chandran (1982–83) Lord (1983–85) Bakar (1985–86) Vengloš (1986–87) Rahman (1987) Bate (1988) Chandran (1988) Hartley (1989) Shafie (1990) Rahim (1991) Worden (1992–93) Le Roy (1994–95) Souisi (1995) Jamak (1996–97) Souisi (1998) Rahman (1998–00) Harris (2001–04) Rajagopalc (2004) Bicskei (2004–05) Norizan (2005–07) Sathianathan (2007–08) Rajagopal (2009–13) Ong K.S.c (2014) Dollah (2014–15) Ong K.S. (2015–17) Vingada (2017) Tan C.H. (2017–22) Kim P.G. (2022–24) Martíc (2024–25) Cklamovski (2025–26) (c) = caretaker manager

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