Johor crown prince Tunku Ismail Ibrahim has replaced the national football team's coach in his first act as Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president.

Tunku Ismail announced that national coach Ong Kim Swee would be replaced by Johor Darul Takzim's (JDT) former coach Mario Gomez.

"Kim Swee will be replaced with Mario Gomez and he can start work in FAM as early as this coming week," he told a press conference after the 53rd FAM Congress in Petaling Jaya.