Thailand national football team

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Thailand
Nickname(s)	Changsuk (ช้างศึก, "The War Elephants")
Association	Football Association of Thailand
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Charnwit Polcheewin
Captain	Tawan Sripan
Most caps	Kiatisuk Senamuang (141)
Top scorer	Piyapong Piew-on (103)
Home stadium	Rajamangala Stadium
FIFA code	THA
FIFA ranking	93
Highest FIFA ranking	43 (September 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	137 (December 2006)
Elo ranking	103
Highest Elo ranking	62 (January 2001)
Lowest Elo ranking	137 (April 1985)
First kit 　 Second kit
First international
South Vietnam 3 - 1 Thailand (South Vietnam; Date Unknown, 1956?)
Biggest win
Thailand 10 - 0 Brunei (Bangkok, Thailand; May 24, 1971)
Biggest defeat
Great Britain 9 - 0 Thailand (Melbourne, Australia; November 26, 1956)
AFC Asian Cup
Appearances	5 (First in 1972)
Best result	Third place, 1972

The Thailand national football team is the national team of Thailand and is connected to the Football Association of Thailand. The team has finished in the Asian Cup as third in 1972. They participated in the Summer Olympics twice and Asian Games four times. The Thai team is dominant in South East Asia, having won the ASEAN Football Championships in 1996, 2000, 2002 and regularly dominate the Football event of the South East Asian Games.

Contents 1 Kits 2 Home Stadium 3 Coaching Staff 4 Top Scorers 5 National Coaches 6 Results and Upcoming Fixtures 7 World Cup Competition History 7.1 World Cup record 7.1.1 2010 World Cup 7.1.2 AFC Third Round: Group 1 7.2 Previous Tournements - Finals Records 7.3 Previous Tournements - AFC Qualification Records 8 Asian Competitions History 8.1 Major Tournaments 8.1.1 AFC Asian Cup record 8.1.2 Asian Games record 8.2 Regional Tournaments 8.2.1 ASEAN Football Championship record 8.2.2 SEA Games record 9 Current squad 10 Former Star Player 11 Titles 12 See also 13 External links

[edit] Kits

Thailand first kit consists of a red jersey, red short and red socks. The second kit consists of a blue jersey, blue short and blue socks.

In 2008, Thailand use the yellow jersey, white short and white socks at the first kit for the celebrations on the auspicious occasion of his majesty the king Bhumibol Adulyadej’s 80th Birthday Anniversary.

[edit] Home Stadium

• Rajamangala National Stadium

Other Stadiums Used

• Suphachalasai Stadium
• 700th Anniversary Stadium
• Thai Army Sports Stadium
• Thai-Japanese Stadium

[edit] Coaching Staff

Head Coach	Charnwit Polcheewin
Assistant Coach	Thongsuk Samprahangsit
Coach	Worrawit Samprachanyasatid
Coach	Samroeng Chaiyong
Coach	Attaphol Buspakom
Goalkeeping Coach	Nipon Malanont

[edit] Top Scorers

• Piyapong Piew-on - 103 Goals
• Kiatisuk Senamuang - 91 Goals
• Niwat Srisawat - 55 Goals
• Jessadapon na Patalung - 42 Goals
• Natipong Srithong-in - 35 Goals

[edit] National Coaches

Coaches by Years (1997-2008)

Name	Nat	Period	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses	Honours
Withaya Laohakul		1997-1998	24	10	9	5
Peter Withe		1998-2002	101	46	25	30	2000 Tiger Cup 2000 King's Cup 2002 Tiger Cup
Carlos Humberto Carvalho		2003-04	13	6	2	5
Chatchai Paholpat		2004	7	1	5	1
Siegfried Held		2004	11	2	4	5
Charnwit Polcheewin		2005-Present	37	18	11	8	2006 King's Cup 2007 King's Cup

[edit] Results and Upcoming Fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Scorers
25 May 2008	Friendly match	Bangkok	Thailand	2:1	Iraq	Teerathep Winothai  52' Teerasil Dangda  58' Nashat Akram  87'
2 June 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Bangkok	Thailand	2:3	Bahrain	Salman Isa  21' Sarayoot Chaikamdee  25' Ismail Abdul Latif  34' Teeratep Winothai  45' Sayed Mohamed Adnan  56'
7 June 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Riffa	Bahrain	1:1	Thailand	Datsakorn Thonglao  65' Salman Isa  67'
14 June 2008	2010 FIFA World Cup Qualification	Bangkok	Thailand		Japan

[edit] World Cup Competition History

[edit] World Cup record

[edit] 2010 World Cup

Main article: 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - AFC Third Round

The draw for the first and second rounds of Asian qualification for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa has been held. Thailand first defeated Macau 13-2 on aggregate, and went on to draw Yemen in the second round, where Thailand again on 2-1 on aggregate. Thailand got paired with Japan, Bahrain, and Oman in the first group stage.

[edit] AFC Third Round: Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bahrain 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10  Japan 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7  Oman 4 1 1 2 2 5 -3 4  Thailand 4 0 1 3 4 9 -5 1

Bahrain  – 1 – 0 14 Jun 1 – 1 Japan  22 Jun – 3 – 0 4 – 1 Oman  0 – 1 1 – 1 – 22 Jun Thailand  2 – 3 14 Jun 0 – 1 –

[edit] Previous Tournements - Finals Records

World Cup record Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1930 to 1970 Did not enter - - - - - - 1974 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1978 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1982 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1986 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1990 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1994 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total - - - - - - [edit] Previous Tournements - AFC Qualification Records Asian Qualification Records Year Round GP W D L GS GA 1930 to 1970 Did not enter - - - - - - 1974 Did not qualify 4 0 0 4 0 13 1978 Did not qualify 4 1 0 3 8 12 1982 Did not qualify 3 0 1 2 3 13 1986 Did not qualify 6 1 2 3 4 4 1990 Did not qualify 6 1 0 5 2 14 1994 Did not qualify 8 4 0 4 13 7 1998 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 5 6 2002 Did not qualify 14 5 5 4 25 20 2006 Did not qualify 6 2 1 3 9 10 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - Total 55 15 10 30 69 99 [edit] Asian Competitions History [edit] Major Tournaments [edit] AFC Asian Cup record Asian Cup Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1956 to 1964 Did not enter - - - - - - 1968 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1972 Third Place 5 0 3 2 6 9 1976 Withdrew after qualifying - - - - - - 1980 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1984 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1988 Did not qualify - - - - - - 1992 Round 1 3 0 2 1 1 5 1996 Round 1 3 0 0 3 2 13 2000 Round 1 3 0 2 1 2 4 2004 Round 1 3 0 0 3 1 9 2007 Round 1 3 1 1 1 3 5 Total Best: Third Place 20 1 8 11 15 45 [edit] Asian Games record (Under-23 Team Since 2002) Asian Games Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1951 to 1986 Did not enter - - - - - 1990 Semi-Finals - - - - - - 1994 Round 1 - - - - - - 1998 Semi-Finals - - - - - - 2002 Semi-Finals - - - - - 2006 Quarter-Finals 4 3 0 1 4 3 Total Best: Semi-Finals 4 3 0 1 4 3 [edit] Regional Tournaments [edit] ASEAN Football Championship record ASEAN Football Championship Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1996 Champions 6 5 1 0 18 3 1998 Semi-Finals 5 2 2 1 10 10 2000 Champions 5 5 0 0 15 3 2002 Champions 5 2 2 1 13 7 2004 Round 1 4 2 1 1 13 4 2007 Runner Up 7 3 3 1 10 4 Total Best: Champions 32 19 9 4 79 31 [edit] SEA Games record (Under-23 Team Since 2001) SEA Games Year Round GP W D L GF GA 1959 Runner Up - - - - - - 1961 Third Place - - - - - - 1965 Champions - - - - - - 1967 Third Place - - - - - - 1969 Runner Up - - - - - - 1971 Third Place - - - - - - 1973 Round 1 - - - - - - 1975 Champions - - - - - - 1977 Runner Up - - - - - - 1979 Third Place - - - - - - 1981 Champions - - - - - - 1983 Champions - - - - - - 1985 Champions - - - - - - 1987 Third Place - - - - - - 1989 Semi-Finals - - - - - - 1991 Runner Up - - - - - - 1993 Champions - - - - - - 1995 Champions - - - - - - 1997 Champions - - - - - - 1999 Champions - - - - - - 2001 Champions - - - - - - 2003 Champions - - - - - - 2005 Champions 5 5 0 0 10 2 2007 Champions 5 5 0 0 18 3 Total Best: Champions 10 10 0 0 28 5 [edit] Current squad The following players were called up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (against Bahrain on June 2, 2008). No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Sivaruck Tedsungnoen 20 April 1984 3 BEC Tero Sasana FC 2 DF Suree Sukha 27 July 1982 21 1 Manchester City 3 DF Patiparn Phetphun 25 September 1980 10 2 Bangkok University FC 4 DF Jetsada Jitsawad 5 August 1980 27 Thailand Tobacco Monopoly FC 5 DF Niweat Siriwong 18 July 1977 83 3 BEC Tero Sasana FC 6 DF Nataporn Phanrit 11 January 1982 23 3 Chonburi FC 7 MF Datsakorn Thonglao 30 December 1983 46 7 Hoang Anh Gia Lai 8 MF Suchao Nutnum 17 May 1983 20 4 TOT FC 9 FW Sarayoot Chaikamdee 24 September 1981 34 28 Osotsapa FC 10 MF Tawan Sripan(c) 13 December 1971 138 19 BEC Tero Sasana FC 11 MF Tana Chanabud 6 June 1984 4 1 Coke-Bangpra FC 12 MF Nirut Surasiang 20 February 1979 35 4 Pisico Bình Ðịnh F.C. 13 FW Ekaphan Inthasen 23 September 1983 1 Chonburi FC 14 FW Teeratep Winothai 16 February 1985 20 11 BEC Tero Sasana FC 15 MF Pichitphong Choeichiu 28 August 1982 19 2 Krung Thai Bank FC 16 DF Prat Samakrat 31 October 1985 2 BEC Tero Sasana FC 17 DF Natthaphong Samana 29 June 1984 10 1 Chonburi FC 18 GK Kosin Hathairattanakool 23 March 1978 30 Chonburi FC 19 DF Kiatprawut Saiwaeo 24 January 1986 7 Manchester City 20 MF Rangsan Viratchaichote 22 January 1979 2 Provincial Electricity Authority FC 21 MF Narongchai Vachiraban 16 February 1981 25 3 Provincial Electricity Authority FC 22 MF Sutee Suksomkit 5 June 1978 50 11 Tampines Rovers FC 23 FW Teerasil Dangda 6 June 1988 10 4 Manchester City [edit] Former Star Player 1990s and 2000s Piyapong Piew-on Natee Thongsukkao Attaphol Buspakom Sumet Aukkarapong Vithoon Kijmongkolsak Praserd Changmoon Aris Gulsawadpagdee Kovid Foythong Kanid Akcharayothin Apichard Thaweechalermdit Watcharapong Somcit Nipon Malanont Somrit Onsomcit Suchin Phanprapats Natipong Srithong-In Chaychan Kiewsen Surachai Jaturapattanapong Chukiat Noosarung Pattanapong Sripramort Jakkarach Thonhongsa Sajja Sirikeat Surachai Jirasirichoke Thawatchai Damrong-ongtragul Dusit Chalermsan Seksan Piturat Worrawoot Srimaka Therdsak Chaiman Choketawee Promrut Kiatisuk Senamuang [edit] Titles Preceded by 1998 Singapore ASEAN Football Championship 2002 (3rd title) Succeeded by 2007 Singapore Preceded by 1991 Indonesia SEA Games 2007 (13th title) Succeeded by Incumbent [edit] See also Thailand women's national football team Thailand national under-23 football team Football in Thailand King's Cup [edit] External links Football Association of Thailand (Thai) Thai Football.com Thai football page of Fifa.com Thai football Blog Football in Thailand v • d • e League competitions National Association Cup competitions Premier League National Team FA Cup Division 1 | Division 2 U-23 | Women Queen's Cup Provincial League Futsal Kor Royal Cup Football Royal Cup Records Futsal League List of clubs King's Cup International football v • d • e FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | Minor Tournaments World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Competitions | Organizations | Codes      Asia: AFC – Asian Cup      Africa: CAF – Africa Cup of Nations      North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup      South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América      Oceania: OFC – Nations Cup      Europe: UEFA – European Championship      Non-FIFA: NF-Board – Viva World Cup National football teams of Asia (AFC) v • d • e Afghanistan | Australia | Bahrain | Bangladesh | Bhutan | Brunei | Cambodia | China PR | Chinese Taipei | Guam | Hong Kong* | India | Indonesia | Iran | Iraq | Japan | Jordan | Korea DPR | Korea Republic | Kuwait | Kyrgyzstan | Laos | Lebanon | Macau* | Malaysia | Maldives | Mongolia | Myanmar | Nepal | Oman | Pakistan | Palestine | Philippines | Qatar | Saudi Arabia | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Syria | Tajikistan | Thailand | Timor-Leste | Turkmenistan | United Arab Emirates | Uzbekistan | Vietnam | Yemen * FIFA and AFC use Hong Kong and Macau; the EAFF uses Hong Kong, China and Macau, China.