Futsal team representing Thailand

The Thailand national futsal team represents Thailand in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand .

history

The Thailand national futsal team is regarded as one of the finest teams in the Asian Football Confederation and the most prevailing team in Southeast Asia ascribable to its high-profile records in the continental competitions. Thailand has played more than 250 official games against other national teams since their first international match in 1992. The national team reached its highest ranking in the Futsal World Rankings at ninth place on 9 July 2009.

Thailand started to form their national team in 1992 to attend the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification tournament in Hong Kong. Thailand played their first external match ever against China which the Thais lost by 5–12 on 2 May 1992. [ 3 ] Thailand lost 4–5 to Japan and ended their beginning qualification the future day. After the 1992 World Championship qualification, Thailand ‘s national Futsal team was disbanded for 7 years without any action. The national team was then reformed again to compete in the 1999 AFC Futsal Championship, the first version of the AFC Futsal Championship. Thailand finished their first gear ever asian tournament in the group stagecoach. In 2000, Thailand hosted the 2000 AFC Futsal Championship in Bangkok. The tournament has become the bad jump of Thailand in Asian Futsal. In this tournament, Thailand was drawn in group B with Singapore and 2 strong teams of South Korea and Kazakhstan. After losing to Kazakhstan in the open equal, the Thais got the storm wins over South Korea and Singapore. Thailand reached the semi-final of the tournament and got beaten by eventual champions Iran. however, Thailand overwhelm Japan, one of the strongest teams in Asia, with an 8–6 result in the third-place playoff match. This curiosity winning granted them their first ever accomplishment in the external futsal stage plus the right to play in the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship in Guatemala. [ 4 ] After this tournament, Thailand has begun to gain the massive growth, become one of the best asian teams and qualified for 6 consecutive World Cups since 2000 .

World Cup

Thailand has attended 5 out of 8 FIFA Futsal World Cups. Their first ever participation was in 2000 at Guatemala and the latest was in 2016 at Colombia. Thailand never miss the World Championship after their introduction in 2000, attended 5 straight editions included 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup at Bangkok, Thailand .

guatemala 2000

“The debutant.” Thailand qualified for the 2000 FIFA Futsal World Championship by finishing as the third base identify team at the 2000 AFC Futsal Championship. At the time, Thailand national had the lack of endowment pool in futsal. many members of the team were the football players from Association football such as Therdsak Chaiman, Nirut Surasiang, Anucha Munjarern, Vilard Normcharoen and more. Thailand was placed in the same group with the Netherlands, Egypt, and Uruguay. Thailand was eliminated from the group phase without a individual win .

Taiwan 2004

“First win.” In 2004 at Taiwan, Thailand achieved their first win in the World Cup. After losing to Uruguay and Brazil respectively in the beginning two games of the group stage, Thailand manage to win 3–2 over Australia. Despite the beginning 3 points, Thailand was once again eliminated from the group degree .

thailand 2012

“The host and knock-out stage.” Thailand successfully beat the bids from China, Iran, Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sri Lanka and Guatemala to become the horde of the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. [ 5 ] Under the coach of Dutch Victor Hermans, Thailand made the impressive start by beating Costa Rica 3–1 in their first match in front of 4,379 herd at Indoor Stadium Huamark. Thailand lost to Ukraine and Paraguay with the impressive performance in the group stagecoach. Despite that, Thailand still qualified for the round of 16 for the first time in their history after finishing as one of the best third-place team across all of the group. Thailand played two-time populace champion Spain and got knocked out from the rival after losing to them by 1–7. Thai 23-year-old Pivot, Suphawut Thueanklang won Goal of the Tournament award for his stigmatize against Costa Rica. [ 6 ]

Colombia 2016

“Six points and goal fest.” Thailand under Victor Hermans qualified for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Colombia after finishing as the third place team in the 2016 AFC Futsal Championship. The dutch coach left the team before the tournament and Football Association of Thailand appointed Miguel Rodrigo as the national flight simulator. Thailand was placed in Group B along with Russia, Egypt and Cuba. At the foremost bet on, Thailand played against the one-third invest team in the World Rankings and UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 runner-up, Russia, and lost by 4–6 with an impressive performance. Thailand later won other two games in the group stage against Cuba and Egypt and then qualified for turn of 16 as the runner-up of Group B. This is the beginning time in the history that Thailand could collect more than 3 points in the group stage. In the cycle of 16, Thailand lost to Azerbaijan with an 8–13 leave in the extra-time after a 7–7 draw in 40 minutes. In 2016 edition, Thailand scored 22 goals from 4 games, about matching the total phonograph record of the previous 4 editions of 23 goals from 14 games. Suphawut Thueanklang is the team highest scorekeeper with six goals, followed by Jirawat Sornwichian ( five goals ) .

team double

Nicknames

Thailand national futsal team was dubbed by the medias and supporters as “Toh-Lek” ( Thai : โต๊ะเล็ก literature. small table ) or “Toh-Lek-Team-Chad-Thai” ( Thai : โต๊ะเล็กทีมชาติไทย light up. Thai national small table ) for more specific. Toh-Lek or The Small Table itself is the general slang term to call the Futsal as the sport in Thailand. Thai speech adopts the original parole Futsal ( Thai : ฟุตซอล ) and uses it to call the kind of frolic. however, Thai people besides normally refer to it as Toh-Lek since it represents the game of football that plays on a smaller sphere. The Small Table has slowly become the alias of Thailand national futsal team .

home stadium

Thailand plays the home games at the Bangkok Futsal Arena with a capacitance of 12,000 spectators and the Indoor Stadium Huamark with a capability of 10,000 spectators .

Results and fixtures

holocene results within last 12 months and approaching fixtures .

Legend

W in D crude L os fixture

2021

Thailand Oman 2 September 2021

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Friendly 7–0Bangkok, Thailand13:30 UTC+7:00

  • Nawin Goal 2 ‘, 11 ‘
  • Jirawat Goal 16 ‘
  • Suphawut Goal 16 ‘
  • Warut Goal 18 ‘, 22 ‘, 32 ‘

Stadium: Show DC HallThailand Chile 4 September 2021

 ( )

Friendly 6–1Bangkok, Thailand13:30 UTC+7:00

  • Suphawut Goal 3 ‘
  • Jetsada Goal 16 ‘, 18 ‘
  • Muhammad Goal 34 ‘
  • Apiwat Goal 34 ‘
  • Peerapat Goal 34 ‘
  • Espinosa Goal 9 ‘

Stadium: Show DC Hall

Coaching staff

Coaches history

team

current squad

The surveil 14 players are called for 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Lithuania between 12 September – 3 October 2021 .

recent call-ups

The following players have besides been called up to the Thailand police squad within the last 12 months .

Notes
  • INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.

previous squads

noteworthy players

Records

competitive read

*Denotes draws includes knockout matches decided on penalty shootouts. Red border indicates that the tournament was hosted on home soil. Gold, silver, bronze backgrounds indicates 1st, 2nd and 3rd finishes respectively. Bold text indicates best finish in tournament.

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup commemorate

Year

Round

Pld

W

D*

L

GS

GA

Netherlands1989
Did not enter
Hong Kong1992
Did not qualify
Spain1996
Did not enter
Guatemala2000
Round 1
3
0
0
3
2
17

Chinese Taipei2004
Round 1
3
1
0
2
5
13

Brazil2008
Round 1
4
1
0
3
7
15

Thailand2012
Round of 16
4
1
0
3
9
16

Colombia2016
Round of 16
4
2
0
2
22
25

Lithuania2020
Round of 16
4
1
1
2
11
16

Total
6/9
22
6
1
15
56
102

AFC Futsal Asian Cup

AFC Futsal Asian Cup record

Year

Round

Pld

W

D*

L

GS

GA

Malaysia1999
Round 1
4
2
0
2
43
22

Thailand2000
Third place
5
3
0
2
29
23

Iran2001
Quarterfinals
4
2
0
2
24
14

Indonesia2002
Third place
7
6
0
1
42
15

Iran2003
Third place
6
5
0
1
23
7

Macau2004
Third place
6
4
1
1
49
14

Vietnam2005
Round 2
6
3
2
1
57
12

Uzbekistan2006
Round 1
3
2
0
1
19
11

Japan2007
Quarterfinals
4
2
0
2
23
16

Thailand2008
Runners-up
6
5
0
1
27
10

Uzbekistan2010
Quarterfinals
4
3
0
1
21
16

United Arab Emirates2012
Runners-up
6
5
0
1
22
16

Vietnam2014
Quarterfinals
4
2
1
1
17
9

Uzbekistan2016
Third place
6
5
1
0
31
10

Chinese Taipei2018
Quarterfinals
4
2
0
2
16
16

Kuwait2020
Cancelled
Kuwait2022
TBA

Total
16/16
75
51
5
19
443
211

asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games

asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games record

Year

Round

Pld

W

D*

L

GS

GA

Thailand2005
Runners-up
4
3
0
1
24
6

Macau2007
Runners-up
6
5
0
1
48
14

Vietnam2009
Runners-up
5
4
1
0
23
12

South Korea2013
Third place
5
4
0
1
53
16

Turkmenistan2017
Quarterfinals
3
1
0
2
13
18

Total
5/5
23
17
1
5
161
66

AFF Futsal Championship

AFF Futsal Championship record

Year

Round

Pld

W

D*

L

GS

GA

Malaysia2001
Champions
5
5
0
0
62
5

Malaysia2003
Champions
6
6
0
0
53
11

Thailand2005
Champions
6
6
0
0
47
4

Thailand2006
Champions
4
4
0
0
59
7

Thailand2007
Champions
5
5
0
0
57
7

Thailand2008[1]
Champions
5
4
0
1
22
10

Vietnam2009
Champions
5
5
0
0
38
14

Vietnam2010[2]
Did not enter
Thailand2012
Champions
6
6
0
0
94
9

Thailand2013
Champions
6
6
0
0
48
9

Malaysia2014
Champions
6
5
0
1
39
8

Thailand2015
Champions
6
6
0
0
53
8

Thailand2016
Champions
4
4
0
0
41
8

Vietnam2017
Champions
5
5
0
0
49
11

Indonesia2018
Champions
5
5
0
0
42
5

Vietnam2019
Champions
5
5
0
0
40
1

Total
15/16
79
77
0
2
693
117

southeast asian Games

southeast asian Games record

Year

Round

Pld

W

D*

L

GS

GA

Thailand2007
Champions
5
5
0
0
50
6

Laos2009
No competition as not officially selected by host
Indonesia2011
Champions
4
4
0
0
42
8

Myanmar2013
Champions
4
4
0
0
32
5

Singapore2015
No competition as not officially selected by host
Malaysia2017
Champions
4
3
0
1
20
10

Philippines2019
No competition as not officially selected by host
Vietnam2021
To be determined
Total
4/4
17
16
0
1
144
29

World rank

There is presently no official futsal ranking.
As of 4 September 2021, the top 5 AFC teams according to one Elo -based ranking system are : [ 11 ]
AFF
AFC
FIFA

Nation

Points

1

6

 Iran

1616

2

14

 Japan

1364

1

3

18

 Thailand

1324

4

27

 Uzbekistan

1256

2

5

33

 Australia

1177

As of 4 September 2021

tete-a-tete record

The record of Thailand against other countries since the first official international match against China on 2 May 1992. entirely official games were regarded .
Thailand national futsal team opponents .

As of matches played on 19 September 2021[12]

See besides

References