Thailand national under-20 football team
The Thailand national under-20 football team (Thai: ฟุตบอลทีมชาติไทยรุ่นอายุไม่เกิน 20 ปี, RTGS: futbon thim chat thai run ayu mai koen yi sip pi) is the national team for the under-20 and 19 level, representing Thailand in international football competitions in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, AFC U-20 Asian Cup and AFF U-19 Youth Championship. It is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.[1][2][3][4]
| Nickname(s) | ช้างศึก (The War Elephants) | |||
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| Association | Football Association of Thailand | |||
| Confederation | AFC (Asia) | |||
| Sub-confederation | AFF (Southeast Asia) | |||
| Head coach | Yuki Stalph | |||
| Captain | Chonnapat Buaphan | |||
| Most caps | Supachai Chaided (16) | |||
| Top scorer | Suphanat Mueanta (13) | |||
| Home stadium | Rajamangala Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | THA | |||
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| Biggest win | ||||
(Phnom Penh, Cambodia; 6 November 2019) | ||||
| Biggest defeat | ||||
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; 24 September 1992) | ||||
| AFC U-20 Asian Cup | ||||
| Appearances | 24 (first in 1960) | |||
| Best result | ||||
Thailand is a two-time AFC champions and four-time AFF champions. Thailand has never managed to qualify for the FIFA U-20 World Cup, but the under-17 national team has done so.[5][6][7]
Results and fixtures
Win Draw Lose
2024
| 26 January 2024 Friendly Match | Indonesia | 1–2 | | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 19:30 UTC+7 |
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Stadium: Gelora Bung Karno Stadium |
| 28 January 2024 Friendly Match | Thailand | 1–1 | | Jakarta, Indonesia |
| 15:30 UTC+7 |
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Stadium: Madya Stadium |
Previous squads
2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship final starting line-up Thailand 6 - 0 Vietnam.[8]
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Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
- As of December 2022
| Name | Role |
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| Team Manager | |
| Head Coach | |
| Assistant Coach | |
| Goalkeeper Coach | |
| Fitness Coach | |
| Match Analyst | |
| Physiotherapist | |
| Interpreter |
Managers
| Thailand national under-20 football team head coaches | |||
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| Name | Country | Period | Honours |
| Chatchai Paholpat | 1994–1996 | 1994 AFC Youth Championship – Third place 1996 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage | |
| Charnwit Polcheewin | 1998–2000 and 2002 |
1998 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2000 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2002 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage 2002 AFF U-20 Youth Championship – Winners | |
| Carlos Roberto | 2003 | 2003 Ho Chi Minh City Football Cup | |
| Charnwit Polcheewin | 2004 | 2004 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage | |
| Phayong Khunnaen | 2005–2006 | 2006 AFC Youth Championship – Group stage | |
| Kawin Kachendecha | 2007–2008 | 2007 AFF U-20 Youth Championship – Third place 2008 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage | |
| Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol | 2009–2010 | 2009 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners 2010 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage 2010 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Runner-up | |
| Somchai Chuayboonchum | 2011 | 2011 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners | |
| Arjhan Srong-ngamsub | 2012 | 2012 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage | |
| Jirasak Jaroenchand | 2013 | ||
| Somchai Chuayboonchum | 2013 | ||
| Sasom Pobprasert | 2014 | 2014 Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy – Semi-finals 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Third place 2014 AFC U-19 Championship – Quarter-finals | |
| Anurak Srikerd | 2015 | 2015 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Winners | |
| Chalermwoot Sa-ngapol | 2016 | ||
| Anurak Srikerd | 2016 | 2016 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – Runner-up 2016 AFC U-19 Championship – Group stage | |
| Jatuporn Pramualban (interim) | 2017 | Jockey Club International Youth Tournament – Winners | |
| Marc Alavedra | 2017–2018 | 2017 AFF U-18 Youth Championship – Winners | |
| Issara Sritaro | 2018–2019 | 2018 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – 4th place 2018 AFC U-19 Championship – Quarter-finals 2019 AFF U-18 Youth Championship – Group stage | |
| Bamrung Boonprom (interim) | 2019 | GSB Bangkok Cup 2019 – 4th place | |
| Salvador Valero Garcia | 2020–2022 | 2022 AFF U-19 Youth Championship – 4th place | |
| Milos Velebit | 2022–2023 | ||
| Toshiya Miura | 2023 | ||
| Yuki Richard Stalph | 2023– | ||
Achievements
FIFA U-20 World Cup record
| FIFA U-20 World Cup finals record | Qualifications record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Host country | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 1977 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
| 1979 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1981 | Did not qualify | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1983 | Did not qualify | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1985 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 15 | |||||||||
| 1987 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1989 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1991 | Did not qualify | N/A | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 14 | |||||||||
| 1995 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 6 | |||||||||
| 1997 | Did not qualify | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 8 | |||||||||
| 1999 | Did not qualify | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||
| 2001 | Did not qualify | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 16 | |||||||||
| 2003 | Did not qualify | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | |||||||||
| 2005 | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||
| 2007 | Did not qualify | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2009 | Did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 7 | |||||||||
| 2011 | Did not qualify | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||
| 2013 | Did not qualify | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||
| 2015 | Did not qualify | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2017 | Did not qualify | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | |||||||||
| 2019 | Did not qualify | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 19 | |||||||||
| Did not qualify and cancelled | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| 2025 | To be determined | TBD | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 0/24 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 128 | 62 | 20 | 46 | 326 | 164 | |||
- Note
- *: Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-20 Asian Cup record
| AFC U-19 Championship finals record | Qualifications record | |||||||||||||||
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| Year | Host country | Result | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| 1959 | Consolation group | 5th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | No qualifications | |||||||
| 1960 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | ||||||||
| 1961 | Third place | 3rd | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1962 | Champions | 1st | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1963 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1964 | Group stage | 8th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1965 | Group stage | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| 1966 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1967 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1968 | Second round | 6th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||||||||
| 1969 | Champions | 1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1970 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1971 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| 1972 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | ||||||||
| 1973 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| 1974 | Fourth place | 4th | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1975 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Third place | 3rd | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||
| 1977 | Did not enter | |||||||||||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | Round-robin | 4th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | ||
| 1982 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |||||||||
| 1985 | Round-robin | 4th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1986 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| 1988 | Did not qualify | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 5 | |||||||||
| 1990 | Did not qualify | N/A | ||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Group stage | 8th | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | ||
| 1994 | Third place | 3rd | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1996 | Group stage | 6th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 1998 | Group stage | 5th | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | Qualified as host | |||||||
| 2000 | Group stage | 9th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 2002 | Group stage | 5th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 | ||
| 2004 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2006 | Group stage | 10th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2008 | Group stage | 11th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | ||
| 2010 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2012 | Group stage | 13th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2014 | Quarter-finals | 6th | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 2016 | Group stage | 15th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2018 | Quarter-finals | 8th | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
| Did not qualify and cancelled | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 31 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Did not qualify | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Total | 32/39 | Best: 1st | 138 | 52 | 24 | 62 | 227 | 214 | 74 | 49 | 9 | 16 | 257 | 53 | ||
- Note
- *: Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
| AFC U–20 Asian Cup history | |||||
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| First Match | (18 April 1959; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) | ||||
| Biggest Win | (23 April 1970; Manila, Philippines) | ||||
| Biggest Defeat | (24 September 1992; Dubai, United Arab Emirates) | ||||
| Best Result | Champions at the 1962 and 1969 | ||||
| Worst Result | Group stage at the 15 editions | ||||
AFF U-19 Youth Championship record
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Honours
This is a list of honours for the Thailand national under-20 football team.
Continental titles
- AFC U-19 Championship
- Winners (2): 1962, 1969[9]
- Third place (5): 1961, 1963, 1966, 1976, 1994
Regional titles
Others
- Hassanal Bolkiah Trophy
- Winners (2): 2005, 2007
- Runners-up (1): 2002
- POMIS Cup
- Winners (1): 1998[10]
- Jockey Club International Youth Tournament
- Winners (1): 2017
- International U-19 Thanh Niên Newspaper Cup
- Third place (3): 2022
See also
References
- "Fox Sports".
- ""ช้างศึก ยู-19" พ่าย มาเลเซีย หวิว 0-1 ศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย รอบคัดเลือก". 10 November 2019.
- "อิรฟาน ชี้ช้างศึก U19 ห้ามประมาท เจอ บรูไน ศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย". 3 November 2019.
- "Thaiger ข่าวไทย: รายงาน ข่าวล่าสุดวันนี้ อัปเดตข่าวด่วนทันเหตุการณ์". August 2022.
- "The RSSSF Archive - International Country Results - Youth Tournaments". 26 November 2019.
- https://www.thairath.co.th/tags/%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%2019%20%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5
- "แพ้อีกแล้ว!! U19 ทำหงอยทั้งประเทศ แพ้ กัมพูชา 2-1". 8 November 2019.
- AFF u19 Thailand 6-0 Vietnam. on YouTube (See 0:45 for the player starting line-up) Retrieved on 30 August 2017.
- ""ช้างศึก ยู-19" พ่าย มาเลเซีย หวิว 0-1 ศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย รอบคัดเลือก". 10 November 2019.
- Hoodh Ali; Mikael Jönsson; Hans Schöggl (1997). "Maldives — List of Cup Winners: POMIS Cup (President of Maldives Invitational Soccer Cup)". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 25 June 2018. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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