Thailand national futsal team

Thailand

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Nickname(s)	โต๊ะเล็ก (The Small Table)
Association	Football Association of Thailand
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Head coach	Miguel Rodrigo
Captain	Kritsada Wongkaeo
Most caps	Anucha Munjarern (117)
Top scorer	Suphawut Thueanklang (173)
Home stadium	Bangkok Arena
FIFA code	THA
FIFA ranking	11 (12 October 2024)[1]
Highest FIFA ranking	9 (6 May 2024)
Home colours Away colours Third 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)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	7 (First in 2000)
Best result	Round of 16 (2012, 2016, 2021, 2024)
AFC Futsal Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 1999)
Best result	Runners-up (2008, 2012, 2024)[2]
AFF Futsal Championship
Appearances	17 (First in 2001)
Best result	Champions (2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022)

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

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 7 consecutive World Cups since 2000.

Thailand has attended 7 out of 10 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.

"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.

"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.

"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]

"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 the 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).

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.

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)

Recent results within last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

	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	2021–2022	[10]
11	Spain	Carlos César Núñez Gago	2022–2023
12	Spain	Eloy Alonso (Interim)	2023–2024	[11]
13	Spain	José Lucas Mena	2024	[12]
14	Spain	Miguel Rodrigo	2024–	[13]

The following 14 players are called for 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Uzbekistan between 14 September – 6 October 2024.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Arut Senbat	(1988-11-26)26 November 1988 (aged 35)	Black Pearl United
2	2DF	Narongsak Wingwon	(1998-02-18)18 February 1998 (aged 26)	Hongyen Thakam
3	3MF	Alongkorn Janphon	(1994-09-16)16 September 1994 (aged 29)	Port
4	4FW	Krit Aransanyalak	(2001-03-27)27 March 2001 (aged 23)	Free Agent
5	2DF	Itticha Praphaphan	(1991-12-31)31 December 1991 (aged 32)	Port
6	2DF	Jirawat Sornwichian	(1988-09-23)23 September 1988 (aged 35)	Thammasat Stallion
7	3MF	Kritsada Wongkaeo (captain)	(1988-04-29)29 April 1988 (aged 36)	Chonburi Bluewave
8	4FW	Worasak Srirangpirot	(1992-12-26)26 December 1992 (aged 31)	Hongyen Thakam
9	4FW	Suphawut Thueanklang	(1989-07-14)14 July 1989 (aged 35)	Chonburi Bluewave
10	3MF	Sarawut Phalaphruek	(1997-06-09)9 June 1997 (aged 27)	Free Agent
11	3MF	Muhammad Osamanmusa	(1998-01-19)19 January 1998 (aged 26)	Jimbee Cartagena
12	1GK	Katawut Hankampa	(1992-05-27)27 May 1992 (aged 32)	Thammasat Stallion
13	3MF	Ronnachai Jungwongsuk	(1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 27)	Chonburi Bluewave
14	3MF	Apiwat Chaemcharoen	(1991-03-31)31 March 1991 (aged 33)	Chonburi Bluewave

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

*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 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
2021	Round of 16	4	1	1	2	11	16
2024	Round of 16	4	2	0	2	15	20
Total	7/11	26	8	1	17	71	122

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 due to COVID-19 pandemic
2022	Fourth place	6	3	1	2	16	20
2024	Runners-up	6	4	1	1	17	11
Total	17/17	87	58	7	22	476	242

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
2025	TBD
Total	5/5	23	17	1	5	161	66

ASEAN 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
2020	Cancelled
2021	Cancelled
2022	Champions	6	4	2	0	40	7
2024	Third place	6	4	0	2	30	10
Total	17/20	91	85	2	4	763	144

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

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

Southeast Asian Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D*	L	GS	GA
2007	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	Champions	4	3	1	0	11	4
2023	No competition as not officially selected by host
Total	5/5	21	19	1	1	155	33

Year	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	Ref
2003	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[14]
2004	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[15]
2008	2nd	3	2	1	0	12	5	[16]
2010	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[17]
2016	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[18]
2017	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[19]
2018	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[20][21]
2019	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[22]
2020-1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[23]
2021	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[24]
2022-1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[25]
2022-1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[26]
2023-1	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[27]
2023-2	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	[28]
Total	15/15	0	0	0	0	0	0	-

There is currently official FIFA futsal world ranking.
As of 6 May 2024^[update], the top 8 AFC teams are:^[29]

AFF	AFC	FIFA	Nation	Points
	1	6	Iran	1469
1	2	9	Thailand	1316
	3	11	Uzbekistan	1288
	4	15	Japan	1248
2	5	28	Indonesia	1142
	6	30	Afghanistan	1138
3	7	33	Vietnam	1117
	8	34	Tajikistan	1116

As of May 2024

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 10 November 2024^[30]

Opponents	Conf.	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD
Afghanistan	AFC	4	4	0	0	33	6	+27
Argentina	CONMEBOL	5	1	1	3	10	15	-5
Australia	AFC	17	14	0	3	82	32	+50
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	8	0	0	8	6	61	-55
Brunei	AFC	13	13	0	0	174	12	+162
Cambodia	AFC	4	4	0	0	60	5	+55
Chile	CONMEBOL	1	1	0	0	6	1	+5
China	AFC	12	6	4	2	39	35	+4
Chinese Taipei	AFC	3	3	0	0	20	6	+14
Costa Rica	CONCACAF	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1
Croatia	UEFA	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Cuba	CONCACAF	2	2	0	0	18	10	+8
Czech Republic	UEFA	2	0	0	2	6	8	-2
Egypt	CAF	6	3	1	2	13	22	-9
England	UEFA	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9
Finland	UEFA	1	0	1	0	2	2	0
France	UEFA	1	0	0	1	2	5	-3
Guam	AFC	1	1	0	0	21	0	+21
Guatemala	CONCACAF	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4
Hong Kong	AFC	1	1	0	0	6	0	+6
Hungary	UEFA	1	0	1	0	4	4	0
Indonesia	AFC	22	15	3	4	100	46	+54
Iran	AFC	29	6	3	20	59	134	-75
Iraq	AFC	10	10	0	0	44	15	+29
Italy	UEFA	2	0	0	2	3	8	-5
Japan	AFC	25	7	2	16	55	78	-23
Jordan	AFC	2	2	0	0	14	1	+13
Kazakhstan	UEFA[1]	4	0	1	3	7	16	-9
Kosovo	UEFA	1	0	1	0	6	6	0
Kuwait	AFC	12	9	1	2	57	24	+33
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	35	35	0	0	209	49	+160
Maldives	AFC	2	2	0	0	33	3	+30
Mexico	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	7	0	+7
Morocco	CAF	3	0	2	1	4	8	-4
Mozambique	CAF	4	4	0	0	21	10	+11
Myanmar	AFC	21	21	0	0	184	41	+143
Netherlands	UEFA	3	0	1	2	5	12	-7
New Zealand	OFC	1	1	0	0	8	0	+8
Oman	AFC	4	3	1	0	25	2	+23
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
Saudi Arabia	AFC	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2
Singapore	AFC	6	6	0	0	72	4	+68
Solomon Islands	OFC	3	2	0	1	22	9	+13
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	5	4	1	0	19	11	+8
East Timor	AFC	7	7	0	0	96	9	+87
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	+9
United States	CONCACAF	1	1	0	0	5	3	+2
Uruguay	CONMEBOL	1	0	0	1	1	4	-3
Uzbekistan	AFC	12	8	1	3	36	27	+9
Vietnam	AFC	24	22	0	2	128	31	+97
68 Countries		406	275	27	104	2281	1018	+1263

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.

• Thailand Futsal League

• Football Association of Thailand (in Thai)