PETALING JAYA: The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) are awaiting the full written judgment from FIFA before filing an appeal in accordance with existing legal procedures.
In a statement on Sunday (Sept 28), FAM secretary-general Datuk Noor Azman Rahman said FIFA had identified a technical error in the document submission process carried out by administrative staff.
"FAM take this matter seriously," he said.
"However, we would like to stress that the heritage players involved are legitimate Malaysian citizens."
On Friday (Sept 26), FIFA sanctioned the FAM and seven naturalised players for using falsified documents to obtain Malaysian citizenship and represent the national team.
The global governing body fined FAM 350,000 Swiss francs (RM1.8mil), suspended the players for 12 months and referred their eligibility to the FIFA Football Tribunal for further review.
