Football Association of Thailand

Governing body of association football in Thailand

The Football Association of Thailand, under the Patronage of His Majesty the King (Thai: สมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์), or FA Thailand for short, is the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer in Thailand.^[2] It was founded on 25 April 1916. The association joined FIFA on 23 June 1925 and AFC in 1954.^[3]

History

King Vajiravudh, the founder of the Football Association of Thailand

English logo of FA Thailand

In 1916, King Vajiravudh founded "The Football Association of Thailand under Patronage of His Majesty the King" after that the association joined the FIFA in 1925 and AFC in 1954.^[4]

Thailand national football team joined Olympic Games first time in Australia in 1956.^[5]

The first football stadium, Supachalasai Stadium, was built in 1935. King's Cup, the first football cup was introduced in 1968. And then two years later, Queen's Cup, a national cup competition, started in 1970.^[6]

Thai football competitions

Leagues and tournaments

League competitions in Thailand include :

• Thai League 1
• Thai League 2
• Thai League 3
• Thailand Semi-Pro League
• Thailand Amateur League

(See also: Thai football league system for the additional detail about league system.)

Cup competitions

• Thai FA Cup – an annual match of football clubs in Thailand.
• Thai League Cup – an annual match of football clubs in Thailand.
• Thailand Champions Cup – an annual match between the champions of Thai League 1 and the champions of Thai FA Cup or runners-up of the Thai League 1.
• King's Cup – an annual international football competition for national teams.
• Queen's Cup – an annual national football cup competition.

List of FA Thailand Presidents

The following is a list of presidents of Football Association of Thailand (FA Thailand).

See also

• Football in Thailand
• Football records in Thailand
• Thailand national football team
• Thailand women's national football team
• Thailand national futsal team
• Thailand women's national futsal team
• Thailand national beach soccer team
• Thai League 1

References

1. "ASIAN SOCCER FINALS IN SINGAPORE May be used as Olympic series". Singapore Free Press. 5 October 1954."Singapore to Meet Indonesia in Asian Soccer Tourney". The Straits Times. 14 June 1955. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. "FA Thailand – ประวัติสมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์". Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
3. "FA Thailand สมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลแห่งประเทศไทย ในพระบรมราชูปถัมภ์".
4. ‘สมยศ’นำทีมบวงสรวงร.6 สำนึกก่อตั้ง100 ปีสมาคมฟุตบอล เตรียมเสนอตัวตั้งที่ทำการฟีฟ่าภูมิภาคอาเซียนในไทย
5. ย้อนรอยประวัติศาสตร์ โอลิมปิก เกมส์ 2 สมัยของขุนพลนักเตะ ทีมชาติไทย
6. ""4 ปีข้างหน้าคือการก้าวให้ไกลไปด้วยกัน" สมยศเปิดใจหลังคว้าตำแหน่งนายกสมาคมกีฬาฟุตบอลสมัยที่ 2 ติดต่อกัน". 12 February 2020.

External links

• Official website of the Football Association of Thailand website (in Thai)
• Football Association of Thailand at AFC site
• Thailand at FIFA site