Ultras Malaya was originally formed via www.harimaumalaya.com - a local portal which highlighted Malaysia football although during this time, they were still not using the "Ultras" tag. The Harimau Malaya portal was formed in 2007 by supporters of the national football team. Morale and support for the national team was at an all time low at the time due to mismanagement, as well as a string embarrassing losses. The idea was to give support to the national team, no matter how good or bad they are performing. The term "Ultras" came from the type of sports fans renowned for their fanatical support and elaborate displays. The term "Malaya" came from the nickname of the national team and also the national symbol of Malaysia, Harimau Malaya. Ultras Malaya uses black and yellow color as it is the Malaysia national team home kit color and represents the color of the Malayan Tiger.

Their official name of the organization is the Ultras Malaya and its official color is black and yellow.
[edit]History

Ultras Malaya was formed in 2007 by some local fanatic supporters. Initially the Ultras only had 20 core members which formed the basis of the association. The formation was in lieu of the 2007 Asian Cup that was held in Kuala Lumpur. Most of the Malaysians at the time had turned their back on the National team, and the Ultras felt that someone should at least give the team moral support. The Malaysian National team fared badly in the tournament, but true to their words, the ultras support never waned.

Over the years, The national team struggled to give a good performance to the fans after having an early exit in the 2008 AFF Suzuki Cup. After the national team failure to qualify the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, Malaysia did not have much supporters and had little fans. In that time, the Ultras only had 50 strong supporters.

After the national Olympic team successfully achieved a gold medal in the 2009 Southeast Asian Games, Malaysian football had became better than before with more improvements are made in the Malaysia Super League and mostly more fans joined the Ultras to show support. Ultras Malaya started to bring drums, flares and many banners.

Ultras Malaya members slowly increased throughout the years with 5,000 supporters until the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup. Malaysia made it to the final and played the first leg in the National Stadium, Bukit Jalil. The stadium was filled over capacity for the first time since it was built with both Malaysian fans and Indonesians fan filling up the stadium. Ultras Malaya was the most contributed with singing over 20 chants and waving a massive Malaysian flag. Malaysia later won the tournament and Ultras Malaya celebrated throughout the streets.

Ultras Malaya currently have over 10,000 members and is increasing. Ultras Malaya have became more improved by making memberships, T-Shirts, banners, more chants and more. Ultras Malaya is currently Malaysia's best support with The Red Mania of Kelantan (TRW) being second largest.

Years after the existence of UM'07, the culture invaded Malaysia via sub-groups. These sub-groups are based on their club/state. List of sub-groups :
Silver State Ultras (Perak FA)
Ultras Kedah (Kedah FA)
ultraSel (Selangor FA)
Boys of Straits (B.O.S) (Johor United)
Brigate Gialloblu Perlis (Perlis FA)
The Red Mania (Kelantan FA)
Ultras Nogori 9 (Negeri Sembilan FA)
Ultras Tranung (Terengganu FA)
Elephant Army (Pahang FA)
Kuala Lumpur Ultras (Kuala Lumpur FA)
Ultras Taming Sari (Melaka FA)
North Borneo Ultras (Sabah FA)
Gallore Buceros (Sarawak FA)
Ultras Panthers (Penang FA)