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Team representing Thailand in international U-17 football competitions

Thailand Under-17
Nickname(s)ช้างศึก (Changsuek)
(War elephants)
AssociationFootball Association of Thailand
ConfederationAFC (Asia)
Sub-confederationAFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coachJadet Meelarp
CaptainDanuphon Buppha
Home stadiumRajamangala Stadium
FIFA codeTHA
First colours Second colours Third colours
Biggest win
 Brunei 0–19 Thailand 
(Chonburi, Thailand; 25 October 2024)
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances2 (first in 1997)
Best resultRound 1 (1997, 1999)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1985)
Best resultChampions (1998)

The Thailand national under-17 football team is the national team for the under-17 level, representing Thailand in international football competitions in the FIFA U-17 World Cup, AFC U-17 Asian Cup and AFF U-16 Championship. It is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.

Thailand is an AFC champion in 1998 and three-time AFF champion. Thailand has also managed to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup in 1997 and 1999.

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Lose

2024

Thailand  v  Australia
23 June 2024 (2024-06-23) ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS Thailand  0–0  Australia Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Sriwedari Stadium
Referee: Zulfiqar Mustaffa (Singapore)
East Timor  v  Thailand
26 June 2024 (2024-06-26) ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS East Timor  0–6  Thailand Surakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+7 Stadium: Sriwedari Stadium
Referee: Nguyen Manh Hai (Vietnam)
Thailand  v  Malaysia
29 June 2024 (2024-06-29) ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship GS Thailand  3–1  Malaysia Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Manahan Stadium
Referee: Du Jianxin (China)
Vietnam  v  Thailand
1 July 2024 (2024-07-01) ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship SF Vietnam  1–2  Thailand Surakarta, Indonesia
15:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Manahan Stadium
Referee: Du Jianxin (China)
Thailand  v  Australia
3 July 2024 (2024-07-03) ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship Final Thailand  1–1
(7–8 p)
 Australia Surakarta, Indonesia
19:30 UTC+7 Stadium: Manahan Stadium
Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)
Penalties
Thailand  v  Turkmenistan
23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q Thailand  2–0  Turkmenistan Chonburi, Thailand
20:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Brunei  v  Thailand
25 October 2024 (2024-10-25) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q Brunei  0–19  Thailand Chonburi, Thailand
20:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Chonburi Stadium
Thailand  v  India
27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q Thailand  3–2  India Chonburi, Thailand
20:00 UTC+7 Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Previous squads

FIFA U-17 World Cup


AFC U-16 Championship

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were selected for the 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup qualification.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Supakorn Poonphon (2008-09-25) 25 September 2008 (age 16) Thailand Nongbua Pitchaya
1GK Natthakorn Asavapichanchot Thailand Buriram United
1GK Songpop Kathong Thailand Wat Suthiwararam School

2DF Supawit Pasom Thailand Assumption College Thonburi
2DF Phurinat Poolkamlang Thailand Assumption College Thonburi
2DF Chatchawas Sahananchaichid Thailand Buriram United
2DF Kanapoth Inthasingh Thailand PTT Rayong Academy
2DF Phuriphan Phothong Thailand Muangthong United
2DF Thananthat Wattanapoonsin Thailand Bangkok Christian College
2DF Kanaruj Kanpai Thailand Bangkok Christian College

3MF Danupon Bubpha Thailand Assumption College Thonburi
3MF Sorakrit Kaewsri Thailand Buriram United
3MF Panupong Wan-on Thailand Bangkok Christian College
3MF Chaiwat Ngernma Thailand Bangkok Christian College
3MF Kittipob Cheephankung Thailand Bangkok Christian College
3MF Panupong Pobsayai Thailand Bangkok Christian College

4FW Siwakorn Phonsan Thailand Nakhon Ratchasima Municipality Sports School
4FW Chinnapong Boonmak Thailand Suankularb Wittayalai School
4FW Poramet La-ongdee Thailand Bangkok Christian College
4FW Chomphon Hombunma Thailand Bangkok Christian College
4FW Thitinai Jongketkorn Thailand PTT Rayong Academy

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
FW Natthakit Phosri (2008-11-08) 8 November 2008 (age 16) Thailand Port
FW Sirasit Supsin Thailand Assumption College Thonburi
FW Kongtaweep Marangkratok Thailand PTT Rayong Academy
FW Naphat Aijoi Thailand FC Hallelujah

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

As of 30 May 2024
Name Role
Technical Consultant Thailand Rattee Ueathanaphaisarn
Team Manager Thailand Anirut Nakasai
Head Coach Thailand Jadet Meelarp
Assistant Coach Thailand Phannarai Phansiri
Thailand Kiatnarong Chanapol
Thailand Nipon Chanawut
Thailand Ekaphan Inthasen
Match Analyst Thailand Saranpat Boeploy
Physiotherapists Thailand Jirajet Jiranan
Thailand Suwicha Noradee
Thailand Phanuwat Chutichotlimsakul

Head coaches

Thailand national under-17 football team head coaches
Name Country Period Honours
Charnwit Polcheewin  Thailand 1996–1997 1996 AFC U-17 Championship – Runner-up
1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship – Group stage
Somchart Yimsiri  Thailand 1998–1999 1998 AFC U-17 ChampionshipWinners
1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship – Group stage
Witthaya Laohakul  Thailand 2000–2002 2000 AFC U-17 Championship – Group stage
Sasom Pobprasert  Thailand 2004 2004 AFC U-17 Championship – Group stage
Thanis Areesngarkul  Thailand 2005–2006 2005 AFF U-17 Youth Championship – Runner-up
Phayong Khunnaen  Thailand 2007–2008 2007 AFF U-17 Youth ChampionshipWinners
Carlos Roberto  Brazil 2009
Sasom Pobprasert  Thailand 2011 2011 AFF U-16 Youth ChampionshipWinners
Leones Pereira dos Santos  Brazil 2012 2012 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Adul Rungrueang  Thailand 2014 2014 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Phayong Khunnaen  Thailand 2015 2015 AFF U-16 Youth ChampionshipWinners
Chaiyong Khumpiam  Thailand 2016 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Third place
2016 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Sarawut Suksawang (interim)  Thailand 2017 2017 Jockey Club International Youth Tournament – Winners
Salvador Valero Garcia  Spain 2017–2018 2017 AFF U-15 Championship – Runner-up
Thongchai Rungreangles  Thailand 2018 2018 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Runner-up
2018 AFC U-16 Championship – Group stage
Salvador Valero Garcia  Spain 2019–2021 2019 AFF U-15 Youth Championship – Runner-up
Pipob On-Mo  Thailand 2021–2023 2022 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Third place
2023 AFC U-17 Asian Cup – Quarter-Finals
Chayakorn Tanaddernkao (Interim)  Thailand 2024
Jadet Meelarp  Thailand 2024– 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship – Runner-up

Competition record

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup finals record
Year Host country Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
1985  China Did not qualify
1987  Canada Did not qualify
1989  Scotland Did not qualify
1991  Italy Did not qualify
1993  Japan Did not qualify
1995  Ecuador Did not qualify
1997  Egypt First round 14th 3 0 0 3 4 12
1999  New Zealand First round 16th 3 0 0 3 1 17
2001  Trinidad and Tobago Did not qualify
2003  Finland Did not enter
2005  Peru Did not qualify
2007  South Korea Did not qualify
2009  Nigeria Did not qualify
2011  Mexico Did not qualify
2013  United Arab Emirates Did not qualify
2015  Chile Did not qualify
2017  India Did not qualify
2019  Brazil Did not qualify
2021  Peru Did not qualify and cancelled
2023  Indonesia Did not qualify
2025  Qatar To be determined
Total 2/20 14th 6 0 0 6 5 29
Note
  • * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

AFC U-17 Asian Cup

AFC U-17 Championship finals record Qualifications record
Year Host country Result Position GP W D* L GS GA GP W D L GS GA
1985  Qatar Fourth place 4th 5 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 0 0 19 0
1986  Qatar Did not qualify N/A
1988  Thailand Group stage 7th 4 1 1 2 4 5 Qualified as host
1990  United Arab Emirates Did not qualify N/A
1992  Saudi Arabia Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 3 3 0 0 21 0
1994  Qatar Did not qualify N/A
1996  Thailand Runner-up 2nd 6 4 1 1 16 4 Qualified as host
1998  Qatar Champions 1st 6 3 2 1 13 7 3 3 0 0 25 0
2000  Vietnam Group stage 8th 4 1 0 3 4 9 3 3 0 0 13 0
2002  United Arab Emirates Did not enter Did not enter
2004  Japan Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 4 7 2 2 0 0 7 1
2006  Singapore Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 11 2
2008  Uzbekistan Did not qualify 4 2 0 2 15 7
2010  Uzbekistan Did not qualify 5 2 2 1 13 4
2012  Iran Group stage 16th 3 0 0 3 2 7 5 5 0 0 28 6
2014  Thailand Group stage 10th 3 1 0 2 1 3 Qualified as host
2016  India Group stage 14th 3 0 1 2 5 10 3 2 0 1 6 2
2018  Malaysia Group stage 11th 3 1 0 2 7 9 4 3 0 1 18 2
2020  Bahrain Did not qualify and cancelled 3 2 0 1 10 2
2023  Thailand Quarter-Finals 6th 4 3 0 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 6 4
2025  Saudi Arabia Qualified 3 3 0 0 24 2
Total 12/19 Best: 1st 47 17 7 23 69 75 48 37 3 8 216 32
Note
  •  : The under-17 national team played at the 1992 to 2006 editions.
  • * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
AFC U-17 Championship achievable editions
Year Round Score Result
Thailand 1996 Group stage  Thailand 7–0  India Win
Group stage  Thailand 3–0  Iran Win
Group stage  Thailand 1–1  China Draw
Group stage  Thailand 4–2  Bahrain Win
Semifinals  Thailand 1–0  Japan Win
Final  Thailand 0–1  Oman Loss
Qualified for 1997 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Qatar 1998 Group stage  Thailand 2–1  Iran Win
Group stage  Thailand 3–2  Iraq Win
Group stage  Thailand 0–2  North Korea Loss
Group stage  Thailand 2–2  Bangladesh Draw
Semifinals  Thailand 6–0  Bahrain Win
Final  Thailand 1 - 1  Qatar Win
Qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship
Note
  •  : Thailand won by pk (3-2) after playing an extra time.
AFC U-17 Championship history
First Match  Thailand 2–2 South Yemen 
(2 February 1985; Doha, Qatar)
Biggest Win  Thailand 7–0 India 
(17 September 1996; Bangkok, Thailand)
Biggest Defeat  Iran 3–0 Thailand 
(6 September 2000, Da Nang, Vietnam)
 North Korea 4–1 Thailand 
(8 September 2004, Japan)
 Thailand 1–4 North Korea 
(20 September 2016, Bambolim, India)
 Thailand 1–4 South Korea 
(25 June 2023, Pathum Thani, Thailand)
Best Result Champions in 1998
Worst Result Group stage at 7 editions

AFF U-16 Championship

AFF U-16 Championship record
Year Host country Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
2002  Indonesia
 Malaysia
Group stage 5th 4 1 2 1 13 6
2005  Thailand Runner-up 2nd 4 3 0 1 12 9
2006  Vietnam Did not enter
2007  Cambodia Champions 1st 6 5 0 1 15 7
2008  Indonesia Did not enter
2009  Thailand Cancelled
2010  Indonesia Did not enter
2011  Laos Champions 1st 6 4 2 0 14 4
2012  Laos Fourth place 4th 4 0 0 4 2 11
2013  Myanmar Did not enter
2014  Indonesia Cancelled
2015  Cambodia Champions 1st 7 6 0 1 16 4
2016  Cambodia Third place 3rd 6 5 1 0 18 3
2017  Thailand Runner-up 2nd 7 6 1 0 9 2
2018  Indonesia Runner-up 2nd 6 4 2 0 14 3
2019  Thailand Runner-up 2nd 7 4 2 1 18 6
2022  Indonesia Third place 3rd 5 3 1 1 13 4
2024  Indonesia Runner-up 2nd 5 3 2 0 12 3
Total 12/14 Best: 1st 67 44 13 10 156 62
Note
  •  : The under-17 national team played at the 2005 to 2007 editions.
  • * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Exhibition game

Exhibition game record
Year Tournament Result Position GP W D* L GS GA
1980 Singapore Lion City Cup 4th place 4th 6 3 2 1 19 6
1981 Singapore Lion City Cup Semi-final 4th 5 3 0 2 9 4
1982 Singapore Lion City Cup Champions 1st 5 5 0 0 14 1
1984 Thailand Coca-Cola Cups Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 10 1
1986 China Coca-Cola Cups 3rd place 3rd 5 3 1 1 N/A
1988 Indonesia Coca-Cola Cups Runner-up 2nd 5 4 0 1 15 5
1992 Thailand Coca-Cola Cups 4th place 4th N/A
2008 Singapore Lion City Cup Champions 1st 4 4 0 0 N/A
Total 20 15 2 3 42 11
Note
  • * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All-time record table

An all-time record table of Thailand national under-17 football team in major competitions only including; FIFA U-17 World Cup, AFC U-16 Championship and AFC U-17 Championship.

Thailand national under-17 football team all-time record
Opponent Pld W D L GF GA GD Win %
 Australia 2 1 0 1 3 4 -1 50.00%
 Bahrain 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 66.67%
 Bangladesh 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0.00%
 Brunei 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 100.00%
 Cambodia 3 3 0 0 13 0 +13 100.00%
 Chile 1 0 0 1 2 6 -4 0.00%
 China 4 0 2 2 2 4 -2 0.00%
 Chinese Taipei 5 4 0 1 24 3 +21 80.00%
 East Timor 1 1 0 0 4 0 +4 100.00%
 Egypt 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0.00%
 Germany 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0.00%
 Ghana 1 0 0 1 1 7 -6 0.00%
 Guam 1 1 0 0 11 0 +11 100.00%
 Hong Kong 2 2 0 0 10 2 +8 100.00%
 India 1 1 0 0 7 0 +7 100.00%
 Indonesia 5 4 0 1 17 2 +15 80.00%
 Iran 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 66.67%
 Iraq 4 2 0 2 4 5 -1 50.00%
 Japan 4 3 0 1 8 6 +2 75.00%
 Kuwait 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1 100.00%
 Laos 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 100.00%
 Malaysia 4 3 0 1 13 3 +10 75.00%
 Maldives 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 100.00%
 Mexico 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0.00%
 Myanmar 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 75.00%
   Nepal 2 2 0 0 8 0 +8 100.00%
 Northern Mariana Islands 1 1 0 0 10 0 +10 100.00%
 North Korea 5 0 1 4 3 13 -10 0.00%
 Oman 4 1 0 3 4 6 -2 25.00%
 Philippines 1 1 0 0 6 0 +6 100.00%
 Qatar 3 0 2 1 3 5 -2 0.00%
 Saudi Arabia 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 0.00%
 South Korea 8 1 1 6 9 18 -9 12.50%
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6 0.00%
 Singapore 6 6 0 0 36 1 +35 100.00%
 Tajikistan 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0.00%
 United Arab Emirates 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00%
 Uzbekistan 1 0 0 1 3 5 -2 0.00%
 Vietnam 7 2 1 4 4 9 -5 28.57%
 Yemen 3 1 2 0 4 3 +1 33.33%
Total 103 53 11 39 270 139 +131 51.46%
Last match updated was against  South Korea South Korea U-17 on 25 June 2023

Honours

This is a list of honours for the Thailand national under-17 football team.

International titles

Regional titles

Minor titles

  • Singapore Lion City Cup Championship
  • Winners (2): 1982, 2008
  • Coca-Cola U-16 Cups
  • Winners (1): 1984
  • Jockey Club International Youth Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2017
  • CFA Under-17 Mens International Football Tournament
  • Winners (1): 2018

See also

References

  1. "สมาคมฯ ประกาศรายชื่อ 27 แข้งช้างศึก U17 ชุดเตรียมแข่งขันที่ฮ่องกง".
  2. "Thaiger ข่าวไทย : รายงาน ข่าวล่าสุดวันนี้ อัปเดตข่าวด่วนทันเหตุการณ์". August 2022.
  3. "OFFICIAL : ช้างศึก U16 แบโผ 23 แข้งลุยศึกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย | Goal.com".
  4. aseanfootball.org: 2007 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
  5. aseanfootball.org: 2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
  6. aseanfootball.org: 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship
  7. aseanfootball.org: AFF BIDC U16: Thailand Win AFF BIDC U16 Crown
  8. "ไม่ถึงฝั่งฝัน ช้างศึกยู-16 ร่วงรอบคัดเลือกชิงแชมป์เอเชีย". 23 September 2019.

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