Thailand national under-17 football team

Thailand Under-17

Nickname(s)	ช้างศึก (Changsuek) (War elephants)
Association	Football Association of Thailand
Confederation	AFC (Asia)
Sub-confederation	AFF (Southeast Asia)
Head coach	Jadet Meelarp
Captain	Danuphon Buppha
Home stadium	Rajamangala Stadium
FIFA code	THA
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 1997)
Best result	Round 1 (1997, 1999)
AFC U-17 Asian Cup
Appearances	11 (first in 1985)
Best result	Champions (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.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

  Win   Draw   Lose

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			Jompon 21', 28', 38', 90+3' Natthakit 25' Phanuphong 82'	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	Jompon 74' (pen.) Siwakorn 76' Poramet 89' (pen.)		Izzuddin 4'	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	Đậu Hồng Phong 52' (pen.)		Phuriphan 61' Chaiwat 90+3'	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	Poramet 33'		MacNicol 45+3'	Stadium: Manahan Stadium Referee: Koji Takasaki (Japan)
	Penalties
	Poramet Phuriphan Phanuphong Supakorn Natthakit Kittipob Chaiwat Siwakorn Chatchawas		Alfaro MacNicol Maltz Didulica Eames Pullella Garbowski Kutleshi Necovski

Thailand  v  Turkmenistan

23 October 2024 (2024-10-23) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Thailand	v	Turkmenistan	Chonburi, Thailand
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Brunei  v  Thailand

25 October 2024 (2024-10-25) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Brunei	v	Thailand	Chonburi, Thailand
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

Thailand  v  India

27 October 2024 (2024-10-27) 2025 AFC U-17 Asian Cup Q	Thailand	v	India	Chonburi, Thailand
--:-- UTC+7				Stadium: Chonburi Stadium

The following 23 players were selected for the 2024 ASEAN U-16 Boys Championship.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Supakorn Poonphon				Nongbua Pitchaya
	1GK	Narukrit Saengsawang				Chonburi
	1GK	Phongsapat Sukkasem				Bangkok Christian College
	2DF	Kanapoth Inthasingh				PTT Rayong Academy
	2DF	Thananthat Wattanapoonsin				Bangkok Christian College
	2DF	Phurinat Poolkamlang				Assumption College Thonburi
	2DF	Supawit Pasom				Assumption College Thonburi
	2DF	Chatchawas Sahananchaichid				Buriram United
	2DF	Kanaruj Kanpai				Bangkok Christian College
	2DF	Phuriphan Phothong				Muangthong United
	3MF	Panupong Wan-on				Bangkok Christian College
	3MF	Panupong Pobsayai				Bangkok Christian College
	3MF	Sorakrit Kaewsri				Buriram United
	3MF	Danupon Bubpha				Assumption College Thonburi
	3MF	Chaiwat Ngernma				Bangkok Christian College
	3MF	Kittipob Cheephankung				Bangkok Christian College
	4FW	Poramet La-ongdee				Bangkok Christian College
	4FW	Chomphon Hombunma				Bangkok Christian College
	4FW	Sirasit Supsin				Assumption College Thonburi
	4FW	Kongtaweep Marangkratok				PTT Rayong Academy
	4FW	Natthakit Phosri				Port
	4FW	Siwakorn Phonsan				Nakhon Ratchasima Municipality Sports School
	4FW	Naphat Aijoi				FC Hallelujah

As of 30 May 2024

Name	Role
Technical Consultant	Rattee Ueathanaphaisarn
Team Manager	Anirut Nakasai
Head Coach	Jadet Meelarp
Assistant Coach	Kiatnarong Chanapol Nipon Chanawut
Goalkeeper Coach
Fitness Coach
Match Analyst	Saranpat Boeploy
Physiotherapists	Yohei Shiraki

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 Championship – Winners 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 Championship – Winners [4]
Carlos Roberto	Brazil	2009
Sasom Pobprasert	Thailand	2011	2011 AFF U-16 Youth Championship – Winners [5]
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 Championship – Winners [6][7]
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

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 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
19921	Saudi Arabia	Group stage	6th	3	1	0	2	3	5		3	3	0	0	21	0
19941	Qatar	Did not qualify									N/A
19961	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	6	4	1	1	16	4		Qualified as host
19981	Qatar	Champions	1st	6	3	2	1	13	7		3	3	0	0	25	0
20001	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
20041	Japan	Group stage	11th	3	1	0	2	4	7		2	2	0	0	7	1
20061	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	To be determined									TBD
Total		12/19	Best: 1st	47	17	7	23	69	75		45	34	3	8	192	30

Note

• ¹ : 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 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 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 11 - 1  Qatar Win Qualified for 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship Note 1 : 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 record
Year	Host country	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
20021	Indonesia  Malaysia	Group stage	5th	4	1	2	1	13	6
20051	Thailand	Runner-up	2nd	4	3	0	1	12	9
20061	Vietnam	Did not enter
20071	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

• ¹ : The under-17 national team played at the 2005 to 2007 editions.
• * : Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Exhibition game record
Year	Tournament	Result	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1980	Lion City Cup	4th place	4th	6	3	2	1	19	6
1981	Lion City Cup	Semi-final	4th	5	3	0	2	9	4
1982	Lion City Cup	Champions	1st	5	5	0	0	14	1
1984	Coca-Cola Cups	Champions	1st	4	4	0	0	10	1
1986	Coca-Cola Cups	3rd place	3rd	5	3	1	1	N/A
1988	Coca-Cola Cups	Runner-up	2nd	5	4	0	1	15	5
1992	Coca-Cola Cups	4th place	4th	N/A
2008	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.

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 U-17 on 25 June 2023

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

• AFC U-16 Championship
  • Winners (1): 1998
  • Runner-up (1): 1996^[8]

• AFF U-16 Championship
  • Winners (3): 2007, 2011, 2015
  • Runner-up (5): 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024
  • Third place (2): 2016, 2022

• 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

• Thailand national football team
• Thailand national under-23 football team
• Thailand national under-21 football team
• Thailand national under-20 football team

• Football Association of Thailand (in Thai)
• Thai Football.com
• Thai football page of Fifa.com
• Thai football Blog