Thailand national futsal team

Thailand

Nickname(s)	โต๊ะเล็ก (The Small Table)
Association	Football Association of Thailand
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Rakphol Sainetngam
Captain	Kritsada Wongkaeo
Most caps	Anucha Munjarern (117)
Top scorer	Suphawut Thueanklang (173)
Home stadium	Bangkok Arena
FIFA code	THA
FIFA ranking	18 (7 January 2022)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking	9 (9 July 2009)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Thailand 5–12 China  (Hong Kong; 2 May 1992)
Biggest win
Thailand 29–1 Bhutan  (Incheon, South Korea; 26 June 2013)
Biggest defeat
Brazil 11–0 Thailand (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; 24 October 2004)
World Cup
Appearances	6 (First in 2000)
Best result	Round of 16 (2012, 2016, 2021)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	15 (First in 1999)
Best result	Runners-up (2008, 2012)[2]
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	14 (First in 2001)
Best result	Champions (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)

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 dominant team in Southeast Asia due 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 international 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 first qualification the next day.

After the 1992 World Championship qualification, Thailand's national Futsal team was disbanded for 7 years without any activity. The national team was then reformed again to compete in the 1999 AFC Futsal Championship, the first edition of the AFC Futsal Championship. Thailand finished their first ever Asian tournament in the group stage.

In 2000, Thailand hosted the 2000 AFC Futsal Championship in Bangkok. The tournament has become the big leap 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 opening match, the Thais got the surprising wins over South Korea and Singapore. Thailand reached the semi-final of the tournament and got beaten by eventual champions Iran. However, Thailand overcame Japan, one of the strongest teams in Asia, with an 8–6 result in the third-place playoff match. This wonder winning granted them their first ever achievement in the international 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 debut in 2000, attended 5 consecutive 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 placed team at the 2000 AFC Futsal Championship. At the time, Thailand national had the lack of talent pool in futsal. Many members of the squad 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 stage without a single 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 first two games of the group stage, Thailand manage to win 3–2 over Australia. Despite the first 3 points, Thailand was once again eliminated from the group stage.

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 host of the 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup.^[5] Under the coaching of Dutch Victor Hermans, Thailand made the impressive start by beating Costa Rica 3–1 in their first match in front of 4,379 crowds at Indoor Stadium Huamark. Thailand lost to Ukraine and Paraguay with the impressive performance in the group stage. 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 world champion Spain and got knocked out from the competition after losing to them by 1–7. Thai 23-year-old Pivot, Suphawut Thueanklang won Goal of the Tournament award for his mark 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 placed 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 trainer.

Thailand was placed in Group B along with Russia, Egypt and Cuba. At the first game, Thailand played against the third placed 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 round of 16 as the runner-up of Group B. This is the first time in the history that Thailand could collect more than 3 points in the group stage. In the round of 16, Thailand lost to Azerbaijan with an 8–13 result in the extra-time after a 7–7 draw in 40 minutes.

In 2016 edition, Thailand scored 22 goals from 4 games, almost matching the total record of the previous 4 editions of 23 goals from 14 games. Suphawut Thueanklang is the team highest scorer with six goals, followed by Jirawat Sornwichian (five goals).

Team image

Nicknames

Thailand national futsal team was dubbed by the media and supporters as "Toh-Lek" (Thai: โต๊ะเล็ก lit. small table).

Toh-Lek or The Small Table is a slang term to call futsal in Thailand, as the sport is played on a small, indoor field, instead of its official word (Thai: ฟุตซอล). As a coincidence, The Small Table became the nickname of Thailand's futsal team to this day.

Home stadium

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

Nong Chok	Bangkok Metropolis	Bang Kapi
Bangkok Arena		Indoor Stadium Huamark
Capacity: 12,000		Capacity: 10,000
	Nong Chok Bang Kapi Thailand national futsal team (Bangkok)

Results and fixtures

Recent results within last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2021

Coaching staff

Coaches history

	Nationality	Name	Period	Ref.
1	Thailand	Bongkarn Prompui	1999–2000
2	Brazil	Silvalho	2000–2001
3	Argentina	Vicente De Luise	2003
4	Brazil	Gelacio de Castro	2004–2006
5	Thailand	Pattaya Piamkum	2007
6	Spain	Pulpis	2008–2011
7	Netherlands	Victor Hermans	2012–2016	[7]
8	Spain	Miguel Rodrigo	2016–2017	[8]
9	Spain	Pulpis	2017–2021	[9]
10	Thailand	Rakphol Sainetngam	2021–	[10]

Team

Current squad

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

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Kanisorn Phoopun	(1991-11-11)11 November 1991 (aged 29)		Port
2	1GK	Arut Senbat	(1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 32)		Chonburi Blue Wave
3	4FW	Worasak Srirangpirot	(1992-12-26)26 December 1992 (aged 28)		Port
4	4FW	Pornmongkol Srisubseang	(1991-05-15)15 May 1991 (aged 30)		Port
5	2DF	Ronnachai Jungwongsuk	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 24)		Chonburi Blue Wave
6	4FW	Jirawat Sornwichian	(1988-10-25)25 October 1988 (aged 32)		Blackpearl Futsal
7	2DF	Kritsada Wongkaeo (captain)	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 33)		Chonburi Blue Wave
8	4FW	Jetsada Chudech	(1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 32)		Rajnavy
9	4FW	Suphawut Thueanklang	(1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 32)		Nagoya Oceans
10	4FW	Warut Wangsama-aeo	(1992-12-12)12 December 1992 (aged 28)		Chonburi Blue Wave
11	4FW	Muhammad Osamanmusa	(1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 23)		Chonburi Blue Wave
12	1GK	Katawut Hankampa	(1992-05-27)27 May 1992 (aged 29)		Bangkok BTS
13	2DF	Chaivat Jamgrajang	(1989-11-13)13 November 1989 (aged 31)		Port
14	4FW	Apiwat Chaemcharoen	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 30)		Chonburi Blue Wave
15	4FW	Nawin Rattanawongsawat	(1992-09-21)21 September 1992 (aged 28)		Bangkok BTS
16	2DF	Peerapat Kaewwilai	(1996-04-03)3 April 1996 (aged 25)		Chonburi Blue Wave

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
GK						2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
GK					Bangkok BTS	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
GK					Samut Sakhon	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
GK		(1997-06-04) 4 June 1997 (age 24)			Bangkok BTS	2016 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
GK		(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 24)			Sisaket	2016 AFF Futsal ChampionshipPRE
GK		(1989-04-18) 18 April 1989 (age 32)			Surat Thani	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
DF		(1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 27)			Port
DF		(1997-07-26) 26 July 1997 (age 24)			Bangkok BTS	2017 AFF Futsal Championship
DF		(1991-03-01) 1 March 1991 (age 30)			Bangkok BTS	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
DF	Tairong Petchtiam	(1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 28)			Chonburi Bluewave	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
DF					Pattaya Thai-Tech	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
DF					Samut Sakhon	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
DF					Rajnavy	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
DF		(1994-03-26) 26 March 1994 (age 27)			Nonthaburi	2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
DF	Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn	(1982-11-02) 2 November 1982 (age 39)			Port	2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup
DF	Kongla Lekkla	(1986-05-10) 10 May 1986 (age 35)				2016 Thailand Five's
DF		(1990-06-12) 12 June 1990 (age 31)			Rajnavy	2016 AFC Futsal Championship
MF	Nattawut Madyalan	(1990-04-12) 12 April 1990 (age 31)			Chonburi Bluewave
MF		(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 (age 27)			Bangkok City	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
MF					Surat Thani	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
MF		(1994-04-20) 20 April 1994 (age 27)				2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
MF		(1991-10-12) 12 October 1991 (age 30)				2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
MF		(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 24)				2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
MF	Wiwat Thaijaroen	(1990-12-31) 31 December 1990 (age 31)			Department of Highways	2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
MF		(1984-06-26) 26 June 1984 (age 37)			Samut Sakhon	2016 AFC Futsal Championship
MF	Kiatiyot Chalarmkhet	(1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 32)			Department of Highways	2016 Thailand Five's
MF	Panat Kittipanuwong	(1998-05-14) 14 May 1998 (age 23)			Chonburi Bluewave	2017 AFF Futsal Championship
MF		(1997-07-16) 16 July 1997 (age 24)			Department of Highways	2017 AFF Futsal Championship
MF	Sorasak Phoonjungreed	(1994-12-24) 24 December 1994 (age 27)			Chonburi Bluewave	2017 AFF Futsal Championship
FW		(1997-06-09) 9 June 1997 (age 24)			Department of Highways	2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
FW						2017 Southeast Asian GamesPRE
FW		(1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 30)			Chonburi Bluewave	2016 AFF Futsal Championship
FW		(1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 27)			Bangkok City	2016 AFF Futsal Championship PRE
FW		(1988-11-03) 3 November 1988 (age 33)			Port	2016 AFC Futsal Championship

Notes

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

Previous squads

Notable players

• Therdsak Chaiman (1999–2005)
• Anucha Munjarern (2000–2008)

Records

Competitive record

*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 record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1989	Did not enter
1992	Did not qualify
1996	Did not enter
2000	Round 1	3	0	0	3	2	17
2004	Round 1	3	1	0	2	5	13
2008	Round 1	4	1	0	3	7	15
2012	Round of 16	4	1	0	3	9	16
2016	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	22	25
2020	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
1999	Round 1	4	2	0	2	43	22
2000	Third place	5	3	0	2	29	23
2001	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	24	14
2002	Third place	7	6	0	1	42	15
2003	Third place	6	5	0	1	23	7
2004	Third place	6	4	1	1	49	14
2005	Round 2	6	3	2	1	57	12
2006	Round 1	3	2	0	1	19	11
2007	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	23	16
2008	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	27	10
2010	Quarterfinals	4	3	0	1	21	16
2012	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	22	16
2014	Quarterfinals	4	2	1	1	17	9
2016	Third place	6	5	1	0	31	10
2018	Quarterfinals	4	2	0	2	16	16
2020	Cancelled
	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
2005	Runners-up	4	3	0	1	24	6
2007	Runners-up	6	5	0	1	48	14
2009	Runners-up	5	4	1	0	23	12
2013	Third place	5	4	0	1	53	16
2017	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
2001	Champions	5	5	0	0	62	5
2003	Champions	6	6	0	0	53	11
2005	Champions	6	6	0	0	47	4
2006	Champions	4	4	0	0	59	7
2007	Champions	5	5	0	0	57	7
2008[1]	Champions	5	4	0	1	22	10
2009	Champions	5	5	0	0	38	14
2010[2]	Did not enter
2012	Champions	6	6	0	0	94	9
2013	Champions	6	6	0	0	48	9
2014	Champions	6	5	0	1	39	8
2015	Champions	6	6	0	0	53	8
2016	Champions	4	4	0	0	41	8
2017	Champions	5	5	0	0	49	11
2018	Champions	5	5	0	0	42	5
2019	Champions	5	5	0	0	40	1
Total	15/16	79	77	0	2	693	117

¹ In 2008 edition, Thailand used a U-21 squad to participate in the tournament.

² In 2010 edition, Thailand withdrew from the competition to organize 2010 Thailand Five's at Udon Thani, Thailand in the same period.

Southeast Asian Games

Southeast Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
	Champions	5	5	0	0	50	6
2009	No competition as not officially selected by host
2011	Champions	4	4	0	0	42	8
2013	Champions	4	4	0	0	32	5
2015	No competition as not officially selected by host
2017	Champions	4	3	0	1	20	10
2019	No competition as not officially selected by host
2021	To be determined
Total	4/4	17	16	0	1	144	29

World ranking

There is currently 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

Head-to-head record

The record of Thailand against other countries since the first official international match against China on 2 May 1992. Only official games were regarded.

As of matches played on 19 September 2021^[12]

Opponents	Conf.	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	AFC	1	1	0	0	23	2	+21
Argentina	CONMEBOL	5	1	1	3	10	15	-5
Australia	AFC	14	12	0	2	66	26	+40
Azerbaijan	UEFA	1	0	0	1	8	13	-5
Bahrain	AFC	2	2	0	0	19	4	+15
Bhutan	AFC	1	1	0	0	29	1	+28
Brazil	CONMEBOL	7	0	0	7	5	52	-47
Brunei	AFC	11	11	0	0	148	12	+136
Cambodia	AFC	3	3	0	0	44	5	+39
Chile	CONMEBOL	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
China	AFC	10	4	4	2	31	33	-2
Chinese Taipei	AFC	2	2	0	0	12	4	+8
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	2	1	0	1	4	3	1
Cuba	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	8	5	+3
Czech Republic	UEFA	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1
Egypt	CAF	6	3	1	2	13	22	-9
England	UEFA	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
Guam	AFC	1	1	0	0	21	0	+21
Guatemala	CONCACAF	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6
Hungary	UEFA	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
Indonesia	AFC	18	15	0	3	94	36	+58
Iran	AFC	24	5	3	16	52	117	-65
Iraq	AFC	8	8	0	0	38	12	+26
Italy	UEFA	2	0	0	2	3	8	-5
Japan	AFC	23	6	2	15	52	73	-21
Jordan	AFC	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13
Kazakhstan	UEFA[1]	3	0	1	2	7	9	-2
Kosovo	UEFA	1	0	1	0	6	6	0
Kuwait	AFC	9	8	0	1	51	19	+32
Kyrgyzstan	AFC	8	7	0	1	46	19	+27
Laos	AFC	7	7	0	0	98	9	+89
Lebanon	AFC	6	4	1	1	31	19	+12
Macau	AFC	3	3	0	0	32	7	+25
Malaysia	AFC	30	30	0	0	190	40	+150
Maldives	AFC	1	1	0	0	25	0	+25
Mexico	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Morocco	CAF	2	0	1	1	2	6	-4
Mozambique	CAF	2	2	0	0	12	7	+5
Myanmar	AFC	17	17	0	0	170	40	+130
Netherlands	UEFA	3	0	1	2	5	12	-7
Oman	AFC	2	2	0	0	18	0	+18
Panama	CONCACAF	1	0	0	1	5	7	-2
Paraguay	CONMEBOL	2	0	0	2	2	11	-9
Philippines	AFC	9	9	0	0	114	13	+101
Portugal	UEFA	5	0	1	4	6	14	-8
Qatar	AFC	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
Romania	UEFA	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6
Russia	UEFA	3	0	0	3	7	14	-7
Singapore	AFC	6	6	0	0	72	4	+68
Solomon Islands	OFC	2	1	0	1	12	8	+4
South Africa	CAF	1	1	0	0	6	2	+4
South Korea	AFC	7	6	0	1	46	21	+25
Spain	UEFA	7	0	0	7	6	47	-41
Tajikistan	AFC	3	3	0	0	13	6	+7
East Timor	AFC	6	6	0	0	89	8	+81
Turkmenistan	AFC	4	3	0	1	36	5	+31
Ukraine	UEFA	1	0	0	1	3	5	-2
United Arab Emirates	AFC	3	3	0	0	13	4	+8
United States	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Uzbekistan	AFC	11	8	1	2	34	19	+15
Vietnam	AFC	20	19	0	1	119	26	+93
62 Countries		342	234	19	89	2027	881	+1146

¹ Kazakhstan was still the member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when Thailand played them for the first time in the 2000 AFC Futsal Championship at Bangkok, Thailand.

See also

• Thailand Futsal League

References

External links

• Football Association of Thailand (in Thai)