Most caps Anucha Munjarern (117) FIFA code THA Captain Kritsada Wongkaeo | Home stadium Bangkok Futsal Arena Head coach Miguel Rodrigo Home ground Bangkok Arena | |
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Nickname(s) โต๊ะเล็ก
(The Small Table) Top scorer Suphawut Thueanklang (147) FIFA ranking 15 (30 January 2017)
1360 pts Association Football Association of Thailand Confederation Asian Football Confederation (Asia) | ||
The Thailand national futsal team represents Thailand in international futsal competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand.
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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 the 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 (AFC) in Hong Kong. Thailand played their first international match ever against China which the Thais lost by 5–12 on 2 May 1992. Thailand lost 4–5 to Japan and ended their first qualification the next day.
After the 1992 Word Championship qualification, Thailand Futsal national team was disbanded for 7 years without any activity. The national team was reformed again to compete in 1999 AFC Futsal Championship, the first edition of 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,Thai got the surprising wins over South Korea and Singapore. Thailand reached the semi-final of the tournament and got beaten by Iran. However, Thailand overcame Japan, one of the strongest team in Asia with 8–6 result in the third-place playoff match. This wonder winning granted them their first ever achievement in the international futsal plus the right to play in 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup. After this tournament, Thailand has begun to gain the massive growth, become one of the best Asian teams and qualified for 5 consecutive World Cups since 2000.
World Cup
Thailand has attended 5 out of 8 FIFA Futsal World Cup. The first ever edition was 2000 FIFA Futsal World Cup at Guatemala and the latest was 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 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 Cup by finishing as the third place of 2000 AFC Futsal Championship. At the time, Thailand national had the lack of talent pool in futsal. Many members of the squad was the footballers from Association football such as Therdsak Chaiman, Nirut Surasiang, Anucha Munjarern, Vilard Normcharoen and more. Thailand was placed in the same group with Netherlands, Egypt, and Uruguay. Thailand was eliminated from the group stage without a single win.
Taiwan 2004
"First win."
In 2004 FIFA Futsal World Cup at Taiwan, Thailand achieved their first win in the World Cup. After losing to Uruguay and Brazil in the first two games of the group stage, Thailand manage to win 3-2 over Australia. Despite the first 3 points, Thailand was 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 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup. Under the coaching of Dutch Victor Hermans, Thailand made the impressive start by beating Costa Rica for 3–1 in the first match of 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.
Colombia 2016
"Six points and goal fest."
Thailand under Victor Hermans qualified for 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup after finished as the third place team in 2016 AFC Futsal Championship. The Dutch coach left the team before the tournament and Football Association of Thailand has 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 place in World Ranking and UEFA Futsal Euro 2016 runner-up, Russia and lost by 4–6 with the impressive performance. Thailand later win other two games in the group stage against Cuba and Egypt 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 defeated to Azerbaijan with a 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 match to the total record of the previous 4 editions of 23 goals from 14 games. Suphawut Thueanklang is the team highest scorer with six goals, following by five goals of Jirawat Sornwichian.
Nickname
Thailand national futsal team was dubbed by the medias and supporters as "Toh-Lek" (Thai: โต๊ะเล็ก lit. small table ) or "Toh-Lek-Team-Chad-Thai" (Thai: โต๊ะเล็กทีมชาติไทย lit. Thai national small table ) for more specific.
Toh-Lek or The Small Table itself is the general slang term to call the Futsal as the sport in Thailand. Thai language adopts the original word Futsal (Thai: ฟุตซอล) and uses it to call the kind of sport. However, Thai people also commonly refer to it as Toh-Lek since it represents the game of football that plays on a smaller field. The Small Table has slowly become the alias of Thailand national futsal team.
Competition history
*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.AFF Futsal Championship
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.Current squad
The following 14 players were called for 2016 AFF Futsal Championship in 23-29 January 2017.
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Thailand squad within the last 12 months.
All time results
Win Draw Loss
Recent results within last 12 months and upcoming fixtures.
2017
Record versus other countries
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 29 January 2017 1 Kazakhstan was still the member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) when Thailand played them for the first time in 2000 AFC Futsal Championship at Bangkok, Thailand.