The Thailand national under-23 football team ( Thai : ฟุตบอลทีมชาติไทยรุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 23 ปี, RTGS : futbon thim chat thai run ayu mai koen yi-sip-sam pi ), besides known as the Thailand Olympic football team is the national team for the under-23 and 22 level, representing Thailand in external football competitions in the Olympic Games, asian Games and Southeast asian Games, arsenic well as any other under-23 international football tournaments including the AFC U-23 Championship. It is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The team won the Southeast asian Games gold decoration for a record 7th fourth dimension, making it the most successful among ASEAN football teams. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Despite its major domination in Southeast Asia contest, the team never won any aureate decoration in asian horizontal surface .

history [edit ]

2014 asian Games

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The 2014 asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea. The Thailand U23 Team under coach Kiatisuk Senamuang built a young-blood team that would by and by become the chief Thailand senior team with players such as Chanathip Songkrasin, Sarach Yooyen, Kawin Thamsatchanan, Charyl Chappuis, etc. In this contest the team made circus tent performance by finishing in fourthly place, the highest in the asian Games after 1998. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ]

2016 AFC U-23 Championship [edit ]

The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship final tournament was held in Qatar from 12–30 January 2016. Thailand qualified for the tournament by runner-up in the qualification stage in fatherland in March 2015. The Young Elephants recorded comprehensive victories ; 2–1 against Cambodia ; 5–1 against Philippines and 0–0 against North Korea. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The 2016 AFC U-23 Championship doubled as the qualify tournament for the 2016 Summer Olympics Football tournament in Rio de Janeiro. [ 12 ] Thailand were eliminated from the championship in the group stagecoach. A 1–1 tie to Saudi Arabia followed by a 0–4 loss to Japan meant that Thailand needed to defeat North Korea in the concluding group meet. A nil-all draw resulted in the elimination for Thailand from the tournament and therefore failure to qualify for the Olympics. Although eliminated, Thailand earned praise and reputation for its impregnable performance in the tournament. [ 13 ] [ 14 ]

2018 AFC U-23 Champioship [edit ]

In the 2018 AFC U-23 Championship, Thailand only finished second in their qualification, but with the team being undefeated, Thailand beat Malaysia 3–0 and was held disembowel by Mongolia and Indonesia, Thailand became the best runner-up to qualify. The Young Elephants prepared by hosting the friendly 2017 M-150 Cup, where they finished fourth but managed to beat Japan 2–1. This enthusiastic performance of Thailand put up great hope for the team, having earlier conquered the 2017 SEA Games. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] [ 17 ] however, having entered the tournament, it would become Thailand ‘s arrant nightmare. They opened their bet on with a 0–1 loss to North Korea before got slapped with the lapp result to Japan, finally eliminated the Young Elephants from the competition. The Thais offer adieu from the contest in a humiliate fashion, with a devastating 1–5 passing to Palestine. To add the alarm, their defeated rivals Malaysia and Vietnam both moved on to progress from the group stage, with the latter managed to reach the concluding and ended in second place. [ 18 ]

2020 AFC U-23 Championship [edit ]

Thailand was awarded as host of the 2020 AFC U-23 Championship, consequently they were automatically qualified. Thailand still participated in the qualification as an opportunity to train and improve the team. Thailand, once again, finished irregular, after beating Indonesia and Brunei, but lost to Vietnam. Before the tournament, Thailand was eliminated at the 2019 Southeast asian Games after the group stage. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] In the group stage, Thailand would face Iraq, Australia and maid debutant Bahrain, and was tipped favorably to progress, chiefly due to Australia ‘s underperformance in the tournament and inexperienced Bahrain. Thailand prepared by playing against Saudi Arabia in the friendly meet, but lost 0–1. In their first match against inexperienced Bahrain, the Thais proved to be excessively dominant allele for the visitor, as the Thais demolished Bahrain 5–0. This acquire allowed more thai supporters coming to cheer for the Thai english in their moment brush against underachieve Australia, alternatively, Thailand suffered a heartbreaking 1–2 loss to Australia despite having taken the conduct and putting Thailand ‘s quest to the final stage in their final examination game against Iraq. In final matches in group express Thailand withdraw Iraq 1–1 earn a touch in the quarterfinals of the tournament for the first time in AFC U-23 Championship as the second-placed team in the group behind Australia. [ 26 ] In quarterfinals Thailand have to face with the winner of Group B, Saudi Arabia and lost with penalty 1-0 end the way to 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. [ 27 ] [ 28 ] [ 29 ] [ 30 ] [ 31 ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

Win Draw Lose

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

current coach staff [edit ]

As of 25 August 2021

Manager history [edit ]

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

The pursuit 23 players were called up for 2022 AFC U-23 asian Cup reservation .

late call-ups [edit ]

The following players have been called up within the end 12 months .
Notes:

  • INJ Withdrew from squad due to injury
  • PRE Preliminary squad
  • SUS Suspended
  • WD Player withdrew from the squad for non-injury related reasons

previous squads [edit ]

competitive criminal record [edit ]

Olympic Games [edit ]

Note

*: Denotes reap including hard matches decided on punishment kicks.

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AFC U-23 Asian Cup [edit ]

AFC U-23 Asian Cup finals

Qualifications

Year

Host country

Result

Position

*

20131
 Oman
Did not qualify

5
2
1
2
11
6

2016
 Qatar

Group stage
13th
3
0
2
1
3
7

3
2
1
0
7
2

2018
 China

Group stage
16th
3
0
0
3
1
7

3
1
2
0
4
1

2020
 Thailand

Quarter-finals
6th
4
1
1
2
7
4

3
2
0
1
12
4

2022
 Uzbekistan
Qualified

3
1
2
0
4
1

Total
4/4
Best: 6th
10
1
3
6
11
18
17
8
6
3
38
14

Note

1: The under-22 team played at the 2013 version. *: Denotes draws including hard matches decided on punishment kicks.

asian Games [edit ]

southeast asian Games [edit ]

AFF U-22 Youth Championship [edit ]

AFF U-22 Youth Championship record

Year

Host country

Result

Position

*

2005
 Thailand
Champions
1st
5
5
0
0
25
2
2019
 Cambodia
Runners-up
2nd
5
2
2
1
5
2
Total
2/3
Best : 1st
10
7
2
1
30
4

Note

*: Denotes draw including hard matches decided on penalty kicks. *: The under-22 national team played at the 2019 edition onwards .

Summer Universiade [edit ]

Summer Universiade record

Year

Host country

Result

Position

*

2007
 Thailand
Bronze medal
3rd
6
3
1
2
11
6
Total
1/1
Best : 3rd
6
3
1
2
11
6

Note

*: Denotes draw including hard matches decided on penalty kicks .

neck and neck record [edit ]

An all-time record table of Thailand national under-23 football team in major competitions only including ; Summer Olympics, AFC U-23 Championship, M-150 Cup, asian Games and Southeast asian Games .

Honours [edit ]

This is a list of honours for the Thailand home under-23 football team .

International titles [edit ]

  • Bronze medal (1): 2007
  • Fourth place (2): 2002, 2014

regional titles [edit ]

  • Gold medal (7): 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2015, 2017
  • Winners (1): 2005
  • Runner-up (1): 2019

minor titles [edit ]

  • Winners (1): 2017
  • BIDC Cup (Cambodia)
  • Winners (1): 2013

See besides [edit ]

References [edit ]

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