Selain itu, timnas U-23 Malaysia tidak diperkuat pemain abroad seperti Luqman Hakim dan Nooa Laine.
Sementara itu, dari segi umur ada dua pemain yang menginjak 19 tahun, Ahmad Hazoq Kutty Abba (Penang FC) dan Muhammad Aliff Izwan Yuslan (Selangor FC).
Berikut 23 pemain timnas U-23 Malaysia untuk Piala AFF U-23 2023:
| No | Nama | Umur | Klub |
| 1 | SYAHMI ADIB HAIKAL MOHD SHUKRI | 20 | SELANGOR FC |
| 2 | MUHAMAD SYAHIR BASHAH | 22 | SELANGOR FC |
| 3 | MUHAMMAD ALIFF IZWAN YUSLAN | 19 | SELANGOR FC |
| 4 | RUVENTHIRAN | 22 | SELANGOR FC |
| 5 | MUHAMMAD NAJMUDIN AKMAL KAMAL AKMAL | 20 | JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II |
| 6 | FERGUS TIERNEY | 20 | JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II |
| 7 | DARYL SHAM K.K GEORGE | 21 | JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II |
| 8 | MUHAMAD UMAR HAKEEM SUHAR REZWAN | 21 | JOHOR DARUL TA’ZIM II |
| 9 | MUHAMMAD RAHADIAZLI RAHALIM | 22 | TERENGGANU FC |
| 10 | MUHAMMAD MUSLIHUDDIN 'ATIQ MAT ZAID | 22 | TERENGGANU FC |
| 11 | MUHAMMAD UBAIDULLAH SHAMSUL FAZILI | 20 | TERENGGANU FC |
| 12 | M. RAKESH | 22 | KELANTAN FC |
| 13 | MUHAMMAD FIRDAUS HASNODDIN | 21 | KELANTAN FC |
| 14 | MUHAMMAD HARITH AKIF MOHD SHAHAR | 22 | KELANTAN FC |
| 15 | MOHD AIMAN AFIF MD AFIZUL | 22 | KEDAH DARUL AMAN FC |
| 16 | MUHAMMAD HARIZ MANSOR | 21 | KEDAH DARUL AMAN FC |
| 17 | MUHAMMAD ALIF IKMALRIZAL ANUAR | 21 | PENANG FC |
| 18 | AHMAD HAZIQ KUTTY ABBA | 19 | PENANG FC |
| 19 | MUHAMMAD AZIM AL AMIN KAMARUDDIN | 22 | KUALA LUMPUR CITY FC |
| 20 | MUHAMMAD NADZWIN MOHD SALLEH | 22 | KUALA LUMPUR CITY FC |
| 21 | MOHAMAD SAIFUL JAMALUDDIN | 21 | SRI PAHANG FC |
| 22 | MUHAMMAD HAZIM ABU ZAID | 22 | IMIGRESEN FC |
| 23 | NIK UMAR NIK AZIZI @ NIK AZIZ | 22 | IMIGRESEN FC |