Thailand national football team
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| Nickname(s) | ช้างศึก (The War Elephants) | ||
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| Association | Football Association of Thailand | ||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (South-East Asia) | ||
| Head coach | Kiatisak Senamuang | ||
| Captain | Adul Lahso | ||
| Most caps | Kiatisak Senamuang (131) | ||
| Top scorer | Kiatisak Senamuang (70) | ||
| Home stadium | Rajamangala Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | THA | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 144  2 (8 January 2015) | ||
| Highest | 43[1] (September 1998) | ||
| Lowest | 165 (October 2014) | ||
| First international | |||
 South Vietnam 3–1 Thailand  (South Vietnam; 1956)[2] | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Thailand 10–0 Brunei  (Bangkok, Thailand; 24 May 1971) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Great Britain 9–0 Thailand (Melbourne, Australia; 26 November 1956)[3] | |||
| Asian Cup | |||
| Appearances | 6 (first in 1972) | ||
| Best result | Third Place; 1972 | ||
The Thailand national Football team (Thai: ฟุตบอลทีมชาติไทย; Futbon Team Chaat Thai) represents Thailand in international association football competition and is governed by the Football Association of Thailand. The team has a history of most successful teams in Southeast Asian football, with four ASEAN Football Championship titles and nine senior-level Southeast Asian Games titles. Thailand also finished third in the 1972 Asian Cup and have competed twice in the Summer Olympics and four times in the Asian Games.
In the FIFA World Rankings, Thailand highest standing was in the first release of the figures, in September 1998, at 43rd. The team is currently ranked 144th in the World, by FIFA (November 2014).
History
1915–1995
The team was founded in 1915 as the Siam national football team and played its first unofficial match (against a team of Europeans) at the Royal Bangkok Sport Club Stadium on 20 December of that year. On 25 April 1916, King Vajiravudh established the Football Association of Siam. The team played its first international match in 1930 against the Indochina national team, which included both South Vietnamese and French players. Both the Siam team and its governing association were renamed in 1949 when Siam became Thailand.
Thailand appeared in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where they lost to Great Britain by a score of 0–9 (the largest defeat in team history) and failed to advance to the quarterfinals. In 1965, Thailand won the gold medal in the Southeast Asian Games nine times senior-level titles.
The team made another appearance at the Summer Olympics in 1968, losing to Bulgaria 0–7, Guatemala 1–4, and Czechoslovakia 0–8 en route to a first-round exit. This was the Thailand football team's last appearance in the Olympics.
Thailand hosted the 1972 AFC Asian Cup and went on to place third after defeating Cambodia 5–3 on penalties after a 2–2 draw in the third-place game. Thailand has qualified for the tournament a total of six times. The team won the first of its 13 King's Cup trophies in 1976, sharing the title with Malaysia after a 1–1 draw in the final match.
1992 featured one of Thailand's signature victories. Playing in Bangkok against South Korea, who had qualified for consecutive FIFA World Cups in 1986 and 1990, and being the strongest team in Asia at the time, the Thais upset the Koreans, beating them 2 to 1. Thailand would later defeat Bangladesh 1–0, winning the group and therefore qualifying for the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. The War Elephants would put on a strong performance at the tournament, drawing with eventual 3rd place China and Qatar before losing to eventual runners up Saudi Arabia 4 to nil.
In 1994, Dream team get originate go up by have Thawatchai Sartjakul team Thailand manager person play the very important person of the team Kiatisuk "Zico" Senamuang, Tawan Sripan, Dusit Chalermsan. [citation needed]
1996–2008
In 1996, Thailand defeated Malaysia 1–0 to win the ASEAN Football Championship (then called the Tiger Cup) for the first time. Three-time champions Thailand will be going all out to reach the pinnacle of Southeast Asian, with three ASEAN Football Championship 1996, 2000 and 2002 titles and nine senior-level Southeast Asian Games titles. Thailand were favourites to regain the crown in 2007, 2008 and 2012 only to lose tight finals to Singapore and Vietnam respectively.
Thailand football team has competed triple times in the Asian Games, making the semifinals in 1990, 1998, and 2002.
The Asian Football Confederation's 2007 AFC Asian Cup finals were held from 7 to 29 July 2007. For the first time in its history, the competition was co-hosted by four nations: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
The 1998 Tiger Cup controversy
The regional 1998 ASEAN Football Championship tournament was perhaps infamous in respect to Thailand football history. In what was supposedly a sporting event, the group stage match between Thailand and Indonesia was marred with an unsportsmanlike attempt. At the time both teams had already qualified for semi-finals, but with knowledge that winners would have to face hosts Vietnam, while the losing team would play the supposedly weaker Singapore. There was also technical incentive that facing Vietnam would mean moving training bases from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi – which none of the teams would wish to do.[citation needed]
The first half saw very little action as both teams barely making attempt to score. During the second half both teams managed to score, partly thanks to half-hearted defending, resulting in a 2–2 tie after 90 minutes. However the real infamy didn't take place until extra time, in which an Indonesian defender deliberately kicked the ball into his own goal with a Thai attacker running towards the ball.[4] FIFA fined both teams $40,000 for "violating the spirit of the game".
Ironically in the semi-finals, Thailand lost to Vietnam, and Indonesia also lost to Singapore, pitting the teams together once again for the third-place playoff. Indonesia eventually won by penalty shootout, as in the final, unfancied Singapore made one of the competition's biggest shocks by defeating Vietnam.
2009–2010
On 23 September 2009, Bryan Robson agreed to become coach of Thailand national team in his first foray into international football management.[5] He was contracted to manage the team through to the 2014 World Cup. On 14 November 2009, Robson celebrated his first competitive match in charge of the team with a 3–1 away victory against Singapore in a 2011 Asian Cup qualifying group match.[6] On 18 November 2009, Robson then suffered his first loss – a 1–0 defeat against Singapore on home soil. In January 2010, this was followed by two goalless draws with Jordan and Iran during 2011 Asian Cup qualifying. On 3 March 2010, Robson's Thailand suffered a 1–0 defeat by the hands of Iran in Tehran in their final Group E game, effectively ending their hopes of qualifying for 2011 Asian Cup. On 11 August 2010, Robson led Thailand to another victory against Singapore with a score of 1–0 on home soil. In September 2010, Robson overcame Bob Houghton's India in a friendly with a score of 2–1 away from home. In December 2010, Robson failed to bring Thailand past the Group A of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup after managing only 2 draws against Laos and Malaysia and losing to Indonesia. He resigned as manager on 8 June 2011.[7]
2011–2013
Rumours had been rife that the 61 years old Winfried Schäfer was favourite to succeed Bryan Robson, who ended his ill-fated two-year tenure earlier this month, citing health problems as the reason for his resignation.
During the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers, War Elephants played well and built a lot of faith up in the fans. The attendance was nearly full house, War Elephants almost beat Australia at their home and even defeated Oman 3–0. This was in addition to the draw against Saudi Arabia, when I called up many young starlets to the team, which reflects on the fact that we have plenty of good players. In the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, Thailand reached the final after topping their group and knocking out Malaysia 3–1 on aggregate.[8] In the final Thailand lost the first leg 3–1 to Singapore and won the second leg 1–0, but lost on aggregate 3–2.
In the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualification Thailand suffered a massive setback, with their defensive frailities fully exposed by their Middle East rivals. Thailand lost all 6 games in the qualifiers, conceding 21 goals in the process. In June 2013, Schäfer cancelled his contract. The FA of Thailand appointed Kiatisak Senamuang as the new caretaker coach for national team. His first task was friendly match against China PR on 15 June, which Thailand won 5–1.
2014 AFF Championship
Thailand come back to King Asean football their fourth championship. ended their 12-year drought in the AFF Suzuki Cup as late goals by Charyl Chappuis and Chanathip Songkrasin gave them a dramatic 4-3 aggregate victory over Malaysia in the second leg of the final at Bukit Jalil National Stadium. Kiatisak Senamuang is the first as player and as head coach who won ASEAN Football Championship.
Team image
Colours
The team's traditional home kit consists of a red jersey, red shorts, and red socks. Since October 2007, Thailand have used an all-yellow home kit in honour of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 80th birthday. The away kit consists of a blue jersey, blue shorts, and blue socks. On 20 October 2012, Thailand national team sign a three years contract with Grand Sport which become their kit supplier and sponsor until the end of 31 December 2014. In addition, the offer is about THB 96 million (USD 3.1 million) to the FA of Thailand (FAT) over the three years and it is too good to pass up.[9] The new kit of Thailand home is going back to All Red and the away kit is All Blue.
FBT (2002–2007)
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 Nike (2007–2012)
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Grand Sport (2012–2017)
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Home stadium
The Thai national team plays most of its home matches in Rajamangala National Stadium in the Bang Kapi district of Bangkok. Built for the 1998 Asian Games, the stadium is the largest sporting facility in Thailand with a capacity of 49,722 (seated). Matches are also occasionally played at Suphachalasai Stadium, 700th Anniversary Stadium, 5th December Stadium, Surakul Stadium, Yamaha Stadium, and Thunder Castle Stadium.
Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head Coach | Kiatisuk Senamuang
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| Team Manager | Surachet Chaiyawong
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| Assistant Coach | Choketawee Promrut
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| Assistant Coach | Klairung Treejaksung
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| Goalkeeping Coach | Kittisak Rawangpa
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| Team Secretary | Nathakorn Chimpalee
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| Team Doctor | Chanin Lamsam
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| Physiotherapist |  Andy Schillinger
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| Physical trainer | Vitoon Mingkwan
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| Masseur | Chatree Sangsawang
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Players
Current squad
The following players were called up to the squad for the 2015 King's Cup on 1–7 February 2014.
Caps and goals correct as of: 20 December 2014, after match against Malaysia.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Thailand squad within the last 12 months.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Sinthaweechai Hathairattanakool | 23 March 1982 | 76 | 0 | Chonburi
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v.  China, 10 October 2014
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| GK | Siwarak Tedsungnoen | 20 April 1984 | 10 | 0 | Buriram United
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v.  Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| GK | Witsanusak Kaewruang | 16 March 1986 | 0 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Pravinwat Boonyong | 13 February 1990 | 4 | 0 | Bangkok Glass
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2015 King's Cup WD |
| DF | Adisorn Promrak | 21 October 1993 | 5 | 0 | BEC Tero Sasana
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2015 King's Cup INJ |
| DF | Chayaphat Kitpongsrithada | 23 May 1983 | 25 | 1 | BEC Tero Sasana
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v.  Malaysia, 20 December 2014
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| DF | Putthinan Wannasri | 5 September 1992 | 2 | 0 | Bangkok United
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| DF | Wasan Homsan | 2 August 1991 | 5 | 0 | Bangkok Glass
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| DF | Suriya Singmui | 7 April 1995 | 1 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| DF | Sarawut Kanlayanabandit | 27 May 1991 | 2 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| DF | Todsapol Lated | 17 July 1989 | 1 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v.  Kuwait, 25 May 2014
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| DF | Cholratit Jantakam | 2 June 1985 | 45 | 0 | Chonburi
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Piyaphon Phanichakul | 8 November 1987 | 15 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Korrakot Wiriyaudomsiri | 19 March 1988 | 3 | 0 | Chonburi
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Pairote Sokam | 24 August 1987 | 2 | 0 | Police United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Tanasak Srisai | 25 September 1989 | 1 | 0 | Buriram United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| DF | Theeraton Bunmathan | 6 February 1990 | 16 | 2 | Buriram United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014 INJ
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| DF | Pratum Chuthong | 26 October 1983 | 4 | 0 | Suphanburi
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014 INJ
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| MF | Patipan Pinsermsootsri | 3 October 1996 | 0 | 0 | Muangthong United
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2015 King's Cup (standby) |
| MF | Sarawut Masuk | 3 June 1990 | 10 | 1 | Nakhon Ratchasima
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2015 King's Cup INJ |
| MF | Charyl Chappuis | 12 January 1992 | 7 | 5 | Suphanburi
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2015 King's Cup INJ |
| MF | Jakkraphan Pornsai | 28 March 1987 | 14 | 2 | Suphanburi
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| MF | Suppasek Kaikaew | 12 December 1986 | 1 | 0 | Bangkok Glass
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v. China, 10 October 2014
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| MF | Pakorn Prempak | 2 February 1993 | 2 | 0 | Police United
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v. Kuwait, 25 May 2014
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| MF | Datsakorn Thonglao | 30 December 1983 | 98 | 12 | Muangthong United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| MF | Jakkraphan Kaewprom | 24 May 1988 | 16 | 1 | Buriram United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| MF | Anawin Jujeen | 13 March 1987 | 1 | 0 | Buriram United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| FW | Kirati Keawsombut | 12 January 1987 | 27 | 6 | Chonburi
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v. Malaysia, 20 December 2014
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| FW | Chainarong Tathong | 31 January 1987 | 3 | 0 | Osotspa
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v. Malaysia, 20 December 2014
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| FW | Sompong Soleb | 30 July 1986 | 19 | 1 | Bangkok United
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v. Malaysia, 20 December 2014
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| FW | Wanit Chaisan | 25 July 1992 | 1 | 0 | Bangkok
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v. Kuwait, 25 May 2014
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| FW | Chananan Pombuppha | 17 March 1992 | 2 | 0 | Muangthong United
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v. Kuwait, 25 May 2014
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| FW | Teerasil Dangda | 6 June 1988 | 61 | 29 | Muangthong United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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| FW | Teeratep Winothai | 16 February 1985 | 52 | 18 | Police United
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v. Lebanon, 5 March 2014
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- Notes
- INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
- WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons
Previous squads
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Results and fixtures
The following are Thailand's results over the past 9 months, as well as Thailand's upcoming fixtures during the next 6 months.[10]
- Only record the result that affect the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking. See FIFA 'A' matches criteria.
Win Draw Loss
| 9 November 2014 Friendly | Thailand | 3 – 0 |  Philippines | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand |
Mongkol  30' Prakit 58' Kroekrit 74' |
Referee: Vo Minh Tri (Vietnam) |
| 18 November 2014 Friendly | Thailand | 2 – 0 |  New Zealand | Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand |
| Kirati 44' Adisak 77' |
Referee: Phung Dinh Dung (Vietnam) |
| 23 November 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Group Stage | Singapore  | 1 – 2 | Thailand | Kallang, Singapore |
| Khairul 19' |
Mongkol 8' Charyl 89' (pen.) |
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 26 November 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Group Stage | Malaysia | 2 – 3 | Thailand | Kallang, Singapore |
| Amri 28' Safiq 60' |
Adisak 43', 90' Charyl 72' |
Referee: Ahmed Al-Kaf (Oman) |
| 29 November 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Group Stage | Thailand | 2 – 0 |  Myanmar | Kallang, Singapore |
| Tanaboon 11' Prakit 83' |
| 6 December 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Semi-finals | Philippines | 0 – 0 | Thailand | Manila, Philippines |
| 10 December 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Semi-finals | Thailand | 3 – 0 | Philippines | Bangkok, Thailand |
| Chanathip 6' Kroekrit 57', 86' |
| 17 December 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Finals | Thailand | 2 – 0 | Malaysia | Bangkok, Thailand |
| 19:00 UTC+7 | Charyl 72' (pen.) Kroekrit 86' |
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) |
| 20 December 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup - Finals | Malaysia | 3 – 2 | Thailand | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| 20:00 UTC+8 | Safiq 7' (pen.), 58' Putra 45+2' |
Charyl 82' Chanathip 87' |
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran) |
| 11 June 2015 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qual. | Thailand | v | TBA | TBA |
| 16 June 2015 2019 AFC Asian Cup Qual. | Thailand | v | TBA | TBA |
Coaches
Coaches by years since 1965–Present
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
Olympic Games(Under-23 Team Since 1992)
AFC Asian Cup
Asian Games(Under-23 Team Since 2002)
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